Month: February 2019

Credit: DC Universe Credit: DC Universe If you’re smitten with the DC Universe, there’s good news for you – the feeling is mutual. In honor of Valentine’s Day, DC Universe has released a set of Valentines featuring characters from its shows Titans and Doom Patrol – complete with requisite romantic puns. All the Valentines can

Credit: David Finch (Marvel Comics) Credit: David Finch (Marvel Comics) Writer Gerry Duggan and artist Mike Deodato will launch a new series titled Savage Avengers this May – and the team’s line-up features none other than Conan the Barbarian. Savage Avengers will take a deadly line-up of heroes into the Savage Land alongside Conan, who

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite has released the first teaser for a “mega crossover” the publisher is planning for later this year. This first reveal features Red Sonja dressed as a football player. There appear to be three blacked-out figures with her, so assumedly there are three more teasers to come. The publisher

Credit: Stanley “Artgerm” Lau (DC) Credit: Joelle Jones (DC) Writer Ram V. and artist John Timms are stepping in to draw a surprise one-off issue of DC’s Catwoman #9 this March. The duo are taking over the March 13 issue from series writer Joelles Jones and artist Fernando Blanco. “When crooks break into the pawn

Credit: Jeff Dekal (DC) Credit: Chris Mooneyham (DC) Writer Zack Kaplan has been named as the new co-writer of February 20’s Nightwing #57 alongside Scott Lobdell. DC doesn’t specify if Kaplan will be continuing on the title past this issue – neither DC’s website nor Diamond Comic Distributors’ lists him for issues #58 and #59.

Credit: Rod Reis (Valiant Entertainment) Credit: Rod Reis (Valiant Entertainment) Press Release “FINALLY, THE PSI-LORDS HAVE COME BACK TO THE VALIANT UNIVERSE!” exclaimed Senior Editorial Director Robert Meyers. “After years of teases, red herrings, and misdirects, we are so excited to announce one of the most requested books from Valiant: PSI-LORDS.” That’s right! As first revealed

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s original Star Wars comic book series ended in 1988 with #107, but now writer Matthew Rosenberg and a host of artists are bringing that first Star Wars series back for one more issue, a special #108 that also brings back some of the series’ classic storylines and characters

Credit: Elsa Charretier (Archie Comics) Credit: Veronica Fish (Archie Comics) Archie Comics’ long-running Archie title is getting a new name – and dual numbering. Beginning with May’s #705, the series will be titled Archie and Sabrina to signal the two characters’ romance has finally gone public. “The biggest revelation from Nick’s first arc was that

Sugar Rae, Einstein, and Desiree are off for adventure in a preview of May 1’s Hashtag: Danger #1. HASHTAG: DANGER #1(W) Tom Peyer, Paul Constant(A) Chris Giarrusso, Fred Harper(C) Richard WilliamsExploding from the pages of High Heaven, three scientific adventurers face strange creatures, lost civilizations, and supernatural threats–when they’re not too busy being complete jerks

Josh Brolin Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Credit: Chris White (Avalon Hill Game Company) Josh Brolin has signed on to play Gurney Halleck in Legendary Pictures’ Dune reboot, according to Deadline. In Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, Halleck is a weapons master and minstrel who works for the Atreides family. He mentors young Paul Atreides

Credit: Mark Brooks (Marvel Comics) Lauren Shuler Donner Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com X-Men film producer Lauren Shuler-Donner says she once had plans to do an entirely female centric X-Women movie through 20th Century Fox, though her plans ultimately fell through. “I frankly wanted to see an X-Women movie,” Shuler-Donner told Decider while discussing the franchise she

Credit: Trevor Hairsine (DC) Injustice writer Tom Taylor has been cryptically foreshadowing a new DC story titled DCeased – which may involve a zombie apocalypse overtaking the DC Universe. In a series of Twitter posts, Taylor offered brief quotes and teases for whatever DCeased winds up being – including art from recent Heroes in Crisis

Read the full first issue of Magdalene Visaggio and Jason Smith’s Vagrant Queen from Vault Comics, coinciding with the series’ TPB in-stores this week. The duo spoke with Newsarama about the series earlier, which you can read here. VAGRANT QUEEN TPBWritten by: Magdalene VisaggioArt & Cover by: Jason SmithColors by: Harry SaxonLetters by: Zakk SaamDesigner:

Credit: Fox Fox’s The Gifted showrunner Matt Nix doesn’t think the show will get a full third season on network television – but he does think there’s hope for life for the series yet as a streaming show. “I don’t anticipate a 22-episode season on broadcast but I’d love to be wrong,” Nix told SlashFilm while discussing

