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Newsarama: Director Ava DuVernay confirms that Darkseid and "the Furies" will appear in her "New Gods" film.
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ComicBook: Hiram Garcia, producer of the "Black Adam" movie, offers updates on the development of the film featuring the Shazam villain.
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ComicBook: "Batman" film producer talks about the impact of Stan Lee on the franchise.
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BleedingCool: Jonah Weiland, the founder of ComicBookResources (CBR), is reportedly going to be the Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services for DC Comics...
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BleedingCool: Joe and Anthony Russo of "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame" will apparently adapt 1980s, First Comics title, "Grimjack," (writer John Ostrander and artist Tim Truman) for the screen.
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Newsarama: Netflix has ordered more episodes of "Lucifer" (based on the DC Comics series). Season 5 will run 16 episodes instead of 10.
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Deadline: Executive producer Daniel Lindelof says that his HBO "Watchmen" series confronts White Supremacy but offers no grandiose solutions. He also says "Fuck you" to Alan Moore.
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Newsarama: Here is a "first-look" preview of all four issues of "Chrononauts: Futureshock."
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ScreenRant: Guillermo del Toro wanted to turn his script for the unproduced "Hellboy 3" into a comic book, but Mike Mignola said no because...
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BloodyDisgusting: Acclaimed horror movie director, Alexandre Aja ("Crawl") has signed on to diret and executive produce a TV series adaptation of Junji Ito's legendary horror manga, "Tomie," for the Quibi streaming service.
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ComicsBeat: Who do comic book editors do? Well, at Comic-Con International 2019, editors explained.
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Newsarama: All four issues of the upcoming miniseries, "
Chrononauts: Futureshock" (Image/Netflix), the sequel to
Mark Millar's hit, "Chrononauts," will be released simultaneously on October 30th, 2019.
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BleedingCool: IDW Publishing will collect Steve Ditko's complete "Mr. A" comics in hardcover volumes beginning in 2020. This article also includes a fascinating question and answer session with IDW editor Scott Dunbier and one of Ditko's nephews, Mark Ditko.
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BleedingCool: More about IDW's artist editions and art book releases via editor Scott Dunbier, including more on Steve Ditko's estate.
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BleedingCool: DC Comics will collect Garth Ennis' run on "Hellblazer" in one omnibus edition in April 2020.
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Newsarama: Tom King, Mitch Gerads, and Evan Shaner will producer a "Strange Adventures" comic book starring Adam Strange.
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TheGuardian: Apparently, it is official. Alan Moore has retired from comic books.
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Newsarama: The "Harley Quinn" animated series for "DC Universe" has a first trailer.
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Newsarama: Two-time, Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali has been cast as Marvel Studios' vampire-hunting character, Blade.
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THR: Marvel Comics announces the relaunch of the X-Men franchise with six new titles: "X-Men," "Excalibur," "Marauders," "New Mutants," "Fallen Angels," and "X-Force."
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THR: The 2019 Will Eisner Award winners have been announced. Writer Tom King wins in four of the five categories in which he was nominated.
SDCC - From
Newsarama: Miracleman returns in "Marvel Comics #1000" in a one-page story by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham.
SDCC - From
Newsarama: DC Comics has aligned its imprints... again... adding a new one, "DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults" (which will encompass the former "DC Ink" line). So the revised line of imprints are as follows: "DC Graphic Novels for Kids," "DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults," "DC" (also known as DC Universe), and "DC Black Label."
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THR: Brandon Routh, how played Superman in the 2006 film, "Superman Returns," will reprise that role in The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover in December 2019 and January 2020.
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BleedingCool: Jonathan Hickman talks X-Men at Comic-Con 2019 via video
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CBR: Announced at a Comic-Con press event, comiXology has announced another of its "Originals" program, "Afterlift" by writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Jason Loo.
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Deadline: Ed Brubaker has signed a multi-year deal with Legendary Entertainment Television to develop his creator-owned comic book series for television.
