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Friday, February 28, 2025

I Reads You Juniors: February 2025 - UPDATE #44

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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TREATS - From AnotherCookie:  There is a new online cookie retailer. It is called "AnotherCookie?" and the cookies are delicious.

NEWS:

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 BleedingCoolFantagraphics 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 BleedingCoolMidtown 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.

From YouTube:  The video in which Beau DeMayo speaks about his firing from "X-Men '97" by Disney/Marvel Studios.
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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.

From BleedingCool:  The site provides an overview of Rob Liefeld's disputes with Marvel, including the most recent one.
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COMICS - From BleedingCoolMassive 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 BleedingCoolJoe 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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DECEMBER 2024 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze Publishing for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  BlackBox Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Dren Productions for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics Todd McFarlane titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Kodansha Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Magma Comix for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Massive for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Penthouse Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics "Conan" titles for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  TOKYOPOP for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for December 2024
From BleedingCool:  Yen Press for December 2024

JANUARY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  1First Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  DSTLRY Media for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" titles for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion/2000 AD for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rising Empire Studios for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Studios for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for January 2025
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Comics for January 2025

FEBRUARY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  CEX for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute" titles for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dstlry Media for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics' Energon Universe titles for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Magma Comix for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2025 - full list
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Star Wars" Black History Month variants for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel "Ultimate Comics" for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2025 - Part 1
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for February 2025 - Part 2
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Scout Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for February 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for February 2025

MARCH 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Abrams Comicarts for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion Productions for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Drawn & Quarterly for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  DSTLRY Media for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Fantagraphics Books for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Energon" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics "Spawn" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Kodansha Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Amazing Spider-Man" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "One World Under Doom" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' "Ultimate Comics" titles for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Massive/WhatNot for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Seven Seas Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Shift Presents for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  TOKYOPOP for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Udon Entertainment for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Vault Comics for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Webtoon Unscrolled for March 2025
From BleedingCool:  Yen Press for March 2025

APRIL 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  AWA Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Cosmic Lion for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Summer of Superman" titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  DSTLRY Media for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Mad Cave Studios for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate: titles for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Rebellion / 2000 AD for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Sumerian Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for April 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant Comics for April 2025

MAY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  BOOM! Studios for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics "Absolute DC" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics "Conan" and "Solomon Kane" titles for May 2025
From BleedingCool:  Valiant-Alien Books for May 2025

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Saturday, March 31, 2018

I Reads You Juniors March 2018 - Update #61

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From BleedingCool:  "The Amazing Spider-Man #798" speculator clown show continues.

From THR:  "Justice League: No Justice" is a four-issue, weekly comic book miniseries that will affect the direction of the DCU.

From CatholicUniverse:  Catholic comic book creators have started a Kickstarter to raise money for a 50-page, full-color, "pro-life" graphic novel.

From TheOuthousers:  Sherard Jackson talks about his webcomic, "Darbi."

From Syfy:  Jimmy Palmiotti talks about the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign (which has already reached its goal) for a horror graphic novel, "Killing Time in America."

From Newsweek:  Marvel well begin publishing a "Fantastic Four" comic book again in August 2018 with writer Dan Slott and artist Sara Pichelli as the creative team.

From BleedingCool:  "Death of the Inhumans" in July.

From DCComicsBlog:  DC Comics signs Frank Miller to a five-project deal.

From BleedingCool:  Veteran comic book writer-artist William Messner-Loebs is currently homeless... and has one arm!

From BleedingCool:  Award-winning novelist Margaret Atwood and comic book artist unite for the comic book miniseries, "War Bears."

From BleedingCool:  Gail Simone talks about bringing together Tarzan and Red Sonja in a new comic book.

From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #156 in English.
From ComicBookBin:  New Johnny Bullet episode #156 in French.

From PublishersWeekly:  DC Comics signs Frank Miller to an exclusive book deal that is part of a larger strategy to increase its presence in the bookstore market.

From BleedingCool:  Classic horror comics character, Swamp Thing, is getting a redesign for his appearance in the new "Justice League Dark" comic book series.

