Archive Page 2214

December 2024

Reactions to the Kraven the Hunter movie changes – MSN Newsweek

New Kraven the Hunter Promo - First 8 minutes of the film

Pretty daring way to promote the film, giving the potential ticketbuyers a way to judge the film in a small way without depending upon only the ballyhoo of a trailer, which as we know, can be quite misleading, for good or ill. Movie makers are trying to bridge the bad repuation films (or at least superhero films) have earned in the last years.

The growing phenomenon of the CCXP comics convention in São Paulo – Polygon

The first edition of CCXP was held in December 2014 in São Paulo. Originally just a media outlet, Omelete partnered with local companies Piziitoys and Chiaroscuro Studios for collectibles and comic books, respectively. The stakes were high. According to CCXP vice president of content Roberto Fabri, had the first edition failed to meet expectations, the company would’ve gone bankrupt.

A decade later, CCXP has held conventions across Brazil, Germany, and Mexico. While CCXP Cologne was put on standby with the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war making it hard to operate in Europe, the current schedule — Brazil in December and Mexico in May — allows the team to anticipate the winter and summer releases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It also ensures a larger audience, covering both the Portuguese and Spanish languages.

Japan ramps up fight against online piracy against manga and anime – Comicbook

Per NHK, the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs has allocated 300 million yen ($2 million) to fighting online piracy and investing in new AI software. The program is still in development, but the aim is for AI to detect pirated material as soon as it is posted online. According to statistics released by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, anime and manga piracy causes an estimated 2 trillion yen ($133.8 million) in yearly damages..."

The current construction of the internet has made it very simple to locate and utilize "pirate" websites that offer comics "free of charge." The fight of creators to get paid is hard enough without pirating efforts adding to the weight of thievery that robs them of earnings for their work.

Battle of the AI #2

Battle of the AI #2: I asked GROK and then CHATGPT to make a superheroine image in which "the costume is made from fuzzy yarn"

Amazon's Jeff Bezos is married to Catwoman – Pagesix

$3.8 billion in sales revenue for Sony's original Spider-Man – Tweaktown

Battle of the AI

Battle of the AI: I asked GROK and then CHATGPT to make a superhero image in which "the costume is made from fuzzy yarn"

‘Marvel Rivals’ game adds Black Widow, Wolverine, Squirrel Girl characters – Geekculture

Profile of Ang Hor Kheng, Malaysia-born freelance comic artist under contract basis with Titan Comics – Malay Mail

Ang's most notable work is the comic series Gun Honey first published in 2022, where his illustrations bring to life Charles' gripping narrative. It gained international attention due to its compelling story, well-paired art, strong marketing, and covers by renowned artists like Adam Hughes and Artgerm..."

Long list of comic book outlets doing Black Friday Sales – Bleeding Cool

Batman trilogy movie project? – Superherohype - to be based on Batman: Knightfall

Display of Manga Chainsaw Man titles on shelf in Barnes and Noble November 2024

"Drop your jaw" at recent vintage comic auction prices – Boing Boing

Instead of arguing about politics at the dinner table this Thanksgiving, why not ask mom what happened to your childhood comic book collection? You'll all enjoy reviewing the final bids of the recent auction of classic comics at Heritage Auctions. How about $1.5MM for a Marvel Fantastic Four ish #1? Mom, of course, will simply reply if they were so valuable maybe you would have taken better care of them and pass the mashed potatoes..."

Obituary for Comics Historian Tim Jackson – The Comics Journal

Soft-spoken cartoonist historian Tim Jackson, who died on Nov. 3, was best known for his 2017 Eisner-nominated book Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, which put the history of African American editorial cartoonists and comic-strip artists in high relief. But Jackson didn’t just write about pioneering cartoonists of color; he was a pioneering cartoonist of color..."

