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From 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."
From Newsarama: An estimated 1.35 million people attended Free Comic Book Day 2019, which was held on Saturday, May 4th.
From 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.
From 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.
From BleedingCool: Veteran comics scribe Howard Mackie says that his pay-per-hour rate is better at Zenescope Entertainment than it was at DC Comics.
From BleedingCool: Frank Miller and John Romita, Jr.'s "Superman: Year One" is apparently in continuity with Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns."
From 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.
From 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.
From 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.
From Marketplace: Did you know that the Federal Reserve produces comic books?
From 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.
From 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.
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment contests the use of the trademark "Atlas Comics" related to the recent Paramount film deal.
MEMORIAM - From 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.
From 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.
From 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.
From Newsarama: DC Comics August 2019 comics solicitations - cover gallery.
From 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.]
From 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.
From 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."
From 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.
From Newsarama: "Fantastic Four: Yancy Street #1" is apparently the first in a series of "Fantastic Four" one-shots.
From Newsarama: Writer Warren Ellis and artist Ramon Villalobos will revive Wildstorm's "WildCATS," beginning in August with a new #1 issue.
From BleedingCool: Here are seven preview pages of Frank Miller and John Romita, Jr.'s "Superman: Year One."
From 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.
From Newsarama: Koyama Press announces its Fall 2019/Winter 2020 line-up of trade paperbacks.
From 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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X-MEN:
From ComicBook: Jonathan Hickman talks about "House of X" and "Powers of X" (pronounced "Powers of Ten") and the restart of the X-Men line.
From Newsarama: Marvel to cancel and then, relaunch entire X-Men line... agin.
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From 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.
From 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.
From 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.
From BBC: A look at John Brunner's Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel, "Stand on Zanzibar" (1968).
From Newsarama: Lerner's Fall 2019 comic book solicitations
From BleedingCool: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Neil Gaiman are among the contributors to "Marvel Comics #1000."
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics announces "Marvel Comics #1000," a comic book with 80 one-page stories to celebrate its 80th anniversary.
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From THR: Oni Press, the small press comic book and graphic novel publishers, is merging with Lion Forge Comics.
From Forbes: What the Oni Press-Lion Forge Comics merger means for the comic book industry.
From ComicsBeat: More on the aftermath of the Oni Press/Lion Forge Comics merger.
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From Newsarama: Marvel plans some kind of "exclusive announcement" on Friday, April 10th.
From Newsarama: Dark Horse signs a "first look" deal with Netflix
From GoodEReader: This article says that webtoons are starting to overshadow digital manga.
From BookRiot: In cast you need it: a reader's guide to the manga, "Naruto."
From Newsarama: Writer Joe Hill and artist Mike Allred are working on a secret project for Marvel Comics.
From 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).
From Newsarama: Disney has officially moved the 20th Century Fox-produced "New Mutants" from August 7 2019 to April 3, 2020.
From 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.
From BleedingCool: Steve Englehart is determined to bring you "Batman: Dark Detective III" one way or another.
From 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."
From Newsarama: Patrick Gleason, known for his work for DC Comics for the last several years, is moving to Marvel Comics.
From Newsarama: May 25th, 2019 will be "Denny O'Neil Day" in Phoenix, Arizona.
From ANN: Yōichi Takahashi, creator of the "Captain Tsubasa" manga, will appear in conversation at the British Museum on Friday May 24.
From Kotaku: The "Game of Thrones" television series has the same problem the "Fullmetal Alchemist" anime had.
From ANN: Yen Press licenses four new manga titles and two new light novels. They are scheduled for publication between November 2019 and April 2020.
From Previews: Marvel provided a launch trailer for its new series, "Savage Avengers."
From Newsarama: Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski teases the next million-selling comic books.
From Newsarama: Baker & Taylor, a distributor of graphic novels to comic book shops and bookstores, is closing its retail business.
From 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.
From 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.
From 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.
From 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.
From BleedingCool: IDW Media Holdings has raised $13.8 million of its $22.5 million goal in the first round of funding.
From Newsarama: Hulu will have TV series based on Marvel characters, "Ghost Rider" and Helstrom."
From EyeonDesign: Julian Glander talks about his new book, "3D Sweeties."
From YorkDailyRecord: "The Avengers" effect: Have local comic book shops benefited from decade of Marvel films?
From Vimeo: "A Warren Ellis Production" production card / bumper.
From RogerStrunk: Strunk talks about his process creating a production card for Warren Ellis.
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MAY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: All publishers' solicitations link in one place.
From Newsarama: AC Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: AfterShock Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Alterna Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Black Mask Studios for May 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for May 2019
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for May 2019
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for May 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for May 2019
From BleedingCool: Keenspot Entertainment for May 2019
From Newsarama: Kevin Eastman Studios for May 2019
From Newsarama: Lion Forge Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Mad Cave Studios for May 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: Oni Press for May 2019
From Newsarama: Rebellion/2000 AD for May 2019
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for May 2019
From BleedingCool: Source Point Press for May 2019
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama: VIZ Media for May 2019
From Newsarama: Yen Press for May 2019
From Newsarama: Zenescope Entertainment for May 2019
JUNE 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: June 2019 comic book publisher solicitations for June 2019
From Newsarama: AC Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: AfterShock Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Albatross Funnybooks for June 2019
From Newsarama: Alterna Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: American Mythology for June 2019
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for June 2019
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Aspen Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Black Mask Studios for June 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for June 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for June 2019
From Newsarama: Hero Tomorrow for June 2019
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for June 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Mad Cave Studios for June 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for June 2019
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama: VIZMedia for June 2019
JULY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: July 2019 comics solicitations for all publishers on one page.
From Newsarama: AC Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Action Lab Entertainment for July 2019
From Newsarama: AfterShock Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Albatross Funnybooks for July 2019
From Newsarama: Alterna Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: American Mythology for July 2019
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for July 2019
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Aspen Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for July 2019
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for July 2019
From Newsarama: Hero Tomorrow for July 2019
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for July 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Mad Cave Studios for July 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Nobrow Press for July 2019
From Newsarama: Oni Press for July 2019
From Newsarama: Papercutz for July 2019
From Newsarama: Titan Comics for July 2019
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for July 2019
From Newsarama: VIZMedia for July 2019
AUGUST 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: AC Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for August 2019
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: Aspen Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for August 2019
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for August 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for August 2019
From BleedingCool: Oni Press for August 2019
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama: VIZ Media for August 2019
From Newsarama: Yen Press for August 2019
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