Credit: Tapas Media Tapas Media has introduced a new dog mascot that will serve as a ‘companion’ to the webcomics company’s original mascot, Tapamon. 24-year-old Australian illustrator Bilvy Jay Lee designed the winning entry, winning out over almost 600 other submissions. Credit: Bilvy Jay Lee (Tapas Media) In addition to illustration work, Lee also runs

Credit: Ken Lashley (Marvel Comics) Credit: Ken Lashley (Marvel Comics) In May, Peter Parker is webslinging his way into War of the Realms – but he’s not coming alone. Spider-Man will be leading a League of Realms composed of warriors from throuout the Ten Realms in a self-titled limited series tie-in to the linewide event

Grant Morrison Credit: Vintage USA Network has ordered a live action television series based on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World – with Grant Morrison involved, according to Variety. Morrison is working on the pilot with David Wiener and Brian Taylor, with the project originally set-up in 2015 at USA’s sister company Syfy under the NBCUniveral

Credit: DC/Nickelodeon Credit: Freddie Williams II (IDW Publishing / DC) James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams II’s landmark 2015 crossover Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is being adapted as an animated film as part of a new partnership with DC and Nickelodeon. First reported by SYFY Wire, this cartoon feature is scheduled to be released on

Credit: Netflix/Marvel Television A day after a series of four Marvel animated Marvel series culminating with a fifth was announced to be in development for the Hulu streaming service, TheWrap industriously asked Hulu if the service would be open to reviving any of the Netflix live-action Marvel properties their Offenders series may or may not be modeled after. 

Credit: IDW Credit: IDW Cartoonist and Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert is planning a spooky new treat for the 2019 Halloween season – a new installment of his The Beauty of Horror series titled Tricks and Treats. The Beauty of Horror: Tricks and Treats brings back Ghouliana – the ghost host of Robert’s previous

Credit: IDW Publishing Credit: IDW Publishing Press Release SAN DIEGO, CA (February 12, 2019) – Beginning in April, IDW Publishing will launch an all-new front in the War on Drugs with the official Narcos comic book series, an original story set within the continuity of the first season of the drama series, a Netflix Original

Check out a double blast of Dynamite Entertainment previews for February 13’s Vampirella/Dejah Thoris #5 and James Bond: Origin #6. Vampirella / Dejah Thoris #5writer: Erik Burnham | artist: Ediano Silvacovers: Carlo Pagulayan (A), Jay Anacleto(B), Stephen Segovia (C), Joe Jusko (D), Vampirella Cosplay (E), Dejah Thoris Cosplay (F) Joe Jusko (RI-Virg), Jay Anacleto (RI-B/W)

Credit: Marvel Studios Press Release CJ 4DPLEX (www.cj4dx.com), the world’s leading cinema technology company, announced today that Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel,” is coming to theaters in the ScreenX format on March 8, 2018. “Captain Marvel” will be the third movie from Marvel to be converted into ScreenX, and the latest collaboration between The Walt Disney

Credit: Marvel Studios What’s going on with Chris Evans’ career as Captain America?  A recent report in Deadline about Evans’ next big film move – working on Paramount’s Infinite with director Antoine Fuqua – states that Evans is ready to fully retire from the role of Captain America following Avengers: Endgame. Endgame, the final film in

Credit: Warner Bros Credit: DC Comics Paul Dini, the co-creator of Harley Quinn and Batman Beyond, had a double-whammy of recent news and rumors about his animated TV creations being adapted to the big screen. The last week of January saw the release of a new teaser-video  for the Harley-centric Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Valkyrie takes center stage in Asgardians of the Galaxy #9‘s tie-in to War of the Realms, as seen in this early look at the solicitation for the issue. Written by Cullen Bunn, the story will take Valkyrie into the heart of Malekith’s stronghold. Here’s the full solicitation for Asgardians

Credit: DC Comics McFarlane Toys and DC have partnered to produce a line of action figures based on DC Comics characters, according to IGN. The partnership, announced at this week’s Toy Fair 2019, will produce a line of 6″-12″ action figures in McFarlane’s highly articulated collector style. The licensing agreement is reportedly a three-year contract. No specific

Credit: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has hired screewriter David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to pen a draft of Aquaman 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Johnson-McGoldrick worked on the first Aquaman film, which has grossed over $1.1 billion at the global box office. However, the Hollywood trade says that director James Wan has not yet signed on to helm