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From BleedingCool: The bankruptcy saga of Diamond Comic Distributors continues. Now, the original winning bidder in the bankruptcy auction, Alliance Entertainment, has announced that it is no longer interested in obtaining Diamond.
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EN MEMORIAM - From TheDailyCartoonist: American cartoonist and comic book and comics strip artist, Hy Eisman, has died at the age of 98, Thursday, March 27, 2025. He was the last artist to draw the "Little Lulu" comic strip before it was cancelled in 1984. He drew the "Katzenjammer Kids" comic strip from 1986 until 2006 when it went into reruns. In 1975, Hyman won a "National Cartoonist Society Award" for "Best Humor Comic Book Cartoonist" for his work on Gold Key's "Little Lulu" comic book.
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From BleedingCool: Alliance Entertainment, a global distributor and wholesaler specializing in music, movies, video games, electronics, arcades, and collectables, has been selected as the winning bidder for Diamond Comic Distributors after its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The proposed acquisition, which is subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, includes Diamond Comic Distributors (U.S.), Alliance Game Distributors (no relation to Alliance Entertainment), Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles, and Collectible Grading Authority. However, there is no mention of the following Diamond entities: Diamond UK, Diamond Select Toys, FandomWorld, Gentle Giant, or Free Comic Book Day.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
#IReadsYou Review: PRODIGY: The Evil Earth
PRODIGY: THE EVIL EARTH
IMAGE COMICS
WRITER: Mark Millar
ARTIST: Rafael Albuquerque
COLORS: Marcelo Maiolo
LETTERS: Peter Doherty
EDITOR: Rachel Fulton
COVER: Ozgur Yildirim
MISC. ART: Rafael Albuquerque; André Araújo; Frank Quitely; Travis Charest; John Cassaday; Rafael Grampa
ISBN: 978-1-5343-1236-4; paperback (July 30, 2019)
168pp, Color, $19.99 U.S.
Rated M / Mature
Prodigy was a 2018-19, six-issue comic book miniseries produced by writer Mark Millar and artist Rafael Albuquerque. Published by Image Comics, it was the second comic book series (following The Magic Order) that Millar produced after he sold his company, Millarworld, to Netflix. Prodigy focuses on the world's smartest man, a fellow who believes that he is the go-to guy when there is a global crisis to solve. In July 2019, the first Prodigy miniseries was collected in the trade paperback, Prodigy: The Evil Earth.
Prodigy: The Evil Earth opens at St. George's Hall, a prestigious high school in Massachusetts. The story introduces 11-year-old Edison Crane, the son of a United States senator who is about to become U.S. Secretary of State. It is 1993, and the “Inter-School Polo Cup Final” has just come to an end. Edison is the star, “the Man of the Match,” much to the ire of some of his teammates who are high school students of actual high school age.
How he deals with those violent, bitter teammates is a hint at what Edison will become – a man who will take on any problem or challenge. Edison can learn faster than anyone who ever lived, and there is nothing he can't do when he puts his mind to it. He even performs open heart surgery on a classmate.
This is one of the first steps Edison will take on the road to becoming the world's smartest man who is running the world's most successful business. But Edison Crane is not content because his brilliant mind needs constant challenge. So he becomes the go-to guy for governments around the world when they have a problem or crisis they cannot solve.
When strange cars containing crispy critters start popping up around the world, however, Edison may finally face something that will truly challenge him. It is a mystery that spans time from the Tower of Babel to the “Large Hadron Collider” and to an impending invasion from somewhere beyond.
THE LOWDOWN: I am a fan of a number of Mark Millar's creator-owned comic book series, with Kick-Ass, Empress, and The Magic Order (also a Netflix title) being among my favorite. After reading Prodigy, it became one of my favorite comic books of the last decade – period.
