Month: April 2020

Flag of Canada Credit: Canada As hundreds of thousands of dollars are being raised by DC, Jim Lee, and #Creators4Comics to help U.S. comic book stores via the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC), a new initiative launched today to help Canadian comic book stores. This past Saturday, the Canadian non-profit the Comic Legends Legal Defense

Credit: Behemoth Comics [Editor’s Note: A Behemoth Comics spokesperson said these release dates are dependent on Diamond Comic Distributors being successful in re-starting distribution as they’ve announced. ] THE OSIRIS PATH #3WRITER: Christian Moran, Corey Kalman, Brockton McKinneyARTIST: Walt Barna (art), Daniel Arruda Massa (letters)COVER: Justin Greenwood (art), Brad Simpson (color)JULY 8th / 28 PAGES

Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee DC Chief Creative Officer/Publisher Jim Lee drew three more sketches over the weekend for his 60-sketches/60-days art auction to benefit comic shops via the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC). Lee sketched his Huntress redesign, the classic Deathstroke, and the Stephanie Brown-Batgirl. The first two were done as a diptych.

Credit: DC Universe Credit: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Press Release Harley Quinn premiered on DC UNIVERSE this past November to rave reviews from critics and fans alike. Now, fans can enjoy the non-stop laughs and excitement of the adult animated action-comedy series as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment gets set to release Harley Quinn: The Complete

Joy Osmanski Credit: Sarah Ford Credit: DC UNIVERSE Tigress is a well-known DC comics villain and has has jumped to the small screen before in the Young Justice cartoon, but later this year she’ll make her live-action debut as part of DC Universe’s Stargirl. Grey’s Anatomy alum Joy Osmanski is taking up the role, and

By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer April 20, 2020 02:00pm ET Credit: DisneyXD Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom – Episode 1: “Web of Venom”Starring Robbie Draymond, Ben Pronsky, Fred Tatasciore, Scott Menville, Yuri Lowenthal and Nancy LinariWritten by Kevin Burke and Chris “Doc” WyattDirected by Tim Eldred and Sol ChoiReview by Justin Partridge‘Rama Rating: 8 out

Kelly Sue DeConnick Credit: Today Show Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, who brought Carol Danvers to prominence as Captain Marvel, is auctioning off a signed commemorative flight jacket from the filming of Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel film. DeConnick, who wrote the stories that influenced a large part of Captain Marvel‘s plot, was present for production of

Credit: DC Comics DC has announced a revised shipping schedule for its upcoming print books, with two new distributors stepping up to facilitate it all. This comes after the near-exclusive Direct Market comics distributor Diamond suspended distribution in late March. And although Diamond has plans to resume distribution in mid- to late May, DC has

Credit: DC DC have announced plans to resume limited release of new comic books on Tuesday, April 28. After surveying over 2,000 North American stores, the publisher has announced plans to resume releasing a trimmed down line of titles, which will also be released simultaneously on DC’s usual digital platforms. This new era kicks off

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors DC has announced plans to resume publishing and distributing some weekly comic books starting April 28 – though the publisher has not yet publicly announced how it plans to distribute those comic books to retailers with leading industry distributor Diamond Comic Distributors currently suspending distribution. Diamond has responded to DC’s plans, re-stating previously

Credit: Sarah Mertan / Shutterstock.com Comic Con International: San Diego 2020 has officially been canceled due to concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as announced by the SDCC blog. No 2020 dates will be rescheduled, and instead the next SDCC will take place July 22-25, 2021. Additionally, WonderCon 2020 will be canceled, and has been scheduled

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge from “Star Trek: Nemesis” Credit: Paramount Pictures Corporation Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton is in talks to reprise his role as Geordi La Forge for season two of CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Picard. “I think it’s reasonable to assume that those people are part of

With DC moving towards its third week with no new comic books (most retailers last shipped new weekly content on March 28, DC included), the publisher has announced a plan to resume shipping new titles on April 28 utilizing a new distribution system based around prominent mail order retailers Midtown Comics and DCBS. But reaction from retailers

Scott Snyder Credit: Kat Calamia (Newsarama) Writer Scott Snyder is auctioning four spots in an online version of his comic book writing course “Writing First Issues.”. Snyder, known for his work on DC’s Batman and Justice League, is also an educator, having taught writing at Columbia University, New York University, and Sarah Lawrence College, as

Credit: Marvel Studios People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is lobbying writer/director Taika Waititi to have Chris Hemsworth’s Thor change to a vegan diet in Thor: God & Thunder to explain his weight loss back from being Avengers: Endgame‘s ‘Fat Thor.’ “Chris Hemsworth went vegan while filming the original Thor and The Avengers

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Diamond Comic Distributors has confirmed that they intend to resume distribution of comics and other products in mid- to late-May, based on current data and internal projections. In a letter sent out to comic book retailers, publishers, and other clients by Diamond’s parent company Geppi Family Enterprises, “the other side of

Credit: Siobhan Keenan/Cathy Le (BOOM! Studios) Credit: Siobhan Keenan/Cathy Le (BOOM! Studios) Ghosted in L.A. Volume 1Written by Sina GraceArt by Siobhan Keenan, Cathy Le, and Sina GraceLettering by DC HopkinsPublished by BOOM! Studios‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Take it from someone who’s lived it – moving to the West Coast can be a

Credit: Yasmine Putri (DC) Credit: Stanley “Artgerm” Lau (DC) Batman writer James Tynion IV has offered up new details about when the DC flagship title will return, saying DC is planning a June release for Batman #92 to maximize the number of stores able to sell physical copies. Credit: Yasmine Putri (DC) Tynion’s announcement comes

Credit: Comic-Con International: San Diego The 2020 Will Eisner Industry Awards are going ahead, despite the cancellation of this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego. “I’m happy to report that the judging has been handled mostly virtually to date,” SDCC’s Chief Communications and Strategy Officer David Glanzer told Newsarama. “Things are in flux as you can

Credit: Valiant Entertainment Credit: Valiant Entertainment Meet the new editorial leaders of Valiant Entertainment: Lysa Hawkins and Heather Antos. The duo were recently promoted to be the company’s Senior Editors just as the company’s first film Bloodshot entered theaters, but also just as Valiant’s comics line has been put on hold due to Coronavirus. But with the Direct

Credit: Vertigo Writer/artist Jeff Lemire has announced he’ll auction off a piece of original Sweet Tooth art to benefit comic shops as part of the ongoing #CreatorsForComics Twitter auction initiative. No sooner could Lemire announce his plans to auction the Sweet Tooth art than Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof swooped in to offer to match whatever

Credit: Stephan Franck (Dark Planet Comics) Self-portrait Credit: Stephen Franck Return to the age of the urban cowboy in Stephen Franck’s upcoming OGN Palomino. Currently raising funds on Kickstarter, Palomino is a return to comics for Franck after his award-winning work on the Silver series of books. But Dracula is out here, replaced with 1980s

Stellan Skarsgard Credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller are “in final negotiations” for roles in Disney+’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series starring Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor, according to Variety. Luna, Alan Tudyk (as K-2SO) and Rogue One co-writer Tony Gilroy are all set to return for this series,

Credit: Gurihiru (DC) DC has released a trailer for Superman Smashes the Klan, Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru’s all-ages limited series based on the historical tale of how the Superman radio show was used to expose the crimes of terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan in the 40s. Here’s the trailer, narrated by writer Yang

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