Its that time again. We pick this weeks winners for new comic book day, the best day of the week.
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HULU Is Teaming Up With Marvel for 4 Possible Animated Mini-Series
Might be old news but apparently HULU is in the process of teaming up with Marvel to create 4 new animated series.
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MARVELous Monday
Similar to the Throwback Thursdays I’ve been doing lately, I wanted to do something else fun each week.
I give you MARVELous Monday. Each week where I pick a random Silver or Bronze age Marvel book to highlight after I’ve read it, sort of a flash back to Marvel books.
A new case-solving fantasy series for fans of Fables begins this April in FAIRLADY
Writer Brian Schirmer, artist Claudia Balboni (Star Trek), and colorist Marissa Louise team up for Fairlady—an all-new fantasy series from Image Comics this April.
Things I Like and Dislike for the Week of February 13th, 2019
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of February 13th, 2019.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
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Poyo’s Comic Blowout Sale
Poyo’s sorting and cleaning out his comic boxes on a cold rainy Saturday and wants to give you CHU readers first grabs at books before I list them on eBay.
So click on the continue reading to see what I have for grabs.
WINNERS Announcement for ComicsHeatingUp Contest Giveaway
Announcing the winners for the CHU Contest Giveaway, the contest where you had to work a little harder than just entering your name.
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From Option to Screen – The Books We’d Love To See Adapted Part II
Every week, hundreds of new comic books hit the local shelves. Many of these are long ongoing titles while others come and go quickly, being mini-series or one shots.
Last fall we visited a bunch of the books and titles that had options or media deals that have not gone beyond the option or if they did, they’re still in the wee early stages of ever getting turned into a show.
This is where we dive into the books that either haven’t been optioned or if they did, it’s long expired that we would all love to see and welcome being adapted into a television show or movie. Welcome to Part II of Books We’d Love to see Adapted.
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Middlewest #1 Goes Back For A 4th Printing with New Cover Art
Demand for Middlewest #1 by Eisner Award-winning and New York Times Middlewest #1 4th ptg cover artbestselling creator Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Bully Wars, Deadpool) and Russ Manning Award-winning artist Jorge Corona is building momentum at a breakneck pace. Image Comics has greenlit the debut issue to go back to print for a fourth time. This fourth printing cover will feature new artwork by Skottie Young.
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EC Comics and Hivemind Bring WEIRD FANTASY to Life with New Film/TV Partnership
Here’s some interesting news for us comic book readers, lovers and collectors. Warning, could result in back bin diving and searching.
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Throwback Thursday for February 7th, 2019
He’s one of the most popular and well known characters in the Marvel Universe nowadays. Probably one of the most common cos-players hitting the isles at conventions centers.
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One Week Later Report for February 6th, 2019
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 1/30/2019.
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Y: The Last Man – List of Key Appearances
It’s been a long time coming but finally we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Y: The Last Man from Vertigo Comics and the great writer Brian K. Vaughn is coming to life on our screens from FX networks which appears to likely be in 2020.
This series ran for 60 issues and has a huge cast of characters within the story line. We won’t know until the show airs if some of these characters are prominent or not as they’ll likely change it up a little bit in the show, nevertheless, this is hopefully a good starting point for key firsts for some of the characters in the story.
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Poyo’s Spec and Drek for February 6th, 2019
It’s already February into the new year and things seem to be moving fast, particularly for new comics.
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Midtown Comic Signings for February
Midtown is known to do a lot of creator signings. Here is their list of upcoming February signings.
RUMBLE Celebrates Black History Month with New Covers from Image Comics
Image Comics is pleased to reveal a very special line of Rumble variant covers in time for Black History Month. These covers will kick off the new story arc with Rumble #11 by John Arcudi and David Rubín and will feature artwork by Keith Pollard, Arvell Jones, Ron Wilson, Chris Brunner, and Sanford Greene.
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Y: The Last Man – Teaser Photo
If you’ve been living under a rock and didn’t see the new teaser photo for the upcoming Y: The Last Man adaptation being developed and ordered by FX, here it is.
Things I Like and Don’t Like for the Week of February 6th, 2019
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of February 6th, 2019, which this week is my Super Bowl Special edition.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
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From Option to Screen – The Books We’d Love To See Adapted Part I
Every week, hundreds of new comic books hit the local shelves. Many of these are long ongoing titles while others come and go quickly, being mini-series or one shots.
Last fall we visited a bunch of the books and titles that had options or media deals that have not gone beyond the option or if they did, they’re still in the wee early stages of ever getting turned into a show.
This is where we dive into the books that either haven’t been optioned or if they did, it’s long expired that we would all love to see and welcome being adapted into a television show or movie.
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ComicsHeatingUp Contest Giveaway
I’ve been hinting at an awesome contest and now I feel is the time to run it. Several times I’ve mentioned that I hope you all pay close attention to my posts as it will help you win what I think will be a fun contest here at CHU.
WINNER of the Wonder Woman #63 Killer B Variant Flash Contest
Winner Announcement for the Wonder Woman #63 Killer B Variant by Kamome Shirahama variant.
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Flash Contest – Wonder Woman #63 Killer B
It’s been a while since the last contest here at CHU. So here’s a you gotta act quick flash type of contest to win a copy of Wonder Woman #63 Killer B Variant by Kamome Shirahama.
So if you missed out on this cover, here’s your chance at winning a free copy.
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Spotlight on Black Knight – Comics To Watch
With all the theories and rumors popping up every so often on the next installment of the Avengers movie Endgame in the MCU, one of the spotlights is the renewed interest and slight hints that Black Knight will be making an appearance.
True or not, probably worthwhile to keep an eye on some of the key books for this Marvel Character and some of the tie-ins to other characters.
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Brian Stelfreeze Teams Up with Devin Grayson On MATADOR – Murder Mystery Graphic Novel
Image Comics is pleased to reveal an excerpt from the forthcoming Matador, Vol. 1 by Devin Grayson (Batman: Gotham Knight, User) and Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther
, Batman), which will find a new home at Image Comics this May and collect issues #1-6 of the original series.
Vanesa Del Rey, Erica Henderson Release Their MURDER FALCON “HEAVY METAL” Variants This Spring
Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment are pleased to reveal two more “Heavy Metal” variant covers for Daniel Warren Johnson’s Murder Falcon.