Month: October 2019

Credit: Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press) Press Release Renegade Game Studios and Oni Games are proud to announce Scott Pilgrim Miniatures The World: a miniatures board game designed by Erica Bouyouris, and based on the massively successful Oni Press graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim, by Bryan Lee O’Malley. It’s a battle between Scott and his

Credit: Paul Renaud (Marvel Comics) Credit: Kim Jacinto (Marvel Comics) Marvel are launching new Hawkeye and Avengers/Defenders titles this February. The Hawkeye: Freefall series comes in advance of the fall 2021 Disney+ live-action series starring Jeremy Renner. This limited series features the retirn of Otto Schmidt to Marvel, after working with DC for several years.

Credit: Jen Hickman (A Wave Blue World) A teaser trailer for this week’s Dead Beats anthology has been released by A Wave Blue World. [embedded content] AWBW’s Deat Beats teaser trailer was directed by Justin Zimmersman, with music by Breakmaster Cylinder and additional visual effects by Matt Esteron. “I’ve always found the most compelling anthologies

Credit: Kris Anka (Marvel Comics) Credit: Sony Pictures Shriek will appear in Sony Pictures’ second Venom film, according to Deadline. Citing “two sources close to the project,” Shriek will be an antagonist in the film alongside Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasaday/Carnage, who debuted in the original film’s final moments. “Right now the role is not filled,

Credit: Ryan Reynolds Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds posted a photo of himself at Marvel Studios to his Twitter account. Though his caption is definitely played for laughs (as usual), Reynolds’ official presence at the Studio is the biggest indicator yet that Deadpool could find his way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Check it out: Auditioned

Credit: Phil Noto (IDW Publishing) Samara Weaving Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Samara Weaving has been cast as Scarlett in Paramount’s Snake Eyes. First reported by The Wrap, Weaving will join a cast to include Henry Golding (Snake Eyes), Andrew Koji (Storm Shadow), and Ursula Corbero (Baroness). Weaving is best-known for playing Nelson Rose in Showtime’s

Credit: Pepe Larraz (Marvel Comics) A solo Moira McTaggert/Moira X title will be launched as part of Jonathan Hickman’s expansive X-Men plans. The X-Men showrunner revealed it during a fan Q&A session on Adventures In Poor Taste, in response to questions about unresolved aspects of Moira X’s timeline as first introduced in House of X

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics X-Men #1Written by Jonathan HickmanArt by Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan and Sunny GhoLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 “I’m done focusing on the things that want me dead – and I’m choosing to spend my days focused on the things that make

DC has released a first look at pages from next month’s The Infected: King Shazam! #1 one-shot “Billy Batson is a good kid. Well… he was,” reads DC’s description. “Following the events of Batman/Superman and ‘Year of the Villain,’ Shazam is now one of the Infected! One of DC’s greatest heroes has seen his soul turned

Credit: Justin Greenwood (Dark Horse Comics) Credit: Dark Horse Comics Even great warriors grow old and frail – but some of the wars they fight never end. In the upcoming Dark Horse limited series Crone, a great swordswoman once nicknamed Bloody Bliss has faded into legend while the woman behind it has settled into quiet

Credit: Joelle Jones (DC) Zoe Kravitz Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Zoe Kravitz has been cast as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Warner Bros.’s The Batman, according to The Wrap. The movie is expected to begin filming in January 2020. Kravitz voiced Catwoman in the 2017 animated film The Lego Batman Movie, and has also had roles in several

Check out a preview of October 16’s Teen Titans #35. TEEN TITANS #35written by ADAM GLASSart and cover by BERNARD CHANGvariant cover by LEE GARBETTThe Teen Titans’ traitor is finally revealed as all their scheming finally comes to a head! How will the team deal with the betrayal, and to what end are the traitor’s

DC has released a first look at pages from next month’s Legion of Super-Heroes #1 by Brian Bendis and Ryan Sook.  Check out the first look in our gallery.  LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1 written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDISart and cover by RYAN SOOKcard stock variant cover by JIM CHEUNGcard stock variant cover by RYAN SOOKblank variant

Uncolored art from ‘Young Justice #9’ Credit: André Lima Araújo (DC) André Lima Araújo has announced that he’s begun drawing a new creator-owned title written by Brian Michael Bendis for DC’s Jinxworld line. It begins. Today I start drawing my creator owned book with @BRIANMBENDIS and I couldn’t be happier. #CreatorOwned #JinxWorld pic.twitter.com/grl8UOEMqj — André

