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Monday, October 3, 2022
Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for October 5, 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: September 2022 - Update #53
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NEWS:
COMICS - From CBR: Spanish comic book artist, Carlos Pacheco, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" (named after the famous New York Yankees legend who died of it). Pacheco is best known for the maxi-series, "Avengers Forever" and for his work on titles featuring such characters as Captain America, the Justice League, and the X-Men.
DARK HORSE COMICS TO TV - From Deadline: Netflix has decided not to go forward with its 8-episode series based on Matt Wagner's "Grendel" comic book. Apparently, the bulk of the series has already been filmed, but the producers can shop the series around.
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Yen Press will publish an English-language edition of the manga, "The Summer Hikaru Died," from creator Mokumokuren. Both the manga and its creator are rising in popularity. Yen Press will announce the release date sometime in the future.
COMICS - From NBCWashington: Thieves steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of rare comic books from Victory Comics in Falls Church, Virginia.
DC COMICS - From MSNCBR: DC Comics will give it another try with a six-issue miniseries, "The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives," due this December.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Former DC Comics' boss Paul Levitz is writing his first comic book series for Marvel Comics. It is a limited series, "Avengers War Across Time," and it is set during the early days of the Avengers. Alan Davis will draw the comic book.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: In a surprise bit of news, Warner Bros. announced that it is making a sequel to its 2005 film, Constantine, with Keanu Reeves returning as John Constantine. The HBO Max TV series that was being developed by J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot has apparently been scrapped.
DC TV - From TVLine: Actor Chad L. Coleman will play DC Comics villain, "Bruno Mannheim," on the third season of The CW's "Superman & Lois." Coleman previously played "Tobias Church" on The CW's "Arrow."
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Comic book artist, Eric Jones, has died at the age of 51, Saturday, September 10, 2021. He was the frequent collaborator of writer Landry Q. Jones. Together, they created the comic books, "Little Gloomy" (Slave Labor Graphics) and "Danger Club" (Image Comics). Jones and Walker also produced the six-issue miniseries, "Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: September 17th marks "Batman Day 2022, and there will be a global celebration.
DC FILM - From DCBlog: There is a new trailer for DC Film's "Black Adam," which is due in theaters Oct. 21st.
IMAGE COMICS TO TV - From CBR: Amazon has cancelled its Prime Video television series adaptation of "Paper Girls," the graphic novel series from writer Brian K. Vaughn and artist Cliff Chiang. Series production company, Legendary Television, will shop "Paper Girls" around to other outlets.
EN MEMORIAM - From TCJ: Comics artist and underground cartoonist, Diane Noomin, has died at the age of 75, Thursday, September 1, 2022. She was the editor of the anthology title, "Twisted Sisters," and her work appeared in Underground Comix titles such as "Wimmen's Comix," "Young Lust," and "Weirdo." Her best known comics character was "Didi Glitz," which first appeared in "Short Order Comix #2 (1974). Noomin's spouse was acclaimed American cartoonist, Bill Griffith, the creator of comic strip character, "Zippy the Pinhead."
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics announces its latest round of "Stormbreakers," eight artists who will receive exclusive contracts.
IMAGE COMICS - From Variety: Comic book writer Rodney Barnes, of "Killadelphia" and "Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog," and the upcoming "Blacula" original graphic novel, has made "Variety's" list of the most impactful producers of scripted TV for the year 2022. Barnes co-wrote and was one of the executive producers of HBO's hit miniseries, "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."
DC TV - From DCBlog: "Stargirl" star, Brec Bassinger, talks about the upcoming third season of The CW series based on the DC Comics charactere.
MARVEL - From Marvel: Marvel Comics celebrates "Letterer Appreciation Day 2022."
DC COMICS - From Deadline: DC Comics' virtual event, "DC Fandome," is not happening this year.
HELP - From BleedingCool: There is a public appeal by Neil Gaiman and others to help raise money for former Vertigo Comics writer, Rachel Pollack ("Doom Patrol").
LGBTQ+ - From Time: Author Maia Kobabe expresses relief because a court ruled that sale of eir (their) graphic novel, "Gender Queer," cannot be restricted in Virginia.
