Being someone who's covered conventions of varying sizes around southeast Michigan for the past five years, I've been clamoring for another big event aimed at the comic book crowd to come to Detroit. Like many of you, I feel that just one hasn't been enough, and though the small and mid-sized shows are certainly lots of fun, there's just nothing like a sprawling showroom floor populated by vendors, writers, artists and healthy amount of celebrities.
Normally, those bizarre DC-Marvel hybrid characters native to Amalgam Comics spring to mind whenever we think of oddball mashups to be produced by this art form, but the soon-to-be launched Cosmic Ghost Rider aims to take such insanity to new levels.
To be honest, I'm quite pleased and surprised by the steady flow of news pertaining to the Arrowverse that has emerged during the off-season. Really, at this time of the year, it can go either way, as us DC fans may have to endure an information drought accompanying the absences of our favorite shows.
By now, I think many journalists are waking up in cold sweat during the middle of the night shouting "Snyder cut!" because we've written so much about something we can't be too sure of ever seeing the light of day. All jests aside, I, for one, would love to see what could've been had Joss Whedon not been brought aboard to revamp Justice League.
One day, I'm hoping that Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League sees release on home video, not just because I'd like to enjoy it for myself, but also due to the fact that I'd like to see the endless debate on whether it exists finally come to an end. Sure, it may not exist in its purest form because the studio had their mitts deep into the production once cameras started rolling, but everything shot under the auteur's watch is indeed lying around somewhere.
Having already written a handful of news stories pertaining to DC's decision to spoil this week's release of Batman #50 - which had been advertised as containing the Dark Knight's wedding to Catwoman, mind you - I've seen the controversy examined from a variety of angles. Whether it be outraged readers, the New York Times writer who spoiled the book, or DC themselves, everybody has had their chance to chime in.
To be honest, I didn't think I'd be publicly talking this much about Batman #50 until after the issue saw release, but since an article published by the New York Times spoiled it over the weekend, it's become the hot topic in the comic book community.
Being the first release from Marvel Studios tasked with following the game-changing events seen in Avengers: Infinity War, you'd better believe that a lot of eyes are on Ant-Man and the Wasp. Strangely enough, though, neither of the headliners from the upcoming picture put in appearances in the latest team-up flick.
Last month, we finally learned that the next solo film to feature one of the most recognizable superheroes in the world will indeed be titled Spider-Man: Far From Home. Not only does this mean that we can stop referring to it as “Homecoming 2,” but the reveal has also ignited a veritable brushfire online, as everyone's speculating as to what that subtitle may be referring to. Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige says there are several meanings, naturally, but we all know he’s going to play it coy for quite a while.
With casting for IT: Chapter Two having been underway in recent months, it's all the more thrilling to see various goodies trickle online now that filming has officially begun. As such, pictures taken from the set will hopefully become a regular occurrence, and perhaps actress Jessica Chastain will continue turning in progress reports now that she's inhabiting the role of adult Bev.