Prodigy Chapter One/Issue #1 is a teaser; the series' narrative really kicks off with Chapter Two. Millar uses the first chapter to sell Edison Crane to his readers. At first, Edison seems to have an unlikable personality, but by the end of this first chapter, dear readers, you might think Edison is a thoroughly intriguing character. I certainly did. Edison Crane mixes elements of Bruce Wayne/Batman, Sherlock Holmes, Marvel Comics' Karnak and Tony Stark/Iron Man, Angus MacGyver, and others that I can't think of right now.
Prodigy: The Evil Earth saw artist Rafael Albuquerque continue to transform as a comic book artist, in terms of his draftsmanship and in terms of the flair in his illustrative style. The stylishly-drawn first chapter is among his best work. By the end of this first volume, Albuquerque has created a vibe that mixes multiple genres: spy thriller, secret agent adventure, mysteries, and conspiracy that made The Evil Earth unforgettable for me. Marcelo Maiolo's bright coloring not only adds another layer of beauty to the art, but they strengthen the elements that this narrative borrows from a variety of genres and sources.
I can never get enough of Prodigy: The Evil Earth. No matter how much you might think you have figured out Edison Crane, Mark Millar always keeps readers imagination hopping with a series of surprises and reveals. In The Evil Earth, Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque have created a creepy masterpiece that delves into the dark crevices of civilization's cabals and confederacies, doing so at the speed of light. And I can't stop chasing it.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar's comic book will want to read Prodigy: The Evil Earth.
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
#IReadsYou Review: THE MAGIC ORDER 4 #2
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
#IReadsYou Review: THE DARKNESS #1 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
IMAGE COMICS/Top Cow Productions, Inc.
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Garth Ennis
PENCILS: Marc Silvestri
INKS: Batt (inking assistants: Joe Weems, Nathan Cabrera, Victor Llamas and various)
COLORS: Steve Firchow
LETTERS: Dennis Heisler
EDITOR: David Wohl
COVER: Marc Silvestri and Batt with Steve Firchow
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2020)
Rated M / Mature
The Darkness created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl
“Coming of Age”
The Darkness is a long-running comic book series created by artist Marc Silvestri, writer Garth Ennis, and editor David Wohl. The Darkness focuses on Jackie Estacado, a mafia hit man who inherits “the curse of the Darkness.” The character made his debut in Witchblade #10 (November 1996) before making his solo debut in his own series.
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Darkness #1 (December 1996), Image Comics and Top Cow Productions, Inc. are publishing The Darkness #1 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition. This one-shot comic book reprints the story contents from The Darkness #1 and also includes an interview, an essay, a five-page section reprinting select cover illustrations produced during the series first 16 years, and other material.
The Darkness #1 (“Coming of Age”) opens at night on the Lower East Side of New York City. Tall, dark, and handsome mafia hit man, Jackie Estacado, has just executed his latest target in service of his boss, Don Franchetti. This latest bloody move by the Franchetti mob starts a bloody skirmish with rival mobster, Don Tommy Marchianni. Jackie, Don Franchetti's top enforcer, is caught in the middle.
But the young killer has bigger problems. He is about to turn 21-years-old, and “The Darkness” is about to start calling for him. And the “Angelus” is coming for him.
THE LOWDOWN: I read the first 10 or 12 issues of the original run of The Darkness back in 1996-97, but I eventually grew bored with this comic book and stopped reading it. I have to admit that I had high expectations for it. After all, the writer was Garth Ennis, red-hot in the mid-1990s because of his DC Comics/Vertigo series, Preacher. I was a huge fan of post-Marvel Comics Marc Silvestri. I thought many the comic books that Silvestri drew for Marvel Comics looked awful because of his chicken-scratch drawing style. But Image Comics-Marc Silvestri seemed like an entirely different artist, especially when Silvestri's pencils were inked by the great Scott Williams.
