This week, we take a look at The Black Mage Volume 1, dish the dirt on Avatar: The Last Airbender casting, and the live action adaptation of My Hero Academia finds a director! We review Eat the Rich #1 from BOOM! Studios, Radiant Black #7 from Image Comics, and Norse Mythology II #3 from Dark Horse Comics.
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NEWS
‘My Hero Academia’ Live-Action Movie Lands Director Shinsuke Sato
Renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (“I Am a Hero,” “Kingdom” and “Alice in Borderland”) has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of ” My Hero Academia ” for Legendary Entertainment. The prolific filmmaker will make his English-language debut with the movie, which is based on the globally acclaimed manga property.
‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Has Been Delayed Again
Here we go again. Despite Hollywood’s best efforts, the delta variant of COVID-19 has started to upend the movie theater industry’s recent gains. Given the rocky film landscape, Sony Pictures has announced plans to delay the theatrical release of ” Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” the studio’s upcoming comic book adventure, starring Tom Hardy as the eponymous alien symbiote.
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Netflix Live-Action Series Sets Main Cast
The ” Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action series at Netflix has found its four series leads. Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, and Dallas Liu have all joined the series. Cormier will star as Aang, with Kiawentiio set to play Katara. Ousley will play Sokka and Liu will play Zuko.
Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set
Eaglemoss Hero Collector is raising funds for Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set on Kickstarter! An all-new chess set featuring 32 hand-painted game pieces modelled on the classic 1980s Generation One Transformers animated cartoon.
REVIEWS
STEPHEN
EAT THE RICH #1
Writer: Sarah Gailey
Artist: Pius Bak
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 18, 2021
Welcome to Crestfall Bluffs! With law school and her whole life ahead of her, Joey plans to spend the summer with her boyfriend Astor in his seemingly perfect hometown. It’s a chance to finally meet his family and childhood friends, all while enjoying a vacation where every need is attended to. But beneath the affluent perfection lies a dark, deadly rot… will Joey discover the truth before it’s too late, and even if she does, can she survive to tell the tale?
MATTHEW
RADIANT BLACK #7
Writer: Kyle Higgins
Artist: Marcelo Costa
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 18, 2021
Picking up from the shocking ending of issue five, Radiant Black’s life just got a whole lot more complicated. Pursued by a new enemy and not sure who to trust, will our hero escape with his life? Or is this the beginning of the end for RADIANT BLACK?
RODRIGO
NORSE MYTHOLOGY II #3
Writer: Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell
Artist: Mark Buckingham
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 25, 2021
Thor and Loki stumble upon sleeping giant who takes them on a journey to the giant king who gives them a bizarre challenge to participate in.
DISCUSSION
THE BLACK MAGE
Writer: Daniel Barnes
Artist: DJ Kirkland
Publisher: Oni Press
Release Date: October 29, 2019
When St. Ivory Academy, a historically white wizarding school, opens its doors to its first-ever black student, everyone believes that the wizarding community is finally taking its first crucial steps toward inclusivity. Or is it? When Tom Token, the beneficiary of the school’s “Magical Minority Initiative,” begins uncovering weird clues and receiving creepy texts on his phone, he and his friend, Lindsay, stumble into a conspiracy that dates all the way back to the American Civil War, and could cost Tom his very soul.
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