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In case you missed it, Marvel Comics has announced a five-part “Wakanda” series.
– Black Nerd Problems has the first look at the sequel to the BOOM! Studios title “Eve.” “Eve: Children of the Moon” brings back the team from the original title – writer Victor LaValle, artist Jo Mi-Gyeong, colorist Brittany Peer, and letterer AndWorld Design – for a story that finds Eve, her sister, and Wexler facing off against a dark force from the past. Having saved the world once already, Eve and her allies must adjust to their new reality. “Eve saved the world but what happens the day after that?” LaValle teased. “What if the world doesn’t take too kindly to saviors?” The first issue features a main cover by artist Ario Anindito, with variants from Jahnoy Lindsay, Miguel Mercado, and Mike Del Mundo. “Eve: Children of the Moon” #1 debuts in October.
– IGN has a first look at “Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine,” one of the books being released as part of the 8-title partnership between comiXology and Scott Snyder’s imprint Best Jackett Press. The title features Snyder teaming up with “Supergirl” artist Jamal Igle, as well as inker Juan Castro, colorist Chris Sotomayor, and letterer Tom Napolitano for a sci-fi series following “an aspiring inventor who might just be his own worst enemy.” Three titles from Best Jackett Press will be launching concurrently as comiXology Originals just before San Diego Comic-Con in July. Snyder confirmed that the other two books would be the WWI-set romance “Barnstormers” (with art by Tula Lotay and colors by Lotay and Dee Cunniffe), and the horror western “Canary” (with art from Dan Panosian); more details on these two books are coming today and Friday. Last year, Snyder spoke with us in-depth to tease all the books coming down the pipe from Best Jackett. These three titles, including “Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine,” will launch on July 19 on comiXology.
– Dark Horse has announced the young adult graphic novel “Under Kingdom.” Via AIPT, the folklore adventure comes from writer Christof Bogacs and artist Marie Enger, and follows a high school freshman named Shay who is “thrust into a secret world of monsters that exists underneath his small West Virginian town.” “It’s hard to know what to say about ‘Under Kingdom,’” Bogacs and Enger said in the press release. “As sappy as it sounds, I guess the easiest way to sum it up is love; a love of monsters, a love for the scrappy underdog, and an unwavering belief in the power of empathy. Plus, there are fart jokes!” “Under Kingdom” delves into comic shops on March 15, 2023.
– The next book in cartoonist Jerry Craft’s Newbery Medal-winning “New Kid” series is coming in 2023. Via The Beat, writer and children’s librarian John Schu shared a teaser image for Craft’s “School Trip” on Twitter, with the title and image suggesting that the students of Riverdale Academy Day School are heading off on a trip to Europe. The “New Kid” books follow Jordan Banks, a Black student who must adjust when he is sent to a prestigious, majority white private school. “School Trip” is set to travel to the shelves on April 4, 2023.
– ComiXology announced on Twitter that they have launched the Beta for a Kindle web reader that addresses some of the complaints made by users after their widely criticized update earlier this year. The new web reader sports the ability to read as double-page spreads, to zoom in and out, and to switch to a vertical scroll format. One of the largest complaints from users, the lack of a Guided View, is planned for a launch later this year.
– Netflix has released a new trailer for their upcoming animated feature Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. The trailer offers a first look at the follow-up to the similarly named animated series that aired for two seasons on Nickelodeon from 2018-2020. Nickelodeon is producing the film, while Netflix is handling the distribution. Picking up two years after the events of the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series finale, the film finds Leonardo leading his brothers in a fight against the Kraang. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie will premiere on Netflix on August 5, 2022.
– Via Variety, Netflix and the Duffer Brothers have announced a new line of projects coming from the Stranger Things creators’ production company Upside Down Pictures. Details for many of the projects are under wraps, but among them are a Stranger Things spinoff series, as well as a stage play directed by Stephen Daldry. The Duffers will also produce a new live-action TV adaptation of the manga and anime series “Death Note,” which Netflix had previously adapted as a live-action film in 2017. The Duffer Brothers will also partner with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment for an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman, and with Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews on a new original series.
– Season two of Superman & Lois now has a UK release date. Via Geektown, the series will premiere on BBC One this month. Season two finds the titular married couple (Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch) continuing to balance their relationship with the challenges of raising two potentially superpowered boys (Jordan Elsass and Alex Garfin) in a dangerous world. The series comes from Berlanti Productions and was developed by Greg Berlanti and showrunner Todd Helbing. Superman & Lois takes off on BBC One & iPlayer with its first two episodes on July 16.
