Month: June 2019

Credit: Disney+ Disney will reboot its chipmunk characters Chip ‘n’ Dale for a new animated series on the upcoming Disney+ streaming service, as announced at the Annecy International Animation Festival in Annecy, France (via Variety). “Animation continues to be one of the cornerstones of Disney magic and story-telling, across Disney Channels and excitedly, now on the

Credit: Roberto Nunez (Mango Publishing) Jason Inman Credit: Cameron Rice There’s a proud tradition of military veterans being called into superhero duty in comic books going back to the 1930s, and that tradition is being explored by an Army veteran-turned-comics commentator in the upcoming non-fiction book Super Soldiers. Comics journalist/writer Jason Inman (formerly of DC

Credit: Steve Lieber (DC) Credit: Ben Oliver (DC) Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #1Written by Matt FractionArt by Steve Lieber and Nathan FairbairnLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by DC What do you get when you throw the writer of Hawkeye and the artist of Superior Foes of Spider-Man at one of the most madcap characters in the

James Tynion IV Credit: DC Credit: Ryan Sygh (BOOM! Studios) James Tynion IV has revealed he’s working on a new creator-owned title, outside of his work at DC with Justice League, Justice League Dark Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, and The Batman Who Laughs. “Putting the final touches on Issue 2 of a creator owned

Credit: Ro Stein/Ted Brandt (Image Comics) Credit: Gaby Epstein (Image Comics) Image Comics’ Crowded prepares to launch its second arc with a whole new setting as Charlie (the girl with a mysterious three-million-dollar target on her head) and Vita (her 1.4 rated bodyguard from the Dfend app) are on the run from – well, everyone.

Credit: Red 5 Comics AFTERBURN CROSSFIRE #4 (OF 4)(W) Scott Chitwood (A) Rod ThorntonFeatured on Free Comic Book Day, Afterburn returns ahead of its big screen debut! Captured by the newly formed mutant army, Jake and his rival treasure hunters find themselves imprisoned in Rome. With no hope of escape, they are forced to do

Credit: Ryan Sook (DC) Credit: Yasmine Putri (DC) The current Elseworlds DCeased limited series has spawned a spin-off, following another team of heroes striving against a world consumed by a techno-organic rage virus. First reported by IGN, the one-shot DCeased: A Good Day to Die will follow a team of Mr. Teriffic, Mister Miracle, Big

Credit: Joni Miller Credit: Shane McDermott Press Release A Group of Memphis artists, designers, and illustrators prepare to launch their first Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of their debut Comic Anthology, Paper Cuts. Paper Cuts is a full-color, 160-page comic anthology measuring at 6.625” x 10.25” and features an eclectic collection of stories by

Credit: Marvel Comics At one time, 20th Century Fox was planning a major crossover between its Marvel Comics film properties that would have pitted the X-Men and Fantastic Four against each other in brutal combat, a la Marvel’s Civil War, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Citing a “secret source,” THR reports that Fox hired X-Men: First Class screenwriters

Credit: Michael Turner (Marvel Comics) Some new footage from Spider-Man: Far From Home shows off new details of Spider-Man’s support structure, including where he gets his suits – and which ones may appear in the movie. In one clip, a brief 30-second teaser that expands on a scene from the previous full trailer, MJ’s knowledge

Credit: Fox Kids It’s been 22 years since X-Men: The Animated series last aired in 1997 – and for longtime storyboard artist and character designer Larry Houston, that means the time is right for a revival. “The one thing we’d like to do more than anything else is to continue where we left off,” Houston told The

Sony has released 13 new stills from next month’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. While most come from the film’s trailer, a meeting between Happy Hogan and Nick Fury are among the brand new images.   Spider-Man: Far From Home opens July 2.  Got a comment? There’s lots of conversation on Newsarama’s FACEBOOK and TWITTER!

