Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso have ambitious plans for their new comic publishing start-up Artists, Writers, and Artisans (AWA), and as the publisher gets closer to the release of its first group of titles in February, it has hired ReedPOP’s Gabe Yocum as its Sales Director. Yocum, who was once the purchasing manager of New
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Todd McFarlane has designed a Batman statue that will be the 100th entry in DC Collectibles’ Batman: Black & White line. A special 6-foot-plus version of the statue is scheduled to be revealed on Thursday evening during the Comic-Con Museum’s Hall of Fame ceremony for Batman Thursday in San Diego. “To simply be a part
Credit: Steve Rude (Marvel Comics) Steve Rude Credit: Steve Rude Writer/artist Steve Rude says that talks with Marvel Comics for him to work on a new, monthly title have broken down and that “it will not be happening.” “As many of you know, being an artist who grew up in the 60’s, what I had
Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has announced Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle, a new story that teams Spider-Man with S.H.I.E.L.D. for a global adventure. Amazing Spider-Man writer Nick Spencer will spearhead Full Circle, which also features work from writers Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Al Ewing, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, and Jason Aaron as well as
Credit: In-Hyuk Lee (Marvel Comics) Credit: In-Hyuk Lee (Marvel Comics) As teased earlier this month, Marvel Comics’ Marvel Zombies franchise will return this October in a new title now revealed as Marvel Zombies: Respawn. Although the length of the series is unknown, Respawn will be written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and drawn by Leonard Kirk.
After 50 years, Vampirella visits the real world – really – in a preview of this week’s Vampirella #1. “The world our Vampirella series takes place in doesn’t believe in vampires. Or witches or warlocks or werewolves. This world seeks rational scientific explanation for paranormal phenomena which it greets with enormous skepticism,” Priest told Newsarama.
Credit: Aaron Kuder (Marvel Comics) Credit: Aaron Kuder (Marvel Comics) After his return in the pages of Avengers, Danny Ketch rides again in a big way with the new Beware the Ghost Rider ongoing scheduled to launch this October. Written by Ed Brisson with art from Aaron Kuder, Beware the Ghost Rider was revealed on
Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, Taika Waititi, and Jeff Goldblum on the set of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Credit: Marvel Studios Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi will return to write and direct a fourth Thor film in lieu of directing Warner Bros. Akira, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This would be the first report of a fourth Thor film
Credit: John Romita Jr./Klaus Janson (DC) Credit: David Marquez (DC) Black Adam returns to defend his homeland of Kahndaq from a surprise invader – Shazam! – in an upcoming “Year of the Villain” tie-in one-shot. Of course, this is the Shazam! infected by the Batman Who Laughs which readers learned about just a few weeks
A 300-style retelling of the Greek War for Independence in a preview of this week’s Sons of Chaos OGN from IDW Publishing. Sons of ChaosChris Jaymes (w) • Ale Aragon (a & c)The Greek War for Independence was a conflict that quietly influenced the entire world. Participants ranged from the London Stock Exchange to celebrities
Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Press Release The Nemesis of Crime is back in a new limited series by writer Max Bemis (Moon Knight, Polarity) this October! In this series, Bob Benton aka the Black Terror, is living in the 1970s and contending with his post-war mental health as well as the rapidly evolving
Credit: Mike Deodato Jr. (Marvel Comics) Variety is reporting that weekend tweets by its own reporter Justin Kroll has created a sensation in China. Kroll tweeted Sunday that Marvel Studios is “putting out test offers for a group of men in their 20s” for roles in Shang-Chi, adding that the studio has “been adamant to reps
Credit: Ryan Stegman/JP Mayer/Frank Martin (Marvel Comics) Credit: Ryan Stegman/JP Mayer/Frank Martin (Marvel Comics) Marvel is extending its Absolute Carnage event for an extra issue. Announced just after initial orders for the first issue were due, writer Donny Cates and artist Ryan Stegman’s Absolute Carnage is now pegged as a five-issue series. “Cletus Kasady cannot
Credit: BOOM! Studios Credit: BOOM! Studios Press Release BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. and in partnership with IDW and Nickelodeon, today announced an all-new five-issue limited series event – MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! Written by Ryan Parrott (Power Rangers: Necessary Evil) and illustrated by Simone di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power
Credit: IDW Publishing Credit: IDW Publishing Press Release Wasting no time following up his breakout hit Major X for Marvel, Major X and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is bringing his blockbuster brand to the iconic G.I. JOE franchise at IDW! SNAKE EYES: DEADGAME, coming in early 2020, will mark Liefeld’s first G.I. JOE story. Details of the storyline remain under wraps for now but the legendary creator promises the most action-packed
