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Saturday, December 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: December 2022 - Update #65
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NEWS:
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Mark Waid talks about the "explosvie twist" in the series, "Batman vs. Robin."
DC STUDIOS - From CBR: Warner Bros. reportedly begged "Joker" director, Todd Phillips, to take the job leading DC Studios, but like many people in Hollywood, he did not want the job.
From Variety: "Shazam" actor Zachary Levi, defends DC Studios bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, saying, "Give them time to create something special."
From Variety: After meeting with James Gunn, co-chair of DC Studios, actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says that his superhero character, Black Adam, star of the recent film, will not appear in the first chapter of the new universe of DC Comics films.
From BleedingCool: DC-Studios co-boss, James Gunn, says he won't be bullied ... more or less.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The publisher also owes a lot of creators.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Henry Cavill's cameo as "Superman" and Gal Gadot's cameo as "Wonder Woman" have been removed from "The Flash" movie.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: The great Jerry Ordway talks about his return to Stan Lee's "Just Imagine" in the new anthology, "Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee."
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From THR: Writer-director-producer Donald Glover ("Atlanta") is attached to star in and produce a movie for Sony's Spider-Man universe. It will focus on the villain, "the Hypno-Hustler," which debuted in "Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #24."
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: James Gunn, co-Chair and co-CEO of DC Studios, is writing a Superman film, but actor Henry Cavill will not return as Superman/Clark Kent. Meanwhile, Ben Affleck will remain at DC Studios - as a director and not as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Greg Capullo is moving to Marvel Comics, first drawing covers and then drawing an unnamed project.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From TheNewYorker: The New Yorker's Sam Thielman profiles the long-running indie comic book, "Love and Rockets," and its creators, brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez.
DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: "How Kevin Conroy Became Our Batman" by Alex Jaffe
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: The tricky road ahead for DC Studios.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline: The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry. The 2022 class includes Marvel Studios' "Iron Man."
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Director Patty Jenkins says that there was nothing she could do to move "Wonder Woman 3" forward, in the wake of the film's cancellation.
MILLARWORLD - From THR: Mark Millar has announced his next Millarworld/Netflix comic book project, "The Ambassadors," a series with global potential.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: American freelance cartoonist, Don Orehek, died at the age of 94 on November 6, 2022. Orehek was a prolific book, magazine, and newspaper gag cartoonist, who best known association was the American humor magazine, "Cracked." His work also appeared in "Good Housekeeping," "Playboy," and "The Saturday Evening Post," to name a few.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: "Wonder Woman 3" is supposedly no longer happening, but new DC Studios bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are supposedly prepping a multi-year plan for DC Comics films.
From THR: James Gunn, DC Studios co-chair and co-CEO, responds to "The Hollywood Reporter's" story about the transition period for the studios film, which included news that "Wonder Woman 3" has been cancelled.
DC TV - From Deadline: The CW's superhero television series, "The Flash," will debut its ninth and final season February 8th, 2023.
DC COMICS - From CBR: The anthology one-shot, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods Special: Shazamily Matters #1," features stories co-written by Shazam! star Zachary Levi and actors Grace Caroline Currey, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona, Adam Brody and Faithe Herman. The issue also features contributions made by Fury of the Gods screenwriter Henry Gayden and other comic creators, such as Colleen Doran, Josh Trujillo and Tim Seeley.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheBeat: Cartoonist and Underground Comics creator, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, has died at the age of 74, Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Kominsky-Crumb was one of the first of the underground cartoonists to produce autobiographical comics. She was part of the "Wimmen's Comix" collective. Along with the late Diane Noomin, she was a contributor to and editor of the "Twisted Sisters" comics anthology. Aline was married to legendary Underground Comics creator, R. Crumb, with whom she had a daughter, cartoonist Sophia Crumb.
From DrawnandQuarterly: D&W functionary Peggy Burns speaks on the late Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
DC COMICS - From DarkKnightNews: There is a YouTube preview video for the updated edition of the book, "Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond." which you can see via the "Dark Knight News" article about the book.
EUROCOMICS TO FILM - From THR: Comic book legend, Frank Miller ("Daredevil," "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"), is the writer for Studio Canal's television miniseries based on the legendary European comic, "Corto Maltese."
DYNAMITE - From BleedingCool: Writer Christopher Priest and artist Michael Sta. Maria launch a new "Draculina" comic book series, "Draculina: Blood Simple."
