Credit: Creative Stock55 / Shutterstock.com While the release of new comic books each week has slowed to a drip during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s still copious amounts of comic books on the proverbial shelves and back issue bins worth digging out. And one comic book creator wants to harness that in a hashtag turning Wednesday
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Credit: Rebellion Credit: Rebellion Press Release Rebellion announces new 2020 publishing schedule due to Covid-19 restrictions 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics publisher responds to virus lockdown pressures with graphic novel rescheduling – but weekly and monthly comics to continue The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge to the comic book industry but as
Credit: Francesco Francavilla With most publishers foregoing new releases amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic due to Diamond Comic Distributors’ current closure, many fans are jonesing for new comics for the second Wednesday in a row – and writer/artist Francesco Francavilla has them covered. Francavilla, known for his work on Detective Comics, Zorro, and more, posted
By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer April 8, 2020 03:00pm ET Credit: Jamie Jones/Ryan Ferrier Credit: Jamie Jones/Ryan Ferrier Quarter Killer Vol. 1: The Myth, The LegendWritten by Vita Ayala and Danny LoreArt by Jamie JonesLettering by Ryan FerrierPublished by comiXology Originals‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Credit: Jamie Jones/Ryan Ferrier A new kind of
Credit: Walt Disney Company The Disney+ streaming service has surpassed 50 million subscribers across the globe, the Walt Disney Company announced today. Following its North American roll out in November 2019, April 2020 brought the service to Europe in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. Additionally, India, which packages Disney+
The Kubert School Credit: The Kubert School Press Release Founded by legendary comic artist and creator, Joe Kubert, The Kubert School is committed to providing a personalized education that will stretch the limits of each students’ talents and potential. The Kubert School’s curriculum, with a focus on all facets of sequential and narrative art, ensures
Eric Valdez in 2015 Credit: Press Line Photos / Shutterstock.com Former General Hospital heartthrob Erik Valdez has been cast as Kyle Cushing, the husband of Lana Lang-Cushing, for CW’s Superman & Lois, according to Deadline. This comes a day after Emmanuelle Chriqui was reportedly cast as Lana, from the same news outlet. For his part,
Todd McFarlane Credit: McFarlane Productions Credit: McFarlane Productions As the saying goes, everything old is new again. Spawn creator and Image founder Todd McFarlane has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a remastering of the original Spawn figure from 1995. McFarlane displayed the proposed figure at Toy Fair this year where Newarama talked about the upcoming
Dan DiDio & Joe Quesada Credit: The Original Drink & Draw Social Club / Eugene Powers (Shutterstock.com) Former DC co-publisher Dan DiDio has been announced as the guest on this week’s edition of The Original Drink & Draw Social Club YouTube show. DiDio has kept a relatively low profile following his exit from DC on
Credit: Hartley Lin Credit: Hartley Lin Press Release Here they are: the nominees for the 16th annual Doug Wright Awards! The Doug Wright Award for best bookThis Place: 150 Years RetoldKateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Vowel,
Credit: Tapas Media Credit: Tapas Media Press Release WHEN: April 7 2020 WHAT: Tapas Media has launched an initiative called InThisTogether to support comic book creators, artists and writers who are publishing on their digital media platform. Aware that creative industries are impacted from recent events, Tapas will step up to waive all fees associated
Credit: Marvel Studios Newsarama staffers can tell you from personal experience that friends who have somehow managed to avoid the Marvel Cinematic Universe up to now are newly-discovering the 23-film library as a near perfect family movie choice during social distancing. And Tuesday a Twitter user by the name of @ScottGustin shared on social media
Lana Lang Credit: DC Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com Emmanuelle Chriqui has been cast as Lana Lang in a ‘series regular’ role for CW’s upcoming Superman & Lois TV series, according to Deadline. But here’s the catch – she’s Lana Lang-Cushing. Chriqui’s Lang-Cushing is descrbied as a loan officer at Smallville Bank who “stayed in Smallville
Credit: Kōhei Horikoshi (Shueisha) The Japanese manga publisher Shueisha has announced that one of their in-office staffers has contracted COVID-19, with the company outlining the measures they’re taking now for their other employees. Shueisha’s offices are located in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo. The publisher is best known for their manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump,
Credit: Netflix Credit: Netflix Netflix has debuted the trailer for Extraction, a new R-rated thriller produced by and starring Chris Hemsworth and produced by Joe and Anthony Russo, who of course directed Hemsworth in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Credit: Oni Press Written by Joe Russo and directed by Sam Hargrave, the film is based
