Credit: Lucasfilm Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker star Daisy Ridley is lamenting the poor critical and fan reception to the film, the third in her starring trilogy. “It’s changed film by film honestly, like 98% it’s so amazing, this last film it was really tricky,” Ridley explained of her process understanding the criticism of
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Credit: King Features Syndicate Credit: King Features Syndicate Press Release King Features Syndicate, home to some of the world’s most popular entertainment characters, today announced that Popeye is teaming up with the French environmental preservation organization, The SeaCleaners, to emphasize the importance of ocean clean up and conservation and to help raise awareness of their
Credit: Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner Credit: Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner Writer Jeff Parker and artist Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner have shared details of an unused pitch for a series based on Jack Kirby’s Etrigan, the Demon. Piggybacking off a fan on Twitter who shared some Etrigan art by Shaner, the artist himself chimed in to point out that the
Credit: comiXology Originals Credit: comiXology Originals Press Release Eisner and GLAAD Award nominees Magdalene Visaggio and artist Claudia Aguirre are collaborating on an all-new, five-part mini-series, Lost on Planet Earth, debuting April 15, 2020 on comiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service. The latest creator-owned release from the comiXology Originals program, Lost on Planet Earth, centers on a conflicted lesbian
Credit: Alena Veasey / Shutterstock.com With the Direct Market effectively shuttered due to Diamond Comic Distributors’ shutdown and several state mandates, the booktrade has become the defacto primary distribution channel for comic book publishers including Marvel, DC, BOOM! Studios, and VIZ Media. ICv2‘s Milton Griepp has organized a report of booktrade sales in the wake
Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Warner Bros. Writer/director James Gunn doesn’t think there will be a need to postpone Warner Bros.’ The Suicide Squador and Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 despite cascading delays in film release due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Right now there’s no reason for #TheSuicideSquad release date to move. We are on
Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee DC Chief Creative Officer/Publisher Jim Lee drew two more sketches over the weekend for auctions to benefit comic book shops: Deadman and alt-reality Batman, Grim Knight. Saturday’s Deadman was chosen by the high bidder of Doomsday, with Lee deciding to homage Neal Adams’ classic Strange Adventures #207 cover. “Neal
Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Geppi Family Enterprises, the parent company of Diamond Comic Distributors, announced Monday it is furloughing some employees as a means to “protect our company’s financial future and preserve jobs.” Beginning Monday, all impacted workers currently enrolled in a company health/benefit play will continue to receive coverage, with Geppi Family Enterprises paying 100%
By Scott Cederlund, Best Shots Reviewer April 13, 2020 03:00pm ET Credit: Francesco Francavilla (Dark Horse Comics/DC) Credit: Michael Walsh/Dave Stewart/Nate Piekos (Dark Horse Comics/DC) Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of JusticeWritten by Jeff LemireArt by Michael WalshLettering by Nate PiekosPublished by Dark Horse Comics / DC‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 Crossovers are usually fun
Credit: Carlos Magno/Espen Grundetjern (Marvel Comics) Credit: Steve McNiven (Marvel Comics) With the unified Kree/Skrull Alliance looming on Earth’s doorstep, Captain America knows he needs reinforcement – and thus the call is sent out, and answered, in Empyre: Avengers. In this upcoming three-issue series, writer Jim Zub and artist Carlos Magno lead a three-pronged approach
Although it doesn’t appear the New Warriors relaunch will debut this week as solicited, the variants for that first issue have trickled out ahead of its eventual release. In addition to the main cover by R.B. Silva, there are variants by series artist Luciano Vecchio, Declan Shalvey (a ‘Marvel Zombies’ themed variant), Mark Bagley, and
Credit: Vault Comics Credit: Vault Comics Press Release Vault Comics is thrilled to announce GIGA, an epic new sci-fi series co-created by writer Alex Paknadel and artist John Lê, with colors by Rosh, letters by Aditya Bidikar, and design by Tim Daniel. Nobody knows why the skyscraper-sized mechs known as ‘Giga’ fought their bitter, centuries’ long war. All they know is that when
Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee The Batman/Flash mash-up Red Death from Dark Nights: Metal is the latest subject for Jim Lee’s 60-day, 60-sketches fundraising drive for comic shops. “A fusion of the Flash and Batman from the Dark Multiverse – this vigilante is the fastest and deadliest “Batman” alive. Or the most dramatically lit!”
