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In case you missed it, Image are changing their single-issue distributor from Diamond to Lunar.
– Neil Gaiman revealed he and Colleen Doran are reteaming for a graphic novelization of Good Omens. The 1990 book by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, which was previously adapted for stage and radio, as well as the acclaimed TV series, follows the angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley, as they team up to prevent the End Times. It is unknown when it will be released, as it will be crowdfunded on Kickstarter sometime this summer. Good Omens season two will be released, meanwhile, on Amazon Prime Video on July 28, 2023.
– AHOY announced “Project: Cryptid,” a comedic spin on creatures like the Yeti, the Mothman, and the Loch Ness Monster. Issue #1 will be released on September 6, and contain ‘Wormy and Me’ by Paul Cornell and P.J. Holden, as well as ‘Ballroom of Death’ by Mark Russell and Jordi Perez. Other writers and artists on the series will include Alisa Kwitney, Alex Segura, Bryce Ingman, Paul Constant, Liana Kangas, Henry Barajas, Joe Illidge, Zander Cannon, Gene Ha, Stuart Moore, Mauricet, Peter Krause, Richard Pace, Jamal Igle, Ted and Ro, Lew Stringer, Lane Lloyd, and (formerly of this parish) Comic Book Yeti’s Matt Ligeti.
– Drawn & Quarterly will publish “A Witch’s Guide to Burning,” a new graphic novel by Aminder Dhaliwal (“Woman World,” “Cyclopedia Exotica”). The book, which will be released next year on April 23, follows a witch who survives being burned at the stake, and sets out with a witch doctor and a toad to restore her memories and abilities. You can check out all D&Q’s Winter 2024 catalog (including Travis Dandro’s previously announced “Winnie-the-Pooh” adaptation) at ICv2.
– Marvel unveiled several variant covers featuring new characters from Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s “G.O.D.S.,” releasing this August. The characters who’ll debut on those covers will include Dmitri the Science Boy, the reckless partner of mysterious magic expert Wyn; young sorcerer Mia the Magic Girl; Aiko Maki, an agent of science; and Cubisk Core, a “being of pure corruption.” Hickman and Schiti’s series, which will explore the Cosmic Beings’ corner of the Marvel Universe, will begin sometime this fall.
– IDW will publish “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Scorpius Run,” a new series picking up after season two in August. Written by Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson with art by Angel Hernandez, the book will see the Enterprise lose contact with Starfleet while exploring the titular constellation. Paramount+ also released a new trailer for season two, giving us a first look at the live-action Lower Decks crossover. Season two will begin on June 15, and end August 17, a week before “Scorpius Run” begins.
– Sony unleashed a 12-minute gameplay video for Spider-Man 2 at the PlayStation Showcase, revealing Insomniac Games’ take on Kraven and his Hunters, Symbiote Spider-Man, Queens and the East River, and the (huge, spiky) Lizard. The demo shows Peter Parker being driven to protect Curt Connors from Kraven because he’s the only one who can cure Harry Osborn of his terminal illness, and the symbiote exacerbating his fear, much to Miles Morales’s concern. The game will be released sometime this fall on PlayStation 5; until then, you can read more on the newly revealed gameplay at the PlayStation Blog.
– Amazon have ordered the Daniel Dae Kim project Butterfly to series. Based on the BOOM! Studios title by Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, Antonio Fuso, and Stefano Simeone, the six-part show will follow “David Jung (Kim), an enigmatic, highly unpredictable former US intelligence operative living in South Korea, whose life is blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself pursued by Rebecca, a deadly, sociopathic young agent assigned to kill him.” Production will begin after the WGA strike. Additionally, the streamer announced season two of The Wheel of Time will premiere on September 1.
– Death Note: The Musical will be performed at the UK’s London Palladium on Monday, August 21, and Tuesday, August 22, 2023. The musical, created by composer Frank Wildhorn, lyricist Jack Murphy, and librettist Ivan Menchell, premiered in Japan in 2015, and has been performed in various countries, but not a primarily English-speaking territory until now – as a result, this will be the production’s first performance in English. Tickets will go on sale June 2.
– Finally, spoilers for The Flash movie follow: in an interview with Esquire Middle East, director Andy Muschietti revealed Nicolas Cage will have a cameo as Superman. Cage, who previously voiced the role in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, was originally cast as the Man of Steel in Tim Burton’s unproduced 1997 project Superman Lives. The Flash, which Warner Bros. have also screened for Tom Cruise, Stephen King, and Jaden Smith to overcome Ezra Miller’s unpopularity, releases June 16.
