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– BHP Comics is shutting down, the Scottish publisher announced. Publisher Sha Nazir attributed the decision to rising costs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit, making publishing gradually unfeasible. BHP, which was founded in 2011 as Black Hearted Press, was the home of titles like Warren Pleece’s historical anthology “Freedom Bound: Escaping Slavery in Scotland” (a copy of which is available in every Scottish secondary school), Dave Cook & Craig Paton’s “Killtopia,” and David Lumsden’s “Boat.” The company will make one final convention appearance at the Edinburgh Comic Art Fair on November 19, and return all creators’ rights effective immediately on January 1, 2024.
– Charles Soule is bringing two exclusive comics to New York Comic Con this week: “Eight Billion Genies: Wishworld,” and “The Shrouded College: Newton.” Respectively created with Ryan Browne and Will Sliney & Rachelle Rosenberg, the comics will offer all-new stories in both universes, with “Wishworld” exploring “the wishes of new characters,” and “Newton” revealing “the origins of the Shrouded College.” The comics will be available from Soule’s webstore, as well as Soule and Browne’s tables at NYCC (located at Artist Alley booths G39-40.)
– Bad Idea also revealed two exclusives that will be available at NYCC, Matt Kindt and Tomas Giorello’s time travel story “Save Now” (originally published as a ‘B-Side’ in “ENIAC” #1), and “Mission Go: A Tankers Story” by Robert Venditti and Juan José Ryp (a spin-off of one of their launch titles.) Head to link to find out how to claim your copies. Additionally, the publisher teased “The Destroyer,” a new book by writer Mae Catt (Transformers: EarthSpark), artists Alberto Ponticelli (“Orc Island”) and Lewis LaRosa (“X-O Manowar”), and more, debuting this December.
– Korean Disney+/Hulu superhero drama Moving won six awards at the annual Asia Contents and Global OTT Awards, including Best Creative Award, Best Visual Effects, and Best Writer for Kang Full (who also created the webcomic the show is based on.) Ryu Seung-ryong won Best Lead Actor for the show, while Lee Jung-ha and Go Youn-jung respectively won Best Newcomer Actor and Actress. Gannibal lead Yagira Yuya also won the Asian Excellence Award for his performance on the streamer’s horror manga adaptation.
– A series of filings from Marvel Studios at the US Copyright Office have provided an insight into when to expect some recently delayed Disney+ shows. Via TechRadar, Agatha: Darkhold Diaries has been penciled in for a September 29, 2024 premiere, while Daredevil: Born Again will begin January 2025, and Ironheart will premiere September 3, 2025. All of these shows were expected to premiere in the next year until the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and Marvel’s in-house VFX team unionized; however, unlike Daredevil, Ironheart wrapped filming late last year.
The filings also reveal some casting information for their projects, including the animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year (currently projected for November 2, 2024.) Hudson Thames, who previously voiced Spidey in What If…?, is listed as Peter Parker, while Hugh Dancy is named as Otto Octavius’s voice actor. Sacha Baron Cohen is billed as a Mystery Man in Ironheart, while Born Again‘s entry states Margarita Levieva is playing Heather Glenn, Michael Gandolfini is Daniel Blade, Nikki M. James is Kirsten McDuffie, Genneya Walton is B.B. Urich, and Arty Froushan is Buck Cashman. (Except for Daniel, all of those characters have comics counterparts.) You can browse the listings at the Copyright Office’s site, here.
– Finally, Emmy Award-nominated costume designer Shawna Trpcic died on Wednesday, October 4, aged just 56. The cause of death is unknown. Trpcic worked on seasons two and three of The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka, as well as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Firefly, Angel, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods, Powers, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. Dave Filoni paid tribute to her, saying “Shawna had a deep love and appreciation for Star Wars. You can see that in every piece of work she did with us. She loved everything about being a part of these stories, including connecting with fans and being a part of that community.” She is survived by her two children, whom you can donate to a GoFundMe for here.
