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I Reads You Juniors: April 2023 - Update #48
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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The Flash - Official Trailer #2. The film is due June 16th.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: American cartoonist Ted Richards has died at the age of 76, Friday, April 21, 2023. Richards was best known for his work in Underground Comix. He was a member of the "Air Pirates" collective, whose "Air Pirates Funnies" comic book got them sued by Walt Disney Productions. Richards produced such titles as "Dopin' Dan," "E.Z. Wolf," and "The Forty Year Old Hippie." Richards would later move into computer software designing.
IDW - From ComicsBeat: IDW Media Holdings, Inc., parent of IDW Publishing, has been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), although I didn't know they were listed. 39 percent of the staff have been laid off, including the entire PR and marketing department and also publisher Nachie Marsham.
From BleedingCool: IDW CEO Davidi Jonas says "today we hit reset," as the company undergoes layoffs.
IMAGE - From ScreenRant: Todd McFarlane's "Spawn" will crash Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's "Killadelphia," beginning with the next story arc that begins in Killadelphia #31.
DC ANIMATION - From Deadline: Amazon's "Prime Video" Warner Bros. Batman animated series, including Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves' "Batman: Caped Crusader."
EN MEMORIAM - From TCJ: Author Andrew Farago offers an obituary of comics historian, author, editor and curator, Maurice C. Horn, passed away on December 30, 2022, at the age of 91. According to Farago, Horn wrote some of the first reference books about comics ever written and he was among the very first people to take comics seriously. His books include "A History of the Comic Strip" (1968), written with Pierre Couperie, "The World History of Comics" (1976), and "Sex in the Comics" (1985), to name a few.
MILESTONE - From DimesDaggers: Writer Andrew Farago looks back at the 30th anniversary of Milestone Comics in "How 'Hardware' Made Me WOKE."
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: At CinemaCon 2023, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduced footage for Sony Pictures' Marvel Comic film, "Kraven the Hunter." The footage, which featured some bloody images, was reportedly well-received. The film, which will debut later this year, will also be rated "R."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Author Rachel Allan talks to "DC Blog" about her new original graphic novel, "Harley Quinn: Ravenous."
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The studio has provided an "in-production teaser" and first-look at the upcoming series, "The Penguin," starring Colin Farrell.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: After his "Gambit" and "X-Treme X-Men" mini-series, Chris Claremont is already working on his next X-Men comic book.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Actress Juno Temple (of Apple's "Ted Lasso" series) has landed the lead in Sony/Marvel's "Venom 3."
IDW - From BleedingCool: Here is the checklist for IDW Publishing's "Star Trek" crossover event, "Day of Blood," which runs through Star Trek titles from July to Sept. 2023.
MARVEL COMICS - From Marvel: Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Todd Nauck will return to X-Men villain Magneto's days as headmaster of The New Mutants in the four-issue miniseries, "Magneto." The first issue is due Aug. 2nd.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: Hot rumor says that Oscar-nominated actor Adam Driver is in final negotiations to play "Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic" in Marvel Studios' planned "Fantastic Four" film.
From Newsarama: According to "Deadpool" star, Ryan Reynolds, the "Wolverine" that Hugh Jackman will play in "Deadpool 3" is "something completely new."
DC COMICS TO SERIES - From GamesRadar: Jim Mickle, the showrunner for Netflix's "Sweet Tooth," which is based on Jeff Lemire's comic book series, will have a more ambitious second season.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Here is a look at the new character designs for DC Comics' "Knight Terrors" event, which takes over the publishing line this July and August.
MANGA TO LIVE-ACTION - From CBR: The site is reporting that Netflix held a private screening of its live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's legendary shonen manga, "One Piece." The preview apparently flopped with that test audience.
MARVEL - From Newsarama: Canadian super-team, Alpha Flight, returns to Canada and into their own comic book series, "Alpha Flight," written by Ed Brisson and artist Scott Godlewski. The first issue this "Fall of X" X-Men spinoff is due August 16th.
From Newsarama: Another "Fall of X" spinoff from the "X-Men" is the miniseries, "Children of the Vault."
RETAIL - From TCJ: Venerable and maybe even legendary comic book and collectibles retailer, Chuck Rozanski of "Mile High Comics," tells his side of the story to "The Comics Journal."
