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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
I Reads You Juniors: December 2024 - UPDATE #43
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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: "The Batman II," the sequel to 2022's "The Batman" has changed release dates again. It is moving from October 2, 2026 to October 1, 2027.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From BleedingCool: Fantagraphics Books will publish the epic "Mickey Mouse" comics written by Peter David, a comic book writer with whom the publisher has long feuded. Fantagraphics will publish David's Mickey Mouse run in two hardcover volumes as "Disney Epic Mickey: The Comics Collection (Disney Originals) Hardcover" beginning May 13, 2025. David adapted the video game, "Disney Epic Mickey," as a comics series published via the "Digicomics" app on iOS devices. The series was drawn by three Italian Disney comics artists.
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: Here is the first official teaser for Warner Bros/DC Studios' July 11th-due film, "Superman."
DARK HORSE/NETFLIX - From ComicBook: Dark Horse Comics has announced the next new Netflix/Millarworld comic book series from writer Mark Miller. Entitled "Vatican City," it is drawn by artist Per Berg. Due to start in April 2025, the series is set in a world overrun by a vampire apocalypse.
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From Deadline: The final film in Sony Animation’s "Spider-Verse" trilogy has found its directors. Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson have been set to helm "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse."
DC STUDIOS - From GamesRadar: The first episode of Max's DC Studios' animated series, "Creature Commandos," is available to stream free on YouTube.
FANTAGRAPHICS/MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Fantagraphics will collect Stan Lee's short-lived 1950s satirical comic book series, "Snafu," in a hardcover collection for the first time sometime next year (2025). Published over three issues in 1955 and 1956 by Atlas Comics (which would later become Marvel Comics), it featured the work of such Atlas stalwarts as John Severin, Bill Everett, and Joe Maneely.
BOOM STUDIOS - From ComicsBeat: BOOM! Studios has released a list of its entire slate of "20 for 20" graphics novels celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The group of 20 graphic novels will cost $19.99 U.S. each and begins with the first release, "Deep State Complete Collection."
DC STUDIOS - From YouTube: The "DC Studios Showcase" podcast features a discussion with DC Studios co-boss James Gunn about the first two episodes of the animated series, "Creature Commandos."
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From IGN: Sony Pictures is reportedly ending its "Sony's Spider-Man Universe" (SSU) line of films, which includes the "Venom" films, as well as "Morbius," "Madame Web," and the just released "Kraven the Hunter," which will apparently be the final film in the line.
DC STUDIOS - From CBR: HBO's "The Penguin" has become the first TV series based on a DC Comics character to receive a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards in the category of "Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television." Additionally, series stars: Cristin Milioti ("Sofia Gigante") received a nomination for "Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television" and Colin Farrell ("Oz Cobb") received a nomination for "Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television." The winners at the 2025 / 82nd Annual Golden Globes will be announced in January.
MARVEL - From ComicsBeat: "Ben Grimm/The Thing" will star in his own five-issue comic book miniseries written by Tony Fleecs and drawn by Leonard Kirk. The first issue arrives in March 2025.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics titles are at the discount chain, "Dollar Tree." DC has created over 38 "special editions" of some of its #1 issues at a $1.25 cover price for the retailer.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Artist Joe Quinones talks about his art and design work on "Batman '89" and on keeping the vision of Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" film alive in comic books.
DC STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: "DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast" debuts with a two episodes on Friday, Dec 6th. New episodes will appear on "Max," Max's "YouTube" channel, and on other podcast outlets. The podcast also has an official trailer.
IMAGE - From BleedingCool: Todd McFarlane will return as the writer of his long-running comic book, "Spawn," with issue #360, which is due January 1, 2025.
MARVEL - From ICv2: Marvel will publish omnibus-sized collections of its "Marvel Two-in-One" comic books, with the first volume set for release on June 18, 2025. "Marvel Two-in-One" was a team-up book starring "Ben Grimm/The Thing" of the "Fantastic Four." "Marvel Two-in-One Omnibus, Vol. 1," will open with "Marvel Feature No's 11 and 12," the first two comic books to feature The Thing in a team-up."
EC COMICS - From GamesRadar: Oni Press is reviving the "EC Comics" line. The vampire tale, "Blood Type," from writer Corinna Bechko and artist Jonathan Case, will be the first serialized story published by the new line. It will be presented in "EC Comics Present Blood Type #0," which is a "Free Comic Book Day 2025" title (May 3rd).
