The latest Marvel Studios series, MOON KNIGHT, starts streaming March 30th on Disney+. The video featurette below about the series is entitled, "Introducing Moon Knight":
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Disney+ Releases First "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Teaser Trailer
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Disney+ Debuts Brand-New Teaser Trailer For ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 -- Disney+ released the teaser trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi, giving fans an exciting first look at the highly anticipated limited series, which launches exclusively on the streaming service on May 25, 2022.
The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, in which Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
The series stars Ewan McGregor, reprising his role as the iconic Jedi Master, and also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. Joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is directed by Deborah Chow and executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor, and Joby Harold.
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Comics Review: "KING OF SPIES #4" - "The Best from the Best
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STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Matteo Scalera
COLORS: Giovanna Niro
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Matteo Scalera
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Matteo Scalera; Ozgur Yildirim
42pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (March 2022)
Rated M / Mature
King of Spies created by Mark Millar at Netflix
King of Spies is a four-issue miniseries created and written by Mark Millar. It focuses on the world's greatest secret agent who has six months to live and won't die quietly in a hospital bed. Published by Image Comics, King of Spies is drawn by Matteo Scalera; colored by Giovanna Niro; and lettered by Clem Robins.
British secret agent, Sir Roland King, is 65-years-old and has just been diagnosed with Glioblastoma, the most aggressive from of brain cancer. Facing an unusual, mid-life turned end-of-life crisis, King decides to go to war with the very system that he propped up for 40 years. Kings, presidents, crooks, and the greedy pigs who treat everything like their personal troughs: King is coming for you.
King of Spies #4 opens in the past – a sort of origin of Roland's relationship with his ex-wife, Ornella, and especially with his son, Atticus. Present day, Roland is riddled with bullets and dying, but in his time of greatest need, an old love has returned to nurse him back to life.
Yes, King has escaped his now adult son, Atticus, who is leading the mission to kill him. Foiled again, King's old bosses decide to play dirty. It is Roland's self-assigned final mission: murdering all the men and women in high office that he knows are to blame for the absolute mess the world has become. But to do this will cost Roland everything, even if it gives everything to the people he hurt long ago.
THE LOWDOWN: Mark Millar's fifth original comic book property for Netflix, King of Spies, comes to an explosive and shocking conclusion. It is impressive that Millar delivered one killer spy comic book series, the Kingsman series, beginning with 2012's The Secret Service. However, it is more impressive that Millar actually delivers a second one, this amazing King of Spies.
Artist Matteo Scalera's supremely skillful graphical storytelling and brilliantly designed compositions and pages made King of Spies fly as high as any action movie. King of Spies #4 reveals Scalera's deft and subtle touch with genuine emotion and love. The rekindling of Roland's former love interest is poignant and painful, as Scalera depicts the wrenching reality of what the relationship was and the heartbreaking possibilities of what that relationship could have been. Giovanna Niro's colors and Clem Robins' letters complete the beautiful graphics package that is this fourth and final issue, as they did for the previous issues.
Mark Millar could have rested on his laurels. After all, by the time Millar sold Millarworld to Netflix, he already had an extensive backlist of creator-owned publications. Those comic books yielded an impressive library of intellectual property. Many comic book creators have cashed in on a big Hollywood sale of one comic book property and rested on that laurel. Now an executive at one of the planet's most influential and powerful media companies, Mark could have relaxed.
Yet, Millar is actually still writing comic books, and not just any kind of comic books. He is delivering (forgive me) kick-ass titles like King of Spies, which offers a clever, shocking, and pleasing ending. Best of all, King of Spies #4 assures that the series will be an evergreen of the spy genre – good now and still good by the time EON Productions names its next James Bond … and the next...
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of secret agents will want to read King of Spies.
A+
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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Comics Review: "ELVIRA MEETS VINCENT PRICE #5" is a Lovely Send Off
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: David Avallone
ART: Juan Samu
COLORS: Walter Pereyra
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito with Elizabeth Sharland
EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt
COVER: Dave Acosta
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Dave Acosta; Juan Samu; Anthony Marques and J. Bone
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 2022)
Rated Teen+
Chapter Five: “Final Girl Lost”
In 1981, actress and model Cassandra Peterson created the “horror hostess character,” known as “Elvira.” Elvira gradually grew in popularity and eventually became a brand name. As Elvira, Peterson endorsed many products and became a pitch-woman, appearing in numerous television commercials throughout the 1980s.
Elvira also appeared in comic books, beginning in 1986 with the short-lived series from DC Comics, Elvira's House of Mystery, which ran for eleven issues and one special issue (1987). Eclipse Comics and Claypool Comics began the long-running Elvira: Mistress of the Dark from 1993 to 2007. In 2018, Elvira returned to comic books via Dynamite Entertainment in the four-issue comic book miniseries, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, that actually ran for 12 issues.
