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Monday, September 30, 2019

I Reads You Juniors September 2019 - Update #94

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DC CINEMA - From YahooMoviesUK:  Director James Gunn starts production on "The Suicide Squad" with a message to both Marvel and DC Comics fans.

From DigitalArtsOnline:  The late musician Prince was the star of two DC Comics titles.  Now, this "lost comic book past" has been animated.

From WausauDailyHerald:  Acclaimed comic book creator, Craig Thompson ("Blankets"), talks about his new comic book, "Ginseng Roots."

From Newsarama:  The late Stan Lee's daughter, Joan Celia "J.C." Lee, has filed a lawsuit against the company her father cofounded, POW! Entertainemnt.

MARVEL TV - From Newsarama:  The future of live-action at Marvel Television in doubt...

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  At Saturday night's Hollywood premiere (Aug. 28th) of "Joker," Warner Bros will only allow photographers at the red carpet.  The interview print and broadcast press has been uninvited.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics had to stop the presses in order to remove Mark Waid's Captain America essay from the throughly mediocre "Marvel Comics #1000."

DC TV - From Newsarama:  HBO's "Watchmen" cast-to-characters revealed in Tweet.

SONY'S MARVEL U - From Collider:  Sony Pictures is reportedly developing a solo movie featuring Spider-Man character, "Madame Web."

From Newsarama:  Seven new comics creators have been inducted in the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.  They are Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and Alison Bechdel (Fun Home), and five of Harvey Kurtzman’s core 1950s MAD collaborators:  Will Elder, Jack Davis, John Severin, Marie Severin, and Ben Oda (all of whom will be posthumously inducted).

DC CINEMA - From WABCRadio:  From the first paragraph of the article "The FBI has issued a warning regarding the potential for violence at theaters showing the upcoming movie “Joker,’ coming years after a mass shooting during a “Batman” movie in Colorado in 2012. According to multiple sources, authorities are concerned about the film’s plot inspiring someone to commit a mass shooting."

MARVEL TV - From Deadline:  Due to creative differences, Hulu has decided not to go forward wth its live-action "Ghost Rider." series.

From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing has closed Shelley Bond's "Black Crown" imprint.

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Family members and friends of the victims of a 2012 mass shooting at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., have penned a letter to Warner Bros. concerning the upcoming film, "Joker" (Oct. 4th).  They are expressing concerns because this comic book adaptation has provoked controversy for its violent subject matter.

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Warner Bros. responds to the letter from friends and family of the victims of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado mass shooting.

From TheNewYorker:  Is fandom become as toxic as politics? "The New Yorker" explores in the article, "Superfans: A Love Story."

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Two-time Oscar nominee Jonah Hill is reportedly in talks for a secret role in Matt Reeves' "The Batman" film.

DC CINEMA - From THR:  Emmy-winning actor Jeffrey Wright is in talks to play "Commissioner Gordon" in Matt Reeves' "The Batman."

From THR:  Two-time Oscar-nominee, Dean DeBlois ("How to Train Your Dragon"), will write and direct a reboot of the "Micronauts" toyline, which some fans also know as a long-running Marvel Comics title.

From ICv2:  Seven Seas Entertainment announces five new "yuri" (girls' love/lesbian romance) manga titles and SuBLime Manga announces three new "boys' love" titles .

BATMAN DAY 2019 - From THR:  Writer James Tynion IV and artist Tony S. Daniel are the new creative team on the comic book, "Batman."

BATMAN DAY 2019 - From BleedingCool:  Today, Sat. Sept. 21st is "Batman Day 2019," DC Comics will announce the name of the new "Batman" writer.  Rumors say it will be James Tynion IV.

BATMAN DAY 2019 - From BleedingCool:  James Tynion isn't saying anything about getting the Batman gig, but he is taking the congratulations.

From WeGotThisCovered:  The site is reporting that Robert Pattison will play Batman in Warner Bros.' reboot of its "Justice League" film franchise.  Pattison is Batman in director Matt Reeves' "The Batman."

