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BatmanNews: Joelle Jones joins the creative team on the Batman comic book.
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BleedingCool: Today's issue of "Black Panther and the Crew" (issue #6) is the final issue of the series. However, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates says he will continue the Crew's adventures in the main "Black Panther" title.
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ICv2: Hasbro is suing DC Entertainment over the "Bumblebee" name. There is a "Bumblebee" Transformer and there is superhero and one-time Teen Titan named Bumblebee.
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MikeLynchCartoons: A look at comic books featuring the late comedian, actor, and filmmaker, Jerry Lewis.
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BleedingCool: Dave Sim to kill Cerebus again... if you care...
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #132 in English.
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #132 in French.
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ScreenRant: The 15 most controversial comic book covers of all time - according to Screen Rant.
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CBR: John Romita, Jr. offers details of "Superman: Year One," his miniseries with writer Frank Miller.
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CBR: DC Comics is reviving a classic 1950s Superman PSA poster to discuss diversity and non-discussion.
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BLURB REVIEW:
Cable #1 (Marvel Comics – July 2017) by James Robinson and Carlos Pacheco with Rafael Fonteriz and Jesus Aburtov
Cable has been one Marvel Comics' most popular X-Men/mutant characters since his debut in New Mutants #87 back in late 1989/early 1990. The character has been the star or co-star of a number of ongoing comic book series and miniseries. I find him to be one of the least interesting of Marvel's merry mutants. When I have purchased a Cable comic book, it was because of the art.
I think I was attracted to his new Cable #1 because of the cover, which is drawn by Dale Keown. After nearly a quarter century, I still find Keown's unique drawing style to be eye candy. However, I knew from the opening page that this comic book was going to be awful, and it is. Whatever happened to James Robinson? He was once one of the shining lights of comic book scribes, so much so that Hollywood came a-callin' for his writing skills. Now, he cranks out listless scripts for Marvel secondary titles that are more like dumpster comics than publications from a major company.
Cable is part of Marvel's “ResurrXion” initiative to revive its X-Men line. Half the “ResurrXion” titles suck, and Cable sucks ass.
Posted: Saturday, August 26, 2017
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BleedingCool: Two more comic book stores are closing.
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ICv2: "The Wheels on the Bus..." an interesting piece about the future of Marvel Comics.
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CBR: 15 Ways Marvel Comics' "Star Wars" comic books have changed the Star Wars universe.
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BleedingCool: Rob Liefeld shows off a Wolverine drawing he did as a teenager - in style similar to John Byrne's.
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BleedingCool: Fantagraphics Books' Eric Reynolds has picked up the worldwide rights to "Dull Margaret," a graphic novel written by Academy Award-winning actor, Jim Broadbent.
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BleedingCool: Retailers are boycotting Marvel Comics' "Legacy" lenticular cover scheme.
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CBR: Marvel Comics solicitations for November 2017.
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CBR: "Doomsday Clock #1" art teases arrival of Watchmen character, Rorschach.
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BleedingCool: Chuck Dixon may now be the most published comic book writer of all time.
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BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics' November 2017 solicitations.
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #131 in English.
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #131 in French.
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MultiversityComics: Declan Shalvey talks about his upcoming Image Comics title, "Savage Town."
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BleedingCool: November 2017 solicitations for Archie Comics.
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BleedingCool: Nick Spencer leads the creative team for Marvel's "Not Brand Ecch." The comic book is among a group of Marvel Legacy one-shots.
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CBR: A preview of "Batman: Murder Machine."
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BleedingCool: The original comic book art collection of singer/songerwriter Graham Nash brought in a lot of money. This group of original art from Underground Comix earned over $1 million, especially Nash's collection of R. Crumb pages.
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ComicsReporter: The 2017 Ignatz Awards nominees have been announced.
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BleedingCool: Howard Chaykin had to change another cover for "The Divided States of Hysteria," this time #3. And so you won't have to keep looking, on the girl's right butt cheek, Chaykin had used Prince's infamous "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" symbol, which he removed for the final cover.
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BleedingCool: Wizard Magazine will return at a print publication, for the first time since 2011.
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BleedingCool: Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and Gail Simone are among the the comic book creators contributing to "Mine," a comic book benefiting Planned Parenthood.
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TheWashingtonPost: DC Comics' "Dark Nights: Metal" has a Vertigo surprise - Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.
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ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton looks at the 1960s "New Look" Batman in "DC Comics History."
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #130 in English.
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #130 in French.
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BleedingCool: Gail Simone begins #ComicsHateNazis hash tag.
