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Comic Book News of The Week: Powers celebrates 25 Years and More

by Carole
May 23, 2025

What’s going on in the Comic Book World? Life can be pretty busy, so we highlight recent news and articles that may catch your interest in our seventh edition of Comic Book News.

While there is no bigger anniversary this year than Peanuts’ 75th Diamond Anniversary, it’s not the only one. Creators Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Oeming are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Powers with a new project titled Powers 25. Here’s Dark Horse’s description, now the official publisher after several reprints across different publishers:

This new tale is a fun, dangerous, adult look at a world of heroes through the eyes of special homicide officer Detective Kutter and her brand-new partner, and the first power to ever make the powers division, Moebius Moon. Under the watchful eyes of legendary Captains Deena Pilgrim and Enki Sunrise, the new detectives run through a minefield of all-new dangers. A new unsolvable powers murder has Kutter and Moon questioning EVERYTHING about the world and their place in it.

Powers 25 will take the form of a 12-issue ongoing series, with each issue featuring art from Dark Horse creators including Mike Mignola, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Scott Hepburn, Eric Powell , Jill Thompson. The first issue will be released on September 10.

Comic Book News of The Week: Revival Trailer and More

by Carole
May 10, 2025

What’s going on in the Comic Book World? Life can be pretty busy, so we highlight recent news and articles that may catch your interest in our sixth edition of Comic Book News.

As The Eternaut premiered over a week ago on Netflix, with ComicBeat calling the adaptation a “highly bingeable show,” another comic book adaptation is headed to the small screen. Syfy Channel has released the trailer for Revival, based on the comic series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton. Often described as a horror series, Revival is more of a crime series with a fantastic twist — and features on our list of the 15 Best Crime Comics to read.

If you haven’t yet read it, here’s the official synopsis for the TV Show starring Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp herself!):

On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story as the “revived” appear and act just like they once were. When local officer and single mother Dana Cypress is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.

Comic Book News of The Week: Grant Morrison returns to Batman and More

by Carole
April 25, 2025

What’s going on in the Comic Book World? Life can be pretty busy, so we highlight recent news and articles that may catch your interest in our fifth edition of Comic Book News.

A week ago, Grant Morrison appeared on the Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast to discuss All-Star Superman and other Man of Steel topics. But what made waves wasn’t the praise for Alex Ross’s Peace on Earth or the reveal that Superman Beyond is a personal favorite. It was the unexpected announcement that Morrison is working on a new Batman project.

As Morrison explained: “I just actually took on a job that I wasn’t expecting because I don’t need to do these things anymore, and I only do them for something interesting. It’s not Superman but it’s a Batman thing. I didn’t ever think I’d go back, but if someone comes to me with something good, and it just strikes a spark and it starts a fire, then of course I’ll do it. I’m not writing it off.”

While there are no more details, this was enough to spark excitement!

Comic Book News of The Week: The first biography of Robert Crumb and More!

by Carole
April 12, 2025

What’s going on in the Comic Book World? Life can be pretty busy, so we highlight recent news and articles that may catch your interest in our fourth edition of Comic Book News.

This month sees the release of Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, a biography by Dan Nadel, a curator and writer specializing in comics and art who “shares how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact.”

If you are not familiar with Robert Crumb, here is a short introduction by publisher Scribner: “Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic, as iconic as Walt Disney or Charles Schulz.”

Chris Vognar at the Los Angeles Times wrote about the book:

Generously illustrated with work from throughout Crumb’s career, “Crumb” is an artist biography that astutely connects the work to the life story without forcing or simplifying anything. It works as cultural history and criticism; you won’t find a sharper analysis of the underground comix movement. Nadel honors the complexity of his subject, even, perhaps particularly, when it gets ugly.