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Comics Review: THE AMBASSADORS #2 Special Edition Second Printing

THE AMBASSADORS #2 (OF 6) SPECIAL EDITION SECOND PRINTING

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STORY: Mark Millar

ART: Karl Kerschl

COLORS: Michele Assaraskorn

LETTERS: Clem Robins

EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin

COVER: Karl Kerschl

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Frank Quitely; Karl Kerschl

28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2023)

Rated M / Mature

The Ambassadors created by Mark Millar at Netflix

[This following review is mostly a re-posting of my original review of THE AMBASSADORS #2.  Following the review, however, I offer a few thoughts on the bonus material included in the “Special Edition” second printing of the comic book, which arrives in comic book shops the week of May 17, 2023.]

The Ambassadors is a new comic book miniseries written and created by Mark Millar.  The series focuses on the six people out of eight billion humans who will received super-powers.  Each will be a member of  the international rescue squad, The Ambassadors.  Each issue of The Ambassadors will be drawn by a different superstar comic book artist.  The second issue is drawn by Karl Kerschl; colored by Michele Assaraskorn and lettered by Clem Robins.

The Ambassadors #2 opens in Delhi, India.  Meet Binnu Bhatia.  He's in love with Gita Ganesh, as he keeps telling his best bud, Jai.  However, Binnu doesn't believe he has much of a chance with Gita; after all, Binnu is just a dude who works at a cell phone store.

Then tragedy strikes, and some time later, Binnu is “Codename India,” the Ambassador for India.  Suddenly, he has access to powers that billions of other people want really bad.  So, of course, it's a bit complicated with family, friends, and also Doctor Choon-He Chung, the amazing woman who is handing out super-powers.  Plus, some will pay anything for those powers...

THE LOWDOWN:  Thanks to a review copy provided by the Mark Millar division of Netflix, I got to read the first two issues The Ambassadors.  This is a treat for which I have been awaiting since the announcement of the series last year.

I think the best thing that writer Mark Millar does with The Ambassadors #2 is depict that even in a scenario of absolute power and seemingly supernatural power, control is an illusion.  What happens to Binnu Bhatia is both a dream and nightmare, to one extent or another.  He can't stop what's coming; he must simply survive it or try to.  This is how Mark is creating dramatic tension and conflict here, and this is what he is going to use to blow this up in our faces.

The artist for The Ambassadors #2 is Karl Kerschl, and his quirky style deftly conveys both the ambivalence and the menacing undertones in this chapter.  I could have read another 28 pages of Kerschl's lovely storytelling.

So, yes, The Ambassadors is fantastic.  It may well be one of the most consequential superhero team comic books well over a decade.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of big concept superhero comic books will want to read The Ambassadors.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

BONUS MATERIAL in The Ambassadors #2 Special Edition Second Printing:

[This second printing includes the eight-page section entitled “The Making of 'The Ambassadors Issue 2'.”  This section reprints Karl Kerschl's cover art and seven pages of his interior art without the coloring and lettering.  So let's be honest.  None of us are getting any Kerschl original art, so this is the best chance to see his beautiful artwork for this issue, unadorned by the series' excellent coloring and lettering.  It's gorgeous.  Kerschl can draw the f**k outta a comic book.  Yes, this “Special Edition” is worth the cover price – even if you already have the first printing.]

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Comics Review: "DARKWING DUCK Volume 1 #4" - To Be or Not to Be ... Retired

DARKWING DUCK VOLUME 1 #4

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Amanda Deibert

ART: Carlo Lauro

COLORS: Carlo Lauro

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Lesley “Leirix: Li

32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2023)

Rated “All Ages”

“Darkwing Duck” was an animated superhero comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.  It originally aired for three seasons (for a total of 91 episodes) from 1991 to 1992, both as part of the syndicated programming block, “The Disney Afternoon,” and as part of ABC's Saturday morning lineup.  “Darkwing Duck” focused on a suburban duck, Drake Mallard, and his superhero alter-ego, “Darkwing Duck.”  The character was a parody of the pulp fiction vigilante character, The Shadow, and his alter-ego, Kent Allard.

Over a 15-year period, beginning with Disney Comics in 1991, “Darkwing Duck” was adapted into comics and comic books.  The current license holder is Dynamite Entertainment, and they have launched Darkwing Duck Volume 1.  The series is written by Amanda Deibert; drawn and colored by Carlo Lauro; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.

Darkwing Duck Volume 1 #4 opens in St Canard, the city hyper-vigilantly defended by the terror that flaps in the night, the ferocious fowl who plucks the evil eye from the face of foul play... Darkwing Duck!  Today, however, Darkwing Duck is retired, and Drake Mallard is enjoying domestic bliss.  He's enjoying it in spite of the awful cooking of his girlfriend, the sorceress Morgana Macawber.

