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February 2025

"Put some pants on Wonder Woman!" they said

Index of all the AI Challenges on Comic Book Brain

Dog Man from DreamWorks Animation pulled $36 million in ticket sales for the opening weekend and puts it into #1 earner for 2025 (so far) – Associated Press MSN

"Best comic book" at the International Comics Festival in Angouleme is Deux Filles Nues – AFP News

The graphic novel by Luz tells the complex story of a painting looted by the Nazis during World War II. The story won out against 44 other competitors for the "best of" prize.

Luz is a former cartoonist for the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, who escaped the deadly 2015 Islamist attack that killed 12 on its Paris offices because he arrived late that day.

The official web site for the International Comics Festival in Angouleme

"Prototype collectors" and Marvel Tales #116 from 1953 with the first "Werewolf by Night"

A copy is coming up for auction - story at Bleedingcool

Diamond's bankruptcy impacts "Free Comic Book Day" – NWI Times

US Mint teaming up with DC Comics to do "character coins" – Comicbook

Right now the US Mint is conducting a survey to get a sense of the most wanted coin styles.

Chat GPT vs Grok: Superhero Coins

Superhero Woman Golden Coin Designs: Grok vs Chat GPT

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New Superman lawsuit from the Joe Shuster estate, asserting foreign rights have reverted to the original Superman creator families – Comicsbeat

How comic book stores survive in Miami – Yahoo News – profile of A&M Comic Book store owner Jorge Perez and the shop he has run for decades.

... nothing could have prepared him for 1992’s “The Death of Superman.” In the comic book story, the "Man of Steel" died in a highly publicized event that made headlines the world over. "It revitalized the industry completely," he said. "I ordered 400 issues. We had never bought 400 issues of anything.” Perez said he had to hire a bouncer to ensure only five people could enter the narrow shop at a time: "When I showed up that day, over 100 people stood in front of the whole [plaza], blocking parking completely."

R.C. Harvey talks about the late Jules Feiffer – Comics Journal

The Pattinson Batman #2 might have Hush as the villain – Comicbookmovie

Apparently the Don Cheadle Armor Wars is canceled – Superherohype

The SPAM initiative to make a way for small publishers to have a simpler distribution model in the wake of the Diamond debacle – Bleedingcool

...we are proposing SPAM – Small Press Are Mighty – a collective of smaller publishers and companies who come together under one umbrella to make the process simpler and more attractive to distributors while also being easier for retailers to navigate and search. It's a great idea in theory, but we can't do this alone. We're looking for publishers who want to join with us in making this a worthwhile offering, so reach out if we don't get to you first. Most importantly, we're looking for distributors who will give us a chance if we make the grassroots effort to pull people together for them

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Superman book coming from high-end publisher Folio Society – Polygon

Fear that the new animated Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man would be "woke and annoying" says Hudson Thames, lead voice actor – Superherohype

Antarctic Press pauses creator-owned comics due to Diamond's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. – Bleedingcool

Charlie Cox in Daredevil costume for the cover of SFX Magazine – Superherohype

The arguments for and against the Sam WIlson Captain America in the forthcoming Marvel movie – Comicbookmovie

Arthur "Art" Nichols has died – CBR

Longtime veteran comic book artist with history working with Valiant Comic books, Dark Horse and also the manga anime industry. He started out as an assistant to Neal Adams at Adams' Continuity Studios in the 1980s.

What can small comics publishers do in the wake of the Diamond bankruptcy? – Bleedingcool

Would you like to own a large comics distribution business? Here's your chance – The Baltimore Banner

Diamond Comic Distributors’ bankruptcy filing last week could mean layoffs and the closure of its Hunt Valley headquarters if it doesn’t find a buyer by April 1. If its sale efforts don’t succeed, Diamond would cease operations, close its main office and lay off as many as 168 employees, the company said this week in a federally mandated notification to the Maryland Department of Labor...."

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Original page February 9, 2025