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DC Comics New Releases from Lunar Distributors for April 20, 2021
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Sunday, April 18, 2021
Comics Review: ThoughtScape Comics #1
THOUGHTSCAPE COMICS #1
MATT MAIR LOWERY
[UPDATE: ThoughtScape Comics 2024 Kickstarter campaign is now live.]
STORY: Matt Mair Lowery
ART: Dave Law; Tyrell Cannon; Lisa Naffziger; Karl Slominski
COLORS: Dave Law; Tyrell Cannon; Lisa Naffziger; Karl Slominski
LETTERS: Dave Law; Tyrell Cannon; Lisa Naffziger; Karl Slominski
DESIGN: John Larson
COVER: Jenna Cha
44pp, Color, $8.00 U.S. (digital), $15.00 U.S. (print)
ThoughtScape Comics is new science fiction anthology comic book series from writer Matt Mair Lowery. Lowery is the writer and co-creator with artist Cassie Anderson of Lifeformed, a YA science fiction graphic novel series published by Dark Horse Comics.
Lowery has stated that each issue of ThoughtScape Comics will contain 44+ pages of content, featuring stories written by Lowery and drawn by up-and-coming comic book artists. Some of the stories will be self-contained and others will be part of a serial. Multimedia artist, John Larsen, will provide the graphic design and packaging for each issue.
ThoughtScape Comics #1 contains four stories. Lowery is joined by artists Dave Law, Tyrell Cannon, Lisa Naffziger, and Karl Slominski. Two stories are apparently serials, and the other two are standalone stories.
ThoughtScape Comics is set in a world in which humanity's first multi-planet conglomerate, LifeTech, discovered the “ThoughtScape” in the late 21st century. The ThoughtScape is a fifth dimension where every thought that has ever been thought exists. Using technology of its own innovation, LifeTech began isolating and monitoring these thoughts (via “ThoughtScape Listening Posts").
Later, LifeTech began capturing and recording these thoughts through Thought & Information Service Collection Officers (TISCOs). Eventually technological advancements allowed that the entire “ThoughtLives” of both living individuals and of the long-dead could be virtually reconstructed and played back through a variety of media formats. The stories of ThoughtScape Comics will focus on the designs and intentions of LifeTech; the nature of ThoughtScape; and how people and beings connect, react, and exist with both.
THE LOWDOWN: For the review of ThoughtScape Comics #1, I will offer comments on each of the four stories individually.
The first story is “Thoughtscape 2319: Parish, The Thought . Part 1,” the first part of a serial. It is written by Lowery and drawn by Dave Law. The story takes place at the edges of the galactic frontier in the year 2319. Week 32.4, Thought & Information Service Collection Officer (TISCO) Odessa Query patrols her beat, currently the Hen 3-593 Di Chamaelontis System – 700 light years from Earth.
Her TISCO ship collects thoughts from ThoughtScape Listening Post Di.Cha.036, while she entertains her ship's neurocorder, Feyla. Query prepares to move on to her next assigned Listening Post when she is diverted to an ongoing disaster.
Because of its cliffhanger ending, I am excited to read more of this story, especially because Lowery teases something awesome and awful coming to scare us, dear readers. Dave Law's drawing style is perfect for science fiction comic books, and the design of the characters and the technology are convincing. I also like Law's impressive title page drawing (for which I wouldn't mind having the original art).
The second story is “A Spy Without A face,” illustrated by Tyrell Cannon. The story pits a mysterious “spy without a face” against a pack of assassins who have broken into a mysterious LifeTech facility. Both sides get more than they bargained for in this black and white tale.
Cannon's graphical storytelling is high-speed and hyper-kinetic with the graphic design sensibilities of science fiction anime and manga. Lowery's story allows Cannon to draw an explosive tale that is visceral and thrilling. I'd like to see another Lowery-Cannon creation, and this story also made me seek out more information about Tyrell Cannon.
The third story is “Adorable Orphans,” written by Lowery and drawn and colored by Lisa Naffziger. Sally, an elementary school-age girl, loves her “Grammie,” her grandmother. Her parents seem to despise the old woman, and they are particular about the things to which Grammie exposes Sally.
