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Monday, April 25, 2022
Marvel Comics Shipping from Diamond Distributors for April 27, 2022
Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for April 27, 2022
DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for April 26, 2022
Trial Of The Amazons #2 (Of 2)(Cover B Rose Besch Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Trial Of The Amazons #2 (Of 2)(Cover A Jim Cheung), $4.99
Teen Titans Beast Boy Loves Raven HC, $19.99
Teen Titans Academy #14 (Cover B Dan Schoening Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Teen Titans Academy #14 (Cover A Tom Derenick & Jeremiah Skipper), $3.99
Talon By James Tynion IV TP, $39.99
Swamp Thing #12 (Of 16)(Cover B Liam Sharp Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Swamp Thing #12 (Of 16)(Cover A Mike Perkins), $3.99
Rogues #2 (Of 4)(Cover C Jorge Fornes), AR
Rogues #2 (Of 4)(Cover B Leomacs), $6.99
Rogues #2 (Of 4)(Cover A Sam Wolfe Connelly), $6.99
Robin #13 (Cover C Roger Cruz & Victor Olazaba Connecting Card Stock Variant)(Shadow War), AR
Robin #13 (Cover B Crystal Kung Card Stock Variant)(Shadow War), $4.99
Robin #13 (Cover A Roger Cruz & Norm Rapmund)(Shadow War), $3.99
Justice League #75 (Cover G Tony Harris Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League #75 (Cover F Simone Di Meo Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League #75 (Cover E Todd Nauck Team Card Stock Variant), AR
Justice League #75 (Cover D Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Justice League #75 (Cover C Alex Maleev Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Justice League #75 (Cover B Mikel Janin Card Stock Variant), $6.99
Justice League #75 (Cover A Daniel Sampere & Alejandro Sanchez Acetate), $6.99
Joker #14 (Cover D James Stokoe), AR
Joker #14 (Cover C Belen Ortega), $5.99
Joker #14 (Cover B Alan Quah), $5.99
Joker #14 (Cover A Guillem March), $5.99
Hellblazer Rise And Fall TP, $19.99
Harley Quinn #14 (Cover C Bengal Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn #14 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #14 (Cover A Riley Rossmo), $3.99
Detective Comics #1059 (Cover C Rodolfo Migliari Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1059 (Cover B Lee Bermejo Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1059 (Cover A Ivan Reis & Danny Miki), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #8 (Cover C Roger Cruz & Victor Olazaba Connecting Card Stock Variant)(Shadow War), AR
Deathstroke Inc. #8 (Cover B Chris Burnham Card Stock Variant)(Shadow War), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #8 (Cover A Jonboy Meyers)(Shadow War), $3.99
DC Pride 2021 HC, $17.99
DC Connect #24, AR
Dark Knights Of Steel #6 (Of 12)(Cover C Mahmud Asrar Character Sheet Card Stock Variant), AR
Dark Knights Of Steel #6 (Of 12)(Cover B Joshua Middleton Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Dark Knights Of Steel #6 (Of 12)(Cover A Dan Mora), $3.99
Batman Fear State Saga HC, $49.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #2 (Of 8)(Cover B Sean Murphy), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #2 (Of 8)(Cover A Sean Murphy), $4.99
Aquamen #3 (Cover B Mico Suayan Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquamen #3 (Cover A Travis Moore), $3.99
Aquaman Green Arrow Deep Target #7 (Of 7)(Cover B Rahzzah Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Aquaman Green Arrow Deep Target #7 (Of 7)(Cover A Marco Santucci), $3.99
Action Comics #1042 (Cover B Julian Totino Tedesco Card Stock Variant, $5.99
Action Comics #1042 (Cover A Riccardo Federici), $4.99
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Comics Review: RED SONJA Volume 6 #8
RED SONJA VOLUME 6 #8
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Mirka Andolfo and Luca Blengino
ART: Giuseppe Cafaro
COLORS: Chiara Di Francia
LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry
EDITOR: Nate Cosby
COVER: Mirka Andolfo
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Joseph Michael Linsner; Leslie “Leirex” Li; Sozomaika; Marat Mychaels; Roberto Castro; Mirka Andolfo; Sapphire Nova and James Brock (cosplay)
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2022)
Rated Teen+
Based on the characters and stories created by Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Robert E. Howard
“Mother” Chapter Eight
Conan the Barbarian #23 (cover dated: February 1973) saw the debut of a high fantasy, sword and sorcery heroine, Red Sonja. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith, Red Sonja was loosely based on “Red Sonya of Rogatino,” a female character that appeared in the 1934 short story, “The Shadow of the Vulture,” written by Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), the creator of the character, Conan the Cimmerian.
