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Credit: Diamond Comic Distributors Steve Geppi Credit: Geppi Family Enterprises Diamond Comic Distributors’ founder/owner Steve Geppi delivered a letter early Monday announcing how it intends to make payments to its vendors – which include comic book publishers – after last week announcing it was holding scheduled payments. In the letter (which is reproduced in full, below),

Credit: DC Credit: DC Perhaps DC’s most popular, breakthrough new character since Harley Quinn, The Batman Who Laughs is the latest subject of DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee’s 60-day daily sketch auction for charity. The bidding is already up to $5,600 over 33 bids with more than 48 hours still left in the

Credit: Charles Schulz (Peanuts Worldwide) Credit: Charles Schulz (Peanuts Worldwide) Press Release As parents nationwide try to find new ways to keep their children engaged in learning during the coronavirus crisis, help comes—at no cost—from a familiar and beloved source: Snoopy! Peanuts Worldwide, via the peanuts.com website, is offering free educational materials that give students

Mariko Tamaki Credit: Shawnee Custalow Credit: Jillian Tamaki (First Second) Mariko Tamaki will relaunch DC’s Wonder Woman title later this summer, and she might be a new name to some ardent superhero fans. But to others, she’s someone long overdue for a major title. Tamaki broke into comics in 2008 with her graphic novel Skim

By Matthew Sibley, Best Shots Reviewer April 6, 2020 03:00pm ET Credit: Val Halvorson/Rebecca Nalty (Vault Comics) Credit: Val Halvorson/Rebecca Nalty (Vault Comics) Finger Guns #2Written by Justin RichardsArt by Val Halvorson and Rebecca NaltyLettered by Taylor EspositoPublished by Vault Comics‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Credit: Val Halvorson/Rebecca Nalty (Vault Comics) Despite the high

Credit: DC Credit: DC Credit: DC 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. The eBay auction page can be found here. The sixth in a daily

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Now is the perfect time for Marvel fans to discover some of the greatest Avengers and Fantastic Four stories ever told with the AVENGERS: MASSIVE EARTH’S MIGHTIEST and the FANTASTIC FOUR: MASSIVE WORLD’S GREATEST UP TO 67% OFF SALES! Don’t miss your chance to revisit classics and catch

Credit: nikkimeel / Shutterstock.com Marvel Entertainment is immediately “pausing” work on – and the release of – approximately one-third of its May and June comic book issues, a spokesperson confirmed for Newsarama. Marvel’s representative said 15 to 20% of its solicited titles would be affected, as some of them are twice-monthly in May and June.

Credit: Marvel Studios Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios has announced that Black Widow, planned for a May 1 release but postponed due to coronavirus theater closings, will now come to theaters on November 6, 2020 (via Variety). This date was previously held by Eternals, which will now premiere February 12, 2021, which was previously held by

Credit: Yen Press Yen Press will reschedule its May through August releases, which it will now publish between May and September, and canceling its September solicitations. Publisher/Managing Director Kurt Hassler penned a statement explaining the decision, which comes down to regulations and supply chain disruptions taking place as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Credit: Kodansha USA Press Release Kodansha USA Publishing, which includes both the Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL publishing imprints, has made the decision to shift on sale dates for many of its spring and summer 2020 print titles to later in the year, following careful consideration of the global health crisis and related book retail and

Self-portrait Credit: Judd Winick Credit: Judd Winick (Random House Books for Young Readers) Judd Winick is well-known to comic book fans for writing superhero stories, but the creator has found a new audience through his all-ages graphic novel series HILO, which he both writes and draws. Winick’s latest release, HILO Book 6: All the Pieces

Credit: DC Comics Dylan Walsh Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com CW’s Superman & Lois has added Blue Bloods actor Dylan Walsh in the role of Lois Lane’s father, General Sam Lane, according to Deadline. General Lane was previously played by Glenn Morshower on Supergirl, from which Superman & Lois spins off. Title characters Superman and Lois Lane

Brotherhood of the Sausage Cutters medal Credit: Ty Templeton Comic conventions look to be on hiatus for a bit, but we can keep part of the flavor going with great stories of cons past. If you know of a cool story, let us know. Batman: The Adventures Continue Artist Ty Templeton was on a tour

John Siuntres Credit: Word Balloon Self-portrait Credit: John Siuntres Newsarama alum John Siuntres was among many laid off as part of the radio conglomerate Entercom’s cutbacks in light of financial difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic – but Siuntres’ long-running interview podcast Word Balloon will continue on. “The current situation just shows how many businesses

