Credit: Netflix Santa Clarita Diet actor Timothy Olyphant has joined the cast of The Mandalorian season 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Olyphant’s reported role has not been named. THR states it’s unclear whether Olyphant will play a new character or a new version of an existing Star Wars character. The Mandalorian season 2 is expected to
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Credit: NBC With one actor playing John Constantine in two different versions of the DCU, it’s getting hard to imagine anyone besides Matt Ryan playing the wise-cracking character. Credit: Warner Bros. Animation Ryan has the unique honor of playing John Constantine in both the current season of Legends of Tomorrow and voicing the same character
Credit: Oni Press Credit: Oni Press Credit: Oni Press Oni Press has announced Dead Dudes, an original graphic novel from writer Christopher Sebela and artists Ben Sears, Warren Wucinich, and Ryan Hill. Dead Dudes focuses on three ghost hunters who get in over their heads with some ghosts they can’t handle. Here’s the official synopsis:
Self-Portrait Credit: Tess Fowler Self-Portrait Credit: Tess Fowler Writer/artist Tess Fowler (Dungeons and Dragons: A Darkened Wish, Kid Lobotomy) has taken a hiatus from comic books as she undergoes treatment for breast cancer, and her friend and colleague B. David Walters has started a GoFundMe account to help her and her family pay for medical
Credit: Emma Kubert The Kubert School Credit: The Kubert School Press Release The Kubert School is proud to announce the launch of our first ever Online Saturday Sketch Program. Our Saturday Kids Program has always been taught on site at the world famous Joe Kubert School, and now we are excited to be able to
Credit: CW CW has scheduled its latest DC adaptation, Superman & Lois, for a January 2021 debut and will take over the now concluded Arrow‘s Tuesday night timeslot, CW Chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz said on a network scheduling call, as reported by Variety. The show stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as the titular Superman/Clark Kent
Credit: Yen Press Credit: Yen Press Yen Press has announced plans for a pair of ongoing manga series set in the Star Wars universe. Produced alongside Lucasfilm, Yen Press will publish Star Wars: Rebels by writer artist Akira Aoki based on the animated series, and Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Haruichi Furudate, which
On the eve of her fleet exam, Basil falls in with what her parents would call “the wrong crowd” in this preview of May 19’s Lost on Planet Earth #2. This is being released as a comiXology Original – a digital exclusive title for comiXology and Kindle Unlimited. Lost On Planet Earth #2 (of 5)Writer:
Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Fan-favorite Hulk creators Peter David and Dale Keown will unite with artist German Peralta in August for Maestro, a new series exploring the origins of the villain who debuted in David’s Hulk: Future Imperfect in 1992. Credit: Marvel Comics The series of unspecified length will explore the story of
DC Universe has unveiled a close-up look at the costumes of Stargirl and the Justice Society for the upcoming show on the streaming service, which will air subsequently on CW. The images show off Stargirl herself alongside Hourman, Dr. Mid-Nite, Wildcat, and S.T.R.I.P.E. as well as villains Icicle and Brainwave. Stargirl premieres May 19 on
Credit: DC DC has released a trailer for its upcoming young adult graphic novel Wonder Woman: Tempest Tosssed by author Laurie Halse Anderson and artist Leila del Luca. Tempest Tossed is a contemporary updating of Wonder Woman’s origin coming to “Man’s world.” Here’s the trailer: [embedded content] And the story’s official description: Wonder Woman: Tempest
Credit: DC Credit: DC Diamond’s “Comeback” to comic stores hit a small snag, as some of DC’s planned titles for the week of May 18 haven’t made it to the distributor’s warehouses in time for shipment. “Due to a transportation issue from our printer to Diamond, the following books scheduled for May 19 on-sale were
Credit: DC As previously mentioned by Scott Snyder, DC is expanding his now seven-issue Dark Nights: Death Metal footprint in August with the Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook and Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1 one-shot specials. Both specials compliment Death Metal #3 (on-sale Aug. 11) before the event takes September off for
Credit: DC Credit: DC DC revealed to Newsarama Thursday morning that Scott Snyder, Greg Capulllo and Jonathan Glapion’s Dark Knights: Death Metal event launching June 24 has been expanded to seven issues, up one from its originally-solicited six issues. If you’re feeling déjà vu all over again, that’s because Snyder’s 2019 Batman Who Laughs limited series with
Credit: DC Credit: DC As Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo reunite for the Dark Nights: Death Metal limited series this summer, they’re bringing along a slew of other creators – from Warren Ellis to Christopher Priest – with the release of two August tie-in books that highlight characters and concepts from what Snyder calls the
