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I Reads You Juniors: June 2023 - Update #71
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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: DC Studios has its Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, actors David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, respectively. They will be the leads in "Superman: Legacy," the first in a new series of films based on DC Comics characters.
From DCBlog: Benjamin Wallfisch talks about scoring "The Flash."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Frank Miller will draw "Ronin Book II #4" entirely by himself. That issue may arrive in late September 2023.
MANGA TO TV - From CBR: Netflix's live-action adaptation of "One Piece" costs 18 million dollars per episode, the most expensive per episode series ever for Netflix. It surpasses the 15 million dollars per episode that "Game of Thrones" costs.
COMIC-CON - From Variety: Apparently, Disney, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Netflix, Sony Pictures, HBO, and Universal are skipping San Diego Comic-Con 2023.
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: Sony debuts its first trailer for its next Marvel-based film, "Kraven the Hunter," and it is a "red-band trailer." The film is due in theaters Oct. 6th, 2023.
From Deadline: Sony Pictures has pulled "El Muerto," it Marvel Comics character film starring recording artist, Bad Bunny, from its release schedule.
BOOKS - From NPR: Author Rachel Swarns talks about her new book, "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church," which details how the Catholic Church profited from the slave trade and the enslavements of Africans and their descendants in America.
JACK KIRBY/MARVEL - From Deadline: Neal Kirby, the son of the legendary comic book writer-artist and creator, Jack Kirby, has publicly challenged the narrative of the new Disney+ documentary, "Stan Lee."
From TheBeat: Journalist and comics historian, Heidi MacDonald, shares some thoughts about the recent documentary, "Stan Lee," and how it relates to the late artist and co-creator of much of the Marvel Universe, Jack Kirby.
DC ANIMATION - From Variety: Warner Bros. various animation divisions are showing at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market. Among the highlights is a "sizzle reel" of the upcoming Bruce Timm "Batman: Caped Crusader," described as a darker version of Timm's beloved "Batman: The Animated Series." Warner Bros. has licensed "Caped Crusader" to Amazon Prime.
MARVEL - From TheFHQ: Former Marvel EiC, Joe Quesada, answers fans' questions in this Q&A with "Fan Expo HQ." The page also includes a video of a longer interview with Quesada
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Sony Pictures has reserved to future theatrical release dates: November 8, 2024 and June 27, 2025, for two of its movies based on Marvel Comics characters.
TOKYOPOP - From BleedingCool: TOKYOPOP has announced its slate of panels, special guests, special booth activities and premiums for Anime Expo 2023. The event will be held July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.
DC TV - From Deadline: The CW did renew "Superman & Lois" for a fourth season, but seven cast members are not returning. There is hope that some or all of them can appear in guests or recurring roles.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Legendary comic book artist, John Romita, Sr., has died at the age of 93, Monday, June 12, 2023. Romita's career is too long and significant to summarize, but he may be best known for his run on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, on and off, from the 1965 to 1977. Replacing the artist who co-created and drew Spider-Man, Steve Ditko, Romita established an entirely new look for the series. Romita also co-created or designed such the characters Mary Jane Watson, The Punisher, and Wolverine. Romita was also the father of acclaimed comic book artist, John Romita, Jr.
#ComicsBrokeMe:
From BleedingCool: More tales of abuse from #ComicsBrokeMe.
From BleedingCool: #ComicsBrokeMe stories mostly about DC Comics, but also some Marvel... tales.
IMAGE COMICS TO TV - From FilmUpdates: Film director and Oscar-winning screenwriter Jordan Peele and actress Selena Gomez are adapting the Image Comics series, "Coyotes" "2017-18) for Amazon's Prime Video.
DC TV - From CBR: The CW has renewed "Superman & Lois" for a 10-episode fourth season. It is the last DC Comics-inspired series on the broadcast network.
From CBR: That means that The CW has cancelled "Gotham Knights" after one season.
SPIDER-VERSE - From Variety: On Monday, at the Annecy International Film Festival, Sony Pictures Animation gave a world premiered its boundary-pushing short, "The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story," which tackles mental health. Spinning off the world of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse," the short shows its protagonist Miles Morales/Spider-Man suffering from an anxiety attack as he feels overwhelmed by school work, exams and relationships.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Comic book writer and artist, Ian McGinty, has died at the age of 38, Thursday, June 8, 2023. He worked on such licensed comic books as "Adventure Time" and "Rick & Morty." His original comics included "Welcome to Showside" and "Hello My Name is Poop."
