The virtual WonderCon panel examining the forthcoming Justice Society: World War II ended a short while ago and can be watched below. Headlining the panel discussion were actors Stana Katic (Castle, Absentia, A Call To Spy) as the voice of Wonder Woman, Matt Bomer (Doom Patrol, White Collar, The Boys in the Band) as Barry Allen/The…
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“The Suicide Squad” new trailer has a BIG Easter Egg for comics fans
Hey, we just got a new trailer for The Suicide Squad, which will be in theaters and streaming on HBOMax August 6th! Let’s see if you can spot the BIG Easter egg. Go watch it, then come back here… All done? Fun, huh? But what Easter egg am I talking about? It’s this: In the…
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Trese, Vol. 1: Murder on Balete Drive by Budjette Tan & KaJo Baldisimo
Thirteen years ago, I saw this book for the first time (in an earlier edition). I was fairly late: it was published in comics form several years before that, but I did have the slight disadvantage of being on the other side of the world. I was impressed then; I’m equally impressed now. The Trese stories…
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5 Worlds Book 3: The Red Maze by Siegel, Siegel, Bouma, Rockefeller & Sun
I am bad at reviewing books in a timely fashion. And that can lead to being bad at reviewing books, period. I’m going to keep this post short, but I reserve the right to decide it’s pointless to begin with and delete it all. (If you’re reading this, I didn’t.) 5 Worlds is a young-readers…
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Clifford the Big Red Dog: The Movie Graphic Novel by Georgia Ball and Chi Ngo
No media property is “real” until it becomes as big as it possibly can be, until it becomes a movie. Every novel, every comics series, every TV show, every webseries, every nonfiction book, every song, every TikTok sea shanty aspires to turn into a big budget motion-picture that will dilute and adulterate what was special…
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Maria M. by Gilbert Hernandez
If you are me, you will have noticed that this post is not tagged “I Love (And Rockets) Mondays,” and that it is not appearing on a Monday. If you are not me, you did not notice and do not care. But that tiny, silly issue of nomenclature is at very central to this book —…
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Michael Davis: A Black History Milestone And Then Some
For Black History Month, DC Comics has the hottest ticket in the comic book world… The Return of Milestone Media. That happens today. The in-store books will launch in April, but new and veteran fans can head over to DC’s website and find some digital gold. I’m not a part of the new Milestone, but…
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter
The thing to remember about young readers is that they’re young. Maybe not everything in the world is new to them (“Wow! Breakfast is oatmeal! I’ve never seen that before!”), but they’re seeing and experiencing new ideas and concepts and situations all the time. It can be hard for those of us who haven’t hit…
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Peter Bagge’s Other Stuff
Peter Bagge is a world-class grump, and I have to respect that. I tend to connect that to his libertarianism, but the direction of influence is unclear and it’s not as if comics isn’t full of grumpy loners outside of libertarians, either. But Bagge has had a long career both making comics about fictional grumpy, obnoxious…
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Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation by Wilson, Ottaviani, and Butler
When you’re talking about people who have an inordinate fondness for insects, you probably mean either God or E.O. Wilson. And only one of them is a person you can actually have a conversation with. (Well, Wilson is 91, and probably still busy enough that it would be tough to get some of his time…
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Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru
A note to copyeditors of the future: the radio story from 1946 is “The Clan of the Fiery Cross,” styled in roman within quotation marks and spelling Clan with a capital C. The 2020 graphic novel loosely based on that radio play is Superman Smashes the Klan , in italics and spelling Klan with the…
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New Images from Justice Society: World War II
BURBANK, CA – The Flash speeds into the middle of an epic battle between Golden Age DC Super Heroes and Nazis in Justice Society: World War II, the next entry in the popular series of the DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the feature-length animated film will…