From BleedingCool:  Julie Benson and Shawna Benson will be the new writers on "Green Lantern" beginning with "Green Lantern Annual 2."

From BleedingCool:  Only the first issue of "DC Nation #0" will cost .25 cents.

From Vibe:  Comic Book Anthology "Puerto Rico Strong" To Donate Proceeds To Hurricane Maria Relief Efforts

From PBSNewsHour:  Opinion: Why ‘Black Panther’ and other comic books belong in the classroom

From BleedingCool:  Oni Press solicitations for June 2018

From ComicBookBin:  New web comic - Johnny Bullet episode #155 in English
From ComicBookBin:  New web comic - Johnny Bullet episode #155 in French

From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing solicitations for June 2018

From ComicsBeat:  Your crash course guide to DC’s new SANDMAN UNIVERSE line

From BleedingCool:  Archie meets "Batman '66" in... what else... "Archie Meets Batman '66."

From MonkeysFightingRobots:  "Free Comic Book Day" is not free for the retailers that offer comic books.  Diamond Distributors is offering some relief on those costs for FCBD 2018.

From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics will publish comic books that tie-in with Pixar's upcoming 3D animated film, "The Incredible 2."

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics to translate and publish manga based on Batman and the Justice League.

From ComicBook:  The current "Marvel 2-in-One" will introduce new Fantastic Four costumes.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics has a plan to make retailers over-order on "A Fresh Start."

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics launches a new line of collections called "Essential Edition."

From Newsarama:  Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" returns to comic books via Dabel Brothers this fall.  Eclipse Books previously adapted the fantasy novel series into comics in 1991.

From BlackEnterprise:  Jazmin Truesdale has created Aza Comics, an all-female superhero comic book universe.

From BleedingCool:  There will be a new "Hawkman" monthly comic book written by Robert Vendetti and drawn by Bryan Hitch. [Good luck with that. - Editor]

From BleedingCool:  Chip Zdarsky Goes Marvel Exclusive

From SanDiegoUnionTribune:  With 'Black Panther' and 'Black Lightning' emerging, the 'Encyclopedia of Black Comics' is here to help

From Ohio: 23-year-old Jimmy Scott was killed in 1966.  His family hung onto his collection of over 1100 comic books, many of them key Silver Age issues.  Jimmy's family recently sold the collection to a comic book store in Canal Fulton, Ohio.

From Brightly: 12 Things Parents and Educators Should Know About Manga for Middle Schoolers

From BleedingCool:  100 most ordered comic books and 100 top graphic novels for February 2018.

From TheHollywoodReporter:  DC Comics announces a new imprint, "Black Label."  It will place the best creators with established characters for out-of-continuity stories.  "Superman: Year One" written by Frank Miller and drawn by John Romita, Jr. was one of the first announced titles.

From Newsarama:  February 2018 comic book sales are down, but with a caveat.

From Comicsverse:  Princess Leia manga arrives on "Star Wars Day."

From BleedingCool: Rich Tommaso giving us a really "special edition" of Clover Honey."

From BleedingCool:  Netflix acquires Rob Liefeld's "Extreme Universe" of characters.

From BleedingCool:   Former Marvel Comics editor and writer is now an editor at Valiant Entertainment.

From BleedingCool:  Chris Ryall steps down as Editor-in-Chief as IDW Publishing.

From TheHollywoodReporter:  Brian Michael Bendis has announced two new titles from "Jinxworld" (his creator-owned imprint), including one that reunites him with his "Alias" cohort, Michael Gaydos.  Both will be published by Bendis' new home, DC Comics.

From ComicBook:  Marvel will reinvent the origins of Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers.

From BleedingCool:  Mark Buckingham is adapting four Neil Gaiman stories for a graphic novel anthology from Dark Horse Comics.

From BleedingCool:  Illustrator J. Scott Campbell is the latest comic book star to express concern over the recent turns of events concerning legendary comic book creator and editor, Stan Lee.

