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Saturday, August 31, 2019

I Reads You Juniors August 2019 - Update #93

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From ComicBook:  Here is a guide to Marvel "Moon Knight" character for new readers.

From Newsarama:  Here is a preview of Jim Lee's "Supergirl" pages in "Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium."

From Newsarama:  Coming on the heels of the announcement that "Black Knight" will appear in the 2020 film, "Eternals," Marvel is apparently a big 2020 for the character.

From Fandango:  Andy Muschetti, director of "IT," says that he is the new director of Warner Bros. DC Comics' planned "Flash" film.

From Deadline:  Hulu has ordered a full season of "Woke," an animation/live-action comedy based on the life of cartoonist Keith Knight.  Knight is best known for his comic strips, particularly "The K Chronicles."

From Newsarama:  Longtime DC Comics staffer, Tom Pattison, at the age of 64.  Pattison, who worked for DC from 1984 to 2011, worked in the division that dealt with royalty and participation payments.

From Newsarama:  Tomorrow, Wed., Aug. 28th sees the release of a new trailer for Todd Phillips' "The Joker."

From Newsarama:  At Disney's annual D23 Expo, Marvel Studios announces Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and Ms. Marvel TV series for Disney+.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics" "Ms. Marvel Vol. 9: Teenage Wasteland" has won one of 13 American Book Awards - and is the only comic book to receive the honor this year.

From BleedingCool:  Bryan Talbot will begin a third volume of "Luther Arkwright" graphic novel in 2022.

From ComicArtsFestival:  In an interview, Garth Ennis announces two new Punisher-related miniseries.  One is "The Punisher: Soviet" and the other "The Punisher: Get Fury," which also features Nick Fury.

From THR:  Frank Miller has film production company, "Frank Miller Ink."  Silenn Thomas has been named CEO.

From THR:  Spider-Man is apparently out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Disney and Sony could not come to an agreement over a devision of revenue in future films.  Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will no longer produce Spider-Man films, for the time being.

From Newsarama:   The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center is planning a walking tour of the historical places in the late Jack Kirby's life in celebration of what would have been his 102nd birthday.  The date is August 28, 2019.

From Newsarama:  The late comic book creator, Darwyn Cooke, is being considered for having a street named after him.  Cooke, who died in 2016, was born in Toronto in 1962.

From ShadowandAct:  The 2004-05 comic book series, "Cannon Busters" which features Black/African-American characters, is now an American anime series on Netflix.

UPDATE - From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics' "Captain Justice and the J-Team" is apparently a teen superhero group as revealed via a video.

From Newsarama:  "Krypton" showrunner Cameron Welsh says the show, which Syfy recently cancelled, is too expensive for Syfy.

From BleedingCool:  "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Monstress" are among the winners at the 2019 Hugo Awards, which were announced at the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland.  The Hugo Awards are considered to be the premiere awards for science fiction and fantasy literature.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics teases the arrival of "Captain Justice and the J-Team."

From THR:  Director Chad Stahelski ("John Wick") is helming action-oriented reshoots on the Warner Bros.' DC Comics' film, "Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn)."

From Newsarama:  Cartoonist and comics creator, Art Spiegelman, is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning comics/graphic novel, "Maus."  He had contributed an essay to British publisher, Folio Society's "The Golden Age of Marvel Comics 1939-1949," but his reference in the essay to President Trump was deemed too political.  So Spiegelman say he withdrew it.

From Deadline:  Syfy has cancelled its Superman universe TV series, "Krypton" with the recent Season Two finale being the series finale.  Syfy is also passing on developing the planned "Lobo" spinoff series.

From BleedingCool:  Those DC Comics 100-Page Giants will be relaunched.  They will no longer be exclusive to Wal-Mart or to Target.  But the Wal-Mart and Target versions will have exclusive covers and will arrive "a couple of weeks" before they hit comic book stores.  The amount of original content will increase from 24 to 36 pages.

