Month: January 2020

Credit: Fan Expo HQ/ The Kubert School Press Release Fan Expo HQ and The Kubert School are pleased to announce a unique partnership that will delight fans by delivering the ultimate experience to creators across North America in the Fan Expo Creator Academy.  The Kubert School, known worldwide for providing an exceptional education in cartooning

Press Release The series of monthly essential X-Men tales written by Jonathan Hickman and specifically designed to showcase some of Marvel’s best artists is almost here! First up is Russell Dauterman, known for his incredible work on titles like MIGHTY THOR and WAR OF THE REALMS. Dauterman also happens to be an avid X-Men fan,

ETERNALS concept art Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: John Romita Jr. (Marvel Comics) Marvel has rush-solicited a hardcover edition of Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr.’s Eternals run in advance of the fall movie. The publisher informed retailers that a hardcover edition of the series is scheduled to be released July 29, which will retail for

5. Jon Cryer When The CW first announced their decision to cast Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor in Supergirl, the skepticism ran deep. Four years after finishing his 12-season run on CBS’s Two and a Half Men, the actor, who many still think of as Pretty in Pink‘s iconic, lovable, nerdy character Duckie, the actor

Credit: Ernesto Carbonetti (Image Comics) Credit: Ernesto Carbonetti (Image Comics) One of music’s most popular conspiracy theories comes to life with Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti’s new Image Comics’ graphic novel Paul is Dead. Rumor has it has it that the original Paul McCartney died in a 1966 car accident, and not to distract from

Credit: VIZ Media Tomorrow Studios’ live-action One Piece TV series has found a home with Netflix, according to Deadline. The streamer has reportedly ordered a 10-episode first season. One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda will be an executive producer. Writer Steven Maeda (Lost, X-Files) is reportedly onboard as showrunner/executive producer, with Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,

Irish gangsters run afoul of ancient burial swamp in this preview of April 22’s Bog Bodies OGN. BOG BODIES OGNWRITER & COVER: DECLAN SHALVEYARTIST: GAVIN FULLERTON & REBECCA NALTYAPRIL 22 / 96 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99An Irish gangster on the run after a job gone wrong stumbles upon a young woman lost

Batman Universe artist Nick Derington joins Batman/Superman #7 as the artist for the post-“Infected” arc, which pits none other than General Zod against the one and only Ra’s al Ghul. DC has offered a first look at the issue, which sends Batman and Superman to the Kryptonian bottle city of Kandor in pursuit of their

Credit: Greg Capullo (DC) Credit: Greg Capullo (DC) A teaser has been released for Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s next DC project together, and it begins with a chainsword-wielding Wonder Woman. Described as “the encore,” it’s presumably the encore to their event series Dark Nights: Metal. Snyder and Capullo, who recently finished up the DC

Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC For a generation, this was the definitive Batman and outside of the animated serie’ own toyline and the Justice League line, hasn’t really been seen. Taking a page out of the Spawn Animated line, McFarlane has brought the classic Bruce Timm style to a new dimension.

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Green Hornet will undergo a film reboot courtesy of Amasia Pictures, a production company run by Bradley Gallo and former Marvel Studios Chief Operating Officer Michael Helfant, as announced in Variety. Few details of the planned film have been announced, but the reboot does not appear to have any connection to the 2011 Green

Credit: DC Credit: Warner Bros. One of Harley Quinn’s closest allies in comic books is Poison Ivy, but the two have yet to meet up in live-action films – but the cinematic Harley Quinn, actor Margot Robbie, says she wants it to happen. “I’ve been pushing a Poison Ivy reunion for a long time,” the

Artist Brad Walker returns to Detective Comics in next month’s #1020 written by Peter J. Tomasi and and he’s bringing Two-Face with him… along with Harvey Dent. “As Gotham City continues its rise from the ashes of ‘City of Bane,’ some familiar faces have returned to keep Gotham City exactly where they want it: Two-Face

Credit: The CW Spoilers ahead for the Arrow season finale. In a scene near the back-half of Tuesday’s Arrow series finale, John Diggle (played by David Ramsey) has a moment that fans have been hoping and pining for since the series began. He got the ring. Diggle is shown mourning the death of his friend

Credit: Warner Bros. Press Release DC UNIVERSE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE EARLY ACCESS TO “BIRDS OF PREY” BEFORE THEATRICAL RELEASE DC UNIVERSE Subscribers Invited To Early ScreeningsIn Over 30 Cities of Highly-Anticipated New DC Film Leading to the big screen release Birds of Prey (and the Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), DC UNIVERSE members will have

Credit: Leinil Francis Yu (Marvel Comics) Credit: Olivier Coipel (Marvel Comics) Thor #2Written by Donny CatesArt by Nic Klein and Matt WilsonLettering by Joe SabinoPublished by Marvel ComicsReview by David Pepose‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 They say the measure of a man’s character is how he acts when the odds are down and his

Wonder Woman may be an ancient warrior, but can she match swords with Valda, a brutally skilled knight from the past? That’s what’s at stake in this Wonder Woman #752 first look from DC. The clash arrives February 26, courtesy of Steve Orlando and Max Raynor, with a cover from Guillem March. Wonder Woman #752Written

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Terry Dodson is a veteran to the Marvel Universe, and how he’s finally taking on some of his self-professed favorite characters – the Richards family – in X-Men/Fantastic Four alongside writer Chip Zdarsky (whom we spoke with earlier). Teaming with his wife Rachel to make X-Men/Fantastic Four a true

With DCeased: Unkillables debuting February 19, DC has begun releasing that first issue’s variant covers. In addition to the main cover by Howard Porter, there are variants by Francesco Mattina, Yasmine Putri, Jay Anacleto (Unknown Comic Books retailer variant), and Ryan Brown (Big Time Collectibles retailer variant). DCEASED: UNKILLABLES #1written by TOM TAYLORart by KARL

Check out a preview of February 5’s Justice League #40, the beginning of Robert Venditti and Doug Mahnke’s new run on the title. JUSTICE LEAGUE #40written by ROBERT VENDITTIart by DOUG MAHNKE and JAIME MENDOZAcover by BRYAN HITCHcard stock variant cover by ARTHUR ADAMSThe next chapter for comics’ premier superteam begins! An unexpected arrival from

Comic-Con Museum Credit: Comic-Con Museum Credit: Comic-Con Museum Gary Sassaman has been named as Curatorial Director of San Diego’s Comic-Con Museum. Sassaman is a 20+ year veteran of Comic-Con International: San Diego, and for the past decade has been Director of Print and Digital Media. “I’m a storyteller, pure and simple. The Comic-Con Museum will

Credit: Terry Moore Actor Lex Friedman wants to play Katchoo in the in-development Strangers in Paradise feature film, and she came up with a novel way of audition: by producing and starring in a Strangers in Paradise short film. And she got the endorsement of creator Terry Moore along the way. Here it is –

Poppy Credit: Jesse Draxler (Sumerian Records) Credit: Z2 Comics Press Release On the heels of the release of her brand-new album I Disagree on Sumerian records, and the launch of a 37 date tour to support it, Poppy announces her sophomore comic book effort, again teaming with writer Ryan Cady to pen Damnation: Poppy’s Inferno. In Genesis 1, Poppy and

Robert Pattinson Credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com Warner Bros. has announced the full cast list for The Batman, confirming the roles for Peter Sarsgaard and Jayme Lawson. The two are apparently playing new characters, not from comics: Sarsgaard as Gotham D.A. Gil Colson, and Lawson as Bella Reál, who is running for mayor. Here’s the