EN MEMORIAM - From Deadline: "MAD Magazine" cartoonist Al Jaffee has died at the age of 102, Monday, April 10, 2023. Jaffee was a Mad contributor for 65 years. His career as a cartoonist, running from 1942 to 2020, holds the "Guinness World Record" for the longest. Jaffee was high school classmate of future comic book and cartooning legends, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and John Severin, at the High School for Music & Arts in New York City.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Science fiction and fantasy author, comic book writer, and tarot card expert, Rachel Pollack, has died at the age of 75, Friday, April 7, 2023. Her novel, "Godmother Night," won the 1997 "World Fantasy Award for Best Novel." In comic books, she is best known for her 1996-95 run on DC Comics' "Doom Patrol" series (issues #64-#87). Her "78 Degrees of Wisdom" is reference for Tarot readers.
DC STUDIOS/TRAILERS - From YouTube: Here is the first trailer for DC Studios' "Blue Beetle" film, which is due in theaters, August 18, 2023.
From DCBlog: A list of the Easter eggs found in the "Blue Beetle" trailer.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: "Joker: Folie a Deux" has wrapped up filming. Director Todd Phillips shares new images of its stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. The film is due Oct. 4th, 2024.
COMICS TO TV - From Deadline: Sony Pictures Television is developing the Black Mask graphic novel, "Destiny, NY," by Pat Shand and Manuel Preitano, for television.
BOOM STUDIOS - From Variety: Actress Amy Jo Johnson and her partner, Matt Hotson, will write a "Power Rangers" comic book that will debut next year. Johnson played "Kimberly Hart," the original "Pink Power Ranger" in the 1993-95 original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series and in two films.
COMICS TO ANIME - From Variety: Netflix is producing an anime series version of the "Scott Pilgrim" graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Multiple cast members from 2010 live-action film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" will be voice performers for the anime.
MANGA TO FILM - From GamesRadar: Fangoria Studios is set to adapt some of manga master, Junji Ito's horror manga short stories into movies, including the vampire tale, "Bloodsucking Darkness."
AMAZON - From THR: Former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and Marvel Entertainment CCO, Joe Quesaada, has signed a first-look deal with Amazon. He will develop established and new comic book properties for film and television.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Acclaimed writer G. Willow Wilson talks about her "Poison Ivy" comic book series and about the new miniseries, "Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods."
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: The American comic book writer, Steve Skeates, has died at the age of 80, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Skeates was best known for co-creating the DC Comics characters, "Hawk and Dove" with the late artist, Steve Ditko. Skeates also produced a noted run on "Aquaman" (1968-71) with artist Jim Aparo.
MARVEL - From CBR: There will be a new ongoing comic books series starring Marvel Comics' ultimate vampire hunter, "Blade." The new series is written by Bryan Edward Hill and drawn by Elena Casagrande and is due July 2023.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
#IReadsYou Review: HEROES REBORN #1
HEROES REBORN #1 (OF 7)
MARVEL COMICS
STORY: Jason Aaron
PENCILS: Ed McGuiness
INKS: Mark Morales
COLORS: Matthew Wilson
LETTERS: VC's Cory Petit
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Akira Yoshida a.k.a. C.B. Cebulski
COVER: Leinil Francis Yu with Sunny Gho
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Ponteriz with Nolan Woodard; Ed McGuiness with Matthew Wilson; George Perez and Al Vey with Morry Hollowell; Iban Coello with Espen Grundetjern; Jeffrey Veregge; John Tyler Christopher; Joshua Cassara with Dean White; Mark Bagley and John Dell with Romulo Fajardo, Jr.; Stanley “Artgerm” Lau
48pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (July 2021)
Rated “T+”
“Whatever Happened to Earth's Mightiest Heroes?”
Heroes Reborn was a Marvel Comics summer event series and crossover publishing initiative. It was comprised of the seven-issue comic book miniseries, Heroes Reborn, and eleven tie-in comic books. The entire thing was scheduled to be published over seven weeks, from May 5, 2021 to June 23, 2021.
Heroes Reborn is set on an Earth in which the Avengers – Earth's Mightiest Heroes – were never formed, and Blade the Vampire Hunter seems to be the only person who remembers that the world should be different – that it has been “reborn.” The Heroes Reborn miniseries was written by Jason Aaron; drawn by Ed McGuiness (pencils) and Mark Morales (inks); colored by Matthew Wilson; and lettered by Matthew Wilson.
Heroes Reborn #1 (“Whatever Happened to Earth's Mightiest Heroes?”) opens in East Los Angeles. That is where Blade is looking for answers. Two weeks earlier, he woke up covered in blood in a flophouse of London's East End. The first thing he did was try to contact Avengers Mountain, but it was not there.
Blade discovers that he has awakened in a world that is both familiar and wildly different. In this world the Avengers never existed. The Squadron Supreme of America has always been “Earth's mightiest heroes.” They are Hyperion, Nighthawk, Power Princess, Doctor Spectrum, and Blur.
