Credit: Leila Del Luca (DC) Credit: Leila Del Luca (DC) What is the American Dream for the 21st century? Wonder Woman finds that in the upcpoming new take on her origin for the young adult series Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed. In this June 2 OGN, the Amazon princess is a teenager coming of age as
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By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer May 27, 2020 02:00pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marauders #10Written by Gerry DugganArt by Stefano Caselli and Edgar DelgadoLettering by Cory PetitPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Credit: Marvel Comics It’s been a while since we last saw the Marauders, and this is
By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer May 27, 2020 02:30pm ET Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Avengers #33Written by Jason AaronArt by Javier Garron and Jason KeithLettering by Cory PetitPublished by Marvel Comics‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Moon Knight aims to take the mantle of Earth’s Mightiest Hero by force in Avengers #33.
Credit: Nick Anderson Redbubble has reinstated Nick Anderson’s “The Trump Cult” satirical political cartoon to its website after the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) mounted a campaign to protest their decision to remove the cartoon after complaints from the Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. A representative from Redbubble tells Newsarama that the political
The Saga of Tanya the Evil is getting a smartphone game spin-off! Produced in collaboration with Carlo Zen, the series’ original creator, the game will feature a new story inspired by the anime. It will be free to play on iOS and Android with in-app purchases and is currently accepting pre-registrations. The Saga of Tanya
Self-portrait Credit: Lilah Sturges Credit: Alexa Sharpe (BOOM! Studios) Lilah Sturges has been writing comic books for 15 years, but she herself will say that people see her as a new writer – thanks in part to a ‘reset’ after writing The Magicians comic books. But Sturges has had a decade-plus career in comics, from
Credit: IDW Publishing IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM), the award-winning publisher of comic books and graphic novels, is thrilled to announce its revised Direct Market release schedule for Summer 2020. With world-renowned brands like Sonic The Hedgehog and Transformers, groundbreaking original series like Usagi Yojimbo and Sleeping Beauties, acclaimed celebrations of the comics medium like Dave
Credit: Jamie Hewlett Credit: Z2 Comics Press Release Stop the presses! Twenty years in the making, the Gorillaz ALMANAC is the very first annual by Gorillaz, published this October 2020 in partnership with the renowned Z2 Comics. Inspired by the great British tradition of the hardback annual, Gorillaz ALMANAC is a full colour, one-of-a-kind, fun-packed,
DC has released a first look at the follow-up to Joker: Killer Smile, writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino’s Batman: The Smile Killer! According to DC the prestige format Black Label one-shot epilogue “takes a different look at the Clown Prince of Crime, through the eyes of a young Bruce Wayne and his favorite cartoon
Credit: TriStar Pictures Credit: TriStar Pictures Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has signed on to direct TriStar Pictures’ long-gestating sequel to Jim Henson and George Lucas’ Labyrinth, according to Deadline. Maggie Levin (Into the Dark, My Valentine) has reportedly signed on to write the script. In this report is accurate, they would replace screenwriter Nicole
Credit: Luciano Vecchio Credit: Luciano Vecchio Luciano Vecchio, artist of Marvel’s upcoming New Warriors relaunch, hasn’t slowed down in creating his own Marvel/DC mash-up characters following Newsarama’s “Amalgam Again” event in which we paid homage to the Marvel/DC 90s Amalgam series. Over the weekend, Vecchio unveiled two more Amalgams – and even some supporting characters.
Credit: David Nakayama (Marvel Comics) Credit: David Lopez (Marvel Comics) Marvel Comics has informed retailers it is cancelling three of its themed variant programs – “Living Vampire,” “Dark Marvel,” and “Sneakers” – which includes 53 covers in total. The “Living Vampire” variants were originally solicited pre-COVID-19 for a June 2020 release, with the following covers:
Credit: Vault Comics Press Release Vault Comics is offering extensive return-to-market support for retailers as part of the Vault Bound initiative. The updated Vault Bound initiative extends returnability line-wide across all of our new comics shipping in June and July, while also significantly reducing the price per copy that retailers pay for both our new
Credit: Inkwell Awards Ryusei Sawada Credit: The Kubert School Press Release The Kubert School had their annual scholarship awards event earlier in May via a virtual scholarship ceremony through Google Meet, due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The Inkwell Awards’ 11th Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Award of $1000 was presented to second-year student Ryusei
Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has informed retailers that a second round of titles distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors will be delayed, with the publisher saying the distributor is responsible for the issues. In some cases, DC is asking retailers using other distributors (such as UCS and Lunar) to hold their releases for a later
Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: Warner Bros. In light of WarnerMedia’s decision to put a #SnyderCut edition of Justice League into production, Suicide Squad writer/director David Ayer has come out arguing for a similar treatment to his 2016 film. “My cut would be easy to complete,” Ayer tweeted in a response to a question about it.
