Month: August 2019

Credit: Line Webtoon Taylor Grant Credit: WEBTOON Press Release WEBTOON™, the world’s leading digital publisher of sequential storytelling, is proud to announce Taylor Grant has been promoted to Senior Vice President, IP Development. Grant, who has been contributing to the growth of WEBTOON content as a Senior Producer, setting up multiple deals, including an adaptation

Credit: Mirka Andolfo/Arif Prianto/Saida Temofonte (DC) Credit: Joëlle Jones (DC) Readers of DC comic books may have noticed the name Ram V popping up on various titles recently, from his story late last year in Batman Secret Files to his recent work on Justice League Dark. And they can on seeing more of him at

Credit: Image Comics Flash back to the 1930s – and the silent film era – in a special teaser trailer for Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1. Check it out: [embedded content] Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick with art from Emma Rios, Pretty Deadly: The Rat is scheduled to run for five issues, with the first

Everyone is losing momentum as the “Death of the Speed Force” begins in this preview of August 14’s The Flash #76 (via DCComics.com). THE FLASH #76written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSONart and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL and JORDI TARRAGONAcard stock variant cover by YASMINE PUTRI“Death of the Speed Force” begins! With renewed resolve following the events of

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios The genesis of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is essentially Tony Stark’s brain and his inventiveness and it turns out fittingly it was also its ultimate salvation.  In the audio commentary with co-directors Joe and Anthony Russo and co-writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on this week’s home video release

Credit: HEK Studios Credit: HEK Studios Since 2015, Brian Hurtt (Manor Black, Sixth Gun), Marie Enger (Rocko’s Modern Life, Casket Land), and Matt Kindt (Spider-Man, Dept. H) have comprised HEK Studio – and as of today, they’re launching their first Kickstarter campaign for the aptly-titled HEK Treasury anthology. Presented in a large prestige format hardcover, HEK Treasury

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak … Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point game … Jack Nicklaus’ 18 Majors.  The professional sports world is filled with record feats that have stood for decades and may stand for decades more if not forever, and quietly this year a worldwide box office milestone was

Credit: Scout Comics Credit: Scout Comics Scout Comics’ Solar Flare from writer James Haick III and artist Branko Jovanic is in development for television with John Baldecchi, producer of Happy Death Day. Solar Flare, Scout’s longest running series, focuses on a group of survivors making a pilgrimage across the country in the wake of a solar

1. WildC.A.T.S. After creating characters here and there for Marvel Lee created a team and a title of his own in WildCA.T.S. Working with friend and frequent collaborator Brandon Choi, Lee carried over some popular visual elements from his X-Men run, recontextualizing those ideas in original stories pulled from more eclectic places – everything from

Credit: Source Point Press Credit: BOOM! Studios Buffy the Vampire Slayer #7Written by Jordie BellaireArt by David López, Sas Milledge and Raúl AnguloLettered by Ed DukeshirePublished by Boom StudiosReview by Matthew Sibley‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 The idea of the soul has always been one of the most vital essences in Buffy. It’s what

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release With just weeks until Marvel kicks off its official birthday festivities, Marvel is excited to announce even more 80th anniversary celebrations with limited-time content with your favorite Marvel games; limited-time merchandise; and retailer events in honor of Marvel’s legacy! Marvel announced plans to celebrate its birthday on August 31:

Credit: ABC Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Television and Hulu have re-branded the banner of their upcoming Ghost Rider and Helstrom shows. The line of supernatural Marvel shows was announced as “Spirits of Vengeance” – but will now be organized under the name “Adventure Into Fear.” “We always knew that we were going to do something

Credit: Marvel Television Marvel Studios will be producing a slate of so-far five announced event television series directly tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Disney’s upcoming Disney+ streaming platform , but according to Marvel Television’s head Jeph Loeb, they won’t be the only source of Marvel-related programming for the service. In a new interview with Deadline,

Greg Capullo Credit: DC Greg Capullo has tweeted out that he has signed a new contract with DC, with plans to once again work with writer Scott Snyder – on what he calls “our biggest adventure yet!” Take a look: In other news: I just signed a new contract with DC and am again teaming

The new SUPERMAN #14 cover Credit: Ivan Reis/Joe Prado (DC) The recalled SUPERMAN #14 cover Credit: Ivan Reis/Joe Prado (DC) The new SUPERMAN #14 cover Credit: Ivan Reis/Joe Prado (DC) DC is asking retailers to destroy all copies of August 14’s Superman #14 and Supergirl #33, with replacement copies coming at a later date. “Due

