Jack Kirby Credit: Alex Ross (Marvel Comics) A walking tour of New York City to visit several historical places in the life of Jack Kirby is planned for August 28, what would have been the King’s 102nd birthday. Organized by the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center, the free event plans a visit to Kirby’s
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Credit: Sony Pictures Sony is borrowing a page out of Marvel Studios’ 2019 playbook and is preparing a re-release of Spider-Man: Far From Home with a new scene. Beginning August 29, an extended cut of Far From Home with a new approximately four-minute action scene will be released to North American theaters, clearly hoping to
Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: The Prop Store One of Michael Keaton’s iconic Batman suit from 1989’s Batman is scheduled to be auctioned off in September. The suit is one of 900 pieces of movie/tv memorabilia being offered by the Prop Store in a two-day event at London’s BFI IMAX on September 30 and October 1.
Credit: James Jean (DC) Michael Mosley Credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com Michael Mosley has been cast as Doctor Light for DC Universe’s Titans, according to ComicBook. It hasn’t been specific which version of Doctor Light Mosley would be reportedly playing. Originally created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky back in 1962, Doctor Light later founded
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced a new Sword Art Online game app titled Alicization Blading! The app is the latest smartphone game to be inspired by Kawahara Reki’s series of light novels and will be set within the “Alicization” arc. Further information is expected to be released at the end of the month. (C)2017 Kawahara
The TV anime adaptation of popular smartphone game A3! smartphone game will air as a two cour season, with Season Spring & Summer airing from January to March 2020 and Season Autumn & Winter following from July to September. [embedded content] The new trailer showcases the handsome Spring Troupe’s profiles, along with spoken lines from
Hit volleyball anime Haikyu!! will be back for Season 4 in January 2020! The series will also release an OVA, Haikyu!! Riku vs Sora, on Jan. 22. The OVA will cover the Tokyo qualifiers and star Okitsu Kazuyuki as the captain of Nohebi Academy. Along with the announcement, the show has also released a series
Credit: Adi Granov (Marvel Comics) Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo revealed one of the secrets still hiding in the epic film – namely the inclusion of one Richard Rider, a.k.a. Nova. Specifically, the Russos say Rider appears in the film’s final battle, among the “hundreds of characters” warring against Thanos and his hordes.
AJ Mendez Credit: IDW Publishing Aimee Garcia Credit: IDW Publishing Press Release IDW Publishing proudly welcomes Aimee Garcia (star of Lucifer and Dexter), former WWE superstar and New York Times bestseller AJ Mendez (Crazy is My Superpower), and sensational returning artist Hannah Templer (Cosmoknights) as the rasslin’ roster behind the upcoming comic book series, GLOW
Lisa Y. Wu Credit: A Wave Blue World Press Release Another new addition to the Kubert School faculty is Lisa Y. Wu. She will be teaching at the world famous cartooning school starting in the 2019-20 school year. She is one of the first women to graduate from the Citadel, the prestigious military college of
Check out a preview of this week’s Wonder Woman: Come Back to Me #2. WONDER WOMAN: COME BACK TO ME #2 written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTIart by CHAD HARDIN and TOM DERENICKcover by AMANDA CONNERAvailable to comics shops for the first time! Wonder Woman continues to search for Steve Trevor on a strange
Flula Borg Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Actor/comedian/DJ Flula Borg has been casted in an unnamed role in Warner Bros.’s The Suicide Squad, according to Deadline. Borg will reportedly play a love interest for another character, although that character is unspecified as well. Borg played Pieter Kramer in Pitch Perfect 2, and had minor roles
Credit: Syfy Krypton showrunner/executive producer Cameron Welsh has spoken out about the show’s cancelation in a statement released via Twitter. In the lengthy statement, Welsh thanks fans for their support, saying “Krypton was and always will be your show. We made it for you, so please know everybody involved left it all out on the field.