Red Sonja remained a fixture in comic books from then until about 1986. There have been several ongoing Red Sonja comic book series, and the latest, Red Sonja Volume 6, is under the guidance of popular Italian comic book creator, Mirka Andolfo. It is written by Andolfo and Luca Blengino; drawn by Giuseppe Cafaro; colored by Chiara Di Francia; and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Jeff Eckleberry. In this new series, Red Sonja accepts the bounty to bring a girl named “Sitha” to a broker who will send her to her true home (Kithai). The girl, however, becomes attached to Sonja and calls her mother and an adventure begins.
Red Sonja Volume 6 #8 opens in the fortress of Baroness Drang, ruler of the village of the “Feud of the Seven Gallows.” Sonja, Sitha, and Kebra, the 16-year-old thief who has befriended Sitha, prepare to make their escape. But the Baroness' dark secrets have been revealed, and she is not about to let her new prisoners escape with them. So it is time for the Baroness to learn why Red Sonja is the “She-Devil with a Sword.”
Next, what seemed like a luxury trip turns dangerous. Then, even more danger comes.
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 Red Sonja Volume 6 #8 which is the latest of several Dynamite Entertainment Red Sonja comic books that I have read. This is also only the tenth issue of a Mirka Andolfo comic book that I have read.
As I I have written in previous reviews: I admire that Andolfo and Luca Blengino have managed to extend this story past the point that I thought they reasonable could. Their Red Sonja series is an epic adventure and hints at a probable dark ending.
Artist Giuseppe Cafaro continues to capture the shifting settings and plots that define this series. With Cafaro changeable illustrations and graphical storytelling, Red Sonja carries on from one crisis to the next on a perilous but fun to read adventure. Cafaro captures the intense emotions in a energetic way that plays to the sudden violence of sword and sorcery. This Red Sonja is worth following.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Red Sonja and of Mirka Andolfo will want to try Red Sonja Volume 6.
[This comic book includes “Dynamite Dispatch,” which features an interview with writer Tom Sniegoski.]
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
TRAILER: The First Official Teaser Trailer for "THOR: Love and Thunder" is Here
The first official teaser for Marvel Studios’ THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER has arrived. The film reportedly finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced — a quest for inner peace. However, his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), and ex-girlfriend, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who — to Thor’s surprise — inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor.
Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Marvel Studios’ THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER stars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman and Christian Bale. Directed by Taika Waititi. In theaters July 8, 2022.
The teaser trailer is below:
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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 17th to 23rd, 2022 - Update #18
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
MOVIES - From NYTArts: Director Robert Eggers says that filming his epic, "The Northman," was punishing, but that he wanted it that way.
MOVIES - From RollingStone: Former CIA operative Alfreda Scheuer (formerly Bikowsky) partially inspired Jessica Chastain's character, "Maya Harris," the CIA analyst in the 2021 film, "Zero Dark Thirty." Known as the "Queen of Torture," Alfreda is now a life coach hawking beauty products via her company YBeU Beautiful...
STREAMING - From Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down the streaming service, CNN+, after it has been in existence for a month...
STREAMING - From Collider: Hulu will stream a black and white version of director Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film, "Nightmare Alley," beginning April 25th.
STREAMING - From THR: HBO Max and HBO added 3 million subscribers in the first quarter of the year (2022).
NETFLIX/ANIMATION - From YahooEntertainment: "Netflix Animation" is no more. It's creative director (Phil Rynda) and its staff was let go. Prestige projects, like the adaptation of the comic book, "Bone," have been discontinued.
DISNEY - From Deadline: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled legislature looks to strip Disney World of its "special district" privileges as payback for Disney's criticism of Florida's anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: The tenth installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise, the first of the two-part finale, will be titled, "Fast X," says star Vin Diesel. The film is currently beginning production under director, Justin Lin.
TELEVISION - From LATimes: NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers legend, Jerry West, is demanding that four entitles, including executive producer, Adam McKay, withdraw its portrayal of him in the hit HBO miniseries about the 1980s "Showtime era" Lakers, "Winning Time."
SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: The New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has fined "Rust Movie Productions LLC, the company that produced the ill-fated Western film, "Rust," $136,793 for its "willful and serious" violation of workplace safety procedures. While handling a gun, actor Alec Baldwin accidentally killed the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Screen Gems will release its romantic drama, "It's All Coming Back to Me," on Feb. 10th, 2023. The film centers of the music of Celine Dion helping a couple find love.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 4/15 to 4/17/2022 (Easter) weekend box office is "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" with an estimated take of 43 million dollars.
HAPPY EASTER - From THR: 22 of the funniest, coolest, cuddliest, and creepiest rabbits in pop Culture - from Bugs to "Donnie Darko."
MOVIES - From Variety: Actor Jamie Dornan ("50 Shades of Grey" trilogy, "Belfast") calls fan backlash over casting actors in certain roles "disturbing" and "a fucking disease." [And he is oh-so right. - Leroy]
CULTURE - From TheDailyBeast: "What Hollywood Can Learn From Porn About Sex Scenes" by Maitland War, porn actress.
