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Newsarama: Two of IDW's founder, Ted Adams and Robbie Robbins, have founded a new publishing venture, Clover Press. The new company will publish graphic novels, art books, prose books, "and other works."
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Newsarama: An estimated 1.35 million people attended Free Comic Book Day 2019, which was held on Saturday, May 4th.
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ScreenRant: Director James Gunn says that Disney/Marvel and Warner Bros./DC Comics are not built to make a movie that is as (relatively) small as "Brightburn," which Gunn produced.
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Variety: Keya Morgan, the former business manager of the late Stan Lee, was arrested in Arizona on an outstanding warrant from the Los Angeles Police Department. Morgan is facing several "elder abuse" charges related to Lee.
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BleedingCool: Veteran comics scribe Howard Mackie says that his pay-per-hour rate is better at Zenescope Entertainment than it was at DC Comics.
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BleedingCool: Frank Miller and John Romita, Jr.'s "Superman: Year One" is apparently in continuity with Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns."
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Newsarama: Writer Tom King is leaving "Batman" for a new title, "Batman/Catwoman" title in 2020... And people wonder why the Direct Market is going to shit.
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THR: Taika Waititi is directing a live-action version of the classic manga, Akira, which will open in theaters May 21, 2012. The manga's creator, Katsuhiro Otoma, directed an anime version of his manga that was released in 1988.
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Nippon: The British Museum in London will hold the world's largest exhibition of manga outside Japan, beginning Thursday, May 23rd through Aug. 26, 2019.
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Marketplace: Did you know that the Federal Reserve produces comic books?
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CBR: Marvel Entertainment is partnering with the United States Golf Association (USGA) to produce exclusive gold education products aimed at junior golfers. The partnership begins with a printed and digital comic book that features numerous Marvel superheroes teaching readers the basics of playing golf, as well as the etiquette of the game.
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Newsarama: Writer Tom King is apparently leaving his gig writing "Batman" by the end of the year, which will be short of his planned 100-issue run.
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Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment contests the use of the trademark "Atlas Comics" related to the recent Paramount film deal.
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Newsarama: Colorist Justin Ponsor died at the age of 42, Saturday, May 18, 2019. Much of his outpus has been for Marvel Comics, and this week's "Avengers #19" will be his final credit.
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Newsarama: Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and longtime Spawn artist, Greg Capullo, will produce interior art for the landmark Spawn #300. Capullo last drew interior art for Spawn #100. McFarlane has not drawn interior art for Spawn since 1995.
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Newsarama: Marvel Entertainment signs a deal with the Chinese company "NetEase" to develop Marvel characters into games, comics, and TV series for the Chinese market.
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Newsarama: DC Comics August 2019 comics solicitations - cover gallery.
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Deadline: Paramount Pictures makes a movie into superhero films with a deal that involves the old Atlas/Seaboard line of superhero characters. [I am not clear on what characters are owned by the current iteration of Atlas, which is called SP Media Group.]
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Variety: Lindsey Beer and James Wan have signed on as executive producers for the upcoming Mark Millar Netflix series “The Magic Order,” which is based on his 2018-19 comic book miniseries.
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HollywoodLife: Actress Raven-Symone ("Raven's Home") will provide the voice of Valkyrie in the Disney XD animated series, "Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout."
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YahooEntertainment: Robert Pattison, best known for playing the brooding vampire, Edward Cullen in the "Twilight" film series, is the new Batman/Bruce Wayne, according to an exclusive story by "Variety." Nicholas Hoult, who has been played "The Beast/Hank McCoy" in the "X-Men" film series since 2011, was apparently a finalist.
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Newsarama: "Fantastic Four: Yancy Street #1" is apparently the first in a series of "Fantastic Four" one-shots.
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Newsarama: Writer Warren Ellis and artist Ramon Villalobos will revive Wildstorm's "WildCATS," beginning in August with a new #1 issue.
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BleedingCool: Here are seven preview pages of Frank Miller and John Romita, Jr.'s "Superman: Year One."
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BleedingCool: Neal Adams will write and draw a new six-issue mini-series, "Batman Vs. Ra’s Al Ghul," as part of DC Comics' "Year of the Villain" initiative. Adams co-created Ra’s al Ghul, a classic Batman villain.
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Newsarama: Koyama Press announces its Fall 2019/Winter 2020 line-up of trade paperbacks.
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Newsarama: Writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman will return to the comic book they created in the 1980s, "Power Pack." They will produce a new Power Pack one-shot comic book set in the original series' continuity, "Power Pack: Grow Up #1."
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ComicBook: Jonathan Hickman talks about "House of X" and "Powers of X" (pronounced "Powers of Ten") and the restart of the X-Men line.
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Newsarama: Marvel to cancel and then, relaunch entire X-Men line... agin.
