Monday, May 19, 2025

Image Comics Publishing Shipping from Lunar Distributors for May 21, 2025

IMAGE COMICS

Bitter Root The Next Movement #1 (Of 5)(2nd Printing Cover A Sanford Greene), $3.99
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Curse Of Sherlee Johnson #1 (Cover A Jonathan Glapion), $5.99
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Curse Of Sherlee Johnson #1 (Cover E Todd McFarlane Spawn #5 Reprint Variant), AR
Deadly Tales Of The Gunslinger Spawn #6 (Cover A Jonathan Uribe), $2.99
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Gunslinger Spawn Volume 6 TP, $16.99
Lazarus Volume 4 HC, $49.99
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Rogue Sun #27 (Cover B Marcelo Costa), AR
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Walking Dead Deluxe #113 (Cover A David Finch & Dave McCaig), $3.99
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Youngblood Deluxe #2 (Cover A Rob Liefeld), $3.99
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Youngblood Deluxe #2 (Cover C Rob Liefeld Black & White Variant), AR

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Marvel Comics Shipping from Diamond Distributors for May 21, 2025

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Review: "THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR" Offers a Full Cup of Wes Anderson Sugar

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 22 of 2025 (No. 2028) by Leroy Douresseaux

The Wonderful Live of Henry Sugar (2023) – Live-Action Short Film
Running time:  40 minutes
MPA – PG for smoking
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson 
WRITER:  Wes Anderson (based on the short story by Roald Dahl)
PRODUCERS:  Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, and Steven Rales
CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Robert Yeoman (D.o.P.)
EDITORS:  Andrew Weisblum and Barney Pilling
Academy Award winner

SHORT FILM – FANTASY and COMEDY/DRAMA

Starring:  Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Richard Ayoade

Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a 2023 American live-action, fantasy and comedy-drama short film from director Wes Anderson.  It is based on the 1977 short story, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” by Roald Dahl.  [For this review, I will refer to the film as The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.]  After a film festival debut and a limited theatrical release, the film began streaming on Netflix as a “Netflix Original” on September 27, 2023.  The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar the movie focuses mainly on the story of Henry Sugar whose life changes when he reads a story about a clairvoyant guru.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar opens in the writing hut of author Roald Dahl (Ralph Fiennes), who tells the tale of Henry Sugar (Benedict Cumberbatch).  “Henry Sugar” is the pseudonym of a 41-year-old white man, a bachelor who inherited a fortune from his late father.  Henry has never worked a day in his life and wanders the world aimlessly living the life of a useless rich man.  While visiting the estate of his friend, “Sir William W,” Henry comes across a blue notebook containing the writings of Z Z Chatterjee (Dev Patel), the head surgeon at Lords and Ladies Hospital in Calcutta.

Chatterjee tells the story of his encounter with Imdad Kahn (Ben Kingsley), who is part of a traveling circus.  Imdad is billed as “the man who sees without his eyes,” but before Imdad became this “clairvoyant guru,” he had an encountered with someone special.  And the story of what happened to Imdad after this encounter will change Henry Sugar's life.

In anticipation of director Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme (2025), I decided to catch up on Anderson's films that I have not yet seen and re-watch some I'd previously seen.  I'm also working on a “10 Best” list of Anderson's films.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is the second time Anderson has adapted a work by author Roald Dahl.  The other was 2009's primarily stop-motion animated film, Fantastic Mr. Fox, which was based on Dahl's 1970 children's book, Fantastic Mr. Fox.  The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is also one of four live-action short films directed by Anderson and based on Dahl's work.  Netflix released the four of them as the anthology film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More, in March 2024.

Like Anderson's brilliant 2021 film, The French Dispatch, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is an exercise in Anderson's distinctive style of storytelling, featuring his particular visual aesthetic.  The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar looks like a mixture of a stage play performed on a series of shifting sets that are similar to dioramas, jewel boxes, and cabinets of curiosities.  I think that The French Dispatch, thus far, is the ultimate expression of Anderson's style  only because The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is only thirty-seven percent as long as The French Dispatch in terms of runtime.

With a main cast that is comprised of Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Richard Ayoade, there are bound to be good performances.  However, these are also the kinds of actors that both fit in and rise above being mere figurines in Anderson's panoramas or in any other “auteur's” work for that matter.

As for the film, Anderson offers a charming parable of spiritual growth that has a fairy tale, once-upon-a-time quality.  I am sure that fans of Wes Anderson's films (like myself) will consider The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar special.  People not familiar with the last 20 years of Anderson's filmmaking may not care for this... cup of sugar.