From Newsarama:   The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earth" infinite will loom throughout the entire season of the upcoming Season 6 of "Flash."

From Newsarama:  In October (2019), The Visual Effects Society (VES) will induct Stan Lee into the VES Hall of Fame, along with Walt Disney and Stanley Kubrick.

From Newsarama:  The Harvey Awards have announced the nominees for the 2019 edition of the awards.  The winners will be announced October 4th during New York Comic Con.

From Newsarama:  Marvel New Media and podcast service, Stiticher, will present a podcast adaptation of the classic Marvel miniseries, Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' "Marvels."  Rapper-actor, Clifford "Method Man" Smith, will be one of the podcast actors.

From BleedingCool:  For his new comic book company, Terrific Productions Inc., Andrew Rev is desparately chasing celebrity and "superstar" comic book creators to work for him.  How'd that work out for Virgin Comics?

From BleedingCool:  Joe Madureira has a history of not keeping the promises he makes to his fans and customers.  The latest letdown is that the "Battle Chaster Anthology" trade paperback (due in September) will have fewer pages than the promised 344 because the "never-before-seen sketches," "new artwork," and the "fold-out poster" are being dropped.

From Newsarama:  Fox's "New Mutants" film is also in trouble with its new owner, Disney.

From Newsarama:  Disney has cancelled the "Lumberjanes" films, based on the comic book, that Fox had planned before Disney bought the studio.

From Deadline:  TV series mastermind, Noah Hawley, says that his movie based on Marvel Comics' "Doctor Doom" is likely not going to happen.  It was one of the projects 20th Century Fox greenlit before Disney bought the studio.

From Newsarama:  Robert Kirkman's imprint, Skybound, has signed a first look deal with with Audible to produce audio content based on Skybound properties.

From THR:  Comic book artist, Alitha E. Martinez, talks about the first issue, "Omni."  It is the latest release from H1, the shared superhero universe from indie publisher Humanoids.  Created with writer Devin Grayson, "Omni" focuses on a doctor with the ability to think at superspeed.

From Deadline:  Jeph Loeb, executive vice-president of Marvel TV, talks to Deadline about future TV series from the television arm of Marvel Entertainment.

From ANN:  Police in Fukuoka, Japan arrested 37-year-old Wataru Adachi on suspicion of uploading unauthorized images from Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga to the Japanese manga piracy website "Mangamura" in May 2017.

From Newsarama:  Greg Capullo signs a new contract with DC Comics and promises more event comics.

From BleedingCool:  No, Chris Claremont has not written a lot of X-Men stories lately.  His last ongoing series was "Nightcrawler" (2014-15).

From YahooEntertainment:  Tiffany Haddish would like to play Wonder Woman's sister, Nubia (originally debuted in Wonder Woman #204).  The character is no longer portrayed as Wonder Woman's sister.

MEMORIAM - From Newsarama:  The long-time comic book artist and editor, Ernie Colon, has died at the age of 88.  Colon co-created the DC Comics' characters, "Arak, Son of Thunder" and "Amethyst Princess of Gemworld" in the 1980s.   He began his career with Harvey Comics (drawing "Richie Rich"), Gold Key (drawing "Solar, Man of Atom"), and Warren Publications (contributing to "Vampirella," "Creepy," and "Eerie").  For Marvel, he co-created the comic book, "Damage Control," with the late Dwayne McDuffie.

From THR:  Jim Lee thinks DC Comics needs to reinvent or respond to the flat digital comics market.

From BRNow:  The PTC (Parents Television Council) has issued a study stating that TV shows based on "children's comics" contain "rampant gore, obsenity."  "Arrow" and "Riverdale" are amongst the offenders according to the PTC.

From BecauseofThemWeCan:  Artist Bart Cooper reimainges famous Black women as superheroes, like Harriet Tubman as Superman.

From ETOnline:  Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro explains why he will never make another comic book movie.