Vincent Price (1911–1993) was an American actor and a legendary movie star. Price was and still is best known for his performances in horror films, although his career spanned other genres. Price appeared in more than 100 films, but he also performed on television, the stage, and on radio. Thus, he has two stars on the “Hollywood Walk of Fame,” one for motion pictures and one for television.
Elvira and Vincent Price team up for the first time in the comic book miniseries, Elvira Meets Vincent Price. The series is written by David Avallone; drawn by Juan Samu; colored by Walter Pereyra; and lettered by Taylor Esposito with Elizabeth Sharland. The series found Elvira and Price searching for a long-lost cult movie, “Rise of the Ram,” and trying to save the world from destruction at the hands of the ancient Egyptian god, Amun-Ra.
Elvira Meets Vincent Price #5 (“Final Girl Lost”) opens somewhere in Hollywood. In the wake of saving the world from whack-ass Egyptian gods, Elvira and Vincent are enjoying a night of board games. Then, Elvira gets an urgent call from her agent.
A friend, Darlanne Wing, a “scream queen” actress, is missing, and the leading suspect is horror movie mogul, Stanley Saliva. Saliva, who produces “The Crawling Creep” films, in which Darlanne stars, has been stalking her for some time. So Elvira and Vincent join forces again and travel to Saliva's creepy mansion. To find Darlanne, the duo will to literally break the fourth wall and enter the world of a slasher movie. Can Elvira and Vincent save Darlanne and themselves before Vincent has to depart for the spirit world?
THE LOWDOWN: In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is Elvira Meets Vincent Price #5, which is the fifth issue of the series that I have read and one of many Dynamite Elvira comic books that I have thoroughly enjoyed.
Well, all good things must come to an end, although whenever one David Avallone Elvira series disappears, another is just around the corner. This time around, however, it is a little bittersweet. Elvira Meets Vincent Price reminded me of how much I miss Vincent Price, who has been dead for a little over three decades. From time to time, I'll see a genre film or television series, and I'll suddenly think that Vincent would be wonderful in it.
This final issue is filled with Avallone's sparkling dialogue and zany antics. Juan Samu draws it all in a lovely mercurial graphical storytelling style that is part comic horror and part bromance. Walter Pereyra's colors add a lovely vintage touch to the art and storytelling. All of it is nicely wrapped up in a lettering bow by Taylor Esposito and Elizabeth Sharland.
Elvira Meets Vincent Price is a winner, and as Avallone tells us inside the story, the trade collection of this series will be here sometime in the near future. It is a chance to relive the series or discover its golden touch. My slight sadness is tempered by the fact that there is another series headed our way. Dynamite, Elvira, and an Avallone-led creative team are comic book platinum.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Elvira and of Vincent Price and of David Avallone's Elvira comic books will want to read Elvira Meets Vincent Price.
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Comics Review: "DRACULINA #2" is a Tight Second Issue
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Christopher Priest
ART: Michael Sta. Maria
COLORS: Ivan Nunes
LETTERS: Willie Schubert
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Collette Turner
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Rose Besch; Guillem March; Rafael Kayanan; Rachta; Jamie Biggs; Ergun Gunduz; Michael Sta. Maria; Panda (cosplay)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 2022)
Rated Teen+
“The Tower”: “90 Hours in San Francisco” Book Two
Draculina is a Vamperilla comic book character. She first appeared in Vampirella #2 (cover date: November 1969) and was likely created by Vampirella's creator, Forest J. Ackerman. Draculina was depicted as Vampirella's younger or twin sister.
Draculina gets her own comic book series, Draculina Volume 1, a spin off of the comic book series, Sacred Six. It is written by Sacred Six writer, Christopher Priest; drawn by Michael Sta. Maria; colored by Ivan Nunes; and lettered by Willie Schubert. The series focuses on Draculina, a woman who finds that she is of two natures, and one wants revenge on everyone who ever did her wrong, including that pesky other identity.
Draculina Volume 1 #2 (“The Tower”) opens in San Francisco where a rat and a detective talk about the sleeping Katie. Who is Katie? Who is her other identity, Draculina? What is the Dark World?
Draculina's origin begins centuries ago in an ancient tower, where her mother, Lilith, made a desperate deal with Belial to bear his children. Now, Draculina's human alter-ego, Katie, lays dying, while Draculina plums the depths of the girl's past. To make matters worse, someone is trying to regain control over someone else.
THE LOWDOWN: In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is Draculina Volume 1 #2, which is the second time I've read any story involving this character.
Writer Christopher Priest has fashioned a great read in Draculina, but readers will have to put forth some effort for the enjoyment. Draculina hops across times and settings practically every time the reader changes pages. The result might be a little confusion, but Priest is giving readers a detailed look at a number of fascinating supporting characters.
The art by Michael Sta. Maria and the smooth coloring by Ivan Nunez deliver strong graphical storytelling, not to mention some pretty comic book art. It makes Draculina a must read for fans of the Vampirella universe. The best thing that Priest Sta. Maria do is make Draculina stand out on its own; it does not seem like a spin-off title.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Vampirella characters and of writer Christopher Priest will want to try Draculina Volume 1.