Phil Coulson is currently the President of the United States. Blade reaches out to the Avengers teammates that he can find, but to no avail. And the Squadron's Nighthawk does not like the “truth” with which Blade has confronted him. Now, Blade must travel to the arctic and find the one man – the one legendary hero – who can fix this wrong Earth.
THE LOWDOWN: First, I must be honest with you, dear readers. With but a few exceptions, I hate big Marvel and DC Comics crossover events. They are generally a mess – the closest thing to a cacophony of actual sound and fury signifying nothing that comic books can get.
Heroes Reborn #1 is one of the exceptions. It is actually a really good first issue; the rest of the miniseries and all the tie-in issues are a mixed bag. Only the first issue is entirely the work of Aaron and McGuiness, who is essentially the back-up artist on issues #2 to #7. Jason Aaron is the writer on the lead stories in those issues, each of which focuses on a member of the Squadron Supreme and/or their activities.
I assume that many readers already know that the Squadron Supreme is Marvel's pastiche version of DC Comics Justice League of America. I don't think that the team has ever been known as the “Squadron Supreme of America,” so it is funny that this is the group's name in Heroes Reborn.
The Heroes Reborn miniseries and its tie-ins are basically an overview of a world in which the Squadron and not the Avengers protects Earth. Some of the changes are quite intriguing, such as the fact that the Squadron is more like DC Comics/Wildstorm Production's The Authority than the Avengers. Some changes are not as good, but could be upon further development. By the end of the one-shot that wraps up this event, Heroes Return #1, I did want to see more of the Heroes Reborn world, even with my reservations.
The series was published a year ago, so I don't believe I should worry about spoilers. The Squadron replaced the Avengers in a plot hatched by Marvel's satanic villain, Mephisto, using the “Pandemonium Cube” (Cosmic Cube), with Phil Coulson as his wickedly evil and ambitious lackey and front man.
All that said: I really liked Heroes Reborn #1. Jason Aaron offers an especially intriguing first issue script with flourishes on conspiracy and mystery. Ed McGuiness' manages to be both stylish and excellent in his storytelling; Mark Morales' sharp inks bring out McGuiness' sparkling design. Matthew Wilson's color, as always, are gorgeous. Letterer Cory Petit is also one of those “of course his work is good” guys, and he is indeed good here.
In general, I like Heroes Reborn, and I feel comfortable recommending it to fans of Marvel event series and to fans of the Squadron Supreme. I didn't get as much Blade in this series as I would have liked, but sometimes, I have to take what I can get.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Marvel event series will want to try Heroes Reborn.
B+
★★★½ out of 4 stars
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Sunday, July 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: July 2022 - Update #59
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NEWS:
EN MEMORIAM - From Deadline: American illustrator and cartoonist, Paul Coker, Jr., has died at the age of 93, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Cocker drew for "MAD Magazine" for over 40 years. He may be best known for his work for the production company, Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment, executing character and production designs for over 20 of the company television specials. This includes "Frosty the Snowman" (1969), "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (1970), and "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1974), to name a few.
DYNAMITE - From BleedingCool: Legendary rock musician, Alice Cooper, is returning to comic books in a new title from "Killadelphia" creator, Rodney Barnes, and artist Edu Menna. The comic book will be published by Dynamite Entertainment.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comic's Blade the vampire hunter will appear in the one-shot comic book, "Blade: Vampire Nation #1," which is due Nov. 16th. His daughter, "Bloodline," will appear in "Crypt of Shadows #1," which is due Oct. 19th.
SDCC/COMICS - From BleedingCool: San Diego Comic-Con 2022 was the source for hot gossip about LionForge/Oni Press.
IMAGE - From Deadline: Comic book writer and creator, Rodney Barnes ("Killadelphia," the upcoming "Blacula" graphic novel), has extended his overall deal with HBO to continue to develop, create and write television series.
REVIEW - From Here: I Reads You reviews "Thor: Love and Thunder."
SDCC:
From IGN: This article has "everything announced at the Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Panel."
From BleedingCool: Todd McFarlane will write and Greg Capullo will draw the third Batman/Spawn crossover comic book, which is due in December 2022.
From CBR: DC Comics' "Dark Crisis" event miniseries is now known as "Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths" so that it can be a sequel to the legendary "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (1985-86).
From ComicBook: DC Comics Chief Creative Officer and Publisher, Jim Lee, says that there are no plans to return to director Zach Snyder's earlier plans for "Justice League" films, also known as the "Snyderverse."