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
I Reads You Juniors: March 2021 - Update #101
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NEWS:
DC TV - From THR: Actor Barry Watson, who starred in such TheWB/TheCW series as "7th Heaven" and "Hart of Dixie," will return to The CW as a cast member of the pilot for "Naomi," based on the DC Comics titles.
DC TV - From GamesRadar: Patrick Schumaker, the showrunner for the hit animated series, "Harley Quinn," teases the voice-acting appearance of an actor from the upcoming film, "The Suicide Squad," appearing in season three of Harley Quinn.
DC CINEMA - From WeGotThisCovered: Rumor - Warner Bros. did not want Ryan Reynolds to reprise his role as Green Lanter. Reynolds played the character in the box office and critical disappointment, "Green Lantern."
VIZ MEDIA - From AWN: Showrunner Steven Maeda wants to assure fans that despite a COVID-19 hiatus his team hasn't stopped working on Netflix's "One Piece" live-action TV series.
DC TV - From Deadline: Actor Jordan Fisher will portray "Bart Allen," the superhero "Impusle" in The CW's "The Flash."
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics will collect all three "Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" miniseries and spinoffs in an omnibus edition that is due to ship the last week of December 2021.
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: Novelist Victor LaValle is joining Marvel as a writer on the "X-Men" line of comic books.
DC CINEMA - From BleedingCool: Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson announces that his DC Films' movie, "Black Adam," will open in theaters July 29th, 2022. This article includes the announcement video clip that ties into the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
CONVENTIONS - From Deadline: San Diego Comic-Con announces a three-day "special edition" for Thanksgiving weekend. Kicking off November 26th, it will be the SDCC's first in-person convention since 2019.
IMAGE COMICS - From GamesRadar: Artist Gary Frank talks to "Newsarama" about his new creator-owned comic, "Geiger," with writer Geoff Johns and their plans for a larger creator-owned universe.
DC CINEMA - From YouTube: Here is the first trailer (Fri., March 26th, 2021) for James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad."
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics has found a new distributor to get its comics into comic shops. Marvel has entered into an exclusive multi-year deal with Penguin Random House's distribution arm to deliver its comic books, trade collections, and graphic novels to the comic shop market (the Direct Market) beginning on October 1, 2021. Retails can still order Marvel titles from Diamond Comic Distributors, which will actually be getting them from Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS).
From BleedingCool: Penguin Random House answers 52 questions about its Marvel Comics distribution deal.
From BleedingCool: Dan Buckley, President of Marvel Entertainment, has issued a public statement about Marvel's distribution deal with Penguin Random House Publisher Services.
MILESTONE - From BleedingCool: DC Comics was going to release its new Milestone titles as digital-first titles. Now, DC will release them print and digitally simultaneously.
DC CINEMA - From DCBlog: Former James Bond star, Pierce Brosnan will play the character, "Doctor Fate," in DC Film's "Black Adam" movie. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will play the lead.
COMICS TO FILM - From THR: We're eagerly awaiting director Cary Fukunaga's James Bond film, "No Time to Die." He has a new project, directing a film version of Image Comics' cyberpunk series, "Tokyo Ghost."
COMICS - From THR: Like Keanu Reeves, actor Thomas Jane ("The Punisher"), is getting into the comic book publishing business. His series, "Lycan." Mike Carey and David James Kelly will write the series, and AfterShock Comics will publish.
DC CINEMA - From THR: Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will play the villain "Hespera" in "Shazam! Fury of the Gods," the sequel to 2019's "Shazam!"
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Superman and the Authority" by Grant Morrison and Mikel Janin.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff speaks on "Zack Snyder's Justice League" and the future of DC Films.
COMICS TO FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Keanu Reeves will reportedly star in a Netflix adaptation of his recently released comic book, BRZRKR.
DC TV - From Deadline: Actress Wallis Day has replaced actress Ruby Rose as "Kate Kane" in The CW's "Batwoman." The character, "Ryan Wilder" (Javicia Leslie) will continue to be Batwoman. Rose's Kate Kate had been Batwoman in the series' first season.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: Hot off her film, "Promising Young Woman," Emerald Fennell is set to write the script for Warner Bros. and Bad Robot's "Zatanna," a DC Films movie.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics is raising the cover price on some "Batman" titles to $5.99 U.S.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: Zack Snyder has a Q&A with "Deadline" and speaks on his “Cathartic Journey” with his 4-hour-plus "Justice League" cut, his future with DC & original intentions for Ray Fisher "Cyborg" Movie.
