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May 2025
Buying graphic novels online but not at Amazon – Comicsbeat
Their most recent shady tactic is having a book sale that starts on the 23rd and runs through the 28th. Independent Bookstore Day is on the 26th. This is no coincidence being that this is the second year that Amazon has had a book sale a week before Independent Bookstore Day. So let’s stick it ‘em and get books at one of these places instead..."
Man running competing business (Netflix) says that other business with market share (movies theaters) is an outdated concept and the audience for that outdated concept ought to hurry over to his modern, smaller-screened service and sign up – Boundingintocomics
1989 Batmobile replica goes to auction. Comes with flamethrower. – Cover News India MSN
Coming Supergirl movie has title change – Superherohype
"Florence Pugh Is ‘Superb' in ‘Some of Marvel's Darkest Material to Date'"
Thunderbolts praise at MSN Variety
2025 Caption Small Press Comic Festival – Downthetubes
This year’s Caption is taking an educational direction by giving attendees opportunities to speak directly to established creators for guidance and advice on their own projects. They are looking to highlight the way established creators can help up and coming creators, whether in a practical way like storytelling or printing, to more promotional activities with marketing, exhibiting at conventions, and dealing with social media..."
Thunderbolted!
Reviews for Marvel's Thunderbolts* are starting to appear now that the premiere has happened in London ahead of the coming release date of May 2. There's not much real info yet so going to mention how this "roll out" seems like, so far, other Disney roll outs.
First reactions are positive – Comicbookmovie
So far: the praise at various websites is of the untrustable variety that first surrounds Disney production releases. What I mean is that across news media there is pre-canned reviews all using the same keyword, for example when The Marvels appeared:
"A cosmic triumph" – MSN Deadline
"An effervescent cosmic adventure" – MSN Cinema Blend
"Story problems weigh down an effervescent kitty-filled romp" – Yahoo Consequence Net
So far with this new release, the nice talk about Thunderbolts is repetitiously stating that it is a film that goes into "unfamiliar Marvel territory" and mines "authenticity" which might be the keyword being exploited here, as "authenticity" is showing up everywhere these days for all sorts of things as a marker of something that seems like, but not necessarily is, quality. In effect, it is a marketing word.
But that doesn't really tell us much about the film itself. The real test for this new Marvel film is coming up shortly when general reviews for the film happen instead of the selected critical voices for the Thunderbolts premiere. After Disney's recent batch of bombs at theaters its going to be a tough environment for a superhero movie, but some are saying this is Marvel's "Suicide Squad" which by that I guess they mean the money-making David Ayers film of 2016 (release the original Ayers cut!) and not the reboot from James Gunn in 2021 that bombed.
Avengers Doomsday cast will "wear comic book accurate costumes" for the film – Comicbookmovie
Is Batman II basically cancelled? – Netflix Junkie
For awhile it has looked like that Robert Pattinson is going to be the George Lazenby of the Batworld, and Matt Reeves 2022 Batman is destined to be On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Besides the relunctance of Pattinson going back into the gym and into the tights, there's all the rumours about Matt Reeves has issues which are determinantal to doing another Bat-production. But, being as these rumours (or "news items") are found upon the internet, that instantly makes them suspicious if not likely to be outright wrong.
Rob Liefeld: Marvel executives must be fired! – Comicbookmovie
Megaton Man: Multimensions, a 214-page treasury-sized anthology of sixty contributors, gets its Kickstarter campaign suspended because one of the creators lives in Iran
Story at Bleedingcool
Steve Bissette stated, "Spread the word: Kickstarter has refused longtime amigo Don Simpson's publishing project (and a momentous one it is, too) because one of the project contributors lives in a country now BANNED even mention of. Even on appeal (such as those are even permitted), Kickstarter refused the project because of a word—the name of a country—nothing else. I kid you not. This is insane...."
Hey, put TV shows into movie theaters – MSN Gamerant
New Thunderbolts* trailer
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Original page May 7, 2025