From TheGuardian:  "Neil Gaiman is to oversee a new line of comic books set in the world of the Sandman, continuing the adventures of some of his best-loved characters including Dream of the Endless and Lucien the librarian."

From WCET:  Comic book store, "Memory Lane Comics and Toys" in Wilmington, NC, sees uptick in business after release of 'Black Panther'

From TokyoReporter: Manga artist Nobuhiro Nishiwaki fined for possessing child pornography

From Asahi:  Mongolians irate over manga showing penis on Genghis Khan

From BleedingCool:  To help alleviate the risk retailers take, Dark Horse Comics is expanding "returnability" of new titles.

From JapanToday:  In 2017, online sales of manga surpassed print editions for the first time.

From TheAtlantic:  Ta-Nehisi Coates explains why he is writing Marvel Comics "Captain America," with his first issue appearing Summer 2018.

From BleedingCool:  AfterShock Comics Sends Care Packages to Comic Book Stores

From BleedingCool:  Oni Press is publishing a new edition of Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover's all-ages comic, "Banana Sundays."

From BleedingCool:  Diamond Brings Spinner Racks Back to Comic Stores


STAN LEE MELODRAMA:

From TheDailyMail:  Stan Lee fires manager and his nurse who gave him naked showers over 'plot to estrange him from his daughter and sole heir' as cops probe missing millions and he battles pneumonia

From TheDailyBeast: ‘Picked Apart by Vultures’: The Last Days of Stan Lee


Thursday, March 1, 2018

Review: STAR TREK: Waypoint

STAR TREK: WAYPOINT (TPB)
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

WRITERS: Donny Cates; Sandra Lanz; Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore; Sam Maggs; Maighread Scott; Cecil Castellucci; Vivek J. Tiwary; Scott Bryan Wilson; Cavan Scott; Simon Roy; Corinna Bechko; Gabriel Hardman
ARTISTS: Mack Chater; Sandra Lanz; Gordon Purcell; Rachel Stott; Corin Howell; Megan Levens; Hugo Pretus; Caspar Wijngaard; Josh Hood; Simon Roy; Christopher Herndon; Gabriel Hardman
COLORS: Jason Lewis and Dee Cunniffe; Sandra Lanz; Jason Lewis; Mark Roberts; Sarah Stern; Fran Gamboa; Caspar Wijngaard; Simon Roy; Christopher Herndon; Dee Cunniffe
LETTERS: Andworld Designs
PIN-UPS: Marc Laming with Chris O'Halloran; Mark Buckingham with Charlie Kirchoff; Gordon Purcell with Jason Lewis: David Malan; Daniel Warren Johnson; David Messina; Cat Staggs; Zachary Baldus; Tony Shasteen; Simon Roy; Tom Whalen; Gabriel Hardman; Dave Dorman
COVER: Josh Hood with Triona Farrell
ISBN: 978-1-68405-017-8; paperback, 6 5/8” x 10 3/16” (November 2017)
160pp, Color, $19.99 U.S., $25.99 CAN (November 28, 2017)

When it debuted on NBC on September 8, 1966, the science fiction television series, “Star Trek,” was like nothing that came before it.  Created by Gene Roddenberry, “Star Trek” followed the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), a “starship,” as it traveled through the Milky Way galaxy during the future-decade of the 2260.

The series depicted the adventures of Enterprise's crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk.  Kirk was assisted by six prominent crew members:  first officer and science officer, Spock; chief medical officer, Leonard “Bones” McCoy; chief engineer, Montgomery “Scotty” Scott; communications officer, Nyota Uhura; helmsman Hikaru Sulu; and navigator Pavel Chekov.

When NBC broadcast Star Trek's final episode on June 3, 1969, fans of the television show refused to let it go.  In a sense, that ending was the beginning of what is a five-decade old, worldwide, multi-platform media franchise.  One of those platforms is comics, beginning in 1967 with the publication of Star Trek comic books by Gold Key Comics.