Credit: DC Comics Titans season 3 will add a version of Barbara Gordon to its roster, according to Titans director/cinematographer Boris Mojovski. Mojovski confirmed the news in a Facebook live interview with the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, though he didn’t specify whether she would appear as Batgirl, Oracle, or simply as herself.  According to Mojovski,

Credit: CGC In a time in which comic book readers have been increasingly accustomed to news about layoffs, furloughs, and suspension of services due to coronavirus, Thursday Certified Guarantee Company (CGC) took the unusual step of announcing they remain open and fully operational in their Sarasota, Florida headquarters and its office in London.  Credit: CGC

Juan Giménez Credit: Juan Giménez Juan Giménez Credit: Humanoids Writer/artist Juan Giménez has died at the age of 76 on April 2, 2020 in his hometown of Mendoz, Argentina. The passing was confirmed by long-time publisher Humanoids.  “RIP Juan Giménez, the writer, artist, and genre trailblazer behind The Metabarons, The Fourth Power, and Leo Roa,”

Credit: DC WarnerMedia has announced that DC is donating $250,000 to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation aimed at helping comic book stores and their employees. “In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the comic book direct market, DC is donating $250,000 to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC) to provide support

Credit: CW Actor Logan Williams, known for his role as young Barry Allen on CW’s Flash, has died, according to Tri-City News. Williams also appeared in When The Heart Calls and Supernatural.  Grant Gustin, who plays the adult Barry Allen on the show, mourned Williams on his personal Instagram, posting a photo of the pair together with

Credit: DC Credit: DC For seven years and over 80 issues, writer Peter David and a group of artists including Gary Frank, Terry Dodson, Sean Phillips, and Leonard Kirk told the story of a Supergirl who wasn’t actually Supergirl – or the Supergirl. And how that was the entire point. Linda Danvers was a normal

Credit: IDW Publishing Credit: IDW Publishing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer/artist Sophie Campbell has tweeted that IDW Publishing has instructed her to stop production on the series “for now”, with plans to stop after #105. “Just got word that production is stopping, so TMNT is done for now,” said Campbell in a tweet. “I’m going to

Credit: Marvel Studios Marvel Studios has hired Nova and Groot comic book writer Jeff Loveness to pen a draft of Ant-Man 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter and later confirmed by the writer. Loveness, who has also written for Rick & Morty and Jimmy Kimmel Live! as well as other Marvel comic books, has reportedly already begun

Credit: Lucasfilm / Disney Indiana Jones 5, previously scheduled for a July 9, 2021 theatrical release, will now premiere in theaters July 29, 2022 – a date previously reserved for an untitled Marvel Studios film. The change follows reports that longtime Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg, who directed all four previous films in the franchise,

Some of Lion Forge Labs’ staff Credit: Polarity LTD Credit: Polarity LTD Polarity LTD has confirmed to Newsarama that it has closed its animation/comics development subsidiary Lion Forge Labs, with all employees laid off. “Due to rapidly changing economic conditions and the profound impact on marketing and advertising budgets globally, we made the very difficult

Credit: Tracy Butler Credit: Tracy Butler (Iron Circus) The Chicago-based comic publisher Iron Circus is now, officially, a multimedia company. With the successful (and then some) Kickstarter fundraising campaign for a cartoon based on Tracy Butler’s Lackadaisy webcomic, Spike Trotman’s Iron Circus is now getting directly into the business of animation – not through licensing

Credit: Lucasfilm Screenwriter/producer Joby Harold has been hired as the new lead writer for Disney+’s Obi-Wan streaming series starring Ewan McGregor, according to Variety. Harold would replace the previously-announced Hossein Amini, who reportedly left the project back in January. Harold executive produced John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, as well as the TV shows Underground

Credit: Paramount Pictures Credit: Paramount Pictures A new day, a new round of media rescheduling in this age of the coronavirus pandemic. Paramount has postponed Jun 24’s Top Gun: Maverick and May 22’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run until later in the year, reports Deadline. The Top Gun and Spongebob Movie sequels are

Credit: Bad Idea Credit: Lewis LaRosa (Bad Idea) Press Release Due to the evolving circumstances related to COVID-19, Bad Idea regrets to inform fans and retailers that the company has made the difficult decision to postpone its initially scheduled launch date of May 6th, 2020 and the corresponding release of its first title – ENIAC

Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Marvel Unlimited, Marvel’s digital comics subscription service, is now offering all fans FREE access to some of Marvel’s most iconic stories from recent years, including now-classic Marvel Comics events and critically acclaimed runs featuring the Avengers, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, and more. Fans who are social distancing