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In case you missed, “Xena: Warrior Princess” is returning in a new series this April, “Star Trek: Year Five” will chronicle the final year of the original U.S.S. Enterprise‘s mission, and Marvel is launching a tie-in comic in anticipation of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction coming to Disneyland later this year.
– In a press release, AHOY! Comics debuted their second wave of comic book magazines, including:
- – “Bronze Age Boogie,” a 1970s genre mash-up from Stuart Moore, Alberto Ponticelli, and Giulia Brusco. Issue #1 is out April 3.
- – “Planet of the Nerds,” in which a group of time-displaced jocks land in the nerd-conquered world of 2019, by Paul Constant, Alan Robinson, Randy Elliot, and Felipe Sobreiro starting April 17.
- – “Hashtag: Danger,” a series that pits three scientific adventurers against “strange creatures, lost civilizations, and supernatural threats,” from Tom Peyer and Chris Giarrusso debuting on May 1.
- – And finally, “Steel Cage,” a one-shot out June 26, in which readers will decide which one of three “pilot” stories continues as an ongoing series.
– Tom King responded to criticism of his and Andy Kubert’s most recent “Superman” feature in Walmart’s 100-page giant, which shows Superman imagining many possible fates that might have befallen an incommunicado Lois Lane. Comic Book Resources ran a statement from King, who said, “Love comes with stress, agony, risk, vulnerability, and we shouldn’t deny that stress, agony, risk, and vulnerability. However, love also comes with the unique joy of putting your faith in someone else … [t]his story is not about the deaths of Lois Lane or the anxieties of Superman; it is about the love of Lois Lane and the love of Superman.”
– The Shogakukan Manga Awards announced this year’s winners, including “12-Sai” as Best Children’s Manga, “Dr. Stone” as Best Shonen Manga, “Suteki na Kareshi” as Best Shojo Manga, and “Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō” and “Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu” as the year’s Best Manga. You can read more about each series over at Anime News Network.
– In other manga news, acclaimed horror mangaka Junji Ito (“Uzumaki”) will release a one-shot story titled ‘Memento’ in the Feb. issue of Shogakukan’s “Big Comic Original.” Anime News Network has the scoop on the new story as well.
– The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) announced that award-winning cartoonist Jeffrey Brown (“Darth Vader & Son”) has created this year’s member art, which will be featured on a slew of pins, t-shirts, water bottles, and other gear. Check out Brown’s design over at the CBLDF website.
– Channing Tatum is considering directing his Gambit movie himself, according to Flickering Myth. The movie’s scheduled to release on March 13, 2020, but with no director formally attached and the status of Fox’s X-Men spin-offs in doubt, that date might not hold.
– The Rio Jewish Federation is suing cartoonist Aroeira over a “Nazi hug” cartoon that recently appeared in Rio de Janerio’s O Dia newspaper. The cartoon pictured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hugging each other, with their interlocking arms forming a swastika. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has more on the story.