7 of 10
A-
★★★½ out of 4 stars

Saturday, May 17, 2025


NOTES:
2024 Academy Awards, USA:  1 win: “Best Live Action Short Film” (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales)


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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 11th to 17th, 2025 - UPDATE #13

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NEWS:

CANNES 2025 (May 13th to the 24th, 2025):

From Variety:  Kristen Stewart gets a standing ovation after the screening of her directorial debut, "The Chronology of Water, " starring Imogen Poots.

From Variety:  Oscar-winner, Halle Berry, a member of the Cannes 2025 jury spoke at the jury press conference. She addressed James Bond and her character, "Jinx," from the 2002 Bond film, "Die Another Day."  Berry said a spinoff movie featuring Jinx should have happened already.

From VarietyTom Cruise is telling the story of how his sister, Cass, forced him to meet actor Dustin Hoffman, which led to the two stars making the 1988 Oscar-winning film, "Rain Man."  Cruise's latest film, "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" will debut at Cannes 2025.

From Variety:  Director Eli Roth's upcoming film, "Ice Cream Man," which he calls his "most terrifying and insane" film yet, is now fully financed. The film will be looking for buyers at Cannes 2025.

From Variety:  Two-time Oscar-winner, Kevin Spacey, is continuing to try to rebuild his career, which was broken by several accusations of sexual harassment and sexual abuse.  Spacey has joined the cast of director Matt Routledge's "The Awakening."  The film will be looking for buyers at Cannes 2025 (May 13th to the 24th, 2025).
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NETFLIX - From THR:  Robert Pattison will join Denzel Washington and Daisy Edgar-Jones in director Fernando Meirelles heist movie, "Here Comes the Flood." The script is written by Simon Kinberg.

STREAMING - From Deadline:  After two years under the name of simply, "Max," the streaming service will return to its original launch name, "HBO Max," sometimes this summer.

TELEVISION - From Variety:  NBC has given a series order to "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins," starring Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe.  Some of Morgan's "30 Rock" alum are also involved in the series.

TELEVISION/SPORTS - From YahooSportsMichael Jordan, a six-time NBA champion  and a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, will join NBC Sports’ coverage of the NBA as a special contributor in October 2025, when the NBA returns to NBC and makes its Peacock debut.  Jordan won his six titles with the Chicago Bulls.

STREAMING - From VarietyPeacock has just released a first look image at his upcoming Fall 2025 series, "The Paper," a spinoff of NBC's former sitcom, "The Office."  The mockumentary sitcom and workplace comedy takes a look at a dying Midwestern newspaper and its staff of volunteer reporters.

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 5/9 to 5/11/2025 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts with an estimated take of 33.1 million dollars.

MOVIES - From Variety:  Oscar-winner Mikey Madison ("Anora") will co-star with Kirsten Dunst in “Reptilia.” The thriller tells the story of a dental hygienist who is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade.  Alejandro Landes Echavarria will direct from a script he co-wrote.

OBITS:

From Deadline:  American actor, Jon Don Baker, has died at the age of 89, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.  Baker was known as "tough guy" character actor.  His most famous role was that of real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 film, "Walking Tall."  Baker also appeared in three James Bond films, "The Living Daylights" (1987), "Goldeneye" (1995), and "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1999).

From Deadline:  American screenwriter and director, Robert Benton, has died at the age of 92, Sunday, May 11, 2025.  Benton won the "Best Director" and "Best Adapted Screenplay" Oscars for his work on the 1979 divorce/child custody drama, "Kramer vs. Kramer."  He would later win another Academy Award, this time for "Best Original Screenplay" for his film, "Places in the Heart" (1984).  He also received four other Oscar nominations.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Comics Review: "HUCK: BIG BAD WORLD #1" is an Explosive First Issue

HUCK: BIG BAD WORLD #1
DARK HORSE COMICS

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Rafael Albuquerque
COLORS: Dave McCaig
LETTERS: Clem Robins
EDITOR: Daniel Chabon
COVER: Rafael Albuquerque
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Rafael Albuquerque; Jae Lee with June Chung
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (May 2025)

Rated 18+

Huck created by Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque

Huck: Big Bad World is a new six-issue comic book miniseries created by writer Mark Millar and artist Rafael Albuquerque.  Published by Dark Horse Comics, it is a sequel to the 2015-16 miniseries, Huck.  Both series focus on Huck, an autistic man with extraordinary powers who tries to do one good deed every day.  Colorist Dave McCaig and letterer Clem Robins complete the creative team. 

Huck: Big Bad World #1 opens in Ukraine, 1976.  What does this vision have to do with the past of Huck's mother, Anna Polina Marianna Kozar?  Now, a mysterious man, Dr. Jack Harper, has arrived to tell Anna that she and her son are not the only super-people out there and that there are others in hiding that are just like them.

Meanwhile, Huck is on a rescue mission.  When he returns home, however, he will need to rescue his relationship with Zoe Fox.

