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Credit: Dustin Hansen (DC) Credit: Dustin Hansen (DC) Dustin Hansen spent years creating video games before becoming a writer and illustrator, andd now he’s making his DC debut in a middle-grades story that combines a “cliché” excuse with the world of gaming – My Video Game Ate My Homework. The book centers on Dewey Jenkins,

Nightwing in Dark Nights: Metal #3 Credit: DC Scott Snyder has publicly declared he’s done writing Batman, at least in solo projects. During a Monday webconference Q&A Snyder conducted with a small group of fans in benefit of the Hero Initiative, the writer of the upcoming Death Metal and former Batman writer revealed he’s probably going

Credit: Book Industry Charitable Foundation “Over $150,950” in financial aid has been given out between 135 U.S. comic book store owners so far as part of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC)’s charity efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. BINC reports that 722 comic book stores have applied for aid so far, with applications

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Writer Dan Slott has announced that the end of the current Iron Man 2020 event series will also be the end of Slott’s run with the character completely. That event series was postponed after issue #3 due to the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on the Direct Market’s primary distributor, Diamond.

Source Wall from Dark Nights: Metal #6 Credit: DC Dark Nights: Metal could have had a very different ending, if Scott Snyder, on the suggestion of Grant Morrison, had his way.  Credit: DC Monday during a webconference Q&A Snyder conducted with a small group of fans in benefit of the Hero Initiative, the writer of 2017-18’s Metal

Credit: DC Universe With the premiere of DC Universe’s Stargirl just over the horizon, the streaming service is setting the stage for the show with a series of live fan Q&A events to be broadcast on the streaming service. Chief among the members of the Stargirl cast and crew to be interviewed are star Brec

Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee Credit: Jim Lee DC Publisher/Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee is still hard at work cranking out high-value original sketches – a rarity from the busy executive in recent years – to benefit the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC). Credit: Jim Lee Lee’s plan to create 60 sketches in 60

Credit: BOOM! Studios BOOM! Studios has shared with Newsarama it’s revised May and June 2020 solicitations in light of its Direct Market distributor Diamond targeting May 20 to resume operations. Here is their solicited titles for the period, in release date order: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #14Retail Price: $3.99Release Date: May 20, 2020Writer: Jordie BellaireArtist:

Recliner seats in AMC theaters Credit: AMC Entertainment Credit: Universal Pictures AMC Theatres has announced the intention to not screen any Universal Pictures films at any of their theaters after the studio’s Trolls World Tour‘s switch from theatrical to home video release was lauded as a success by Universal’s parent company, NBCUniversal. It all started

Credit: #Creators4Comics #Creators4Comics has announced that the charity campaign has raised $433,166 so far U.S. comic book shops. The five-day campaign organized and auctioned off various original art, services, experiences and more from comic creators, with the winning bidders donating directly to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which has been organized a fund for U.S.

Credit: DC Credit: DC Batman: Gotham Nights #2Written by Michael GreyArt by Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend and Alex SinclairLettering by Troy PeteriPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 After a disappointing first installment, the Caped Crusader makes an impressive comeback in Batman: Gotham Nights #2. Similar to Robert Venditti and Paul Pelletier’s winning Superman:

Credit: Mad Magazine Dodgeball director Rawson Marshall Thurber is in talks to helm Warner Bros./Imagine Entertainment’s long in-development live action movie adaptation of longrunning Mad Magazine feature Spy Vs. Spy, according to Collider. The film would be based on the classic Mad Magazine strip, in which two opposite-aligned spies (one all in black, the other all in white)

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Writer/artist Declan Shalvey has been focused on the first part of that equation for a little while now, but he’s joining with writer Ed Brisson to provide art for Punisher Vs. Barracuda, an impending Marvel limited series that brings Punisher MAX’s Barracuda to the mainstream Marvel Universe. Though he’s

Credit: DC Our current COVID-19 landscape has changed our lives in many ways. One seemingly positive way? We now have a lot more time. Time! That most precious of all commodities (especially in the publishing world). We’re always telling ourselves that if we only had more time, we’d do that one special thing. And now

Press Release On the list of Greatest TV Series Canceled Way Too Soon, Amazon Prime’s The Tick sits near the very top, alongside only a few other could-have-been, should-have-been classics cut down in their, well, primes. Now, fans of the series will have to settle for not just the next best thing but the very