By Kat Calamia and Chris Arrant August 19, 2019 09:57am ET Credit: The CW Arrow co-star Katie Cassidy Rodgers has pitched a spin-off Birds of Prey television series to the CW. The actor plays Laurel Lance in the Arrowverse, and has taken up the names Black Canary and Black Siren over the course of her
Credit: Millennium Media Credit: All Japan Pro Wrestling Hellboy will make his wrestling debut next month in Japan. No, this isn’t fake. It’s promotion for the home video release of the recent Hellboy film in Japan. All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Hellboy will team with Jake Lee and Koji Iwamota against Takao Omoro, Black
Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic reunite to pit God Butcher Loki against his aging brother in this preview of September 11’s King Thor #1. KING THOR #1 (of 4)Jason Aaron (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A/C)Variant cover by ADAM KUBERTVariant cover by GERARDO ZAFFINOIMMORTAL WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY TBASUPERSTARS JASON AARON & ESAD RIBIC CONCLUDE THEIR
Credit: Eric Zawadzki/Michael Garland (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) Credit: Eric Zawadzki/Michael Garland (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) Credit: Eric Zawadzki/Michael Garland (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment) The classic formula of teen romance and superpowers will once again mix in a new Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment title called Heart Attack. Scheduled to debut November 20, the series is by Skybound’s Narrative Director
Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has teased the debut of a new team of superheroes on Twitter – tying the previously unknown “Doc Justice and the J-Team” to a legacy of heroes including the Avengers, Defenders, and – perhaps ominously – the Thunderbolts. Little else is known about the upcoming team, though the teaser
Check out a preview of September 18’s Butcher Queen #1. BUTCHER QUEEN #1 of 4(W) Jim Ousley (A/CA) Ben SawyerIn Black Star City, alien offworlders are being systematically attacked and removed from society by a clandestine paramilitary group called the Overseers. When fugitive cop-turned-mercenary Syd Kiowa is contacted by a victim who escaped their grip,
Credit: Image Comics Credit: Image Comics Press Release Image Comics is pleased to announce an original graphic novel, Bog Bodies, by writer Declan Shalvey (Injection, Savage Town), artist Gavin Fullerton (Bags [Or A Story Thereof]), colorist Rebecca Nalty (Xena, Glow), letterer Clayton Cowles (Die, Savage Town), and editor Heather Antos coming to Image Comics in March
a Capuchin monkey – a photo of Katie was not available Credit: Shutterstock.com Katie the monkey, who played Marcel in NBC’s iconic Friends, has been cast as Ampersand for FX’s Y: The Last Man TV show. FX CEO John Landgraf revealed the casting to The Hollywood Reporter, explaining that he recognized Katie while reviewing dailies
Credit: Dark Horse Comics Credit: Netflix Writer/director Kevin Smith is leading a continuation of the classic 1980s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in a new series for Netflix titled Masters of the Universe: Revelation. Described as “a new series telling the epic tale of what may be He-Man and Skeletor’s final battle,”
Voice actress and singer Suzuki Minori has been selected as ANiUTa’s artist of the month for August 2019! Suzuki shot to fame after participating in an open audition for popular mecha anime Macross Delta at the age of 17. Having taken the top place over more than 8000 other hopefuls, she won the main role
Mecha franchise Mobile Suit Gundam is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019. The original anime debuted on April 7, 1979 and has since received countless manga and game adaptations, as well as a huge number of iconic “gunpla” model kit series. Behind Gundam‘s success is creator and director Tomino Yoshiyuki, who will be making his
Credit: Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press) [Editor’s note: Today is the 15th anniversary of the debut of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim: Scott’s Precious Little Life, and to honor the occasion we are re-publishing our unedited July 13, 2004 interview with the writer/artist by future Newsarama editor Chris Arrant.] Credit: Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press)
Credit: DC Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your weekly pellets? Best Shots has your back with this week’s Rapid-Fire Reviews! Let’s kick off today’s column with Kinetic Kat Calamia, who takes a look at Fantastic Four #13… Credit: Marvel Comics Fantastic Four #13 (Published by Marvel Comics; Review by Kat Calamia; ‘Rama Rating: 9 out
Credit: Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press) Press Release 15 Years Ago, on August 18th, 2004, Bryan Lee O’Malley new graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim, was released. The first one was called Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, and we all liked it a lot. About a week after release The Beguiling threw a shindig to celebrate
Fantastic Four #12 second printing cover Credit: Declan Shalvey (Marvel Comics) Credit: Esad Ribic (Marvel Comics) The latest round in the decades-long rivalry between the Thing and the Hulk was decided in July 31’s Fantastic Four #12, and now Declan Shalvey has been called in to illustrate a fight poster of the event to be
Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios concept artist Rodney Fuentebella has shared a poster he created for Marvel’s Eternals which features none other than the cosmic, godlike Celestials. The poster, which was handed out to attendees of Marvel’s Hall H Presentation at Comic Con International: San Diego, was posted to Fuentabella’s Instagram. Check it out: Credit:
Adults are persona non grata in this preview of September 18’s You Are Obsolete #1 from AfterShock Comics. YOU ARE OBSOLETE #1$3.99 / 32 pages / Full Color / ON SALE 9.18.2019Writer: Mathew KlicksteinArtist: Evgeniy BornyakovColorist: Lauren AffeLetterer: Simon BowlandCover: Andy ClarkeIncentive Cover: Francesco FrancavillaA disgraced journalist is called to cover a mysterious story on