MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
IMAGE COMICS FOR DECEMBER
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Image Comics has released its solicitations for December.
For the listings, with images, CLICK HERE.
THE MAGICIANS AT BOOM! STUDIOS
BOOM! Studios has announced it has acquired the comic book and graphic novel publishing license to The Magicians, the adult fantasy novel series created by Lev Grossman, which has become a worldwide pop culture phenomenon and inspired a hit television series on Syfy, with its fourth season premiering in 2019.
Originally published in 2009, The Magicians introduces readers to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, which boasts a prestigious and dangerously difficult curriculum, famous and infamous alumni, and a record of only...a few deaths per graduating class.
The first release in this partnership will be The Magicians: Alice's Story, a new original graphic novel hardcover set in the world of the book trilogy by Grossman, from writer Lilah Sturges, artist Pius Bak and cover artist Steve Morris.
Here's how BOOM! describes the book:
"Debuting in July 2019, The Magicians: Alice's Story expands the mythology of The Magicians, the first novel in the series trilogy, through the perspective of lead character Alice Quinn before she joins Brakebills and embarks on an epic journey in the magical land of Fillory.
"Alice is manifestly brilliant, and shefs always known that magic is real. During her years at Brakebills Alice rises to the top of her class, falls in love with Quentin Coldwater, and witnesses a horrifically powerful magical creature called the Beast invade their dimension. Soon after graduation, Alice and Quentin set their sights on the idyllic setting from their favorite childrenfs books, Fillory. In Fillory, magic flows like a river but even with talking animals, enchanted items, and the chance to become king and queen of a magical land in the offing, nothing is what it seems and something far darker lies in wait behind the spellbinding facade. Now fans will learn untold secrets of Alice's journey, the world of The Magicians, and will find answers to some of their biggest questions."
"Usually when your work is being adapted, you just hope you'll end up with something reasonably faithful to your vision,h said novelist Lev Grossman. gYou never expect to have that vision turned around and expanded to reveal incredible new things you never even knew were there. But that's what happened with Alice's Story."
gWorking on The Magicians has been a complete joy for me from beginning to end," said writer Lilah Sturges. "The original novel is so good. It's just so good. Like, have you read this thing? And it really speaks to me, being as it is the emotional biography of basically every sensitive gifted-and-talented kid. The best part for me was getting to adapt it in a way that presents the events of the novel in an entirely new context, by focusing on Alice rather than Quentin. It's a change that, perhaps not coincidentally, makes it one of the most effortless jobs I've ever had; in real life I'm only a hair's breadth away from Alice personality-wise, for better or worse."
"What I enjoy most about drawing is that it allows me to create things that are not real by building worlds and exploring them in my art. So I feel very lucky to get to be working on The Magicians, because drawing Fillory and the magical world surrounding it is so much fun!" said artist Pius Bak. "The original novel is incredible and Lilah's adaptation of it . . . is just perfect. This feels like the best work of my career and I can't wait for fans to see the final graphic novel in 2019."
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of Dynamite Entertainment titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, September 26, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.
TITAN COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and six-page previews of Titan Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Sept. 26, click on the cover thumbnails above or the links below for the individual titles.
* DEAD LIFE #3.
ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and five- to 10-page previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, September 26, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.
* ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN '66 #3.
BRIEFLY
MORE KINGSMAN: 20th Century Fox is planning a third Kinsgman movie. Matthew Vaughn is returning to write and direct the third installment, set for a Nov. 9, 2019 release.
VENOM, LATE NIGHT: Venom star Riz Ahmed will be a guest on CBS' The Late, Late Show with James Corden on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
VERY BRIEFLY: Warner Bros.' Birds of Prey is scheduled to reach theaters on February 7, 2020.
DECEMBER 2018 SOLICITATIONS
Below are solicitations posted for November. Click on the publisher's name for the full listings and look for more listings soon here in The Continuum.
* ARCHIE COMICS.
* DARK HORSE COMICS.
* DC COMICS.
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