Yet every time I read The Darkness, I felt like Ennis and Silvestri were not really delivering on this concept's potential. I understood that the universe of Silvestri's Top Cow Productions, Inc. was obsessed with some kind of angelic vs. demonic rivalry, similar to that of Jim Lee's Wildstorm Productions universe. However, I didn't think that Ennis and Silvestri really understood where they could take The Darkness in terms of narrative. In The Darkness, Ennis delivered a stillborn version of the usual outtakes from his ultra-violence wheelhouse. Silvestri's art was an unimaginative spin on the grim-and-gritty riffs that everyone was stealing from Frank Miller's Batman comics.
I don't know if The Darkness every reached its potential. Frankly, I didn't give a crap after I stopped reading the series, but on occasion, I would see an issue of The Darkness and wonder about it … I have to admit.
The Darkness #1 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition commemorates an anniversary that is only important to Top Cow because … let's be frank … it does not have much to commemorate. The original Image Comics creators, Marc Silvestri among them, turned their studios into vanity project factories that produced poorly written comic books that featured the kind of art that only the artists and their sycophantic fans thought was great. This is something that can be said of many of the artists associated with Image Comics first decade, for instance Rob Liefeld and J. Scott Campbell.
It is only in the last 15 years or so that Image Comics has delivered on the promise that the birth of the publisher offered to both comic book creators and readers. The Darkness represents a placeholder in the evolution of Image Comics. After the fanfare for their first wave of comic book series faded, some of Image's founders moved on to offering exciting new concepts. For Jim Lee, it was Divine Right, and for Silvestri, it was The Darkness. At least, The Darkness ran much longer than Divine Right.
The Darkness #1 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, as a package, is nothing special, but – and there is a big but – reading it again did remind me that The Darkness still has great potential. I enjoyed re-reading this reprint of the first issue, and I might reread a few more of the original issues. I still think that The Darkness is an outside-the-box comic book concept that could be an exceptional dark fantasy comic book. But will it ever be that? Does it matter?
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Top Cow Productions' comic books will want The Darkness #1 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition.
6 out of 10
This issue contains the feature “Say Good Night to the 'Good Guy'” by Henry Barajas and Claire Napier. This feature includes illustrations; an questions-and-answer session with Marc Silvestri and David Wohl; a bullet-point presentation about the publication, licensing, and merchandising success of The Darkness.
This issue also includes a gallery of cover art produced by the following artists and art teams for The Darkness: Marc Silvestri, Joe Weems, and Peter Steigerwald; Joe Benitez, Joe Weems, and Dean White; Nathan Cabrera and Victor Llamas; Greg Hildebrandt and Tim Hildebrandt; Michael Turner, Joe Weems, and JD Smith; Joe Benitez, Joe Weems, and Richard Isanove; Clarence Lansang, Victor Llamas, and Matt Nelson; David Finch, Jason Gorder, and Matt Nelson; Brian Ching, Victor Llamas, and Matt Nelson; Mark Pajarillo, Danny Miki, and Matt Nelson; Dale Keown and Matt Milla; Lee Bermejo; Dale Keown; Rafael Albuquerque; Todd McFarlane; Jeremy Haun and John Rauch
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
#IReadsYou Review: BATMAN: Last Knight on Earth #3
DC COMICS/DC Black Label – @DCComics
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STORY: Scott Snyder
PENCILS: Greg Capullo
INKS: Jonathan Glapion
COLORS: FCO Plascencia
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
EDITOR: Mark Doyle
COVER: Greg Capullo with FCO Plascencia
VARIANT COVER: Rafael Albuquerque
56pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (February 2020)
Mature Readers
Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Parts (Eight) “The Signal” and (Nine) “The Doorway”
Batman: Last Knight on Earth was a three-issue comic book miniseries written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo (pencils) and Jonathan Glapion (inks). Colorist FCO Plascencia and letterer Tom Napolitano complete the creative team.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth was the second release in DC Comics' then new prestige and event publication imprint, “DC Black Label.” Batman: Last Knight on Earth follows a younger version of Bruce Wayne/Batman as he travels a ruined Earth, with the bottled, still-alive head of The Joker in tow, trying to find the mysterious power that devastated the world. Eventually Batman learns that the master of this scorched Earth, known as Omega, is apparently another younger version Wayne/Batman. He also reunites with several former allies, including, Dick Grayson-Nightwing, the former Commissioner James “Jim” Gordon, Diana/Wonder Woman, and Duke Thomas, to name a few.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth #3 opens with a flashback to the old days, as Batman and Commissioner Gordon ignite a new Bat-signal. Then it is back to the future as Batman gathers his allies for an assault on Omega. Batman and Joker will attempt to infiltrate Wayne Tower, Omega's base of operations, and Diana will lead the allies and Owls to Arkham Island where the a mind-control signal is broadcast from inside Arkham Asylum. But there are adversaries awaiting both fronts of Batman's mission, and this last knight will learn the true identity of Omega.
