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Sunday, April 30, 2023
I Reads You Juniors: April 2023 - Update #48
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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The Flash - Official Trailer #2. The film is due June 16th.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: American cartoonist Ted Richards has died at the age of 76, Friday, April 21, 2023. Richards was best known for his work in Underground Comix. He was a member of the "Air Pirates" collective, whose "Air Pirates Funnies" comic book got them sued by Walt Disney Productions. Richards produced such titles as "Dopin' Dan," "E.Z. Wolf," and "The Forty Year Old Hippie." Richards would later move into computer software designing.
IDW - From ComicsBeat: IDW Media Holdings, Inc., parent of IDW Publishing, has been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), although I didn't know they were listed. 39 percent of the staff have been laid off, including the entire PR and marketing department and also publisher Nachie Marsham.
From BleedingCool: IDW CEO Davidi Jonas says "today we hit reset," as the company undergoes layoffs.
IMAGE - From ScreenRant: Todd McFarlane's "Spawn" will crash Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's "Killadelphia," beginning with the next story arc that begins in Killadelphia #31.
DC ANIMATION - From Deadline: Amazon's "Prime Video" Warner Bros. Batman animated series, including Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves' "Batman: Caped Crusader."
EN MEMORIAM - From TCJ: Author Andrew Farago offers an obituary of comics historian, author, editor and curator, Maurice C. Horn, passed away on December 30, 2022, at the age of 91. According to Farago, Horn wrote some of the first reference books about comics ever written and he was among the very first people to take comics seriously. His books include "A History of the Comic Strip" (1968), written with Pierre Couperie, "The World History of Comics" (1976), and "Sex in the Comics" (1985), to name a few.
MILESTONE - From DimesDaggers: Writer Andrew Farago looks back at the 30th anniversary of Milestone Comics in "How 'Hardware' Made Me WOKE."
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: At CinemaCon 2023, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson introduced footage for Sony Pictures' Marvel Comic film, "Kraven the Hunter." The footage, which featured some bloody images, was reportedly well-received. The film, which will debut later this year, will also be rated "R."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Author Rachel Allan talks to "DC Blog" about her new original graphic novel, "Harley Quinn: Ravenous."
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The studio has provided an "in-production teaser" and first-look at the upcoming series, "The Penguin," starring Colin Farrell.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: After his "Gambit" and "X-Treme X-Men" mini-series, Chris Claremont is already working on his next X-Men comic book.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Actress Juno Temple (of Apple's "Ted Lasso" series) has landed the lead in Sony/Marvel's "Venom 3."
IDW - From BleedingCool: Here is the checklist for IDW Publishing's "Star Trek" crossover event, "Day of Blood," which runs through Star Trek titles from July to Sept. 2023.
MARVEL COMICS - From Marvel: Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Todd Nauck will return to X-Men villain Magneto's days as headmaster of The New Mutants in the four-issue miniseries, "Magneto." The first issue is due Aug. 2nd.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: Hot rumor says that Oscar-nominated actor Adam Driver is in final negotiations to play "Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic" in Marvel Studios' planned "Fantastic Four" film.
From Newsarama: According to "Deadpool" star, Ryan Reynolds, the "Wolverine" that Hugh Jackman will play in "Deadpool 3" is "something completely new."
DC COMICS TO SERIES - From GamesRadar: Jim Mickle, the showrunner for Netflix's "Sweet Tooth," which is based on Jeff Lemire's comic book series, will have a more ambitious second season.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Here is a look at the new character designs for DC Comics' "Knight Terrors" event, which takes over the publishing line this July and August.
MANGA TO LIVE-ACTION - From CBR: The site is reporting that Netflix held a private screening of its live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's legendary shonen manga, "One Piece." The preview apparently flopped with that test audience.
MARVEL - From Newsarama: Canadian super-team, Alpha Flight, returns to Canada and into their own comic book series, "Alpha Flight," written by Ed Brisson and artist Scott Godlewski. The first issue this "Fall of X" X-Men spinoff is due August 16th.
From Newsarama: Another "Fall of X" spinoff from the "X-Men" is the miniseries, "Children of the Vault."
RETAIL - From TCJ: Venerable and maybe even legendary comic book and collectibles retailer, Chuck Rozanski of "Mile High Comics," tells his side of the story to "The Comics Journal."
