Leroy's Amazon Comics and Graphic Novels Page
:From Newsarama: December 28th 2017 was Stan Lee's 95th birthday and industry pros wished him a happy birthday.
From ComicBook: Batman co-creator, the late Bill Finger, had a street in New York City named for him - "Bill Finger Way."
From ComicBook: Dr. Strange is apparently set to become the "God of Magic."
From BleedingCool: The Max Landis story that was removed from The DC Holiday Special 2017 is available again on digital copies bought via comiXology.
OBIT - From BleedingCool: British comic book creator and artist, Jim Baikie, died at the age of 77, Friday, December 29, 2017. A mainstay of the venerable British comics magazines, "2000AD," Baikie created the alien science fiction comic strip, "Skizz" with Alan Moore. He also created with Moore the comics, "The First American," for Moore's America's Best Comics (ABC) line.
From TheBeat: In his column, "Tilting at Windmills #266, Brian Hibbs writes an open letter to new Marvel Comic EiC C.B. Cebulski, with some good suggestions for the publisher - that will ultimately be ignored.
From BleedingCool: A list of rumors about upcoming creator changes at Marvel, including Nick Spencer on "The Amazing Spider-Man."
From AldotCom: Alabama.com profiles Alabama favorite son, Jason Aaron.
From BleedingCool: Marvel's "Weapon X" comic book could become "X-Men: Black."
From BleedingCool: Marvel Comics is launching an app that will allow fans to create their own comics - which Marvel will completely own.
From ComicBook: There is a controversial "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" cover that has fans fuming.
OBIT - From Newsarama: Veteran comic book inker, Victor Llamas, has died at the age of 41, Friday, December 22, 2017. He broke into the industry via Top Cow and inked then emerging artists like David Finch and Joe Benitez. There is a GoFundMe page here to help his family with expenses.
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COMIC BOOK THEFTS:
From ABCActionNews: Thousands of dollars in comic books stolen from IDC Comics Toys & Collectibles in Avon Park, Florida.
From BostonHerald: $20,000 in comic books stolen The Hall of Comics store in Southborough, Massachusetts.
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From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #148 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullete episode #148 in French.
From BleedingCool: Sony Would Have Liked the Rights to a Gay Miles Morales Spider-Man.
From BleedingCool: Brian Michael Bendis announces that his "Punisher" comic book, "Punisher: End of Days," has been cancelled, as well as some of his other Marvel projects of which we have never heard.
From BleedingCool: Rumor is that Brian Michael Bendis will write a Superman book in 2018.
From Mashable: This article explains the difference between the 2003 film, "Old Boy," and the manga from which it was adapted.
From BleedingCool: It's Alive is bringing back Trina Robbins' long out-of-print graphic novel, "The Silver Metal Lover" with a Kickstarter campaign.
From CBLDF and LatuffCartoons: Lawyers for Turkey‘s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pressure Twitter to delete the content of 80 of Brazilian cartoonist, Carlos Latuff's posts, including 11 of Latuff's ‘toons,
From ScienceFiction: Gail Simone has advice for aspiring comic book writers.
From FortressofSolitude: An embarrassing (and typical) "best comic books of 2017" list.
From NYT: The New York Times profiles a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania comic book store, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, that promotes diversity.
From BleedingCool: Joe Quesada takes to Twitter to discuss Marvel Comics' recent cancellation of titles starring LGBTQ characters, characters of color, and female characters.
From BleedingCool: Joe Glass examines the victims of the Marvel Comics cancellation bloodbath.
From BleedingCool: Writer David L. Walker has confirmed that his "Luke Cage" series is being cancelled due to low sales.
From CBR: The site ranks every comic book movie in 2017 from worst (Netflix's "Death Note") to best ("Logan").
From Newsarama: The "Black Comic Book Festival" is back. According to Newsarama: "The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has opened registration for its "6th Annual Black Comic Book Festival" that will be held on January 12-13, 2018 at the Schomburg Center. Registration is free and open to the public and is available at schomburgcenter.eventbrite.com."
From THR: Joe R. Lansdale has announced a comic book prequel to his prose novella, "Bubba Ho-Tep," which inspired a 2002 cult film from director Don Coscarelli (creator of the "Phantasm" film franchise).