From Newsarama:  "The Resistance" a teen superhero comic book from writer J. Michael Strazcynski and artist Mike Deodato, Jr., will launch publisher Artists, Writers and Artisan's shared universe.

From Newsarama:  Direct Market comic books sales for July 2019 are a little better than they were for July 2018.

From BleedingCool:  Star comic book artist Mike Deodato, Jr. is moving to former Marvel Comics' publisher, Bill Jemas' comics start-up, Artists, Writers and Artisans.

From ICv2:  Part 1 of a two-part interview with DC Comics co-publishers, Jim Lee and Dan Didio.
From ICv2:  Part 2

From Newsarama:  The estate of the late Stan Lee is looking to sever ties with the owner of Lee's former company, POW! Entertainment.

From Marvel:  Nadia Pym/Van Dyne - "The Unstoppable Wasp" will return in 2020 via a young adult novel written by Sam Maggs.

From YahooFinance:  The X-Men movie, "Dark Phoenix," was a box office bomb that hurt Disney's third quarter earnings.

From BleedingCool:  The site talks to Andrew Rev about his plans to revive classic 80's comic book series, "Elementals," and also to publish new "Youngblood" comics.

From Variety:  Viacom has entered into an agreement with Jim Davis, the creator of the long-running comic strip, "Garfield," to purchase, Paws, Inc.  This is the entity that holds all global intellectual property rights to both “Garfield” and “U.S. Acres,” another Davis comics strip creation.  The deal will close in the next few weeks, although financial terms have not been disclosed.  "Garfield" will join the Nickelodeon portfolio.  David will continue to produce the comic strip.

From Newsarama:  It is official.  DC Comics has hired Jonah Weiland as its new "Vice President of Marketing & Creative Services."  Weiland was the founder of "Comic Book Resources," now known as "CBR."

MEMORIAM - From YahooEntertainment:  American novelist and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88, Monday, August 5, 2019.  Among her best known novels were "Beloved" (1987, the 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner) and "Song of Solomon (1977).  In 1993, Morrison was awarded the "Nobel Prize for Literature."

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics has produced a commercial to promote "House of X" and "Powers of X."  This article includes the video.

From Newsarama:  DC Comics promotes Marie Javins to Executive Editor of New Publishing Initiatives.

From Newsarama:  Beloved Batman voice actor, Kevin Conroy ("Batman: The Animated Series"), will actually play Batman in The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover of its superhero TV series.

From KansasCityStar:  Comic book writer Jai Nitz has been banned from the University of Kansas after being accused of sexual assault.

From ComicBook:  "My Hero Academia" celebrates its 5th anniversary with a music video.

From Vox:  Site says that "House of X" makes the X-Men great again.

From ComingSoon:  CBS All-Access' "Star Trek: Picard" will have a prequel novel and comic book series.

From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment and Andrew Rev are fighting over the trademark for the term "The Elementals."

From BleedingCool:  It's Alive has begun a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for its color publications of "Breathers," which was originally published as a black and white mini-comics.

From Collider:  In a video interview at Comic-Con 2019, DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio talks about DC Comics' future plans.

From HuffPost:  A 1968 column Stan Lee wrote denouncing racism and racists.


AUGUST 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  August 2019 comics solicitations for all publishers on one page.
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Action Lab Entertainment for August 2019
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Avatar Press for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Black Mask Studios for August 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Humanoids for August 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for August 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Red 5 Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for August 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for August 2019
From Newsarama:  Yen Press for August 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  September 2019 comics solicitations for 24 publishers on one page
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Drawn & Quarterly for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Humanoids for September 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Insight for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for September 2019

OCTOBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Albatross Funnybooks for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for October 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Hero Tomorrow for October 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for October 2019
From Newsarama:  A Wave Blue World for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Yen Press for October 2019

HALLOWEEN COMICFEST 2019:
From Newsarama:  28 comic book titles for the industry's fall event taking place Saturday, October 26, 2019 at participating comic shops worldwide.

