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In case you missed it, the McElroys will take on “Journey into Mystery” with their first Marvel comic, and new Harvey Pekar stories are coming in “Tales of the Music Makers.”
– AfterShock Comics are planning an aggressive advertising campaign starting later this month, which will include new back cover ads, digital advertising, local comic shop initiatives, and prominent placements at conventions in 2019. Additional plans will be revealed next month at ComicsPRO. AfterShock’s publisher and CCO Joe Pruett commented about the push, stating “AfterShock was created to push new boundaries by giving the comic world’s most creative writers and artists free rein to blow readers minds,” and “with ground breaking new titles set for debut this year, there has never been a better time than right now to discover all that AfterShock has to offer.” Some of their upcoming series include “Horde,” “Stronghold,” “Out of the Blue,” and “Oberon.”
– Dark Horse have announced writer Corinna Bechko and artist Pablo Vite, along many others, will bring Disney’s Aladdin to life in a new fun-filled anthology, which goes on sale April 30, 2019. The graphic novel will be a companion to the live action movie and will feature four interconnected stories. Aladdin, directed by Guy Ritchie, will be in theaters May 24, 2019.
– A little more than a year has passed since Sarah Gaydos left IDW to become Oni Press’s Director of Licensed Publishing. Now she has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of the company a press release has revealed. The role has been vacant since last January, when then Editor-in-Chief James Lucas Jones became publisher. Sarah Gaydos is an award-winning talent, who received an Eisner, Ringo, and a Diamond Gem Award for her work on the charity anthology “Love is Love.”
– Dirk Manning, writer of the horror anthology series “Nightmare World,” took to Facebook to comment on the similarities between his work, ‘The Day I Tried To Live,’ and Netflix’s new Black Mirror movie, Bandersnatch. Manning noted the similarities in the film and comic’s storyline, and was particularly struck by the resemblance of a line in the film (“it’s a f**king nightmare world”) from that in the comic. ‘The Day I Tried to Live’ was written by Dirk Manning, illustrated by Jason Meek, colored by Dominic Marco and lettered by Jim Reddington.
– The CW is officially moving ahead with Batwoman as a stand-alone series. The series has been handed a pilot order and will star Ruby Rose as the title character. Caroline Dries will become show runner with Greg Berlanti as executive producer, while David Nutter, who helmed episodes of Arrow and The Flash, will direct the pilot. If picked up, the show will be the first to be led by a lesbian character starring an openly gay actress.
– According to Variety, Marvel are teaming up with Second Dinner, a new independent studio owned by former Hearthstone developers Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu. Second Dinner doesn’t have any information at the moment, however Marvel’s head of games, Jay Ong, said “[they are] exactly who we want making Marvel games,” continuing “they and the team they’ve assembled at Second Dinner have made some of the greatest games in history,” “and now, working with Marvel Games team and playing in the Marvel Universe, it’s going to be amazing.” No other information on the project has been announced.
– Netflix have released a new teaser trailer for The Punisher season 2 which will be released January 18. The season features Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle and will feature the villain Jigsaw (Ben Barnes).