MARVEL - From THR: The site has a first look at Alex Ross' upcoming graphic novel, "Fantastic Four: Full Color" (Abrams ComicsArts/Marvel Arts) and interviews the artist.
FRANK MILLER - From BleedingCool: The "Frank Miller Presents" ashcan will get a second printing. It had a 12,000 first printing which was allocated to comic book stores.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: August 2022 - Update #90
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NEWS:
LGBTQ+ - From BleedingCool: The Virginia obscenity lawsuit brought against Maia Kobabe's graphic novel, "Gender Queer," has been dismissed. It had been brought by two GOP Virginia politicians.
BOOK NEWS - From TheWrap: The publication of the book version of author Dinesh D'Souza's propaganda film, "2000 Mules," has been delayed.
IMAGE - From ScreenRant: "Killadelphia" and "Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog" writer, Rodney Barnes, talked to "Screen Rant" at SDCC 2022 in an interview just published.
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: Pioneering female comic book artist, Lily Renee, has died at the age of 101, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. In the late 1930s, the Jewish Lily escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria to England. Later, she immigrated to the United States and began working for as a penciller and inker for the comic book publisher, Fiction House. She later drew for St. John Publications, drawing romance comics for them. She may be the first female artist to have a successful career in comic books.
COMICS TO FILM - From THR: Veteran actor Danny Huston has joined the film version of the comic book, "The Crow." Directed by Rupert Sanders, the film is currently in production in the Czech Republic.
DC CINEMA - From THR: Ezra Miller, the embattle actor and star of the DC Comics film, "The Flash," has apparently met with Warner Bros. film executives to apologize, reassure, yadda, yadda, yadda....
NETFLIX/SANDMAN - From DCBlog: Composer David Buckley talks about scoring Netflix's "The Sandman" series.
From Variety: Neil Gaiman talks about sabotaging super-producer Jon Peters' planned film adaptation of the "The Sandman" by leaking its "really stupid" script to rumor site, "Ain't It Cool News."
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DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Sean Murphy and artist Clay McCormack talk about a "Bat-family" for "Batman: White Knight."
DC FILMS - From Deadline: Dan Lin, "Lego" film franchise producer, may be in the lead to lead DC Films.
DC CINEMA/BATGIRL - From THR: Apparently, there have been secret screenings of "Batgirl" going on at the Warner Bros. lot. Known as "funeral screens," they are reportedly for cast and crew of the film and select executives and representatives. After this, "Batgirl" will be put in a vault, either physical or digital.
From Deadline: "Batgirl" actress, Ivory Aquino, asks Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav to considering releasing "Batgirl"... which is unlikely to happen
CARTOONS - From PressDemocrat: 82-year-old Jeannie Schulz, the widow of Charles M. Schulz, creator of "Peanuts," will receive the "Silver T-Square" from the National Cartoonists Society, the highest honor the society gives to a non-cartoonist.
BANNED NEWS - From BookRiot: The site lists the 40+ most banned comics and graphic novels since the year 2000.
DC CINEMA/BATGIRL - From Variety: Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah, directors of the cancelled "Batgirl" film, says that they can no longer access footage of the film.
COMICS/OBIT - From TCJ: Cartoonist and Curator of Cartoon Art Museum (San Francisco), Andrew Farago, offers an extended obituary of and feature article on the recently deceased cartoonist, Paul Coker, Jr (1929-2022). The prolific and beloved cartoonist illustrated for "MAD Magazine," Hallmark Cards, and the Rankin/Bass animation studio, to name a few.
DC CINEMA - From THR: Director Matt Reeves is writing the screenplay for "The Batman 2" (the sequel to this year's "The Batman") with Mattson Tomlin.
DC ANIMATION - From TVLine: Bruce Timm's previously announce Batman reboot animation projection, "Batman: Caped Crusader," has been cancelled by HBO Max along with five other animated projects. All six projects, mostly from Warner Bros. Animation, will remain in development will they are shopped around to other outlets.
DC CINEMA - From THR: Warner Bros. Discovery's trouble may go beyond cancelling "Batgirl" and may be raising antitrust red flags, in addition to upsetting consumers.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Deadline: "Thor: Love & Thunder" will make its Disney+ debut on Sept. 13th, which is also "Disney+ Day."
