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:COVID-19 AND COMICS:
From BleedingCool: DC Comics plans to forge ahead with releasing its publications both in print and digitally... by whatever means necessary... as comics market is halted by COVID-19.
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics says that starting April 1st it will not monthly comics books in digital form until they are widely available in print.
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics has provided Diamond Comic Distributors with an extension concerning the money Diamond owes Marvel.
From Newsarama: Diamond Comic Distributors will cease distributing products beginning with the April 1st, 2020 release date and will resume at a later unknown date.
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing has announced that it will suspend publications of its titles slated to be released in the month of May 2020.
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SONY MARVEL U - From Newsarama: Sony has pushed its Marvel film, "Morbius," from July 31, 2020 to March 19, 2021.
IN MEMORIAM - From CartoonBrew: The Mexican artist and cartoonist, Roman Arambula, has died at the age of 83, Wednesday, March 19, 2020. In the 1970s, he first began drawing Donald Duck comic books for Western Publishing and then, in 1975, Arambula began drawing the syndicated "Mickey Mouse" newspaper comic strip, which he would do until 1990. He also worked extensively in the animation industry.
COMICS TO FILM - From DigitalSpy: Actor David Harbour says that the 2019 "Hellboy" reboot film failed before filming on it began. Harbour played the title character in the film which was a box office bomb.
DC TV - From Newsarama: Ahead of the release of DC Universe/TheCW's "Stargirl," Geoff Johns, the creator and showrunner for the series, pens a personal letter.
IN MEMORIAM - From Variety: French illustrator and comics artist, Alberto Uderzo, has died at the age of 92, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Uderzo and French comics writer-editor, Rene Goscinny, created the long-running French comics series, "Asterix."
DC CINEMA - From TheWrap: Warner Bros. executives are in preliminary discussions to make their big, tentpole summer movie release, "Wonder Woman 1984," a digital release in light of movie theater closures due to COVID-19.
Marvel - From Marvel: Marvel introduces the new "New Warriors."
ARCHIE - From THR: This June, the Archie Comics gang teams-up with Flash Gordon in "Archie Meets Flash Gordon."
DC TV - From Deadline: A production assistant on The CW's "Batwoman" was injured on-set and paralyzed.
DC CINEMA - From THR: Warner Bros. will make "Birds of Prey" and "Just Mercy" early digital home entertainment releases - August 24th, 2020.
From BleedingCool: Indie comics publisher and creator, Jason Reeves, talks about Black/African-American indie comics and more.
MARVEL - From Newsarama: Marvel Comics is rush-soliciting a "Black Widow" comic book in anticipation of Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" film is due May 1st.
CORONAVIRUS:
From Newsarama: Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Dynamite Entertainment joins Image Comics in making its March-shipping products that are distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors, full returnable on the part of comic book retailers.
From Newsarama: DC Comics employees are among the WarnerMedia employees asked to stay home due to coronavirus concerns.
From Newsarama: 2020 WonderCon in Los Angeles, which was scheduled for April 10th to 12th, has been postponed indefinitely.
From Newsarama: Warner Bros. Television has suspended production on The CW's "Riverdale" TV series due to coronavirus fears.
From BleedingCool: ACE Comic Con Northeast in Boston is delayed/cancelled due to coronavirus fears. The show was to take place this month and will try to move to October.
From Newsarama: Diamond Comic Distributors has cancelled its April 14th to 16th 2020 Retailer Summit.
From Newsarama: NYC's MoCCA Arts Festival, scheduled for April 4th and 5th, has been postponed.
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FOX MARVEL U - From THR: "The New Mutants" is one of three films that have had their release dates pushed back by Disney due to coronavirus fears.
BATMAN - From Newsarama: Here is a look at the "Batman" and "Batman-related" comic books due for June 2020.
SONY MARVEL U - From TheWrap: Robert Orci, one of the genius screenwriters behind "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), is writing a Spider-Man spin-off movie for Sony Pictures. Details about the project or character are being kept under wraps.
IN MEMORIAM - From Newsarama: "Golden Age" comic book artist Allen "Al" Bellman has died at the age of 95, Monday, March 9, 2020. Bellman was known for his work with Timely Comics (the forerunner of Marvel Comics) and drew stories featuring "The Human Torch" and the "Young Allies," among others. Bellman left comic books in the early 1950s, but he later became a regular on the comic book convention circuit.
From Newsarama: Here is a look at the "Superman" publications being solicited for sale in June 2020.
From THR: Mariko Tamaki will take over as writer of DC Comics' "Wonder Woman" ongoing series, beginning with Wonder Woman #759.
From Newsarama: Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok's long-awaited miniseries, "Batman: 3 Jokers," will finally arrive when the first issue hits stores June 17, 2020.
From ComicBook: Warren Ellis thanks fans for the success of the animated series, "Castlevania" (Netflix), for which he is a writer-producer.
From PA: Penn College is featuring an art exhibition of World War II era comic book covers, "Victory for a Dime: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War."
DC CINEMA - From THR: Ben Affleck, who until recently played Batman, says the 2017 film, "Justice League" was plagued with "one problem after another."
MANGA TO FILM - From GameSpot: A list of Easter eggs and manga references in the recent hit anime film, "My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising."
From SeattleTimes: The site celebrates the 30th anniversary of cartoonist Peter Bagge's seminal comic book series, "Hate," which was published by Fantagraphics Books.