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
I Reads You Juniors: February 2024 - Update #52
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NEWS:
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics is apparently committing to a $3.99 price point on more of its comic books. Currently, about half are $3.99 and half are $4.99.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Comic book artist, Ramona Fradon, has died at the age of 97, Saturday, February 24, 2024. Fradon was best known for drawing the Aquaman comic in "Adventure Comics for over 100 issues over a period from 1951 to 1961. She penciled just about every issue of the "Super Friends" comic book (1977-81). Fradon created the DC Comics' superhero, "Metamorpho," and she drew the "Brenda Starr, Reporter," newspaper comic strip from 1982 to 1995. Fradon's career began in 1950 and lasted until her recent retirement in January 2024.
DC ANIMATION - From YouTube: DC Comics has released an official trailer for the animated film, "Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two."
DARK HORSE - From THR: Dark Horse Comics will publish an eight-issue comic book adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2005 novel, "Anansi Boys." The adaptation will be written by Marc Bernardin and drawn by Shawn Martinbrough.
EC COMICS - From NewYorkTimes: Oni Press is reviving EC Comics.
From BleedingCool: Lee Bermejo, Jason Aaron, and Rodney Barnes are among the first creators to join Oni Press' EC Comics revival.
From BleedingCool: The new partnership that is reviving "EC Comics" is being overseen by Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson and Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn alongside Cathy Gaines Mifsud and Corey Mifsud, the daughter and grandson of legendary EC Publisher William M. Gaines and administrators of William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. Writer Brian Azzarello is the latest big name creator to join the revival.
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SONY/MARVEL - From AwardsWatch: At the 51st Annie Awards, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" wins in all six categories in which it was nominated, including "Best Feature."
TOP SHELF/BOOK NEWS - From BleedingCool: Alan Moore and the late Steve Moore's long, long-awaited book, "The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic," will finally arrive in October 2024. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout LTD (UK), the book will be 352 pages in length at a cost of $49.99. It is available to preorder from several outlets including Amazon.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Artist Shawn Martinbrough speaks about his new series, "Red Hood: The Hill." Martinbrough will write and Sanford Greene will draw the series. "Red Hood: The Hill #1" is now in stories and available digitally.
COMICS TO HOLLYWOOD - From Forbes: Bestselling comic book writer, James Tynion IV, announced a new business venture, "Tiny Onion." The company is billed as a “full stack production house” for the development, packaging, marketing and cross-platform promotion of new creator-owned work. Media-oriented venture capital firm, Lyrical Media, has stepped forward with a low seven-figure investment in Tiny Onion’s seed round.
DARK HORSE TO TV - From Deadline: Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy," which is based on Gerard Way's comic book series, will begin its fourth and final season on August 8, 2024.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: British comic book artist, writer, and editor, Paul Neary, has died at the age of 74, Saturday, February 10, 2024. Neary was editor-in-chief at Marvel UK from 1990 to 1993; wrote scripts for "Doctor Who Weekly;" and penciled Marvel Comics' 1988 Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. miniseries. However, Neary was best known for his work as an inker, inking Alan Davis' pencils, most notably on Marvel's "Excalibur comic books (1988-90). His most famous work as an inker may be inking Bryan Hitch's pencils over the better part of a decade, beginning in 1999. Neary inked Hitch on "The Authority" (1999) and "The Ultimates" and "The Ultimates 2" (from 2002 to 2007).
MARVEL STUDIOS - From THR: Marvel Studios has found its "Fantastic Four." Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn will star as the heroes in the "Fantastic Four" feature.
From JoBlo: The site gives up everything that it knows about Marvel Studios' long-in-development "Blade" film which is set to star Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali in the title role.
MARVEL/DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel and DC confirm that they will publish two Omnibuses reprinting all DC/Marvel crossovers and their Amalgam comics line. The collections are set to release on August 6th, 2024, with rich content listings. The two books are "DC Versus Marvel Omnibus" and "DC/Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus."
From BleedingCool: Marvel and DC Comics will reunite to republish their "Amalgam" line of crossovers and also other iconic crossover comic books.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From YouTube: "Deadpool & Wolverine" have a trailer and is due in theaters July 26th. Deadpool declares himself "Marvel Jesus" in the film.