IDW Publishing is the current license-holder (since 2006) with the rights to produce and publish comic books based on the various Star Trek films and television series.  Last year, IDW announced Star Trek: Waypoint, an anthology comic book series that would offers stories featuring the crews and characters from the first five Star Trek television series:  “Star Trek (The Original Series),” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” and “Star Trek: Enterprise.”

In November 2017, IDW published the trade paperback, Star Trek: Waypoint, which collected the comics short stories published in Star Trek: Waypoint issues #1-6.  This collection reprints 12 stories and features the creative efforts of more than 40 writers, artists, colorists, and letterers.

Story highlights include “Puzzles,” which is set in the world of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and finds Captain Geordi La Forge and his crew of Datas taking on a massive cube-shaped starship and its obstinate artificial intelligence.  Original Trek character, Lt. Uhura makes a surprising and curious friend in”Daylily.”  Science and coffee save the day in the “Star Trek Voyager” in the story, “The Wildman Maneuver.”

The crew of the “Deep Space 9” try to understand Bajoran tradition in “Mother's Walk.”  Captain Jonathan Archer (“Star Trek: Enterprise”) discovers “The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty.”  The unknown and the new and Spock's replacement vex the crew of the classic “The Original Series” crew in “The Fear” (a “Star Trek: Phase II” story).

I vaguely remember the Star Trek: Waypoint miniseries (2016-2017), but I mostly ignore Star Trek comic books.  Over the decades that I have read comic books, I have read a few Star Trek comic books, here and there, but I never really warmed to them.  When IDW sent me a copy of the Waypoint trade paperback for review, I kinda looked forward to reading it.  I forced myself to start with the first story, which I hoped would build some momentum that would help me read the entire book.

Wow, was I shocked.  I didn't know that Star Trek comics could be as good as the stories contained in this book.  I consider five of the twelve stories:  “Puzzles,” “Daylily,” “Mother's Walk,” “Come Away Child,” and “The Fear” to be great stories that would be worthy of being turned into episodes of their respective Star Trek TV series – if those series were still being produced.  Two other stories, “The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty” and “The Rebound Effect” are close to being exceptional.  The five other stories are of varying degrees of quality – novel, funny, and offbeat.

“Puzzles” is the first really good story I have read that is written by Donny Cates, who became a hot property off his Image Comics vampire comic book, Redneck.  I read the first two issues of Redneck and the first issue of Cates' Babyteeth (AfterShock Comics), and none of them impressed me.  So I was was pleasantly surprised by the imagination of “Puzzles.”

I adore “Daylily,” which is written, drawn, and colored by Sandra Lanz and lettered by Andworld Designs.  The story reminds me of the short-lived NBC Saturday morning animated series, “Star Trek: The Animated Series,” which I loved as a child.  Plus, this story stars my sci-fi fantasy boo, Uhura.

I highly recommend this book to people who read Star Trek comic books.  I would also suggest that Trek fans in general give this book at least a cursory glance.  I think that will be enough to encourage one to purchase Star Trek: Waypoint.

9 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 2, 2016

MARVEL COMICS

DEC150767     A-FORCE #3     $3.99
DEC158637     ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #4 ALEX ROSS 2ND PTG VAR     $3.99
DEC158635     ALL NEW INHUMANS #3 CASELLI 2ND PTG VAR     $3.99
DEC158636     ALL NEW X-MEN #3 BAGLEY 2ND PTG VAR     $3.99
JAN160856     AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND SILK SPIDERFLY EFFECT #1     $4.99
JAN160762     AVENGERS STANDOFF ASSAULT ON PLEASANT HILL ALPHA #1 ASO     $4.99
JAN160743     BLACK WIDOW #1     $3.99
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JAN160902     UNCANNY X-MEN #4     $3.99