From ComicBook: Rumors say that actor Henry Cavill will appear at Comic-Con to talk about Superman, a character that he has played in three films, beginning with "The Man of Steel."
From ComicBook: Art that Jim Lee drew for Comic-Con supposedly shows what Michael Keaton's new Batman suit will look like for the movie, "The Flash."
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RUMORS - From TheDirect: Disney has applied for trademarks for the following: "Avengers: Secret Wars" and "Avengers: The Kang Dynasty."
EN MEMEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The Scottish comic book writer, Alan Grant, has died at the age of 73, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. He was best known for his work in the British comics magazine, "2000 AD," especially for co-writing "Judge Dredd" with fellow writer, John Wagner. In the U.S., Grant was best known for his work on various "Batman" titles, especially "Detective Comics," "Batman," and "Shadow of the Bat."
INTERVIEW - From PW: This article is an interview of cartoonist Noah Van Sciver and a feature about his two new comic books, "As a Cartoonist" (Fantagraphics) and "Joseph Smith and the Mormons."
DYNAMITE - From TheBeat: Dynamite Entertainment has entered a publishing partnership with Immortal Studios, which produces comic books set in a Wuxia martial arts fantasy shared universe.
DC CINEMA - From RollingStone: A WarnerMedia report reveals that fake social media accounts, bots, and other inauthentic users bolstered the fan-led campaign that demanded that Warner Bros. allow director Zack Snyder be allowed to finish his version of the film "Justice League," (2016). This led to the four-hour "Justice League: Snyder Cut."
MANGA TO LIVE-ACTION - From IGN: Netflix has provided a first look at Takumi Kitamura, the actor who will play the lead, Yusuke Urameshi, in its live-action adaptation of the classic manga, "Yu Yu Hakusho."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: In an interview, writer Ram V talks about his upcoming run on DC Comics' "Detective Comics" and more.
IMAGE - From ComicBook: Actress Iman Vellani, the star of Marvel Studios' "Ms. Marvel," says that she would like to be involved in a film adaptation of the Image Comics' title, "Bitch Planet," from writer Kelly Sue DeConnick.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Whatnot Publishing will be the home of the Wesley Snipes' graphic novel project, "The Exiled," which is near the end of a successful crowdfunding campaign.
BLACK COMICS - From BleedingCool: Hip-hop icon, Snoop Dogg, will star as "the Cryptkeeper" in the graphic novel, "Tales from the Crip." It will be released this fall by Zombie Love Studios, the comic book publishing imprint of television and comic book writer, Rodney Barnes.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Here is a checklist for Marvel Comics's A.E.X.:Judgement Day comic book crossover event, which begins in July and ends in November.
COMIC-CON - From Deadline: The site has a schedule of Film and TV industry panels for San Diego Comic-Con 2022 from Thurs., July 21st to Sun., July 24th. The convention runs from Wed., July 20th to Sun., July 24th.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: Author, cartoonist, and comics historian, R.C. Harvey, has died at the age of 85, Thursday, July 7, 2022. His book about comics including, the two-volume, "Cartoons of the Roaring Twenties" and "Meanwhile... A Biography of Milton Caniff, Creator of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon," to name a few.
DC ANIMATION - From DCVideos: Here is the official trailer for "Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons," which is due on Blu-ray Oct. 18th.
EN MEMORIAM - From Variety: Manga artist and game creator, Takahashi Kazuki, was found dead at the age of 60, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. He is best known for creating the manga, "Yu-Gi-Oh," in 1996, which spawned a media franchise, which includes spin-off manga, trading cards, and anime, to name a few.
MARVEL - From THR: Richard Newby talks about the recent Marvel Comics controversies regarding Miles Morales and about who writes his comics.
DC TV - From DCBlog: Executive producer and showrunner, Todd Helbing, talks about Season 2 of "Superman & Lois."
RUMOR - From ScreenGeek: Hugh Jackson has posted a photo on Twitter that has fans up-in-arms over the rumor of him playing the character, "Wolverine," in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
DC ANIMATION - From DCComics: There is a teaser trailer for Season 3 of HBO Max's "Harley Quinn."
LGBTQ+ - From BleedingCool: In Virginia, two Republican politicians have filed an obscenity lawsuit against the authors, Maia Kobabe and Phoebe Kobabe, and the publisher, Lion Forge/Oni Press, of the graphic novel "Gender Queer."
COMICS - From FinancialTimes: An article about Scott McCloud's "how-to" book, "Understanding Comics," and why it is a Silicon Valley bible.
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