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Friday, October 31, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: October 2025 - UPDATE #32

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon.

Amazon wants me to inform/remind you that any affiliate links found on this page are PAID ADS, but I technically only get paid (eventually) if you click on affiliate links like these, BOOKS PAGE, GRAPHIC NOVELS, or MANGA PAGE and BUY something(s).

TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

MARVEL - From CBR:  The site interviews "Marvel Knights" co-founder, Jimmy Palmiotti, about his comics work, including his upcoming miniseries, "Daredevil/Punisher: The Devil's Trigger," a five-issue limited series that launches November 26, 2025. Palmiotti is writing and Tommaso Bianchi is drawing.

DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  There is some news concerning the future of "Vertigo Comics" and "Black Label" at DC Comics.  Vertigo returns in 2026, focusing solely on original, creator-driven comic book series outside DC icons.  "Black Label" will handle all mature DC universe stories, separating it from Vertigo’s creator-owned approach.

CROWDFUNDING - From BleedingCool:  Comics graphic designer, artist, and letter, Rian Hughes, is launching a Kickstarter for his 600-page collection, Typeractive.  Anyone who pledges at the higher levels can have Hughes design a custom logo for their brand or business.

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Comic book stores sales are up as readers are getting younger.

AWARDS - From BleedingCool:  The winners of the 25th edition of the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards (the "Ringo Awards") were announced at Baltimore Comic Con 2025.

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Comic book publisher, Humanoids Corporation, the American arm of the renowned French comic book publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the US.

AWARDS - From ComicsBeat:  Their is a new comic book award for 2026, "the Kirby Awards." The honor is named for comic book legend and icon, Jack Kirby and his wife, Rosalind Kirby. The Kirby Awards will be overseen by Comic Art Fans, the Jack Kirby Estate (represented by the Rosalind Kirby Family Trust), and the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. According to a recent report by "Publisher's Weekly, the Jack & Roz Kirby Awards are intended to recognize “innovation, excellence, and humanity in narrative communication.”

COMICS - From ComicsBeat:  Writer-artist Matt Wagner talks about "Dracula: Book III - The Count," the third of four graphic novels that he is producing with artist Kelley Jones, colorist Jose Villarubia, and letterer Rob Leigh.

DC COMICS - From BleedingComics:  47 copies of the ultra-rare 1988 "Superman: This Island Bradman" comic book have been found. Read Bleeding Cool's tale of the rarest post-Golden Age "Superman" comic book. 

IMAGE/NYCC - From ComicsBeatBrian K. Vaughn provides updates on his beloved, award-winning series, "Saga." Next new issues will be out in 2026.

NYCC/DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  DC Comics' "DC Next Level" will relaunch the "DC Universe" 10 2026 with several new #1 issues produced by big-name creative teams.

From ComicsBeat:  DC Comics has confirmed that it will publish the previously unpublished final four issues of Rick Veitch's "Time Travel" story from his "Swamp Thing" run in 1989.  Swamp Thing #88 to #91 will be published in a four-issue miniseries, entitled "Swamp Thing 1989."
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BOOKS - From Reuters:  The winner of the 2025 "Nobel Prize in Literature" goes to Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art," according to the Swedish Academy, which hands out the awards.  Laszlo also win a monetary prize worth 1.2 million dollars.  His breakthrough work was his debut novel, "Satantango" (1985).  Laszlo is also a screenwriter, having collaborated six times with Hungarian director, Bela Tarr, including adapting two of his novels for Tarr.  Laszlo is the second Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, following Imre Kertesz (2002).

DYNAMITE - From ScreenRant:  Dynamite Entertainment will launch a "Ben 10" comic book series that will officially reboot the animated franchise that was a stable of the cable network, Cartoon Network.  The originally creators of "Ben 10": Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle (collective known as "Man of Action Entertainment"), will collaborate with Dynamite on the project. Joe Casey will write the new comic book series.

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment has bought all rights (including media rights) to writer-artist Jae Lee's 1990s comic book, "Hellshock."  Lee will work closely with Dynamite reprint the earlier Hellshock stories.

BOOKS - From THR:  "PEN America" is part of "PEN International," a worldwide association of writers. PEN America "Banded in the USA," a list of books permanently or temporarily pulled from schools. This year, Stephen King, has been named as the author most likely to be censored in schools.

