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NEWS:
FANTAGRAPHICS - From TheNewYorker: The great Francois Mouly and the great Daniel Clowes take a tour through Clowes' mind in conjunction with the impending release of Clowes' upcoming graphic novel, "Monica" (Oct. 3rd).
DARK HORSE - From ScreenRant: Mike Mignola's "Hellboy" takes on a giant robot version of himself in the three-issue miniseries, "Giant Robot Hellboy." Written by Mignola with art by Duncan Fegredo, the series launches in October 2023.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer-artist Sina Grace talks about his upcoming Superman young adult graphic novel, "Superman: The Harvests of Youth." It's set to be released Oct. 3rd.
From DCBlog: Writer Tom King talks about his new series, "The Penguin," focusing on the legendary Batman villain. "The Penguin #1" is now in stores.
IDW - From ComicsBeat: Heidi MacDonald looks at the implosion of IDW Publishing's line of creator-owned comic books, "IDW Originals."
DC CINEMA - From CNet: Warner Bros.'s recent superhero film, "The Flash," starts streaming on Max during the early hours of Fri., Aug. 25th, tomorrow.
EN MEMORIAM - From CBR: American comic book artist, Dan Green, has died at the age of 70 after a long illness. Green is best known as the long-running inker on John Romita, Jr.'s pencil art on "Uncanny X-Men," beginning in 1983. He continues inking the series when Marc Silvestri became the series artist. He would also ink Silverstri's art during a run on the "Wolverine" ongoing, and would return to ink Romita, Jr. on "Uncanny X-Men #300." Green also used watercolors to paint the well-remembered 1986 Doctor Strange graphic novel, "Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa," which was written by J.M. DeMatteis.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: Oscar-winner Taika Waititi directed "Thor: Ragnarok" (the third in the series) and "Thor: Love and Thunder" (the fourth), and he is letting fans know what he would do in a hypothetical "Thor 5."
BLUE BEETLE:
From Variety: Warner Bros.'s DC Comics' film, "Blue Beetle" tops the 8/18 to 8/20/2023 weekend box office with an estimated take of 25.4 million dollars.
From Here: A review of "Blue Beetle" by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You."
From DCBlog: A look at the DC Comics' "Easter eggs" in "Blue Beetle."
From BleedingCool: Which comic book creators were credited and which were not in the "Blue Beetle" end credits?
From GamesRadar: The site has an interview with "Blue Beetle" director, Angel Manuel Soto, in which he says that DC Studios co-boss James Gunn did not have much say in the final cut of the film.
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DC CINEMA - From Deadline: "The Flash" starts streaming on Max Fri., Aug. 25th.
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Joshua Williamson talks about the origins of the "Knight Terrors" event.
COMICS - From BlackScifi: Writer Greg Anderson Elysee and artist David Brame have announced their new comic book series, "Hammer," with a preview of interior art and developmental sketches.
DC STUDIOS - From Variety: Despite what actress Gal Gadot has said about developing "Wonder Woman 3," there are apparently no plans for such a film ... according to sources.
COMICS - From ComicsBeat: "Heavy Metal" magazine may be dead, but that hasn't been officially confirmed.
EN MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool: Veteran comic book inker, John Floyd, died at the age of 61, Monday, July 10, 2023, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. As a youngster, John published his own fanzine, and he would go on to graduate from The Kubert School. He is best known for his working inking such comic book legends as artists, Barry Windsor-Smith and Denys Cowan. He was the inker on "Batman: Gotham Knights" (2000-06) for its first 49 issues. John was also a comic book artist, colorist, and letterer. Floyd also worked in the film industry as a production and storyboard artist, contributing to such films as "Rambing Rose" (1991), "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), and Oscar-winning "Django Unchained" (2012).
DC COMICS - From DCBlog: Writer Tom Taylor and artist Nicola Scott talk about how DC's future is in the hands of the "Titans."
DC STUDIOS - From ComicBook: Current cinematic "Wonder Woman," actress Gal Gadot, says she is developing "Wonder Woman 3" with DC Studios' co-bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran.
SONY SPIDER-MAN U - From Newsarama: "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse," the third film in in Sony Pictures animated Miles Morales/Spider-Man film series, has been delayed indefinitely.
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NIGHT CLUB #1 (OF 6)
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Juanan Ramírez
COLORS: Fabiana Mascolo
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Juanan Ramírez with Giovanna Niro
EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Greg Capullo with Giovanna Niro; Matteo Scalera with Giovanna Niro
28pp, Color, $1.99 U.S. (December 2022)
Rated M / Mature
Night Club created by Mark Millar at Netflix
Night Club is a new six-issue miniseries written and created by Mark Millar and drawn by Juanan Ramírez. An Image Comics publication and a Netflix production, Night Club focuses on a teen boy who is bitten by a vampire and decides to make the best of his new condition. Colorist Fabiana Mascolo and letterer Clem Robins complete Night Club's creative team.
Night Club #1 introduces 17-year-old Danny Garcia. He has roped his pals, DJ Sam Huxley and Amy Chen, into his scheme to gain fame and fortune as a YouTube star. Things go awry and a vampire bites him. So what should Danny do? Should he live like a stereotypical vampire? Or should he live crazy, sexy, cool like he has always wanted?
THE LOWDOWN: Netflix/Millarworld sends me PDF review copies of the their comic books. Thus, I was lucky enough to get a review copy of Night Club #1.
For the past three years, Image Comics has been publishing its best vampire comic book series, Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's Killadelphia. Now, it appears that Image's may be offering its best vampire comic book miniseries, which I assume will be Night Club. Mark Millar does what he always does, present a first issue that offers the perfect balance of character introduction, world building, and teasing of what is to come. I find that I want to be in this world, and I really, really want to know more about it.
Juanan Ramírez's art brings Millar's story to life as a graphical narrative that zips across the pages and crackles with possibilities. I also like how Ramírez's art always seems to be in the face of the characters, a move which made me want to invest in them. The colors by Fabiana Mascolo are great, especially the scenes that take place at night and in the dark. The coloring is another element that makes Night Club #1 stand out from other vampire comic books. As usual, there is nothing like letterer Clem Robin's score – so to speak.
I'm recommending Night Club #1 because I know that the next issue is when the doors of the series really get blown open. So you need to come into the club now. It's a five-star type of place.
Also, to whomever designed that logo: killer design, boo. It recalls the spirit of Warren Publications and Hammer Productions.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of vampire comic books will want read Night Club.
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