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GERARD WAY Launches DC YOUNG ANIMAL Imprint

Doom Patrol courtesy DC Comics
Doom Patrol courtesy DC Comics

Gerard Way was a surprise guest at the DC All Access panel at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle.

The Eisner Award-winning writer of The Umbrella Academy and former vocalist and co-founder of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance announced he will be curating DC’s Young Animal. This will be a new mature reader pop-up imprint of DC Comics that will consist of four books under his creative direction.

The flagship title for this monthly lineup is Doom Patrol, written by Way, which will set the tone for the other titles in the series, described by Way as “comics for dangerous humans.”

Here’s the lineup:

DOOM PATROL – This September, in the spirit of Grant Morrison’s legendary run on the series, along with other classic incarnations of the characters, writer Gerard Way and artist Nick Derington will put their unique stamp on the world’s strangest heroes taking on the universe’s strangest villains. Continue reading GERARD WAY Launches DC YOUNG ANIMAL Imprint

DC COMICS ALL-ACCESS ECCC Two Big Reveals

Mother Panic courtesy DC Comics
Mother Panic courtesy DC Comics

A rock star surprise guest announced a new imprint as DC Entertainment kicked off its stellar lineup of Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) panels with two big announcements and a guy from the audience named Jim (Lee) is chosen to compete in a live art competition!

Co-Publisher Dan DiDio lead the DC Entertainment panel with creators with Emanuela Lupachino, Amy Chu, Marguerite Bennett, Klaus Janson, Chad Hardin, Robert Venditti, and Steve Orlando talking about their current and upcoming Rebirth titles. Continue reading DC COMICS ALL-ACCESS ECCC Two Big Reveals

CLOAK AND DAGGER Television Series

Cloak & Dagger #1 courtesy Marvel
Cloak & Dagger #1 courtesy Marvel

Cloak & Dagger are getting their own television series.

The heroes will star in Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger with a straight to series order on Freeform according to Variety. The network (formerly ABC Family) is owned by Disney and is more geared toward a younger audience.

The article describes the series as “a superhero love story.”

In the comics Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen were teen runaways from very different lives who met on the streets of New York City.

The runaways were experimented on by a scientist trying to create a new synthetic drug for a major crime lord. The experiments gave them incredible powers. Tyrone gained powers of teleportation, have a ghost-like intangibility and ability to access the “darkforce” dimension. To hide his new appearance he hid in a cloak. Tandy gained the ability to create “daggers” of light which could heal people and cure addictions. Their origins were later retconned to reveal Ty and Tandy were actually mutants like X-Men and the experiment triggered their mutant genes. Continue reading CLOAK AND DAGGER Television Series

IMAGE EXPO New Creator Books Revealed

Afar courtesy Image Comics
Afar courtesy Image Comics

Image Expo brought top creators make to announce new titles at Image Expo in Seattle including new books from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Rick Remender and Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher and Babs Tarr.

Image Comics and ReedPOP teamed up to bring Image Expo for the first time to kick-off the Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) in Seattle on at the Showbox Market theater.

Image Comics revealed this massive list creator-owned projects set to launch in the coming year and beyond. Continue reading IMAGE EXPO New Creator Books Revealed

IMAGE COMICS Creators at EMERALD CITY COMICON

Tokyo Ghost courtesy Image Comics by Rick Remender and Sean Gordon Murphy
Tokyo Ghost courtesy Image Comics by Rick Remender and Sean Gordon Murphy

Image Comics returns Emerald City Comicon in a big way bringing fan-favorite creators. Following Image Expo in Seattle today, Image creators will then appear at ECCC Thursday, April 7 through Sunday, April 10 with creator-owned panels and signing events.

Here’s where you can see your favorite Image Comics writers and artists at ECCC with panel descriptions:

Thursday, 4/7/16, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (T304)

Image Comics: Where Creators Own Style

Style is what gives comics their swing, whether through visuals or dialogue. What kind of story are you telling? How cool is it? Joe Harris (SNOWFALL), Emi Lenox (PLUTONA), Riley Rossmo (RASPUTIN), Amy Clare (ISLAND), and a few special guests know all about style. Come and pick their brains and find out how to make comics sing.

Friday, 4/8/16, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (T305)
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Drama

You scream when your favorite character moves off the page and you cheer when they finally get their way. Drama works! Join us as Joshua Williamson (NAILBITER), Steve Orlando (VIRGIL), Meredith McClaren (HINGES), Nick Barber (RINGSIDE), Jim Zub (WAYWARD), and a few special guests dig into just why drama is so crucial to storytelling.

Saturday, 4/9/16, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Room (T304)
Image Comics: Where Creators Own Thrills

Have you ever finished a comic and felt your heart pounding in your chest? Of course you have. In fact, Kieron Gillen (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE), Sloane Leong (FROM UNDER MOUNTAINS), Tom Neely (THE HUMANS), Alex de Campi (NO MERCY), Jason McNamara (THE RATTLER), Brian Schirmer (BLACK JACK KETCHUM), and a few special guests have probably been responsible for getting your heart racing with their work. What’s the trick? Come and find out. Continue reading IMAGE COMICS Creators at EMERALD CITY COMICON

New Comics Picks for April 6, 2016

Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel
Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel

A breakout new character from The Force Awakens blasts off into a brand new Star Wars Marvel ongoing, Harley Quinn’s belated April Fool’s Day gift are all in this week’s new comics picks of the first week of April:

Black Panther #1

All hail the King! T’Challa makes his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut next month and stars in a brand new series by acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coats and legendary artist Brian Stelfeeze. A Nation Under Feet finds T’Challa fighting to save his homeland from super powered terrorists sparking violent uprisings in his citizens.

Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1

The best pilot in the Resistance in his own ongoing series on a top secret mission connected to The Force. Charles Soule and Phil Noto team up to give fans the back story of the breakout hero before the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue reading New Comics Picks for April 6, 2016

DC MOVIES After BATMAN V SUPERMAN

courtesy Warner Brothers
courtesy Warner Brothers

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is box-office history and the foundation for the DC Comics movie universe is set with ten more films in the works.

BvS was the first meeting of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel on the big screen and introduced Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor and gave us glimpses of Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg (as also seen on this promotional art) and S.T.A.R. labs. with ominous hints of Darkseid invading Bruce Wayne’s nightmares.

DC and Warner Brothers plan to keep two superhero films coming each year through 2020. Director Zack Snyder is starting production on Justice League, Part One while Gal Gadot is filming Wonder Woman.

Here’s what’s next from the DC movie universe: Continue reading DC MOVIES After BATMAN V SUPERMAN