Credit: DC DC will digitally release a selection of exclusively OGNs, collections, digital-first titles and reprints again this week. The release list includes Anti/Hero Young Readers OGN, Batman Vol. 12: City of Bane Pt. 1, DC Poster Portfolio: The Complete Year of the Villain Portrait Variants, Famous First Edition: New Fun Comics #1, Green Lantern
Joe Kubert Credit: DC Adam Kubert has shared a touching story of his late father Joe Kubert and how the writer/artist/teacher entertained Adam and all the kids in the Kubert family in what became a Passover Seder tradition. 1/3. c.1970’s: So when I was a kid every year my family and I would go to
Along with the announcement, a new visual and trailer was released. Based on the manga by Gotouge Koyoharu, Kimetsu no Yaiba follows kindhearted charcoal seller Kamado Tanjiro, whose life changes forever when his family is attacked by demons. In order to return his sister, who is now a demon, to her former state and avenge
Legendary visual novel Clannad is getting its first ever Western physical release! A regular edition and collector’s edition will be up for preorder through Limited Run Games for six weeks from Apr. 14, which is also the date that the game begins in the original story. The latter will give fans the chance to experience
First scheduled to begin airing this month, the broadcast date was postponed until July due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an official statement, the producers offers sincere apologies for causing worry or inconvenience to those looking forward to the show. The anime’s website will be updated with further information as soon
Credit: Hero Initiative Press Release [note: The events described below will be added to the Hero Initiative website on Monday, April 13.] LOS ANGELES, CA (April 13, 2020) – Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, has rolled out brand-new experiences featuring top comic book creators providing
Credit: Image Comics Image Comics’ partners signing at I Like Comics Credit: Image Comics As readers sit in this liminal state with no new comic books on shelves and none confirmed on the near horizon, Newsarama reached out to the major publishers for statements directly addressing their readers on their current position in regards to
Credit: CGC Creator Frank Miller will sign collectibles through CGC, offering his signature along with CGC grading of the book to be signed in a $130 package through a special virtual mail-in signing. The grading and signing is scheduled to be completed in time for pick up at Orlando, Florida’s MegaCon, which is now scheduled
Credit: Bryan Hitch (DC) Credit: Bryan Hitch (DC) Like a supehero team recruitment montage, artists Bryan Hitch and Ivan Reis have joined in DC Publisher/Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee’s sketch drive, aiming to draw and auction 60 sketches over 60 days to benefit comic book stores reeling from the effects of the coronaivirus pandemic. “I’m
Dan DiDio Credit: DC Former DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio appeared on this week’s Drink and Draw Social Club livestream in which comic creators – in this case DiDio, Joe Quesada, Dan Panosian, Dave Johnson, and more – do live sketches and socialize on video chat. In the stream, DiDio addressed his biggest regret about his
Credit: Duncan Fegredo (Dark Horse Comics) Dark Horse Logo Credit: Dark Horse Dark Horse Comics is sticking to their guns and have re-stated their commitment to not release any new comics digitally that can’t also be purchased in comic book stores. Thursday, Image Comics’ co-owner/President Todd McFarlane argued that the major publishers including Image, DC,
Credit: Sachi Ediriweera It’s been two weeks since new monthly comic books stopped shipping due to coronavirus, and now creators are starting to fill the void with their own work – including artist Sachi Ediriweera, who released an X-Men fan comic titled “Erik” directly on Twitter. The silent four page story takes Magneto – the
Credit: Ringo Awards Press Release The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill, and fun of comics. The awards return for their third year on Saturday, October 24, 2020 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con. Unlike other professional industry awards, the Ringo Awards
Credit: Steven Butler (TSR) A group of comic creators, animation actors, and RPG creators are banding together to raise funds for comic book retailers – by playing the cult-favorite TSR game Marvel Super Heroes. Writers David Gallaher, Jackson Lanzing, and more will be playing the game live on a Twitch.tv stream April 16 beginning at
Credit: Warner Bros. Matt Reeves Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Writer/director Matt Reeves may have had to postpone filming of The Batman due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he’s still firmly set on the story he had for the film for the past two years. “It took me two years to work on that story, and
Tessa Thompson and Taika Waititi on the set of “Thor: Ragnarok” Credit: Jasin Boland (Marvel Studios) Thor: Love & Thunder‘s Taika Waititi hosted an Instagram watch-along of Thor: Ragnarok on Thursday evening, with suprise guest appearances from Tessa Thompson and Mark Ruffalo. But now on Friday morning, the story seems more about what was said
On Thursday, Image Comics co-founder/President Todd McFarlane took what has emerged as a somewhat unusual position among high-profile comic book industry figures. As everyone tries to formulate a response to the coronavirus crisis that has stopped the publication of new comic books in its tracks, McFarlane broke with some vocal retailers and some of the few