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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020



JOKER WINS ACADEMY AWARDS

Joker won two Academy Awards on Sunday night.

Joaquin Phoenix won for Lead Actor, and Hildur Gudnadottir won in the Original Score category.

To watch Pheonix's acceptance speech, CLICK HERE.

To watch Gudnadottir's acceptance speech, CLICK HERE.



MARVEL COMICS' THE MARVELS

Marvel Comics has released the #1 cover and details fro The Marvels, the series written by Kurt Busiek, with art by Yildiray Cinar and covers by Alex Ross.

Here's how the book is described:

"Marvels will be the most sprawling series ever to hit the Marvel Universe where any characters can show up for adventures that can and will take them anywhere! With the entire Marvel Universe at its disposal, this expansive series will feature everyone from the Marvel Universefs first heroes to its latest superstars."

"The whole idea of The Marvels is to be able to use the whole Marvel Universe -- not just all the characters in it, but all the history of it. The sweeping scope of the whole thing," Busiek said. "Big stuff can happen in the Marvel Universe, but we usually see it confined largely to the Avengers in Avengers, to the FF in Fantastic Four, and so on. The Marvels is intended as a freewheeling book that can go anywhere, do anything, use anyone. It's a smorgasbord of Marvel heroes and history. It's not a team. It's a concept, or a universe, depending on how you look at it.

"The Marvels features the marvels -- all the many and varied characters of the Marvel Universe. The heroes, the villains, the oddities -- all of it. Therefll be popular characters of today, therefll be obscure characters from long ago -- heck, therefll be story threads that take place in the past, or possibly the future. We're not limited to just the present. And there'll be new characters, too, from the street-level to the cosmic. There are three new marvels in the first issue, although a couple of them are only seen for a panel or so. But wefll get back to them. Ifd say 'the skyfs the limit,' except in the Marvel Universe, there's a lot going on beyond that sky. And itfs all open to us.h

Here's how the first issue is described:

"Kurt Busiek is back, with the biggest, wildest, most sprawling series ever to hit the Marvel Universe, telling stories that span the decades and range from cosmic adventure to intense human drama, from the street-level to the cosmic, starring literally anyone from Marvelfs very first heroes to the superstars of tomorrow. This first issue includes an invasion from orbit, a picnic in Prospect Park, super hero sightseeing in Manhattan, the All-Winners Squad in 1947, Reed Richards during his time in military intelligence, cosmic beings beyond space and time -- and that's only for starters. Featuring Captain America, Spider-Man, the Punisher, the Human Torch, Storm, the Black Cat, the Golden Age Vision, Aero, Iron Man and Thor, and introducing two brand-new characters, all beautifully drawn by Yildiray Cinar in the opening act of a thriller that'll take us across the Marvel Universe...and beyond. Plus: Who (or what) is KSHOOM? It all starts here. And it goes...everywhere."



BAD IDEA'S ENIAC

Bad Idea has released artwork and details for its premiere launch mini-series, ENIAC, which debuts in stores on May 6.

The 40-page first issue is by writer Matt Kindt, artist Doug Braithwaite, colorist Diego Rodriguez and cover artist Lewis LaRosa.

Here's how the book is described:

"At the height of World War II, the world's most ingenious minds began a race to create a super-weapon capable of ending the war with the push of a button. One of those projects gave us the atom bomb...and another produced the world's first supercomputer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) -- an immeasurably complex mathematical model that targeted the Axis war machine by calculating missile trajectories and troop deployments.

"Everybody knows that. It's real-life American history.

"On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.

"Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki... Only President Truman wasn't the one who gave order.

"It was ENIAC.

"In the Allies' determination to end the war, they had accidentally created the world's first autonomous machine intelligence...which had quickly deduced that one bomb wouldn't be enough.

"But ENIAC's real plan was only just beginning...

"Now, 75 years later, an encrypted countdown has just been detected in Earth's satellite network and mankind only has three days left before ENIAC launches every weapon in the planet's nuclear arsenal simultaneously. With few options and even less time, the Secretary of Defense has just given two covert operatives the most important mission in human history: kill ENIAC."



ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five- to nine-page previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Feb. 12, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.

* ARCHIE 1955 #5.

* B&V FRIENDS JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #278.



BRIEFLY

BOOM!'S LUMBERJANICA: BOOM! Studios has announced a September release for The Encyclopedia Lumberjanica: An Illustrated Guide to the Hardcore Lady-Types of Lumberjanes, from writer Susan Coiner-Collier and a variety of artists.

Here's how BOOM! describes the book:

"Step inside the world of the Lumberjanes like never before with an illustrated look into the lives of the lady-types that the Lumberjanes have taken as their role models - along with fun facts and humorous insights from the Lumberjanes themselves!"

"What better way to celebrate the Lumberjanes than to put the spotlight on the role models who best embody the spirit of the camp and its residents," said editor Jeanine Schaefer. "Lumberjanes of all ages can dive deep into the exciting lives and accomplishments of real life heroes who have inspired hardcore lady-types everywhere!"

BOOM!'S SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE: BOOM! Studios has revealed a new cover by Albert Monteys with Scott Newman for September's graphic novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. An American classic and one of the world's seminal anti-war novels, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time by writer Ryan North and artist Albert Monteys.



APRIL 2020 SOLICITATIONS

Below are solicitations posted for April. Click on the publisher's name for the full listings and check back soon for additional solicitations.

* ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT.

* ARCHIE COMICS.

* BOOM! STUDIOS.

* DARK HORSE COMICS.

* DC COMICS.

* IDW PUBLISHING.

* MARVEL COMICS.

* TITAN COMICS.

* VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT.









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