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#IReadsYou Review: THE MADNESS #4
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Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 21, 2025
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#IReadsYou Review: THE MADNESS #3
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I Reads You Juniors: February 2025 - UPDATE #44
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DIAMOND - From BleedingCool: Bankrupt-ass Diamond Comic Distributors has sent invoices to comics shops it claims owes it money - about 22 million dollar specifically, with about 5 million of that irrevocably lost.
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: The website offers this article that includes a lot of DC Studios news, including two "Batman" films, a possible "Teen Titans" film, and a second season of "The Penguin." There is also news about several new animated series based on DC Comics' properties.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From BleedingCool: Fantagraphics Books has pulled out of Free Comic Book Day 2025, including pulling their "Lost Marvels" FCBD title. This story will be updated as information is available.
MARVEL/DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: There is big news out of "ComicsPRO," the comic book retailer summit held in Glendale, California. DC Comics Editor-In-Chief Marie Javins and Marvel Comics Editor-In-Chief CB Cebulski followed the Keynote speech to take to the floor and announce a new crossover between the two comic book publishers. Two one-shots, "Marvel/DC" produced by Marvel Comics and "DC/Marvel" produced by DC Comics, will be published later this year (2025).
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: The "Constantine" sequel just won't go away. The film's star, Keanu Reeves says that he and the film's director, Francis Lawrence, have put together a story and recently pitched it to DC Studios.
From DCBlog: It's the 20th anniversary of the 2005 film, Constantine, starring Keanu Reeves and featuring the DC Comics' character, John Constantine. With the release of a new 4K Blu-ray edition of the film, director Francis Lawrence looks back at his directorial debut.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jimenez will launch a new #Batman #1" September 2025.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Midtown Comics' will revive its UCS Comics Distributors to help small publishers left without distribution because of Diamond Comic Distributors' bankruptcy. Previously, UCS distributed new issues of DC Comics to comic book stores for a short time back in 2020.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer G. Willow Wilson talks about the new "Poison Ivy" ongoing comic book that she is producing with artist Marcio Takara.
DISNEY - From BleedingCool: In case you might sue the Walt Disney Company in the future, you might have to write them a letter now informing them that you are opting out of "arbitration agreements" and "class action waivers."
MANGA - From Variety: In 2025, written media has become the most pirated data on the Internet, surpassing films and TV. This is thanks in large part to piracy of manga.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Blood Moon Comics has shut down as a result of the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors.
LGBTQ - From BleedingCool: The comic book writer and co-creator of such characters as "Black Lightning," "Misty Knight," "Black Goliath," and "Tigra," Tony Isabella, has come out as transgender at the age of 73. Her name is now "Jenny Blake Isabella."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From ComicBook: In March 2024, Disney fired Beau DeMayo the showrunner of the Disney+ animated series, "X-Men '97." Now, DeMayo is addressing the firing and the incidents around it in a video posted on YouTube.
MARVEL - From THR: Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld has once again declared that he is done with Marvel after he detailed perceived slights surrounding the premiere of the 2024 hit film, "Deadpool & Wolverine," and its afterparty.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Massive Publishing has signed with Lunar Distribution in the wake of Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy. Massive has also created a new entity, "Massive Indies," as a new sub-distribution initiative to help independent publishers and self-comics publishers get distributed through Lunar. Massive has also released their terms of use for this initiative.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Joe Quesada and his new publisher, Amazing Comics, are at the "Angoulême International Comics Festival" in France this week. The company, which involves a partnership with Mad Cave Studios and French publisher, Dupuis, and have been announcing new projects in their bid to redefine graphic novels globally. The announcements include new comic books by Garth Ennis, Steven Paul Judd, Derek Kolstad, Christopher Priest, Esad Ribic, J. Michael Strączyński, Ethan Sacks, Ryan Stegman, Charles Dorfman, and Ronan Toulhoat.
NEIL GAIMAN - From BleedingCool: The fast-moving, ongoing demolition of Neil Gaiman's prestigious career as a world-famous author continues with the announcement that Marvel Comics has no plans to publish "Miracleman: The Dark Age," the final work in Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's "Miracleman trilogy."
From Variety: In an exclusive story, "Variety" is reporting that Netflix has cancelled "The Sandman" series after Season 2. Apparently, Netflix was considering dumping the show before the current Neil Gaiman controversies.
From ComicsBeat: Apparently, Neil Gaiman is being locked out of the Kickstarter-funded comic book adaptation of "Good Omens," the 1990 novel he co-wrote with the late Terry Pratchett.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for November 6, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
#IReadsYou Review: THE MADNESS #2
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
#IReadsYou Review: THE MADNESS #1
Monday, January 22, 2024
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 24, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2019
Comics, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for July 24, 2019
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