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Newsarama: Mike Mignola is working on the end of the B.P.R.D., the paranormal defense agency in the Hellboy comic book franchise.
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ComicBookBin: A review of "Generations: Phoenix and Jean Grey #1"
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TheBeat: Can Christopher Priest and Phil Noto redeem Marvel's "The Inhumans."
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ImageComics: Image Comics solicitations for October 2017.
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FlickeringMyth: BOOM! Studios is bringing "Planet of the Apes" and "Kong" together in a comic book.
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BleedingCool: Marvel to offer second printings of "Generations," "Weapons of Mutant Destruction," and "Darth Vader."
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BleedingCool: The war over Stan Lee's "last" comic convention appearance.
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ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton looks at the DC Comics History of "New Look" Superman of the mid-1960s.
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TheVillageVoice: Marvel's "Secret Empire" with its fascist Captain America is the launch point for a discussion of the prevalence of dystopian storytelling.
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Patreon: A review of the first issue of IDW 's new reboot of Robert E. Howard's "Kull," entitled "Kull Eternal."
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Negromancer: VIZ Media announces its digital manga updates for August 2017.
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BleedingCool: 3 pages from "Spider-Gwen #25" a "Legacy" issue.
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ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton looks at mid-1960s "New Look" in the latest "DC Comics History."
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CBR: Archie Comics is reviving its superhero title, "The Mighty Crusaders," and turns "Betty & Veronica" into bikers.
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BleedingCool: Tom King says new "Mister Miracle" is the most ambitious thing that he has ever written.
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BleedingCool: DC Comics will launch a new Harley Quinn comic book, "Harley Loves Joker," sometime at the end of the year. Paul Dini and Jimmy Palmiotti will be involved and the series will be in the vein of "Batman: The Animated Series."
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CBR: Why has Netflix gone all in on comic books?
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CBR: "Batman" writer Tom King explains the importance of Kite Man.
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BleedingCool: Jim Lee is sure that 15% to 45% of DC Comics' readers are women...
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CinemaBlend: Karl Urban in talks to appear in a possible "Judge Dredd" TV series.
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BleedingCool: Mark Millar announces that Netflix has bought his publishing entity, Millarworld.
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BLURB REVIEW:
Iceman #1 (Marvel Comics – August 2017) by Sina Grace and Alessandro Vitti with Rachelle Rosenberg
Iceman (Robert Louis Drake, also known as “Bobby Drake”) is one of the original X-Men, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby in 1963 for the comic book,
X-Men. Iceman has been the star of two four-issue miniseries (one published in 1984-85 and another in 2001-02). He finally gets his own ongoing series with the simply titled
Iceman, written by
Sina Grace and drawn by
Alessandro Vitti.
Judging by the first issue, this series will focus quite a bit on Bobby Drake's angst-filled family and romantic life. I'm not interested. I find Alessandro Vitti's art to be unattractive, another reason I will likely avoid future issues of this comic book. This new comic book arrives as part of “ResurrXion,” Marvel's initiative to reinvigorate its X-Men line of comic books. The problem, so far, is that half of these new titles are mediocre, and Iceman is one of them.
Posted: Sunday, August 6, 2017
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #129 in English.
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ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet Episode #129 in French.
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ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton looks at the Silver Age history of DC Comics villain, Eclipso.
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BleedingCool: Beau Smith, the creator of "Wynonna Earp," will appear on the August 4, 2017 episode.
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TCJ: Alex Dueben interviews Eurocomics legend, José Muñoz.
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CBR: Meet the children of the Justice League in "Justice League #26."
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ComicBookBin: Deejay Dayton offers his latest "DC Comics History" on Doom Patrol.
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BleedingCool: Sean McKeever shares his pitch for a Wonder Girl series in 2006.
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BleedingCool: Beginning in 2018, New York Comic Con will host the "Harvey Awards," which are currently hosted by Baltimore Comic-Con.
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CBR: Dwayne McDuffie's widow sues over the planned revival of Milestone Media.
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BleedingCool: J. Michael Starczynski - comic book writer, screenwriter, TV writer, novelist, producer - gives advice about writing for the big screen, TV, and comics.
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ComicBookBin: In a new episode of "DC Comics History," Deejay Dayton looks "Strange Sports Stories," from the long-running comic book series, "The Brave and the Bold."
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ICv2: TOKYOPOP is also in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" business. It will publish the first ever comic book project to expand on the story of the original film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey," in Spring 2018.
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BleedingCool: Joe Books will release a comic book version of the Disney's YouTube cartoon
, "The Nightmare Before Christmas: As Told by Emoji."
