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NEWS:
DC STUDIOS - From Deadline: James Gunn shares a first look at Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl as the "Supergirl" movie begins filming.
AWARDS - From BleedingCool: The nominations for the 2025 / 36th GLAAD Media Awards have been announced. The awards do honor comic books in the categories "Outstanding Comic Book" and "Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology." In the "Comic Book" category, 7 of the 10 nominated works were published by either Marvel or DC Comics. This article includes a list of the nominations in the other categories. The winners will be announced March 27th.
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Chris Claremont will write and Damian Couceiro will draw a new five-issue "Wolverine and Kitty Pryde" miniseries. It will be the follow-up to Claremont's classic 1985 miniseries, "Kitty Pryde and Wolverine," which was drawn by the Al Milgrom. The adventure begins April 30th.
EN MEMORIAM - From
TheNewYorkTimes: The cartoonist and author,
Jules Feiffer, has died at the age of 95, Friday, January 17, 2025. In the mid-1940s, at the age of 17, Feiffer became the assistant to the legendary comics creator, Will Eisner, and helped Eisner write and draw his comics strips, including "The Spirit." In 1956, Feiffer became a staff cartoonist at "The Village Voice" where he produced his weekly comic strip, "Feiffer," until 1997. At one time, he was considered the most widely read satirist in the United States, and he won a "Pulitzer Prize" for political cartoons in 1986.
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From BleedingCool: The comic book artist, Arthur "Art" Nichols, has died at the age of 63, Monday, January 20, 2025. He may be best known for his pencil art on Valiant Comics' "Magnus the Robot Fighter" revival in the early 1990s. He also drew such issues of such titles as "Conan," "The Ray," "Spider-Man," "Star Wars," "Team Titans," and "X-Men."
MARVEL - From BleedingCool: Abrams' "Marvel Arts" imprint had announced an "Avengers" original graphic novel, "The Avengers in the Veracity Trap," May 2025. It is written by Chip Kidd and drawn by Michael Cho. It has been delayed to August 5, 2025.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: Here is an early look at DC Comics April 2025 solicitations, as well as an early look at Free Comic Book Day 2025 offerings.
DC STUDIOS - From
WorldofReel: Director
Luca Guadagnino will start shooting his "
Sgt. Rock" movie this fall (2025) with a planned
Memorial Day 2026 release. The film will be set in James Gunn's DCU and will feature
Daniel Craig in the title role.
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DIAMOND - From
ComicsBeat:
Diamond Comic Distributors has filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of their restructuring, Diamond is selling its
Alliance Game Distributors and
Diamond UK division to
Universal Distribution, the Canada-based distributor. According to court filings, Universal has also agreed to acquire Alliance for $39 million. In addition, Diamond’s bank,
JP Morgan Chase, has agreed to provide up to $41 million in debtor-in-possession financing to help Diamond get through the reorganization process.
From
BleedingCool: In response to parent
Diamond Comic Distributors' Chapter 11 bankruptcy announcement,
Diamond UK says that it is "a profitiable and stable business."
From
BleedingCool: Here is a list of the top 30 companies to which
Diamond Comic Distributors owes money. At #1, it owes Marvel Comics current distributor,
Penguin Random House LLC, over
9.2 million dollars.
From
BleedingCool: Diamond's bankruptcy has left comics publisher American Mythology with unpaid bills and no distribution. They might not make it, so they are asking fans to buy directly from their webstore.
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L.A. FIRES - From ComicBook: Television writer-producer, Erik Kripke, has revealed that he and his family have lost their home and belongings in the Los Angeles fires. Kripke created the The WB/The CW supernatural drama, "Supernatural" (2005-2020) and Amazon's "The Boys," which is based on the Garth Ennis-Darick Robertson comic book series.
From BleedingCool: Veteran comic book writer Mark Verheiden has lost his home in the Palisades fire. Verheiden co-created the comic book "The American" and "Timecop," and wrote "Aliens" and "Predator" comic for Dark Horse Comics. Verheiden has also been a writer-producer on such television series as "Constantine" (NBC), "Daredevil" (Netflix), and "Smallville" (The WB), to name a few.
From BleedingCool: Comic book artist, Andrew C. Robinson, has lost his home in the Eaton Canyon fires. Robinson is known for his work on "The Fifth Beatle," "Conan," and "Batman," to name a few.
From
BleedingCool:
David M. Booher, the writer who co-created the hit kids' comic book, "Canto" (with artist Drew Zucker), has lost his home and possessions in the Eaton fire in Altadena, California. He has set up a "GoFundMe" page.
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DC ANIMATION - From DCBlog: Actress Zoe Chao talks about the "Creature Commandos" finale and her character, "Nina Mazursky."
CARTOONS - From BleedingCool: "The Washington Post's" Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Ann Telnaes," has resigned from her position at the Post, over their decision to drop one of her cartoons because it was a) about Donald Trump and b) featured Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, along with Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/Meta founder), Patrick Soon-Shiong ("Los Angeles Times" publisher) and Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) kneeling before Donald Trump offering money, while Mickey Mouse (in the wake of ABC News' settling a lawsuit against them brought by Trump) is fully prostrate.
DC STUDIOS - From THR: Actor Jason Momoa, who previously played "Aquaman" in DC Comics films, will now play intergalactic bad-ass "Logo" in the DC Studios film, "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow."
TITAN COMICS - From BleedingCool: Comic book artist Liam Sharp shows off his "Savage Sword of Conan" art for a book not yet announced by Titan Comics/Heroic Signatures.
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DECEMBER 2024 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Cosmic Lion Productions for December 2024
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for December 2024
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for December 2024
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics Todd McFarlane titles for December 2024
From
BleedingCool: Titan Comics "Conan" titles for December 2024
JANUARY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Energon Universe" titles for January 2025
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for January 2025
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Spawn" titles for January 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" titles for January 2025
FEBRUARY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Cosmic Lion Productions for February 2025
From
BleedingCool: DC Comics "Absolute" titles for February 2025
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics' Energon Universe titles for February 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics for February 2025 - full list
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Star Wars" Black History Month variants for February 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel "Ultimate Comics" for February 2025
MARCH 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Energon" titles for March 2025
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Ghost Machine" titles for March 2025
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Spawn" titles for March 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "Amazing Spider-Man" titles for March 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "One World Under Doom" titles for March 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "Ultimate Comics" titles for March 2025
APRIL 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: DC Comics "Summer of Superman" titles for April 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for April 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Ultimate: titles for April 2025
MAY 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles for May 2025
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