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io9Books & ComicsBlack Panther Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Wants Better for Creators Bringing These Stories to Life
With Black Panther #25 bringing Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run on the Marvel comic—which transformed Wakanda into a time-traveling, intergalactic empire—to a close, the writer’s moving on to tell the next chapter of another comics icon’s story, with Warner Bros.’ upcoming Superman movie about a Black Kal-El. Though Coates is shifting to a film project next, his … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Batman’s Jim Gordon Is Coming to TV With His Own HBO Max Show
HBO Max is bringing the Batman heat with a spinoff series, Gotham PD, which will focus on police commissioner James “Jim” Gordon. Gotham PD is a prequel to Matt Reeves’ 2022 Batman film, which is itself sort of a prequel since it’s set during the first year of the superhero’s career as a crime fighter. … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsMarvel’s Winter Soldier Success Barely Benefits His Comics Creators
Despite comic book superheroes being some of the biggest moneymakers on screens big and small lately, the creators who brought them to life in the first place rarely get more than a fraction of that financial success coming their way. But as Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier cooks up a storm on Disney+, … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsBad Weekend Delivers a Heartbroken Love Letter to the Legendary Creators of Comics’ Past
Immortal tiger-force-at-the-core-of-all-things Jack Kirby famously said that “comics will break your heart.” Drawing its inspiration from the indignities suffered by past generations of comics creators, Bad Weekend delineates what that heartbreak looks like. It seems like a film featuring characters created by Kirby, Stan Lee, Bob Kane, or Steve Ditko soars across screens every month. … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Heroes of This Week’s Best New Comics Are Complicated Dads
Whether you’re a sentient, technologically-advanced robot designed by Nikola Tesla or a street-level criminal with a knack for getting thrown in the pokey, raising children is a difficult task. And while it can be rewarding, it’s much more often an emotionally and financially draining endeavor. The heroes of this week’s best new comics are at … Continued
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John Wick Director Bringing Brutal Vigilante Comic Kill or Be Killed to the Big Screen
A comic book about an unlikely masked gunman who kills criminals for bizarre reasons. A filmmaker who helmed Keanu Reeves’ modern-day action classic. It’s the kind of deal that seems too perfect to be true. But it is: John Wick director Chad Stahelski will be adapting Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Kill or Be Killed … Continued
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Ed Brubaker, Writer of Awesome Comics and TV, Is Here to Answer Your Questions
As a writer, Ed Brubaker’s been on a hot streak for decades. Here’s your chance to ask him how such a thing is even possible. Maybe you first encountered Ed Brubaker’s comics work with his 1999 miniseries The Scene of The Crime. Or it could have been Gotham Central, the stellar police procedural he co-wrote … Continued
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to make psychic crime story Sleeper
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are getting back together to adapt a comic book centered around a man who can absorb and pass along pain and his job as a sleeper agent hidden in a massive system of organized crime. It’s a little noir with a whole lotta violence, titled Sleeper. Variety is reporting that … Continued
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Is now the time for a Gotham Central TV show, at long last?
When people talk about the ideal comic-book television show, the name “Gotham Central” always comes up. The story of cops solving cases in Batman’s shadow captured people’s imaginations — and co-creator Ed Brubaker thinks a TV show is a serious possibility, if the somewhat similar Agents of SHIELD does well. USA Today’s Brian Truitt interviews … Continued
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In this week’s comics, Wolverine engages in psychic warfare and Ed Brubaker pens gangster horror!
Happy 2012, comic shop patrons! This Wednesday, there’s a bunch of promising new reading material on the stands awaiting your eager eyeballs. And no, the “gangster horror” in the headline has nothing to do with Ice-T smoking a joint with Warwick Davis. First Issues The release that has piqued our interest the most this week … Continued
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What’s next for Marvel Comics’ Winter Soldier? Author Ed Brubaker gives us the scoop
During Marvel Comics’ recent Fear Itself story arc, one of the big left-field shockers was the death of Captain America, a.k.a. Steve Rogers’ former sidekick James “Bucky” Barnes. However — as readers of Fear Itself #7.1 learned yesterday — Bucky’s story isn’t quite over. Spoilers on. In a conference call today with Captain America author … Continued
