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In case you missed it, before the weekend, DC announced they were shutting down Vertigo after 25 years: they also announced DC Ink was being folded into DC proper, and that DC Zoom would be rebranded as DC Kids, before unveiling the 2020-2021 slate for both lines. Meanwhile, BOOM! Studios announced a “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” maxiseries.
– IDW announced “The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel,” an illustrated version of the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation from New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler and journalist Steve Duin. “It’s funny. It’s maddening. But it’s a great resource for anyone that wants to be informed about the findings of the most important law enforcement document created in our lifetime,” editor Justin Eisinger said. The 208-page B&W book goes on sale in April 2020.
– DC co-publisher Jim Lee took to Twitter to clarify Vertigo’s closure will not end the ‘Sandman Universe’ books, revealing the line will continue well into 2020 under the Black Label. He stated, “Our decision to rebrand all content under the singular DC imprint is just that. Amazing bks that comprise the Sandman Univ e.g. will continue. Big plans for yr 2! YA, pop-ups & creator-owned comics will continue to be a big part of DC. No books are being cancelled or going away.”
– Publishers Weekly reported Andrews McMeel Publishing will release cartoonist Huda Fahmy’s graphic memoir “That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story” in Spring 2020. The magazine also revealed Little, Brown Books for Young Readers have acquired Sophia Wiedeman Glock‘s memoir “Passport” for publication in fall 2021.
– Entertainment Weekly announced First Second will publish “Check, Please!: Sticks and Scones” on April 7, 2020. EW also have a preview of the graphic novel, which is the second and final print collection of Ngozi Ukazu’s queer sports webcomic.
– Transparent creator Jill Soloway will write and direct Millennium Films’ Red Sonja reboot. The non-binary filmmaker replaces Bryan Singer, who departed the movie earlier this year following numerous rape and sexual assault allegations. Soloway’s next project, the Transparent Musicale Finale, will be released on Amazon Prime Video later this year.
– Netflix announced a fifth season of the live-action drama Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories will be released worldwide sometime this fall. The show, which is an anthology about the visitors of a diner based on a manga by Yaro Abe, began on Tokyo Broadcasting System Television in 2011, and was picked up by Netflix for its fourth season in 2016.
– In licensed manga news, an official “Prison Break” comic, based on the FOX TV series and created by relative newcomer Hikosuke Soyama, launched yesterday on the Japanese subscription site Piccoma. It was also announced a new “Zoids” strip will debut in September’s issue of Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine.
– Finally, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Batman will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. The Caped Crusader will be only the second comic book character to receive a star, following Snoopy in 2015.