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: The final issue of writer Ta-Nehisi Coates' run on "Captain America" will be issue #30.
IMAGE COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer-artist Joe Benitez is moving his self-published comic book, "Lady Mechanika," to Image Comics, where he once worked via Top Cow Productions. The first issue of the new series begins in September.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics now has the license to produce comics based on the "Predator" film franchise. They start in June with "Predator #1" from writer Ed Brisson and artist Kev Walker.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: DC Films, Warner Bros. and Chernin Entertainment are united to produce a film based on the comic book character "Hourman."
MARVEL - From EW: Artist Russell Dauterman has designed some high fashion costumes for the X-Men that will appear in this summer's "Hellfire Gala" event.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY - From BleedingCool: In a scoop, the site has a list of all 50 "Free Comic Book Day 2021" titles.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: It appears that DC Comics will finish publish Jeff Lemire and Keith Giffen's "Inferior Five" six-issue comic book miniseries, which it cancelled after issue four. Issue 5 has been published on comiXology.
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press announces six manga titles for release in April and May, including "I'm the Catlords' Manservant, Vol. 1"
HEAVY METAL - From BleedingCool: Rich Johnston updates the legal issues between Diane O'Bannon, widow of screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, and Heavy Metal publications over the use of the "B-17" concept that Dan created for the 1981 "Heavy Metal" film.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: In the miniseries, "The United States of Captain America," Marvel will introduce a gay Captain America. The series starts June 2021.
MANGA TO FILM - From Looper: The site recommends the manga, "Gunnm," if you loved the movie, "Alita: Battle Angel."
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: June is "Pride Month." Marvel Comics" has announced a one-shot anthology, "Marvel Voices: Pride #1."
CARTOONS - From CNN: The cover of the recent issue of "Charlie Hebdo," the French satirical magazine, has drawn ire. The cartoon depicts Queen Elizabeth II kneeling on the neck of Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.
DARWYN COOKE - From GamesRadar: Marsha Cooke, widow of the late, great artist, Darwyn Cooke, has asked DC Comics not to use images from her late husband's art as the basis for NFT crypt art.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics has plans for Green Arrow's 80th anniversary, including a 100-page special.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Garth Ennis and Liam Sharp's first project together will be a Batman and Killer Croc comic book entitled, "Batman: Reptilian," for the "Black Label" imprint.
FASHION - From ElevenbyVenus: Browse the selection of "Wonder Woman"-inspired fashion by tennis champion and designer Venus Williams.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: The "Believe in Wonder" campaign to celebrate 80 years of Wonder Woman has kicked off.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: There will be a "Batman: The Adventure Continues Season II" and it will feature "the Court of Owls."
IMAGE - From SmashPages: The maxi-series, "Jupiter's Legacy: Requiem," will expand on Netflix's "Jupiter's Legacy" television series.
IDW - From TheBeat: It turns out that Mark Doyle was only one of three editorial hires that IDW Publishing made.
ALAN MOORE - From BleedingCool: There will be an auction for the publishing rights to legendary comic book writer, Alan Moore's "Long London" series of novels.
VIZ MEDIA - From Nintendojo: VIZ Media will publish "Kirby Manga Mania Vol. 1" June 8th.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Here is a list of Spider-Man comics and books for the rest of 2021 and into the next year.
IDW - From BleedingCool; Mark Doyle, the founder of DC Comics' "Black Label" imprint, is now "Editorial Director" at IDW Publishing. Doyle was one of the DC staff let go ("fired") in 2020.
EN MEMORIAM - From APNews: Norton Juster, the architect who became a children's book author, has died at the age of 91, Monday, March 8, 2021. He is best known for the 1961 children's fantasy adventure novel, "The Phantom Tollbooth" and "The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics" (1963), which was adapted into an Academy Award winning animated short film.
VIZ Media - From ComicBook: VIZ Media reports that 2020 was a major growth year for them.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: "The Amazing Spider-Man #67-69" will be published weekly as part "Chameleon Conspiracy" story line.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Because of the success of Disney+'s "WandaVision," the following trade paperback collections: "The Vision Complete Collection," "Vision & Scarlet Witch: The Saga of Wanda and Vision," "House of M," and "Scarlet Witch by James Robinson: The Complete Collection" are all on back-order, with whatever copies comic shops and bookstores have now to be it until April 21, 2021 at the earliest.
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: Wonder Woman 80th anniversary celebration plans announced, including 100-page comic book special.
