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:COMICS TO TV - From RadioTimes: How is the Netflix's "Warrior Nun" TV series different from the "Warrior Nun" comic book series.
SCANDAL - From TheBeat: On the heels of harassment allegations against comic book figures like Jason Latour, Scott Allie, and Cameron Stewart, to name a few, comes new allegations against veteran writer, Scott Lobdell.
COMICS TO FILM - From Deadline: Nickelodeon is rebooting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series again. This time the CG film will be produced by partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press announces its latest fantasy manga, "Bestia."
LGBTQ - From CBR: The site examines the work of influential gay manga creator, Gengoroh Tagame.
SCANDAL - From TheBeat: Dark Horse Comics and its biggest star, Mike Mignola, release statements about their editorial pal, Scott Allie, who is allegedly a serial abuser.
BOOM STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: Who is the secret superstar behind BOOM! Studios' secret comic book project.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Although DC Comics has replaced the print edition of its "Previews" catalog with the digital/PDF, "DC Connect," the publisher will offer a print "checklist poster." Readers can fill in the poster and turn it into their local comic book shop.
BOOKSTORES - From TheBeat: James Killen, the graphic novel buyer at Barnes & Noble for more than 20 years, was among those laid off at the embattled retailer this week
IN MEMORIAM - From CBR: Artist and graphic designer, Milton Glaser, has died at the age of 91, Friday, June 26, 2020 (which was his birthday). Glaser was known for his iconic logo designs, such as DC Comics' "bullet logo" and the "I ♥ NY" logo.
MARVEL-VIDEO GAMES - From CBR: Square Enix has released nearly 8 minutes of footage of gameplay from its upcoming game, "Marvel's Avengers."
COMICS TO FILM - From ComicBookMovies: Actor Ron Perlman who played the character Hellboy in two films directed by Guillermo del Toro said he was offered the "opportunity to participate" in the "Hellboy" reboot, directed by Neil Marshall. Perlman said the only version of Hellboy he is interested in is the one done by del Toro.
IN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The legendary comic book inker, Joe Sinnott, has died at the age of 93, Thursday, June 25, 2020. He inked Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four" from 1965 to 1981 and again in the 1980s. He is also known for inking the pencil art of the late, great Jack Kirby.
MANGA-ANIME - From Newsweek: The "Shaman King" manga is getting a rebooted anime. The original anime adaptation ran from 2001 to 2002. The rebooted anime series begins April 2021 in Japan.
COMICS - From TheBeat: Former "Batgirl" writer Mairghread Scott comes forward about exclusion at DC Comics.
SCANDAL - From BleedingCool: Charles Brownstein Resigns as Executive Director of the CBLDF (about damn time!).
DC CINEMA - From TheWrap: Michael Keaton is in talks to reprise his role as "Batman/Bruce Wayne" in the planned "Flash" movie. Keaton's return as Batman would introduce the idea of a multiverse.
DC/DIAMOND - From TheBeat: Diamond Distributors will continue to distribute DC Comics in the United Kingdom until the end of 2020 and in the U.S. through the end of July 2020... reportedly.
SCANDAL - From BleedingCool: Damn, now it's Warren Ellis being accused of abusing young women.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics is ending the "DC Giants Line" that it began two years ago as an exclusive publications for Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States. Now, Wal-marts will sell five different "four-packs" of comics, with each pack focusing on a DC character or team: one Batman pack, one Superman pack, one Wonder Woman pack, one Aquaman pack, and one Justice League pack. Each pack will cost $8.98.
SCANDAL - From BleedingCool: Comic book writer and artist, Cameron Stewart, becomes the latest comics creator whose career hits a snag because of abuse allegations. DC Comics withdrawn an unannounced comics project by Stewart from their schedule.
MILESTONE MEDIA - From CBR: Denys Cowan, co-creator of the popular "Static" comic book (which became the "Static Shock" animated TV series), teases the possible return of Milestone Media. Milestone was the imprint that published "Static," and there have been plans and rumors concerning its return for the last decade at least. The last serious talk of a Milestone revival was in 2017.
IMAGE COMICS - From GamesRadar: "The Walking Dead" comic book returns with the one-shot comic book, "Neegan Lives!." It will be free and exclusive to comic book shops and there will be no digital or bookstore release.
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press announces the arrival of the fantasy cookery manga, "Restaurant to Another World."
COMICS TO TV - From BleedingCool: Copernicus Studios has signed a development deal to adapt Jim Zub and Edwin Huang and Chris Stevens "Skullkickers" comic book into an animated series.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics' "X-Men" crossover event, "X of Swords," has gone from being a 15-part story to a 24-part story.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics' Publisher and CCO, Jim Lee, has announced a DC Comics' "virtual comics convention." The "DC FanDome" begins Sat., Aug. 22nd.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer Tom King and artist Trevor Von Eeden produced an unpublished "Black Lives Matter" comic book. It was produced for DC Comics and was entitled, "Sources," and "Bleeding Cool" has copies of the script and art.
