Month: April 2020

Credit: Sheldon Mayer Credit: Sheldon Mayer Press Release Sheldon Mayer and Chic Young collections featuring “Sugar and Spike” and “Blondie” comic strips will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on April 30, 2020. Sheldon Mayer Estate One of the most influential cartoonists of the Golden Age of Comics, Sheldon Mayer delighted his readers with

Credit: The Op Credit: The Op Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal has spawned a new board game centered on the Batman Who Laughs and the other evil Batman of that event. The Batman Who Laughs Rising will be the latest in game developer the Op’s series of Rising games. “The multiverse’s disturbing

Credit: Marvel Studios Joe and Anthony Russo are celebrating the one-year anniversary of Avengers: Endgame‘s release with special live-watch session – and fans are invited. “In honor of the 1 year anniversary of Avengers: Endgame, re-watch the film along with us TOMORROW (4/27) starting at 4pmPT/7pmET,” the brothers wrote on Instagram. “We will be LIVE

Credit: Jim Starlin (Ominous Press) Credit: Jim Starlin (Ominous Press) Jim Starlin has had dreams for years about drawing comics again – to the point that some might call them nightmares, because he couldn’t. For several years, a debilitaring hand injury has prevented him from holding a drawing tool for more than 15 minutes. Sure,

Credit: DC Credit: DC Superman: Man of Tomorrow #2Written by Robert VendittiArt by Paul Pelletier, Drew Hennessy and Adriano LucasLettering by Clayton CowlesPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 The Man of Steel continues to illuminate DC’s best path forward on the digital landscape with Superman: Man of Tomorrow #2, as writer Robert Venditti

By C.K. Stewart, Best Shots Reviewer April 27, 2020 01:37pm ET Credit: Ismael Hernández (Action Lab Entertainment/Danger Zone) Credit: Ismael Hernández (Action Lab Entertainment/Danger Zone) The Wolf and the Crow #1Written by Dan GordonArt and Lettering by Ismael HernandezPublished by Action Lab Entertainment / Danger Zone‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 There’s a lot going

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Comic book retailer Ryan Higgins, owner of Comics Conspiracy in Sunnyvale, CA. tweeted Saturday evening a new Diamond Comic Distributors ordering page is online, allowing their retail accounts to order DC titles due to be shipped by Diamond on Wednesday, May 20.  Diamond previously announced they anticipated reestablishing distribution in mid- to late-May

Credit: Marvel Comics A Marvel Comics spokesperson has confirmed that the company will continue its hiatus from new comics releases, with no new releases – in print or digital – for the week of April 27. This is the fifth consecutive week the New York-based publishers has not released new comic books – six, for

Credit: Hergé (Moulinsart) Press Release: Billions of blue blistering barnacles: the publisher Microids is now 35 years old! To celebrate this, a nice announcement is published… Tintin and his dear Snowy will soon make a comeback on PC and consoles. Microids and Moulinsart are delighted to announce the signature of a partnership for the development

Credit: DC DC is repurposing more of the new stories from its DC Giants print anthologies for new digital releases for the second week of its expanded “DC Digital First” initiative. For the week starting Monday, April 27, DC will be releasing second issues of these “DC Digital First” titles which have been debuting this

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Looking for thrilling comic book adventures that the whole family can enjoy? The Marvel Digital Comics Shop has you covered with the MARVEL FAMILY READING SALE! Now through 4/26 11PM ET, get 67% off  collections containing action-packed stories that readers of all ages will love. These fun-filled

Credit: Brett Parson (Albatross Funnybooks) Credit: Brett Parson/Eric Powell (Albatross Funnybooks) The UK comics franchise Tank Girl has picked up and found a new home: Albatross Funnybooks. “Alan Martin and Brett Parson have been doing some amazing Tank Girl stuff lately, and Brett just did a run of The Goon for us,” Albatross founder/publisher Eric

Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee DC Chief Creative Officer/Publisher Jim Lee is bringing a pair of Batman villains to his coronavirus fundraiser for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC) – on the heels of an alt-version of Batman himself.  First up, Lee’s 20th auction, for Gotham By Gaslight Batman, currently sits at a bid of $14,400