Credit: Warner Bros. Television Credit: DC UNIVERSE This Monday, Brec Bessinger steps up as DC’s newest live-action hero in DC Universe’s Stargirl. Based on the DC comic book character of the same name and pulling from an even deeper DC legacy of Starman, Stargirl is the brainchild of Geoff Johns – who co-created the original
Credit: DC Greetings, ‘Rama readers! Ready for your Rapid-Fire Reviews! Then Best Shots has you covered, as we dive into this week’s new digital offerings! Let’s kick off with Jellicle Justin Partridge, who takes a look at Lois Lane… Credit: DC Lois Lane #10 (Published by DC; Review by Justin Partridge; ‘Rama Rating: 10 out
Credit: DC / Diamond Comic Distributors Steve Geppi Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors In April 2020, DC broke from its 25-year-long exclusive argreement with comic book Direct Market distributor Diamond and began distributing their titles through two new entities, Lunar (owned and operated by mail-order comic book giant DCBS) and UCS (owned and operated by mail-order
Credit: nikkimeel / Shutterstock.com Diamond Comic Distributors has no plans to adopt Tuesday as the industry-wide standard on-sale date, despite DC resetting their on-sale date to Tuesdays when they restarted distribution with two new distributors Lunar and UCS while Diamond suspended operations earlier this year. Founder Steve Geppi told Newsarama that while comic book shops that
Credit: Joe Palmer/Chris O’Halloran/Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou Credit: Image Comics Declan Shalvey’s second Irish crime OGN, Bog Bodies, is set to be released May 27, and after reading it we were reminded of a recent comic book serializing online, Write It In Blood. How? Crime. Dark comedy. The past coming back to haunt people. Add to that,
Darren Barnet from ‘Never Have I Ever’ Credit: Netflix Credit: ABC Never Have I Ever actor Darren Barnet has been cast in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., according to Variety. Barnet’s character has not been named, but Variety states he’ll debut in the season seven premiere, “The New Deal,” in which the Agents travel back in time. Agents of
Credit: DC DC has rolled out their revised July 2020 release schedule, containing all previously-solicited issues that were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. July will be the second full month under DC’s new weekly release date paradigm. New titles will be released Tuesdays to digital platforms and and participating retailers, with other publishers’ weekly
Credit: CW Inde Navarrette has joined the cast of CW’s Superman & Lois in a series regular role as Sarah Cushing, according to Deadline – apparently a new character, not from the source comic books. Navarrette’s character is reported to be the daughter of Lana Lang-Cushing (Emmanuelle Chriqui) and Kyle Cushing (Erik Valdez), “a whip
Credit: Mike Deodato Jr. (AWA Studios) Credit: Kaare Andrews (AWA Studios) Benjamin Percy has shown he has a dark side with work on Wolverine, X-Force, and Green Arrow, but what if he was untethered and had his own creator-owned space to do it? He is, with artist Ramon Rosanas, in the upcoming Year Zero limited
Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors The North American comic book industry’s biggest distributor, Diamond, is launching a Back The Comeback campaign building up to its planned May 20 resumption of new comics delivery to Direct Market retailers. “I do believe our comeback will be bigger than our setback,” Diamond founder/CEO Steve Geppi
Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel is highlighting several classic vintage comic book tales being added to its digital library as “Hidden Gems.” Here’s what’s on offer in the Hidden Gem event, including stories of the Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and more. AVENGERS: SUBTERRANEAN WARS – The underground has gone to war! Lava
Credit: HBO Espana Credit: Warner Bros. Television The second season of Warner Bros. Television’s Doom Patrol will debut June 25 on HBO Max… but the wording of the announcement calls into question if it will be simulcast on DC Universe as previously announced. “Here comes the DOOM! #DoomPatrol season 2 is coming to #HBOMax on
Credit: DC Credit: DC Batman: Gotham Nights #4Written by Mark RussellArt by Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend and Alex SinclairLettering by Troy PeteriPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Credit: DC Given his politically outspoken work on everything from The Flintstones to Snagglepussando Swamp Thing, it’s perhaps no surprise to see writer Mark Russell tackle
James McAvoy in ‘The Filth’ Credit: Magnolia Pictures An all-star cast including James McAvoy, Kat Dennings, Andy Serkis, Riz Ahmed, Michael Sheen, and Taron Egerton has been revealed for Audible’s upcoming adaptation of DC’s Sandman – and co-creator Neil Gaiman is onboard as the narrator. The complete casting is as follows: Morpheus (McAvoy), Death (Dennings),
1. New Teen Titans One of Marv Wolfman’s most prominent qualities as a writer is his legendary ability to not just create new ideas, but to revamp existing concepts into totally new stories and characters. To that end, we present Wolfman’s greatest creation – the New Teen Titans. Borrowing the name, and concept of the