DC COMICS - From GamesRader: DC Comics is promoting parent company WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBO Max, with custom comics.
COMICS - From TheBeat: Vault Comics and Heavy Metal Entertainment enter a publishing partnership.
MANGA - From SoraNews: There is a program in Japan in which prisoners draw background art, such as buildings, street scenes, and train stations, for manga. And it is for sale to the public, including manga artists who don't want to draw background details.
COMIC SHOPS - From BleedingCool: Five comic book stores announce permanent closure
MAD - From Previews: "Mad Magazine" cartoonist, Al Jaffee, has retired at the age of 99. He is the longest working cartoonist in history. He started working for Timely and Atlas (the forerunners of Marvel Comics) in the early 1940s, and began drawing for Mad in 1955.
MEMORIAM - From Nippon: Japanese manga artist, George Akiyama, died at the age of 77, May 12, 2020. He was best known for his controversial 1970s manga, "Asura" and "Zeni Geba."
MARVEL - From TheBeat: There will be an all-new "Iron Man" comic book series written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by CAFU. Iron Man will sport a redesigned suit of armor designed by Alex Ross.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: Warner Bros. has movied the release date of "Wonder Woman 1984" from August 14th to October 2nd.
MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The legendary comic book writer and editor, Dennis J. "Denny" O'Neil, has died at the age of 81, Thursday, June 11, 2020. As a writer, his best known work is his controversial, acclaimed, and legendary run on DC Comics' "Green Lantern." O'Neil wrote "Green Lantern #63," but the legend began with "Green Lantern #76" that had a cover reading "Green Lantern co-starring Green Arrow." In that issues, O'Neill joined pencil artist Neal Adams and one of comic book's most legendary run's began. As an editor, O'Neil edited Frank Miller's run on Marvel Comics' "Daredevil," and he was the "Batman" group editor from the 1980s and into the 1990s until he retired.
From GamesRader: The comic book world reacts to the passing of Denny O'Neil.
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POLITICS - From KSDK: Mediocre political cartoonist, Tom Stiglich, drew a thoroughly racist, anti-African-American cartoon, and the Washington (Missouri) Missourian newspaper published it. The paper's co-owner and publisher, Bill Miller, Sr., eventually resigned because of he published it.
VALIANT - From BleedingCool: Valiant Entertainment updates its publishing schedule for Summer 2020.
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: There is a new John Constantine miniseries being released under DC Comics' "Black Label" imprint. The three-issue "Hellblazer: Rise and Fall" finds the rich and powerful dying.
DC COMICS - From TheBeat: Brian Michael Bendis says that he is approaching the end of his time on the DC Comics titles, "Superman" and "Action Comics."
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Former DC Comics publisher, Dan DiDio, talks about the '5G" project.
DC TV - From THR: Actor Hartley Sawyer is the latest actor to be fired from a television series over racist and offensive tweets. Sawyer played Ralph Dibny for the past three seasons on The CW's "The Flash."
BLACK COMICS - From SyFy: 8 Black comics creatives to get to know.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics has rescheduled its releases for Free Comic Book Day 2020, which was originally set for May 2nd. Marvel will now release them on July 15th.
MANGA - From CBR: The manga, "The Promised Neverland," will come to an end with next week's publication of Chapter 181 in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (in Japan).
UCS - From BleedingCool: UCS Comic Distributors addresses some POS (point-of-sale) compatibility issues made by comic book retailers.
DC/DIAMOND - From BleedingCool: DC Comics and its new distributors, Lunar and UCS, say they have a plan to replace Diamond UK when it comes to getting DC titles to the United Kingdom and beyond.
DC/DIAMOND - From TheBeat: End of an Era: The comics industry reacts to the DC Diamond split
DC/DIAMOND - From TheBeat: Diamond Comic Distributors responds to DC Comics' announcement that the publisher is splitting from the distributor.
BLACK COMICS - From CBR: 15 Black Creator-Owned Comics That Are Essential Reading
BOOK SHOPS - From TownandCountry: 22 Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop Right Now (and Always)
GAY COMICS - From BleedingCool: Warren Ellis remembers when Marvel went "swimsuit gay."
DC/DIAMOND - From GamesRadar: Comic book retailers unite in shock and anger over DC split with Diamond
IDW - From GamesRadar: IDW Publishing pledges to support the comic book Direct Market on the same day DC Comics makes a monumental announcement.
MARVEL COMICS - From YahooEntertainment: The public knows Christian Cooper as the African-American man who was bird-watching when a white woman called 911 to report him for threatening her (which he had not). But before that, Christian was one of the first openly gay employees at Marvel Comics, working as an editor. He also wrote comic books for Marvel, including "Darkhold" and "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy."
DC/DIAMOND - From THR: DC Comics has cut ties with Diamond Comics Distributors. Via an email to retailers sent Friday morning, the company told customers that all orders for DC product will be fulfilled by Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors for periodical releases and Penguin Random House for graphic novels and collected editions.