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment offices preps for the release of the "Bloodshot" movie.
IN MEMORIAM - From Newsarama: Comic book artist Frank McLaughlin has died at the age of 84, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Although he worked for Marvel, DC Comics, Archie Comics, and Valiant Comics, McLaughlin is best known for his work for Charlton Comics and for creating the Charlton character, "Judomaster."
BOOK NEWS - From Newsarama: Marvel/Asmodee's line of prose novels featuring Marvel Comics characters has announced four debut novels: "Domino: Strays," "Doctor Doom: The Harrowing of Doom," "Legends of Asgard: The Head of Mimir," and "Legends of Asgard: The Sword of Surtur."
From DCBlog: Writer Tom King talks about his new maxi-series, "Strange Adventures."
From Worth: Investor James Murdoch (son of Fox News' Rupert Murdoch) talks about his investment in the comic book start-up, AWA (Artists, Writers & Artisans).
From SoraNews24: Regard "scanlations," one manga artist says that she cannot afford to offer her work for free.
DC TV - From Newsarama: The "Stargirl" TV series will debut May 11th on the "DC Universe" streaming service and on May 12th on The CW.
THE BATMAN - From Deadline: Director Matt Reeves has posted images of "The Batmobile" with Robert Pattison as "Batman" standing next to it.
From Newsarama: Warren Ellis' planned reboot of WildStorm's "WildC.A.T.s" is not happening. It was to be the third entry in Ellis' reboot of the WildStorm Universe, which began with "The Wildstorm" (24 issues) and continued in "The Wildstorm: Michael Cray."
STAR WARS - From Movieweb: This article offers a few details on Marvel Comics' "Star Wars: The High Republic" comic book, which will be written by Cavan Scott, and will be part of the over "The High Republic" publishing campaign.
From Cleveland.com: This is a profile of comic book writer, Tony Isabella, who created the DC Comics' character, Black Lightning. Isabella is set to appear on the season finale of The CW's current "Black Lightning" TV series.
From ANN: Japanese publishers Shueisha and Shogakukan announced that they are posting back issues of some manga magazines digitally for free for a limited time, due to many schools, venues, and events in Japan temporarily closing due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus illness.
FOX MARVEL U - From Newsarama: There is a new TV spot for the final film in 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" franchise, "The New Mutants," that finds the young mutants on lock-down.
From LATimes: Jaime Hernandez is among the finalists for the "40th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes."
From CBR: The site has previews of every DC Comics' title arriving Wed., March 4th.
From Newsarama: Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will end his four-year run as the writer of Marvel's ongoing "Black Panther" comic book series.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: Director James Gunn celebrates the end of film for "The Suicide Squad" with a large group photo of the entire cast and crew. Gunn also talks about how filming came at a hard time in his life.
COMICS TO ANIMATION - From Crunchyroll: One of the "Crunchyroll Originals" is an animated series based on Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield's webcomic, "FreakAngels," which has been collected as a series of graphic novels. The link leads to a press release that includes a trailer introducing the eight new series.
From KyodoNews: "Paidon" is a manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence (A.I.) that learned the artistic style of the late Osamu Tezuka, the creator of "Astro Boy." It is being published in Japan Thurs., Feb. 27th in the magazine, "Morning."
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MARCH 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: March 2020 comics solicitations for 23 publishers
From Newsarama: :01 First Second for March 2020
From Newsarama: Action Lab Entertainment for March 2020
From Newsarama: AfterShock Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for March 2020
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Artists, Writer and Artisans for March 2020
From BleedingCool: BOOM! Studios for March 2020
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: DC Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for March 2020
From Newsarama: Fantagraphics Book for March 2020
From BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for March 2020
From Newsarama: Image Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Oni Press for March 2020
From Newsarama: Rebellion for March 2020
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for March 2020
From BleedingCool: Titan Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for March 2020
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: VIZ Media for March 2020
APRIL 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: Ablaze Media for April 2020
From BleedingCool: Ahoy Comics for April 2020
From BleedingCool: Amigo Comics for April 2020
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for April 2020
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for April 2020
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for April 2020
From Newsarama: DC Comics for April 2020
From BleedingCool: Devil's Due for April 2020
From BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for April 2020
From Newsarama: Image Comics for April 2020
From BleedingCool: Keenspot for April 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for April 2020
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for April 2020
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for April 2020
MAY 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: A full-list of titles available for "Free Comic Book Day 2020" on May 2, 2020.
From BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Ahoy Comics for May 2020
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for May 2020
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Artists, Writers & Artisans for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Aspen for May 2020
From Newsarama: Behemoth Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Black Mask Studios for May 2020
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for May 2020
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for May 2020
From Newsarama: DC Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Hero Complex for May 2020
From Newsarama: Hero Tomorrow for May 2020
From BleedingCool: IDW Publihsing for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Image Comics for May 2020
From Newsarama: Mad Cave Studios for May 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Oni Press for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Red 5 Comics for May 2020
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Source Point Press for May 2020
From BleedingCool: Storm King Productions for May 2020
From Newsarama: Titan Comics for May 2020
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for May 2020
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for May 2020
From BleedingCool: VIZ Media for May 2020
JUNE 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for June 2020
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: DC Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Hero Collector for June 2020
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Image Comics for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Mad Cave for June 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Oni Press for June 2020
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Source Point Press for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Titan Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for June 2020
From BleedingCool: VIZ Media for June 2020
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