IMAGE COMICS - From BleedingCool: Erik Larsen is finally publishing the 12th issue of Ant, a comic book series he bought from artit OMB (formerly known as Mario Gully), in June 2021.
COMICS - From SmashPages: Writer-artist Colleen Doran is going to adapt author Neil Gaiman's short story, "Chivalry," as a graphic novel, as she did with Gaiman's "Troll Bridge" and "Snow, Glass, Apples."
MANGA-ANIME - From CBR: How to start reading the "Fruits Basket" manga and how to start watching the "Fruits Basket" anime.
MARVEL-MANGA - From BleedingCool: The "Deadpool: Samurai" manga may be the most read Marvel comic in the world.
MANGA - From HypeBeast: U.S. manga sales saw a 44% increase in sales in 2020.
MANGA - From ComicBook: Kodansha Comics is going to release a limited edition, titan-sized volume of "Attack on Titan."
MANGA TO FILM - From Deadline: "John Wick" scribe Derek Kolstad and Amazon Studios teaming up on adaptation Of Japanese manga "Hellsing."
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Gwen Stacey is "Spider-Gwen" no more in "Heroes Reborn."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: Anthony Mackie finally takes the lead in a Marvel Studios project and gets a cover profile from "Variety."
FOX MARVEL U - From YahooEntertainment: Once upon a time, Hugh Jackman saw director Lee Daniel's Oscar-winning film, "Precious," and wanted Daniels to direct the Wolverine sequel that would become 2013s "The Wolverine."
BOOM STUDIOS - From WashPost: International superstar actor Keanu Reeves talks about writing his own comic book, "BRZRKR."
BLACK COMICS - From News19: A profiel: "Illustrator Sanford Greene paving the way for Black heroes, and the artists behind them."
DC COMICS - From CBR: Who is Val-Zod, Earth-Two's black Man of Steel?
DC CINEMA - From AVClub: Ray Fisher shares new details of "racially discriminatory conversations" on Justice League set.
MANGA - From CBR: How to start reading the Inuyasha manga or watching the animae.
DC TV - From Deadline: The CW has renewed "Superman & Lois" for a second season after its strong debut on multiple platforms.
IMAGE COMICS - From THR: Mark Millar has announced the final entry in his "Jupiter's Legacy" comic book line. It is "Jupiter's Legacy: Requiem," which artist Tommy Lee Edwards will draw. The series arrives in June 2021.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From PW: "Publisher's Weekly" talks to Shira Spector about her debut graphic novel memoir, "Red Rock Baby Candy."
CONVENTIONS - From GamesRadar: San Diego Comic-Con International 2021 will be an online-only event.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: News of a Superman movie featuring a "Black Superman" has caused eBay sales on some DC Comics titles to explode.
COMICS TO TV - From EW: "Entertainment Weekly" has a first-look at the comics-to-screen translation of Netflix's "Jupiter's Circle." The series is based on the comic book by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: The worlds of comic books and video games collide on April 20, 2021 as DC and Epic Games announced plans to publish "Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point," a six-issue miniseries that combines the Dark Knight and other DC Super Heroes with the global gaming phenomenon, "Fortnite."
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
I Reads You Juniors January 2019 - Update #101
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From Newsarama: John Byrne will provide variant cover art for Detective Comics #999.
From GeeksWorldWide: Warner Bros. is developing an animated feature film based on its late animated TV series, "Batman Beyond."
From THR: Warner Bros. is staking out dates for upcoming its DC Comics films, including for Matt Reeves long-awaited, "The Batman."
From Variety: Marvel Studios' Black Panther film will return to theaters, via AMC Theaters, from Feb. 1st to 7th, 2019 for free showings (at 250 participating AMC Theaters) to celebrate "Black History Month."
From TheGuardian: Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" film wins the top award at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
From Newsarama: Release dates for upcoming Marvel and DC Comics films.
From ComicBook: "Black Panther" Wins SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
From BleedingCool: For final "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill do "2000 AD."
From Newsarama: Apparently DC Entertainment was rebranded as simply "DC" this past September 2018.
From Newsarama: See Brendan Fraser as "Robotman" in DC Universe's streaming series, "Doom Patrol."
From ComicsBeat: The legendary and wildly popular manga creator, Rumiko Takahashi, has won the "Grand Prix" at the comics art festival, FIBD Angoulême.
From ComicsBeat: Heidi MacDonald on the DC Comics organization.
From Deadline: Wednesday, Jan 23rd was a day of layoffs for employees of DC Comics, BuzzFeed, and Verizon, with DC laying off seven, including two SVP and one VP.
