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DC plans a return to the universe of Sean Murphy’s Batman: White Knight in a new Harley Quinn spin-off series launching this October. Murphy will co-write the series with his wife, Katana Collins, with artist Matteo Scalera and colorist Dave Stewart rounding out the core creative team. Apparently the book …

DC is teaming with Big Bang Theory star and real-life PhD Mayim Bialick on Flash Facts, a new “lighthearted” middle grade graphic novel anthology that demonstrates S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles through DC super heroes.  The February 2021 title that will retail for $9.99 answers questions like “Have …

Update: The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has announced new measures taking place following further sexual and professional misconduct allegations against the recently-resigned executive director Charles Brownstein, whose departure was announced earlier this week (see below). “CBLDF’s Board is undergoing a complete review of management practices and where we …

Dan DiDio is a lifelong comic fan who landed in TV in the ’80s, eventually becoming a programming executive, and later senior VP of creative affairs at Mainframe Entertainment, an animation studio. DiDio befriended many comic creators, and helped several cross-pollinate their work into animation. In 2002, by then co-writing …

In 2017, Stephen and Owen King unleashed a waking nightmare on a sleeping world. Their prose novel, Sleeping Beauties, told the story of Aurora, a global disease that put women into strange, alien comas. Now, IDW Publishing is bringing Sleeping Beauties and its curious affliction to comic readers everywhere.  To …

It wouldn’t be a Marvel Comics event without tie-in issues, preludes, and epilogues, and this summer’s Empyre, that finally launches post-Diamond suspension July 15, will be no different.  In September Marvel will publish two postgame epilogue one-shots, Empyre: Aftermath Avengers and Empyre: Fallout Fantastic Four, which answer the question “Who …

Sleeping Beauties #1 Written by Rio Youers, Stephen King and Owen King Art by Alison Sampson and Triona Tree Farrell Lettering by Christa Miesner Published by IDW Publishing ‘Rama Rating: 8 out of 10 If there’s one thing more abundant than Stephen King novels, it’s adaptations of his work. Constant …

Spotify, Warner Bros. and DC have announced a new multi-year deal to produce and distribute an original slate of narrative scripted podcasts. Spotify, the leading audio streaming subscription service, is committed to an annual slate of new dramatic and comedic podcasts that Warner Bros. will develop and produce.  Under the …

DC have taken their comic book event marketing up a notch, with an animated/motion comic music video promoting the just-launched series Dark Nights: Death Metal – wrapped up in the 2015 Marilyn Manson song “Warship My Wreck.” You can watch the music video here (opens in new tab). The Marilyn …

Update: Marvel has unveiled the secret story (opens in new tab) behind its previously announced Empyre: Avengers Aftermath #1 one-shot (and its blacked-out cover), revealing that it will tell the story of the wedding of Hulkling and Wiccan, revealed in this week’s Empyre #4 (opens in new tab). “In the …