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In case you missed it, we have exclusive previews of next week’s “Star Wars: Darth Vader” #31, and next month’s “I Hate This Place” #6.
– Fire Nation princess Azula may receive her own redemption arc in “Avatar: The Last Airbender – Azula in the Spirit Temple,” the new graphic novel from Dark Horse and Avatar Studios. Faith Erin Hicks writes with art from Peter Wartman, and colors by Adele Matera. According to the book’s official synopsis, Azula will find herself in a mysterious forest after the events of the previous graphic novels and TV show, where she is “forced to confront her past and will finally face her chance at redemption… but will she take it?” It will be available in bookshops on September 26, 2023, and comics shops the following day.
– Faith Erin Hicks also revealed the cover for her upcoming graphic novel “Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy.” The book will be released through the First Second imprint on October 3 and can be preordered here. You can read our original coverage here.
– Amazon Studios are in final negotiations with Ed Brubaker to executive produce/showrun a series based on his and Sean Phillips’s “Criminal.” Created in 2006, “Criminal” is an anthology exploring two generations of crime in Center City. Amazon declined comment. Brubaker previously created the Amazon miniseries Too Old to Die Young with Nicolas Winding Refn in 2019.
– Volume two of Star Wars: Visions is this Star Wars Day, May 4, 2023 on Disney+. The new batch of episodes from the anthology series will feature nine shorts from El Guiri (Spain), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile), Aardman (United Kingdom), Studio Mir (South Korea), Studio La Cachette (France), 88 Pictures (India), D’art Shtajio (Japan), and Triggerfish (South Africa). “With Volume 1, the imaginative minds of Japan’s anime industry were on full display,” executive producer James Waugh says of the series. “With Volume 2, we expanded our canvas to take audiences on a global tour of some of the most talented creators from around the world.”
– Hit-Monkey will return to Hulu for season two. SNL alum Leslie Jones will join a season that includes Olivia Munn, Jason Sudeikis, Ally Maki, and Fred Tatasciore, in which Bryce and Monkey make their way to New York City. You can watch the trailer on the show’s Twitter page.
– Scott Lang’s memoir from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will be available in real-life this fall. Titled Look Out for the Little Guy, the book is credited to Paul Rudd’s character in the film, detailing Lang’s life as a father, criminal (which he swears was for the greater good), and finally, galaxy-saving Avenger. The book will feature twenty short pieces detailing these aspects and others of the “author’s” life. It’s available to preorder now and will be available on September 5, 2023. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hits theaters on February 17.
– Newsarama co-founder Michael Doran has stepped down from his position at the outlet. Doran began writing in the Prodigy forums in 1995, before joining with Matt Brady to found the website. The news comes after Rollin Bishop was hired as managing editor for GamesRadar+, which Newsarama currently is a part of, last October. Bishop stated that comic book content would be one of his major focuses, overlapping with Doran’s work on the site. With Doran’s exit, staff writer George Marston is the only writer still exclusively part of the Newsarama brand.
– Finally, thieves have stolen a large number of vintage comics from the personal collection of “Flaming Carrot” creator Bob Burdend. This includes classic issues of “Tales of Suspense” and “Tales to Astonish,” early Timely funny animal comics “Terry-Toons” and “Krazy Komics,” and even his own “Flaming Carrot Comics” and “Mysterymen.” The books were taken when thieves broke into his Atlanta, GA storage unit. Part of a rash of similar robberies occurred through December 2022 and January 2023. Burdend has asked fans to keep an idea out for the stolen works, and contact either him (wildcraft7[at]mindspring.com) or the Chamblee (Georgia) Police Department (770-986-5005) if they have any information.