From Crunchyroll: Manga creator, Junji Ito ("Tomie"), is scheduled to appear at "Crunchyroll Expo 2019."
From BleedingCool: Marvel has a new rating, "Ages 10+".
From BleedingCool: Is there major management restructuring at DC Comics?
From Newsarama: Writer Eve Ewing and artist Joey Vazquez will help Marvel Comics launch "Marvel Team-Up" in April 2019.
From BleedingCool: DC Comics offered fewer titles in January 2018 than it did in January 2017.
OSCARS - From Newsarama: Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" film was nominated for seven Oscars at the 2019 / 91st Academy Awards, including in the "best picture" category.
OSCARS - From ComicBook: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was nominated for an Oscar in the "best animated feature" category at the 91st Academy Awards.
From CBR: CBR's Anthony Gramuglia offers 10 things to know about "Samurai 8," the new manga from Naruto creator, Masashi Kishimoto.
From Newsarama: The great George Perez has retired from comic book work and private commissions.
From ANN: The manga "Takane & Hana" will be a live-action series on Japanese television on Fuji TV's on-demand service.
From BlastingNews: "One Piece" creator, Eiichiro Oda, reveals that the international hit manga is about 80 percent finished.
From ComicBook: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" wins the 2019 Producers Guild Award as the top animated film of 2018.
From BleedingCool: Warren Ellis may be reviving his seminal superhero team, "The Authority," in his current DC Comics' project, "The Wild Storm."
From EW: Rob Liefeld, creator of Deadpool, will introduce a new "X-Men" character, "Major X," in a new six-issue series for Marvel Comics, entitled "Major X."
From Newsarama: DC Comics and Target department store chain have made a deal for DC to produce a standalone 100-page anthology, "DC Primal Age," to promote the "DC Primal Age" Funko toy line.
From Newsarama: Vin Diesel introduces the "Valiant Era" with a photo from his film, "Bloodshot" (from Sony Pictures), based on the Valiant Comics.
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics go to war in Upper Deck's "Pack Wars."
From THR: Top selling comic books of 2018 revealed.
From Previews: Collen Doran is writing and illustrating a graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's story, "Snow, Glass, Apples."
From THR: This article mentions in passing that writer-director Christopher McQuarrie has turned down multiple offers from Warner Bros. to direct a DC Comics film.
From Variety: See the first official trailer to Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man: Far From Home." Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) make appearances.
From Newsarama: Michael Avon Oeming and Dan Berman's comic book, "Six," is being developed for TV by Amazon.
From Newsarama: Less than five years after the last reboot, Paramount Pictures is developing another reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
From ComicBook: Rumors abound about who Loki will be in the Disney+ streaming "Loki" series.
From Comicverse: Seven Seas Entertainment announces it manga and novel releases for Fall 2019.
From BleedingCool: I did not know that Glenn Fabry has tuberculosis, but he does and it is in remission.
MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Cartoonist, comic book creator and publisher, Batton Lash, has died at the age of 65, Saturday, January 12, 2019. Lash is best known for his comic book, "Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre." He also produced a number of cartoon depictions of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama that relied on tired, racist iconography because, he admitted, he was jealous of the praise and adulation that Barack received, and that he (Lash) as a white guy loser did not.
From KJZZ: The Mexico-based comic book themed restaurant, ComicX, has picked its first U.S. location, and it is Phoenix, Arizona.
From ChicagoSunTimes: Chicago siblings are joining the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA to produce a digital comic book.
From BleedingCool: Rumor has it that the proposed "Gambit," "X-Force," and "Multiple Man" films are dead.
From BleedingCool: New and much talked about U.S. Congresswoman, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, quoted Alan Moore and "Watchmen's" Rorschach.
From Newsarama: The fourth issue of BOOM! Studios' "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reboot will introduce a "historic slayer."
From Newsarama: Gerry Conway, the co-creator of Marvel Comics' "The Punisher" says that police officers should not be embracing and appropriating Punisher iconography - especially The Punisher's skull emblem.
MEMORIAM - From Newsarama: British comic book artist, Ron Smith, died at the age of 94 or 95. Smith is considered one of the iconic Judge Dredd artists.
From Newsarama: Noted comic book writer and author, Brad Meltzer, has released a new book, "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington."
From Deadline: Grant Morrison's talks about his and Liam Sharp's "Green Lantern" revamp comic book, "The Green Lantern."