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Deadline: The upcoming seventh season will be the final season for the ABC TV series, "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
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Newsarama: Random House reveals its 2020 releases under its graphic novel imprint, "Random House Graphic."
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EW: Jonathan Hickman says that Marvel Comics should not be taking its storytelling cues from Marvel Studios.
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Newsarama: DC will launch a new Birds of Prey ongoing series this October from writer Brian Azzarello and artists Emanuela Lupacchino, Ray McCarthy, and Trish Mulhivill.
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Newsarama: Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso have hired ReedPOP's Gabe Yocum as its Sales Director for their new comic publishing start-up Artists, Writers, and Artisans (AWA)
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Newsarama: "The Authority" creators, writer Warren Ellis and artist Bryan Hitch, are reuniting for a 12-issue Batman comic books series, "The Batman's Grave."
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HypeBeast: 13 years after it ended, the infamous manga, "Death Note" is coming back for a one-off, reuniting the manga’s original author and illustrator, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Now, they are giving fans a look at a storyboard for the upcoming 87-page story.
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TheGeekHerald: The latest "My Hero Academia" spinoff manga debuts this month in Japan. "My Hero Academia: Team Up Mission" will debut in "Saiko Jump" on or around July 25th.
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CincyJungle: NFL running back, Rodney Anderson (Cincinnati Bengals), is openly a fan of comic books and science fiction. He is apparently part of a wave of young NFL players willing to be open.
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Wired: Former Marvel EiC and current CCO, Joe Quesada, will be the star of "Storyboards," which will pair him with "visionary" people to find out how they do their best work. Hugh Jackman of the "Wolverine" and "X-Men" movies will be the guest on the debut episode of this Disney+ streaming service series.
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Deadline: WTG Enterprises is producing an animated series based on the long-running Underground Comix titles, "The Faburlous Furry Freak Brothers," created by Gilbert Shelton. The plan is for eight 22-minute episodes to debut early in 2020, but there is currently no distributor.
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FlickeringMyth: Actress Olivia Munn, who played Psylocke in the film, "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016), said that she found director Bryan Singer and writer Simon Kinberg's lack of knowledge of the X-Men mythos very frustrating.
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ComicBookMovie: There are new characater posters for the film, "The Kitchen," which is based on the 2014 DC Comics/Vertigo miniseries.
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ComicBookMovie: Producer Amy Pascal says that there is no timetable for the sequel to 2018's hit film, "Venom."
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TheBeat: An analysis of June 2019 comic book and graphic novel sales.
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Newsarama: John Carpenter will help the Joker get his swagger back in "The Joker: The Year of the Villain #1."
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Newsarama: What is known about the return of Marvel's "Ultimate Universe."
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Newsarama: Here is the first trailer for the new "Lupin III" film.
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Newsarama: Mike Allred previews his David Bowie biographical original graphic novel, "Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams," produced with writer Steve Horton and colorist Laura Allred.
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PW: HarperCollins is announcing a new graphic novel imprint, HarperAlley, which will be headed by Andrew Arnold, formerly of FirstSecond.
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io9: Jeff Lemire is writing two "DC Black Label." The first is "Joker: Killer Smile," which will be drawn by Andrea Sorrentino. The next is "The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage," which will be drawn by Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz.
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Newsarama: IDW Publishing announces its plans for San Diego Comic Con 2019.
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BleedingCool: If you like Ed Piskor's "X-Men: Grand Design," prepare for Tom Scoli's "Fantastic Four: Grand Design."
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Newsarama: Marvel Comics announces a new comic book from writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred, the creators of X-Statix. "X-Cellent" debuts in 2020.
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Newsarama: John Costantine/Hellblazer gets another relaunch with "The Sandman Universe Presents Hellblazer #1" in October.
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Newsarama: Todd Phillips says that the Joker's origin in his upcoming film, "The Joker," is not from the comic books.
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Seibertron: Someone found an Amazon listing for VIZ Media's "Transformers: The Manga" collection.