DC/DIAMOND - From BleedingCool: DC provides a Q&A regarding its move to quit Diamond as the exclusive distributors of its product for 25 years.
COVID-19 - From TheBeat: TwoMorrows Publishing, the publisher of many great magazines and books about the history of and the making of comic books, needs help due to COVID-19 related financial fallout.
EISNER AWARDS - From BleedingCool: The nominations for the 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics is planning to release several comic books related to the upcoming Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "WandaVision."
DC TV - From Decider: When The CW returns the TV series, "Batwoman," for Season 2, the identity of Batwoman will be that of a new character, "Ryan Wilder." Leaked info says the network decided not to find a new actress to play the current Batwoman, "Kate Kane," after actress Ruby Rose, who played Kane, left the series.
COMICS - From NBCNews: A Latino comic book, "El Peso Hero," celebrates "essential workers," who are real heroes.
DC TV - From ComicBook: Why HBO's "Watchmen" series is more timely now than ever.
IN MEMORIAM - From TCJ: The brilliant cartoonist, Richard Sala, was found dead in his home back around May 9th. He was apparently 65-years-old at the time of death. A comic book creator and graphic novelist, Sala was known for "The Chuckling Whatsit" and the comic book series, "Evil Eye" (Fantagraphics), which are just two of his wonderful works. The link at the beginning of this paragraph goes into great detail about Sala's life and career. This partial quote describes his work... somewhat: "It’s easy to recognize in his comics the shadowy gothic black humor of Edward Gorey or Charles Addams..."
From TCJ: A brilliant cartoonist, Dan Clowes, speaks on his late friend, the also brilliant cartoonist, Richard Sala.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From Newsarama: Fantagraphics Books has announced that it will publish Barry Windor-Smith's long-awaited graphic novel, "Monsters, in 2021.
MARVEL/DC - From Newsarama: Marvel and DC/Warner Bros. express support for the black community in the wake of the unrest following the police killing of African-American George Floyd in Minnesota.
DC COMICS - From CBR: A look back at the first comic book that both Batman and Superman appeared in. That would be "New York World's Fair #2."
COMIC SHOPS - From BleedingCool: Eight comic book shops have been hit by looting during the protests over the death of #GeorgeFloyd.
DC CINEMA - From GamesRadar: Director David Ayers is saying that some "terryifying" scenes featuring the Joker with "incredible acting" by Jared Leto as the Joker were cut from his box office smash, but much-maligned 2016 film, "Suicide Squad."
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: Henry Cavill is in talks to play Clark Kent/Superman again for Warner Bros. after having done so for "The Man of Steel" (2013), "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016), and "Justice League" (2017). But it will not be for a sequel to "The Man of Steel."
DC COMICS - From Newsarama: DC Comics is making five of its 100-Page Giant comic books digital-only publications: "Titans Giant #2," "The Flash Giant #5," "Swamp Thing Giant #5," "Teen Titans Go!/DC Super Hero Girls Giant #1," and {Wonder Woman 84 Giant #1."
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JUNE 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for June 2020
From TheBeat: Archie Comics for June 2020
From BleedingCool: BOOM! Studios for June 2020 [REVISED]
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for June 2020
From ComicsBookCase: DC Comics for June 2020
From Dynamite: Dynamite Entertainment for June 2020
From BleedingCool: Hero Collector for June 2020
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for June 2020
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for June 2020 [REVISED]
From BleedingCool: Image Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Image Comics for June 2020 [REVISED]
From BleedingCool: Mad Cave for June 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for June 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for June 2020 [REVISED]
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
From BleedingCool: Yen Press for June 2020 [REVISED]
JULY 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: Behemoth Comics for July 2020
From ComicsPit: BOOM Studios! for July 2020
From Comicon: DC Comics for July 2020
From BleedingCool: Hero Collector for July 2020
From ComicsPit: IDW Publishing for July 2020
From CBR: Image Comics for July/August 2020
From Scout: Scout Comics for July 2020
From AllComics: VIZ Media for July 2020
From BleedingCool: Yen Press for July 2020
AUGUST 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for August 2020
From BleedingCool: Archie Comics for August 2020
From BleedingCool: AWA for August 2020
From CBR: DC Comics for August 2020
From FirstComicsNews: IDW Publishing for August 2020
From Seibertron: IDW Publishing's "Transformers" solicitations for August 2020
From BleedingCool: Image Comics for August 2020
From CBR: Marvel Comics for August 2020
From BleedingCool: PS Artbooks for August 2020
From BleedingCool: Valiant Comics for August 2020
From BleedingCool: Vault Comics for August 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for September 2020
From BleedingCool: BOOM! Studios for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Dynamite Entertainment for September 2020
From BleedingCool: DC Comics for September 2020
From BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Image Comics for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Oni Press for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Rebellion for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Red 5 Comics for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Titan Comics for September 2020
From BleedingCool: Vault Comics for September 2020
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