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Characters Inc. has settled lawsuits brought by Larry Lieber (the late Stan Lee's younger brother) and the estates of late creatres: Don Heck, Gene Colan, and Don Rico. However, no settlement has been reached in the case of the estate of Steve Ditko, which seeks to reclaim his share of Doctor Strange and Spider-Man copyrights.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Legendary illustrator and comic book artist and creator, 73-year-old Barry Windsor-Smith, is now at home recovering from the Ischemic stroke he suffered on May 20th.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: A new "Ultimate Comics Universe" will spin out of Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch's "Ultimate Invasion."
MANGA TO ANIME - From CBR: Henry Thurlow, an American animator living in Japan, is the first American to direct an episode of the "One Piece" anime. His episode of One Piece, "Episode 1066," will debut in Japan on June 25th.
DC PRIDE - From DCBlog: Author Jadzia Axelrod talks about choosing the over fifty LGBTQIA+ characters that appear in "The DC Book of Pride."
DC ANIMATION - From YouTube: Here is the trailer for the latest DC Comics animated film, "Justice League: War World." The film is due for release July 25, 2023.
MILLARWORLD - From CBR: Image Comics reveals three variant covers, from Frank Quitely, Jae Lee, and Danny Earls, for the upcoming "Big Game #1," which arrives July 19, 2023.
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: Warner Bros. and writer-director James Gunn are apparently closing in on choosing the actors to play Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane for the film, "Superman: Legacy." They are reportedly about to begin a second round of screen tests.
DC STUDIOS - From EW: In an interview to promote the documentary film, "Translators," actress Leslie Grace talks about the loss of "Batgirl," the film in which she starred and what it means for representation.
DC COMICS - From CBR: A CBR roundtable of writers: Joshua Williamson, Mark Waid, G. Willow Wilson, and Matthew Rosenberg, talk about DC Comics' big summer event, "Knight Terrors."
COMICS - From IGN: The editor/publisher of the most excellent "Kolchak the Night Stalker 50th Anniversary" anthology graphic novel, James Aquilone/Monstrous Books, has just launched a Kickstarter for another horror comics anthology, "Dead Detectives Society."
From ComicBook: Launching on "Kickstarter" with the "Dead Detectives Society" anthology is a new magazine, "Monstrous."
SPIDER-VERSE - From Variety: "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" tops the weekend box office with an estimated gross of 120.5 million dollars.
From Marvel: The directors of the new film, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," talk about the cultural important of Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy.
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From Deadline: Current Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Tom Holland, says that his favorite Spider-Man film is the Oscar-winning "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018). The social media and media landscape seems obsessed with the fact that he says that he also thinks that it is the best Spider-Man movie.
MANGA TO LIVE-ACTION - From CBR: The site is investigating a possible cast list for Netflix's live-action movie adaptation of the wildly popular manga, "My Hero Academia."
MARVEL - From CBR: Frank Castle/The Punisher is no more... or at least has become something different.
DC ANIMATION - From CBR: Actor Mark Hamill reflects on his time on "Batman: The Animated Series," and how he was sure his role as "Luke Skywalker" in the "Star Wars" films would keep him from getting the role he eventually won, providing the voice of "The Joker."
SONY SPIDER U - From CBR: Actor Andy Samberg provided the voice of "Scarlet Spider" in the upcoming "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
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Saturday, December 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: December 2022 - Update #65
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NEWS:
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Mark Waid talks about the "explosvie twist" in the series, "Batman vs. Robin."
DC STUDIOS - From CBR: Warner Bros. reportedly begged "Joker" director, Todd Phillips, to take the job leading DC Studios, but like many people in Hollywood, he did not want the job.
From Variety: "Shazam" actor Zachary Levi, defends DC Studios bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, saying, "Give them time to create something special."
From Variety: After meeting with James Gunn, co-chair of DC Studios, actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says that his superhero character, Black Adam, star of the recent film, will not appear in the first chapter of the new universe of DC Comics films.
From BleedingCool: DC-Studios co-boss, James Gunn, says he won't be bullied ... more or less.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The publisher also owes a lot of creators.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Henry Cavill's cameo as "Superman" and Gal Gadot's cameo as "Wonder Woman" have been removed from "The Flash" movie.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: The great Jerry Ordway talks about his return to Stan Lee's "Just Imagine" in the new anthology, "Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee."
