Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki among finalists for 2024 Doug Wright Awards for best Canadian comics

Cousins and collaborators Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki have been nominated for the 2024 Doug Wright Award for their YA graphic novel Roaming. Founded in 2005, the Doug Wright Awards have been awarded annually to celebrate the best in comics across Canada. They are named after influential Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright. This year, 200 entries were submitted to be considered … Read more

X-Men Relaunch Gets Three More Titles This Summer 

The X-Men relaunch is almost upon us, and Marvel is ramping up excitement. Back at SXSW, Marvel revealed the first three flagship series leading the From the Ashes event. Now, they have announced three more titles pushing mutants into a post-Krakoan Age. The House of Ideas revealed that X-Force, Phoenix, and NYX will be upcoming series set in this new mutant … Read more

Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail time, sentenced to counselling for assault

Actor Jonathan Majors has been ordered to complete a year-long counselling program but avoided jail time Monday for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a high-profile case that derailed the once-promising star’s career. The 34-year-old star of Creed III and other films had faced up to a year behind bars after he was convicted of misdemeanor assault by … Read more

Scarlet Witch Relaunch Gets New Variant Covers

Marvel has revealed variant covers for this summer’s new Scarlet Witch relaunch series. The series puts Wanda Maximoff back in the spotlight with Steve Orlando returning to the character. This time around, Orlando is joined by X-Men Red artist Jacopo Camagni. Main covers for the series come from artist Russell Dauterman. Meanwhile, the debut issue will also come with … Read more

“The People’s Joker” Is an Outlaw Vision of the Superhero Movie

“The People’s Joker,” directed by Vera Drew, is the best superhero movie I’ve ever seen—because, unlike studio-produced films in the genre, it responds to the filmmaker’s deep personal concerns. There’s a noble history of directors transforming commercial assignments into personal statements, but it usually doesn’t extend to superheroes. First, the characters’ canonical identities admit of … Read more

This workshop in Trenton, Ont., builds many of the world’s dinosaurs

The team at Research Casting International in Trenton, Ontario is responsible for preparing and building many dinosaur skeletons that are on display in museums around the world. (Ideacom International Inc. ) Roberto Verdecchia is one of the directors of Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs The next time you step into the Royal Ontario Museum, the … Read more

Julia Garner joins Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby in Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four’ as the Silver Surfer |

‘The Fantastic Four’ cast just got a lot bigger with Emmy Award-winning actress Julia Garner joining the film as The Silver Surfer. The highly anticipated Marvel Studios’ production, will feature Garner reportedly in a significant role of Shalla-Bal, who is slated to become the iconic Silver Surfer. The character who first appeared in Marvel Comics’ … Read more

Black Widow: Venomous Announced By Marvel

Marvel has announced Black Widow: Venomous, a one-shot starring the newly-symbioted Black Widow. The one-shot spins directly out of Al Ewing and Torunn Gronbekk’s run of Venom last year. During that, Black Widow became the host to a symbiote with deadly results. Now, the new one-shot explores that relationship and finds Natasha fully embracing her new pal. It will … Read more