Netflix canceled Jupiter’s Legacy, a live-action series based on Mark Millar’s comic book. From the Hollywood Reporter: The end of Jupiter’s Legacy comes about four weeks after its May 7 premiere. Netflix doesn’t regularly share audience figures for its titles; the series, helmed by Daredevil‘s Steven S. DeKnight, earned mostly negative reviews. I never bothered looking at any...
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Kirby Howell-Baptiste to play Death in Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’
Neil Gaiman’s beloved comic book The Sandman is getting turned into a Netflix series. Like many people who are fans of the source material, I was worried the show’s producers would botch the casting of the characters. It appears my worries were for naught. One has to only look at the casting of Death. Actress Kirby...
Read MoreComicsgate creator ‘Slick Jimmy Love’ arrested for child pornography
A Comicgate creator, “Slick Jimmy Love” (government name James Randall Adams), was arrested in Utah on 20 felony counts of downloading child pornography. He is accused of downloading 2,905 pornographic photos of children to his fake iPhone. He even set up folders for the photos, indicating that he didn’t “accidentally” download the 2,905 photos. I...
Read MoreMarvel signs exclusive distribution deal with Penguin Random House
Marvel and Penguin Random House have entered into a multi-year deal to with Penguin Random House to distribute comic books and graphic novels to comic book shops. I bet Steve Geppi of Diamond Comic Distributors wishes he had not decided to abuse his monopoly of distributing comics last year and not distribute comics. Not only did...
Read MoreEdwin Boyette behind Hawaii GOP pro-QAnon tweets
On Saturday, the Hawaii GOP’s official Twitter account tweeted statements supporting QAnon and the pro-MAGA enthusiasts who stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6. The tweet I read was this: We should make it abundantly clear – the people who subscribed to the Q fiction, were largely motivated by a sincere and deep love...
Read MoreRichard C. Meyer drops epic lawsuit against Mark Waid
Remember the epic lawsuit filed by Comicsgate founding father Richard C. Meyer against comic book writer Mark Waid for defamation and tortious interference? Yeah, about that. Meyer dropped the lawsuit. What started with much fanfare ended with a mostly silent whimper. I’m subscribed to Meyer’s YouTube channel. He stopped asking for donations to his lawsuit...
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