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– IGN shared a preview for “Blink,” a found footage horror comic by writer Christopher Sebela, artist Hayden Sherman, and colorist Nick Filardi. Published by Oni Press, the series follows Wren Booker, a journalist with repressed memories of a traumatic childhood, who stumbles on a website with camera feeds from a ruined building. Recognizing the building, Wren breaks in, and “finds herself entangled in the camera-filled dark mazes of a decayed social experiment known only as BLINK.” Issue #1 will be released on July 20, 2022.
– Young adult/middle-grade imprint Skybound Comet announced three upcoming titles for early 2023: “Scurry,” a collection of Mac Smith’s post-apocalyptic mouse webcomic; a new edition of Sean Kelley McKeever and Alexandre Tefenkgi’s 2018 space frontier comic “Outpost Zero”; and “Ava’s Demon Book One: Reborn,” a print edition of Michelle Fus’s fantasy webcomic of the same name. These books will be respectively released in February, April, and June 2023.
– DC announced the names and creative teams for the ‘Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League’ one-shots, following Tom King and Chris Burnham’s “Superman” special (out July 12):
DC will release art and more details for the comics at a later date. In the meantime, you can read a checklist for the event, and a preview of this weekend’s “Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition,” here. ‘Dark Crisis’ begins in full with “Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis” on May 31, and with issue #1 in June.
– Dark Horse Comics announced a new Stranger Things one-shot, “Stranger Things: Summer Special,” for July. Written by Keith Champagne with art by Caio Filipe, the book will follow Officers Powell and Callahan (played respectively on the show by John Reynolds and Rob Morgan) during the events of season three. It will retail for $6.99 on July 6, shortly after Stranger Things 4, Vol. 2 releases on Netflix on July 1.
– Square Enix has agreed to sell Marvel’s Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy developers Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal to Dark Horse owner Embracer Group. The sale, worth an estimated $300 million, gives Embracer ownership of franchises like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex. It is unclear what will happen to the developers’ licensed games, although Embracer stated during a livestream that Marvel will have final say over any potential transfer of rights. Embracer, which owns numerous other video game developers under various parent groups, expects the deal to close during their second financial quarter (July-September 2022.)
– In TV news, Tubi have renewed The Freak Brothers for a second season, ordering an additional eight episodes of the animated series based on Gilbert Shelton’s cult comic. Meanwhile, actress Caroline Day (Billions) has joined the cast of Riverdale in a recurring role. She will play Heather, a librarian in Greendale, and Cheryl’s junior high sweetheart.
– Finally, Rizzoli’s Universe Publishing will release Captain America: Avenger, Hero, Icon, a non-fiction book by Rich Johnson exploring the major moments in the Star-Spangled character’s history. The 224-page hardcover, which retails for $50, highlights 30 of Steve Rogers’s most significant stories, providing an overview of their creation and cultural relevance. It will be released on June 7.
