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I Reads You Juniors: March 2024 - UPDATE #56
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NEWS:
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press is going to release an English-language edition of the graphic novel adaptation of the novel, "The Three-Body Problem." Author Liu Cixin's novel has also been adapted into a Netflix live-action series. The publication date will be announced at a later date.
IMAGE ANIMATION - From Deadline: The fallout from the controversial behavior of actor Ezra Miller ("The Flash") continues. His role on Amazon's "Invincible" has been recast. At the end of Season One of the animated series based on Robert Kirkman's Image Comics title, Miller provided the voice of mad scientist, "D.A. Sinclair." When the character recently returned in Season Two, he was voiced by Eric Bauza.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: The team behind, "Superman: Space Age" (2022), writer Mark Russell and artist Mike Allred, talk about their new "Batman" comic book miniseries, "Batman: Dark Age."
SDCC/FILM - From Deadline: Emmy and Academy Award nominated producer David Permut and filmmaker Oscar Boyson are teaming up with author/filmmaker Mathew Klickstein to bring the San Diego Comic-Con origin story to life for the first time on screen in a new documentary. It is based on Klickstein’s 2022 book, "See You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture."
DC CINEMA - From CBR: According to an insider report, "The Batman II" will begin principal photography April 2025. Also, casting announcements won't be made before this coming Fall.
IDW - From YouTube: IDW Publishing has released a video to promote its upcoming "Batman: Year One Artist's Edition" (featuring the art of David Mazzuchelli), with commentary by Mike Mignola.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC will celebrate Batman's 85th anniversary this year (1939-2024), and part of the celebration is a new logo.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: The musical sequel to Joker (2019), entitled "Joker: Folie a Deux," will include 15 cover songs. It will also include original songs, but the exact number of those remains a mystery.
DC TV - From Variety: Warner Bros. has released a teaser trailer for its upcoming HBO Max series, "The Penguin," starring Colin Farrell in the title role. The series is a spinoff of the 2022 film, The Batman, and is due in the Fall.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Nicole Maines talks about two new DC projects: "Suicide Squad: Dream Team" and the YA graphic novel, "Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story."
COMICS TO FILM - From THR: Filmmaker Alex Proyas has maintained that his 1994 film, "The Crow" should not get a reboot out of respect for his film's star, the late Brandon Lee, who died as a result of an on-set firearm accident. Thus, Proyas has disavowed "The Crow" reboot film, which is set for release June 7th, 2024.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Beloved DC Comics' super-team, the "Teen Titans," will get its own live-action movies. The film will be written by Ana Nogueira, who is also writing the screenplay for "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow."
DC ANIMATION - From CBR: WIT Studio has revealed the third trailer for it anime film, "Suicide Squad: ISEKAI." The film is set for a June 2024 Japanese release.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: A look at the first women to write for DC Comics, including Leigh Brackett, Barbara Friedlander, and Mary Skrenes, to name a few.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics releases a press release at SXSW that reveals its upcoming plans for its "X-Men" line of comic books. This includes a back-to-basics "Uncanny X-Men" title written by Gail Simone.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Kelly Thompson talks the past, present, and future of "Birds of Prey."
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: "Venom 3" has an official title, "Venom: The Last Dance." It's new release date is Oct. 25th, 2024, up from the previous date of Nov. 8th.
DC STUDIOS - From IGN: Warner Bros. has changed the release date for "The Batman 2," the sequel to the hit film, The Batman (2021). The film has moved from its recent October 2025 release date to Oct. 2nd, 2026.
IMAGE - From BleedingCool: Robert Kirkman's Skybound imprint has the license to publish "G.I. Joe" and "Transformers" comics, which Kirkman publishes via a shared universe, the "Energon Universe." In under a year, Energon Universe comics have sold over a million copies.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Javier Rodriguez are producing an "adults-only" Zatanna graphic novel for DC's "Black Label." Entitled "Zatanna: Bring Down the House," it is scheduled for a June 25th release.