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From THR: Writer-director-producer Donald Glover ("Atlanta") is attached to star in and produce a movie for Sony's Spider-Man universe. It will focus on the villain, "the Hypno-Hustler," which debuted in "Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #24."
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: James Gunn, co-Chair and co-CEO of DC Studios, is writing a Superman film, but actor Henry Cavill will not return as Superman/Clark Kent. Meanwhile, Ben Affleck will remain at DC Studios - as a director and not as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Greg Capullo is moving to Marvel Comics, first drawing covers and then drawing an unnamed project.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From TheNewYorker: The New Yorker's Sam Thielman profiles the long-running indie comic book, "Love and Rockets," and its creators, brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez.
DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: "How Kevin Conroy Became Our Batman" by Alex Jaffe
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: The tricky road ahead for DC Studios.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline: The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry. The 2022 class includes Marvel Studios' "Iron Man."
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Director Patty Jenkins says that there was nothing she could do to move "Wonder Woman 3" forward, in the wake of the film's cancellation.
MILLARWORLD - From THR: Mark Millar has announced his next Millarworld/Netflix comic book project, "The Ambassadors," a series with global potential.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: American freelance cartoonist, Don Orehek, died at the age of 94 on November 6, 2022. Orehek was a prolific book, magazine, and newspaper gag cartoonist, who best known association was the American humor magazine, "Cracked." His work also appeared in "Good Housekeeping," "Playboy," and "The Saturday Evening Post," to name a few.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: "Wonder Woman 3" is supposedly no longer happening, but new DC Studios bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are supposedly prepping a multi-year plan for DC Comics films.
From THR: James Gunn, DC Studios co-chair and co-CEO, responds to "The Hollywood Reporter's" story about the transition period for the studios film, which included news that "Wonder Woman 3" has been cancelled.
DC TV - From Deadline: The CW's superhero television series, "The Flash," will debut its ninth and final season February 8th, 2023.
DC COMICS - From CBR: The anthology one-shot, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods Special: Shazamily Matters #1," features stories co-written by Shazam! star Zachary Levi and actors Grace Caroline Currey, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona, Adam Brody and Faithe Herman. The issue also features contributions made by Fury of the Gods screenwriter Henry Gayden and other comic creators, such as Colleen Doran, Josh Trujillo and Tim Seeley.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheBeat: Cartoonist and Underground Comics creator, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, has died at the age of 74, Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Kominsky-Crumb was one of the first of the underground cartoonists to produce autobiographical comics. She was part of the "Wimmen's Comix" collective. Along with the late Diane Noomin, she was a contributor to and editor of the "Twisted Sisters" comics anthology. Aline was married to legendary Underground Comics creator, R. Crumb, with whom she had a daughter, cartoonist Sophia Crumb.
From DrawnandQuarterly: D&W functionary Peggy Burns speaks on the late Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
DC COMICS - From DarkKnightNews: There is a YouTube preview video for the updated edition of the book, "Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond." which you can see via the "Dark Knight News" article about the book.
EUROCOMICS TO FILM - From THR: Comic book legend, Frank Miller ("Daredevil," "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"), is the writer for Studio Canal's television miniseries based on the legendary European comic, "Corto Maltese."
DYNAMITE - From BleedingCool: Writer Christopher Priest and artist Michael Sta. Maria launch a new "Draculina" comic book series, "Draculina: Blood Simple."