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are the most popular Batman writer-artist team of this still young twenty-first century, and they are also among the most prolific of the last 50 years. I can say that Snyder-Capullo is thus far the best Batman creative team of these new times.
Snyder's Batman reminds me of the Batman/Bruce Wayne that Frank Miller and artist David Mazzuchelli introduced to readers in the Batman: Year One story arc (originally published in the comic book, Batman, issues #404-407). He is young, fresh, and determined with a somewhat humanitarian bent, but is still a fist or boot for justice.
Capullo's Batman is sleek and youthful, a combination of science fiction and technology character design mixed with Batman's original pulp fiction origin (in particularly, Walter Gibson's The Shadow). Inker Jonathan Glapion keeps Capullo's clean-line clean.
FCO Plascencia's colors blend superhero pop-art style with the science fiction comics futuristic dreams of Moebius. Letterer Tom Napolitano letters for the end of the world, but still fashions a comic font so that The Joker and his dialogue can stand out in the edginess with splashes of color.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth #3 is an emotional finale to a quality Batman comic book miniseries. I think Snyder and Capullo are saying that from time to time, like clockwork, Batman and his mission turn sour. Then, it is a time for renewal, and that is the story Batman: Last Knight on Earth tells. And in our world, the Batman line of comic books sometimes turns stale and over the past 80 years, there are have been renewals, revamps, and reboots. Is it time for another?
8 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
I Reads You Juniors December 2019 - Update #78
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From Newsarama: U.S. Rep. John Lewis (George's 5th Congressional District), the star of Top Shelf Productions' graphic novel trilogy, "March" (based on Lewis' life), has announced that he was Stage IV pancreatic cancer.
From CBR: Kohei Horikoshi already has plans for the end of his smash hit manga, "My Hero Academia."
DC CINEMA - From ScreenRant: Actor Michael B. Jordan says that if he played Superman (which he is rumored to be), the character would be authentic to comic book history.
From WCCFTech: Valiant Comics is partnering with Blowfish Studios for the latter to produce games based on Valiant's characters.
COMICS-TO-FILM - From Newsarama: Sony Pictures has moved the release date for its "Bloodshot" film (based on the Valiant Comics titles) from Feb. 21, 2020 to March 13, 2020. The film stars Vin Diesel in the title role.
DC CINEMA - From Collider: Director Patty Jenkins said that "Wonder Woman: 1984" is complete done - six months before its release.
REVIEWS - From Patreon: My review of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
From Newsarama: Apparently, Jeff Kinney's comics slash illustrated books hybid series, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" sold 10 million copies in 2019. It has sold 200 million copies since the first book made its hardcover debut in 2007.
FOX X-MEN MOVIES - From Newsarama: The X-Men film, "The New Mutants," is one of the films Disney inherited when it bought 20th Century Fox. It has had numerous release date changes, from both Fox and Disney. The film's director, Josh Boone, hints that there will be a new trailer for the film in January 2020.
