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Lionsgate And Hasbro Reach $500 Million Media Deal While Both Companies Lay Off 30% Of Workforces To Begin The Year

January 7, 2024 by Eddy Brock Leave a Comment

Lionsgate

The Canadian-American mass media and entertainment company, Lionsgate, has officially acquired the Entertainment One film and television division owned previously by toy giant Hasbro. Well-known IP like “Peppa Pig,” “Transformers,” “Dungeons & Dragons,” “Magic: The Gathering,” “My Little Pony,” “Power Rangers,” “Play-Doh,” and “Clue” were left out of the deal with Lionsgate while the film […]

Filed Under: Collectibles And Toys, Industry News, Movies, Television Tagged With: eONE, Hasbro, lionsgate

DC Comics Lowers The Bar With Black Lesbians And Transgender Gorilla In Nonsensical Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville

January 6, 2024 by Jon Del Arroz 2 Comments

DC Comics has been creating content lately, making it look like the company is intentionally trying to sink itself. From Mariko Tamaki writing a self-insert Supergirl Special where Kara struggles with imposter syndrome and depression to Tom King’s Wonder Woman, where Diana is grooming a cancer-laden child, comic book fans wonder how things can get […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dc comics, fire & ice, rachel starer

Chuck Dixon’s Alphacore #1 Reaches $1.2 Million In Sales As Eric July’s Rippaverse Keeps Rolling

January 5, 2024 by Jon Del Arroz 1 Comment

Alphacore #1

Eric July’s Alphacore #1 hit the $1.2 Million mark in sales this week, marking the another great milestone for Rippaverse Comics. With positive reviews coming in from comic book circles, fans are loving what comic legends Chuck Dixon and Joe Bennett have to offer to this world. The campaign launched in early November with a […]

Filed Under: Comics, Industry News Tagged With: alphacore, Chuck Dixon, eric july, indie comics, isom, joe bennett, rippaverse

Mark Millar Reveals Yet Another Local Comic Shop Shutting Down In Ominous Start To 2024 For The Comic Industry

January 5, 2024 by Jack Dunn 2 Comments

Comic Town

In a sad turn of events Mark Millar revealed today Comic Town in Ohio closed down. The owner of Comic Town in Ohio, Ryan Seymore was one of the retailers that Millar interviewed in December last year, following the cancel pigs piling on a comic book retailer lamenting the quality of Marvel and DC comics. […]

Filed Under: Comics, Industry News Tagged With: Cancel Pigs, comic book industry, mark millar

Brian Michael Bendis Calls AI Art A “S*** Nightmare” And Invokes Comic Industry Legends Jack Kirby And Steve Ditko To Attack Midjourney

January 4, 2024 by Jon Del Arroz 3 Comments

Brian Michael Bendis

The subject of AI art and AI writing has been a touchy one for those in the mainstream comic industry and the mainstream media. Many mediocre talents feel threatened that they won’t be able to compete with AI-generated work, and rightfully so. Now, a list has been published of artists Midjourney used to scrape to […]

Filed Under: Comics, Industry News Tagged With: ai art, ai controversy, ai writing, brian michael bendis, comic industry, jack kirby, mark brooks art, marvel comics, midjourney, steve ditko

The 5 Best Independent Comics You Can Read For Free Right Now

January 4, 2024 by Jack Dunn Leave a Comment

Arktoons from Arkhaven. Homepage screen

Arktoons is a digital platform by Arkhaven Comics offering free webcomics with diverse genres, with one single agenda: ENTERTAIN! Featuring a range of series, Arktoons provides engaging and entertaining content, including fantasy, science fiction, and slice-of-life, appealing to a broad audience. It provides a springboard for up-and-coming independent creators as well as for allowing for […]

Filed Under: Comic Book Reviews, Comics Tagged With: Free comics, Independent comics

Top 5 ‘WHAT IF’ Romances in DC Comics

January 4, 2024 by Cindy Hyper 2 Comments

Did you find love at a New Years Eve party this year? Maybe a co-worker confessed their adoration at the company Christmas Party? Love in the world of superheroes is often similar to our own weaving of heartstrtings. Although, their drama tends to stem from being entangled in the ever retconned webs of alliances, rivalries, […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: batman top 5, comic book top 5, dc comics, dc top 5, new years romance, romance, romance in 2024, superhero ships, superman top 5, top 5, top 5 what if, what if, what if romance, what if shipping

Local Comic Shop Owners Organize Boycott Against “Cancel Pig” Comic Industry Pros Who Attacked Glenn O’Leary

January 3, 2024 by Jon Del Arroz 8 Comments

Avengers #4

The comic industry has been upheaval since retailer Glenn O’Leary’s video went live calling out writers for their poorly made self-inserts, saying it’s killing his business. Amplified by Netflix’s Mark Millar, it sparked serious questions about how long Marvel and DC Comics could survive given the current state. Now, several comic retailers aim to push […]

Filed Under: Comics, Industry News Tagged With: Cancel Pigs, comic industry, dc comics, donny cates, mark millar, marvel comics

Cancel Pigs Are Getting Cancelled – Marvel And DC Insiders Should Have Listened To Mark Millar

January 2, 2024 by Jack Dunn 5 Comments

Comic Industry Cancel Pigs

In the case of the hunter becoming the hunted, cancel pigs are getting canceled. Marvel and DC Comics insiders should have listened to Big Game creator Mark Millar, who has warned the comic book industry about sub-par offerings. In a video that has gone viral, comic book retailer Glenn O’Leary rightfully lamented the low quality […]

Filed Under: Comics, Industry News Tagged With: Cancel Pigs, DC, mark millar, mark waid, marvel

Legendary Batman Artist And Bane Co-Creator Graham Nolan Unveils His 2024 Plans

January 2, 2024 by Jack Dunn Leave a Comment

Graham Nolan

Legendary Batman artist and co-creator of Bane, Graham Nolan, has revealed what he has in store for comic book fans for 2024, and it looks promising! Nolan, the man behind Compass Comics, wanted a platform to “tell the kind of stories I want to do and read. Tales of adventure, heroism, horror, and romance without […]

Filed Under: Comic Book Previews, Comics, Industry News Tagged With: Graham Nolan, Joe Frankenstein, Monster Island

Variety Is Wrong And Comic-Book Movie Culture Can Be Saved: Hire Legends Like Graham Nolan, Mark Millar, Or Chuck Dixon To Write The Stories

January 1, 2024 by Jack Dunn 2 Comments

MS Marvel Promotional Poster Getty Images

Variety published an article titled “Why the Fall of Comic-Book Movie Culture Is Inevitable”. He writes: “It’s not just the bad sequels. It’s far simpler: The fantasy heroes have been strip-mined” and “Comic-book movie culture is, after all, only as good as the movies it gives us. And this was the year that the corporations […]

Filed Under: Comics, Movies Tagged With: Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, mark millar

Marvel and DC Writers Mags Visaggio and Sean McKeever Beg For Rent Money Online While The Comic Industry Collapses

December 30, 2023 by Jon Del Arroz 7 Comments

Mags Visaggio

It’s been a bad year for mainstream Marvel and DC Comics writers. After having a comic shop owner expose how terrible sales are because of poor self-insert writing, now Rebel Moon writer Mags Visaggio and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane writer Sean McKeever are begging for money for their rent. In September, writer Mark Millar revealed […]

Filed Under: Comics, Industry News Tagged With: comic industry, dc comics, mags visaggio, marvel comics, rebel moon

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