DC's HILL HOUSE COMICS Debut Solicitations:
From Newsarama:  These are the solicitations for DC Comics' "Hill House Comics" group overseen by Joe Hill.  The line is scheduled to kick off October 30, 2019 with "Basketful of Heads #1."

NOVEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Action Lab for Novmeber 2019
From BleedingCool:  Aftershock Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM Studios for November 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for November 2019


NOVEMBER 2019 "ADVANCED" COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  DC Comics advanced solicitations for November 2019 (for acetate covers)
From Newsarama:  "Dawn of X" for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for 2019 with some guessing on the site's part

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

I Reads You Juniors April 2019 - Update #90

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From EW:  Jim Starlin, the comic book writer-artist, who created Thanos, the master villain of the last two Avengers films, has a cameo appearance in "Avengers: Endgame."  He talks about his experience on-set and experiences with Thanos over the year.

From BleedingCool:  Joe Kubert's grandson, Orion Zangara, is drawing a graphic novel.  Zangara is the nephew of Adam and Andy Kubert.

From Newsarama:  Writer/diectors Phil Lord and Chris Miller each won an Oscar for their work on the animated film, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."  Now, they have signed a five-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPE) to develop live-action and animated shows including "a suite of TV series" based on Sony's Spider-verse movies.

From Newsarama:  There is a sequel to Hiroaki Samura's "Blade of the Immortal" manga. It is scheduled to debut May 25, 2019 issue of Kodansha's "Monthly Afternoon" magazine in Japan. The sequel is titled "Mugen no Junin - Bakumatsu no Sho" (which translates to English roughly as Blade of the Immortal: Bakumatsu Arc).  Samura isn't writing or drawing the new project, but is reportedly involved in the development.

From BleedingCool:  The news that Milestone Media co-founder Michael Davis had died is a hoax.

From THR:  David Marquez has left Marvel Comics to sign an exclusive deal with DC Comics.

From Variety:  "Avengers: Endgame" Obliterates Records With $1.2 Billion Global Debut

From Vimeo:  "A Warren Ellis Production" production card slash / bumper

From BleedingCool:  Another school board, another lame attempt to remove "Fun Home."

From Newsarama:  The nominations for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced.

From Newsarama:   Audible has announced that it has one of Stan Lee's final projects, the audio drama "Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light," set for release this June.

From Newsarama:  The DC Universe app has more than 21,000 comic books available for digital reading.

MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool:  Comic book historian and publisher (under his "Pure Imagination" imprint), archivist, and artist, Greg Theakston, reportedly died, Monday, April 22, 2019.  He was also known for a process that DC editor Dick Giordano named after him.  This process was called "Theakstonization," which bleached published comic book pages of color, leaving just the black and white, to be recolored for republishing purposes. Before digital scanning and manipulation, this was apparently the best way to get clear copies of artwork for which no original art still existed.  This process was used for many archival comic book projects.

From ANN:  VIZ Media announced that it has licensed Hisato Murasaki's "Persona 5" manga and will release the first volume in winter 2020.

From FlickeringMyth:  Seven Seas Entertainment will release Hisao Tamaki's 2010 "Dirty Pair" manga in a single omnibus edition in December 2019.

MEMORIAM - From JapanToday:  Manga writer, Kazuo Koike, died at the age of 82, Wednesday, April 17, 2019.  He was known for writing "Lone Wolf and Cub," "Crying Freedom," and "Lady Snowblood."

From ComicBook:  Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" has made more money at the worldwide box office than any "Batman" movie.

From BleedingCool:  Will the average cost of a Marvel Comics comic book be twenty-five cents a page?

From Newsarama:  Newsarama's George Marston offers a list of the "Top 10 Bunny Superheroes of All Time."

