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:From BleedingCool: Axel Alonzo is apparently died to ex-Marvel Comics publisher, Bill Jemas's new comic book company.
MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Truly a comic book legend, comics creator Marie Severin has died at the age of 89. She was known for her association with Marvel Comics, especially its bullpen, but she also worked for legendary EC Comics. Severin was the younger sister of the late comic book artist, John Severin.
From SmallPressExpo: The 2018 SPX Ignatz Award nominations have been announced.
From BleedingCool: See preview art from "Uncanny X-Men #1 and #2."
From TheVerge: All your "DC Universe" streaming service updates.
From Kotaku: Momoko Sakura, One Of Japan's Most Famous Manga Creators, Has Died
From BleedingCool: An article about a screenplay that was reverse-engineered into a comic book.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #175 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #175 in French.
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics's CONAN THE BARBARIAN first creative team has been announced - writer Jason Aaron, artist Mahmud Asrar, and colorist Matthew Wilson. Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian" will debut January 2019.
IN MEMORIAM - From Newsarama: Beloved comic book artist, Russ Heath, died at the age of 91, Friday, August 24, 2018. Heath worked for Marvel Comics and its predecessor, Timely Comics, where he got his first comics job in 1947. Heath also drew for DC Comics and EC Comics. He contributed to the "Playboy" strip, "Little Annie Fanny." Legendary pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, based two of his paintings on Heath's art.
From CBR: Jeff Lemire and Bill Sienkiewicz lambast "Comicsgate" after some its followers attack Marsha Cooke, the widow of comics writer-artist, Darwyn Cooke, online.
From THR: A comic book event, "The Best Defense," will reunite the original line-up of Marvel Comics' "The Defenders."
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics will publish a "prelude" comic book to next year's "Captain Marvel" movie, and the comic book will be canon to the Marvel Cinematic universe.
From BleedingCool: Roy Thomas, who created the comic book Red Sonja, will tell her origin story in Dynamite Entertainment's miniseries, "Red Sonja: The Ballad of the Red Goddess."
From BleedingCool: Marvel's website separating from Facebook and Google.
From BleedingCool: Comic book writer and comic book historian, Gerard Jones, has been sentenced to six years in jail in California on child pornography charges.
From WeGotThisCovered: Marvel Comics reveals X-Men superstar, Wolverine's new costume.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #174 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomic Johnny Bullet episode #174 in French.
From CNET: HBO has order a TV series "based" on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' much-abused graphic novel, "Watchmen."
From BBCNews: 100 Women: The artist redrawing "sexist" comic book covers.
From Kotaku: The "Gintama" manga is reportedly ending after the next five chapters.
From ANN: There is a new North American manga publisher, "Denpa."
From ComicBook: "The Ghost in the Shell" manga box set nears an all-time low price.
From BleedingCool: Popular writer Warren Ellis is making one "convention" appearance this year, and he won't sign any books while there.
From BleedingCool: Marvel to kill of "Old Man Logan" in 12-issue series, "Dead Man Logan."
From BleedingCool: According to Joss Whedon, 20th Century Fox is ending Dark Horse Comics' license to produce "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comic books.
From IdahoStatesman: An article about comic book stores staying "relevant" via diversification of the products they sell.
From Polygon: Dreaming big: How Neil Gaiman and a team of fantasy writers are expanding The Sandman Universe
From BleedingCool: A Wichita Falls, Texas man has confessed to stealing $100,000 in comic books.
From Deadline: "Prodigy" is the title of the second comic book franchise to be launched by Mark Millar since he joined Netflix.
From BleedingCool: Most DC Comics titles will include a preview of the three-issue Batman/Hellblazer comic, "Batman: Damned," which will appear under the "Black Label" imprint (in ships September 19, 2018).
From Tumblr: How Stan Sakai of "Usagi Jojimbo" builds a cover, from preliminary to finished cover.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomic JohnnyBullet episode #173 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomic JohnnyBullet episode #173 in French.
