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COMICS TO TV - From
RadioTimes: How is the Netflix's "Warrior Nun" TV series different from the "Warrior Nun" comic book series.
SCANDAL - From
TheBeat: On the heels of harassment allegations against comic book figures like Jason Latour, Scott Allie, and Cameron Stewart, to name a few, comes new allegations against veteran writer,
Scott Lobdell.
COMICS TO FILM - From
Deadline: Nickelodeon is rebooting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series again. This time the CG film will be produced by partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
MANGA - From
BleedingCool: Yen Press announces its latest fantasy manga, "Bestia."
LGBTQ - From
CBR: The site examines the work of influential gay manga creator, Gengoroh Tagame.
SCANDAL - From
TheBeat: Dark Horse Comics and its biggest star, Mike Mignola, release statements about their editorial pal, Scott Allie, who is allegedly a serial abuser.
BOOM STUDIOS - From
BleedingCool: Who is the secret superstar behind BOOM! Studios' secret comic book project.
DC COMICS - From
BleedingCool: Although DC Comics has replaced the print edition of its "Previews" catalog with the digital/PDF, "DC Connect," the publisher will offer a print "checklist poster." Readers can fill in the poster and turn it into their local comic book shop.
BOOKSTORES - From
TheBeat: James Killen, the graphic novel buyer at Barnes & Noble for more than 20 years, was among those laid off at the embattled retailer this week
IN MEMORIAM - From
CBR: Artist and graphic designer,
Milton Glaser, has died at the age of 91, Friday, June 26, 2020 (which was his birthday). Glaser was known for his iconic logo designs, such as DC Comics' "bullet logo" and the "I ♥ NY" logo.
MARVEL-VIDEO GAMES - From
CBR:
Square Enix has released nearly 8 minutes of footage of gameplay from its upcoming game, "Marvel's Avengers."
COMICS TO FILM - From
ComicBookMovies: Actor
Ron Perlman who played the character
Hellboy in two films directed by Guillermo del Toro said he was offered the "opportunity to participate" in the "Hellboy" reboot, directed by Neil Marshall. Perlman said the only version of Hellboy he is interested in is the one done by del Toro.
IN MEMORIAM - From
BleedingCool: The legendary comic book inker,
Joe Sinnott, has died at the age of 93, Thursday, June 25, 2020. He inked Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four" from 1965 to 1981 and again in the 1980s. He is also known for inking the pencil art of the late, great Jack Kirby.
MANGA-ANIME - From
Newsweek: The "Shaman King" manga is getting a rebooted anime. The original anime adaptation ran from 2001 to 2002. The rebooted anime series begins April 2021 in Japan.
COMICS - From
TheBeat: Former "Batgirl" writer Mairghread Scott comes forward about exclusion at DC Comics.
SCANDAL - From
BleedingCool: Charles Brownstein Resigns as Executive Director of the CBLDF (about damn time!).
DC CINEMA - From
TheWrap: Michael Keaton is in talks to reprise his role as "Batman/Bruce Wayne" in the planned "Flash" movie. Keaton's return as Batman would introduce the idea of a multiverse.
DC/DIAMOND - From
TheBeat: Diamond Distributors will continue to distribute DC Comics in the United Kingdom until the end of 2020 and in the U.S. through the end of July 2020... reportedly.
SCANDAL - From
BleedingCool: Damn, now it's Warren Ellis being accused of abusing young women.
DC COMICS - From
BleedingCool: DC Comics is ending the "
DC Giants Line" that it began two years ago as an exclusive publications for Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States. Now, Wal-marts will sell five different "four-packs" of comics, with each pack focusing on a DC character or team: one
Batman pack, one
Superman pack, one
Wonder Woman pack, one
Aquaman pack, and one
Justice League pack. Each pack will cost $8.98.
SCANDAL - From
BleedingCool: Comic book writer and artist,
Cameron Stewart, becomes the latest comics creator whose career hits a snag because of abuse allegations. DC Comics withdrawn an unannounced comics project by Stewart from their schedule.