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for January 6, 2015

MARVEL COMICS

OCT150736    A-FORCE #1    $3.99
OCT158850    ALL NEW INHUMANS #1 CASELLI 2ND PTG VAR    $4.99
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OCT150969    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 01    $34.99
NOV150950    COLOR YOUR OWN DEADPOOL TP    $9.99
NOV150878    CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #4    $3.99
NOV150917    DARTH VADER #15 VDWN    $3.99
NOV150895    DEADPOOL #5    $3.99
SEP150859    DEADPOOL CLASSIC OMNIBUS HC VOL 01    $125.00
OCT150977    DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS TP    $15.99
NOV150871    DOCTOR STRANGE #4    $3.99
JUL150826    GUARDIANS OF GALAXY HC VOL 02    $34.99
NOV150805    GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #2    $4.99
NOV150809    HOWARD THE DUCK #3    $4.99
NOV150732    INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5    $3.99
NOV150791    MARVELS CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR PRELUDE #3    $2.99
NOV150906    MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN AND BUCKINGHAM #6 (MR)    $4.99
OCT150997    MU ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN AND AVENGERS DIGEST TP    $9.99
NOV150800    NOVA #3    $3.99
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NOV150745    ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT #1    $3.99
AUG150886    SILVER SURFER TP VOL 03 LAST DAYS    $17.99
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NOV150797    ULTIMATES #3    $3.99
OCT150769    UNCANNY X-MEN #1    $3.99
NOV150795    VISION #3    $3.99
NOV150844    WEIRDWORLD #2    $3.99

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Review: MIRACLEMAN by Gaiman & Buckingham #1

MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN & BUCKINGHAM No. 1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Neil Gaiman
ART: Mark Buckingham
COLOR: D'israeli
LETTERS: Todd Klein
MISC. ART: Mark Buckingham
COVER: Mark Buckingham
44pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2015)

Miracleman created by Mick Angelo

Rated Mature

Miracleman Book Four: The Golden Age:  “Prologue,” “A Prayer and Hope,” and “Retrieval” – Part 1

Marvelman was a British superhero character created in 1954 by writer-artist Mick Anglo for British publisher, L. Miller & Son.  The character was originally created as a substitute for the American character, Captain Marvel (Fawcett Comics), in the U.K.  Marvelman comic books were published until 1963, but the character was revived in 1982 by writer Alan Moore.  In the pages of Warrior, a British monthly, black-and-white, anthology comics magazine, Moore offered a darker, post-modern take on the character.

In August 1985, Eclipse Comics began reprinting the Marvelman stories from Warrior (in color) in a comic book entitled, “Miracleman” (to avoid legal problems with Marvel Comics).  Miracleman issues #1-6 reprinted all the Warrior content.  Starting with Miracleman #7, the series presented new Miracleman stories written by Alan Moore.  Moore wrote the series until issue #16.  Then, Neil Gaiman, who was then becoming famous for his work on The Sandman comic book series (DC Comics), took over with issue #17.  Gaiman continued to write the series, but Miracleman ceased publication with issue #24 when Eclipse closed due to financial difficulties.

After obtaining the rights to Marvelman, Marvel Comics brought Eclipse Comics’ Miracleman series back into print.  The recently launched Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham begins the reprinting of Miracleman stories by Neil Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham.  Gaiman will also apparently be able to complete his Miracleman arc left unfinished over two decades ago.

Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham #1 opens in 1987.  It is “The Golden Age.”  It is a new world, one that is free of war, of famine, and of poverty.  Olympus, the pyramid of Miracleman, towers above London, and it can be seen from orbit above the Earth, piercing the clouds.  The narrator, a man, joins three pilgrims on a climb to the summit where they will pray and each seek a miracle from Miracleman.  Not all of them will survive this arduous, impossible journey.

Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham #1 reprints the contents of Miracleman #17 (cover dated: June 1990), which was originally published by Eclipse Comics.  I think that I may have read this issue, or at least, I bought it.  At some some point, I gave up on Neil Gaiman's take on Miracleman, which was so different from Alan Moore's Miracleman, which I so dearly loved... at the time.

Reading the early issues of Marvel Comics' reprinting of Moore's run on this series, I found that it did not mean as much to me now, as it did when I first read it.  However, I am quite impressed with these first three chapters of Gaiman's Miracleman.  Gaiman's story is introspective and imaginative.  Mark Buckingham's art and graphical storytelling is constantly shifting in tone, breathing even more life into Gaiman's lively story.