From BleedingCool:  There may be issues between IDW Publishing and its imprint, "Black Crown," run by former DC Comics/Vertigo boss, Shelly Bond.

From Newsarama:  DC Comics has informed comic book stores that its long-running "Specialty Retailer Co-Op Advertising Program" will be "discontinued" at the end of 2019.

From Newsarama:   Tony S. Daniel will produce his first artwork for Marvel Comics in over 20 years - the covers for "The Amazing Spider-Man #35 and #36."

MEMORIAM - From TCJ:  The author Bill Schelly died Thursday, September 12, 2019 at the age of 67.  Schelly was a biographer of noted figures in both Hollywood and American comic books.  As a lifelong comic book fan, Schelly was also a chronicler of comics fandom.

From THR:  First "Birds of Prey" poster releases.

From Newsarama:  Mark Millar is teasing a secret project released from Christmas, which will be a sequel to one of his beloved "Millarworld" comic books series.

From Deadline:  Aaron McGruder's beloved comic strip, "The Boondocks," become a wildly popular Cartoon Network animated series, "The Boondocks."  Now, McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation is rebooting the series for WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBO Max.

From ComicBook:  Kodansha is working on new "Ghost in the Shell" manga.  "Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm" is due this week in Japan.

From ANN:  Noted manga creator, Inio Asano ("Goodnight Punpun") has published a collection of essays on the subject of manga and himself.  "Introduction to a Manga Creator" is available in Japan.

From ComicBook:  Citing unspecified sources, the site is reporting that the current Iron Man series, "Tony Stark: Iron Man" is being cancelled.

From THR:  Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson have created a short story that has been released in conjuction with the second volume in their graphic novel series, "Lifeformed."  "Lifeformed Vol. 2: Hearts and Minds" is out in comic book shops and is due in bookstores soon.

CROWDFUND - From Kickstarter:  The vampire indie comic book, SUCKER, has a Kickstarter crowfunding campagin.

From JoeShusterAwards:  Canada's "Joe Shuster Awards" for 2019 have been announced.  Chip Zdarsky was named "Outstanding Writers" and Karl Kerschl was named "Outstanding Artist" for his work on "Isola."

From BleedingCool:  In June 2020, DC Comics will begin reprinting its 1970s, "Super Friends," comic book, with the first hardcover volume reprinting "Super Friends #1-26."

DC CINEMA - From BatmanNews:  Todd Phillips, director of "Joker," sets the record straight about comics influencing his film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role.

From CBR:  Gary Larson's classic newspaper comic, "The Far Side," is apparently returning.  "The Far Side" website says, "Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming!"  Readers await more details.

From Newsarama:  The late Joe Kubert's family has sold the school for comic book artists, "The Kubert School," to writer-artist Anthony Marques.

From Variety:  Steven S. DeKnight has quite as the showrunner for Netflix's upcoming "Jupiter's Legacy" series based on the Mark Millar-Frank Quitely comic book.

From Ebony:  The magazines examines the evolution and the impact of the black superhero.

From ComicBook:  Even presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, has something to say about X-Men movie casting rumors.

From CBR:  The late TV and film actor, Sam Gillman (1915 to 1985), drew art for Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939) and appeared in an episode of the original "Star Trek" ("Spectre of the Gun") in which he played Doc Holliday.

From Syfy:  Oni Press' upcoming "The Black Mage" is compared to "Harry Potter."

From CBR:  Five great shojo manga that have been published and five that have not.

From Newsarama:  It was 28 years ago, Sept 13, 1991 that Rob Liefeld's Levi's "501 jeans" television ad debuted.  It was directed by Spike Lee.

From Newsarama:  Two months before its first issue debuts, Image Comics' series, "Undiscovered Country," has had its screen rights sold.

DC CINEMA - From BleedingCool:  James Gunn officially announces the cast of his upcoming film, "The Suicide Squad."

From Newsarama:  Frank Miller will return to the world of his "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" with a one-shot comic book, "The Golden Child," which will be drawn by Rafael Grampa.