From Newsarama:  Wizard World has added three new conventions events for the rest of 2019 and cancelled one (Boise, Idaho, which was scheduled for July 19-21).

From Newsarama:  David Petersen, creator of the "Mouse Guard" comic book, hopes that the film will find a new home, after Disney cancelled it.

From Newsarama:  Jim Starlin's "Dreadstar" will be collected in omnibus editions.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics to publish "facsimle editions" of classic "X-Men" comic books.

From BleedingCool:  Comic book legend Roy Thomas writes an open letter to DC Comics about money he is due for the appearance of characters he co-created in TV series.

From Newsarama:  Kickstarter and Kodansha are united to encourage more manga creators in Japan.

From BleedingCool:  James Murdoch, son of media magnate, Rupert Murcoch, has invested in Bill Jemas' media start-up, "Artist, Writers & Artisans."

From BleedingCool:  One of Marvel's 80th anniversary one-shots is "Captain America & The Invaders: The Bahamas Triangle" by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway.

MEMORIAM - From Crunchyroll:  Manga artist, Kazuhiko Katou a.k.a. "Monkey Punch," has died April 11, 2019.  As Monkey Punch, he was best known for creating the "Lupin III" manga.

From MonkeysFightingRobots:  Marc Guggenheim's "Wolverine vs. Blade" comic book will finally see the light of day in July 2019.

From Deadline:   Mark Millar and Netflix name the next Millar comic book, "Space Bandits," a female-led, sci-fi comic book.

From BleedingCool:  The latest on the Richard Meyer vs. Mard Waid lawsuit.

From Newsarama:  The "Birds of Prey" movie has wrapped filming.

From Newsarama:  "Saga Compensium One" will collect issues #1 to 54 of Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples' "Saga" comic book series.  The entire series will apparently run for 108 issues.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics to run Mother's Day and Father's Day 2019 promotions.

MEMORIAM - From Newsarama:  Comic book writer James Hudnall has died.  He was known for his work on "Harsh Realm" and "Espers."

From Newsarama:  Chuck Dixon's revival of "Airboy" is being revived by It's Alive.

From Motherboard:  "Pepe the Frog" creator, cartoonist Matt Furie, is suing media troll Alex Jones and his site, Infowars, over the use of Pepe for its white supremacist merchandise.  Motherboard has highlights from Jones' 159-page deposition for the suit.

From Newsarama:  Kyle Higgins has signed a deal to write and direct a film version of his Image Comics series, "Hadrian's Wall."

From ComicBook:  Director Joe Russo, who has helmed "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Endgame" with his brother, "Anthony," does not rule out directing a DC Comics film.

BOX OFFICE - From THR:  "Shazam" leads the 4/5 to 4/7/2019 weekend box office with an estimated take of $53.5 million debut.

REVIEW:  From Patreon:  Read my review of "Shazam!," a thoroughly delightfully film that I highly recommend.
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From WeGotThisCovered:  Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says that his "Black Adam" movie will begin filming in about a year.  "Black Adam" is part of the "Shazam" universe.

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics will release its entire Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age library on DC Universe.

From Newsarama:  The lastest video from Marvel's "The Pull List" offers a preview of the "House of X" and "Powers of X" comic books.

From Newsarama:  DC Comics will reprint the original comic books stories created for the DC Wal-Mart 100-page giant comic books for comic book shops this summer.

From ANN:  Although the most recent volume of the "Fruits Basket" manga recently ended, creator Natsuki Takaya will produce three new short stories.

From Newsarama:  After a woman made "assault allegations" against comic book writer, Jai Nitz, Dark Horse Comics has cancelled its publication of Nitz's "Astro Hustle."

From MovieWeb:  Apparently, Disney has confirmed that "The New Mutants" will keep its August 2nd, 2019 release date.

From Newsarama:  Todd McFarlane has announced that Jim Lee will produce art for Spawn #300.