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The acclaimed and prolific comic book artist, Tom Palmer, Sr. has died at the age of 81, Thursday, August 18, 2022. Palmer was best known as an "inker extraordinaire" for Marvel Comics. He inked the pencil art of the legendary, late Neal Adams (who recently died) on titles such as "Avengers" and "X-Men;" John Byrne on "X-Men: The Hidden Years;" John Romita, Jr. on "Hulk," "Kick-Ass," and "Eternals," to name a few. Palmer also inked the pencil art of Howard Chaykin, Walter Simonson, and Ron Frenz on Marvel Comics' original "Star Wars" comic book series. Palmer inked the series more than anyone else and also drew several issues of the series himself.
DC COMICS - From CBR: Jim Lee's original Image Comics' series, "WildC.A.T.S," gets its first new DC Comics' series in 12 years with a first issue from writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Stephen Segovia.
MARVEL - From CBR: In November, Marvel Comics will publish "CrossGen Tales #1," which will collect four CrossGen #1 issues: "Ruse," "Mystic," "Sigil," and "Sojourn."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo tease the future of "Nightwing."
NETFLIX/SANDMAN - From DCBlog: Neil Gaiman and Alan Heinberg talk about bringing Gaiman's classic comic book, "The Sandman" to the small screen at Netflix.
DC TV - From Deadline: Actor Jordan Elsass will not return as "Jonathan Kent" for Season 3 of The CW's "Superman & Lois," so the role will be recast.
DC COMICS - From CBR: DC Comics is launching a new "Justice Society of America" comic book series in November from writer Geoff Johns and artist Mikel Janin.
MARVEL - From Newsarama: In November, "Fantastic Four" will launch with a new creative team, writer Ryan North and artist Iban Coello.
COMICS - From Forbes: Small Florida based comic book publisher, Mad Cave Studios, has bought the larger, New York-based graphic novel publisher, Papercutz.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: In the middle of so many legal issues, actor Ezra Miller, the lead in Warner Bros.' "The Flash," is seeking treatment for "complex mental health issues."
HELP - From BleedingCool: Comic book writer Ivan Brandon ("NYC Mech," "Batman: Streets of Gotham") has suffered a heart attack and needs help paying his extensive medical bills. So there is a GoFundMe page for him.
DC CINEMA - From IndieWire: Star Dwayne Johnson explained why he fought to keep the character "Black Adam," out of what would become the 2019 "Shazam" movie. The "Black Adam" film opens Oct. 21st, 2022.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Frank Miller's new "Sin City" comic book set in the "Old West" is now titled, "Sin City: Blood and Dust."
DC TV/THE SANDMAN - From DCBlog: Meet the unusual cast of Netflix's "The Sandman" in this feature article featuring interviews with actors Vanesu Samunyai, Jenna Coleman, Gwendoline Christie, and Boyd Holbrook.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: "Flashpoint Beyond" co-writers, Jeremy Adams and Tim Sheridan talk about the DC event series.
BOOKS - From NPR: Salman Rushdie, the 75-year-old Indian-born author who received death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday morning (Aug. 12th) at Chautauqua Institution in New York by a man who rushed the stage where the author was to speak. Rushdie was transported to a local hospital by helicopter with an apparent stab wound to the neck, New York State Police said.
AWARDS - From TheBeat: The nominations for the 2022 Harvey Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced New York Comic Con 2022 (Oct. 6th to 9th) and will be livestreamed.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: "Joker" actress Zazie Beetz is being considered to return for the sequel, "Joker: Folie a Deux." In the first film, she played "Sophie Dumond," who Arthur Fleck/Joker fantasized about.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: Ezra Miller, the actor who plays "The Flash" in Warner Bros.' DC Comics' films, has been charged with felony burglary in Stamford, Vermont. He was issues a summons to appear in Vermont Superior Court on Sept. 26th.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: Filmmaker and comic book writer, Kevin Smith, slams Warner Bros. Discovery for cancelling the "Batgirl" film and not "The Flash," which is scheduled for release next year and stars a controversial lead actor.
MARVEL - From ExpressUK: Hollywood legend and Oscar-winning filmmaker, Clint Eastwood, apparently read comic books as a child and was a huge fan of "Namor, the Sub-Mariner."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Frank Miller's publishing imprint, Frank Miller Presents, will publish its first "ashcan" comic in two weeks. 12,000 copies of the 32-page comic will be allocated to stores based on size.