MILESTONE MEDIA - From
CBR:
Denys Cowan, co-creator of the popular "
Static" comic book (which became the "Static Shock" animated TV series), teases the possible return of
Milestone Media. Milestone was the imprint that published "Static," and there have been plans and rumors concerning its return for the last decade at least. The last serious talk of a Milestone revival was in 2017.
IMAGE COMICS - From
GamesRadar: "
The Walking Dead" comic book returns with the one-shot comic book, "
Neegan Lives!." It will be free and exclusive to comic book shops and there will be no digital or bookstore release.
MANGA - From
BleedingCool:
Yen Press announces the arrival of the fantasy cookery manga, "Restaurant to Another World."
COMICS TO TV - From
BleedingCool: Copernicus Studios has signed a development deal to adapt Jim Zub and Edwin Huang and Chris Stevens "
Skullkickers" comic book into an animated series.
MARVEL - From
GamesRadar: Marvel Comics' "X-Men" crossover event, "X of Swords," has gone from being a 15-part story to a 24-part story.
DC COMICS - From
BleedingCool: DC Comics' Publisher and CCO,
Jim Lee, has announced a DC Comics' "virtual comics convention." The "
DC FanDome" begins Sat., Aug. 22nd.
DC COMICS - From
BleedingCool: Writer
Tom King and artist
Trevor Von Eeden produced an unpublished "Black Lives Matter" comic book. It was produced for DC Comics and was entitled, "Sources," and "Bleeding Cool" has copies of the script and art.
DC COMICS - From
GamesRader: DC Comics is promoting parent company WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBO Max, with custom comics.
COMICS - From
TheBeat:
Vault Comics and
Heavy Metal Entertainment enter a publishing partnership.
MANGA - From
SoraNews: There is a program in Japan in which prisoners draw background art, such as buildings, street scenes, and train stations, for manga. And it is for sale to the public, including manga artists who don't want to draw background details.
COMIC SHOPS - From
BleedingCool: Five comic book stores announce permanent closure
MAD - From
Previews: "
Mad Magazine" cartoonist,
Al Jaffee, has retired at the age of 99. He is the longest working cartoonist in history. He started working for Timely and Atlas (the forerunners of Marvel Comics) in the early 1940s, and began drawing for Mad in 1955.
MEMORIAM - From
Nippon: Japanese manga artist,
George Akiyama, died at the age of 77, May 12, 2020. He was best known for his controversial 1970s manga, "Asura" and "Zeni Geba."
MARVEL - From
TheBeat: There will be an all-new "Iron Man" comic book series written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by CAFU. Iron Man will sport a redesigned suit of armor designed by Alex Ross.
DC CINEMA - From
Deadline: Warner Bros. has movied the release date of "Wonder Woman 1984" from August 14th to October 2nd.
MEMORIAM - From
BleedingCool: The legendary comic book writer and editor,
Dennis J. "Denny" O'Neil, has died at the age of 81, Thursday, June 11, 2020. As a writer, his best known work is his controversial, acclaimed, and legendary run on DC Comics' "Green Lantern." O'Neil wrote "Green Lantern #63," but the legend began with "Green Lantern #76" that had a cover reading "Green Lantern co-starring Green Arrow." In that issues, O'Neill joined pencil artist Neal Adams and one of comic book's most legendary run's began. As an editor, O'Neil edited Frank Miller's run on Marvel Comics' "Daredevil," and he was the "Batman" group editor from the 1980s and into the 1990s until he retired.
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GamesRader: The comic book world reacts to the passing of Denny O'Neil.
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POLITICS - From
KSDK: Mediocre political cartoonist,
Tom Stiglich, drew a thoroughly racist, anti-African-American cartoon, and the
Washington (Missouri) Missourian newspaper published it. The paper's co-owner and publisher, Bill Miller, Sr., eventually resigned because of he published it.
VALIANT - From
BleedingCool: Valiant Entertainment updates its publishing schedule for Summer 2020.
DC COMICS - From
GamesRadar: There is a new John Constantine miniseries being released under DC Comics' "Black Label" imprint. The three-issue "Hellblazer: Rise and Fall" finds the rich and powerful dying.
DC COMICS - From
TheBeat:
Brian Michael Bendis says that he is approaching the end of his time on the DC Comics titles, "Superman" and "Action Comics."