MISC - From BackDoorSurvival: What to do if martial law is declared...
From NBCNews: A man wins $450,000 in a lawsuit because his employer celebrated his birthday...
DEPP V. HEARD:
From Variety: Johnny Depp says that Disney has wanted to cut ties with him regarding the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, even before Amber Heard wrote her infamous op-ed for "The Washington Post" that accused Depp of abusing her.
From YahooEntertainment: Johnny Depp says that his ex-wife Amber Heard once "severed" his finger.
From LATimes: The lawsuit explained: Johnny Depp (58) is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard (35), over a 2018 Washington Post piece she wrote that Depp believes falsely portrayed him as a domestic abuser. Heard is counter-suing Depp accusing his lawyers of defaming her.
From Deadline: Oscar-nominee Johnny Depp's 50 million dollar defamation law suit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, has begun in Fairfax County Circuit Court, Virginia.
From PerezHilton: Amber Heard lawyer says that Heard's ex, the Oscar-nominated actor, Johnny Depp, held her hostage in Australia for three days. This is one of many claims made in Depp's defamation law suit that has gone from 50 million dollars to 100 million.
From Deadline: James Franco, "WandaVision" star Paul Bettany, Elon Musk, and representatives of the Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros, and the LAPD could end up in the court in Johnny Depp's defamation case against his former wife, Amber Heard.
Friday, April 22, 2022
Comics Review: On the Streets of "KILLADELPHIA #21"
KILLADELPHIA #21
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Rodney Barnes
ART: Jason Shawn Alexander with Germán Erramouspe, Sherard Jackson, Nicole Palmquist
COLORS: Luis Nct
LETTERS: Marshall Dillon
EDITOR: Greg Tumbarello
COVER: Jason Shawn Alexander
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Paul Azaceta
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (April 2022)
Rated “M/ Mature”
Killadelphia and Elysium Gardens created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
“The End of All” Part III: “The Truth”
Killadelphia is an apocalyptic vampire and dark fantasy comic book series from writer Rodney Barnes and artist Jason Shawn Alexander and is published by Image Comics. At the center of this series is a police officer caught in a lurid conspiracy in which vampires attempt to rule Philadelphia, “the City of Brotherly Love.” Colorist Luis Nct and letterer Marshall Dillon complete Killadelphia's creative team.
Killadelphia focuses on James “Jim” Sangster, Jr. and his father, revered Philadelphia homicide detective, James Sangster, Sr., thought to be dead. He is actually a vampire. Now father and son lead a ragtag team comprised of a medical examiner (Jose Padilla), a dead president, and a rebellious, but special young vampire (Tevin Thompkins a.k.a. “See Saw”) in a bid to save Philly from an ambitious and murderous former First Lady, Abigail Adams.
Killadelphia #21 (“The Truth”) finds Jose and the Zubiya werewolf pack out on a supply run. The streets of Philadelphia may be mostly empty because of its vampire apocalypse, but those desperate enough for supplies are out in these streets. In a ransacked pharmacy, Jose meets some of them, and before long, she the peacemaker between two packs – werewolf and predatory humans.
Meanwhile, See Saw is at a crossroads. The young vampire is tired of dealing with all the lies he's been told. Now, George Washington has brought someone who can tell the young blood a new story. Meet Aelio and hare his tale of “the Eterna.”
THE LOWDOWN: We are in the middle of Killadelphia's fourth story arc, “The End of All.” It is outta sight, and individually, so is Chapter Three, which resides under Jason Shawn Alexander's Gustav Klimt-inspired cover.
Writer Rodney Barnes is a writer and executive producer on HBO's event series, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” In Killadelphia, he plumbs the depths of America's original dynasties, in all their layers of secrets, lies, sins, and hidden truths. One half of issue #21 offers what feels like a much needed happy ending. The other half presents one of those wonderful Killadelphia histories – an alternative history of magic, mysticism, and secret things. The truth, as Barnes gives it to us, is always fun to read, although this is the kind of thing that will eventually get Killadelphia labeled “CRT,”
… or woke … or politically correct...
I am always happy to see series artist and co-creator Jason Shawn Alexander and his team draw werewolves. I may have stated previously that Killadelphia and its connecting series have some of the best drawn werewolves since the late Bernie Wrightson drew them for Stephen King's Cycle of the Werewolf.
Overall, the graphical storytelling here is quite good. Here, series of still illustrations come together and flow like moving pictures of shifting moods and settings. Even within the back story and history, the art gives a sense of change and of time passing. The heart of Killadelphia is the changing story and the mercurial narrative, and in that, Killadelphia will tell its the truth … or maybe many truths.
Read this issue, dear readers, and discover why other readers are finding their way to Killadelphia – loving it and thirsting for it.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of vampire comic books and of exceptional dark fantasy will want Killadelphia.
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