MARVEL - From ThePopVerse: Chris Claremont gives the audience an earful at C2E2 2022
DC FILMS - From THR: DC Films president Walter Hamada was reportedly ready to leave his post after Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav cancelled "Batgirl." He has reportedly agreed to stay until Oct. 21st...
From THR: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says that there will be a 10-year plan for developing film based on DC Comics characters. He said his is similar to the one used for Marvel Studios.
THE SANDMAN - From Variety: In an interview, Neil Gaiman explains why the new Netflix adaptation of his beloved comic book, "The Sandman," has come to life after he has spent 30 years helping to block other adaptations.
From DCBlog: Entering Sandman: all you need to know about Neil Gaiman's classic comic book.
DC CINEMA/JOKER - From Deadline: The "Joker" sequel, "Joker: Folie a Deux," is set for a October 4, 2024.
From Variety: Lady Gaga apparently confired that she will appear in "Joker: Folie a Deux."
MARK MILLAR - From CBR: Mark Millar is prepping a crossover comic book series, "Big Game," and X-Men star artist, Pepe Larraz, will draw it for him. The series, which will involve many if not all Millarworld franchises, is due Spring 2023.
From CBR: "Batman" comic book artist, Jorge Jimenez, will draw the sequel to Mark Millar and Steven McNiven's 2010 comic book, "Nemesis." The new series will debut January 2023.
From CBR: Mark Millar has announced that all six issues of his upcoming vampire comic book series, "Night Club," will have a $1.99 cover price when it debuts Dec. 2023, the lowest in modern comics.
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DC CINEMA/BATGIRL - From TheWrap: Warner Bros. Discovery has stated that it will not release the nearly finished "Batgirl" film to theaters or on HBO Max. Apparently, even after reshoots and a ballooning budget (90 million dollars), the film "does not work."
From Deadline: Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has sent a message of support to "Batgirl" directors, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, in the wake of Batgirl's cancellation. Arbi and Fallah directed two episodes of Marvel's recent "Ms. Marvel" series.
From THR: The "Batgirl" cancellation is another setback for DC Comics films.
From Variety: Behind the decision not to release "Batgirl."
From THR: The directors of "Batgirl," Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, release a statement about the cancellation of their film.
From Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav addresses the cancellation of "Batgirl," saying, "We're not going to put a movie out unless we believe in it."
From IGN: "Batgirl" director Adil El Arbi has shared an image of Leslie Grace as Batgirl meeting Michael Keaton as Batman, both in full costume.
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DC SCREEN - From Tor: As we prepare for the arrival of "The Sandman" on Netflix, Tor has an "everything you need to know about Sandman" article.
DC TV - From THR: The upcoming ninth season of The CW's "The Flash" will be its last. The season will be comprised of 13 episodes with the first episode airing in 2023.
MILESTONE - From Ally: The HBO Max documentary, "Milestone Generations," looks at the founding of comic book company, "Milestone Media," which happened three decades ago.