Joe and Anthony Russo Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo are planning a nine-city U.S. tour titled the “I Love You 3000 Tour” to celebrate the film and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The tour features different unnamed “special guests” at each stop, along with activities and festivities centered on
Credit: Nina Vakueva (BOOM! Studios/Boom Box) Credit: Nina Vakueva (BOOM! Studios/Boom Box) Over two million people read comics each month on the digital comics platform Tapas – and BOOM! Studios wants them to read some of their titles. Earlier this year, the two companies announced a partnership that will kick off with a sequel to
Press Release Soar through Comic-Con 2019 with Gotham City’s new vigilante on your back, arm yourself with arrows, or go forth with Archie and the gang! Warner Bros. Television Group celebrates its 10th year as the official bag sponsor of Comic-Con with 23 new designs. The collectible carriers have you covered as you stash your swag
A hero returns – and is reborn in a preview of July 17’s The Pride: Season Two #2 – a comiXology Originals title, exclusive to the digital comics platform. THE PRIDE SEASON TWO #2 (of 6)Writer: Joe GlassArtist: Cem IrozColorist: Mark DaleLetterer: Mike StockThe Pride are heading out into the world to expand in a
Check out a preview of this week’s Lucifer #10. LUCIFER #10written by DAN WATTERSart by MAX FIUMARAcover by TIFFANY TURRILLLucifer is legion. The Devil and Caliban’s search for an agreeable afterlife continues—this time taking them to the subterranean realms of Naraka, where the gods wear many faces and the ocean is infinite. Meanwhile: an angel
Credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com New details have emerged about Storyboards, a Marvel-branded documentary travel series hosted by Marvel Comics Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada that will debut at launch on the Disney+ streaming service, as announced via Wired. The series, which will consist of 12 10-15 minute episodes in its first season, follows Quesada and a
Credit: DC Credit: DC DC’s Metal Men are returning in a new 12-issue maxi-series fueled by Nth Metal. Avowed Metal Men fan Dan DiDio (DC’s co-Publisher) is writing a story with artist Shane Davis that will tie the characters in with Nth Metal – which was recently retconned in the Dark Knights: Metal event. “I’m
Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro Hasbro has unveiled its largest Transformers toy ever – a 27″ tall fully-poseable Unicron figure that is screen accurate to the character’s debut in 1986’s animated Transformers: The Movie. The figure is fully poseable with 50-points of articulation, down to its jaw and fingers, and can convert into a
Credit: comiXology Press Release ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, will kick off Comic-Con International San Diego 2019 on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 with an invite-only press event showcasing comiXology Originals debuts, news and creators, as well as providing data-backed insight on comics industry trends and more. ComiXology Co-founder and CEO and Head of Digital
Credit: Gilbert Shelton Underground cartoonist Gilbert Shelton’s long-running Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers will be adapted to an eight-episode animated series from WTG Enterprises, according to Deadline. Workaholics’s Adam Devine and Blake Anderson will voice two of the show’s four leads – a trio of stoner ‘freaks’ named Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek, Phineas T. Phreak and Fat Freddy Frekowtski and
Credit: DC Credit: DC Press Release TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE INFECTS SOME OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN DC HISTORY THIS OCTOBER BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL and THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN Debut This New Line of One-Shot Prestige Format Stories Credit: DC Future Titles to Include Twisted Takes on INFINITE CRISIS, BLACKEST NIGHT and THE JUDAS CONTRACT
Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Press Release Dynamite announces a new Vengeance of Vampirella ongoing series to continue the iconic heroine’s 50th anniversary celebration! Swooping in on bat wings in time for Halloween, this series is quite special. Prolific Vampirella writer Tom Sniegoski (Punisher, Angel) returns once more to the Daughter of Drakulon –
Credit: Industrial Light & Magic Press Release Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the visual effects division of Lucasfilm Ltd., announced today that the company would be expanding its global footprint to Australia. The studio is opening a new studio in Sydney to better serve its clients and complement its current operations in San Francisco, where
Credit: Shutterstock.com The UK’s the Daily Mail is reporting Sunday that actor Lashana Lynch – Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel – will play 007 in the next, currently-in-production 25th James Bond film. Although she won’t be playing James Bond. According to the report, Lynch will play a character who takes over as 007 after Bond retires
Credit: Mark Brooks/Christina Strain (Marvel Comics) Spider-Man: Far From Home writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna brought the Skrulls Talos and Soren back in the recent sequel, posing as Nick Fury and Maria Hill throughout the film. And according to the writers, they’d like to see even more Skrulls in the MCU – specifically a