The entire DC Ink and Zoom Comics Introduced So Far

This 12 months at BookCon, DC introduced one other batch of titles for his or her YA imprint, DC Ink. The brand new books look attractive, and I’m tremendous excited by a number of the character decisions (Oracle! Cassandra Cain!). On a broader word, I’m delighted to see DC persevering with their dedication to kid- and teen-friendly comics in accessible codecs. I like DC Ink and its child sister imprint, DC Zoom (for center grade readers) to bits.

That mentioned, after a number of waves of title bulletins and lots of publication dates slipping, I spotted I didn’t have a very good sense of what was out, what was imminent, and what had quietly disappeared. So I did some digging! Right here’s the roundup of all of the DC Ink and Zoom titles which have been introduced to this point, with their standing so far as I do know it:

DC Ink

Supergirl: Being Tremendous by Mariko Tamaki and Joelle Jones

Initially launched as single points, this was initially going to be a part of the primary wave of DC Ink titles when it was launched as a commerce, however as a result of the imprint as a complete was delayed, the Being Tremendous commerce was printed with out the DC Ink branding. It’s very a lot within the spirit of the imprint, although, being out of the principle DCU continuity and character-driven relatively than plot-focused. I’ve…talked about this e-book type of so much. IT’S GREAT.

Mera: Tidebreaker by Danielle Paige and Stephen Byrne

Printed April 2, 2019. Take a look at our interview with Danielle Paige right here!

Below the Moon: A Catwoman Story by Lauren Myracle and Isaac Goodhart

Printed Could 7, 2019.

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo

To be printed July 2, 2019.

Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh

To be printed September three, 2019.

Batman: Nightwalker – The Graphic Novel by Marie Lu, Chris Wildgoose, and Stuart Moore (adapter)

An adaptation of the prevailing YA prose novel by Marie Lu, from DC’s Icons sequence (printed by Ember). To be printed October 1, 2019.

Marvel Girl: Warbringer – The Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo, Package Seaton, and Louise Simonson (adapter)

An adaptation of the prevailing YA prose novel by Leigh Bardugo from the Icons sequence. To be printed January 7, 2020.

Gotham Excessive by Melissa de la Cruz and Thomas Pitilli

Spring 2020.

The Misplaced Carnival: A Dick Grayson Graphic Novel by Michael Moreci and Sas Milledge

Spring 2020.

The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano

Spring 2020.

Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux

Spring 2020.

Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo

Spring 2020.

Fact or Penalties: A Jack Hyde Story (working title) by Alex Sanchez

Introduced in July 2018 with no publication date or artist info; no information since.

Marvel Girl: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson

Introduced in February 2018 with no artist info (although artwork accompanied the announcement). Initially slated to be printed in November 2019, that appears unlikely at this level since there’s been no additional information on it and we’re already listening to about Spring 2020 titles.

DC Zoom

DC Tremendous Hero Ladies sequence written by Shea Fontana, with most points drawn by Yancey Labat

The DC Tremendous Hero Ladies graphic novels had been already being printed when DC Zoom was introduced, and actually their success was a part of what led DC to make the leap into extra sturdy children’ graphic novel publishing. Due to this, a few of them carry the DC Zoom branding and a few don’t. Continuity doesn’t actually matter for these books, however when you care, the publication order is: Finals Disaster, Hits and Myths, Summer season Olympus, Previous Instances at Tremendous Hero Excessive, Date with Catastrophe, Out of the Bottle, Seek for Atlantis, and Spaced Out, the final of which simply printed June four, 2019.

Tremendous Sons: The PolarShield Undertaking by Ridley Pearson and Ile Gonzalez

Printed April 2, 2019. Take a look at our interview with Ridley Pearson right here!

Expensive Justice League by Michael Northrop and Gustavo Duarte

To be printed August 6, 2019.

Superman of Smallville by Artwork Baltazar and Franco

To be printed September three, 2019.

The Secret Spiral of Swamp Child by Kirk Scroggs

To be printed October 1, 2019.