From WashPost: Novelist Brad Meltzer has also written comic books, like "Justice League" and "Identity Crisis" for DC Comics. Now, he is announcing a graphic novel about "Ghandi."
From MyAJC: Two brothers launch a line of Black superhero comic books in hopes to catch the upcoming "Black Panther" movie wave.
From Crunchyroll: Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the manga, "Naruto," has a new manga due next year. Japanese fans caught to see a sneak preview of draft pages from the upcoming and still unnamed manga.
From BleedingCool: Japan's "Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) is running a "Marvel manga" contest to recruit new talent.
From BleedingCool: Trade paperback and collections from Dynamite Entertainment for March 2018.
From BleedingCool: The DC Comics imprint, "Young Animal," curated by Gerard Way ("The Umbrella Academy") will be relaunched in March with four new titles.
From JeffLemireBlog: Acclaimed writer, Jeff Lemire, talks about his plans for 2018.
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From BleedingCool: In Lafayette, Louisiana, comic shop owner, Teresa Moran, is trying to buy the shopping center, where her store, Acadian Comics & Collectibles, is located. She has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise one million dollars. [I know Teresa Moran a.k.a. "Miss Teresa," and her shop is the descendant of the comic shop I first patronized when I entered college. - Leroy]
From GoFundMe: Teresa Moran's GoFundMe page to buy a shopping center.
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From Kotaku: The "Terra Formars" returns to Japan's "Young Jump" next April.
From Newsarama: Yen Press March 2018 solicitations.
From Newsarama: A first look at "Rise of the Black Panther #1."
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #147 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #147 in French.
From BleedingCool: Marc Silvestri's "Cyber Force" returns (again) with Matt Hawkins and Bryan Hill writing and Silvestri "overseeing" the project.
From BleedingCool: Marvel announces a digital first Avengers comic books, "Avengers: Back to Basics," written by Peter David.
From BleedingCool: Editorial changes are happening at DC Comics, including for the Superman line, which Brian Michael Bendis will apparently join as a writer (Action Comics?).
From Gizmodo: The site explains Patreon's recent fee change announcement, which has caused an uproar. The changes will affect small press and indie comics creators who use the platform.
From IrishTime: Controversial film director Takashi Miike talks about how important manga was to his generations of boyhood.
From KotakuAustralia: The best selling manga of 2017 in Japan - actually December 5, 2016 to November 27, 2017. "One Piece" is #1.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #146 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #146 in French.
From BleedingCool: An article about calculating history and the sale of the color cover proof for Action Comics #1 - the one that introduced Superman.
From IGN: What the Star Wars comic books and novels can tell us about "The Last Jedi."
From BleedingCool: Upcoming "Power Rangers" comic book will featuring killing off of some Rangers.
From BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics will release "Dave McKean: Short Film as a hardcover book and a Blu-ray.
From ComicBook: "One Piece" creator Eiichiro Oda makes a statement about his manga's record breaking sales.
From DangerousMinds: A look at the comic book story that inspired John Carpenter's 1988 film, "They Live."
From ComicBook: The "Hunter x Hunter" manga returns next year (2018) in Japan's "Weekly Shonen Jump."
From LRMOnline: Kouhei Horikoshi, the creator of the manga, "My Hero Academia," will create a poster that brings Star Wars and his manga together. The poster will appear in a February 2018 issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump."
From Kotaku: "Junji Ito Collection" is an upcoming anime series that will adapt the super-creepy horror comics of mangaka, Junji Ito.
From LawOfficer: Police officer Greg Granderson creates a comic book as an outreach to kids.
From ComicBook: Marvel announces a six issue New Mutants miniseries, "New Mutants: Dead Souls."
From SideshowToys: Sideshow talks to pretend comic book artist J. Scott Campbell about his new line of statues/figures from Sideshow. They call Campbell a legend, apparently not really knowing what a legend actually is.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #145 in English.
From ComicBookBin: New Johnny Bullet episode #145 in French.
From Twitter/BBCArchive: This archival video is from a 1975 BBC profile of the great and influential artist, Frank Hampson, who created the classic British sci-fi comic, Dan Dare. Hampson apparently had been experiencing hardship at the time.
From BleedingCool: When a monthly Batman comic book artist lives on the edge of poverty.