MARVEL/DC - From BleedingCool:  According to "Bleeding Cool," Marvel and DC comics have confirmed that they will publish Spider-Man/Superman crossover comic books in 2026.  DC will publish Superman/Spider-Man #1 in March 2026 and Marvel release Spider-Man/Superman #1 in April 2026.  There will also be a reprinting of the 1976 comic book, Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man.

MILLARWORLD - From ComicsBulletinMark Millar and Valerio Giangiordano's Kickstarter for their upcoming graphic novel, "Unconquered" (Vol. 1) has been fully funded.

From Vimeo:  There is a trailer for Mark Millar and Valerio Giangiordano's graphic novel project, "Unconquered."

From KickstarterMark Millar and Valerio Giangiordano have launched a Kickstarter for the graphic novel project, "Unconquered."
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DC STUDIOS - From GamesRadar:  The recent "Superman" film is HBO Max's biggest hit since 2023's "Barbie," as the James Gunn film had 13 million views in 10 days.

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SEPTEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Hexagon Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universtiy" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' Todd McFarlane "Spawn" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom #7" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel "Ultimate Comics" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Aspen Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Shift Presents for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for September 2025

OCTOBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics collections, "Absolutes," and omnibuses for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Void Rivals/Energon" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics five "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics all "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Z2 Comics for October 2025

NOVEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Books for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Transformers and G.I. Joe Energon Universe" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "The World to Comie" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for November 2025

DECEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Amp for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cambrian Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "DC K.O." titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Age of Revelations" second issues for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Imperial" titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics "Vantage" titles for December 2025

JANUARY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for January 2026
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for January 2026

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: September 2025 - UPDATE #33

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon.

Amazon wants me to inform/remind you that any affiliate links found on this page are PAID ADS, but I technically only get paid (eventually) if you click on affiliate links like these, BOOKS PAGE, GRAPHIC NOVELS, or MANGA PAGE and BUY something(s).

TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

MILLARWORLD - From THR:  Writer Mark Millar and artist Valerio Giangiordano have launched a Kickstarter for their new graphic novel project, "Unconquered." This is not a Netflix-related project.

MARVEL - From GamesRadar:  Writers Daniel Jose Older and Cynthia Pelayo discuss the one-shot comic book, "White Tiger: Reborn," which is due from Marvel Wed., Oct. 1st, 2025.

BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Two of the most influential UK comics magazines of the 1980s and 90s, "A1" and "Deadline," are merging into "A1Deadline."  The new mag will launch a Kickstarter in the fall for the 80-page first issue.

DC COMICS - From ComicsBeatDC Comics are now available day and date on the digital platform, "GlobalComix."

From DCBlog:  The "DC Blog" presents a history of ongoing "Batman" comic book series.

From  DCBlog:  Writer Matt Fraction talks about his all-new "Batman" comic book series, which is being drawn by Jorge Jimenez.  It is only the fourth "Batman #1" in the 85-year-history of the character.

DC STUDIOS - From Variety:  Director and DC Films co-head, James Gunn, took to social media on Wednesday (Sept. 3rd) to announce an official title and release date for the sequel to "Superman" (2025.  The film will be titled, “Superman: Man of Tomorrow,” will hit theaters on July 9, 2027 with David Corenswet returning as Clark Kent/Superman and Nicholas Hoult returning as Lex Luthor.

COMICS - From Fox13:  Veteran comic book artist, Amanda Conner, is the subject of a gallery showing, "Drawn to Action: The Cover Art of Amanda Conner," at the "Imagine Museum" in St. Petersburg, Florida. The show runs through November 2025.

DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  DC Comics may final publish Rick Veitch's final issues of "Swamp Thing Vol. 2," including the notorious issue #88 that was meant to be published decades ago in 1989, but was scrapped by then-president, Jenette Kahn.

