Month: March 2020

Joe Illidge Credit: A Wave Blue World Joseph P. Illidge has joined Heavy Metal as Co-Managing Editor alongside former Senior Editor Ricardo Llarena. Announced via The Hollywood Reporter, Illidge’s hiring comes just after the hiring of fellow DC alum David Erwin as Publisher and Matthew Medney as CEO. “Working with the great team at Heavy

Press Release One week before the tour kicks off leading up to the release of the new album by Sacramento’s Dance Gavin Dance, Z2 Comics announces original graphic novel partnership for The Robot’s Tale! Following up on recent success stories with Poppy, Skillet, and Yungblud, Z2 offers up something new for the Warped Tour crowd

Check out a preview of next week’s Immortal Hulk #32. IMMORTAL HULK #32AL EWING (W) • JOE BENNETT (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSSSPIDER-WOMAN VARIANT COVER BY PATCH ZIRCHER• The gentle giant XEMNUTM has come to EARTHTM to fight evil – as the INCREDIBLE HULKTM!• And YOUTM can join him – as he battles ROBERT

Look what followed the New Mutants home to Earth? The Brood, in a preview of next week’s X-Men #8. X-MEN #8JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • MAHMUD ASRAR (A)Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YUGOD LOVES MAN KILLS VARIANT COVER BY MARCOS MARTINGET READY TO RUN!The New Mutants are back from space, and they’ve brought intergalactic trouble with them!

Credit: Christina “Steenz” Stewart You might know Christina “Steenz” Stewart as an artist, drawing the McDuffie Award-winning Archival Quality from Oni Press. Credit: Oni Press You might know Christina “Steenz” Stewart as an editor of titles at Lion Forge, Mad Cave Studios, and elsewhere. You might know Christina “Steenz” Stewart as an adjunct professor at

Matt Kindt and Matt Smith’s literary-minded fantasy comes to a conclusion with March 25’s Folklords #5, and we have a first look courtesy of BOOM! Studios. FOLKLORDS #5Retail Price : $3.99Writer: Matt KindtArtist: Matt SmithCover Artist: Matt SmithVariant Cover Artist: Jeff SmithSynopsis: Ansel and his motley crew converge on the Library of Banned Books, and

Credit: Brian Stelfreeze (Marvel Comics) Credit: Marvel Comics Doctor Doom, Domino, ans some Asgardians will lead a new line of Marvel prose novels from Asmodee’s new Aconyte fiction imprint. Four of the titles scheduled to debut are: Domino: Strays, Doctor Doom: The Harrowing of Doom, Legends of Asgard: The Head of Mimir, and Legends of

DC has released a first look at next month’s Strange Adventures #2 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan “Doc” Shaner and Clayton Cowles, chapter 2 of the 12-issue series.   “What is the truth about Adam Strange? When an activist who publicly accused him of war crimes ends up dead, the public begins to doubt Strange’s

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Deadline reports that the Walt Disney Company is “adamant” that it won’t be moving May 1’s Black Widow despite growing concerns about Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Hollywood trade reports that rumors are rampant “in the distribution sphere” that Black Widow would be re-located to November 6, taking over the date

Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has released artist Francesco Mattina’s variant covers for Batman #93 and #94, April 15 and May 6’s final two chapters of “Their Dark Designs” by James Tynion IV and Guillem March, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles.  The issues precede the launch of “Joker War” in May 20’s Batman

Credit: Charlton Comics Comic book artist Francis McLaughlin has died at the age of 84 of undisclosed causes in his hometown of Stratford, Connecticut as reported by Legacy.com. McLaughlin was best known for his work at Charlton Comics, where he broke into the industry and co-created the character Judomaster partially based on his own study of martial

Credit: Sony Pictures Sony’s adaptation of Valiant Comics’ Bloodshot will open in theaters utilizing the ‘Immersive Theater Experience’ or ICE format, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The special ICE theaters, which launched in France in 2017, feature LED panels on the walls to fill moviegoers’ peripheral vision and features “immersive sound and laser projection.” Sony previously released

Check out a first look at April 1’s Cosmo the Mighty Martian #5. COSMO THE MIGHTY MARTIAN #5 (of 5)The Martian crew has been captured by the Venusian Queen Hesper and her Battle Princesses! Cosmo is faced with a difficult choice when Hesper offers him a position of power as her loyal King in exchange

Credit: Chris Bachalo (DC) DC’s The Sandman will be adapted in a multi-part audio drama for Amazon’s Audible. The series will be narrated and executived produced by Sandman co-creator Neil Gaiman. Dirk Maggs is writing the adaptation and directing it.   “Almost 30 years ago, Dirk Maggs approached DC about adapting The Sandman into audio

Credit: DC Universe DC Universe’s Stargirl is now set to debut Monday, May 11 on the streaming platform – then appearing, with commercials, on the CW the following day. Although the length of the first season has not been specified, new episodes are scheduled to air Mondays on DC Universe, then Tuesdays on the CW.