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Monday, November 7, 2022
DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for November 8, 2022
Absolute Dark Nights Metal HC, $125.00
Batgirls #12 (Cover A Jorge Corona), $3.99
Batgirls #12 (Cover B Audrey Mok Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batgirls #12 (Cover C Paulina Ganucheau ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Batman Incorporated #2 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99
Batman Incorporated #2 (Cover B Jorge Molina Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Incorporated #2 (Cover C Chris Burnham ’90s Cover Month Foil Multi-Level Embossed Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Incorporated #2 (Cover D Ivan Tao Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Incorporated #2 (Cover E John Timms Design Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Urban Legends #21 (Cover A Michael Cho), $7.99
Batman Urban Legends #21 (Cover B Jorge Fornes), $7.99
Batman Urban Legends #21 (Cover C Edwin Galmon), $7.99
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Mahmud Asrar), $5.99
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover B Alex Maleev Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover C Mateus Manhanini Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover D Carlo Barberi ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover E Mario Fox Foccillo Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover F Tony S. Daniel Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover G Mario Fox Foccillo Fight Poster Batman Vs. Red Hood Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover H Mario Fox Foccillo Fight Poster Batman Vs Spoiler Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover I Mario Fox Foccillo Fight Poster Batman Vs Nightwing Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Vs. Robin #3 (Of 5)(Cover J Mario Fox Foccillo Fight Poster Batman Vs Robin Card Stock Variant), AR
Blood Syndicate Season One #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Dexter Soy), $3.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Jay Hero Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman Volume 1 Dangerous Liaisons TP, $16.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover A Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez), $4.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover B Cully Hamner Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover C Ariel Colon Infinite Crisis Homage Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover D Ben Oliver Black Adam Movie Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover E Crystal Kung Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover F Rafael Sarmento Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #6 (Of 7)(Cover G Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Dan Jurgens & Brett Breeding Gatefold Variant), $10.99
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Jim Lee & Scott Williams), $10.99
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Ivan Reis & Danny Miki Funeral For A Friend Variant), $10.99
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Dan Mora Jon Kent Variant), $10.99
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Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover G Francesco Mattina Doomsday Variant), AR
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover H Jim Lee & Scott Williams Black & White Variant), AR
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover I Dan Jurgens & Brett Breeding Foil Variant), AR
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover J Rafael Sarmento Doombreaker Variant), AR
Detective Comics #38 (Facsimile Edition)(2022), $6.99
Diana And Nubia Princesses Of The Amazons TP, $9.99
Flash By Mark Waid Omnibus Volume 1 HC (Book Market Edition), $150.00
Flash By Mark Waid Omnibus Volume 1 HC (Direct Market Edition), $150.00
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #3 (Of 3)(Cover A Jason Howard), $5.99
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #3 (Of 3)(Cover B Scott Kolins Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #3 (Of 3)(Cover C Jorge Corona Pencil Card Stock Variant), AR
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #3 (Of 3)(Cover D Jorge Corona Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
I Am Batman #15 (Cover A Christian Duce)(Dark Crisis), $3.99
I Am Batman #15 (Cover B Jeff Spokes Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), $4.99
I Am Batman #15 (Cover C Khary Randolph ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), $4.99
I Am Batman #15 (Cover D Canaan White Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), AR
Justice League Volume 2 United Order HC, $24.99
Multiversity Teen Justice #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Robbi Rodriguez), $3.99
Multiversity Teen Justice #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Stephanie Hans Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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New Golden Age #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Mikel Janin), $4.99
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New Golden Age #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Todd Nauck Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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New Golden Age #1 (One Shot)(Cover E David Talaski Card Stock Variant), $5.99
New Golden Age #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Dan Hipp Card Stock Variant), AR
New Golden Age #1 (One Shot)(Cover G Michael Allred Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
New Golden Age #1 (One Shot)(Cover H David Talaski Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Nice House On The Lake #11 (Of 12)(Cover A Alvaro Martinez Bueno), $3.99
Nice House On The Lake #11 (Of 12)(Cover B Aaron Campbell Card Stock Variant), $4.99
One-Star Squadron TP, $16.99
Superman #75 (Special Edition)(Cover A Dan Jurgens), $3.99
Superman #75 (Special Edition)(Cover B Dan Jurgens Foil Cardstock Variant), AR
Superman Son Of Kal-El #17 (Cover A Travis Moore)(Kal-El Returns), $3.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #17 (Cover B John Giang Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $4.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #17 (Cover C Steven Butler ’90s Cover Month Card Stock Variant)(Kal-El Returns), $4.99
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WildC.A.T.s #1 (Cover A Stephen Segovia), $3.99
WildC.A.T.s #1 (Cover B Jim Lee Card Stock Variant), $4.99
WildC.A.T.s #1 (Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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WildC.A.T.s #1 (Cover F Jeff Spokes Connecting Card Stock Variant), AR
WildC.A.T.s #1 (Cover G Alan Quah Card Stock Variant), AR
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Wonder Girl Homecoming HC, $39.99
Wonder Woman #793 (Cover A Yanick Paquette)(Kal-El Returns Tie-In), $4.99
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Monday, November 29, 2021
I Reads You Juniors: November 2021 - Update #85
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NEWS:
IDW- From BleedingCool: Hot rumor out of San Diego Comic Con is that IDW Publishing might lose the license to publish "Transformers" comic books.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Just in time for the release of the new hardcover collection, writer Donovan Morgan Grant looks at "The Other History of the DC Universe."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Launching next year, Fictional Frontiers is a Muslim-focused creative collective, starting with a subscription-based digital platform for comics, prose, poetry and video content. Fictional Frontiers states that it will be an incubator for talents and narratives from or inspired by the Muslim World. They announced the first two comic books. They are "Beyond The Forest" by Noor Yusuf, Tati Nuari and Anny Maulina and "Modal," written by Ink and Hack, drawn by Dedy Koerniawan
COMICS - From BleedingCool: The birthplace of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" will be commemorated by The City Council of Dover, New Hampshire.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Ho Che Anderson that his upcoming Marvel Comics title, "Luke Cage: City on Fire," has been cancelled ... for now.