One day, Sally gets a package from Grammie. Inside is the season’s hottest toy trend, one of LifeTech’s “Adorable Orphan android dolls” (also called a “DollDroid”). The girl DollDroid's name is Betty, and she is a great friend for Sally, but everyone else better watch out.
“Adorable Orphans” is by far the best story in ThoughtScape Comics #1. It is straight-forward, but Lowery is sly and sneaky in the way he surprises the readers in unexpected ways. For instance, Sally's parents are both snobby and vulgar. What's going on with Grammie? And there is certainly more to Sally than what appears on the surface.
Lisa Naffziger's compositions and coloring are more alt-comics than children's comics, although I can understand why some people would see her work as the latter. Lowery and Naffziger have created in “Adorable Orphans” a concept that could live on its own outside the world of ThoughtScape Comics. If I were in Hollywood film and television production, I'd swoop in and buy the media rights for “Adorable Orphans” away from the rest of this package.
The fourth and final story is “Ex Post Facto: A Dash Varrick Misadventure . Part 1.” A press release from Lowery describes the story in the following way:
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The art by Karl Slominski has elements that remind me of David Mack, especially, and of Bill Sienkiewiz, a little. Otherwise, I have no idea what's going on with this story.
Overall, I like ThoughtScape Comics #1. It presents such an expansive science fiction concept with a universe of possibilities as big as anything offered by the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. I hope a lot of comic book readers get behind the project and financially support it.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of science fiction anthology comic books (such as 2000 AD) will want to try ThoughtScape Comics.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Saturday, April 17, 2021
All-Star Presenters Announced for 93rd Academy Awards
93RD OSCARS® ALL-STAR CAST REVEALED
Show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher, and Steven Soderbergh today announced the ensemble cast to present at the 93rd Oscars®, which airs live on ABC on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT.
Starring, in alphabetical order, are Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Bong Joon Ho, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Laura Dern, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Renée Zellweger, and Zendaya.
“In keeping with our awards-show-as-a-movie approach, we’ve assembled a truly stellar cast of stars,” said Collins, Sher and Soderbergh. “There’s so much wattage here, sunglasses may be required.”
Additional talent joining the show to be announced.
The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and international locations via satellite, and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 11th to 17th, 2021 - Update #28
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
AWARDS - From Deadline: The American Cinema Editors have announced the winners at the 2021 / 71st ACE Eddie Awards. Aaron Sorkin's film, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix), won the marquee "Eddie," which is "Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)."
SCANDAL - From Deadline: In the wake of an explosive allegations about his abusive behavior that stretches back years, Oscar-winning film producer, Scott Rudin, says that he will "step back" from active involvement in his Broadway productions.
ANIMATION-STREAMING - From Deadline: The upcoming fourth season of Netflix's animated series, "Castlevania," will be its last. Netflix is reportedly considering a new series set in the universe of Castlevania with an entirely different cast of characters.
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney claps back at screenwriting brothers, James and John Thomas, who are trying to reclaim the rights to their 1984 spec script that became the 1987 20th Century Fox film, "Predator." Disney owns the property as a result of buying 20th Century Fox.
DISNEY - From BleedingCool: Actor Mads Mikkelsen has joined the cast of "Indiana Jones 5" in an unknown role. The film is being directed by James Mangold
MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: The site looks at five underrated Black actresses who deserve more roles: CCH Pounder, Debbi Morgan, Tamara Tunie, Lisa Gay Hamilton, and Lorraine Toussaint.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Two-time Oscar-winner Renee Zellewegger in the golf comedy, "The Back Nine," the will be directed of Michael Patrick King of "Sex and the City."
BLM - From YahooNYT: In 2006, an African-American female Buffalo police officer, Cariol Horne, stopped a fellow officer from choking a handcuffed man. She was eventually fired for this. Now, a New York state court has vindicated Horne by restoring her back pay and pension.