Credit: DC Comic book artist Ernie Colón has died at age 88 after a battle with cancer. The announcement came via Colón’s Facebook page. Here’s the statement: “I’m posting today with a heavy heart. The extraordinary Ernie Colón passed away yesterday afternoon in his home at the age of 88, surrounded by family, after over a

Credit: Lion Forge Animation/Sony Animation Press Release “Hair Love,” a heartfelt animated short film about an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time, will be making its theatrical debut on August 14th, 2019 with “The Angry Birds Movie 2,” from Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures and Rovio Animation. Directed

Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: Warner Bros. One of the first box office predictions for October’s Joker directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix has surfaced and according to boxoffice.com‘s estimates they expect the film to open to $77m on the domestic side on its way to a $175m total.  If accurate those figures would best

Credit: Warner Bros. The Banana Splits get a bit of a bad break in this clip from Warner Bros.’ horror movie reboot of the classic 60s kids show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. In the clip, the Banana Splits’ show is cancelled by an overzealous young TV executive – leading to the bizarre and nostalgia-bending

Carter Hall may need help from The Shade against an old enemy in this preview of August 14’s Hawkman #1. HAWKMAN #15written by ROBERT VENDITTIart and cover by PAT OLLIFFE and TOM PALMERvariant cover by INHYUK LEEFollowing Lex Luthor’s “gift,” the new and improved Shadow Thief toys with the wounded Hawkman. Carter Hall desperately seeks

Witness the birth of monsters in this preview of August 14’s Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety #1. ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SEPARATION ANXIETY #1CLAY CHAPMAN (W) • BRIAN LEVEL (A) • Cover by PHILIP TANCodex Variant Cover by DAVE JOHNSONDesign Variant by Brian LevelVariant Cover by TBA (Virgin Version Also Available)HELLISH HORROR IN THE MIGHTY MARVEL MANNER!Since the

Gwen Poole crashes into a bank in this preview of August 14’s Gwenpool Strikes Back #1. GWENPOOL STRIKES BACK #1 (of 5)LEAH WILLIAMS (W) • DAVID BALDEON (A)COVER BY TERRY DODSONVARIANT COVER BY CHRIS BACHALOVARIANT COVER BY EMA LUPACCHINOVARIANT COVER BY GURIHIRUVARIANT COVER BY LOGAN LUBERAVARIANT COVER BY AMANDA CONNERPOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER!That’s right —

Credit: Marvel Comics The start of Jonathan Hickman’s reinvention Marvel X-Men franchise helped comic book sales in July post positive gains over the same month last year, and now Direct Market sales for 2019 are just a fraction over 2018’s total through July.  Credit: Pepe Larraz/Marte Gracia/Tom Muller (Marvel Comics) According to figures released by

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics With Avengers: Endgame now the highest grossing film of all time worldwide, directors the Russo Bros. are eyeing their next few projects – and an X-Men-centric Marvel movie isn’t out of the question. “We’ve always loved us some Wolverine,” Anthony Russo said in a Reddit AMA, in response to a fan

Credit: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Credit: Niki Smith Growing up, writer/artist Niki Smith loved stories that played with a familiar gender trope — girls But she never saw a story about the reverse, where a boy disguised himself as a girl. With The Deep & Dark Blue, the fantasy graphic novel Smith’s creating

Credit: Mike Deodato Jr. (Artists, Writers and Artisans) Credit: Mike Deodato Jr. (Artists, Writers and Artisans) Writer J. Michael Strazcynski and artist Mike Deodato, Jr. will reunite for The Resistance – a teen superhero title that will launch a shared universe for burgeoning publisher Artists, Writers, and Artisans (AWA), headed up by former Marvel publisher

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer August 8, 2019 12:00pm ET Credit: Yildiray Cinar/Julio Ferreira/Hi-Fi (DC) Credit: Yildiray Cinar/Julio Ferreira/Hi-Fi (DC) Sinestro: Year of the Villain #1Written by Mark RussellArt by Yildiray Cinar, Julio Ferreira and Hi-FiLettering by Steve WandsPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Credit: Yildiray Cinar/Julio Ferreira/Hi-Fi (DC) Mark Russell’s tenure

Credit: Mikel Janin (DC) Credit: Elena Casagrande (DC) DC have informed retailers that the originally-solicited Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1 cover has been scrubbed, with a new image by Mikel Janin taking its place. The original cover by Elena Casagrande is shown at right, with the new cover shown above and below by Mikel