From TheHollywoodReporter: IDW Publishing is partnering with Dark Horse Comics for the four-issue comic book mash-up miniseries, "Transformers vs. The Terminator." The series is due in comic book stores March 2020.
MEMORIAM - From Newsarama: Comic book artist, Gerry Alanguilan, has died at the age of 51.
From BleedingCool: So Mark Millar's secret "Project X-mas" turned out to be "American Jesus," which is apparently a reworking of a Millar series once published by Dark Horse Comics.
DC CINEMA - From Newsarama: "Bird of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" has received an R-rating from the American movie ratings board, the MPAA.
IMAGE COMICS CINEMA - From Newsarama: Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels will direct a film adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri's "Stealth" for Universal Pictures.
From Newsarama: Marvel's "Free Comic Book Day 2020" offering, an "X-Men" comic book, will reportedly lead to Marvel Comics' next mega crossover event.
From Newsarama: The "Free Comic Book Day" Committee has announced the "Gold Titles" for "Free Comic Book Day 2020" (May 2, 2020).
DC CINEMA - From CinemaBlend: Gal Gadot explains why Wonder Woman does not have a sword and shield in "Wonder Woman: 1984.
DC CINEMA - From GamesRadar: Here are some stills from the upcoming film, "Bird of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)," with the ridiculous title.
From AcadianaAdvocate: Baton Rouge, Louisiana newspaper, "The Advocate," offers this feature on Louisiana comic book artist, "Farmhand."
DC TV - From BleedingCool: Are HBO DC Comics adaptations or announcements of future ones fueling the bookstore sales of certain DC Comics graphic novels and trade paperbacks.
From SoraNews: A Japanese manga artist shows the difference between erotic manga for men vs. women in a simple side-by-side comparison.
From BleedingCool: Writer Alan Brennert and artist Jerry Ordway to launch the "Marvel Snapshots" series.
DC TV - From Variety: Showrunner Damon Lindelof and cast and crew talk about the smash hit HBO series, "Watchmen."
From Newsarama: Barry Windsor-Smith's long-awaiting project, "Monsters," will debut as a 250-page-plus graphic novel in 2020.
DC CINEMA - From Variety: "Shazam 2" gets a new release date, April 1, 2022.
From BleedingCool: Long at odds, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird are reuniting to work on a new TMNT comic book.
MANGA CINEMA - From Newsarama: The film version of the legendary manga, Akira, to be directed by Taika Waititi has been bumped from Warner Bros. film release schedule.
DC TV - From Deadline: Actor Thomas Lennon, best known for the TV series, "Reno 911," will play classic Superman villain, Mr. Mxyzptlk, in the fifth season of The CW's "Supergirl."
From ClevelandMagazine: Writer Mike Sangiacomo feels that the city of Cleveland, Ohio isn't embracing its comic book heritage, which includes being the birth of Superman.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From ComicBook: Here is a look at the action figures for Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" movie.
From CBR: The 10 best historical manga as ranked by CBR's John Witiw.
From Newsarama: Here is a two page preview of the "Dylan Dog/Batman #0," the first issue of the crossover event between DC Comics and Italian publisher, Sergio Bonelli Editore (Dylan Dog).
From BleedingCool: Hot gossip says the new Batman writer will be a Black man, Oscar-winner John Ridley, and that the new Batman will be Luke Fox, a young Black man.
From Newsarama: Marvel Entertainment has moved to a new location... partially by President Trump's organization.
DC CINEMA TRAILER - From YouTube: Here is the first official trailer for "Wonder Woman 1984," which is due June 5, 2020.
DC CINEMA - From THR: "Wonder Woman 1984" director Patty Jenkins says that she and "Wonder Woman" actress, Gal Gadot, already have a story for a third "Wonder Woman" film. She said that the two of them are already considering a spinoff film focusing on the Amazons.