Now, I definitely want to read more and to rediscover and to discover Gaiman and Buckingham's Miracleman.

[This comic book includes script excerpts by Neil Gaiman and original art reproductions by Mark Buckingham.]

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for December 2, 2015

MARVEL COMICS

SEP150660     ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #2     $3.99
OCT150761     ALL NEW INHUMANS #1     $4.99
SEP150666     ALL NEW X-MEN #1     $3.99
JUN150815     ALL NEW X-MEN HC VOL 03     $34.99
OCT150751     DAREDEVIL #1     $3.99
SEP150878     DAREDEVIL TP VOL 04 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MATT MURDOCK     $15.99
JUN150818     DEADPOOL BY POSEHN AND DUGGAN HC VOL 04     $34.99
SEP150876     DEADPOOL VS THANOS TP     $16.99
OCT150914     DOCTOR STRANGE #3     $3.99
SEP150809     EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #3     $3.99
OCT150747     GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1     $4.99
OCT150840     HOWARD THE DUCK #2     $4.99
OCT150734     INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #4     $3.99
SEP150863     MARVEL 1872 TP     $15.99
AUG158485     MARVEL 2016 CALENDARS     PI
OCT150957     MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN AND BUCKINGHAM #5 (MR)     $4.99
OCT150905     NOVA #2     $3.99
OCT150774     RED WOLF #1     $3.99
SEP150873     SPIDER-GWEN TP VOL 00 MOST WANTED     $16.99
SEP150871     SPIDER-VERSE WARZONES TP     $17.99
OCT150779     SPIDEY #1     $3.99
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SEP150870     STAR-LORD AND KITTY PRYDE TP     $15.99
OCT150741     TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1     $4.99
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APR150908     UNCANNY X-MEN PREM HC VOL 06 STORYVILLE     $24.99
OCT150890     VISION #2     $3.99
SEP150879     WOLVERINE EPIC COLLECTION TP DYING GAME     $34.99
SEP150862     WOLVERINE OLD MAN LOGAN TP VOL 00 WARZONES     $17.99
SEP150865     X-MEN YEARS OF FUTURE PAST TP     $16.99

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 23, 2015

DC COMICS

JUL150335     ASTRO CITY #27     $3.99
MAY150260     ASTRO CITY CONFESSION HC NEW ED     $24.99
JUL150260     BATGIRL #44     $2.99
JUL150261     BATMAN 66 #27     $2.99
JUL150214     DEATHSTROKE #10     $2.99
JUL150220     FLASH #44     $3.99
MAY150258     FREE COUNTRY A TALE OF THE CHILDRENS CRUSADE HC (MR)     $24.99
JUL150272     GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT #9     $2.99
JUL150273     GRAYSON #12     $3.99
JUL150279     HARLEY QUINN & POWER GIRL #4     $3.99
JUL150290     HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #10     $2.99
MAY150232     JOKER ENDGAME HC     $29.99
JUL150227     JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #4     $2.99
JUL150291     SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #12     $2.99
JUL150287     SINESTRO #15     $2.99
JUL150282     WE ARE ROBIN #4     $3.99
JUN150324     Y THE LAST MAN TP BOOK 03 (MR)     $19.99

DC COMICS/DC COLLECTIBLES

APR150331     ARROW TV JOHN DIGGLE AF     $24.95
MAR150330     BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY GREG CAPULLO 2ND ED     $79.95
APR150334     FLASH TV CAPTAIN COLD AF     $24.95
MAY150293     SUPERMAN MAN OF STEEL STATUE BY DARWYN COOKE     $79.95