From THR:  The "Harbinger" film, based on the Valiant Comics title, is moving from Sony Pictures to Paramount Pictures for development.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics will be adapting more of Robert E. Howard's characters to comics, including Solomon Kane, a character that previously appeared in Marvel titles.

From BleedingCool:  The Wachowskis are bringing "The Matrix" comics back, following a recent announcement of a reboot of the film franchise.  "Doc Frankenstein" comics are also being reprinted.

From Collider:  Margot Robbie's "Tank Girl" reboot film reportedly has a director, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte.

DC TV - From TVInsider:  John Wesley Shipp played Flash/Barry Allen in the 1990-91 CBS TV series, "The Flash."  He also appeared on The CW's "The Flash."  Now, word is that Shipp will appear in The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event later this year.

From Newsarama:  Peter Porker/Spider-Ham will be the star of a five-issue miniseries, "Spider-Ham."

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Todd Phillips is not interested in a crossover of his film "Joker" with Joaquin Phoenix as Joker and "The Batman" with Robert Pattinson.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Vladimir Medinsky, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, said "But for an adult to read comics is to admit that ‘I’m a moron, I read comics.'"

From Newsarama:  "Tank Girl" co-creator, writer Alan Martin, says that he has heard that actress Margot Robbie has optioned the rights to make a "Tank Girl" from MGM.

From BleedingCool:  See cover art and interior from the sure-to-be delectable David Bowie graphic novel memoir, "Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams" by Steve Horton, Michael Allred and Laura Allred.

From CNN:  The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has been chasing after a Spanish edition of Marvel's trade paperback, "Avengers: The Children's Crusade," because of the depiction of a "gay kiss" between two male characters.  That made the comic book sell out at Rio's biennial box fair.

From ComicBook:  Marvel and Japanese publisher Shueisha are uniting to create six new manga series based on Marvel Comics characters.  The manga will appear in Shonen Jump in Japan.

From BleedingCool:  Writer Nunzio DeFilippis says that he and his wife, writer Christina Weir, have been notified by Marvel that they will get a "character payment" for the film, "X-Men: Dark Phoenix."  Apparently, a minor character they created, Match, appeared in the film.

From BleedingCool:  Apparently, "Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme" is coming soon.

From Variety:  WarnerMedia's Crunchyroll, an anime streaming service, is now majority owner of VIZ Media Europe.

From BleedingCool:  Terrific Productions LLC announces "Youngblood Unchained."  No release date or creative team announced.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Entertainment announces its plans for 2019 New York Comic-Con (Thurs., Oct. 3rd to Sun., Oct 6th, 2019).

From Newsarama:  There is a "leaked" teaser for Warner Bros./DC Comics' "Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)."

From Newsarama:  Marvel Entertainment and Scholastic have signed a multi-year deal to produce prose novels based on Marvel characters.  The first two publications will be middle-grade books feature Black Panther's "Shuri" and the Avengers.

From ComicBook:  Todd McFarlane has announced that he is developing two animated series based on his long-running comic book series, "Spawn."  One will be adult-oriented and the other will be aimed at kids.

From TheBeat:  Dark Horse Comics has cut ties with writer Brian Wood in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.

From TheWrap:   Sunday, Oct. 20th is the debut date for HBO's "Watchmen" adaptation.

From BleedingCool:  Hot gossip says that there will be a "black Batman," or black man will assume the identity of Batman.  But he won't be a new African-American version of Bruce Wayne.

From MentalFloss - The reason adults were never seen in the "Peanuts" comic strip is that creator Charles Schulz believed they were not needed.

DC CINEMA - From LATimes:  Comic book movies may never be the same after "Joker."

From DigitalArtsOnline:  This interview of book and graphic designer, Chip Kidd, talks about his association with Batman and about a Society of Illustrators exhibit for items from Kidd's private collection.

From Vulture:  Adult Swim/Toonami is apparently working on a four-part adaptation of Junji Ito's classic horror manga, "Uzumaki."

From Newsarama:  Artist June Brigman talks about her return to "Power Pack," the comic book she co-created in the 1980s.

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Todd Phillips' "Joker," starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, got an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.

