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– In tragic news, John Watkiss, best known as the artist for the comics “Sandman” and “Surgeon X,” passed away from cancer last Saturday. Throughout his 55 years of life, Watkiss was known as an artist’s artist within the comic book community. Some of his other works include Disney’s Tarzan, “Ring of Roses,” “Starman,” “Sandman Mystery Theatre,” and “Conan the Adventurer.”
– In DC news, James Marsden has also been
– Also, DC All-Access co-host, Jason Inman and Top Cow editor, Ashley Victoria Robinson launch a Kickstarter for their new all ages Comic “Jupiter Jet.” The comic follows the adventures of Jacqueline “Jacky” Johnson, a 16 year old who discovers an experimental Jet Pack in her dead father’s workshop.
– On the Marvel side of things, Ta-Neshi Coates will helm “Black Panther and The Crew.” The new Comic will focus on Black Panther teaming up with other black superheroes in the Marvel universe. Including, Storm, Misty Knight, Luke Cage and Manifold.
– The Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels may have just made part of the Knights Of The Old Republic games canon. The show expands upon the Star Wars universe by revealing the name of the first Mandalorian Jedi, Tar Vizsla and giving a reference to the Mandalorian War. A significant event in the KOTR game series.
-NBC has greenlit development for a new Witchblade television series. The Top Cow comic series is being adapted with Caroline Dries (executive producer of the Vampire Diaries) and Carol Mendelsohn (Former CSI showrunner) at the helm.
-Shelly Bond returns with an election inspired book titled “Femme Magnifique”. A collection of stories about women from pop music, artistic, political and scientific backgrounds. The book will include 30 short stories in total and will soon open up a crowdfunding campaign to help support the book.
– In much stranger, but also politically charged news, Donald Trump quotes Tom Hardy’s Bane almost word for word in a portion of his inauguration speech.
– Lastly, local Washington DC Comic store, Fantom comics acted as a shelter for protesters of the presidential inauguration. Last week, the store announced on their Facebook page that they would open their doors to protesters to provide a safe space and rest area to anyone who needed it during the march. The news team over at Comics Beat got to interview Fantom Comics general manager, Jake Shapiro on the matter, which can be found in the link provided above.