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 2, 2015

MARVEL COMICS

JUN150743     AGE OF APOCALYPSE #3 SWA     $3.99
JUL150725     AGE OF ULTRON VS MARVEL ZOMBIES #4 SWA     $3.99
APR150911     ALL NEW X-MEN HC VOL 02     $34.99
APR150912     AVENGERS BY JONATHAN HICKMAN HC VOL 02     $34.99
JUL150788     DAREDEVIL #18     $3.99
JUL150795     DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE LADY OF SHADOWS #1     $3.99
JUL150789     DEADPOOL VS THANOS #1     $3.99
JUL150796     FIGMENT 2 #1     $3.99
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JUL150794     GROOT #4     $3.99
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JUN150727     HOUSE OF M #2 SWA     $3.99
JUN150831     JESSICA JONES TP VOL 01 ALIAS (MR)     $24.99
JUL150801     MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN AND BUCKINGHAM #1     $4.99
JUL150811     MOCKINGBIRD SHIELD 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1     $4.99
JUN150688     SILK #7 SWA     $3.99
MAY150649     SILVER SURFER #14 SWA     $3.99
JUN150741     SPIDER-ISLAND #3 SWA     $3.99
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JUL150781     TRUE BELIEVERS CAPTAIN MARVEL #1     $1.00
JUL150779     TRUE BELIEVERS SPIDER-GWEN #1     $1.00

Friday, May 9, 2014

I Reads You Review: DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1
DC COMICS/Vertigo – @DCComics  @vertigo_comics

STORY: Toby Litt and Mark Buckingham
SCRIPT: Toby Litt
PENCILS: Mark Buckingham
INKS: Gary Erskine
COLORS: Lee Loughridge
LETTERS: Todd Klein
EDITOR: Shelly Bond
COVER: Mark Buckingham
VARIANT COVER: Cliff Chiang
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (February 2014)

Rated “T” for Teen

“Schoolboy Terrors” The New Girl, Part 1 of 4

Dead Boy Detectives created by Neil Gaiman and artists Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III

In preparation for Vertigo Comics’ new ongoing series, Dead Boy Detectives, I read The Sandman Presents: The Deadboy Detectives.  This 2001 miniseries was written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Bryan Talbot (pencils) and Steve Leialoha (inks), with colors by Daniel Vozzo.  I loved it because this miniseries is the kind of comic book that is the reason I keep reading comic books.

I am not as enamored with the new series, Dead Boy Detectives, which launched a few months ago.  A production of the creative team of Toby Litt and Mark Buckingham, the first issue of Dead Boy Detectives is not quite tepid, but it certainly lacks the sparkling wit and dazzling imagination of The Sandman Presents: The Deadboy Detectives #1.

For those that don’t know, “The Dead Boy Detectives” are Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland.  The two characters first appeared in The Sandman #25 (cover dated: April, 1991) and were created by writer Neil Gaiman and artists Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III.  Paine was murdered at his British boarding school, Saint Hilarion’s, in 1916, and spent 75 years in Hell.  He escaped in 1991 and returned to Hilarion’s, where he met Rowland (during the events depicted in The Sandman story arc, Seasons of Mist).  Rowland died during this time, but refused to accompany Death, preferring the prospect of future adventures with Paine.  The two ghosts spent a decade haunting places, preparing to become “first-rate detectives.”

As Dead Boy Detectives #1 begins, Edwin and Charles are observing the spectacle that is British performance artist, Maddy Surname.  With her rock star husband, Seth Von Hoverkraft, Maddy plans to steal Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, “Sunflowers,” from the British National Gallery.  They will replace Van Gogh’s masterpiece with another painting that Maddy will steal before the Van Gogh theft.  Maddy and Seth’s daughter, Crystal Palace, seems an unwilling participant in the performance.

However, some others decide that they also want play in this game, and it has a great affect on Crystal Palace.  Now, Crystal makes a decision that will have the Dead Boy Detectives shadowing her to a familiar place.

With Brubaker’s layered story and radiant characters and Bryan Talbot and Steve Leialoha’s textured and detailed art, The Sandman Presents: The Deadboy Detectives was a dazzling fantasy, graphic novella.  Toby Litt and Mark Buckingham offer something with potential, but, at this point, it seems like little more than a story with its style lifted from Daniel Clowes’ Ghost World.

I must say that I do like the art by Buckingham (pencils), Gary Erskine (inks), and Lee Loughridge (colors).  Beyond that, I guess I’ll just have to keep reading.

B

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux


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