DC CINEMA - From DigitalSpy:   Todd Phillips, director of "Joker," said that comic book are like Shakespeare because of their continual re-imaginings, as the works of Shakespeare have continually been reworked and re-imagined.  Phillips' "Joker" is a re-imagining of the origin of the ultimate Batman villain, The Joker.


SEPTEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  September 2019 comics solicitations for 24 publishers on one page
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Drawn & Quarterly for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Humanoids for September 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Insight for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for September 2019

OCTOBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Albatross Funnybooks for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for October 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Hero Tomorrow for October 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for October 2019
From Newsarama:  A Wave Blue World for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Yen Press for October 2019

HALLOWEEN COMICFEST 2019:
From Newsarama:  28 comic book titles for the industry's fall event taking place Saturday, October 26, 2019 at participating comic shops worldwide.

DC's HILL HOUSE COMICS Debut Solicitations:
From Newsarama:  These are the solicitations for DC Comics' "Hill House Comics" group overseen by Joe Hill.  The line is scheduled to kick off October 30, 2019 with "Basketful of Heads #1."

NOVEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Action Lab for Novmeber 2019
From BleedingCool:  Aftershock Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM Studios for November 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for November 2019

NOVEMBER 2019 "ADVANCED" COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  DC Comics advanced solicitations for November 2019 (for acetate covers)
From Newsarama:  "Dawn of X" for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for 2019 with some guessing on the site's part


DECEMBER 2019 COMIC SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for December 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for December 2019
From BleedingCool:  Storm King Productions for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for December 2019
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for December 2019


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Monday, December 17, 2018

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for December 19, 2018

MARVEL COMICS

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SEP188872    AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 2ND PTG RAMOS VAR    $3.99
SEP188873    AVENGERS #9 2ND PTG MARQUEZ VAR    $3.99
OCT181032    AVENGERS TP NO SURRENDER    $34.99
OCT180932    BLACK PANTHER VS DEADPOOL #3 (OF 5)    $3.99
OCT180933    BLACK PANTHER VS DEADPOOL #3 (OF 5) YILDRIM VAR    $3.99
OCT180904    CAPTAIN AMERICA #6    $3.99
OCT180905    CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 DJURDJEVIC FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VAR    $3.99
SEP188840    CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 MARVEL RISING ACTION DOLL HOMAGE VAR    $3.99
SEP181034    CAPTAIN MARVEL CAROL DANVERS TP VOL 03 MS MARVEL YEARS    $34.99
OCT180909    CHAMPIONS ANNUAL #1    $4.99
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OCT181031    DAREDEVIL BACK IN BLACK TP VOL 07 MAYOR MURDOCK    $15.99
OCT180965    DEAD MAN LOGAN #2 (OF 12)    $3.99
OCT180835    DEFENDERS BEST DEFENSE #1    $4.99
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OCT180839    DEFENDERS BEST DEFENSE #1 YOUNG VAR    $4.99
OCT180975    DOMINO #9    $3.99
OCT180967    EXILES #11    $3.99
SEP180961    EXTERMINATION #5 (OF 5)    $4.99
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OCT180958    ICEMAN #4 (OF 5)    $3.99
SEP188874    IMMORTAL HULK #8 2ND PTG BENNETT VAR    $3.99
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OCT180870    INFINITY WARS FALLEN GUARDIAN #1    $4.99
OCT180873    INFINITY WARS FALLEN GUARDIAN #1 DJURDJEVIC FF VILLAINS VAR    $4.99
OCT180872    INFINITY WARS FALLEN GUARDIAN #1 ZDARSKY VAR    $4.99
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SEP188875    LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #4 (OF 5) 2ND PTG PACHECO VAR    $3.99
SEP180934    LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #5 (OF 5)    $3.99
SEP180936    LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #5 (OF 5) QUINONES VAR    $3.99
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OCT181034    MARVEL KNIGHTS DAREDEVIL TP UNUSUAL SUSPECTS    $39.99
OCT181001    MARVEL SH ADVENTURES CAPTAIN MARVEL FROST GIANTS #1    $3.99
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OCT181037    MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION TP FINAL REST    $39.99
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OCT180974    WEAPON H #11    $3.99
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OCT181039    X-MEN RELOAD BY CHRIS CLAREMONT VOL 01 END OF HISTORY    $39.99

Sunday, January 6, 2013

2012 Comic Book Bin Awards Announced

written by Leroy Douresseaux

I am also a writer and quasi-editor for the website, the Comic Book Bin. A few years ago, the Bin initiated the Binnies (or BINnies), the site’s very own comic book awards.