Credit: Marcelo Ferreira (Marvel Comics) Press Release Announced this past weekend at New York Comic-Con’s Retailer Panel, artist Marcelo Ferreira has signed an exclusive agreement with Marvel Comics. Known for his work on books like WAR OF THE REALMS: PUNISHER, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, and ABSOLUTE CARNAGE VS. DEADPOOL, Ferreira has already garnered praise from fans

Credit: Mike DeCarlo Tracy DeCarlo Credit: Mike DeCarlo Long-time inker Mike DeCarlo has started a GoFundMe page to raise funds to help him and his wife Tracy pay for health care after two car accidents. DeCarlo is a veteran inker who has worked in the industry for over forty years. His credits include inking Tales

Credit: Jen Bartel (Chronicle Books) Shea Fontana Credit: DC Some of the best-known female DC characters are not only beloved comic books characters — like Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Batgirl — but they’ve evolved into icons of feminine strength, spirit and smarts. The new hardcover book DC Women of Action, out later this month, showcases

Credit: Ryan Sook (DC) Credit: DC Following their debut at New York Comic Con, DC’s new Legion of Super-Heroes flight rings are now available for retailers to order. In addition to the classic gold-colored rings (which DC has produced before), they are also offering platinum-colored rings as ratioed variants. These new Legion flight rings can

Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has informed retailers that Batman: Last Knight on Earth #3 has been pushed back five weeks with a new December 18 release date. This issue, the finale of Scott Snyder and Batman’s DC Black Label title, was originally scheduled to be released November 13. Originally launched with schedule of an

Credit: Fantasy Flight Games Press Release Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte, the new fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with Marvel Entertainment to create new prose stories based around an exciting roster of Marvel’s comic book characters. The first novels are slated to appear in Fall

Credit: Legendary Comics Credit: Legendary Comics Long dead actor Bela Lugosi, who became an icon portraying Universal’s Dracula in the 30s, will return to the iconic role (at least in likeness) in a new Legendary comic book adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The original graphic novel will be titled Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Credit: Rachel Smythe (LINE Webtoon) Rachel Smyth’s Lore Olympus webcomic has been optioned as an animated series by the Jim Henson Company, according to Deadline. “At Henson, we love stories that inspire, both artistically and intellectually, and Webtoon’s Lore Olympus does both,” said Ashley Griffis, Henson’s Director of Television. “Rachel Smythe’s new take on mythology

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Rod Reis (Marvel Comics) Sunspot watches as the Stajammers’ ship goes off to bring Cannonball back to Earth in a new teaser for November 6’s New Mutants #1. Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson, and Rod Reis’ New Mutants features the founding New Mutants team (and some later X-Men teen team additions) as

The X-Men go after Orchis in a preview of October 16’s X-Men #1. X-MEN #1JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A/C)VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERMVIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERMEVERY MUTANT EVER VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEYYOUNG GUNS VARIANT COVER BY MARCO CHECCHETTOVARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMANDESIGN VARIANT COVER BY JONATHAN HICKMANHIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY

Check out a first look at November 13’s Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night #1. TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE: BLACKEST NIGHT #1 written by TIM SEELEYart by KYLE HOTZ and DEXTER VINEScover by LEE WEEKSWhat could be blacker than the Blackest Night? From the pages of Dark Nights: Metal comes a Dark Multiverse

Credit: Oni Press Tara Lehmann Credit: Oni Press Tara Lehmann has joined Oni Press as its new Marketing and Publicity Associate. Lehmann will work out of Oni’s Portland offices with Director of Sales & Marketing Margot Wood, and in in tandem with Jeremy Atkins, the Director of Brand Communications for Oni’s parent company, Polarity. She

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Writer Gerry Duggan got in on the ground floor of Marvel’s upcoming Jonathan Hickman-led “Dawn of X” X-Men line relaunch, jumping in with Marauders – a unique ongoing focusing on a crew of mutant pirates led by none other than Kate Pryde. The series, which is drawn by Duggan’s

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Press Release On Saturday, October 26, participating comic shops across North America and around the world will hand out more than 1.7 million free comics to anyone who comes into their shop during Halloween ComicFest! During the event, anyone who goes into a participating comic shop can choose a free comic