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– Remember Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver’s “S.H.I.E.L.D.”? As Hickman became busier and busier, Weaver pencilled the final two issues by himself as he awaited lettering and coloring instructions. Tom Brevoort told ComicBook.com that Hickman has finally completed the dialogue, so that work can be finished. The last issue of the series came out December 14, 2011: meanwhile, characters from the series have been appearing in “New Avengers,” and “Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme.”
– ComicBook.com also spotted a crossover called “Avengers: No Surrender,” starting in January’s “Avengers” #675. The names on the “weekly” event’s advertisement, which are on the backs of the ‘Legacy’ lenticular variant covers, indicate the crossover will be with “Uncanny Avengers” and “USAvengers.” The mysterious new character of Voyager is included in the ad’s artwork.
– Despite the lawsuit over royalties owed to the late Dwayne McDuffie’s family, Dan DiDio and Jim Lee have stated that plans for the upcoming relaunch of Milestone Media will be announced at the New York Comic Con.
– Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide’s life is to be depicted in a forthcoming graphic novel titled “Photographic: The Life Of Graciela Iturbide.” The book by Getty Publications is writer Isabel Quintero’s first foray into comics: the art is by cartoonist Zeke Peña, who illustrated the cover of Quintero’s novel Gabi, A Girl in Pieces.
– Amy Jackson will be playing Saturn Girl in season three of Supergirl. Jackson is an actress from the Isle of Man who’s made a name for herself in Bollywood, performing in Hindi and Tamil films. No word yet on whether Lightning Lad or Cosmic Boy will also be joining the show.
– Luc Besson’s production company EuropaCorp have acquired the television rights to Howard Chaykin’s 1980s series “American Flagg!” A dystopian satire set in 2031, “American Flagg!” follows the titular former actor when he is made redundant by CGI and becomes a law enforcer. Chaykin himself is attached as executive producer.
– A Teen Titans Go! feature film will be released in theaters on July 27, 2018. The pint-sized spin-off of the 2000s cartoon has been airing on Cartoon Network since 2013. The news came buried in an announcement from Warner Bros. that the It sequel will be released September 6, 2019.
– Via Good e-Reader, the Tokyo-based Research Institute for Publications reports digital manga sales in Japan may surpass those of print this year.
– 21-year old cartoonist Jake Thrasher, who works at the University of Mississippi’s student paper The Daily Mississippian, has received death threats from white supremacists for his depictions of Confederate apologists. Cartoonists Rights Network International have condemned the abuse and urged Jeffrey Vitter, the chancellor of the University of Mississippi, to protect students like Thrasher.
– The AFP have a report on how cartoonists in Myanmar are helping fuel hatred of Rohingya Muslims, because not all artists are progressive or kind.
– And on that note, Mark Waid has taken to Facebook to talk about harassment of younger comics professionals who are finding themselves being targeted because of their gender, race or sexuality. He hopes it will be read and shared widely.
– We’ll conclude on a lighter note with word that five minutes from Black Panther have been screened at an annual conference for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Representative Val Demings presented the footage with director Ryan Coogler and actress Danai Gurira to talk about how the film can encourage black kids to take an interest in science and technology. It appeared the footage was the same as that screened at SDCC, but the reaction still seemed rapturous.