DC COMICS - From
BleedingCool: Former DC Comics publisher,
Dan DiDio, talks about the '5G" project.
DC TV - From
THR: Actor
Hartley Sawyer is the latest actor to be fired from a television series over racist and offensive tweets. Sawyer played Ralph Dibny for the past three seasons on The CW's "The Flash."
BLACK COMICS - From
SyFy: 8 Black comics creatives to get to know.
MARVEL - From
GamesRadar: Marvel Comics has rescheduled its releases for Free Comic Book Day 2020, which was originally set for May 2nd. Marvel will now release them on July 15th.
MANGA - From
CBR: The manga, "
The Promised Neverland," will come to an end with next week's publication of Chapter 181 in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (in Japan).
UCS - From
BleedingCool: UCS Comic Distributors addresses some POS (point-of-sale) compatibility issues made by comic book retailers.
DC/DIAMOND - From
BleedingCool: DC Comics and its new distributors, Lunar and UCS, say they have a plan to replace Diamond UK when it comes to getting DC titles to the United Kingdom and beyond.
DC/DIAMOND - From
TheBeat: End of an Era: The comics industry reacts to the DC Diamond split
DC/DIAMOND - From
TheBeat: Diamond Comic Distributors responds to DC Comics' announcement that the publisher is splitting from the distributor.
BLACK COMICS - From
CBR: 15 Black Creator-Owned Comics That Are Essential Reading
BOOK SHOPS - From
TownandCountry:
22 Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop Right Now (and Always)
GAY COMICS - From
BleedingCool:
Warren Ellis remembers when Marvel went "swimsuit gay."
DC/DIAMOND - From
GamesRadar: Comic book retailers unite in shock and anger over DC split with Diamond
IDW - From
GamesRadar: IDW Publishing pledges to support the comic book Direct Market on the same day DC Comics makes a monumental announcement.
MARVEL COMICS - From
YahooEntertainment: The public knows
Christian Cooper as the African-American man who was bird-watching when a white woman called 911 to report him for threatening her (which he had not). But before that, Christian was one of the first openly gay employees at Marvel Comics, working as an editor. He also wrote comic books for Marvel, including "Darkhold" and "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy."
DC/DIAMOND - From
THR: DC Comics has cut ties with
Diamond Comics Distributors. Via an email to retailers sent Friday morning, the company told customers that all orders for DC product will be fulfilled by
Lunar Distribution and
UCS Comic Distributors for periodical releases and
Penguin Random House for graphic novels and collected editions.
DC/DIAMOND - From
BleedingCool: DC provides a Q&A regarding its move to quit Diamond as the exclusive distributors of its product for 25 years.
COVID-19 - From
TheBeat:
TwoMorrows Publishing, the publisher of many great magazines and books about the history of and the making of comic books, needs help due to COVID-19 related financial fallout.
EISNER AWARDS - From
BleedingCool: The nominations for the
2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
MARVEL - From
GamesRadar: Marvel Comics is planning to release several comic books related to the upcoming Disney+/Marvel Studios series, "
WandaVision."
DC TV - From
Decider: When
The CW returns the TV series, "
Batwoman," for Season 2, the identity of Batwoman will be that of a new character, "
Ryan Wilder." Leaked info says the network decided not to find a new actress to play the current Batwoman, "Kate Kane," after actress Ruby Rose, who played Kane, left the series.
COMICS - From
NBCNews: A Latino comic book, "El Peso Hero," celebrates "essential workers," who are real heroes.
DC TV - From
ComicBook: Why HBO's "Watchmen" series is more timely now than ever.
IN MEMORIAM - From
TCJ: The brilliant cartoonist,
Richard Sala, was found dead in his home back around May 9th. He was apparently 65-years-old at the time of death. A comic book creator and graphic novelist, Sala was known for "The Chuckling Whatsit" and the comic book series, "Evil Eye" (Fantagraphics), which are just two of his wonderful works. The link at the beginning of this paragraph goes into great detail about Sala's life and career. This partial quote describes his work... somewhat: "It’s easy to recognize in his comics the shadowy gothic black humor of Edward Gorey or Charles Addams..."