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Monday, August 15, 2022
DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for August 16, 2022
Aquaman And The Flash Voidsong #3 (Of 3)(Cover A Mike Perkins), $6.99
Aquaman And The Flash Voidsong #3 (Of 3)(Cover B Vasco Georgiev), $6.99
Batman #125 (2nd Printing Cover A Chip Zdarsky), $5.99
Batman #125 (2nd Printing Cover B Jorge Jimenez Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Mitch Gerads), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Jim Lee Variant), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(Cover C David Marquez), AR
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(Cover D Mikel Janin), AR
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(Cover E Brian Bolland), AR
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(Cover F Giuseppe Camuncoli Premium Variant), $7.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #6 (Cover A Dan Mora), $3.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #6 (Cover B Terry Dodson Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #6 (Cover C Rafa Sandoval Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman Superman World’s Finest #6 (Cover D Trevor Hairsine Card Stock Variant, AR
Batman Superman World’s Finest #6 (Cover E Nick Bradshaw Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman The Knight #8 (Of 10)(Cover A Carmine Di Giandomenico), $4.99
Batman The Knight #8 (Of 10)(Cover B Riccardo Federici Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Black Adam #3 (Cover A Irvin Rodriguez), $3.99
Black Adam #3 (Cover B Rafa Sandoval Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #3 (Cover C Rahzzah Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #3 (Cover D Emanuela Lupacchino Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Black Adam #3 (Cover E Rafa Sarmento Card Stock Variant), AR
Catwoman #46 (Cover A Jeff Dekal), $3.99
Catwoman #46 (Cover B Sozomaika Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #46 (Cover C Jeff Dekal Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Catwoman #46 (Cover D Tula Lotay Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Crisis Young Justice #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Max Dunbar), $3.99
Dark Crisis Young Justice #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Jorge Corona Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #2 (Of 6)(Cover A Alan Quah), $3.99
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #2 (Of 6)(Cover B Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #2 (Of 6)(Cover C James Stokoe Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Vs Vampires All-Out War #2 (Of 6)(Cover D Ejikure Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Duo #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Dike Ruan), $3.99
Duo #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Jessica Fong Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Flash #785 (Cover A Taurin Clarke)(Dark Crisis), $3.99
Flash #785 (Cover B George Kambadais Card Stock Variant)(Dark Crisis), $4.99
Harley Quinn #20 (Cover A Jonboy Meyers), $3.99
Harley Quinn #20 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #20 (Cover C Ryan Sook Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #20 (Cover D Jay Anacleto Card Stock Variant), AR
Nightwing #95 (Cover A Bruno Redondo), $3.99
Nightwing #95 (Cover B Jamal Campbell Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #95 (Cover C Nicola Scott Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nightwing #95 (Cover D David Talaski Card Stock Variant), AR
Robin And Batman HC, $24.99
Sandman #1 (Facsimile Edition)(2022), $3.99
Scooby-Doo Where Are You #117 (Cover A Valerio Chiola), $2.99
Swamp Thing Volume 2 Conduit TP, $16.99
Teen Titans Raven Beast Boy And Beast Boy Loves Raven Box Set, $59.99
Wonder Woman Black And Gold HC, $39.99
Wonder Woman Volume 2 Through A Glass Darkly TP, $19.99
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Monday, August 8, 2022
DC Comics from Lunar Distributors for August 9, 2022
Batgirls #9 (Cover A Jorge Corona), $3.99
Batgirls #9 (Cover B Sweeney Boo Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batgirls #9 (Cover C Rian Gonzales Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Urban Legends #18 (Cover A Liam Sharp), $7.99
Batman Urban Legends #18 (Cover B Dike Ruan), $7.99
Batman Urban Legends #18 (Cover C Gerardo Zaffino), $7.99
Batman Vs Robin Road To War TP, $16.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Dexter Soy), $3.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Juliet Nneka Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Green Lantern #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Fernando Blanco), $4.99
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Green Lantern #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Mario Foccillo), AR
Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Green Lantern #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Fernando Blanco Foil Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover A Trevor Hairsine), $3.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover B Kael Ngu Acetate Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover C Dan Mora Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover D Francesco Mattina Body Bag Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover E Francesco Mattina Card Stock Variant), AR
DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover F Sun Khamunaki Card Stock Variant), AR
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DCeased War Of The Undead Gods #1 (Of 8)(Cover H Jay Anacleto Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. Volume 1 King Of The Super-Villains HC, $29.99
Fourth World By Jack Kirby Box Set, $120.00
Future State Gotham #16 (Cover A Simone Di Meo), $3.99
Future State Gotham #16 (Cover B Mike Bowden Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #19 (Cover A Jonboy Meyers), $3.99
Harley Quinn #19 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #19 (Cover C Ryan Sook Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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I Am Batman #12 (Cover A Christian Duce), $3.99
I Am Batman #12 (Cover B David Baldeon Card Stock Variant), $4.99
I Am Batman #12 (Cover C Jorge Molina Card Stock Variant), AR
Jurassic League #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Daniel Warren Johnson), $3.99
Jurassic League #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Brett Booth Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Kamandi By Jack Kirby Volume 1 TP, $39.99
Naomi Season 2 #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Jamal Campbell), $3.99
Nubia Queen Of The Amazons #3 (Of 4)(Cover A Khary Randolph), $3.99
Nubia Queen Of The Amazons #3 (Of 4)(Cover B Juliet Nneka Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nubia Queen Of The Amazons #3 (Of 4)(Cover C Derrick Chew Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Sandman #1 Special Edition, AR
Superman Son Of Kal-El #14 (Cover A Travis Moore), $3.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #14 (Cover B Rafael Sarmento Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Superman Son Of Kal-El #14 (Cover C Travis Mercer & Danny Miki Card Stock Variant), AR
Wonder Woman #790 (Cover A Yanick Paquette), $4.99
Wonder Woman #790 (Cover B Paul Pope Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Wonder Woman #790 (Cover C W. Scott Forbes Swimsuit Card Stock Variant), $5.99
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Monday, July 11, 2022
Dark Horse Comics from Diamond Distributors for July 13, 2022
Thursday, June 30, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: June 2022 - Update #70
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NEWS:
BLACK COMICS - From TheCharlottePost: Black creative talent is carving a place for itself in the American comic book industry.
