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Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage mug shot Credit: Santa Rosa County Jail Credit: TidalWave Productions The eccentric former zoo owner Joe Exotic – a.k.a. ‘Tiger King’ – will be the subject of TidalWave Productions’ latest biographical one-shot, as announced via Reuters. “You can’t make this stuff up,” writer Michael Frizell said in the announcement. “I never

Credit: Marcos Martin/Muntsa Vicente (Panel Syndicate) Credit: Marcos Martin/Muntsa Vicente (Panel Syndicate) Writer Ed Brubaker, artist Marcos Martin, and colorist Muntsa Vicente are working on a new ongoing series titles Friday. The series debuted today on Martin and Brian K. Vaughn’s digital platform Panel Sydnicate. “Friday Fitzhugh – girl detective – and Lancelot Jones –

Joe Quesada Credit: Maryann Bates I Am Captain America Credit: Joe Quesada/Richard Isanove (Marvel Comics) Marvel Entertainment’s Executive Vice President/Creative Director Joe Quesada is honoring health care workers with a new Captain America-themed illustration, colored by Richard Isanove. Some might say that even looks like Marvel’s Night Nurse underneath that mask. The piece was shared

Credit: Mangamo Credit: Mangamo Press Release Mangamo, the first mobile manga subscription service that gives readers unlimited access to hundreds of titles from a growing list of publishers while supporting creators, launched globally today on iOS for iPhone and iPad and is available for download on the App Store. Starting today, manga fans can sign

Bruce Campbell Credit: Markus Wissmann / Shutterstock.com Bruce Campbell made his name working alongside writer/director Sam Raimi, launching their film careers together with Evil Dead. And now that Raimi’s confirmed he’s helming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Campbell is hoping to continue that working relationship – as a villain in the film. ”Huh. Surely,

Credit: Marvel Studios Mark Ruffalo has played Bruce Banner/The Hulk in five films, but he’s never played the character in a solo movie. But that’s not for lack of ideas – in fact, Ruffalo has his own concept for what could make a perfect Hulk movie with his version of the character. “There’s an idea

Credit: Lucasfilm Press Release May the Fourth Be With You: Disney+ Honors Star Wars Day with Premiere of “Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian” and Epic Conclusion of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Executive Producer Jon Favreau Goes Behind the Scenes of “The Mandalorian” in 8-episode Documentary Series BURBANK, Calif. (April 15, 2020) – This Star Wars

Credit: Ty Templeton/Monica Kubina/Joshua Reed (DC) Credit: Ty Templeton/Monica Kubina/Joshua Reed (DC) This year marks the 25th anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series‘ finale, but the show lives on in the new Batman: The Adventures Continue digital-first comic book series. Series co-creator Paul Dini and longtime show writer/producer Alan Burnett lead the way, joined by

While X-Factor #1‘s solicitied April 22 release date may not be happening, it will be coming – and variants have already been released for it. In addition to the primary cover by Ivan Shavrin, there’s variants from Otto Schmidt, series artist David Baldeon, logo designer Tom Muller, Larry Stroman (a ‘Hidden Gem’), Emanuela Lupacchino (a

By Matthew Sibley, Best Shots Reviewer April 15, 2020 01:00pm ET Credit: Claudia Aguirre/Zakk Saam (Death Rattle) Credit: Claudia Aguirre/Zakk Saam (Death Rattle) Lost on Planet Earth #1Written by Magdalene VisaggioArt by Claudia AguirreLettered by Zakk SaamPublished by Death Rattle (via comiXology)‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 Breakfast is the most important meal of the

Donny Cates and a cosplayer at Dragon’s Lair Austin Credit: Dragon’s Lair Comics Donny Cates continues to be in the giving mood, as another comic store has announced the writer has swooped in to pay for all the comics on hold by customers at the store. Angie Blackmon, owner of Dragon’s Lair Comics in Austin,

Pop culture art gallery Mondo has announced a new series of Batman: The Animated Series posters and other merchandise. The collection – Mondo’s second Batman: TAS wave – was to be unveiled at a gallery showing in May, but will now debut through a series of online “art drops” (limited sales releases) over the “coming

Credit: ABC Credit: ABC The final season of ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been announced for a May 27 debut at 10:00 p.m. Eastern. Picking up after the end of season 6 back in August 2019, this 13-episode season finds Agent Coulson and his fellow agents transported back to 1930s New York City. Clark Gregg

Credit: Marvel Studios Director Sam Raimi, who helmed the original Spider-Man movie trilogy, has confirmed he will direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness following reports from early February that he was in talks. In confirming he’ll take on the project, Raimi spoke to ComingSoon about a reference he previously made to Strange in Spider-Man 2,