By C.K. Stewart, Best Shots Reviewer April 7, 2020 07:00am ET Credit: Thomas Pitilli (DC) Credit: DC Gotham HighWritten by Melissa de la CruzArt by Thomas Pitilli and Miquel MuertoLettering by Troy PeteriPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Gotham High is a solid high school riff on the long history of the Batman
Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC For the second day in a row Newsarama readers get the first look at DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee’s latest sketch to benefit the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC), aimed at helping comic book stores and their employees during the coronavirus crisis. And today it’s Superman villain
Credit: Toykopop Press Release TOKYOPOP®, a POP Media Holdings company and global manga leader, announced their adjusted release schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of novel coronavirus around the world has resulted in non-essential businesses closing down temporarily, including our printer, lettering team, distributor and other vitally important parts of the publishing process. Due
Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Marvel Unlimited, Marvel’s digital comics subscription service, offers members unlimited access to over 27,000 issues of Marvel’s classic and newer titles, delivered digitally through your desktop web browser and the award-winning Marvel Unlimited mobile app. And, now you can follow Marvel Unlimited on Twitter and Facebook! Stay tuned in to weekly
Although the plan for Marvel’s new Power Pack to debut this week have been nixed it’s still coming – and we have some variants to prove it. In addition to the primary cover by Ryan Stegman, there are variants by series artist Nico Leon, Eduard Petrovich, Billy Martin, and June Brigman (‘remastered’ art). POWER PACK
Credit: Hugo Awards The nominees for this year’s “Best Graphic Story or Comic” for the Hugo Awards have been announced. Winners are normally announced during the Worldcon, but with this year’s event canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic when (or if) the Hugo Awards ceremony will be held has not been revealed. Here are the
Credit: Humanoids Humanoids Credit: Humanoids Newly-named Humanoids publisher Mark Waid is updating readers with the publisher’s plans moving forward during the coronavirus pandemic, and has provided a revised release schedule for Humanoids’ previously-postponed releases. Here is the letter – and the schedule – reproduced with permission from Waid and Humanoids. Stories are important. In times
Credit: Katie Fleming/Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Credit: Katie Fleming/Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Credit: Benjamin A.E. Filby Press Release Writer Chris Mole (Brigantia, Aces Weekly, Futurequake) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his latest comics project, The Black Rubric. A one-shot, 32-page comic about a black metal band who accidentally open the gates of hell by writing a song
Credit: Image Comics Image Comics has laid off four staff members as the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to come to the surface. Image had a staff of 24 prior to these layoffs. “Letting someone go is always tough, but letting good people go due to circumstances like these is even harder,” Stephenson
Credit: Martín Morazzo (Image Comics) Credit: Martín Morazzo (Image Comics) Press Release In an effort to help brick-and-mortar comic shops during the COVID-19 crisis, the creative team behind Ice Cream Man, in coordination with Image Comics, will be posting all-new mini comics (2-4 pages) on quarantinecomix.com weekly. They’ll be sold as PDFs, for $1.99 a
Lonnie Nadler Credit: Colin Lock With many of us social distancing or sheltering-in-place in our homes and with all our news feeds filled with sobering updates, Newsarama thought it might be a pleasant diversion just to tell a good story (something we all need right now) about comic books. We’re asking folks who have worked
Credit: Oni Press Robert Meyers Credit: Valiant Entertainment Valiant Entertainment’s Senior Editorial Director Robert Meyer has announced that he has taken a new position at Oni Press. Meyers began work today in Portland as Oni’s Senior Editor of Licensing. “Thrilled to announce that today I am joining the team at Oni Press, as Senior Editor,
Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez and Cathy Yan on the set of ” Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) director Cathy Yan has addressed perception of the film’s box office performance, saying she is “disappointed” with
Credit: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released a trailer for its next DC animated LEGO movie Shazam!: Magic and Monsters, which features Shazam facing off against a host of his arch-enemies, including Black Adam. Check it out: [embedded content] Shazam!: Magic and Monsters is due out on digital platforms April 28,
Credit: Daniel Acuna (Marvel Comics) Credit: James Jean (DC/Vertigo) comiXology has shared a complete list of what comic book issues will be added to its comiXology Unlimited service this Tuesday, April 7. Standouts to this list include an immense number of Black Widow titles from Marvel, James Stokoe’s complete Alien Orbit from Dark Horse, Dah