DC Tremendous Hero Ladies: At Metropolis Excessive by Amy Wolfram and Yancey Labat

This would be the first within the new DC Tremendous Hero Ladies sequence, created to tie in with the brand new animated present by Lauren Faust. To be printed October 15, 2019.

Black Canary: Ignite by Meg Cabot and Cara McGee

To be printed October 29, 2019.

Tremendous Sons: The Foxglove Mission by Ridley Pearson and Ile Gonzalez

To be printed November 5, 2019.

Diana, Princess of the Amazons by Shannon and Dean Hale and Victoria Ying

To be printed January 7, 2020.

Inexperienced Lantern: Legacy by Minh Lê and Andie Tong

To be printed January 21, 2020.

Batman: Overdrive by Shea Fontana and Marcelo Di Chiara

Introduced in February 2018 and initially slated for April 2019, then August 2019. The latter appears unlikely at this level.

Batman Tales: As soon as Upon a Crime by Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen

Introduced in February 2018 and initially slated for a 2018 launch, then November 2019. We’ll see?

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru Studios

After all the e-book I’m most excited for has NO RELEASE DATE INFORMATION AT ALL, besides that it’s going to apparently be launched as periodicals first, then collected.

Okay, that was lots of pub dates I simply threw at you! As I’ve mentioned right here and plenty of instances earlier than, I actually love this initiative and am thrilled to see DC persevering with to push it. I’m additionally actually glad to see that they’ve elevated the prominence of their artist credit in distinction to their earlier bulletins, the place it was all concerning the author and the artist was fortunate to get a point out.

The books are additionally staggeringly extra various, at the least when it comes to gender, than I’ve come to count on from DC. Out of the 14 introduced Ink titles, 9 have feminine leads and solely 4 have male leads (plus Gotham Excessive, which I’m counting as an ensemble e-book till we get a stronger sense that it’s primarily Bruce). Much less laudably, solely two of the leads are inarguably POC, with two maybes relying on whether or not the Selina in Gotham Excessive is Latina as she generally is within the common DCU (and doesn’t look like in Below the Moon) and whether or not DC will enable Dick Grayson to be Romani this week. Frustratingly, a kind of few POC, Jack Hyde, can also be one of many few queer characters, and his e-book seems to be in limbo proper now. (Harley Quinn and Marvel Girl are each canonically bisexual, even when DC might be squirrely about it.)

On the creator aspect, out of 25 creators complete, 15 are girls and 10 are males. From what Google tells me, 9 are POC—so about 1/three of the whole—however pictures and final names might be deceptive so please don’t take this as gospel!

Over at Zoom, we have now 12 titles with 16 male leads and 10 feminine ones. (I disregarded the unique DC Tremendous Hero Ladies books since so a lot of them weren’t printed below Zoom and the casts are so monumental that statistical evaluation of their make-up can be mind-numbing.) That outsized quantity is courtesy of the 2 ensemble books within the line, Expensive Justice League and the newer model of DC Tremendous Hero Ladies. Checked out one other manner, there are solely three books with feminine leads, eight with male leads, and one with a co-ed (and three/four male) group. Or, when you take away the duplicate characters (Batman, Superman, and Marvel Girl every star in three books), there are ten male protagonists within the lineup and eight feminine ones. Six of the leads are POC (or perhaps eight relying on what model of Hawkgirl that’s; a kind of leads, Damian Wayne, has two books to his title. The one canonically queer lead is Marvel Girl.

Creator-wise, we’re taking a look at 10 girls and 13 males, so Zoom’s artistic employees skews a bit extra male, though not as a lot as its character pool does. With the identical caveat as earlier than, I consider that 10 of the 23 complete creators are POC, giving Zoom a slight edge on the racial variety entrance.

Clearly these numbers might be improved in locations—Ink specifically desperately wants extra POC leads—however thought of the abysmally low variety statistics of DC’s month-to-month books, I’m fairly impressed. And hopefully this train in reaching exterior of the same old contact pool will assist change a number of the dynamics at DC Central as properly.

In order that’s the place we’re! (Whew.) Proper now I’m particularly chomping on the bit for Shadow of the Batgirl and Superman Smashes the Klan. Which DC Ink and Zoom books are you most trying ahead to?

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