Month: April 2020

As the comic industry’s fastest-growing independent publishing company celebrates five years in business, AfterShock Comics announces all projects and partnerships will continue full speed ahead as the company reaffirms its commitment to holding back digital editions of its soon-to-debut comics until they are released in print. With sights set on an eventual lift of the

Credit: Jim Lee/Scott Williams (IDW Publishing/Marvel Comics) Credit: Jim Lee/Scott Williams (IDW Publishing/Marvel Comics) Press Release In October, IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM) will celebrate the dynamic artwork of industry icon Jim Lee with the addition of Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition to its multiple Eisner Award-winning AE line. Nearly 30 years ago, Jim Lee joined writer

Credit: Ty Templeton/Monica Kubina/Joshua Reed (DC) Batman: The Adventures Continue #2Written by Alan Burnett and Paul DiniArt by Ty Templeton and Monica KubrinaLettering by Joshua ReedPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 3 out of 10 With much of the country stuck at home for the last month, it makes sense that we’ve all been holding out for

Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Self-Portrait Credit: Dan Manser Diamond Comic Distributors’ longtime Marketing Director Dan Manser has left the company – and the comics business entirely – for a new job in the healthcare industry. He will remain in the Baltimore area, working as the Digital Marketing Manager for medical device company Ambu USA “This

Zealot & Grifter Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee DC’s Chief Creative Officer/Publisher Jim Lee has created two more sketches for this ongoing 60-days, 60-sketches draw-a-thon auction to benefit comic shops. The latest two additions are group shots – Zealot and Grifter from WildC.A.T.S., and Dream and some of the Endless from The Sandman. Grifter

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s Power Pack have mostly been off the grid as lead characters for years – but they’ve picked one heck of a time to return to action in a new limited series spinning out of recent one-shot Outlawed, which made being a teen vigilante illegal in the Marvel Universe. But

Credit: Image Comics Credit: Image Comics Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander’s creator-owned Image Comics series Killadelphia: Sins of the Father is in development for television through Blinded By The Light producers Levantine Films, as announced in Deadline. Killadelphia tells the story of a cop who returns home to Philadelphia after his father’s death, only

Fabian Nicieza and Ron Garney are teaming up for a new – and extra violent, from the looks of it – Juggernaut series. Originally solicited to debut May 6, its release date is now ‘to be determined’ but we have a first look at some of Garney’s interior art. JUGGERNAUT #1 (OF 5)FABIAN NICIEZA (W)

Credit: Greg Capullo/Jonathan Glapion (DC Comics) J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions will develop a TV show “set in the Justice League Dark universe” for HBO Max, as announced in Variety. The project was previously reported to have moved under Bad Robot’s creative banner for HBO Max. The official title of the Justice League Dark show was not announced.

By C.K. Stewart, Best Shots Reviewer April 15, 2020 12:00pm ET Credit: Maca Gil/Sam Lotfi/Sarah Stern/Wes Abbott (DC) Credit: Maca Gil/Sam Lotfi/Sarah Stern/Wes Abbott (DC) Anti/HeroWritten by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria LunettaArt by Maca Gil, Sam Lotfi and Sarah SternLettering by Wes AbbottPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Credit: Maca Gil/Sam Lotfi/Sarah

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Work on Marvel Studios’ animated What If…? streaming series for Disney+ continues on despite the coronavirus pandemic. The show’s head of animation Stephan Franck tells Newsarama that while on-site work at the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California has been suspended, he and others continue to work on

Enver Gjokaj as Chief Daniel Souza Credit: ABC / Marvel Studios Enver Gjokaj will reprise his Agent Carter role as Daniel Souza for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7, reports Entertainment Weekly. Agents season 7 flashes back to the 1930s, with the team – Coulson intact – traveling into the past for their final mission –

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Over the years, many best-selling novelists have lent their talents to Marvel Comics, crafting their own takes on some of Marvel’s most popular characters. Now is your chance to discover these wonderful stories for yourself with the AMAZING AUTHORS SALE on the Marvel Digital Comics Shop. From

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”  That’s what the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius wrote nearly 2000 years ago, and as an emperor who never wanted the job, facing a crumbling empire and a devastating

Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage mug shot Credit: Santa Rosa County Jail Credit: TidalWave Productions The eccentric former zoo owner Joe Exotic – a.k.a. ‘Tiger King’ – will be the subject of TidalWave Productions’ latest biographical one-shot, as announced via Reuters. “You can’t make this stuff up,” writer Michael Frizell said in the announcement. “I never

Credit: Marcos Martin/Muntsa Vicente (Panel Syndicate) Credit: Marcos Martin/Muntsa Vicente (Panel Syndicate) Writer Ed Brubaker, artist Marcos Martin, and colorist Muntsa Vicente are working on a new ongoing series titles Friday. The series debuted today on Martin and Brian K. Vaughn’s digital platform Panel Sydnicate. “Friday Fitzhugh – girl detective – and Lancelot Jones –

Joe Quesada Credit: Maryann Bates I Am Captain America Credit: Joe Quesada/Richard Isanove (Marvel Comics) Marvel Entertainment’s Executive Vice President/Creative Director Joe Quesada is honoring health care workers with a new Captain America-themed illustration, colored by Richard Isanove. Some might say that even looks like Marvel’s Night Nurse underneath that mask. The piece was shared

Credit: Mangamo Credit: Mangamo Press Release Mangamo, the first mobile manga subscription service that gives readers unlimited access to hundreds of titles from a growing list of publishers while supporting creators, launched globally today on iOS for iPhone and iPad and is available for download on the App Store. Starting today, manga fans can sign

Bruce Campbell Credit: Markus Wissmann / Shutterstock.com Bruce Campbell made his name working alongside writer/director Sam Raimi, launching their film careers together with Evil Dead. And now that Raimi’s confirmed he’s helming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Campbell is hoping to continue that working relationship – as a villain in the film. ”Huh. Surely,

Credit: Marvel Studios Mark Ruffalo has played Bruce Banner/The Hulk in five films, but he’s never played the character in a solo movie. But that’s not for lack of ideas – in fact, Ruffalo has his own concept for what could make a perfect Hulk movie with his version of the character. “There’s an idea

Credit: Lucasfilm Press Release May the Fourth Be With You: Disney+ Honors Star Wars Day with Premiere of “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” and Epic Conclusion of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Executive Producer Jon Favreau Goes Behind the Scenes of “The Mandalorian” in 8-episode Documentary Series BURBANK, Calif. (April 15, 2020) – This Star Wars

Credit: Ty Templeton/Monica Kubina/Joshua Reed (DC) Credit: Ty Templeton/Monica Kubina/Joshua Reed (DC) This year marks the 25th anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series‘ finale, but the show lives on in the new Batman: The Adventures Continue digital-first comic book series. Series co-creator Paul Dini and longtime show writer/producer Alan Burnett lead the way, joined by

While X-Factor #1‘s solicitied April 22 release date may not be happening, it will be coming – and variants have already been released for it. In addition to the primary cover by Ivan Shavrin, there’s variants from Otto Schmidt, series artist David Baldeon, logo designer Tom Muller, Larry Stroman (a ‘Hidden Gem’), Emanuela Lupacchino (a

By Matthew Sibley, Best Shots Reviewer April 15, 2020 01:00pm ET Credit: Claudia Aguirre/Zakk Saam (Death Rattle) Credit: Claudia Aguirre/Zakk Saam (Death Rattle) Lost on Planet Earth #1Written by Magdalene VisaggioArt by Claudia AguirreLettered by Zakk SaamPublished by Death Rattle (via comiXology)‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 Breakfast is the most important meal of the

Donny Cates and a cosplayer at Dragon’s Lair Austin Credit: Dragon’s Lair Comics Donny Cates continues to be in the giving mood, as another comic store has announced the writer has swooped in to pay for all the comics on hold by customers at the store. Angie Blackmon, owner of Dragon’s Lair Comics in Austin,

Pop culture art gallery Mondo has announced a new series of Batman: The Animated Series posters and other merchandise. The collection – Mondo’s second Batman: TAS wave – was to be unveiled at a gallery showing in May, but will now debut through a series of online “art drops” (limited sales releases) over the “coming

Credit: ABC Credit: ABC The final season of ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been announced for a May 27 debut at 10:00 p.m. Eastern. Picking up after the end of season 6 back in August 2019, this 13-episode season finds Agent Coulson and his fellow agents transported back to 1930s New York City. Clark Gregg