EN MEMORIAM - From Deadline: "MAD Magazine" cartoonist Al Jaffee has died at the age of 102, Monday, April 10, 2023. Jaffee was a Mad contributor for 65 years. His career as a cartoonist, running from 1942 to 2020, holds the "Guinness World Record" for the longest. Jaffee was high school classmate of future comic book and cartooning legends, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and John Severin, at the High School for Music & Arts in New York City.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Science fiction and fantasy author, comic book writer, and tarot card expert, Rachel Pollack, has died at the age of 75, Friday, April 7, 2023. Her novel, "Godmother Night," won the 1997 "World Fantasy Award for Best Novel." In comic books, she is best known for her 1996-95 run on DC Comics' "Doom Patrol" series (issues #64-#87). Her "78 Degrees of Wisdom" is reference for Tarot readers.
DC STUDIOS/TRAILERS - From YouTube: Here is the first trailer for DC Studios' "Blue Beetle" film, which is due in theaters, August 18, 2023.
From DCBlog: A list of the Easter eggs found in the "Blue Beetle" trailer.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: "Joker: Folie a Deux" has wrapped up filming. Director Todd Phillips shares new images of its stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. The film is due Oct. 4th, 2024.
COMICS TO TV - From Deadline: Sony Pictures Television is developing the Black Mask graphic novel, "Destiny, NY," by Pat Shand and Manuel Preitano, for television.
BOOM STUDIOS - From Variety: Actress Amy Jo Johnson and her partner, Matt Hotson, will write a "Power Rangers" comic book that will debut next year. Johnson played "Kimberly Hart," the original "Pink Power Ranger" in the 1993-95 original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series and in two films.
COMICS TO ANIME - From Variety: Netflix is producing an anime series version of the "Scott Pilgrim" graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Multiple cast members from 2010 live-action film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" will be voice performers for the anime.
MANGA TO FILM - From GamesRadar: Fangoria Studios is set to adapt some of manga master, Junji Ito's horror manga short stories into movies, including the vampire tale, "Bloodsucking Darkness."
AMAZON - From THR: Former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and Marvel Entertainment CCO, Joe Quesaada, has signed a first-look deal with Amazon. He will develop established and new comic book properties for film and television.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Acclaimed writer G. Willow Wilson talks about her "Poison Ivy" comic book series and about the new miniseries, "Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods."
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: The American comic book writer, Steve Skeates, has died at the age of 80, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Skeates was best known for co-creating the DC Comics characters, "Hawk and Dove" with the late artist, Steve Ditko. Skeates also produced a noted run on "Aquaman" (1968-71) with artist Jim Aparo.
MARVEL - From CBR: There will be a new ongoing comic books series starring Marvel Comics' ultimate vampire hunter, "Blade." The new series is written by Bryan Edward Hill and drawn by Elena Casagrande and is due July 2023.
Friday, March 31, 2023
I Reads You Juniors: March 2023 - Update #48
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NEWS:
AWARDS - From RondoAward: The 2023 / 21st Ronda Hatton Classic Horror Awards are currently in the midst of voting and will close April 23rd. The awards, which honor the "best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation," are named for the late American journalist, actor, cult film icon, and World War I veteran, Rondo Hatton (1894-1946).
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Ike Perlmutter has been fired as chairman of Marvel Entertainment. Also, Marvel will be folded into larger Disney business units. This "Bleeding Cool" article goes into great detail about Perlmutter and his history with Marvel.
From BleedingCool: According to information the site has gained, things will remain the same for Marvel Comics in the wake of the dissolution of Marvel Entertainment and the firing of its chairman, Ike Perlmutter.
MILLARWORLD - From THR: "The Ambassadors," the long-awaited comic book from Netflix executive and acclaimed comic book writer, Mark Millar, debuts this coming week. "The Hollywood Reporter" offers a profile of the series.
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: While filming a scene in downtown Manhattan, Lady Gaga gives the public the first good look at her as "Harley Quinn" in "Joker: Folie Deux."
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: American comic book artist, Joe Giella, has died at the age of 94, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. He was one of the last "Silver Age" of comic books artists and was best known for inking the pencil art of such DC Comics artists as Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane. His work including the Silver Age reboot comic books, "Flash" and "Green Lantern," as well as "Batman." He was also a newspaper comic strip artists, working on such strips as "The Phantom" and "Mary Worth."