From HarveyAwards: The nominees for the "Harvey Awards 2018," honoring the best in comics published in America have been announced.
From ANN: The "Harvey Awards" have announced a "Best Manga" category for the 2018 edition of its awards.
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From ANN: Readers at the Anime News Network choose the best "boys' love" manga for beginners.
From Newsarama: Joivan Wade ("The First Purge") will play Cyborg in DC Universe's "Doom Patrol" series.
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse to adapt more Neil Gaiman short stories into comics form.
From CBR: Stan Lee, 95-year-old, will reportedly no longer participate in public autograph signings.
From CBR: Maybe a reboot for Marvel Comics recent title, "Marvel 2-in-One."
From ANN: SuBLime Manga, the Boys' Love manga imprint of VIZ Media, announces two new titles for both print and digital release, "Love in Limbo" and "Candy Color Paradox."
From BleedingCool: This month, a number of Marvel Comics titles will have a four-page tribute to the late Steve Ditko. The recently deceased comic book writer-artist is largely responsible for introducing a number of characters and graphical elements to Marvel, including co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Stange.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomics Johnny Bullet episode #172 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New webcomics Johnny Bullet episode #172 in French.
From CBSNews: July 31st, 2018 was the fiftieth anniversary of the July 31st, 1968 first appearance of Franklin, the first African-American/Black character to appear in Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" newspaper comics strip.
From Newsarama: Here are the covers for the second month of Wal-Mart exclusive DC Comics titles (Superman, Batman, Justice League, and Teen Titans).
From Asahi: In Japan, manga artist, Ken Akamatsu, and mid-sized publisher, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd., are initiating a project to make out-of-print and the hard-to-find books available so anyone can read them for free online.
From BostonGlobe: Highlighting the unseen (African-American) artists behind comic books - Rob Stull.
From CBR: Writer Scott Snyder has confirmed that he will work on the current "Justice League" comic book for at least 50 issues.
From BleedingCool: In the upcoming "Absolute Authority Vol. 2," scenes and sequences that were edited in the original comic book releases will be restored - except for the President Bush stuff...
From Previews: Netflix's adaptation of Archie Comics' "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" arrives on October 2018 - for the first of two 10-episode seaons.
From Star2: Why isn’t Blade more popular, even after 45 years & a movie trilogy?
From AJC: "The Atlanta Journal Constitution" offers a profile of comic book artist Afua Richardson, who recently won an Eisner Award.
From THR: Marvel Comics announces new reprint collections of "Conan the Barbarian" comic books. Marvel once again has the license to produce Conan comic books and will do so beginning in early 2019.
From ANN: Akira Amano, creator of the "Reborn!" manga, is creating a one-shot hockey manga for the August 6th issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump."
From Asahi: The small Japanese town of Hokuei enjoys being a tourist spot thanks to being the home town of manga creator, Gosho Aoyama, the creator of the "Detective Conan" manga, known in the U.S. as "Case Closed."
From BleedingCool: DC Comics has announced that it will not publish the "Shazam Monster Society of Evil Deluxe Edition Hardcover," a reprint of a classic and significant run of Captain Marvel/Shazam comic books from the early 1940s. There are apparently concerns over the racists depictions of Black and Asian people.
From THR: Writer Jeff Lemire on Moving From Image Comics' "Descender" to "Ascender."
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OCTOBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: AfterShock Comics for October 2018
From BleedingCool: Caliber Press for October 2018
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for October 2018
From Newsarama: DC Comics for October 2018
From BleedingCool: Fantagraphics Books for October 2018.
From Newsarama: Image Comics for October 2018
From CBR: Marvel Comics for October 2018.
From Newsarama: Rebellion for October 2018
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for October 2018
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertaiment solicitations for October 2018.
NOVEMBER 2018 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: BOOM! Studios for November 2018
From BleedingCool: Image Comics for November 2018
From BleedingCool: Lion Forge solicitations for November 2018
From BleedingCool: Rebellion 2000AD for November 2018
From BleedingCool: Titan Comics for November 2018