Credit: IDW Publishing Credit: IDW Publishing Press Release IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM) and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that Sonic The Hedgehog™ comic book fans will get a double dose of fun this summer, as fan-favorite Sonic illustrator Evan Stanley will be taking over as both artist AND writer beginning with Sonic The Hedgehog

Credit: #Creators4Comics Using the hashtag #Creators4Comics, over 100 creators are coming together to raise money to help comic book retailers suffering from lost business due to coronavirus. #Creators4Comics will use a Twitter auction format to raise money for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC), with auctions running from April 15 through April 20. Creators named

Credit: Pennsylvania State University A new comics imprint called Graphic Mundi has been launched by Pennsylvania State University. Working as a part of the in-house Pennsylvania University Press, Graphic Mundi will kick off with a COVID-19 themed anthology. “The anthology will include short comics from writers and artists willing to share what they and others are

Credit: Grant Snider (Abrams ComicArts) Grant Snider Credit: Abrams ComicArts In these unique times, everyone around the world is spending more time inside with their belongings, their collections, their books. To that end, New York Times illustrator Grant Snider has a prescient book for these times with this week’s I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf

Credit: DC Universe DC Universe has unveiled its slate of incoming movies, TV shows, and comic books, including the return of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen to the platform, and the premiere of Stargirl. Here’s everything DC Universe has in store next month, including DC comic book hits DCeased and Year of the Villain: New to WATCH This May:

Credit: Art Adams / Marvel Credit: Art Adams / Marvel The first Marvel character has made it into Jim Lee’s 60-day, 60-sketches fundraising drive for comic shops, but it isn’t by the DC Chief Creative Officer/Publisher himself.  Art Adams provides the Wolverine sketch.  The eBay auction for Adam’s Wolverine is live with bidding already topping $7000. All the

7. “Robin’s Reckoning” – Season 1, Episode 31 and 32 “Robin’s Reckoning” is a two-part story that delves into Robin’s tragic origin as the youngest member of the circus family the Flying Graysons. Most of you know the basics of the story – Dick Grayson witnesses his parents’ murder concealed as a circus accident, and

Credit: Legendary Vanity Fair has shared the first crop of photos from Legendary’s upcoming Dune remake. Here is a selection of them, from VF‘s Twitter: EXCLUSIVE: Timothée Chalamet is Paul Atreides. Your first look at Denis Villeneuve’s #Dune adaptation has arrived: https://t.co/Mz3HeIuCX8 — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 13, 2020   #DUNE FIRST LOOK: Rebecca Ferguson

Jim Starlin Credit: Ominous Press Credit: Jim Starlin (Ominous Press) Jim Starlin returns to his seminal creator-owned hero Dreadstar for the first time in 30 years – and not only is he writing it, he is drawing it after once thinking he would never be able to draw again. Scheduled to arrive this October from

Credit: Austin Books & Comics Venom writer Donny Cates agreed to purchase the entirety of Austin, Texas comic retailer Austin Books & Comics’ outstanding customer pull lists, which have been placed on hold due to coronavirus. Here’s Austin Books & Comics’ message to their customers from their Facebook page, urging them to come pick up their

Credit: Tom Reilly (Marvel Comics) Jay Edidin Credit: David Wynne Kurt Busiek’s whirlwind revisiting of classic Marvel continuity in Marvels Snapshot continues with a one-shot about the perennial X-Men leader Cyclops – written by one of the biggest Cyclops experts we know. X-Plan the X-Men‘s Jay Edidin makes his Marvel Comics debut with the upcoming

San Diego Convention Center Credit: George Marston (Newsarama) July’s Comic-Con International: San Diego is “unlikely” to take place given the latest comments about mass gathering restrictions and the likely timetable for easing restrictions from California governor Gavin Newsom. On Tuesday at a press conference, Newsom said (via Variety) that “the prospect of mass gatherings is

Credit: DC Credit: DC The upcoming DC event Dark Nights: Death Metal isn’t just a sequel to Metal, but will also “sort out” DC’s continuity according to series writer Scott Snyder. “That’s the idea – The purpose of the whole story is to sort out continuity and the universe and give you something fun bright

Credit: BOOM! Studios BOOM! Studios has signed a two-year ‘first-look’ deal with Netflix for film and TV adaptations. Netflix and BOOM! were previously collaborating on a film adaptation of The Unsound with Shazam! director David F. Sandberg. “BOOM! characters are innately special, they’re colorful, diverse and varied and their stories have the power to ignite

BOOM! Studios logo Credit: BOOM! Studios Filip Sablik Credit: BOOM! Studios With new comics on hold both digitally and in the Direct Market, last week Todd McFarlane laid out a way for the comic industry to rally: a “unified front” for the major publishers, along with a bold proposal that those unified publishers offer 10