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In case you missed it, our New 52 retrospective 520 Weeks continued with “All-Star Western” artist Moritat.
– TKO Studios announced the original horror graphic novel “Graveneye,” and the anthology collection “Tales of Terror,” both of which will be released on November 15. “Graveneye,” which was written by Sloane Leong with art by Anna Bowles, tells the story of a sentient house, cursed to watch the terrible deeds of its inhabitants. “Tales of Terror” collects several previously published comics, including Liana Kangas, Joe Corallo, and Paul Azaceta’s “Seeds of Eden,” Alex Paknadel, Jen Hickman, and Ian MacEwan’s “Hand Me Down” and “Roofstompers,” and Michael Moreci and Jesús Hervás’s “The Walk.” It also features new cover art by Gabriel Walta.
– Marvel Comics announced Steve Orlando will take over from Gerry Duggan as the writer of “Marauders.” His new run will begin in January with artist Crees Lee’s “Marauders Annual” #1, which will see Captain Kate Pryde and Bishop recruit a new team — consisting of Psylocke, Aurora, Tempo, and the recently introduced Somnus — to rescue Daken from Brimstone Love, a villain from the 2099 timeline. (“It’s the Marauders versus the Theater of Pain, a torture troupe that’s set up shop in Xavier’s School’s old backyard!”) Duggan’s run will conclude with “Marauders” #27 (featuring art by Matteo Lolli) on December 29.
– Per Deadline, Disney+ have given a straight-to-series order for American Born Chinese, an action-comedy show based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang. Yang will serve as an executive producer on the series, which will be written by showrunners (and brothers) Kelvin & Charles Yu, and directed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ Destin Daniel Cretton. Published in 2006, “American Born Chinese” follows Jin Wang, a boy from San Francisco struggling to fit into his new, predominantly white high school. “When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.”
– Variety reports Apple TV+ will release their first original “Peanuts” holiday special, For Auld Lang Syne, on December 10. The New Year’s Eve-themed special takes place after the gang find themselves disappointed “that Charlie Brown’s grandmother can’t visit, leading Lucy to throw herself a New Year’s Eve party, while Charlie Brown struggles to accomplish just one of his resolutions before midnight.” For Auld Lang Syne was written by Alex Galatis and Scott Montgomery with director Clay Kaytis, and produced as part of Apple’s partnership with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions.
– On Twitter, Neil Gaiman clarified Jenna Coleman will be playing both Lady Johanna Constantine, and her present day descendant Joanna Constantine, on Netflix’s The Sandman. He confirmed the show was unable to use John Constantine as he appeared in the comic, because of HBO Max’s plans for a reboot of the character’s TV series, “but the plan to have Lady Johanna and Joanna be in the story and played by the same person was there from the start. It seemed tidier. So it worked out.”
– Stargirl cast member Joel McHale revealed he will be a series regular on season 3 of the CW’s Stargirl. McHale plays Sylvester Pemberton, the original Starman on the show; the character was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman in 1941, and originally known as the Star-Spangled Kid. Season 2 of Stargirl currently airs Tuesdays on the CW.
– Finally, Masako Nozawa, the actress who has voiced Goku, Gohan and Goten in the Japanese version of the Dragon Ball franchise since 1986, has received a lifetime achievement award from the annual Japan Media Arts Festival. In her acceptance video, Nozawa thanked her coworkers and fans, and quipped she wanted to continue working until she is 128, before signing off with a battle cry from Goku himself. You can find out more about the festival (in English) here.
