January 11, 2010 – You’ve been asking on the message boards and in e-mails – what’s happening after Blackest Night? What does Geoff Johns have planned? Today DC has started to pull back the curtain on what many readers might have suspected – after Blackest Night, DC is launching a storyline initiative called Brightest Day. What is Brightest Day, exactly? Read on…

[EDITOR'S NOTE: We'll update this story as more information is available - expect more details over the next several hours. Also, check back around Noon PST. IGN will have the exclusive first interview with Geoff Johns regarding Brightest Day and recent developments in Blackest Night.]

Initial Story: As you all know, Blackest Night will wrap up with its eighth issue this March. Come April, DC will transition to Brightest Day, a bi-weekly maxi-series that will run for 26 issues. The book will launch with a special #0 issue.

Geoff Johns, the architect of everything Green Lantern, will joined by Pete Tomasi on the writing side of things, and a handful of artists will work alongside them. Fernando Pasarin (Outsiders, Oracle: The Cure, Justice Society of America Vol. 3) is confirmed as being the artist for issue #0.

UPDATE #1: DC has updated its blog with a few new details. The most significant of these is that Brightest Day is not just its own bi-weekly maxi-series. The concept will expand to other titles, applying its banner and logo to them for an undefined period of time.

Titles mentioned so far are Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps and The Flash.

Executive Editor Dan DiDio describes Brightest Day as an “event that happens across the entire DC Universe, affecting a number of titles.” Another phrase used to describe the concept in DC’s update is “DCU: Rebirth.” The first title to be included in the Brightest Day stable is none other than the Flash ongoing series by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul. “Several” more books will join Flash in May and June according to DiDio.

UPDATE #2: Not done yet! DC has just revealed that the Titans series by Eric Wallace and Fabrizio Fiorentino, a team fans will recognize from Final Crisis: Aftermath – Ink, will be included in the Brightest Day lineup.

This new creative run begins with a one-shot special in “Titans: Villains for Hire.” That story will then continue in the ongoing project. Wallace and Fiorentino will be building a new Titans team lead by none other than Deathstroke. DC confirmed that Tattooed Man and Cheshire will be members of the roster as well.

UPDATE #3: Justice League of America is joining Brightest Day’s ever-expanding arsenal of titles, starting with issue #44. DC wouldn’t reveal what characters would be a part of the team at that point in the life of the series. No creative team announcements were made in DC’s latest news item, so it seems safe to say that James Robinson and Mark Bagley will still be tackling the superhero team.

UPDATE #4: DC has one final update regarding Brightest Day today. Though many of the artists affiliated with the core maxi-series are under wraps, Dan DiDio did reveal that the newly DC exclusive David Finch would be handling covers for the project. “I see this as a wonderful way to have David touch on all aspects of the DCU, and it gives fans the chance to see his interpretation of the entire DCU and its characters,” said DiDio.

The publisher plans to reveal some more information later in the week. IGN will have all of that news for you as it’s released, but for now you should check out our exclusive first interview with Blackest Night mastermind Geoff Johns. The writer discusses the core concept of Brightest Day and answers some questions about recent developments in Blackest Night. Be sure to check it out – and check back with IGN each and every day for the latest news and exclusives.

via: IGN