Sony Corp is in final talks with AT&T to buy U.S. anime streaming service Crunchyroll. The offer is reportedly for 100 billion yen ($957 million). That’s a lot of money for an American based anime streaming service. Sony already owns a U.S. based streaming service. Funimation is a competitor of Crunchyroll and Sony owns 95% of...
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McFarlane Toys Batman Flashpoint figure is NOT in stores now
I saw this ad on my Facebook feed. It says there’s a McFarlane Toys Batman action figure from the Flashpoint crossover comic book event “in stores now.” It also says it’s only available at Target. These two statements contradict each other. If it’s a Target exclusive, that means it’s not available at any other store...
Read MoreBatman Vol. 1: ‘Their Dark Designs’ comes out Oct. 20
I’ve been waiting for this book to come out. It begins with Batman #86, the first Batman comic with someone other than the garbage person known as Tom King as the writer. Beginning with issue 86, James Tynion IV took over the writing duties. Do you know what I like best about James Tynion IV?...
Read MoreDan Shahin with his terrible microphone interviews Ethan Van Sciver
YouTuber Dan Shahin interviewed fellow YouTuber and comic book creator Ethan Van Sciver. I watched the interview as soon as I learned about it. I’ve watched a few of Shahin’s videos. Shortly after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shahin made videos with Diamond Comic Distributors President and CEO Steve Geppi. When Geppi decided to...
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