EN MEMORIAM - From ANN: The Japanese manga artist and character designer, Akira Toriyama, has died at the age of 68, Friday, March 1, 2024. Toriyama is best known for creating the seminal Japanese manga (comic book), "Dragon Ball," which was originally serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" from 1984 to 1955. "Dragon Ball" would go on to become a massive media franchise that included live-action and animated films and television series, action figures, video games, and more. VIZ Media's Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Edition, Volume 1 collects the first 36 chapters of the "Dragon Ball" manga.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Dan Jurgens and artist Mike Perkins talk about their new miniseries, "The Bat-Man: First Knight."
DC STUDIOS - From DCBlog: James Gunn's Superman movie begins production with a new title, "Superman," changed from the previously announced "Superman: Legacy."
IMAGE - From ComicsBeat: At Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con, Image Comics plans to introduce the wave of talent and new projects for 2024.
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Monday, November 20, 2023
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 22, 2023
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
I Reads You Juniors: October 2023 - Update #60
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NEWS:
DISNEY - From BleedingCool: "KugaliInk" is a new graphic novel imprint that is the joint project of Disney Hyperion and Kugali, a pan-African entertainment company. The imprint will celebrate African voices and be focused on middle-grade readers. KugaliInk's first graphic novel will be "Akanni" by Jessica Tagbajumi (2025), to be followed by "Runeless" by Bill Masuku.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Comic book artist Steve Erwin has died at the age of 63, Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Erwin was best remembered for co-creating DC Comics' "Checkmate" with writer Paul Kupperberg and the DC Comics' character, "Gunfire," with the late writer, Len Wein. In 1991, he joined writer Marvel Wolfman to launch the "Deathstroke the Terminator" comic book series, with Erwin drawing 23 of the series first 34 issues and the series second "Annual" issue.
COMICS - From GamesRadar: Comic book maestros Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones are teaming up for a series of graphic novels about the secret history of Dracula. They are currently crowdfunding "Dracula: Book One: The Impaler."
IMAGE - From BleedingCool: Todd McFarlane announces 10 more Spawn-related comic book titles for 2024.
MOVIES - From Variety: Author and comic book writer, Benjamin Percy ("Wolverine"), has sold the film rights to his novella, "American Criminal," to Amazon MGM Studios.
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: DC Comics will celebrate Black History Month 2024 with a new installment of its "DC Power" anthology, a one-shot dedicated to showcasing Black characters and creators. Black History Month is observed all February long, with "DC Power 2024" arriving just a bit early at the tail end of January.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: Director Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) reveals that he quit X-Men: The Last Stand when he discovered that Fox was going to trick Halle Berry into signing to appear in the film with a fake "Storm" script that the studio would later discard.
NYCC - From BleedingCool: At New York Comic Con 2023, Yen Press announced 15 upcoming manga and light novel publications.
NYCC - From AIPT: Writer Rick Remender's Image Comics' label, "Giant Generator," has signed several big name comic book artists to exclusive contracts, including J.G. Jones, Daniel Acuna, and Bengal, to name a few.
NYCC - From THR: Director Matthew Vaughn revealed that he is working on a reboot of the "Kick-Ass" film franchise. It is based on the Mark Millar-John Romita, Jr-created comic book franchise that has yielded two films, Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013).
NYCC - From BleedingCool: Korean-American actor, Don Lee, is joining writer Rodney Barnes and artist Jae Lee for the comic book, "Project Sterling North." Just as the BRZRKR comic book uses co-creator Keanu Reeves' likeness so will "Project Sterling North" uses Lee's likeness.
NYCC - From ComicBook: Comic book writer, J.M. DeMatteis, who co-created "Creature Commandos" (with artist Pat Broderick), says that he met with DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn about Gunn's animated "Creature Commando" series.
NYCC - From ComicBook: Action Comics will be kicking off a brand-new storytelling initiative in 2024. DC announced "Superman Superstars," a year-long string of stories that will be told in the pages of Action. From January through December of 2024, the book will feature a rotating array of writers and artists, who will be teaming up on mini arcs, including comic book stars Jason Aaron and Joshua Williamson.