From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing and Yoe Books announces a new line of Marvel Comics collections.   They will be large-format hardcovers focusing on the "finest art" published over Marvel's history.

TRAILER - From HuffPost:  Warner Bros. has released the first teaser trailer for Todd Phillip's "Joker," starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role.

From Newsarama:  Erik Larsen has announced that he will return to Marvel Comics to produce some work, his first for Marvel in 17 years.

From Nerdist:  The comic book history of the SHAZAM! Family.

From Nerdist:  The history of all 9 Captain Marvels; plus, how Marvel Comics got the trademark on the name "Captain Marvel."

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From Spokesman: Longtime Batman fan, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, has written the forward for the "80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition" book.

From BleedingCool:  Movie star Jim Carrey has been an active satirical cartoonist for the past few years.  His recent Benito Mussolini cartoon drew the ire of the facist devil's granddaughter, Alessandra Mussolini.

From Newsarama:  All modern Valiant Comics titles are available on a USB stick at the cost of $60.

MEMORIAM - From Newsarama:  Crossgen Comics founder Mark Alessi has died at the age of 65.  An early 1990s tech entrepreneur, Alessi founded Crossgen in 1998, but the company was bankrupt by 2004.  Disney bought the company later that year.

From YahooEntertainment:  DC Universe's streaming series, "Swamp Thing" will debut May 31, 2019.

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APRIL 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  All publishers' solicitations link in one place.
From Newsarama:  01 First Second for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Albatross Funnybooks for April 2019
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Aftershock Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for April 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:  Alterna Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Black Mask Studios for April 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Caliber Press for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Cave Pictures Publishing for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Drawn & Quarterly for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Heavy Metal for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Hero Tomorrow for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Humanoids for April 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Joe Books for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Keenspot for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge 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:  VIZ Media for April 2019
From Newsarama: Yen Press for April 2019

MAY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:   All publishers' solicitations link in one place.
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Alterna Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Black Mask Studios for May 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for May 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for May 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for May 2019
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Kevin Eastman Studios for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Rebellion/2000 AD for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for May 2019
From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for May 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Yen Press for May 2019
From Newsarama:  Zenescope Entertainment for May 2019

JUNE 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  June 2019 comic book publisher solicitations for June 2019
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Albatross Funnybooks for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Alterna Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama:  American Mythology for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for June 2019
From Newsarama:  Black Mask Studios for June 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for June 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for June 2019
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 5 2014

DARK HORSE COMICS

NOV130064 AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 07 RIFT PART 1 $10.99
JAN140140 BAD BLOOD #3 $3.99
NOV130023 BTVS SEASON 9 TP VOL 05 THE CORE $17.99
NOV130068 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 SAVES THE WORLD $49.99
JAN140139 CATALYST COMIX #9 (MR) $2.99
NOV130062 DREAM THIEF TP VOL 01 $17.99
NOV130036 EVE SOURCE HC $39.99
NOV130067 GASOLINE ALLEY HC VOL 01 COMPLETE SUNDAYS 1920-1922 $75.00
SEP130089 GRIMM NICK BURKHARDT BUST $79.99
JAN140132 GRINDHOUSE DOORS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT #6 $3.99
JAN140151 JUICE SQUEEZERS #3 $3.99
JAN140130 LOBSTER JOHNSON GET LOBSTER #2 $3.99
JAN140148 MICHAEL AVON OEMINGS VICTORIES #10 (MR) $3.99
JAN140174 TERMINATOR SALVATION FINAL BATTLE #4 $3.99
JAN140091 VEIL #1 (MR) $3.50


Thursday, June 20, 2013

Review: DREAM THIEF #2

DREAM THIEF #2 (OF 5)
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics

STORY: Jai Nitz
ART/LETTERS: Greg Smallwood
COVER: Ryan Sook
MISC. ART: Kevin Nowlan, Rob Croonenborghs, Andrew MacLean, Ryan Browne, Jeremy Mohler
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2013)

Dream Thief is a new five-issue limited series from Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Jai Nitz (“Best Illustrated Narrative,” 2004) and artist Greg Smallwood. The series focuses on John Lincoln, whose body and mind become possessed after he dons a strange mask.

