A new Guardians of the Galaxy ongoing will be coming soon, and it will be spinning out of Annihilation: Conquest. I loved the first “Annihilation” and I dig “Annihilation: Conquest”, so I’m definitely picking this one up. I just hope Star-Lord’s crew from his mini-series will make it into this new monthly because goddammit, they’re fun to read. I mean, come on. Rocket Raccoon and Groot’s odd couple shenanigans will be enough to make me stick to a monthly book. Make it so, Marvel!
ITEM! “The Third Kryptonian” is coming! Kurt Busiek will introduce another Kryptonian to the DCU and it looks rather interesting. Technically, this new Kryptonian is the, what, 576th Kryptonian on Earth?
ITEM! The Rock: Captain Marvel or Black Adam? The Great One is currently in discussions to play a role in “Shazam”, and he wants the fans to decided which role he’ll play: the squeaky clean Captain Marvel or the hardcore Black Adam? If you smellllalalalaLOUWWW… what The Rock… is cookin’.
ITEM! The Voices of Marvel remastered! Doug Pratt remastered two Marvel Flexidiscs from the 1960’s. Gee wiz, I love how people talked back then!
ITEM! The search for Steve Ditko is on! A documentary by Jonathan Ross shines the light on Spider-Man co-creator, Steve Ditko. And I thought the man’s already dead. Shame, on me. =(
ITEM! “Secret Invasion” teaser video now online! Could this trailer provide us clues as to what those Skrull bastards are planning to do? And what’s up with Stark and Spider-Woman? Will he secretly “invade” her? *teehee*
ITEM! Wizard lays off Sean T. Collins! And the devastating aftermath involves comics bloggers blogging about it. I’d like to say more but I don’t really read any Wizard stuff anymore. So, yeah. Meh.
ITEM! Comic books on mobile phones! Publishers are currently testing the waters of digital distribution on mobile devices. It’s kind of weird at first, but once you let the idea settle in, you’ll… nah. There’s nothing like “new comic smell” and the sound of flipping the 4-color pages. Interesting initiative, though.
ITEM! “Iron Man” teaser trailer now online! And it was earlier than expected! It’s basically the same piece of video awesomeness that was shown during the San Diego Comic-Con, but I’m not complaining. I nominate it for a Nobel Prize for Awesome.
ITEM! The 20th Annual Harvey Awards ceremony has concluded! Winners include Ed Brubaker for Best Writer, “Daredevil” for Best Continuing or Limited Series, Frank Quitely for Best Artist, and Civil War #1 for Best Single Issue or Sto… wait, WHAT?!
I got an email from Jeff Yang, Editor-in-Chief of Secret Identities, that contains exciting news for Asian American comic book creators:
THE Y-MEN HAVE ARRIVED!!! FABUROUS OLIGIN ISSUE!!! YOU READEE, YOU RIKEE!!!
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