MORE ITALIA

Still in a jet lagged haze so, in lieu of writing, here are a few video clips from my panels at the Etna Comics Festival.  The first discusses truth, lies and Brooklyn Dreams, the second talks about the importance of following your passion, and the third is about chemistry between writers and artists.

I'll be back when my brain cells are revived and I can make some sense!

ITALIA!

Just got back from an amazing trip to Italy, starting with our time at the Etna Comics Festival in Sicily, then moving on to Calabria (home of my Italian grandparents and quite a few current-day DeMatteises) and then the extraordinary city of Rome.  

Because I'm still jet lagged, it's a little difficult to put together coherent sentences at the moment:  I'll have more to say about our incredible journey in another post.  For now, I'll share some photos from Etna.  Enjoy!

RETURN TO WILLWORLD

Here's a thoughtful and fun analysis of one of my favorite DC projects, Green Lantern: Willworld.  And I wholeheartedly agree with everything said about the late, great Seth Fisher.  No matter what I asked Seth for in my script, he gave it to me—times ten.  No, times twenty.  A brilliant artist with a truly extraordinary imagination.

LIVING WITH GUN VIOLENCE

Where We Live, the comic book anthology benefitting the victims of the October 2017 Las Vegas shooting, goes on sale May 30th.  There's a huge roster of talent contributing to the book and I'm very grateful that my story "Remember," beautifully illustrated by my friend (and Savior 28 collaborator) Mike Cavallaro, is part of the collection.

The Hollywood Reporter is running an in-depth interview with artist J.H. Williams III and his wife Wendy Wright-Williams in which they talk about how they conceived Where We Live and brought it into being.  You can read it right here.

I hope you'll support this incredibly worthy project.  

AND EVEN MORE CONSTANTINE

Another interview—one of my favorites—from Wondercon, discussing the animated Constantine: City of Demons (now streaming on CW Seed).

THE LAST PATROL

It was announced today that The Doom Patrol will be getting their own live-action series on DC's new streaming service, DC Universe.  But that won't be the Patrol's first appearance on television:  A few years back I wrote an episode—one of the darkest of the entire series—of Batman: The Brave & The Bold that focused on the DCU's most tormented super-team.  And here it is:

TALKING THE TALK

A (very) short post to share links to two recent interviews I've done:  One with The Reading Lists and one with Innovation & Tech Today.  Both, I think (hope!), are interesting and a little different.  Enjoy!