Hulk commission Credit: Ed McGuinness Ed McGuinness Credit: Hero Initiative On Saturday, May 2, four comic book fans will be able to sit on a Zoom webconference call with comic book artist Ed McGuinness. Over 45 minutes they’ll be able to ask the artist about his art process, about working in comics, and they’ll each

Lady Killer Credit: Joelle Jones (Dark Horse Comics) Credit: Hero Initiative As Hero Initiative introduces another batch of the “live experiences” to benefit comic book creators in need, artist/writer Joëlle Jones hopes readers get behind the effort to “keep the industry thriving and full of talent and good stories.” Jones, who won fan acclaim for

Credit: Alt Free Comic Day Press Release With the postponement of Free Comic Book Day, we wanted to do something for the comics community to fill the hole in all our hearts from losing one of the best events of the whole year. Therefore, Wannabe Press is proud to announce the creation of ALT Free

Credit: Stejpan Sejic (DC) DC has revealed their planned release schedule for the weeks of May 19 and May 26. They previously revealed their release schedule from April 28 through May 12. DC’s releases include titles that will be available each week on Tuesdays ‘day-and-date’ on digital platforms and at comic book stores that ordered their

Credit: ABC ABC has dropped a full trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 7 – featuring not just the Agents traveling back to the 1930s, but the return of the Chronicoms. Chronicoms – extra-terrestrial androids sent across the galaxy to observe and chronicle events – debuted as villains in AoS season 6. Check it out:

Credit: Dave Johnson (Paper Films) Credit: Dave Johnson (Paper Films) Pop pop, fizz fizz – the cola wars are getting serious. Dave Johnson, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Juan Santacruz are spinning the cola industry battle of Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola into an adult, espionage-centered story with a side of romance. Pop Kill is a four-issue series currently

Credit: Marvel Comics Diamond Comic Distributors has provided retailers a tentative list of titles planned to ship for a Wednesday, May 20 on-sale – their “target” date to resume its distribution services following its coronavirus shutdown. Direct Market Retailer Ryan Higgins of Sunnyvale, California’s Comics Conspiracy has shared the list on his Twitter account. Diamond has

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men: Days Of Future Past Last week, actor Hugh Jackman – who played Wolverine in nine films between 2000’s X-Men and 2017’s Logan – made it clear in no uncertain terms he sees his self-pronounced retirement from the character as permanent. But despite finishing his time portraying one of the

Credit: Marvel Comics Nothing about the Direct Market comic book industry is normal on April 28, 2020, so while it’s a sign of normalcy Diamond Diamond Comic Distributors released their March 2020 sales charts today, the fact it’s 2 weeks late and on a Tuesday instead of the traditional Friday is not.  And while the charts

By Pierce Lydon, Best Shots Reviewer April 28, 2020 07:30am ET Credit: DC Credit: DC Flash: Fastest Man Alive #1Written by Gail SimoneArt by Clayton Henry and Marcelo MaioloLettering by Rob LeighPublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Credit: DC DC’s ‘Digital First’ initiative is an interesting solution to the problem of modern living

The esteemed sci-fi label Heavy Metal is branching out with digital-first titles under the banner name ‘Virus’. Here’s a preview of one of the flagship titles, The Red, which is scheduled to be available Wednesday on the company’s website. THE RED #1Writer: Morgan RosenblumStory: Matthew Medney, Morgan Rosenblum, Voooo Brownz, Jonny HandlerArt & Color: Jon

Credit: Rem Broo (AfterShock Comics) Credit: Rem Broo (AfterShock Comics) AfterShock Comics is launching a unique new series this fall, melding the classic fictional tropes of a money heist with giant monsters. The Kaiju Score by writer James Patrick and Rem Broo cuts a unique path through those two areas into an original story that

Credit: The CW The three core characters of the longrunning Superman prequel show Smallville are reuniting online with fans for a charitable cause. Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, and Michael Rosenbaum are taking part in a “Virtual Smallville Reunion” via Omaze to benefit the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House. “We’ve got something really super for you…

By Justin Partridge, Best Shots Reviewer April 28, 2020 03:00pm ET Credit: DC Credit: DC Swamp Thing: New Roots #1Written by Mark RussellArt by Marco Santucci and John KaliszLettering by Jimmy BetancourtPublished by DCReview by Justin Partridge‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 Credit: DC Mark Russell and Marco Santucci make a strong case for episodic