From Variety: An article about the first "Deadpool & Wolverine" trailer.
SONY SPIDER U - From Deadline: At the 28th Art Directors Guild Awards, Patrick O'Keefe, the production designers of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," wins in the "Animated Feature Film" category.
EUROCOMICS - From BleedingCool: "BleedingCool" gathers some impressive statistics about the French comic book industry from an article in "The Guardian."
From TheGuardian: Here is that article: "France's comic book tradition is hitting new heights"
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: The Punisher hunts Nick Fury in "Get Fury," a Marvel MAX miniseries from writer Garth Ennis and artist Jacen Burrows.
From ComicBook: "Venom: Separation Anxiety" is another retro-set series like 2022's
"Venom: Lethal Protector." It will be written by "Lethal Protector's" scribe David Micheline and is set in Venom/Eddie Brock's early days.
COMICS - From GamesRadar: Sabir Pizada was one of the writers of Marvel Studios' "Moon Knight" streaming series, and he is co-writing the current adventures of Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan for Marvel Comics. Now, he is making his debut in creator-owned comics with "Dandelion," a one-shot anthology of sci-fi stories all written by Pirzada with each story drawn by a different artist.
ART - From BleedingCool: Apparently a large number of comic book artists who were represented by art sales agency, Cadence Comic Art, are departing the company.
BOOKS - From BleedingCool: In a recent social media post, author George R.R. Martin ("A Game of Thrones") says, "Now social media is ruled by anti-fans who would rather talk about the stuff they hate than the stuff they love and delight in dancing on the graves of anyone whose film has flopped." He is certainly talking about a subset of comic book and superhero fans.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Author N.K. Jemisin talks about her return to the world of her 12-issue miniseries, "Far Sector" (2019-2021, drawn by Jamal Campbell), in a short story for "DC Power 2024" one-shot special.
IMAGE - From BleedingCool: Jim Valentino, comics creator and publisher, wants to set the record straight about his time at Image Comics.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics reportedly launch a new "2099" series Summer 2024.
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Sunday, July 31, 2022
I Reads You Juniors: July 2022 - Update #59
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NEWS:
EN MEMORIAM - From Deadline: American illustrator and cartoonist, Paul Coker, Jr., has died at the age of 93, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Cocker drew for "MAD Magazine" for over 40 years. He may be best known for his work for the production company, Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment, executing character and production designs for over 20 of the company television specials. This includes "Frosty the Snowman" (1969), "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (1970), and "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1974), to name a few.
DYNAMITE - From BleedingCool: Legendary rock musician, Alice Cooper, is returning to comic books in a new title from "Killadelphia" creator, Rodney Barnes, and artist Edu Menna. The comic book will be published by Dynamite Entertainment.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Marvel Comic's Blade the vampire hunter will appear in the one-shot comic book, "Blade: Vampire Nation #1," which is due Nov. 16th. His daughter, "Bloodline," will appear in "Crypt of Shadows #1," which is due Oct. 19th.
SDCC/COMICS - From BleedingCool: San Diego Comic-Con 2022 was the source for hot gossip about LionForge/Oni Press.
IMAGE - From Deadline: Comic book writer and creator, Rodney Barnes ("Killadelphia," the upcoming "Blacula" graphic novel), has extended his overall deal with HBO to continue to develop, create and write television series.
REVIEW - From Here: I Reads You reviews "Thor: Love and Thunder."
SDCC:
From IGN: This article has "everything announced at the Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Panel."
From BleedingCool: Todd McFarlane will write and Greg Capullo will draw the third Batman/Spawn crossover comic book, which is due in December 2022.
From CBR: DC Comics' "Dark Crisis" event miniseries is now known as "Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths" so that it can be a sequel to the legendary "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (1985-86).
From ComicBook: DC Comics Chief Creative Officer and Publisher, Jim Lee, says that there are no plans to return to director Zach Snyder's earlier plans for "Justice League" films, also known as the "Snyderverse."
From ComicBook: Rumors say that actor Henry Cavill will appear at Comic-Con to talk about Superman, a character that he has played in three films, beginning with "The Man of Steel."
From ComicBook: Art that Jim Lee drew for Comic-Con supposedly shows what Michael Keaton's new Batman suit will look like for the movie, "The Flash."