CULTURE - From HuffPost: Back in 2015, Dan Price, the CEO of "Gravity Payments" (a credit card processing company), slashed his $1.1 million a year salary to $70,000 per year so that he could pay all his employees $70,000 per year. Fox News and Fox Business called him a "socialist" and said that his employees would end up on "bread lines." Six years later, his number of employees has doubled and the payments the company processed has gone from 3.8 billion to 10.2 billion.
MUSIC - From HuffPost: Mick Jagger of "The Rolling Stones" and Dave Grohl of "Foo Fighters (and formally of "Nirvana") have come together for a new single, "Eazy Sleazy," that takes on conspiracy theories and anti-vaxxers.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Universal Pictures is making a film that is based on one of the characters from the original "Dracula" novel, "R.M. Renfield," Dracula's henchman. Chris McKay is in talks to direct and produce. The film will be produced by Skybound Entertainment, the company belonging to Robert Kirkman, the creator of "The Walking Dead" comic book.
STREAMING-BLM - From Deadline: The state of Georgia recently passed a slate of Jim Crow laws to keep African-Americans from voting. Some business have decided not to do business with the state, and that includes Apple's filmmaking division. It's film, the runaway slave thriller, "Emancipation," will not film in Georgia and may film in Louisiana, where the actual events upon which this film is based, took place. Antoine Fuqua is directing and Will Smith stars.
STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Superstar actress Melissa McCarthy and her husband, writer-director Ben Falcone wanted to work with Oscar-winning actress, Octavia Spencer. They created that chance in the Netflix superhero comedy, "Thunder Force," about ordinary women with regular body types as superheroes.
POLICE/SCANDAL - From TheHill: There is a report that Boston Police kept child sexual abuse allegations against now-former union president, Patrick Rose, Sr., secret.
From NBCBoston10: This article includes a photo of Patrick Rose, Sr., former Boston police patrolman and Boston Police Union head, who is facing multiple charges of child sexual abuse.
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 4/9 to 4/11/2021 weekend box office is "Godzilla vs. Kong" with an estimated take of 13.4 million dollars.
CELEBRITY - From THR: Carrie-Anne Moss is returning to "The Matrix" film franchise for next year's "The Matrix 4." In a recent interview, Moss says she was offered a "grandmother role" the day after she turned 40 years old.
STREAMING - From YahooSports: Actor Kevin James will play Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints coach, Sean Payton, in Netflix's film, "Home Team." The film will recount the year Payton coached his son's sixth-grade football team.
MOVIES - From YahooAVClub: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are moving up the release date for for "Sanke Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins" from October 22nd to July 23rd, 2021.
TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: This is an update on the USA network and SyFy's "Chuck" series, an reboot/revival of the "Child's Play" film series.
AWARDS - From Deadline: At the 2021 BAFTAs (British Academy Awards), "Nomadland" wins 4 awards, including "Best Film," "Best Director" (Chloe Zhao) and "Best Actress" (Frances McDormand).
From Deadline: At the 2021 / 73rd Directors Guild Awards, Chloe Zhao won the top prize for her film, "Nomadland." She is only the second woman to win the award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film." Kathryn Bigelow was the first when she won for her film, "The Hurt Locker." This article also includes a complete list of winners.
From Variety: Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," and David Fincher's "Mank" top the 2021 Art Directors Guild Awards.
MARVEL - From THR: Marvel Entertainment's new comic book distribution deal - with Penguin Random House Publisher Services - has some comic book stores worried about the future of the market.
OBITS:
From Deadline: English actress, Helen McCrory, has died at the age of 52, Friday, April 16, 2021, after a battle with cancer. McCrory is known for appearing in the James Bond film, "Skyfall" (2012), and in the last three "Harry Potter" films. McCrory may be best remembered for being a member of the main cast of the British period crime drama TV series, "Peaky Blinders." McCrory had been married to English actor, Damian Lewis, since 2007 and was the mother of two children.
From Variety: The former actor and stuntman, Felix Silla, has died at the age of 84, Friday, April 16, 2021. Silla wore the costume to play "Cousin Itt" in the former ABC television series, "The Addams Family" (1964-66). [The late actor Anthony Magro provided Itt's voice.] Although two other actors provided the voice, Silla also provided the physical performance (wearing the costume) for "Twiki" in the former NBC TV series, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979-81).