Credit: Danielle Sylvan (ReedPOP) Credit: Emerald City Comicon Press Release Since its inception, fans have comprised the very core of Emerald City Comic Con and all of Reedpop. We speak daily (and at great length!) about how to always put our fans first in everything we do. The evolving situation with the COVID-19 virus and

Credit: DC Credit: DC Spoilers ahead for this week’s The Flash #750. DC readers already knew the discovery that Wally West made in this week’s The Flash #750: There are two different, conflicting DC histories being utilized in the DCU right now – the post-Crisis continuity and the “New 52.” But now, the newly powered-up

Credit: Matt Reeves The Batman co-writer/director Matt Reeves has shared set photos from the film, showing off a full look at Robert Pattinson’s batsuit, and several glimpses of the film’s Batmobile. Check it out, and note the Batmobile’s much sleeker, muscle car-like appearance akin to a Dodge Charger – a departure from the last few

Credit: Artists, Writers, and Artisans Credit: Artists, Writers, and Artisans Credit: Artists, Writers, and Artisans What happens when a soccer mom is pushed to the brink by her daughter’s kidnapping? According to writer Christa Faust and artist Mike Deodato. Jr., creators of the new Artists, Writers, and Artisans title Bad Mother, in which a mom

Credit: Eon Productions MGM/Universal has announced that the next James Bond film, No Time to Die, will be delayed for release until November, rather than its scheduled April 10 theatrical release. The official James Bond twitter account shared the news, citing the “global theatrical marketplace” as the reason for the delay. Though no specifics about

Credit: Humberto Ramos (Marvel Comics) Credit: Humberto Ramos (Marvel Comics) The Marvel Universe opens up their gates this week for a new school for people with special powers. No, this isn’t a school for mutants or Avengers; instead, it’s an institution for magic users called Strange Academy. This week, writer Skottie Young and artist Humberto

Credit: Black Mask Studios FOREVERS TP(W) Curt Pires (A/CA) Eric PfeifferLive fast. Live forever.Five friends struggling on the brink of stardom sacrifice everything in a black magic pact that brings them all the wealth and glamour they ever wanted. Years later though, the “glow” is fading. But when one of them dies, and they feel

Credit: Matt Reeves Max and Charlie Carver Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Twin actors Charlie and Max Carver have been cast in Warner Bros.’s upcoming The Batman, according to The A.V. Club. Although their purported roles have not been specified, notable twins from DC Comics lore are the Two-Face henchmen Max & Min, Tweedledum and

Credit: Heavy Metal Venerable sci-fi anthology magazine Heavy Metal has named as Publisher and ‘Chief Creative Overlord’, as announced in The Hollywood Reporter. Erwin was previously creative lead on Hasbro’s Transformers franchise, and prior to that was Executive Creative Director of DC. “Unlike the other publishers of fiction, Heavy Metal is a destination brand recognized for cutting

Credit: Luciano Vecchio (Marvel Comics) Credit: Jim Cheung (Marvel Comics) March marks the kickoff of Marvel’s next epic event Empyre, with several lead-up tie-ins hitting in the coming weeks. But before the conflict between the combined Kree/Skrull Alliance and Earth’s superheroes comes to bear, there’s a heck of a lot of history to run down

With Marvel’s new Taskmaster series debuting April 1, the publisher has begun releasing the first issue’s variants. In addition to the main cover by Valerio Giangiordano, there are variants from Nick Bradshaw and Mike Henderson. TASKMASTER #1 (of 5)JED MACKAY (W) • ALESSANDRO VITTI (A) • Cover by VALERIO GIANGIORDANOTASKMASTER HAS MURDERED MARIA HILL!Or at

Credit: Jeff Lemire (Dark Horse Comics) Credit: Tyler Crook (Dark Horse Comics) In July of 2016, the team of Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Dave Stewart introduced the world to Black Hammer, the mindbending tale of Silver Age superheroes trapped in a The Outer Limits-esque unreality. The arc of those trapped heroes wrapped in 2019

Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has sent out three teaser images promoting someone or something titled Iron Cat – images that appear to be pieces of a larger picture, seen here compiled together. Credit: Marvel Comics   Credit: Marvel Comics Seemingly a mix of Iron Man and Black Cat, the teaser leaves much to the

Credit: Hero Tomorrow Apama The Undiscovered Animal #12“THE SELLOUT” When Ilyia scopes a personal ad claiming that a grateful citizen wants to pay Apama one-thousand bucks he figures it must be karma for all his super city-saving deeds. Instead, it turns out to be the ultimate guest star — Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman — cast as