comics
James Gunn confirmed Wednesday that he will direct Superman: Legacy. Gunn, who helms DC Studios alongside producer Peter Safran, posted a series of tweets in which he recounted the winding road that led to today’s announcement. Back in January, the man behind 2021’s The Suicide Squad unveiled a portion of the projects in “Gods and Monsters,” the first […]
Multiple newspapers have pulled the Dilbert comic strip in light of its creator’s racist comments. According to the Associated Press, the controversy began this week after Scott Adams referred to Black Americans as a “hate group” and urged white people to “get the hell away from” Black people. The cartoonist, who launched the Dilbert comic strip […]
Mexican filmmaker Jonás Cuarón has signed on as director for the Marvel/Sony Pictures offering El Muerto, which will star Bad Bunny in the lead role. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Cuarón will be working with a script by Blue Beetle writer Gareth Dunnet Alcocer. The story will follow a wrestler with superpowers passed down to him from previous generations of his […]
Christian Bale knew what he was getting into when he agreed to play Gorr the God Butcher in the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder, but he admittedly had no clue about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with Total Film magazine, Bale was asked if he had any apprehension about joining another superhero franchise after a near decade-long stint […]
George Pérez, the legendary comic book artist known for numerous series and co-creating Teen Titans characters Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, Deathstroke, has died at age 67 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Pérez’s death on Friday comes five months after he shared his diagnosis back in December, as his friend Constance Eza shared the news of his death on his […]
Neal Adams, a comic book artist who changed the way we see Batman today, has died at the age of 80. After years of contributing to some of the most influential comic franchises, the artist died of complications from sepsis, his wife Marilyn Adams told The Hollywood Reporter. At DC in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Adams worked on […]
The first comic book to feature Captain America has sold for a whopping $3.1 million at auction, making it one of the most valuable comic books in history. Captain America Comics No. 1 was purchased Thursday as part of Heritage Auctions’ comics and comic art event that concludes Sunday. Published in March 1941, the highly coveted copy spanned 45 pages, […]
Whoopi Goldberg expressed her “sincerest apologies” on Twitter Monday after saying that the Holocaust wasn’t “about race” in a recent segment on The View. Her comments came as the show’s hosts were discussing a Tennessee school district banning Art Spiegelman’s poignant graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus. After the panelists focused on whether nudity—cited as a reason to cease teaching […]
R Kelly’s Brooklyn cellmate, a man who was convicted of threatening to kill government officials, has created a comic book depicting the pair’s life in jail together. As reported by The Daily News, Brendan Hunt, 37, submitted the drawings to the Brooklyn Federal Court as part of his formal request to have his sentence be time-served. […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Marvel Studios held its long-awaited world premiere for Eternals in Los Angeles Monday night, and early reactions have started to come […]