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From BleedingCoolAfterlight Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAhoy Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAMP Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAntarctic Press for August 2025
From BleedingCoolArchie Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAspen MLT LLC for August 2025
From BleedingCoolAWA Studios for August 2025
From BleedingCoolBOOM! Studios for August 2025
From BleedingCoolCambrian Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCoolCosmic Lion Productions for August 2025
From BleedingCoolDark Horse Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCoolDren Productions for August 2025
From BleedingCoolDynamite Entertainment for August 2025
From BleedingCoolFantagraphics Books for August 2025
From BleedingCoolIDW Publishing for August 2025
From BleedingCoolImage Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCoolKeenspot Entertainment for August 2025
From BleedingCoolMarvel Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Bring on the Bad Guys" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "One World Under Doom" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCoolOni Press for August 2025
From BleedingCoolPanick Entertainment for August 2025
From BleedingCoolRebellion / 2000 AD for August 2025
From BleedingCoolTitan Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics "Conan" and "Solomon Kane" titles for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for August 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for August 2025

SEPTEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Hexagon Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universtiy" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' Todd McFarlane "Spawn" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "One World Under Doom #7" for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel "Ultimate Comics" titles for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Red 5 Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Aspen Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Shift Presents for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for September 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for September 2025

OCTOBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics collections, "Absolutes," and omnibuses for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Heavy Metal Magazine for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Void Rivals/Energon" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics five "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics all "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive Publishing for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Midnight Factory for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for October 2025
From BleedingCool:  Z2 Comics for October 2025

NOVEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Books for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AMP Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Transformers and G.I. Joe Energon Universe" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "The World to Comie" titles for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Panick Entertainment for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for November 2025
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for November 2025

DECEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Afterlight Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Bad Idea for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "DC K.O." titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Age of Revelations" second issues for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Imperial" titles for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for December 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics "Vantage" titles for December 2025

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Friday, July 11, 2025

#IReadsYou Movie Review: SUPERMAN 2025

Superman (2025)

Running time:  129 minutes (2 hours, 9 minutes)
Rating: MPA – PG for violence, action and language
DIRECTOR:  James Gunn
WRITER:  James Gunn (based characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster)
PRODUCERS:  James Gunn and Peter Safran
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Henry Braham (D.o.P.)
EDITORS:  Craig Alpert and William Hoy
COMPOSERS:  David Fleming and John Murphy

SUPERHERO/FANTASY/ACTION

Starring:  David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo, Maria Gabriela de Faria, Sara Sampaio, Wendell Pierce, Beck Bennett, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Neva Howell, Bradley Cooper, Angela Sarafyan, and Sean Gunn

Superman is a 2025 American superhero, fantasy, and action film from writer-director James Gunn.  It is the first film in the new DC Comics cinematic universe known as the “DC Universe.”  The character, Superman, first appeared in the comic book, Action Comics #1 (on-sale date of April 18, 1938), and was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, who also created other characters and situations related to Superman.  In Superman, the embodiment of truth, justice, and the human way must reconcile his desire to help humanity with a shocking revelation about his alien heritage.

Superman opens threes years after the metahuman, Superman (David Corenswet), revealed himself to the people of Metropolis.  His alter-ego, Clark Kent (David Corenswet), works as a reporter for “The Daily Planet,” where he has a relationship with fellow reporter, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).  Lois knows that Clark is Superman.  She knows that he is Kal-El, a baby sent from the planet, Krypton, by rocket ship to Earth.  Lois also knows that Clark was raised in Smallville, Kansas by his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent (Pruitt Taylor Vince and Neva Howell), a fact he has kept secrets from others.

Superman recently stopped the country of Boravia, an ally of the United States, from invading its neighboring country, Jarhanpur.  As the film begins, Superman has just received a beat-down from Boravia's own metahuman, the Hammer of Boravia.  Things are not as they seem, however, as brilliant billionaire Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) has launched a secret plot to destroy Superman, whom he sees not as a superhero, but as an existential alien threat to mankind.  With the help of his lackeys, Ultraman and The Engineer (Maria Gabriela de Faria), Luthor believes that he has the science and technology – the brain power – to beat Superman.

But Superman is not the only metahuman who is a superhero.  He occasionally gets help from the “Justice Gang”:  Michael Holt/Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Guy Gardner/Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), and Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced).  And Clark Kent will need all the friends he can get; a complete version of the broken message his Kryptonian parents, Jor-El (Bradley Cooper) and Lara Lor-Van (Angela Sarafyan), sent with him has come to light.  Now, some of the people of the world are starting to feel differently about Superman just when they need him the most.