MOVIE REVIEW - From IReadsYou: Leroy's review of "Eternals."
DC TV - From DCBlog: Actor Joivan Wade, who plays "Cyborg" on HBO Max's "Doom Patrol" series, talks about the character's changes in Season Three of the series.
DARK HORSE - From ScreenRant: Nearly seven years after it lost its license to produce Star Wars comic books, publisher Dark Horse Comics will once again publish "Star Wars" all-ages comic books and graphic novels set in all story era and timelines. The first titles arrive Spring 2022.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH - From GamesRadar: "Marvel's Voices: Legacy #1" will bring together Black creators and characters in February 2022 to celebrate "Black History Month," which is observed in the US all month long.
From GamesRadar: For Black History Month 2022, DC Comics will pair Milestone Media superheroes with real life Black historical figures in the 96-page anthology graphic novel, "Milestones in History."
DC COMICS - From TheBeat: February 2022 will see a new ongoing "Aquaman" comic book series that will feature two Aquaman characters, classic Arthur Curry and new Jackson Hyde.
IMAGE COMICS - From BleedingCool: Blacklisted (by Marvel?) creator Sina Grace will have a one-shot comic book, "Rockstar and Softboy," published by Image Comics in Feb. 2022.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Legendary Marvel Comics and X-Men writer-artist, John Byrne, offers his own "origin of Wolverine."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: The second trailer for "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has arrived.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics is bringing back its "What If...?" comic book series in March 2022.
From BleedingCool: When "What If...?" comes back it will ask "What If... Miles Morales was Captain America?"
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: "Ant-Man" star Paul Rudd is coy when answering rumors that Bill Murray will appear in the franchise's third film, "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: "Superman: Son of Kal-El #5" will have a second printing. This is the issue in which Jon Kent comes out as bisexual.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: Marvel Comics' new "Sorcerer Supreme," whoever that will be, will have his or her own ongoing series starting March 2022.
MARVEL - GoCollect: In Feb. 2022, Spider-Man meets his newest villain, "Goblin Queen," in The Amazing Spider-Man #88."
DC ANIMATION - From DCComics: "Superman: The Animated Series" is 25 years old, and stars Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown and voice director Andrea Romano reminisce about their time on the series.
DC COMICS - From DCComics: In a "Beyond the Panel interview, artist Dustin Nguyen talks about his new miniseries, "Robin and Batman."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline: On "Disney+ Day," Disney dropped a lengthy piece of never-before-seen footage toward the end of its presentation with a look at its coming 2022 Marvel series — "Moon Knight," "She-Hulk," and "Ms. Marvel" — as well as great chase scene from the upcoming series "Hawkeye" which debuts on November 24th.
From IGN: "Disney+ Day" offers a first look at Samuel L. Jackson as "Nick Fury" in Marvel Studios "Secret Invasion" TV series.
DC COMICS - From Polygon: Mary Marvel will wield the power of Shazam in "The New Champion of Shazam!," a new four-issue miniseries from writer Josie Campbell and fan-favorite Shazam artist Evan “Doc” Shaner.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel has released a video trailer for the first issue of its new Avengers comic book series, "Avengers Forever #1." It is written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Aaron Kuder. This article also features four pages of interior art from the first issue.
MARVEL TO TV - From THR: Actor Nicholas Hammond, who played Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the late 1970s CBS TV series, "The Amazing Spider-Man" (1977-79), said that he was not approached to appear in Sony/Marvel's upcoming "Spider-Man: No Way Home," but he wanted to be.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From CBR: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" actress Letitia Wright ("Shuri") is not vaccinated for COVID-19. This may cause further delays in the production of the sequel to 2018's Oscar-winning, "Black Panther."
DC CINEMA - From EW: Actor Jared Leto purportedly gave out disgusting gives to fellow "Suicide Squad" actors as he worked to get in character as the Joker. Now, he says the stories about the gifts was "in jest."