THE LOWDOWN:  This is the second time that I have been on any kind of list that provides PDF copies of titles published by Dark Horse Comics.  The latest received is Huck: Big Bad World #1.

I recently finished reading Huck Volume 1, the trade collection of the first miniseries.  While writer Mark Millar picks up where he left off, Huck: Big Bad World veers into darker narrative territory.  What Millar gave us in the first miniseries was just a sampler of the dark and complicated history and back story of Anna Kozar.  This first issue intrigues by referencing the tone of the first, but mainly by taking us into a sinister realm.

The storytelling by artist Rafael Albuquerque conveys the darker turn of the story.  It is almost as if Albuquerque is giving Huck the mood of one of those gloomy fairy tales from the world of Mike Mignola's comic book hero, Hellboy.  Dave McCaig's outstanding coloring for the first issue sets the striking tone that there is more on the line here than in the previous series.  As always the lettering by Clem Robins is a mood embellisher.

Wow, I really liked Huck Volume 1, and this first issue of Huck: Big Bad Day does not disappoint.  I have really bought into it, and I'd really like to hurt Jimbo Burke.  Yeah, this first issue got me into my feelies and made me pay attention.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and of the first Huck series will want to try Huck: Big Bad World.

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Comics Review: "HUCK Volume 1" is Comic Book Perfection

HUCK VOLUME 1
IMAGE COMICS

STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Rafael Albuquerque
COLORS: Dave McCaig
LETTERS: Nate Piekos of Blambot
EDITOR: Nicole Boose
COVER: Rafael Albuquerque
ISBN: 9781534300804; paperback; (July 26, 2016)
160pp, Color, $14.99 U.S. (May 2016)

Rated T / Teen

Huck created by Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque

Book One: All-American

Huck was a six issue comic book miniseries created by writer Mark Millar and artist Rafael Albuquerque.  Originally published from 2015 to 2016, Huck focused on a man who lives in a small town from where he anonymously travels the world doing good deeds and acts of kindness and mercy using his super powers.  The series was first collected as a trade paperback graphic novel in 2016.

Huck Volume 1 opens in rural Maine.  In a quiet seaside town, there are picket fences, farms, old-fashioned gas stations, and everyone knows everyone.  Life is a good, and it is made better by Huck, a 34-year-old young man of mysterious origins.  He humbly works at a gas station, but he has special gifts and physical abilities.  Each day, he uses his gifts, such as super-strength, to do a good deed.

His neighbors return his favors by keeping Huck's abilities a secret, but a newcomer to the town – in the form of Diane Davis – sees money in revealing Huck to the media.  Now, Huck is about to discover that his past had an eye on the future – a dark future of beings like him.

THE LOWDOWN:  Millarwold and Netflix provide me with PDF review copies of their publications and have been doing so for several years now.  I recently requested a copy of Huck Volume 1 in anticipation of Huck: Big Bad World #1, which is due in May 14, 2025.

When one considers writer Mark Millar's previous work on his creator owned series like Wanted, Kick-Ass, and Nemesis, it is not unreasonable to be shocked that Millar could write a comic book like Huck: All-American.  By turns sweet and sentimental, the first issue, Huck #1, almost seems like a fanciful retelling of the early years of Clark Kent.  However, it goes by way of Mayberry of former CBS sitcom, “The Andy Griffith Show,” more so than by way of Superman's Metropolis.  Millar tries to create the spirit of genuine Americana, and he pulls it off in a way that is different from the way two boys from Cleveland (writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster) did it.

I initially had mixed feelings about artist Rafael Albuquerque's work on Huck #1.  Albuquerque is both a distinctive stylist and storyteller, but almost a decade ago, I found his work in that first issue to be flat.  Now, I find Albuquerque's art to be a revelation.  Huck Volume 1 is a revelation.

Albuquerque's work in the entirety of Huck is glorious.  He really depicts and captures the spirit of Huck for which Millar is aiming.  Huck is not so much about good versus evil as it is about people who tirelessly do for others versus people who perpetually hurt and destroy others for their own personal gain.  Dave McCaig's colors convey Huck's spirit of human goodness.  The lettering by Nate Piekos is classic comics cool and gives the story a vintage 1980s sci-fi movie aesthetic.

Wow!  I love this first volume of Huck.  I would never go against the Moonstone family and the The Magic Order, but Huck is close to being my favorite Millarworld comic book.  I must have really been having a bad time in life back when Huck was originally published to have felt so “meh” about it.  [Actually, there was an awful lot of family melodrama back then.  It was other people's problems, and I was letting it constantly drag me down.]  Anyway, the first issue of the new series, Huck: Big Bad World, is about to drop.  I think I'm in a better mood to receive Huck this time.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Mark Millar and Millarworld titles will want to read Huck Volume 1.

[This volume includes a section of Rafael Albuquerque's character designs, layouts, and inked art.]

A+

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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