DYNAMITE - From BleedingCool: Dynamite Entertainment is fast selling out of its trade and hardcover collections of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's "The Boys." The comic book series is currently a popular Amazon streaming television series.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Emma Roberts is joining Sony's Marvel Comics film, "Madame Web," which stars Dakota Johnson in the lead role.
DC/MILESTONE - From DCBlog: Milestone Media's Reginald Hudlin describes the making of "Milestones in History", a giant-sized new comic book featuring the heroes of Milestone narrating the real-life stories of historical Black trailblazers.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics will republish and finish Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's "Miracleman: The Silver Age," beginning Oct. 2022, with new material debuting Dec. 2022.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Comic book writer, Warren Ellis, sidelined for two years by accusations of inappropirate behavior, will apparently return to comic books in 2023.
COMICS TO TV - From EW: Hulu has cancelled the Lamorne Morris' comedy, "Woke." It is based on the life and work of cartoonist Keith Knight, who co-created the TV series.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has said that the studio is returning to San Diego Comic-Con, although neither he not Disney clarified plans for the show.
ARCHIE COMICS TO TV - From Deadline: In the wake of the 2023 end of The CW's "Riverdale" series, the network is looking at another Archie Comics series. Actor Daniel Dae Kim's 3AD banner, Archie Studios, and Warner Bros. Television is developing "Jake Chang" based on a new Archie Comics character that will make his comic book debut in July.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: This October (2022), Marvel Comics will begin celebrating the 40th anniversary of Miracleman, the 1982 post-modern reboot of the British superhero, Marvelman, by Alan Moore and the late artist, Garry Leach. This will launch "Miracleman #0," a giant-sized one-shot anthology that will include new work by the Miracleman team of Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham.
SONY MARVEL U - From Variety: While promoting "Bullet Train," actor-producer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson talked about the experience of shooting Sony Picture's upcoming Marvel Comics film, "Kraven the Hunter." Taylor-Johnson describes the character as an "anti-hero."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From WeGotThisCovered: Fans muse about the success that Marvel Studios has had that other shared universes cannot match.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will write the forward to "Avengers Assemble XXL," which collects the first twenty issues of Avengers in a high-falutin' edition. It is the latest in Taschen's "Marvel Comics Library,"and is due in August 2022 in two editions.
BREAKING NEWS - From Deadline: Two actors have died in an automobile accident involving the cast and crew of Netflix's "The Chosen One," which is based on the comic book by Mark Millar.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: This cover of DC Comics" "The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #1" (of 3) is disappearing because it features a likeness of controversial actor, Ezra Miller, from "The Flash." It also has a look at Ben Affleck's Batman.
IMAGE - From BaltimoreTimes: Acclaimed television writer-producer and comic book writer, Rodney Barnes ("Killadelphia," "Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog," "Star Wars: Lando"), is to receive the key to the City of Annapolis, Friday, June 24th.
MARVEL - From Marvel: Marvel Comics is bringing back "Midnight Suns." A new "Midnight Suns #1" arrives Sept. 9th from writer Ethan Sacks and artist Luigi Zagaria. Blade and Wolverine are among the members.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Comic book artist, Tim Sale, has died at the age of 66, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Sale was best known for his collaborations with writer, Jeph Loeb, especially the beloved 13-issue miniseries, "Batman: The Long Halloween" (1996-97).