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: The Marvel Ultimate Universe is returning with "Ultimate Invasion" by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Bryan Hitch.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Among the many topics actor, director, and Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer, Ben Affleck, talks about in a cover feature for "The Hollywood Reporter" is DC Studios. And he says that he will not direct for the James Gunn DC Studios.
From Deadline: In the wake of the reception of "Shazam: Fury of the Gods," the film's director, David F. Sandberg, says that he is done with superheroes, for now.
From THR: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav apparently gave Tom Cruise a private screening of Warner's upcoming film, "The Flash," and Cruise apparently really like it.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From BleedingCool: Fantagraphics Books has announced that the next original graphic novel by Daniel Clowes ("Ghost Worlds"), entitled "Monica," is due October 2023.
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: James Gunn is not only writing the next Superman film, "Superman: Legacy." He will also direct the film, which is scheduled for release July 11, 2025.
MANGA/COMICS - From BleedingCool: VIZ Media will publish "Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology Hardcover," featuring work from U.S. and Japanese creators. Horror manga icon Junji Ito will provide the book's forward and cover. It is due in the U.S. in November 2023.
EN MEMORIAM - From ComicsBeat: The Norwegian artist, cartoonist, and comics creator, Dina Norlund, has died at the age of 27, Wednesday, February 22, 2023, of cancer. Her graphic novel, "The Snowcat Prince," was recently published by Oni Press.
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: Actor Michael Shannon was confused when he was asked to play "General Zod," again (for the upcoming film, "The Flash"), a character who died in the 2013 film, "Man of Steel."
ZOMBIE LOVE - From DroptheSpotlight: Zombie Love Studios has announced that its first publication of 2023, the original graphic novel, "Blacula: Return of the King," written by Rodney Barnes and drawn by Jason Shawn Alexander, has sold out at the distributor.
IMAGE COMICS - From ComicBook: Sometime comic book artist Joe Madureira has announced the impending release of "Battle Chasers #10." "Battle Chasers #9" was published in late 2001, and #10 is scheduled for June 2023. Issue #10 has been drawn by Ludo Lullabi.
COMICS TO ANIMATION - From Deadline: The upcoming computer-animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" will feature an all-star voice cast, including Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, and Paul Rudd.
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: Writer Marc Guggenheim, who was a key contributor to The CW's DC Comics-related TV series and a co-creator of the "Arrowverse," says that he is disappointed that DC Studios' bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, never called him to contribute to the new DC Universe.
MARVEL - From THR: When Marvel Comics launches its new "Planet of the Apes" comic book series, it will be the first title published under a new imprint, "20th Century Studios." The imprint will be dedicated to the movie properties of a studios once known as "20th Century Fox." Future "Alien" and "Predator" comic books will be published under this imprint.
DARK HORSE TO SCREEN - From Deadline: Millennium is going to reboot the "Hellboy" property against with the upcoming film, "Hellboy: The Crooked Man." Actor Jack Kesy, who played "Black Tom" in "Deadpool 2" will play Hellboy. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is writing the screenplay with Chris Golden.
SONY MARVEL U - From CBR: "Euphoria" actress, Sydney Sweeney, will reportedly play a second incarnation of "Spider-Woman" in Sony Pictures' "Madame Web." The film is due Feb. 16th, 2024.
DC TV - From GamesRadar: Warner Bros has reportedly sold the rights to develop a TV series based on "Dead Boys Detectives" to Netflix. The Dead Boy Detectives are comic book characters created by Neil Gaiman that first appeared in "The Sandman #15."
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: March 2022 - Update #95
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NEWS:
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: In "The Amazing Spider-Man #93," Spider-Man gets a mysterious new enemy, "Chasm."
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The British comic book artist, Garry Leach, has died at the age of 67, Saturday, March 26, 2022. He is best known for reviving "Marvelman" with Alan Moore for "Warrior," the magazine published by Dez Skinn's Quality Communications. With Dave Elliot, Leach started Atomeka Press, best known for the comic book anthology, "A1."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: According to James Gunn, his Disney+ special, "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special," will introduce "more than one great new MCU character."
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press announces 9 new manga and prose titles due for September 2022.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" star, Simu Liu, will not sign "Master of Kung-Fu" comic books.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: Director Matt Reeves released a deleted scene from his superhero film, "The Batman," featuring Robert Pattinson’s Batman facing off against his classic nemesis, the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan.
BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool: Rebellion has announced "Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition." It will collect the artist's Judge Dredd stories, published in their original size in a deluxe limited edition.
DC TV - From THR: Actor Misha Collins ("Castiel" on The CW's "Supernatural") has been cast as "Harvey Dent" in The CW pilot for "Gotham Knights," based on the DC Comics characters.
IDW PUBLISHING - From GamesRadar: IDW is collecting Berkeley Breathed's Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper comic stip, "Bloom County," in a new edition. "Bloom County Library: Book One" is scheduled to arrive Fall 2022.
DC TV - From THR: The CW network (which is up for sale) has given an early renewal to seven of its scripted dramas, including "Flash" and "Superman & Lois."
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: The site has a first look at "Legion of X #1," which is due from Marvel April 20th. The series is written by Si Spurrier and drawn by Jan Bazaldua.
DC TV - From Deadline: Actors Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara have joined The CW's pilot for the DC Comics-based series, "Gotham Knight."
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Titan Comics will launch its "Titan Manga" line with a new edition of "Afro Samurai Vol. 1" by Takashi Okazaki, on June 26th, 2022.
RUMORS /MARVEL STUDIOS - From ScreenGeek: A hot rumor is that "Wolverine" will appear in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," but he will not be played by Hugh Jackman, the actor who portrayed the character in Fox's "X-Men" films.
DIGITAL COMICS - From GamesRadar: "Zestworld," a new digital publishing platform, wants to help comic book writers and artists with creating and maintaining comic book intellectual property.
DC CINEMA - From BleedingCool: Comedian George Lopez, Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, and Damián Alcázar joined the cast of Warner Bros.' "Blue Beetle" film, its first starring a Latino character.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson team up for "Captain America #0" and then movie on to their respective "Captain America" titles. "Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty" features Steve Rogers, and "Captain America: Symbol of Truth" returns Sam Wilson to the mantle of Captain America alongside Steve.
MANGA TO ANIME - From BleedingCool: In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Cartoon Network's "Toonami," a new image from the anime adaptation of Junji Ito's legendary manga, "Uzumaki."
MARK MILLAR - From BleedingCool: Mark Millar announces "The Magic Order 3" with Italian artist Gigi Cavenago, with the first issue due in July.
DC COMICS - From Variety: Actor Paul Dano, who played the "Riddler" in the current hit, "The Batman," will write the comic book, "Riddler: Year One."
DC TV - From DCBlog: Showrunner Robert Patino talks about his new streaming series, HBO Max's "DMZ," based on the Vertigo comic book series.
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: "The Batman" crosses the 500 million dollar mark in global box office.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Sydney Sweeney of HBO's "Euphoria" is joining Sony Pictures Marvel Comics character film, "Madame Web."
DC CINEMA - From Deadline: The mega-hit film, "The Batman," is due to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, April 19th ... maybe.
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: "Morbius" star Jared Leto has made the cover of "Variety" magazine.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: "X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1" is supposed to radically change the Marvel Universe. This comic book ships in June.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Marcio Takara will launch a new "Poison Ivy" comic book this year.
BOOM STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: Former comic book artist, J. Scott Campbell, will provide a variant cover for the first issue of writer Dan Panosian and artist Giorgio Spalleta's "Alice Ever After" comic book from BOOM! Studios.
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: "Flashpoint Beyond #0" will arrive April 5th, but readers can read the first five pages in all DC Comics titles released on March 29th and April 5th.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From GamesRadar: Samuel Jackson may have let it slip that Martin Freeman will reprise his role as CIA agent "Everett Ross" in the Disney+ series, "Secret Invasion."
SONY MARVEL U - From GamesRadar: Jared Leto is starring as Marvel character, "Morbius," and he'd like the vampire to cross over with Tom Holland's "Spider-Man."
DC CINEMA - From GamesRadar: The Batman's secret website, "Rataalada" has a cryptic message teasing the Joker.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Christopher Priest and artist Rafa Sandoval will help DC Comics launch its new "Black Adam" comic book series. "Black Adam #1" arrives Tues., June 21st.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Jessica Jones will return in "The Variants," a new "multiversal" series from Marvel Comics and written by Gail Simone and drawn by Phil Noto.