NYCC - From ComicCon: Mad Cave Studios is moving into publishing comic books based on licensed properties. At NYCC, Mad Cave announced the creative teams for those series. Cullen Bunn and Chris Batista on "Gatchaman" and Steve Orlando and Tommy Lee Edwards on a spin-off series. Writer Jeremy Adams tackles "Flash Gordon."
NYCC - From THR: Comic book creator, Rob Liefeld, has joined Philip J. Silvera, the stunt coordinator for "Deadpool" (2016) to produce a proof-of-concept trailer featuring his character, "Bloodstrike." The hope is that the trailer will revive interest from filmmakers and studios in a "Bloodstrike" film.
NYCC - From ComicBook: Dynamite and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products announced that they have partnered to release a range of comic books and graphic novels inspired by some of Warner's most popular franchises and characters. The initial slate of titles are planned to be released across multiple formats and will be based on "The Flintstones," "Jonny Quest," The Powerpuff Girls," "Space Ghost," "ThunderCats," "We Bare Bears," and The Wizard of Oz.
NYCC - From ComicBook: After 14 years, DC Comics is reviving the "Elseworlds" imprint (beginning in 2024) with the following titles:
EN MEMORIAM - From THR: Comic book writer and artist, Keith Giffen, has died at the age of 70, Monday, October 9, 2023. Giffen may be best known for his work on DC Comics' "Legion of Super-Heroes," working on various LoSH series from 1982 to 1998, with the most famous work being "The Great Darkness Saga" storyline. Giffen also co-created several characters, including Marvel Comics' "Rocket Raccoon," DC's "Lobo," and the "Jaime Reyes" incarnation of the character, "Blue Beetle," which appeared in the 2023 film, Blue Beetle.
NYCC 2023 - From THR: Oscar-nominated actor, Tom Hardy, is joining acclaimed comic book writer, Scott Snyder (Batman), in the creation of a new 12-issue comic book series, "Arcbound." Hardy has the title of "creative collaborator" and will work on developing characters for the broader "Arcbound" universe. Veteran writer Frank Tieri and artist Ryan Smallman. Hardy and the creative team will appear at New York Comic-Con 2023 on Saturday for a signing.
BRITISH COMICS - From 2000AD: The legendary English comics artist, John M. Burns, has retired after seven decades of creating and drawing comics. He has drawn for over 20 different publishers, and he may be best known for his work on such characters as "Judge Dredd," "Nikolai Dante," and "The Order" to name a few.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: The website chronicles the latest drama surrounding "Aquaman 2" and the emerging cinematic DC Universe.
COMICS - From OhDannyBoy: Australian blogger, Daniel Best," takes a look at the history of art theft at Marvel Comics, this time looking specifically at the theft of the art produced by the late Jack Kirby.
IMAGE - From BleedingCool: Todd McFarlane will reveal Liam Sharp's "Barbarian Spawn" comic book at the upcoming New York Comic-Con 2023 (Oct. 12 to 15).
BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool: Scottish comics publisher, BHP Comics will begin shutting down its operations.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Joanne Starer talks about her new "Dawn of DC" series, "Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Apparently, after 88-year-old, Portland-based collector, James Strand, died, his house was ransacked for his collection of rare comics, signed books, and pulps. The collection was worth an estimated two million dollars, and the FBI is investigating.
ONE PIECE - From Deadline: The site has a long Q&A with Matt Owens, series writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner of Netflix's "One Piece" live-action series. He talks about Season 2, about how personal the series is to him, and about how the series got Jamie Lee Curtis to join the cast.
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Although Vol. 34 was the end of the worldwide hit manga, "Attack on Titan," there will be a 35th volume, which will be released in 2024.
COMICS - From ComicBook: Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise) talks more about his upcoming science fiction graphic novel, a hybrid of prose and comics which will be crowdfunded for a 2024 release. His wife and publisher, Robyn Moore, says that they may be done with publishing single issues.
IMAGE/SKYBOUND - From ScreenRant: Robert Kirkman explains why his new G.I. Joe/Transformers shared continuity is called the "Energon Universe."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From GamesRadar: Marvel Studios is reportedly about to begin the process of choosing a writer for the "X-Men" movie.
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