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In case you missed it, Lion Forge announced their first Catalyst Prime crossover event, “Seven Days,” while Top Cow’s “Postal” is returning as “Postal: Deliverance.”
The following blurb has been amended per a correction from Jillian Tamaki.
– Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Jillian Tamaki will be the guest editor of “The Best American Comics of 2019,” this year’s entry in editor Bill Kartalopoulos’s “Best American Comics” anthology series. As series editor, Kartalopoulos chooses a longlist of comics, and Tamaki, as guest editor, will make the final selections. This year’s edition will have a cover by Ignatz Award-winning artist Sophia Foster-Dimino (“Sex Fantasy”), and will be published in October. Entries from North American cartoonists for next year’s entry can be submitted here.
– Avery Hill Publishing unveiled new three titles for this fall: Alabaster Pizzo’s “Mimi and the Wolves,” B. Mure’s Ismyre threequel “The Tower in the Sea,” and Lizzy Stewart’s graphic memoir “Walking Distance.” You can read more details about the books, which will be released during September and October, at Broken Frontier.
– Titan Comics’ Hard Case Crime imprint will publish Eldo Yoshimizu’s manga “Ryuko” across two volumes, the first of which comes out July 9. The comic follows a member of the Japanese mafia stationed in the Middle East, who becomes embroiled with the Chinese and a terrorist group after she is forced to kill her father and her mother gets kidnapped. It is the first Japanese title published under the imprint.
– In an interview with Kidscreen, Lion Forge CCO Carl Reed mentioned the company is moving towards adapting some of their children’s titles into animated series, including Dave Scheidt and Scott McMahon’s young mummy series “Wrapped Up.” They are also developing ten animated educational shows, and are looking for partnerships on them.
– The Nickelodeon’s 2019 Kids Choice Awards nominations were announced: there are many comic book adaptations nominated, which you can read here, including, strangely, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Riverdale and The Walking Dead for Favorite TV Drama. Your kids can vote here, and the winners will be announced live on March 23.
– In a report on producer Michael Disco, Deadline mentioned The Flash movie (which Disco is a part of) is being rewritten by directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. The Game Night directors became attached to the Ezra Miller vehicle last year, and the film is tentatively set for 2021.
– Canada’s SNC-Lavalin scandal has continued to spawn controversial cartoons: Toronto Star cartoonist Theo Moudakis deleted and apologized for his depiction of Justin Trudeau behaving obliviously to an avalanche, after criticism that it was in bad taste given how the Prime Minister’s brother Michel died. Journal de Québec Yannick Lemay has also apologized for a stereotypical portrayal of former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s “knockout” testimony at last week’s justice committee hearing in Ottawa.
– NBC reports a new book by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) is set for release this fall. Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum, illustrated by Andrew Joyner, follows an “affable horse as he takes a group of students on a guided tour of an art museum.” The book is based on a manuscript by the late cartoonist/illustrator that was discovered at his home in La Jolla, California, in 2012. The book will published by Penguin Random House on September 3, 2019.
– Director David F. Sandberg tweeted that a second trailer for Shazam! will be released online today. The film, which arrives in theaters April 5, has only had one trailer, which debuted back at San Diego Comic-Con. In more Shazam! news, DC Universe are adding the 1970s TV series of the same name onto their service tomorrow, which has been remastered in HD for the first time.
– Speaking of Captain Marvel, this week’s reader poll asked you to vote for your favorite character to hold the title at Marvel Comics. Carol Danvers won with 33.3 percent of the vote, followed by Monica Rambeau, the first female Captain Marvel, with 30.8 percent, and Mar-Vell, the original, at 17.9 percent. Happy Women’s History/Captain Marvel Month folks!