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From IGN: Via a social media post, actor Tom Hardy seems to confirm that the script for "Venom 3" is completed. The writer is Kelly Marcel, who wrote "Venom: Let There Be Carnage," from a story by Hardy and Marcel.
IDW - From GamesRadar: The latest title in IDW's original content initiative is "Crashed," a five-issue miniseries about a doctor who treats superheroes. It is written by Matthew Klein and drawn by Morgan Beem, and the first issue arrives in September.
DC COMICS - From GamesRadar: Arriving Sept. 13th, "Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special," a 96-page one-shot anthology will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the debut of the TV character turned comic book and pop culture icon, "Harley Quinn." Harley debuted in 1992 the "Fox Kids" animated series, "Batman: The Animated Series."
DC CINEMA - From THR: Actress-singer Lady Gaga is in early negotiations to star in the sequel to "Joker," which reportedly may be a musical.
BOOK NEWS - From BleedingCool: Starting on the April 1, 2023, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will take over the sales and distribution of all of Disney Publishing Worldwide books to bookstores, libraries, book clubs and online stores such as Amazon. PRHPS will handle also distribution to all mass, trade and independent bookselling channels. This covers titles from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, Fox, 20th Century Studios, National Geographic, and more
DC CINEMA - From DCComics: Here is the first trailer for DC Film's "Black Adam" movie, which is due Oct. 31, 2022.
RUMOR/MARVEL STUDIOS - From VICE: Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, who is rumored to be playing "Namor" in Marvel's upcoming, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," is interviewed by "Vice." Huerta supposedly learned a Mayan language for the role.
THE SANDMAN - From DCComics: Here is the first teaser trailer for Netflix's "The Sandman," based on the Neil Gaiman/DC Comics title. It is due Aug. 5th, 2022.
From DCBlog: "DC Blog" breaks down Netflix's "The Sandman" teaser trailer.
From BleedingCool: Neil Gaiman answers questions of the Netflix series, "The Sandman."
comiXology - From TheBeat: comiXology's original series, "The Black Ghost," from writers Alex Segura and Monica Gallagher and artist George Kambadais, returns this summer with a new five-issue miniseries.
DC CINEMA - From TMZ: Ezra Miller, star of Warner/DC Film's upcoming, "The Flash," is in trouble again. This time he is accused of controlling and grooming a minor female and providing her with drugs and alcohol.
IDW - From GamesRadar: The site looks at IDW's new "Dungeons & Dragons" comic book, "Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft - Orphan of Agony Isle," which begins this month.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: Director Todd Phillips has announced a sequel to his Oscar-winning film, "Joker."
From Variety: Despite changes in leadership at Warner Bros., there are still questions about DC Films.
RUMOR - From TheDirect: Marvel Studios' reboot of the "Blade" film franchise may begin filming sometime in early July 2022.
THE SANDMAN - From WeGotThisCovered: Actress Jenna Coleman will play a brand new version of John Constantine in Netflix's "The Sandman." "She's a bit posh" says showrunner Alan Heinberg.
EN MEMORIAM - From Blabbermouth: American fantasy artist, Ken Kelly, has died at the age of 76, Friday, June 3, 2022. His paintings focused on sword and sorcery and other heroic fantasy subgenres. His early work included producing painted covers for comic book magazines from Warren Publishing and Skywalk Publications. He also painted book covers, but Kelly may be best known for producing album cover art for a number or recording artists, most notably "Kiss" and "Manowar."
MARVEL STUDIOS - From YahooEntertainment: Lady Gaga. Tom Cruise. Behind the scenes of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" with writer Michael Waldron.
MARVEL - From GamesRadar: A brief history of Marvel Comics' editors-in-chief.
IMAGE - From BleedingCool: Image Comics' imprint, Skybound will produce a five-issue comic book series based on the Shudder TV series, "Creepshow."
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Who is in the new Justice League?... Mary Marvel? Supergirl?
MANGA - From BleedingCool: Manga publisher, Seven Seas Entertainment, has hired lawyers in order to deal with the recent union of its employees.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and current Marvel executive vice-president and creative director, Joe Quesada, is leaving Marvel.
DC/MILESTONE - From BleedingCool: DC Comics has announced a YA "Static" graphic novel, "Static Up All Night" by Lamar Giles and Paris Alleyne with N. Steven Harris.
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