Drake's daughter, Gosalyn, is the one who shatters the bliss when she informs her father that the villain with an evil green thumb, Bushroot, has taken over the community garden.  Still, Drake refuses to be Darkwing Duck again, but he will fight Bushroot … as a civilian?!  When Bushroot turns the garden into an evil vegetable maze, will Darkwing stay retired?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Darkwing Duck Volume 1 #4, the fourth Darkwing Duck comic book that I have read.

I have never watched an episode of the “Darkwing Duck” animated series, although I have always wanted to do so, nor have I previously read a Darkwing Duck comic book … although I have wanted to do so.  Writer Amanda Deibert has made my first experience reading a Darkwing Duck comic book series an excellent reading experience.  These fun, tongue-in-cheek adventures sparkle with surprises.

Artist-colorist Carlo Lauro brings Deibert's scripts to life with energetic graphical storytelling and vivid colors.  It's looks like eye candy for the Disney comic book fans, but is it too good to be true?  Should an adult love this comic book as much as I do?

As I said in my review of the first three issues:  I hope that Dynamite can find success with this title and with its other recent Disney release, including Gargoyles.  They are quality entertainment, and Darkwing Duck Volume 1 is flat-out great.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Darkwing Duck will want to try Dynamite's new Darkwing Duck comic book series.

A

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Comics Review: Disney's "GARGOYLES Volume 1 #4" - Careful What You Wish For

DISNEY'S GARGOYLES #4

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Greg Weisman

ART: George Kambadais

COLORS: Arancia Studio

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: David Nakayama

32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 2023)

Rated “Teen”

“Here in Manhattan” – Chapter Four: “Tale Old as Time”

“Gargoyles” was an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation that ran for a total of 78 episodes over three seasons, from October 24, 1994, to February 15, 1997.  The series focused on “gargoyles,” a species of nocturnal creatures that had spent a thousand years in an enchanted petrified state.  Reawakened in modern New York City, they are stone by day, but when day falls, they are warriors, the city's night-time protectors.

“Gargoyles” has been adapted into comic books by both Marvel Comics (1995) and Slave Labor Graphics (2006-09).  Dynamite Entertainment is the new license holder and begins its publication with Gargoyles Volume 1 #1.  The series is written by “Gargoyles” creator Greg Weisman; drawn and colored by George Kambadais; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.  The series will act as a “Season 4” of the original television series, following Weisman's preferred story line.

Gargoyles Volume 1 #4 (“Tale Old as Time”) opens as crime boss, Dino Dracon, is released from prison, and he immediately reestablishes that he is the boss.  Determined to take over the New York underworld, Dino won't let anyone – human or Gargoyle – stand in his way.

Elsewhere, there is sense of change in the clan, and Goliath kind of wishes that there was a crisis to bring everyone closer.  So when he and Hudson go out on their nightly patrol, they're in for a couple of extremely nasty surprises.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  One of them is Gargoyles #4, only the fourth Gargoyles comic book that I have read.

With each issue, I find Dynamite's Gargoyles comic book a little less difficult to follow, although I am still figuring out this universe.  Although I was aware of the “Gargoyles” animated series, I never got around to watching it, but I am intrigued by this comic book. I find myself drawn more into the narrative, and I like that series writer Greg Weisman is pushing the story forward and bringing in more explosive drama and action.

George Kambadais' dynamic illustrations keep Weisman's story hopping, and that really shows in this fourth issue's last act.  His storytelling deftly balances the many subplots and twists and turns of Weisman's narrative, creating a sense of anticipation.  Now, there is more to anticipate.

I think that this story arc, “Here in Manhattan,” will read better as a trade paperback, but fans of the franchise will want to start reading the new Gargoyles, now.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of the Gargoyles franchise will want to try Dynamite's new Gargoyles comic book series.

B+

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 7th to 13th, 2023 - Update #21

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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

TELEVISION - From Deadline:  ABC has cancelled the Hilary Swank-led drama, "Alaska Daily," after one season.

MOVIES - From THR:  Oscar-nominee, Willem Dafoe, is joining "Beetlejuice 2," which is due Sept. 2024.

TELEVISION - From THR:  The CW has cancelled "The Winchesters," the prequel to its long-running fantasy drama, "Supernatural," after one season.  The broadcast network also cancelled "Kung Fu" after three seasons.

From CBR:  Executive producer, Jensen Ackles, is not ready to let "The Winchesters" die in the wake of its cancellation by The CW.

MOVIES - From CBR:  Despite saying that he would NOT, Dwayne Johnson apparently does appear as his character "Luke Hobbs" in the upcoming "Fast X."

