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In case you missed it, we announced Ibrahim Moustafa’s next graphic novel, “Cyn,” due out from Humanoids early next year. We have also updated Arleen Sorkin’s obituary with a statement from her family.
– Via Twitter, Matt Wagner announced three new, four-issue series starring Grendel Prime, collectively titled “Devil’s Crucible.” Continuing on from 2019’s “Grendel: Devil’s Odyssey,” the series will see the futuristic version of the character return to Earth, where he discovers a drastically altered version of its society. The three volumes will be titled “Defiance,” “Sedition,” and “Necrotic,” and they will begin at Dark Horse in Summer 2024. In the meantime, an expansion of Wagner’s original Grendel story, “Grendel: Devil by the Deed,” will be released on November 22, 2023.
– Black Market Narrative announced the latest Massive-Verse comic, “Inferno Girl Red: Book Two,” which will reunite writer Mat Groom, artist Erica D’Urso, colorist Igor Monti, letterer Becca Carey, and editor Kyle Higgins. The book will follow Cássia Costa, who’s still reeling from a tragic loss, as she navigates a relationship with a new mentor, while dealing with two new villains in her hometown Apex City. Like the first book, which was released as a three-issue miniseries by Image earlier this year, it is being crowdfunded on Kickstarter, with a wider release date unknown at the time of writing.
– Seven Seas revealed the latest Japanese titles they’ve acquired the English rights for, including Kabi Nagata (“My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness”)’s latest autobiography, “My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better.” The book follows Nagata at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as she tries to live a healthier, alcohol-free lifestyle after developing pancreatitis (which she chronicled in “My Alcoholic Escape from Reality.”) The book will be released in English digitally and physically in November.
– Following a pact with Amazon’s podcast studio and network Wondery, Dr. Seuss’s books are receiving podcast adaptations for the first time. The first release will be The Cat in the Hat Cast, described as a weekly “fantastical variety show-style podcast series hosted by everyone’s favorite red and white hat-wearing Cat.” It will begin Monday, September 18. The Cat is being voiced by New York-based comedian and singer Andrew Barbato, while actor, filmmaker and podcaster Brandon Zelman will voice the Fish. Further projects will be announced at a later date.
– Moving has become Hulu and Disney+ Star’s most watched Korean-language original series ever, Disney announced. The show, which premiered August 9, is a supernatural espionage series based on the webtoon by Kang Full, who also scripted the live-action take. It follows three teenagers, who discover they have inherited superpowers from their parents, who are all former secret agents. When an assassin hunting superhumans emerges, they are forced into action, along with their parents. 11 episodes of the 20-part season, which will conclude with a three-part finale on September 20, are available now.
– In further Hulu/Disney+ Star-related news, Ablaze revealed their November releases will include “Gannibal,” the horror manga by Masaaki Ninomiya, which inspired the 2022 TV show of the same name. The comic, which was originally published in Japan across 13 volumes from 2018 to 2021, follows a cop who relocates with his family to a remote village, where he discovers a body with a human bite mark. The first volume will be published in English on November 15, with the second arriving in February. Head to the link for more of Ablaze’s November solicits, including Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare’s first OGN from 2011, “The Armadillo Prophecy.”
– Finally, to mark David Fincher’s 61st birthday, Netflix released the poster for his next film, The Killer, painted by British artist James Paterson. The thriller, starring Michael Fassbender as the assassin from the comics by Matz and Luc Jacamon, will be released in limited theaters on October 27, before being added to Netflix on November 10.
