We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
Marvel is continuing the Oz series with the fourth mini-series adapting the fourth book, Dorothy & The Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum. Eric Shanower and Skottie Young will continue the writing and art for the group of mini-series. The mini-series will be eight issues long. However, libraries will want to wait for the collected edition to place in their collections.
For all your patrons that like horror, anime, and comic books Marvel has put up a trailer for the Blade anime series. This will eventually play on G4 in their Marvel run of anime titles.
This is something that your patrons that enjoy comic books will want to know about. Marvel’s site has announce that Uncanny X-Men #544, which is the longest running X-Men comic, will be the last issue for that series. This will give you a discussion topic if you are unfamiliar with the comic book world.
Marvel’s site reports that G4 will start airing the new anime styled Marvel animation this July. The titles will be: Ironman; Wolverine; X-Men; and Blade. For all the areas that get G4 let your patrons know to start keeping an eye on their TV listings. Below is the trailer for the titles coming to G4.
http://marvel.com/news/story/16062/video_marvel_anime_launches_on_g4_this_july
ICv2 is reporting that 20th Century Fox has hired Brad Caleb Kane to write a script for a reboot of the Daredevil property. Will it come to pass? How knows, we’ll just have to wait and see.
I’m sure all of your patrons will remind you, but I’m here as well. Don’t forget that X-Men: First Class comes out this weekend. See the trailer below provided by Yahoo Movies.
Librarians take note that your DVD collection well be able to cross over with your graphic novel collection again. Marvel and the ABC network, both Disney properties, have announced that a Castle graphic novel is in the works. It is slated to be a 112 page hardcover and to be released September 28. As librarians know this is not to far out there. The Castle television series, centered around a novelist Richard Castle played by Nathan Filion, has already produced two novels written by “Richard Castle” (Ghost written of course). Link below to ICv2 for the full article.
The Thor: Movie Special, Ep. 1 is ready to download. These movie specials will give librarians different views from different age groups and interests. The podcast features my family: April my daughter, who just turned 13 and is like any other young teenage girl; Logan my son, who will be turning 16 and is a rabid reader; Michelle my wife who likes some comic book things but not all; and myself, the professed comic book guy. We sit around the table, enjoy some ice cream and discuss the movie that we recently watched.
Thor: Tales of Asgard will be an animated movie that librarians will want to add to their animation collection. The Blu-ray and DVD is set for release May 17. Thanks to Marvel’s website for the following trailer.
ICv2’s site is reporting that Upper Deck has collected older comics from Marvel’s past and are trimming out panels to attach to trading cards. The set is call Marvel Beginnings Series 1. This subset of cards is Marvel Ultimate Collection Panel Forms. Even though they are cutting up comic books, shutter, I think this is a cool idea. Let you patrons know about this new chase set built within the common cards of Marvel Beginnings. I think most will enjoy it and might be the only way to own a piece of history like this.