MANGA TO FILM - From Variety: The “One Piece” live-action series at Netflix has cast five of its main roles. Iñaki Godoy will play series lead "Monkey D. Luffy;" Mackenyu will play "Roronoa Zoro;" Emily Rudd will play "Nami;" Jacob Romero Gibson will play "Usopp;" and Taz Skylar will play "Sanji" will all star in the series. All the characters are members of the Straw Hat Pirates, the protagonists of the series.
MARVEL - From Marvel: Marvel announces Strong Guy, Forge, Tempo, Boom-Boom, Marrow, Armor, Cannonball, Sunspot. Banshee. Earlier this year, these X-Men characters were choices in the mega popular "X-Men Vote." Now, they spring into action in "Secret X-Men #1," a one-shot comic book due Feb. 2022.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From BoxOfficeMojo: Marvel Studios' latest release, "Eternals," wins the 11/5 to 11/7/2021 weekend box office with an estimated take of $71 million.
DC CINEMA - From CBR: "Eternals" director Chloe Zhao talks about the influence of director Zack Snyder's Superman film, "The Man of Steel," and suddenly "Zack Snyder is the Blueprint" is trending.
IMAGE COMICS - From BleedingCool: ShadowHawk, created by Jim Valentino and one of the founding Image Comics characters, is returning for the publisher's 30th anniversary in "ShadowHawk 30th Anniversary Special."
DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: This article talks about the three-episode, HBO Max animated series, "Aquaman: King of Atlantis."
MILESTONE - From DCUniverse: Here is the application page for "The Milestone Initiative."
DC COMICS - From DCComics: In this video interview, writer Tom Taylor talks about his new "Batman" series, "Dark Knights of Steel."
EUROCOMICS TO FILM - From Deadline: Oscar winner Taika Waititi has announced that he will adapt the graphic novel, "The Incal," from writer Alejandro Jodorowsky and artist Moebius, to film.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Writer Ram V and artist Mike Perkins' current "Swamp Thing" series was to end at issue #10, but DC is extending it into a "second season."
EUROCOMICS - From BleedingCool: Hexagon Comics has two graphic novels this month, which can be bought directly from them.
COLLECTING - From BleedingCool: Rich Johnston asks, "Do You Have A Plan For Your Comics Collection When You Die?"
LGBTQ - From BleedingCool: Mariko Tamaki's LGBTQ imprint, "Surely Books" (via Abrams ComicArts), announces eight graphic novels for 2022 and 2023.
MARVEL - From TheBeat: "How to Create Comic Books the Marvel Way" written by Mark Waid drops July 2022.
BOOKS - From Variety: The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit to keep ViacomCBS from its book publishing division, Simon & Schuster, to Germany's Bertelsmann, which already owns Pengruin Random House, which distributes Marvel's comic books.
COMICS TO ANIMATION - From Variety: Fox's Tubi streaming service has acquired the rights to "The Freak Brothers," the animated series based on Gilbert Shelton's legendary Underground Comix series. The first two episodes will debut Sun., Nov. 14th.
IMAGE COMICS - From TheBeat: Image Comics workers have announced the formation of a union, Comic Book Workers United, and launched a website.
From BleedingCool: Industry reacts to Image Comics unionization news.
MANGA - From ANN: Seven Seas Entertainment announces the license acquisition of the manga series "I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl" by Azusa Banjo: an LGBT+ romantic comedy in which nobody is quite what they seem, and everyone learns to be who they truly are.
PREVIEWS:
From GamesRadar: Previews of "Batman 2021 Annual #1," "Nightwing 2021 Annual #1," "Robin 2021 Annual #1," and "The Joker 2021 Annual #1," which are due from DC Comics, Tues., Nov. 30th.
From BleedingCool: 1 cover image and a five-page preview from "Darth Vader #18," which is due from Marvel Comics, Wed., Dec. 1st.
From BleedingCool: 2 cover images and a six-page preview of "Action Comics #1037," which is due from DC Comics Tues., Nov. 30th.
From BleedingCool: Here is a three-page preview of "Tis the Season to be Freezin #1 (One-Shot) from DC Comics, which is due Dec. 14th. The JLQ (Justice League Queer) makes its debut.
From BleedingCool: Here is a three-page preview of "Icon & Rocket Season One #4" from DC Comics and due Tues., Nov. 2nd.
From BleedingCool: Here is a three-page preview of "Swamp Thing #9" (of 10 issues) from DC Comics and due Tues., Nov. 2nd.
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