Credit: Francis Manapul (DC) Credit: DC Comics A week after DC announced a new distribution channel for comic books to Direct Market comic book stores, more titles have been added to those distributors’ ordering systems. Last week, DC announced a deal with two new Direct Market distributors – Lunar and UCS – along with a

Credit: Joe Palmer/Chris O’Halloran/Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou Credit: Joe Palmer/Chris O’Halloran/Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou Credit: Joe Palmer/Chris O’Halloran/Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou Take a ride through through the Texas countryside in the new rural crime noir limited series Write It In Blood, which debuted earlier this week online. Writer Rory McConville and artist Joe Palmer are telling the story of two hitmen

Credit: InkyPen Press Release You can now read many of the world’s top manga on your Nintendo Switch using InkyPen, the All-You-Can-Read comic subscription service. InkyPen has joined forces with Kodansha USA Publishing, purveyors of some of the world’s most recognized manga properties, to bring All-You-Can-Read manga to its subscription catalog, retailing at 7.99USD per

Credit: ABC The MCU’s HYDRA has been gone since the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier – but a new teaser for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7 reveals the team will have to travel to the past and save the evil organization. Check it out: They need to change the past to rescue the

Todd McFarlane Credit: McFarlane Productions New York Comic Con 2018 Credit: Lan Pitts (Newsarama) Todd McFarlane has strong opinions about comic books – be it the drawing, the writing, the publishing, and even how they’re sold. The Image Comics co-founder/President has never shied away from his thoughts and ideas, or thought if they would be

Credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios Sony Pictures has reshuffled some of its planned theatrical release dates, including those previously assigned to its untitled third MCU Spider-Man film, and the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, per Forbes. First up, Spider-Man 3 moves to November 5, 2021 from its previous date of July 16, 2021, which has now been

Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios is shuffling up their theatrical release schedule once again, re-scheduling the already-recently-rescheduled Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder, according to Variety. The Doctor Strange sequel has been pushed back four months, going from November 5, 2021 to March 25, 2022. This is accompanied by

Credit: Lucasfilm Credit: Lucasfilm Stephen Schiff, showrunner of the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel show, has exited the Disney+ series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The reason for his exit was not given. Tony Gilroy, who co-wrote the film and was already signed on to write and direct portions of the TV

Credit: VIRUS Credit: VIRUS Longtime sci-fi/fantasy comic anthology magazine/publisher Heavy Metal has announced a spin-off publishing imprint for creator-owned comic book titles, named – not coincidentally – VIRUS. Described by SyFyWire, who helped announce the imprint, as a “new platform,” the digital initiative will kick off on April 29 with eight creator-owned series.  “VIRUS was kind

Donny Cates Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel exclusive writer Donny Cates is stepping up to defend Marvel’s decision to halt the release of new comics – in print or digital – during Diamond Comic Distributors’ now five-week long stoppage. In responding to fans on Newsarama’s twitter feed, the comic shop retailer-turned-writer argues that releasing new comics

Check out a preview of April 28’s Batman: Gotham Night #2. Batman: Gotham Nights #2“Bad Actors” by Michael Grey, Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend, Alex Sinclair and Troy PeteriIt’s a mad dash as Batman races to stop a murderous plan—but when the villain is revealed to be in two places at once, and the victim turns

Check out a preview of April 29’s Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace #2, one of DC’s ‘Digital First’ titles repurposed from its Giant anthologies. Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace #2“The Curse of K2” by Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran, Hi-Fi and Travis LanhamWonder Woman must rescue Lois Lane on an expedition to

Credit: The CW Remember The Flash‘s big mystery as to who (or what) Godspeed is? Answers are now promised in an upcoming episode of the CW show in an upcoming episode. Entertainment Weekly reports that May 5’s episode will feature the return of Godspeed – as well as the Pied Piper. “It’s an episode where

Robert Kirkman Credit: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.com Credit: Disruptor Beam The Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman has filed a lawsuit against the makers of a 2017 mobile game based on the franchise, according to TMZ. RK LLC, a limited liability corporation owned by Kirkman, reportedly filed suit against Disruptor Beam Inc. after the company informed the writer