The guy behind Binnies is writer/editor, Zak Edwards, who announced the results of the 2012 Binnie Awards (the Third Annual Binnies) at the end of this past week:

http://www.comicbookbin.com/Welcome_to_the_2012_Binnie_Awards.html

Third Annual Binnie Awards Winners and runner-ups:

Best New Series: Saga
Runner-Up: Hawkeye

Best Mini-Series: Bedlam
Runner-Up: Before Watchmen: Minutemen

Best OGN: The Underwater Welder
Runner-Up: Wild Children

Best Anthology: Dark Horse Presents
Rocketeer Adventures 2

Best Ongoing Series: Batman
Runner-Up: Rachel Rising

Best Artist: Terry Moore
Runner-Up: Matt Kindt

Best Writer: Scott Snyder
Runner-Up: Jonathan Hickman

Best Comic Adaptation: The Avengers
Runner-Up: The Dark Knight Rises

Biggest Surprise/Best Moment: Death of Agent Coulson
Runner-Up: Marvel NOW!

Biggest Disappointment: DC Comics
Runner-Up: The Dark Knight Rises

Best Publisher: Image Comics
Runner-Up: Valiant


For your interest, dear reader, here, is how I voted:

Best Writer:
Chris Ware – Building Stories (Pantheon Books)

Best Artist:
Chris Ware – Building Stories

Best New Series (An ongoing series that debuted this year):
Bad Medicine by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and Christopher Mitten (Oni Press)

Best Ongoing Series
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media)

Best Mini-Series (The series should have either started or ended this year):
The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee with Scott Dunbier as editor (IDW)

Best OGN (original graphic novel):
Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank (DC Comics)

Best Anthology (we sometimes collapse this and OGN together if we can't fill up the space)
The Judas Coin by Walter Simonson (DC Comics)

Best Moment/Biggest Surprise
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (HarperCollins) – a history of Marvel Comics by Sean Howe

Biggest Disappointment:
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Comic Adaptation:
The Avengers (Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios)

Best Publisher
VIZ Media


Monday, September 17, 2012

I Reads You Review: BAD MEDICINE #3

BAD MEDICINE #3
ONI PRESS

WRITERS: Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
ART: Christopher Mitten
COLORS: Bill Crabtree
LETTERS: Douglas E. Sherwood
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S.

Bad Medicine is a new comic book series from the husband and wife writing team of Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and artist Christopher Mitten (Wasteland). Weir described Bad Medicine (which is published by Oni Press) as “a sci-fi/horror medical procedural” that focuses on a team put together by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to “investigate strange diseases and outbreaks that science can't explain.”

Bad Medicine #3 (“Killing Moon” Part 1 of 3) opens after the first strange case, and Dr. Randal Horne gets his next one. Apparently, a police officer shot a rampaging werewolf-like creature in Portland, Maine. NYPD Detective Joely Huffman, glad to get away from the drama at work, tags along with Horne’s team. At the Portland Police Department, they find Officer Wilensky, who shot the werewolf, in distress over the shooting and the subsequent investigation. The team also discovers that the other possible eyewitness to the attack is uncooperative. The investigation takes the team to Deer Falls, a nearby small town where the citizens seem to love the place too much to ever leave.

I can happily say that the first story arc (the two-part “Unseen”) of Bad Medicine was not a fluke, and it seems that the series can remain consistent with the beginning of a second intriguing arc. Bad Medicine reads like a blending of elements of The X-Files, “Fringe,” and “CSI,” but the strongest element about the series is the cast.