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TimesofSanDiego: The evolution of San Diego Comic Con International.
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CBR: DC Comics has apparently made a deal to produce original comic books based upon two anime films from American-anime studio, Rooster Teeth. Expect (mediocre) RWBY and gen:LOCK comic books beginning in August 2019.
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BleedingCool: It's Alive! next project is an omnibus collecting the work of cartoonist and comic book creator, Jeff Nicholson. Nicholson's "Father & Son Omnibus: Reality Soldiers" is set to be released on September 25th and currently available for preorder now.
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Madison: Anne Elizabeth Moore, former writer for "The Onion," is writing a book about alternative and indie cartoonist and comic book creator, Julie Ducet.
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ThePlaylist: While throwing shade at Warner Bros., Oscar-winning screenwriter turned film director, Christopher McQuarrie, says that he wanted to make interconnected "Green Lantern Corps" and "Superman" movies.
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Newsarama: In the wake of news that MAD Magazines will no longer feature new content comes word that DC Comics has laid off MAD senior editor Dan Telfer has been laid off.
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BleedingCool: William Messner-Loebs contributes to "Kiss: The End #3." Loebs, a popular comic book creator, artist, and writer doing the 1980s and 1990s, has struggled to find work most of this century and has been in financial dire straits several times.
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THR: Katsuhiro Otomo announced at Anime Expo that he will direct a third anime project that will continue the universe of his legendary Akira, which he began as manga before turning into an animated feature film. He also announced that there will be a "Complete Works" collection of his manga.
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CBR: Why isn't there a Stan Lee cameo in "Spider-Man: Far From Home?" The filmmakers were concerned about his health.
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TheComicsBeat: MAD Magazine #9 will be the last one distributed to newstands. #10 will be the last one to feature new content. With #10, MAD will only be available through the direct comics market and digitally.
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TheComicsBeat: Matt Groening is launching a new company, Babber Books. Groening was one of the founders of Bongo Comics. Bongo primarily published comic books based on Fox's "The Simpsons," animated TV series, which Groening created.
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Newsarama: The classic Italian comics, "Diabolik," is about to get another film adaptation. The previous film adaptation appeared in 1968, six years after "Diabolik" debuted in Italy.
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Newsarama: AMC reassures fans that "The Walking Dead" TV series and films are not ending although the comic book, the inspired them, is.
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Newsarama: Warner Bros.' proposed "Flash" film will have a new director and writer.
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Deadline: The Syfy TV series, "Wynonna Earp," which is based on a comic book, is seeing its fourth season delayed until 2020, due to financing issues.
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Newsarama: "Marvel Zombies" will return in October.
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Newsarama: "The Walking Dead" comic book series is to end with issue #193, which is due in stores, Wed., July 3rd,2019
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ComicBook: George Perez talks about what he did not like about working on The New 52 "Superman" comic books series.
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Newsarama: Netflix orders TV series based on "The Sandman" comic book.
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YahooNews: Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder says he was fired from his freelance contract for a Donald Trump political cartoon he drew.
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BookRiot: Seven comic books written by novelists you love.
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THR: "Daphne Byrne" is a new comic book, part of DC Comics and Joe Hill's recently announced "Hill House Comics." It is the work of comics newcomer and playwright Laura Marks and veteran artist Kelley Jones.
JULY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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AUGUST 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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SEPTEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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Newsarama: September 2019 comics solicitations for 24 publishers on one page
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OCTOBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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Newsarama: AC Comics for October 2019
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BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for October 2019
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BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for October 2019
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HALLOWEEN COMICFEST 2019:
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Newsarama: 28 comic book titles for the industry's fall event taking place Saturday, October 26, 2019 at participating comic shops worldwide.
DC's HILL HOUSE COMICS Debut Solicitations:
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Newsarama: These are the solicitations for DC Comics' "Hill House Comics" group overseen by Joe Hill. The line is scheduled to kick off October 30, 2019 with "Basketful of Heads #1."
NOVEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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