From Newsarama: IDW has borrowed $28 million from its chairman and majority owner, Howard Jonas, to fund its TV and film division, IDW Entertainment.
From Newsarama: DC Comics is joining "comiXology Unlimited," "Kindle Unlimited," and "Amazon Prime."
From Newsarama: DC Comics is developing the new "Amethyst" comic book series. Some may remember the 1980s series.
From THR: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" wins "Best Animated Feature" at the 2019 Golden Globes.
From GoFundMe: This is a campaign for a burial fund for late cartoonist, Barbara Shermund.
From Previews: In late December 2018, CBS News spoke to comic book painter, Alex Ross.
From Newsarama: Diamond Comics Distributors names its 2018 Diamond Gem Awards nominees.
From Vice: January 1st, 2019 saw several works published in 1923 to fall into the public domain.
From BlastingNews: Japan's "Weekly Shonen Jump" says that pirate manga, "One Piece," has reached 950 chapters.
From BleedingCool: It's Alive to publish its first new comic book series, "Red Range: Pirates of Fireworld," a sequel to the graphic novel, "Red Range" by Joe. R. Lansdale. Joe's son, Keith, is writing the new comic book.
From Newsarama: Black Panther's Letitia Wright has been nominated for the EE British Academy Film Awards' (BAFTA) EE Rising Star Award.
From TheOuterHaven: Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the manga, "Naruto," has a new manga, "Samurai 8: Hachimaruden," which will begin this Spring in "Weekly Shonen Jump." He will write the series with Okuba Akira drawing it.
From ComicBook: "Attack on Titan" creator, Hajime Isayama, has announced that he was married in 2018, but is keeping the name of his spouse private.
From ANN: Japanese publishers reveal some print counts for manga and light-novel series.
From BleedingCool: Rob Liefeld says he has a project at Marvel Comics due this year...
From BleedingCool: Comic book writers Charles Soule and Scott Snyder are working on a creator-owned comic book together.
From Newsarama: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" crossess the $200 million dollar mark in global box office.
From FlickeringMyth: DC Universe teases 2019 line-up with sizzle reel trailer
From MiamiHerald: Leonard Pitts, Jr. offers this history of "Comicsgate."
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BEST COMICS OF 2018 Lists:
From EW: "Entertainment Weekly's" best comics of 2018
From NPR: Best books of 2018 (with a comic books and graphic novels section)
From PasteMagazine: The 15 best sci-fi and fantasy comics of 2018
From TheVerge: The 10 bests comics of 2018
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JANUARY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: Action Lab for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: Aspen Comics for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: Black Mask for Jan. 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM Studios for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for 2019
From BleedingCool: Dynamite Entertainment for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for Jan. 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for Jan. 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: Oni Press for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: Papercutz for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool: Titan Comics for Jan. 2019
FEBRUARY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool: Full DC Comics catalog
From BleedingCool: AfterShock for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for Feb. 2019
From AdventuresinPoorTaste: Dark Horse Comics for February 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics solicitations for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for Feb. 2019
From BleedingCool: First Second for Feb. 2019
From Seibertron: IDW Publishing for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for Feb. 2019
MARCH 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: 01 First Second for March 2019
From Newsarama: Adhouse Books for March 2019
From Newsarama: Alterna Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for March 2019
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Aspen Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Avatar Press for March 2019
From Newsarama: Avery Hill for March 2019
From Newsarama: Black Mask Studios for March 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for March 2019
From BleedingCool: Cave Pictures Publishing for March 2019
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Devil's Due/1First Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertaiment for March 2019
From Newsarama: Fantagraphics Books for March 2019
From BleedingCool: First Second for March 2019
From Newsarama: Graphix for March 2019
From Newsarama: Humanoids for March 2019
From BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for March 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Impact Theory for March 2019
From Newsarama: Lion Force for March 2019
From Newsarama: Mad Cave Studios for March 2019
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Oni Press for March 2019
From Newsarama: Rebellion for March 2019
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for March 2019
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: VIZ Media for March 2019
From BleedingCool: Zenescope Entertainment for March 2019
APRIL 2019 COMIC SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: AC Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Aftershock Comics for 2019
From Newsarama: Amigo Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for April 2019
From Newsarama: Aspen Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Black Mask Studios for April 2019
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for April 2019
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: DC Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for April 2019
From Newsarama: Hero Tomorrow for April 2019
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for April 2019
From Newsarama: Image Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Mad Cave Studios for April 2019
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Titan Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for April 2019
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Yen Press for April 2019