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In case you missed it, DC Black Label announced Hill House, a horror imprint curated by writer Joe Hill starting this Halloween. We also spoke to writer Ryan Parrott and editor Dafna Pleban about the new era of BOOM! Studios’ “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.”
– ICv2 reports that, despite DC’s decision to retire Vertigo in favor of the Black Label branding for all adult-aimed books next year, collections of classic titles will continue to carry the name, as long as “the titles are exact reprints.” These may include all omnibus editions of classic Vertigo titles planned for release later this year.
– IDW Publishing announced a graphic novelization of the Mueller Report last week, but according to Forbes, another take from author and artist Barbara Slate will be published much sooner. The first volume of Slate’s “Mueller Report Graphic Novel” will be published by Richard Minsky in July, with the second due out in September. You can learn more about her version at its website here.
– Indie publisher Mad Cave Studios announced a new series, “Wolvenheart,” written by Mark London (“Battlecats”) with art by Alejandro Giraldo (“Midnight Task Force”). Inspired by classic monster movies, the comic follows Sterling Cross, the most prolific member of the monster hunting organization Wolvenheart (led by Professor Van Helsing), which monitors all of time and space. Issue #1 goes on sale October 30.
– IGN premiered the trailer for Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans, the direct-to-video follow-up to last year’s Teen Titans Go! to the Movies. The sequel, which sees the kid-friendly versions of the characters clash with their older-skewing 2003 counterparts, will be released sometime in 2019.
– Marvel announced Avengers: Endgame will be released digitally on July 30, and physically on August 13. In the meantime, the film will be rereleased across the globe tomorrow, in what has been dubbed the Bring Back event.
– Tomorrow also sees the release of Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’s new film Yesterday, which stars Himesh Patel as the only person in the world who remembers the Beatles. Coincidentally, French writer David Blot and artist Jérémie Royer created a graphic novel of the same name with a vaguely similar premise in 2011, but the book went out-of-print following the closure of publisher Manolosanctis. Possibly in response to the film, Blot has now released a PDF copy of the book online for free: you can access an English version of the 56-page “Yesterday” here.
– Meanwhile, director Wes Ball has released test footage from the cancelled Mouse Guard movie online, providing fans with a look at what might’ve been. The $170 million animated Fox film, based on David Petersen’s comic book series, was canned by Disney two months ago, and Ball has released the footage after every other studio also passed on the project. Concept artist Darek Zabrocki has also been disclosing artwork for the movie, which you can see here.
– Singer Poppy will perform a free concert at San Diego Comic-Con next month to promote her debut graphic novel, “Genesis 1.” The gig will be held at The Quartyard at 7pm on July 18, and tickets, which are limited to 400 people, can be reserved here.
– Paramount TV has ordered Coyote, a topical ten-part drama starring and executive produced by Michael Chiklis in association with Dark Horse Entertainment and Sony Pictures TV. Written and produced by David Graziano, the series will star Chiklis as a former border patrol agent who is forced to help people in Mexico get across the border, and reconsidering his old worldviews as a result. Coyote, which will air next year, will be the first non-comic book adaptation produced by Dark Horse.
– Finally, Marvel have added Conan to August’s “Marvel Comics” #1000 with a story by Ralph Macchio and Marco Checchetto; Neil Gaiman revealed he pitched 1602 to Marvel TV last year but was turned down; and Salma Hayek is in talks to appear in the studio’s The Eternals. The upcoming film, directed by Chloe Zhao, currently includes actors Richard Madden and Kumail Nanjiani, and is set to begin filming this year.