MOVIES/TRAILERS - From EW:  There is a trailer for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3." The film is due in theaters Sept. 8, 2023.

DISNEY - From Variety:  Disney+ is adding Hulu content for a "one-app experience" to begin later this year.  The price for Disney+ will increase, also.

CANNES - From Deadline:  FilmNation is bringing is Maria Callas biopic starring Angelina Jolie to the Cannes film market.  Callas was a Greco-American opera singer (soprano) who was one of the most influential of the 20th century.

TELEVISION - From Deadline:  NBC's "Night Court" reboot welcomes back actress Marsha Warfield, who starred as "Roz" in the original series.

SCANDAL - From CBSNews:  A federal jury in New York City found former President Donald Trump liable for battery (sexual abuse) and defamation in a civil trial stemming from allegations he raped the writer, E. Jean Carroll, in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.  She was awarded $5 million total in damages.

MOVIES - From Variety:  "Beetlejuice 2" is set for release September 6, 2024.  Original stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder return.  Jenna Ortega, the star of Netflix's "Wednesday," will play the daughter of Ryder's character, "Lydia Deetz."

SCANDAL - From THR:  Marvel Studios star, Jonathan Majors ("Kang the Conqueror") appears in court virtually to answer the assault charges against his girlfriend from March 25th.

MOVIES/TRAILERS - From Variety:  Warners Bros. has released a trailer for "Met 2: The Trench," a sequel to the 2018 hit, "The Meg." Both films star Jason Statham.

AMAZON - From Deadline:  Amazon Studios has formed Amazon MGM Studios Distribution, which will license Amazon original and the MGM library to the international market.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  Th e winner of the 5/5 to 2/7/2023 weekend box office is Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" with an estimated total of 114 million dollars.

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  CBS has uncancelled "S.W.A.T." The police drama will return for a seventh and final season.

From Deadline:  A surge in ratings could not save "S.W.A.T." from being cancelled by CBS.  The last episode of this current season (the 6th) will serve as the series finale.

OBIT:

From Variety:  The Spanish-born American graphic artist, Frank Kozik, has died at the age of 61, Saturday, May 6, 2023.  He designed the album cover art for Queens of the Stone Age's 1998 debut album, "Queens of the Stone Age" and for The Offspring's 1998 LP, "Americana."  He also designed concert posters for such musical acts as Butthole Surfers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Soundgarden, to name a few.

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WRITERS STRIKE:

From Deadline:   President Joe Biden speaks on the Writers Guild of America strike.

From Deadline:  Retaliation! The studios have starting informing writer-producers who have "overall" and "first-look" deals that such deals are being suspended.

From Deadline:  Retaliation!  Prolific HBO creator, David Simon, who is best known for "The Wire," is one of the many writers who have had their overall deals suspended the studios due to the WGA strike.  Simon has been with HBO for 25 years.

From Deadline:  The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is on strike.

From Deadline:  Disney, HBO/HBO Max, and CBS have sent letters to showrunners (the TV equivalent of film directors) instructing them to return to work, inspite of the writer's strike.

From Deadline:  The WGA's chief negotiator, Ellen Stutzman, talks about the state of the writers' strike, including the lack of engagement on the part of the strike's other party, AMPTP.

From Deadline:  What went wrong between the WGA and AMPTP? What could they not agree on that led to a strike?

From Deadline:  The site explains the WGA strike: the issues, the stakes, movies and TV shows affected, and how long it might last.

Comics Review: "THE AMBASSADORS #4" - Guns and a Rose That Grew from Concrete

THE AMBASSADORS #4 (OF 6)

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STORY: Mark Millar

ART: Olivier Coipel

COLORS: Giovanna Niro

LETTERS: Clem Robins

EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin

COVER: Olivier Coipel with Giovanna Niro

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Ryan Sook; Olivier Coipel

28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2023)

Rated M / Mature

The Ambassadors created by Mark Millar at Netflix

The Ambassadors is a new comic book miniseries written and created by Mark Millar.  The series focuses on the six people out of eight billion humans who will receive super-powers.  Each person will become a member of  the international rescue squad, The Ambassadors.  Each issue of The Ambassadors will be drawn by a different superstar comic book artist.  The fourth issue is drawn by Olivier Coipel; colored by Giovanna Niro; and lettered by Clem Robins.

The Ambassadors focuses on the efforts of Doctor Choon-He Chung.  The technology of her company, Chung Solutions (the world leader in bio-engineering and artificial intelligence), built her a new body.  Now, she wants to share super-powers with the world.  From her “Base-Control” is in Antarctica, Choon-He is building “The Ambassadors.”