Lincoln is an Atlanta-based carouser and pot-smoker/connoisseur. He tends to get drunk and wake up in strange places; often those places are the bedrooms of women who are not his girlfriend, Claire. After a visit to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, John awakens, wearing an Aboriginal mask he stole from the museum. Now, John’s problems have been replaced by blood stains and an unsteady memory that suggests he’s been disposing of bodies. He’s even killed his girlfriend.

As Dream Thief #2 opens, John is still trying to deal with the spirits of the dead who possess his mind and body while he sleeps. Now, he has a head full of another dead man’s memories, a young man named Jimmy Oliver. Tossed out of the U.S. Army for being gay, Jim found love and a career in the grungy underworld of drugs and pornography. Now, the Dream Thief has to enter that world on a vengeful errand.

When Dark Horse Comics made a PDF of Dream Thief #1 available to reviewers, I read it on a lark because it was a first issue. That was a moment of fortune in my life as a comic book reader. Dream Thief is just a damn good comic book and a great read.

Jai Nitz has written a fine, creepy dark fantasy, and he has an engaging character in John Lincoln. Lincoln is even better as the “Dream Thief,” whom Nitz uses, in this issue, to tell a poignant story of a young man lost. Dream Thief is partly a lovely character story, one that recalls Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.

The scope of the talent of artist Greg Smallwood expands, practically with each page of this series. He draws Dream Thief as if it were a crime comic book, but he also captures the supernatural-infused nature of the narrative. I don’t think anyone could do a better job with Dream Thief than Smallwood is doing.

Comic book readers looking for excellence have a dream lover in Dream Thief.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Review: DREAM THIEF #1

DREAM THIEF #1 (OF 5)
DARK HORSE COMICS – @DarkHorseComics

STORY: Jai Nitz
ART/LETTERS: Greg Smallwood
COVER: Alex Ross
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (May 2013)

Jai Nitz won the 2004 Bram Stoker Award for “Best Illustrated Narrative.” Dream Thief is a new five-issue limited series written by Nitz and drawn by Greg Smallwood. Published by Dark Horse Comics, the series focuses on a man whose body and mind become possessed after he dons a strange mask.

Dream Thief #1 introduces John Lincoln, an Atlanta-based lay-about, cad, and pot-smoker/connoisseur. John tends to get drunk and wake up in strange places; often those places are the bedrooms of women who are not his girlfriend, Claire.

John and his homeboy, Reggie Harrison (a former college football star), go on a double-date at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. The two ladies are more interested in Reggie, but John is more interested in the Mumbai Kush he recently scored. The next morning, John wakes up in a strange place, wearing an Aboriginal mask he stole from the museum. Now, John’s problems have been replaced by blood stains and an unsteady memory that suggests he’s been disposing of bodies.

Honestly, when Dark Horse Comics made a PDF of Dream Thief #1 available to reviewers, I was only interested because it was a first issue. But the comic book demigods usually know what’s good for me to read. Often, it is a damn good comic book like Dream Thief #1.

Dream Thief can be described as “dark fantasy,” and “dark” means horror, because if this is not a horror comic book, it is doing one helluva impersonation. Dream Thief scares me; it makes me feel uncomfortable. Jai Nitz heightens the creepy-factor, practically with each page, and he has an engaging character in John Lincoln, lovable ass, esq.

Artist Greg Smallwood draws this as if it were a crime comic book. It’s like Eduardo Risso-100 Bullets gritty with the catchy graphic design of Francesco Francavilla. It melds to become Smallwood’s own unique visual language and graphical storytelling style. Some pages are the art of crime scene comics as eye candy. Will issue #2 be this good?

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux