Unofficially Official

Since I haven't pulled my stuff together enough yet to get this done, here's a link to The Captain's Unofficial Justice League Homepage. It's a fabulously informative site, filled with all sorts of goodness, but as you can see on the link, the key - for me at this moment - is the Atlas of the Multiverse, specifically Earth-16, the home of the Young Justice cartoon and comic characters.

Welcome to Happy Harbor!

Here's a link to CBR's preview coverage of the new episode set to debut tonight on Cartoon Network here in the States.

Young Justice Countdown

Hmm. I guess I'd actually need a date to start counting down to. . . lemme see. . . oh!
There is it!

Friday, January 7 at 7:00 EST on Cartoon Network.

Of course, CN has a little mini site worth checking out as well. . . not much now, but I'm sure that will change.

Young Justice Trailer

With the premiere now in the past, we can turn our gaze to the future, to 2011.

January brings the regular series to Cartoon Network, and there's a nice peek on YouTube.

"Red Tornado is your supervisor."

Todd Nauck Print

Over on Todd Nauck's site, he's showing a print that he's selling through his site and he'll have at the New York Comic Con next weekend.

It's a fun Young Justice piece, with Red Tornado right there front and center. He even included Traya. I like the more robotic version of Red Tornado that Nauck draws. If I remember correctly, this series followed Primal Force wherein Reddy was drawn at his most inhuman (save for the Ulthoon/Tornado Tyrant appearance). It's fun to see how much liberty each artist takes when given the task of drawing Red Tornado.

I'll admit, even though Reddy was part of the "team" I missed out on a lot of the Young Justice hullabaloo back in the day, but maybe I'll correct that oversight with the "new" Young Justice coming up this fall. I just couldn't justify that book back when it was coming out. I don't regret not getting it, as I would check in from time to time, but I most certainly do not have the full run.

That said, DC is releasing a series of Young Justice mini-trades or super-sized issues or some such under the banner of DC Comics Presents: Young Justice. The first three have been solicited and carry a $7.99 pricepoint. They clock in at 96 pages and they seem to be pretty scattered with regards to where the material stems from, so maybe I need to start hitting the bargain boxes.

Whatever develops, I'll be bringing the results right back here.

More Young Justice news

Over at Comic Book Movie, Ed Gross popped out an interview with Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman, the producers of this fall's Young Justice cartoon.

Among the noteworthy news in the interview is a spoiler regarding the origin of the new Aqualad and this lovely interchange:

SUPERHERO TOONIVERSE: What kind of role does the Justice League play?
GREG: Some play more than others – Batman and Red Tornado have really big roles in the show, on an ongoing basis. Some characters like Superman, Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Flash have large roles in the show, others have lesser roles. Captain Marvel has a big role – Captain Marvel’s being played by Rob Lowe.

I've been looking forward to this series for a little while now. Every little bit extra I see or read, though, gets me more jazzed for it.
 

Reddy on Young Justice

My pal, Dan, of It's a Dan's World fame had some splendid coverage of the revelations and announcements from SDCC. One of those updates included this gem of Red Tornado having a chat with the team. Seems like old times:

Sorry, folks, it IS just a screen capture. If you want to check the original (and trust me, you WANT to check the original) click on over to Dan's site. 

Reddy here looks a little more robotic, kind of like he did in the Young Justice comic series, than he does in comics nowadays. Personally, I'm a fan of Reddy having a more robotic vibe, as he does here, as he did in Primal Force, as he does on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

I'll share a little bit of what I gleaned from the video clip here. The clip reveals that the League plays an integral part of the new series, and that League is sixteen members deep.

Additionally, Robot 6, one of the member blogs of my homebase of Comic Book Resources, reports that Peter David will be stepping in to craft an episode (I originally typed "issue") of the series.

Young Justice hits the Cartoon Network this November. Get those DVRs tuned up.