Superman is a good film, but not a great film.  Overall, I like it, but I found myself rather cool to it as I watched it in a local theater last night.  I must admit that I felt the same way about the previous two attempts to reboot the Superman film franchise, director Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (2006) and director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013).  Like Superman (2025), the plot and narratives of these earlier films are over-stuffed with subplots, settings, and characters that make the overall plot and narrative struggle to come together.  The over-stuffings are like roadblocks that force the central plot and narrative to veer off their most obvious and productive path.  I don't think the new Superman is as awkward in these areas as the aforementioned Superman reboots, but I do believe that the new film spends its first half bouncing around ideas, subplots, themes, relationships and conflicts.  To me, it is obvious that Superman 2025 borrows the big action set pieces of Man of Steel and also follows Superman Return's veneration of director Richard Donner and star Christopher Reeve's respective work on the Superman film franchise (1978-87).

There are things about the new Superman film that I really like.  I think the actors and the way they play the characters, for the most part, are nearly perfect.  The best thing about David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman is that he is the first actor that I have accepted as a true heir to the late Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), who is the gold standard when it comes to a cinematic Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman.  In a way, Superman 2025 offers its audience a vision of Superman as the quintessential nice guy the way Christopher Reeve and Superman: The Movie (1978) did.

Also, Rachel Brosnahan is a true heir to my favorite cinematic Lois Lane, the late Margot Kidder (1948-2018), Christopher Reeve's co-star.  I also got a kick out of Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.  I liked him in his early roles in such films as Twilight (2008) and X-Men: First Class (2011), and I'd like to see him play Mister Terrific as a lead in either film or television.  I like Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, but the character is played way too over-the-top, but I think Hoult as Luther will be a huge benefit to future DC Universe films.

I obviously don't like James Gunn's Superman as much as I enjoyed his work on Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, which ended with the fantastic Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).  Still, the new Superman is both a fresh start and a start in the right direction.

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Friday, July 11, 2025


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Friday, January 31, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: January 2025 - UPDATE #51

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

DC STUDIOS - From DeadlineJames Gunn shares a first look at Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl as the "Supergirl" movie begins filming.

AWARDS - From BleedingCool:  The nominations for the 2025 / 36th GLAAD Media Awards have been announced.  The awards do honor comic books in the categories "Outstanding Comic Book" and "Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology."  In the "Comic Book" category, 7 of the 10 nominated works were published by either Marvel or DC Comics.  This article includes a list of the nominations in the other categories.  The winners will be announced March 27th.

MARVEL - From BleedingCoolChris Claremont will write and Damian Couceiro will draw a new five-issue "Wolverine and Kitty Pryde" miniseries.  It will be the follow-up to Claremont's classic 1985 miniseries, "Kitty Pryde and Wolverine," which was drawn by the Al Milgrom.  The adventure begins April 30th.

EN MEMORIAM - From TheNewYorkTimes:  The cartoonist and author, Jules Feiffer, has died at the age of 95, Friday, January 17, 2025.  In the mid-1940s, at the age of 17, Feiffer became the assistant to the legendary comics creator, Will Eisner, and helped Eisner write and draw his comics strips, including "The Spirit."  In 1956, Feiffer became a staff cartoonist at "The Village Voice" where he produced his weekly comic strip, "Feiffer," until 1997.  At one time, he was considered the most widely read satirist in the United States, and he won a "Pulitzer Prize" for political cartoons in 1986.

You can read my reviews of Feiffer's graphic novels, Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel (2014) and Cousin Joseph: A Graphic Novel (2016), by clinking on the titles, which I have made into links. I have not gotten around to reading "The Ghost Script: A Graphic Novel," the third book in the series.

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From BleedingCool:  The comic book artist, Arthur "Art" Nichols, has died at the age of 63, Monday, January 20, 2025.  He may be best known for his pencil art on Valiant Comics' "Magnus the Robot Fighter" revival in the early 1990s.  He also drew such issues of such titles as "Conan," "The Ray," "Spider-Man," "Star Wars," "Team Titans," and "X-Men."

MARVEL - From BleedingCoolAbrams' "Marvel Arts" imprint had announced an "Avengers" original graphic novel, "The Avengers in the Veracity Trap," May 2025.  It is written by Chip Kidd and drawn by Michael Cho.  It has been delayed to August 5, 2025.

DC COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Here is an early look at DC Comics April 2025 solicitations, as well as an early look at Free Comic Book Day 2025 offerings.