DARK HORSE TV - From Deadline: Netflix has given "The Umbrella Academy" Season 3 a teaser, first photos, and a release date (Wed., June 22nd).
DC VIDEO - From DCBlog: In a video interview, writer James Tynion IV talks about his horror comic book, "The Nice House on the Lake."
MANGA TO TV - From TheWrap: Netflix rounds out the cast of its "One Piece" adaptation with six more cast members.
MANGA - From BookRiot: "The Evolution of the Magical Girl in Manga and Anime" by Emily Martin.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics is reprinting Neil Gamain and Mark Buckingham's first six issue of "Miracleman" in "Miracleman: The Golden Age Vol. 1."
DC TV - From Deadline: HBO Max has ordered a miniseries, "The Penguin," based on the villain from "The Batman." Colin Farrell will reprise his role from the film as the character.
DC CINEMA - From WeGotThisCovered: The DC Comics film, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" has a new release date. It is moving from Summer 2023 to Dec. 16, 2022 - the same day as "Avatar 2."
From WeGotThisCovered: The DC Comics film, "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" is moving its release date from Dec. 16, 2022 to March 17, 2023.
From WeGotThisCovered: DC Comics films are changing release dates: "DC League of Superpets" moves to July 29, 2022, and "Black Adam" moves to October 21, 2022.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Actor Christopher Abbot ("Catch-22") has joined Sony Pictures' Marvel Comics character movie, "Kraven the Hunter," as the film's main villain, "The Foreigner."
DARK HORSE - From THR: Filmmaker and sometime comic book writer, Kevin Smith, is launching a line of comic books via Dark Horse Comics. Called "Secret Stash Press," some of the titles will feature characters from some of Smith's films.
THE BATMAN - THR: "The Batman" opens with an estimated gross of $128.5 million to win the 3/4 to 3/6/2022 weekend box office.
From Here: I Reads You's (and "Negromancer) review of "The Batman."
From DCBlog: The DC Comics blog rounds up the "Easter eggs" in "The Batman."
From Variety: "The Batman" director Matt Reeves says that actor Colin Farrell was NOT supposed to be so unrecognizable as "Penguin."
From Variety: "The Batman" director Matt Reeves says that ending in Arkham Asylum does not mean that HE will be in the sequel...
From Deadline: "The Batman" looks at a $250+ million dollar debut at the worldwide box office.
From Variety: "The Batman" director Matt Reeves could not attend the film's world premiere at Lincoln Center in New York because he tested positive for COVID-19.
DC CINEMA - From ScreenRant: Warner Bros. president Toby Emmerich says that the strength of DC Comics movies like "The Batman" lies in their filmmaker-driven approach.
MARVEL/TRAILERS - From GamesRadar: The Zeb Wells-John Romita, Jr. relaunch, "The Amazing Spider-Man #1," has a trailer.
DARK HORSE - From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics will publish the autobiography of "Watchmen" artist, Dave Gibbons, entitled "Dave Gibbons' Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiograhy." Written by Gibbons and Tim Pilcher, the book will also contain Gibbons' side of his break-up with "Watchmen" co-creator Alan Moore.
BOOM STUDIOS - From PreviewsWorld: The site interviews television writer-producer LaToya Morgan ("The Walking Dead") about her fantastic comic book miniseries, "Dark Blood."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Ablaze announces two new titles from the Pacific Rim. There is the Korean Webtoon, "Heavenly Demon Reborn!" and the "Shonen Jump" title, "BLITZ."
COMICS - BleedingCool: AMC Networks has started its own comic book division, MC Networks Publishing. Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, will be writing one of the debut titles.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Hot off her historic win at the 2022 SAG Awards, actress Ariana DeBose has joined the cast of Sony Picture's "Kraven the Hunter" film as the Marvel Comics' character, "Calypso," a voodoo priestess.
BRITISH COMICS - From BleedingCool: Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's "The Ballad of Halo Jones" is comprised of three books. Rebellion will collect them in an omnibus edition due in January 2023.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Lunar Distribution will also distribute titles from Vault Comics, beginning May 2022. However, Vault will continue its relationship with Diamond Comic Distributors.
MANGA - From ComicBook: "Fire Force" and "Soul Eater" creator, Atsushi Ohkubo, might not be retiring after all.
THE BATMAN:
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