Credit: DC Universe Swamp Thing executive producer James Wan is mind-boggled as to why DC Universe’s Swamp Thing television show was canceled, at least according to his Instagram post. “Don’t really know or understand why #Swampthing was cancelled,” he posted. News of the cancelation came just six days after the show’s first episode premiered on

Mindy Kaling Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Ms. Marvel #1 Credit: Sara Pichelli/Justin Ponsor (Marvel Comics) Mindy Kaling says she has spoken with Marvel about a possible Ms. Marvel adaptation to film or television, and is openly volunteering to be a part of any such project. “I think the people I’ve spoken to at Marvel

Credit: 20th Century Fox Credit: 20th Century Fox Dark Phoenix is now in theaters, but the X-Men finale had a long road to get there, including a series of shifting release dates – for which blockbuster director James Cameron may be partially responsible for those date changes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, an anonymous 20th Century

The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Vol. 1 Credit: Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC) Brian Michael Bendis is heavily teasing upcoming comic stories about Legion of Super-Heroes and Millennium on social media.   I know some of you aren’t used to this level of teasing, but wait till tomorrow, I mean in a few hours

Credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Director/actor Jon Favreau, famous for portraying Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has a new show in which he invites on celebrity friends to cook with him. The Chef Show, as its called, premiered June 7 on Netflix, and the first episode features none other than Pepper

Credit: Gary Frank (DC) Jaume Collet-Serra Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Jaume Collet-Serra is in talks to direct New Line Cinema’s Black Adam, according to Observer. Collet-Serra was previously mentioned as the front-runner to direct the then-untitled Suicide Squad sequel (now known as The Suicide Squad), but took himself out of the running in

Credit: Humanoids STRANGELANDS #2 (MR)(W) Magdalene Visaggio, Darcie Little Badger (A) Vanesa R. Del Rey (CA) Guisseppe CammuncoliElakshi and Adam look for a key to understanding their powers, but are they falling into a deadly trap? The Lands are no detectives. But clearly, weird things are happening at the Wild Saints Lodge where they’ve been

An assassin gets the unenviable assignment of killing what could possibly be the Messiah in a preview June 26’s Crucified #1 from Scout Comics. CRUCIFIED #1Written by Sheldon Allen and Illustrated by Armin Ozdic  Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99The world’s deadliest contract killer just received his next target: A man some believe to be the

Credit: Dark Horse/Netflix Press Release  Studio71, a Red Arrow Studios company, announced its partnership with Dark Horse Comics to develop and release a new card game based on the popular The Umbrella Academy comic book series. The card game will be launched on Kickstarter in early 2020, just a year after the comic book series

Credit: Jen Bartel (Marvel Comics) Credit: Yasmine Putri (Marvel Comics) The first two issues of Marvel’s upcoming female-centric anthology Fearless have been pushed back two weeks each on the publisher’s schedule. Fearless #1 is now scheduled to arrive on July 24, with Fearless #2 following on August 21. Marvel did not give a reason for

Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel has released a new “No Compromise, No Mercy” teaser compiling all the previously shown characters  into a single team shot – and promising one more character reveal to come. The teaser, seen above, which teams up Wiccan, Hellstrom, Blade, Monica Rambeau, Angela, and Winter Soldier, also includes the tagline “Marvel’s newest, most

Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel are prepping to reveal a new line-up of “Young Guns” – that is artists the publishers feels are up-and-coming and have significant plans for. The publisher has informed retailers that a heroto-unannounced Young Guns Sketchbook will be coming out on July 10, where fans will be able to “[g]et your first

Vampires make strange bedfellows in this preview of June 26’s Dark Red #4. DARK RED #4(W) Tim Seeley (A) Corin Howell (CA) Aaron CampbellChip is faced with two options…run like hell from a town he’s lost to Nazi vam-pires, or team up with a pair of barely sober hicks who hate him to rescue the

Credit: Doane Gregory / 20th Century Fox Credit: 20th Century Fox Dark Phoenix stars Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain have offered some insight into the production of the film, now in theaters, explaining the script for the film was constantly fluctuating, with each working alongside writer/director/producer Simon Kinberg to rewrite the film on a near