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In case you missed it, Vault Comics have announced “The Autumnal,” this year’s series for their annual horror imprint, Nightfall.
– Popular comic strip “Trots and Bonnie,” by Shary Flenniken, is getting a reprint edition this fall from New York Review Books, with an introduction by Emily Flake. The strip ran in National Lampoon from 1972 to 1990, and follows Bonnie and her dog, Trots, as they both get into trouble. It was popular during its time but there has never been a collected edition, until now. Flenniken was a rare female contributor to National Lampoon, and once served as the magazine’s editor. You can pre-order the collection, which ships November 10, here.
– Dark Horse Comics have announced in their September solicitations, a new ‘Stranger Things’ miniseries titled, “Stranger Things: Science Camp.” The series will consist of 4 issues, with Jody Houser writing, Edgar Salazar on pencils, Keith Champagne on inks, and Marissa Louise on colors. Issue #1 will release on September 30. “Stranger Things: Science Camp” will follow Dustin as he arrives at Camp Know Where without the rest of his crew.
– Publisher Drawn + Quarterly has acquired the rights to “Baltimore Brownfield” by award-winning cartoonist Ebony Flowers. The graphic novel explores environmental racism, redlining, housing segregation, and community perseverance, as detailed through the life in a neighborhood between the Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore’s industrial infrastructure. No release date has been announced.
– Manga creator, Yoshihiro Takahashi, best know for the animal adventure series, “Ginga Nagareboshi Gin,” has drawn an illustration to promote The Call of the Wild, starring Harrison Ford. The artwork includes Buck, from the film, along with the pack of dogs seen in Takahashi’s ongoing “Ginga Densetsu Noah” manga. Five copies of the artwork will be distributed as a part of the film’s Twitter campaign in Japan. Japan residents must submit a review or tweet with the hashtag “A scene that made me cry” or “The moment of returning to the wild” to be entered into a draw to win a DVD and Blu-ray set, including the artwork. The Blu-ray and DVD set releases on July 3.
– TokyoPop, a global manga leader, has been selected as a participant in Cannes Marché du Film’s Shoot the Book!, the Rendez-Vous publishing adaptation initiative that is an opportunity for select literary works to be presented to film producers for licensing consideration. The first of TokyoPop’s titles to be included this year is “Goldfisch,” a German manga series from Nana Yaa. All three volumes are also available in English. The second series up for consideration is popular shounen manga series, “Kamo: Pact with the Spirit World” by Ban Zarbo. Both of these series are a part of TokyoPop’s International Women of Manga imprint. The Shoot the Book! meeting between publishers and producers is being held during today and tomorrow.
– Award-winning cartoonist Jesse Jacobs is launching a new psychedelic platformer video game, Spinch. The game, developed by Queen Bee Games and published by Akupara Games, was announced during the Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition. In the new game, you play as a tiny white ball, the mother of all Spinch, as you try to find your kidnapped children while everything in color is out to get you. There are no game over conditions in the game, making it a forgiving, family-friendly game. Spinch will span 6 levels, each ending in a boss fight. The game is being developed for Nintendo Switch and PC and will release September 3, 2020.
– All three movies in Wesley Snipes’s Blade Trilogy are coming to HBO Max, starting July 1. The trilogy was originally produced by New Line Cinema, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The trilogy began in 1998, and ended in 2004. Starting July, the trilogy will be available to stream for anyone with a subscription to the recently launched service.
– Finally, a sixth and final season of Netflix’s Lucifer has been announced. No new details or release dates have been released. Season 5, Part 1, consisting of eight episodes, will premiere August 21 of this year.