A
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Comics Review: "EVIL ERNIE Volume 3 #4" - The Gang's All Here
EVIL ERNIE VOLUME 3 #4
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Scott Lobdell
ART: Ariel Medel
COLORS: Candice Han
LETTERS: Dave Sharpe
EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt
COVER: Arthur Suydam
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Arthur Suydam; Philip Tan; Jamie Biggs; Meghan Hetrick; Stuart Sayger
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 2022)
Rated Teen+
Evil Ernie created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes
Evil Ernie is a super-villain fictional character created by writer Brian Pulido and the late artist Steven Hughes. He first appeared in Eternity Comics' Evil Ernie #1 (cover dated: December 1991). Evil Ernie was Ernest Fairchild, a boy who became an undead psychotic killer.
Evil Ernie is now the property of Dynamite Entertainment. The character gets a new comic book series in Evil Ernie Volume 3. It is written by Scott Lobdell; drawn by Ariel Medel; colored by Candice Han; and lettered by Dave Sharpe. The new series focuses on Ernest Gleckman, a good kid who, after being mortally wounded, must “pay down his new lease on life” by serving as a part time fixer for a death cult. Of course, he must also serve Evil Ernie.
As Evil Ernie Volume 3 #4 opens, Ernest's friend, Candace, is in the killing hands of Evil Ernie. Candace is momentarily able to summon Ernest so that he can regain control, but Ernie is hard to keep down. Whoa!
More evil people and beings are arriving by the second. First, an old rival of Ernie's tries to destroy Potsdam, New York by blowing up the local damn. Then, the boss of them both arrives...
THE LOWDOWN: In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is Evil Ernie Volume 3 #4, which is the fourth Evil Ernie comic book that I have ever read.
Writer Scott Lobdell has made Evil Ernie Volume 3 not so much a horror comic book as it is a horror-comedy or comic-horror in the tradition of Sam Raimi's “Evil Dead” film series. Each issue is a delight to read, and Ariel Medel's energetic art and storytelling brings Lobdell's wacky violence to life. Candace Han's sharp colors make the heaping helpings of gore jump right out at the reader.
I didn't expect much from Evil Ernie Volume 3, but this fourth issue makes me think that it is not only good, but that it might also be a title that could be around for awhile. The best thing that I can say about Evil Ernie is that I really enjoy reading it.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Evil Ernie will want to read Evil Ernie Volume 3.
A-
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Comics Review: "BETTIE PAGE and the Alien Agenda #1" Starts at Roswell
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Ani-Mia
ART: Celor
COLORS: Farah Nurmaliza
LETTERS: Carlos M. Mangual
EDITOR: Matt Idelson
COVER: Joseph Michael Linsner;
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Joseph Michael Linsner; Josh Burns; Stephane Roux, Jimmy Broxton, Ani-Mia; Celor; Ken Haeser
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 2022)
Rated Teen+
Bettie Page (1923–2008) was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. She is still referred to has the “Queen of Pinups,” and her shoulder-to-armpit-length jet-black hair with its trademark bangs and her blue eyes have inspired generations of artists, illustrators and comic book artists.
In 2017, Dynamite Entertainment made Bettie Page the star of her own comic book miniseries. The latest is Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6. It is written by Ani-Mia; drawn by Celor; colored by Farah Nurmaliza; and lettered by Carlos M. Mangual. The series finds Bettie searching for answers concerning an alien conspiracy.
Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6 #1 opens sometime in the late 1950s. Bettie Page is lounging poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel in California. Her long needed vacation, however, is interrupted by an old friend, Colonel Westbrook.
After a nearly a decade, the government is still struggling with the UFO that crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. According to Westbrook, what the government scientists and researchers have discovered worries them. It seems that the alien pilots of the craft, who have yet to be found, have a stockpile of something somewhere on Earth.
The United States military wants Bettie to discover what the stockpile is and has offered her an investigative team to help. So Bettie travels to the University of Washington in Seattle to meet her team. However, Bettie is really on her own, as the military will disavow the existence of both the investigation and Bettie!
THE LOWDOWN: In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. The latest is Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6 #1, which is the fourth issue of a Dynamite Bettie Page comic book that I have read.
Writer Ani-Mia previously wrote the miniseries, Bettie Page and the Bigfoot Bandits, which I did not read. Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda has an easy pace, but Ani-Mia uses that pace to give the supporting characters some rather entertaining personalities.
Artist Celor draws in a simple, almost generic style, but his storytelling style fits this series better than it did his previous work, the Kiss: Phantom Obsession miniseries. Here, the mood is like an Indiana Jones movie made for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries cable network. Celor seems, in his own unique way, to have created a sense of intrigue.
Dear readers, if you are into the legends surrounding the Roswell crash, you may be interested in trying Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda. I am ready for the second issue.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Bettie Page comic books will want to try Bettie Page and the Alien Agenda Volume 6.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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