DC STUDIOS - From WorldofReel:  Director Luca Guadagnino will start shooting his "Sgt. Rock" movie this fall (2025) with a planned Memorial Day 2026 release.  The film will be set in James Gunn's DCU and will feature Daniel Craig in the title role.

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DIAMOND - From ComicsBeatDiamond Comic Distributors has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of their restructuring, Diamond is selling its Alliance Game Distributors and Diamond UK division to Universal Distribution, the Canada-based distributor.  According to court filings, Universal has also agreed to acquire Alliance for $39 million. In addition, Diamond’s bank, JP Morgan Chase, has agreed to provide up to $41 million in debtor-in-possession financing to help Diamond get through the reorganization process. 

From BleedingCool:  In response to parent Diamond Comic Distributors' Chapter 11 bankruptcy announcement, Diamond UK says that it is "a profitiable and stable business."

From BleedingCool:  Here is a list of the top 30 companies to which Diamond Comic Distributors owes money. At #1, it owes Marvel Comics current distributor, Penguin Random House LLC, over 9.2 million dollars.

From BleedingCool:  Diamond's bankruptcy has left comics publisher American Mythology with unpaid bills and no distribution.  They might not make it, so they are asking fans to buy directly from their webstore.
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L.A. FIRES - From ComicBook:  Television writer-producer, Erik Kripke, has revealed that he and his family have lost their home and belongings in the Los Angeles fires.  Kripke created the The WB/The  CW supernatural drama, "Supernatural" (2005-2020) and Amazon's "The Boys," which is based on the Garth Ennis-Darick Robertson comic book series.

From BleedingCool:  Veteran comic book writer Mark Verheiden has lost his home in the Palisades fire.  Verheiden co-created the comic book "The American" and "Timecop," and wrote "Aliens" and "Predator" comic for Dark Horse Comics. Verheiden has also been a writer-producer on such television series as "Constantine" (NBC), "Daredevil" (Netflix), and "Smallville" (The WB), to name a few.

From BleedingCool:  Comic book artist, Andrew C. Robinson, has lost his home in the Eaton Canyon fires.  Robinson is known for his work on "The Fifth Beatle," "Conan," and "Batman," to name a few.

From BleedingCoolDavid M. Booher, the writer who co-created the hit kids' comic book, "Canto" (with artist Drew Zucker), has lost his home and possessions in the Eaton fire in Altadena, California.  He has set up a "GoFundMe" page.
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DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog:  Actress Zoe Chao talks about the "Creature Commandos" finale and her character, "Nina Mazursky."

CARTOONS - From BleedingCool:  "The Washington Post's" Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Ann Telnaes," has resigned from her position at the Post, over their decision to drop one of her cartoons because it was a) about Donald Trump and b) featured Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, along with Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/Meta founder), Patrick Soon-Shiong ("Los Angeles Times" publisher) and Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) kneeling before Donald Trump offering money, while Mickey Mouse (in the wake of ABC News' settling a lawsuit against them brought by Trump) is fully prostrate.

DC STUDIOS - From THR:  Actor Jason Momoa, who previously played "Aquaman" in DC Comics films, will now play intergalactic bad-ass "Logo" in the DC Studios film, "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow."

TITAN COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Comic book artist Liam Sharp shows off his "Savage Sword of Conan" art for a book not yet announced by Titan Comics/Heroic Signatures.

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DECEMBER 2024 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  BlackBox Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Dren Productions for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics Todd McFarlane titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Kodansha Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Magma Comix for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Massive for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Penthouse Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics "Conan" titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  TOKYOPOP for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Yen Press for December 2024

JANUARY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  1First Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  DSTLRY Media for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rising Empire Studios for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Comics for January 2025

FEBRUARY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  CEX for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute" titles for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry Media for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' Energon Universe titles for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Magma Comix for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2025 - full list
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Star Wars" Black History Month variants for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel "Ultimate Comics" for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2025 - Part 1
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2025 - Part 2
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for February 2025

MARCH 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Comicarts for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  DSTLRY Media for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Kodansha Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Amazing Spider-Man" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "One World Under Doom" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Ultimate Comics" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive/WhatNot for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Seven Seas Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Shift Presents for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  TOKYOPOP for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Webtoon Unscrolled for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Yen Press for March 2025

APRIL 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Summer of Superman" titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate: titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for April 2025

MAY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles for May 2025

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