The Ambassadors #4 opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  There, the police have defeated the gangs, but now these enforcers of the law have become the crime lords.  A lone voice, Father Vitor Pereira fights the corruption from his church, and for his efforts, he has been chosen “Codename Brazil,” the superhero who will be Brazil's “Ambassador.”

But he doesn't want it.  What part do Captain Eduardo Lobo, the policeman turned militia leader and crime lord, and his female killer, Zee, play in Farther Pereira's ultimate choice?  Meanwhile, Jin-Sung, Choon-He's ex-husband, continues to sell super-powers to the super rich...

THE LOWDOWN:  Thanks to a review copy provided by the Mark Millar division of Netflix, I have been able to read the first four issues The Ambassadors.  This is a treat for which I have been awaiting since the announcement of the series last year.

In The Ambassadors #4, artist Olivier Coipel captures the grittiness, persistent poverty, and brutal violence of Rio de Janeiro in an artistic tableau of stylish graphics, eye-catching graffiti, and expressive graphic design.  Under Giovanna Niro's lavish colors, Coipel's art matches the aesthetic of writer Mark Millar's darker series, such as the recent Nemesis Reloaded and Night Club.

Millar's script, however, offers a poignant tale of a rose growing in concrete, but a flower showing its thorns in a life of horrid violence.  This is a tale of a man determined to make that flower bloom beyond full, even if he has to give up the greatest material things any human could ever get on the planet Earth.

The Ambassadors #4 is a nice follow-up to the amazing third issue.  This fourth issue keeps the series undeniable and unmatched.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of big concept superhero comic books will want to read The Ambassadors.

A+

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Comics Review: "NEMESIS RELOADED #5" - It's Not the Length, It's the Girth or Unexpect the Expected

NEMESIS RELOADED #5 (OF 5)

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STORY: Mark Millar

ART: Jorge Jiménez

COLORS: Giovanna Niro

LETTERS: Clem Robins

EDITOR: Sarah Unwin

COVER: Jorge Jiménez with Giovanna Niro

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Javier Fernandez with Belén Ortega; Jorge Jiménez

36pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (May 2023)

Rated M / Mature

Nemesis created by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven

Nemesis Reloaded is a five-issue comic book series from writer Mark Millar.  It is a soft reboot of Nemesis, Millar's 2010-11 four-issue comic book miniseries that he created with artist Steve McNiven.  Nemesis: Reloaded is drawn by Jorge Jiménez; colored by Giovanna Niro; and lettered by Clem Robins.

In the new series, Nemesis has plans for Los Angeles and its ruling class.  By the time he is done, the city won't be the same, nor will its top politicians.  And maybe the secrets of Nemesis will be revealed.

Nemesis Reloaded #5 opens in Eastern Europe, at “the Castle of Reflection.”  It is there, Matthew Anderson a.k.a. Nemesis must win the game of death that will lead him to discovering all the big-ass secrets.  But before we get into that big game...

Mayor-elect Joe Costello must come face to face with his connection to Nemesis' past.  There is payback galore, and the wealthy and the power-elite won't get their way.  Is this the grand finale or just the beginning?

THE LOWDOWN:  In my earlier reviews of Nemesis Reloaded, I talked about how those issues fit into the tradition of the groundbreaking and daring comic books of the 1980s, especially of the early to mid-1980s.

The final issue retains the series' connection to a gleefully and enjoyably insane time.  Still, I have to be careful with Nemesis Reloaded #5.  In a way, it is like the recent Killadelaphia #30, which ended things so that it could begin even bigger, more surprising and lunatic things.

Here, writer Mark Millar and artist Jorge Jiménez add their craziness to something like the bigness of Millar and Matteo Scalera's King of Spies.  They don't minimize the craziness of Nemesis Reloaded, the kind that recalls Frank Miller's Daredevil and Ronin, but they welcome the massive storytelling that is similar to Millar's work at Marvel, such as The Ultimates and Civil War.

Recently, dear readers, my car was stolen (still not recovered) and the thieves ransacked my home for my book and comic book collection.  With the arrival of the final issue, I needed Nemesis: Reloaded to stroke my hard-on for vengeance.  Oh, it was so good, and I'm so crazy about the title character.  I wanna blow Nemesis; I'm not sure I've ever felt that way about a comic book character, but it is Mark Millar and artist Jorge Jiménez's fault, of course.

They have created a comic book that pops off the page, and the story pelvic thrusts its way into readers' imaginations … again and again.  I have to believe that they wanted it this way; they wanted such reactions as mine.  If that is not the case, they certainly could have rebooted Green Lantern for the umpteenth time instead of creating this glory hole of violence and retribution.  If you have been waiting for comic books to be crazy and fun again, recharge your imagination with Nemesis Reloaded.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of comic books that make readers beg for more will desire Nemesis Reloaded.

A+

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