However, with this third issue, I find myself having a problem with the series. Most of the first chapter of “Killing Moon” is a set up for the rest of the story. The real meat of this werewolf story comes later, so $3.99 (before tax) is simply too much to pay for the 22-pages of the set-up of a story. Of course, I realize that this is an industry-wide problem. Perhaps, the publisher wants Bad Medicine to be a monthly, but maybe publishing the story arcs as a series of one-shots would give better value for the readers’ money.

B+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux

Thursday, July 26, 2012

I Reads You Review: Bad Medicine #2

"Good Medicine, actually"
BAD MEDICINE #2
ONI PRESS

WRITERS: Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
ART: Christopher Mitten
COLORS: Bill Crabtree
LETTERS: Douglas E. Sherwood
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S.

Published by Oni Press, Bad Medicine is a new kind of crime comic book series from the husband and wife writing team of Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and artist Christopher Mitten (Wasteland). In an interview with the website, Comic Book Resources, Weir described Bad Medicine as “a sci-fi/horror medical procedural” that focuses on a team put together by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to “investigate strange diseases and outbreaks that science can't explain.”

The series opened with the discovery of a corpse without a head, but it turned out that the head was still attached to the body. The head was just invisible. The body belonged to a lab assistant named Matt Dalton, and his superior, Dr. Charles Keefer, is the lead suspect or “person of interest.” Disgraced physician Dr. Randal Horne has been traveling the world studying different alternative medicines and non-western views of science. He returns to New York City to help NYPD Detective Joely Huffman unravel this strange, possible homicide case.

As Bad Medicine #2 (“Unseen” Part 2 of 2) opens, Dr. Keefer, now an invisible man, strikes. How can Horne and Huffman bring in someone they cannot see? Also, surprising decisions from the CDC only complicate matters.

I can happily say that the first issue of Bad Medicine was not a fluke. The opening story arc offers a nice, new take on the crazy invisible man tale, but what has made this series already a success is the excellent character writing. It isn’t the sci-fi gimmick/trope that drives this narrative; the intriguing players are the drivers. I must say, however, that this issue’s epilogue that acts as a prologue to the third issue does offer a killer genre hook.

Readers looking for something different and something good in crime comics will go to Drs. DeFilippis and Weir for a prescription of Bad Medicine.

A

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Leroy Douresseaux Reviews: BAD MEDICINE #1

BAD MEDICINE #1
ONI PRESS

WRITERS: Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
ART: Christopher Mitten
COLORS: Bill Crabtree
LETTERS: Douglas E. Sherwood
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S.

Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis form the wife and husband writing team that wrote New Mutants and New X-Men from Marvel Comics over a three-year period. The couple also wrote the crime fiction graphic novels, Skinwalker and Three Strikes.

Published by Oni Press, Bad Medicine is a new kind of crime comic written by DeFilippis and Weir and drawn by artist Christopher Mitten (Wasteland). In a an interview with the website, Comic Book Resources, Christina Weir described Bad Medicine as “a sci-fi/horror medical procedural” that focuses on a team put together by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to “investigate strange diseases and outbreaks that science can't explain.”

Bad Medicine #1 (“Unseen” Part 1 of 2) introduces team leader, Dr. Randal Horne. The good doctor has been traveling the world to study different alternative medicines and non-western views of science. He returns to New York City to help NYPD Detective Joely Huffman unravel a strange murder case. The corpse of a man has been found in an abandoned lab, and the corpse’s head is invisible.

A new comic book series should not begin with a bang, but rather with intriguing characters. They make the bang better and louder. Bad Medicine has good characters to spare, and one of them seems to be some kind of spirit. As interesting as the “invisible head” murder is, the characters just make it all the better. Dr. Horne and Det. Huffman are a match made in crime fiction heaven, and there is even a squabbling Laurel and Hardy-like pair to add comedic flare. Weir described this as “House” meets “The X-Files.” I still love “The X-Files,” but never wanted to be bothered with “House.” Let’s try “The X-Files” meets “C.S.I.”

Readers looking for something different and good in crime comics will want a prescription for Bad Medicine.

A