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DC CINEMA - From ComicBook: Apparently, the plan for The Rock's "Black Adam" movie is to be "inventive" and "reshape what the comic book movie is." That is according to its cinematographer, Lawrence Sher, who also shot Todd Phillip's "Joker."
DC TV - From Newsarama: HBO's acclaimed "Watchmen" TV series has received two nominations at the Writers Guild Awards.
SONY MARVEL U - From Deadline: Actor Stephen Graham, currently appearing in "The Irishman," has been cast in an unknown role in "Venom 2."
DC CINEMA - From THR: Actor Peter Sarsgaard has been cast in Matt Reeves' "The Batman," possibly to play Harvey Dent (the Gotham City district attorney who would become the villain, Two-Face).
From Newsarama: Oscar-winning filmmaker and "Mad Max" mastermind, George Miller, defends superhero films... in response to the criticism of superhero cinema from Martin Scorsese, among others.
From BleedingCool: DC Comics will publish "The James Jean Poster Portfolio" in August 2020, highlighting the art of the award-winning artist, James Jean.
From Newsarama: Stout Club Entertainment – the powerhouse creative group composed of comic book creators Rafael Albuquerque, Eduardo Medeiros, Mateus Santolouco, and Rafael Scavone – announced a multi-book deal for four new comic book series to debut exclusively through the comiXology Originals program.
DC CINEMA - From TheNewYorker: "The Incendiary Aims of HBO’s 'Watchmen”'"
From WeGotThisCovered: Crystal Dynamics, creator of "Tomb Raider," is producing a prequel comic book to "Marvel's Avengers." It is due Summer 2020.
DC CINEMA - From WeGotThisCovered: British actor Henry Cavill may still want to be the current "Superman" of the cinema, but "sources" say that Warner Bros. is eyeing actor American actor, David Corenset, best known for the Netflix series, "The Politician."
From RSN: Acclaimed author, Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's Tale") extols the life lessons of the classic newspaper comic strip, "Little Lulu."
From BleedingCool: Yoe Press will delve into the history of Black comic book artists in "Invisible Men: Black Artists of the Golden Age of Comics."
From CBR - Manga reading tips and tricks.
From BleedingCool: Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips will launch the original graphic novel, "Pulp," in May 2020.
From XinhuaNet: Chinese sci-fi comic strips to be published in France
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DECEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for December 2019
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From BleedingCool: Oni Press for December 2019
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From Newsarama: Red 5 Comics for January 2020
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From BleedingCool: Source Point Press for January 2020
From Newsarama: Titans Comics for January 2020
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FEBRUARY 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: 01: First Second for February 2020
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From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for February 2020
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From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for February 2020
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From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for February 2020
From Newsarama: Fantagraphics Books for February 2020
From Newsarama: IDW Publishing for February 2020
From Newsarama: Image Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: Lion Forge for February 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: Oni Press for February 2020
From Newsarama: Random House for February 2020
From Newsarama: Rebellion for February 2020
From Newsarama: Red 5 Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: Titan Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for February 2020
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for February 2020
From Newsarama: VIZ Media for February 2020
MARCH 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: Action Lab Entertainment for March 2020
From Newsarama: Ahoy Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Antarctic Press for March 2020
From Newsarama: Archie Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Artists, Writer and Artisans for March 2020
From BleedingCool: BOOM! Studios for March 2020
From Newsarama: Dark Horse Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: DC Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Dynamite Entertainment for March 2020
From Newsarama: Fantagraphics Book for March 2020
From BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for March 2020
From Newsarama: Image Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Marvel Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Oni Press for March 2020
From Newsarama: Scout Comics for March 2020
From BleedingCool: Titan Comics for March 2020
From Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for March 2020
From Newsarama: Vault Comics for March 2020
MAY 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS
From Newsarama: A full-list of titles available for "Free Comic Book Day 2020" on May 2, 2020.
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