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RUMORS - From TheDirect: Disney has applied for trademarks for the following: "Avengers: Secret Wars" and "Avengers: The Kang Dynasty."
EN MEMEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: The Scottish comic book writer, Alan Grant, has died at the age of 73, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. He was best known for his work in the British comics magazine, "2000 AD," especially for co-writing "Judge Dredd" with fellow writer, John Wagner. In the U.S., Grant was best known for his work on various "Batman" titles, especially "Detective Comics," "Batman," and "Shadow of the Bat."
INTERVIEW - From PW: This article is an interview of cartoonist Noah Van Sciver and a feature about his two new comic books, "As a Cartoonist" (Fantagraphics) and "Joseph Smith and the Mormons."
DYNAMITE - From TheBeat: Dynamite Entertainment has entered a publishing partnership with Immortal Studios, which produces comic books set in a Wuxia martial arts fantasy shared universe.
DC CINEMA - From RollingStone: A WarnerMedia report reveals that fake social media accounts, bots, and other inauthentic users bolstered the fan-led campaign that demanded that Warner Bros. allow director Zack Snyder be allowed to finish his version of the film "Justice League," (2016). This led to the four-hour "Justice League: Snyder Cut."
MANGA TO LIVE-ACTION - From IGN: Netflix has provided a first look at Takumi Kitamura, the actor who will play the lead, Yusuke Urameshi, in its live-action adaptation of the classic manga, "Yu Yu Hakusho."
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: In an interview, writer Ram V talks about his upcoming run on DC Comics' "Detective Comics" and more.
IMAGE - From ComicBook: Actress Iman Vellani, the star of Marvel Studios' "Ms. Marvel," says that she would like to be involved in a film adaptation of the Image Comics' title, "Bitch Planet," from writer Kelly Sue DeConnick.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Whatnot Publishing will be the home of the Wesley Snipes' graphic novel project, "The Exiled," which is near the end of a successful crowdfunding campaign.
BLACK COMICS - From BleedingCool: Hip-hop icon, Snoop Dogg, will star as "the Cryptkeeper" in the graphic novel, "Tales from the Crip." It will be released this fall by Zombie Love Studios, the comic book publishing imprint of television and comic book writer, Rodney Barnes.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Here is a checklist for Marvel Comics's A.E.X.:Judgement Day comic book crossover event, which begins in July and ends in November.
COMIC-CON - From Deadline: The site has a schedule of Film and TV industry panels for San Diego Comic-Con 2022 from Thurs., July 21st to Sun., July 24th. The convention runs from Wed., July 20th to Sun., July 24th.
EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: Author, cartoonist, and comics historian, R.C. Harvey, has died at the age of 85, Thursday, July 7, 2022. His book about comics including, the two-volume, "Cartoons of the Roaring Twenties" and "Meanwhile... A Biography of Milton Caniff, Creator of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon," to name a few.
DC ANIMATION - From DCVideos: Here is the official trailer for "Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons," which is due on Blu-ray Oct. 18th.
EN MEMORIAM - From Variety: Manga artist and game creator, Takahashi Kazuki, was found dead at the age of 60, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. He is best known for creating the manga, "Yu-Gi-Oh," in 1996, which spawned a media franchise, which includes spin-off manga, trading cards, and anime, to name a few.
MARVEL - From THR: Richard Newby talks about the recent Marvel Comics controversies regarding Miles Morales and about who writes his comics.
DC TV - From DCBlog: Executive producer and showrunner, Todd Helbing, talks about Season 2 of "Superman & Lois."
RUMOR - From ScreenGeek: Hugh Jackson has posted a photo on Twitter that has fans up-in-arms over the rumor of him playing the character, "Wolverine," in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
DC ANIMATION - From DCComics: There is a teaser trailer for Season 3 of HBO Max's "Harley Quinn."
LGBTQ+ - From BleedingCool: In Virginia, two Republican politicians have filed an obscenity lawsuit against the authors, Maia Kobabe and Phoebe Kobabe, and the publisher, Lion Forge/Oni Press, of the graphic novel "Gender Queer."
COMICS - From FinancialTimes: An article about Scott McCloud's "how-to" book, "Understanding Comics," and why it is a Silicon Valley bible.
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