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In case you missed it, Dark Horse announced “The Change,” a mature superhero graphic novel conceived by Whoopi Goldberg.
– Via Daily Dead, Encyclopocalypse Publications announced “TECH,” the first graphic novel written and illustrated by filmmaker Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice, Locke & Key, and more). A futuristic sci-fi comic, “TECH” follows Shel, a black market courier dealing in alien technology. “Business is booming, but it’s a dangerous occupation, one that she would’ve abandoned long ago if not for her daughter’s expensive medical treatments.” It will retail for $36.99 on September 22.
– Titan will release writer/artist Des Taylor’s “Scarlett Couture: The Munich File,” a sequel to his 2015 spy series “Scarlett Couture: Project Stardust.” The five-part follow-up will see Agent Scarlett Carver and her team discover “the effects of Project Stardust reach further than anyone had anticipated – there are new threats emerging, and this time, it’s personal.” Issue #1 releases August 9.
– Marvel launched a six-part “Spider-Verse Unlimited” arc by J. Holtham, Nathan Stockman, and Pete Pantazis, teaming up Miles Morales, Peter Parker, Spider-Gwen, and Silk. The arc, titled ‘Along Came the Spiders,’ will pit the heroes against a new villain. The first chapter, “Spider-Verse Unlimited” #48, is now available to read on the Marvel Unlimited app.
– Marvel also revealed the Midnight Suns video game will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Thursday, May 11. All four DLCs, including the final one adding Storm (also launching on May 11) will be available. Additionally, a Nintendo Switch version of the game is no longer planned, a decision likely stemming from the game’s low sales when it released on PC and current generation consoles last year.
– Skybound announced The Art of Invincible Season 1, a behind-the-scenes look at the first installment of the animated series, written by Marc Sumerak with a foreword by co-creator Robert Kirkman. The hardcover book, which costs $39.99, will include exclusive interviews, character, background and vehicle designs, and key art. It will arrive in comic book shops and digitally on November 1, and bookstores November 7, roughly during the planned release window for season two.
– A new Simpsons/Star Wars crossover, Rogue Not Quite One, will be released tomorrow on Disney+ to mark May the Fourth. The short film will see Maggie discover Grogu’s hovering pram, and fly off to do battle with Imperial TIE fighters. It will mark the seventh Disney+ Simpsons short film, the fourth Maggie Simpson short, and the second to see her cross into Star Wars territory after 2021’s May the Fourth release, The Force Awakens from Its Nap. Rogue Not Quite One will round out this year’s May 4 releases, which also include the premiere of Star Wars: Visions season two and Young Jedi Adventures.
– In an interview with ICv2, “Princeless” co-creator Jeremy Whitley commented on the status of the comic’s planned Free Comic Book Day release, which Action Lab Comics announced late last year without his approval. The link to the comic on the FCBD website now goes to a 404 page, and Whitley believes the comic is no longer coming out after he and artist Emily Martin encouraged readers to boycott the release. Whitley and Martin are among the many creators who filed a lawsuit against Action Lab for their inability to publish their comics last year, stating their contracts should be declared null and void.
– Last but not least, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book awarded the 2023 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize to Emily Carrington for her memoir “Our Little Secret” on Monday. The book, which was Carrington’s first, recounts the sexual abuse she suffered from a neighbor as a teenager, and how she began reckoning with it 25 years later. She will be presented with the $2500 prize, and a copy of “Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts,” at an event that will be announced in the fall. Kate Beaton’s “Ducks” won the runner-up honor prize, and she will also receive a copy of “Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts.”