Upcoming anime Jujutsu Kaisen has released its first key visual! The visual features protagonist Yuji and Sukuna, the “King of Curses”, standing in front of the Malevolent Shrine. Original author Akutami Gege has released an illustrated statement. Telling fans that he had gotten a sneak peak at storyboards from episode one, he also assured otaku
Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics This week, new weekly comic books from Marvel Comics returns after a long hiatus due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – and one of the titles leading the charge is Venom #25 from writer Donny Cates and artist Mark Bagley. Following one of the longest pauses in mainstream weekly
Credit: DC Credit: DC Justice League #45Written by Robert VendittiArt by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferriera and Romulo Fajardo, Jr.Lettering by Tom NapolitanoPublished by DCReview by David Pepose‘Rama Rating: 5 out of 10 Credit: DC With the Spectre running wild, the Justice League find themselves at each other’s throats, and while that cape-versus-cape action is enough
Credit: Nick Anderson Credit: CBLDF Press Release Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the comics industry’s voice for free speech advocacy, is leading a coalition protesting the removal of a cartoon satirizing President Donald Trump by Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson from the online marketplace Redbubble. The cartoon constitutes speech protected by the First Amendment,
test Birds of Prey: Sirens of Justice #1Writer: Gail SimoneArtists: Inaki Miranda, John Kalisz and Travis Lanham“Fight or Flight”When a new hospital collapses into a sinkhole in the middle of Gotham City, Harley Quinn tries to convince Huntress and Black Canary to investigate. But can the Birds of Prey really trust the Clown Princess of
Voice actress Sakura Ayane is set to take the lead role of The Day I Became a God, the latest anime collaboration between Key, Aniplex, and P.A. Works. Sakura Ayane, who played Charlotte’s Tomori Nao, will voice, Hina, a young girl who becomes a goddess. Having seen the end of the world, Hina chooses a
Slice-of-life anime Non Non Biyori will be returning for a third season titled Non Stop in Jan. 2021! The recently released key visual features central characters Renge, Hotaru, Natsumi, and Komari in the midst of the lush countryside. The girls’ original voice actresses, Koiwai Kotori, Murakawa Rie, Sakura Ayane, and Asumi Kana, are set to
Credit: DC Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, has announced their line-up for a new week of a series of live experiences featuring comic book creators providing question-and-answer sessions, tutorials, and original art in Zoom online webconference rooms. The new “Hero Initiative Live” events are currently available
Volleyball anime Haikyuu!! will delay the second cour of its fourth season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The new broadcast date will be announced via official social media channels once confirmed. Via a statement on the official website, the producers ask for fans’ understanding so that they can continue production of the show while
The broadcast date for upcoming anime Higurashi When They Cry has been delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The series was originally scheduled to air from July, but a new premiere date will be announced via the official website and Twitter account once confirmed. Based on the classic horror/mystery visual novel by Ryukishi07 /
Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has added Birds of Prey to the line-up of stories being made available digitally for the first time. “Fight or Flight” by Gail Simone was originally published earlier this year as part of the Birds of Prey 100-Page Giant and will debut digitally Wednesday May 27 under the title Birds of
Hasbro has embraced the style of the 90s Spider-Man animated series with a collection of Marvel Legends figures based on the classic era and show. Along with Spider-Man, an interchangeable Gwen Stacy/Mary Jane figure, Green Goblin, Electro, and more Spidey characters, Marvel Legends has also unveiled an Age of Apocalypse style Apocalypse, a new A.I.M.
Credit: Luciano Vecchio Credit: Luciano Vecchio Marvel’s New Warriors artist Luciano Vecchio has taken the ball from Newsarams’s week long “Amalgam Again” event and run with it, creating several entries of his own so far to pay homage to the late 90s Marvel/DC Amalgam event that created mash-ups of their characters. This time, Vecchio has unleashed
Credit: DC Credit: DC Because DC has embraced a “multi-distributor model” that now includes Diamond Comic Distributors, Lunar and UCS, the publisher apparently needed to create a new monthly solicitation catalog that wasn’t exclusive to Diamond, and Friday they announced that will take the form of DC Connect. “This downloadable, digital-only catalog features solicitation information