From
TCJ: A brilliant cartoonist,
Dan Clowes, speaks on his late friend, the also brilliant cartoonist, Richard Sala.
FANTAGRAPHICS - From
Newsarama:
Fantagraphics Books has announced that it will publish Barry Windor-Smith's long-awaited graphic novel, "Monsters, in 2021.
MARVEL/DC - From
Newsarama: Marvel and DC/Warner Bros. express support for the black community in the wake of the unrest following the police killing of African-American George Floyd in Minnesota.
DC COMICS - From
CBR: A look back at the first comic book that both Batman and Superman appeared in. That would be "New York World's Fair #2."
COMIC SHOPS - From
BleedingCool: Eight comic book shops have been hit by looting during the protests over the death of #GeorgeFloyd.
DC CINEMA - From
GamesRadar: Director
David Ayers is saying that some "terryifying" scenes featuring the Joker with "incredible acting" by
Jared Leto as the Joker were cut from his box office smash, but much-maligned 2016 film, "
Suicide Squad."
DC CINEMA - From
Deadline: Henry Cavill is in talks to play Clark Kent/Superman again for Warner Bros. after having done so for "The Man of Steel" (2013), "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016), and "Justice League" (2017). But it will not be for a sequel to "The Man of Steel."
DC COMICS - From
Newsarama: DC Comics is making five of its 100-Page Giant comic books digital-only publications: "Titans Giant #2," "The Flash Giant #5," "Swamp Thing Giant #5," "Teen Titans Go!/DC Super Hero Girls Giant #1," and {Wonder Woman 84 Giant #1."
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JUNE 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics for June 2020
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BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for June 2020
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TheBeat: Archie Comics for June 2020
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BleedingCool: BOOM! Studios for June 2020 [
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BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for June 2020
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ComicsBookCase: DC Comics for June 2020
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Dynamite: Dynamite Entertainment for June 2020
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BleedingCool: Hero Collector for June 2020
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Newsarama: IDW Publishing for June 2020
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Newsarama: IDW Publishing for June 2020 [
REVISED]
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BleedingCool: Image Comics for June 2020
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Newsarama: Image Comics for June 2020
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BleedingCool: Mad Cave for June 2020
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Newsarama: Marvel Comics for June 2020
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Newsarama: Marvel Comics for June 2020
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Newsarama: Oni Press for June 2020
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Newsarama: Scout Comics for June 2020
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Newsarama: Source Point Press for June 2020
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BleedingCool: Titan Comics for June 2020
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Newsarama: Vault Comics for June 2020
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Newsarama: Valiant Entertainment for June 2020
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BleedingCool: VIZ Media for June 2020
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BleedingCool: Yen Press for June 2020
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JULY 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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BleedingCool: Behemoth Comics for July 2020
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ComicsPit: BOOM Studios! for July 2020
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Comicon: DC Comics for July 2020
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BleedingCool: Hero Collector for July 2020
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ComicsPit: IDW Publishing for July 2020
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CBR: Image Comics for July/August 2020
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Scout: Scout Comics for July 2020
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AllComics: VIZ Media for July 2020
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BleedingCool: Yen Press for July 2020
AUGUST 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for August 2020
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BleedingCool: Archie Comics for August 2020
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BleedingCool: AWA for August 2020
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CBR: DC Comics for August 2020
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FirstComicsNews: IDW Publishing for August 2020
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Seibertron: IDW Publishing's "Transformers" solicitations for August 2020
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BleedingCool: Image Comics for August 2020
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CBR: Marvel Comics for August 2020
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BleedingCool: PS Artbooks for August 2020
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BleedingCool: Valiant Comics for August 2020
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BleedingCool: Vault Comics for August 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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BleedingCool: AfterShock Comics for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Antarctic Press for September 2020
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BleedingCool: BOOM! Studios for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Dark Horse Comics for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Dynamite Entertainment for September 2020
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BleedingCool: DC Comics for September 2020
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BleedingCool: IDW Publishing for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Image Comics for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Oni Press for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Rebellion for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Red 5 Comics for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Titan Comics for September 2020
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BleedingCool: Vault Comics for September 2020
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