From APNews: American investment advisor and convicted fraudster, Bernie Madoff, has died at the age of 82, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in prison at the Federal Medical Center at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina. Madoff is best known for operating the largest "Ponzi scheme" in world history, which allowed him to steal from the rich and the poor, the famous and the ordinary. In June 2009, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
From IndyStar: Former professional basketball player and coach, Bobby "Slick" Leonard," has died at the age of 88, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. He played college basketball for the Indiana University Hossiers and was a member of the 1953 NCAA Tournament championship team. His seven-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) included stints with the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs. In 1968, Leonard began coaching the Indiana Pacers of the ABA (American Basketball Association), where he coached the team to three ABA titles, 1970, 1972, and 1973. He continued to coach the Pacers when they joined the NBA in 1976 and remained coach until 1980.
Friday, April 16, 2021
Comics Review: HOME SICK PILOTS #5 Ends Its First Story Arc with a Kerrang!
HOME SICK PILOTS #5
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STORY: Dan Watters
ART: Caspar Wijngaard
COLORS: Caspar Wijngaard
LETTERS: Aditya Bidikar
DESIGN: Tom Muller
COVER: Caspar Wijngaard
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Tradd Moore
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (April 2021)
Rated “M/Mature”
Home Sick Pilots created by Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard
Home Sick Pilots is a comic book series created by writer Dan Watters and artist Caspar Wijngaard, the creative team of the comic book, Limbo. Home Sick Pilots focuses on a group of teens and a haunted house with an evil mind of its own. Letterer Aditya Bidikar and designer Tom Muller complete the series' creative team.
Home Sick Pilots opens in Santa Manos, California, July 18, 1994. A haunted house known as “the Old James House” walks across California, and inside is Ami, the lead singer of the high school punk band, “Home Sick Pilots.” Ami has been missing for weeks, so how did she get in the Old James House? It has ghosts, and Ami has to find them. But what is the entire story behind Ami, the ghosts, and that house?
As Home Sick Pilots #5 opens, the Old James House turns on Ami, and now, she has to find a way to make a deal with them – all of the ghosts that haunt the hallways. Elsewhere, Rip discovers that Meg is not dead, and she has some kind of connection to Ami. It all leads to a Godzilla vs. Kong-type fistfight between a house and monster!
THE LOWDOWN: At some point in the run-up to the debut of Home Sick Pilots, the series was described as being a blend of author Shirley Jackson's novel, The Haunting of Hill House (1959); the comic book series, Paper Girls, and the Power Rangers franchise. Home Sick Pilots #5 brings this new series' first story arc, “Teenage Haunts,” to an end.
This fifth issue definitely shows the Power Rangers side of the concept, but influences aside, Home Sick Pilots, is like no comic book I have ever read. I doubt most American comic book fans have seen anything like it. If Watters and Wijngaard know of a comic like their amazing creation, I wish they would share its title with us.
Seriously, the crazy thing about Home Sick Pilots is that every issue seems like something brand new, as if it is connected to a main narrative, but also has its own fresh story thing happening. Dan Watters' script for issue #5 keeps that mysterious, weird, exciting and scary vibe, but gives us an epic, screwy “kaiju” battle and a taste of the good things to come in this series. Caspar Wijngaard's art and colors create a crazy world of houses that transform and walk and also, everyday structures that merge to form the ultimate mecha-styled monsters.
Aditya Bidikar's lettering is rhythmic in a way that conveys the odd, but alluring nature of this series. Designer Tom Muller gives the series a look that recalls rock music poster art and concert show flier design to Home Sick Pilots. Watters and Wijngaard and Bidikar and Muller jam Home Sick's Pilots' first show to an end with a crescendo. I am highly recommending readers get the upcoming trade collection, Home Sick Pilots Vol. 1: Teenage Haunts, because I'm already anticipating the sixth issue and a new story arc.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of offbeat and imaginative supernatural comic books will want to fly with the Home Sick Pilots.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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