Daniel Craig doing Sgt Rock? – Task and Purpose

Denzel Washington joins the cast of Black Panther 3 – Superherohype

Four decades of not making the Sgt. Rock movie – Comicbook

Anthony Mackie explains that his Captain America is different from the (Chris Evans) Steve Rogers version because.... well, super serum – Bounding into Comics

75K print run on Wicked graphic novel – Bleedingcool

Diamond delivering comics late this next week – Bleedingcool

"Why the French love graphic novels" – The UK Times – "The French bought 75 million bandes dessinées* last year"

The French are known for their love of the bande dessinée — BD for short — with a passion not matched in the English-speaking world. Last year they snapped up 75 million of them — in the UK, by contrast, we bought only 5.7 million. In a recent survey of French book buyers, comics were cited as the fourth most popular genre, behind DIY, lifestyle/leisure and history, but ahead of spy and crime novels. They are considered an art form and certainly not just for kids...."

*aka "Comics" or "the art form of sequential storytelling."

Looking for a count on the number of graphic novels sold in the USA each year, on average, is fruitless. But, the total revenue is estimated at some $2 billion and more for a years worth of sales, according to ChatGPT.

"The Ten Best" Graphic Novels of 2024 – Washington Post

Article brags on:

1. Aya: Claws Come Out by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, translated from the French by Edwige Renée Dro
2. ‘Big Jim and the White Boy’ by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson – The Washington Post review from March 2024 "What does it mean that — in Hemingway’s words — “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn'?"
3. ‘Blurry’ by Dash Shaw
4. ‘Final Cut’ by Charles Burns – long form review at Washington Post from September 2024
5. ‘French Girl’ by Jesse Lee Kercheval
6. ‘The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History’ by John Vasquez Mejias
7. ‘Spiral and Other Stories’ by Aidan Koch
8. ‘Sunday’ by Olivier Schrauwen
9. ‘Vera Bushwack’ by Sig Burwash
10. ‘Victory Parade’ by Leela Corman – long form review at Washington Post from April 2024

"Batman Unburied: Fallen City" is set to premiere Nov. 26 exclusively on Spotify – Variety MSN

In addition to Domingo, "Batman Unburied: Fallen City" stars Gina Rodriguez (Barbara Gordon) and Jason Isaacs (Alfred Pennyworth), alongside Morena Baccarin (Allie), André Holland (Harvey Dent/Two-Face), Cheech Marin (Jim Gordon), Tahar Rahim (The Patriarch) and Alan Ruck (Coby Williamson).

In the first season of "Batman Unburied," a serial killer known as The Harvester terrorizes Gotham City, but Batman (Duke) is not coming to the rescue. In fact, Bruce Wayne has no memory of being the Caped Crusader at all. Instead, Bruce is a forensic pathologist, performing the autopsy on the latest victim when he's attacked by the killer himself.

More Batman News

Pattinson is doing a Chris Nolan movie – Comicbook

The Batman II Movie is going to be delayed a bit – Comicbook

Claim: Absolute Batman is the bestselling comic of 2024 – MSN CBR

The Moonray and Medusalem graphic novels, compared, contrasted – The Comics Journal

Are Indy comic books going to be able to survive rising costs – AV Club

For the past 12 years, standard 32-page comic titles were priced at $3.99, with some titles (mainly for kids) still at $2.99. But prices have been steadily rising; more than half of all new comics in 2024 cost $4.99, with some going up a dollar or two more with variant and stock card covers, or in some cases, extra story pages. It might seem like a small difference, but it has big implications, Image Comics co-founder and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane explained. "…For 20 or 25 bucks when we were younger, you used to be able to walk out [of a comic book store] with a pretty thick bag full of comic books. Now you can count them on your fingers."...

McFarlane also talks about being told by Marvel and DC people that some books are going to be put out on cheaper paper to get the prices back down, on some titles, to $3.99. Lookign further down the road in this way of thinking, it will be the height of irony if some portion of the comic book business once again finds itself back on newsprint (the cheapest printing paper that dominated comics for many, many decades). The problem, though, is that newsprint traditionally requires "web printing" which is only manageable for cost when the print run is a large number - - something that most comic titles simply do not have.

Absolute Batman title dominates bestseller lists for comics – Bleedingcool

The Ink Pop line launched from Random House to showcase "manga, manhwa (Korean comics), and print editions of webtoons" – Comicsbeat

The Graphic Novel I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together wins Toronto Book Award of $10K – cbc.ca

Uh huh: Henry Cavill Superman costume destroyed during audition process at DCU – CBR Resources

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Original page December 17, 2024