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Newsarama: Stan Lee's former manager, Keya Morgan, has been charged with five counts of elder abuse in Los Angeles Superior Court. Lee, who died in November 2018, is known for his time as a writer and editor at Marvel Comics when he co-created some of the most popular comic book characters ever created.
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Newsarama: The designs that renowned fantasy and concept artist, William Stout, produced for the 1987 "Masters of the Universe" film, will now become a line of action figures.
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ComicBook: NBA star Donovan Mitchell, nicknamed "Spida," has a new Spider-Man themed sneaker set to come out with "Spider-Man: Far From Home." He gave a pair to Spide-Man star, Tom Holland.
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BBC: A look at John Brunner's Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel, "Stand on Zanzibar" (1968).
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Newsarama: Lerner's Fall 2019 comic book solicitations
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BleedingCool: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Neil Gaiman are among the contributors to "Marvel Comics #1000."
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics announces "Marvel Comics #1000," a comic book with 80 one-page stories to celebrate its 80th anniversary.
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THR: Oni Press, the small press comic book and graphic novel publishers, is merging with Lion Forge Comics.
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Forbes: What the Oni Press-Lion Forge Comics merger means for the comic book industry.
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ComicsBeat: More on the aftermath of the Oni Press/Lion Forge Comics merger.
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Newsarama: Marvel plans some kind of "exclusive announcement" on Friday, April 10th.
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Newsarama: Dark Horse signs a "first look" deal with Netflix
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GoodEReader: This article says that webtoons are starting to overshadow digital manga.
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BookRiot: In cast you need it: a reader's guide to the manga, "Naruto."
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Newsarama: Writer Joe Hill and artist Mike Allred are working on a secret project for Marvel Comics.
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Newsarama: Two comic book characters will get TV series on TheCW during the 2019-20 television season. They are "Batwoman" (starring actress Ruby Rose) and "Katy Keene" (a "Riverdale" spinoff).
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Newsarama: Disney has officially moved the 20th Century Fox-produced "New Mutants" from August 7 2019 to April 3, 2020.
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BleedingCool: Jamie Delano ("Hellblazer") is looking for a publisher for his "2020 Visions" book collection. The book is based on Delano's comic book series of the same name that was originally published in 1997 and 1998 by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.
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BleedingCool: Steve Englehart is determined to bring you "Batman: Dark Detective III" one way or another.
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BleedingCool: Roy Thomas, perhaps the most famous writer of "Conan" comic books, will join British comic book legend, Alan Davis, to produce a prequel comic book to the classic Conan tale, "People of the Black Circle."
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Newsarama: Patrick Gleason, known for his work for DC Comics for the last several years, is moving to Marvel Comics.
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Newsarama: May 25th, 2019 will be "Denny O'Neil Day" in Phoenix, Arizona.
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ANN: Yōichi Takahashi, creator of the "Captain Tsubasa" manga, will appear in conversation at the British Museum on Friday May 24.
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Kotaku: The "Game of Thrones" television series has the same problem the "Fullmetal Alchemist" anime had.
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ANN: Yen Press licenses four new manga titles and two new light novels. They are scheduled for publication between November 2019 and April 2020.
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Previews: Marvel provided a launch trailer for its new series, "Savage Avengers."
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Newsarama: Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski teases the next million-selling comic books.
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Newsarama: Baker & Taylor, a distributor of graphic novels to comic book shops and bookstores, is closing its retail business.
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ComicBook: Writer-director James Gunn, the man behind Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" films, is directing "The Suicide Squad," based on the DC Comics series. He says his favorite Suicide Squad stories are the one written by John Ostrander in 1987.
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PostandCourier: The University of South Carolina recently received a comic collection worth about $2.5 million. It is 180,000 copies including the first appearance of key Silver Age heroes.
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Previews: DC Comics updates the contents of "Crisis On Infinite Earths HC Box Set" (November 6, 2019). This box will include 14 hardcover books and retail at $500.
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Variety: Actor Gabriel Luna who played the "Ghost Rider" in the ABC series, "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," will play the character in the just announced Hulu series, but this will be a different version of the character.
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BleedingCool: IDW Media Holdings has raised $13.8 million of its $22.5 million goal in the first round of funding.
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Newsarama: Hulu will have TV series based on Marvel characters, "Ghost Rider" and Helstrom."
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EyeonDesign: Julian Glander talks about his new book, "3D Sweeties."
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YorkDailyRecord: "The Avengers" effect: Have local comic book shops benefited from decade of Marvel films?
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Vimeo: "A Warren Ellis Production" production card / bumper.
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RogerStrunk: Strunk talks about his process creating a production card for Warren Ellis.
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MAY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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Newsarama: All publishers' solicitations link in one place.
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BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for May 2019
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JUNE 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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JULY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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Newsarama: July 2019 comics solicitations for all publishers on one page.
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Newsarama: AC Comics for July 2019
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AUGUST 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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