Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
It may seem silly, but this is actually a major problem with the comics industry and comics media. Source: Valnet Inc. Presents: Comic Book Resources Comics journalism is a strange field. Despite all sorts of serious shit going down in the industry, comics news sites seem most excited when they get the opportunity to publish…
8TH UPDATE, Tuesday 6:30PM: Final actuals Before we blame franchise fatigue as the catalyst for paltry Memorial Day openings, we need to also acknowledge the overall downward trend in openings for sequels this year. It’s been rampant across all genres including Ride Along 2, The Divergent Series: Allegiant even Captain America: Civil War (if you compare it to Avengers: Age of…
The ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Self-Loathing Index At this point, it feels like just about every actor in Hollywood has appeared in an ‘X-Men’ movie. This is our comprehensive guide to who wants to be there, who’s phoning it in, and who’s still showing up in the makeup trailer to get their prosthetic claws attached. X-Men: Apocalypse…
It’s supposed to matter when Superman dies. This time, it totally doesn’t. DC Comics has killed Kal-El again. Most devoted comic-book readers aren’t surprised by this, since the publisher announced months ago that the latest version of Superman wouldn’t be part of the post-Rebirth universe. And since he’s the first-ever superhero character, this isn’t the…
Captain America has been a symbol of American heroism since 1941, and that all appears to be a lie. SPOILER BEGINS HERE “Steve Rogers: Captain America #1” hit shelves on Wednesday along with a twist that seemingly changes the entire history of the character. The final page of the issue has Rogers saying two words:…
Hawks are a kind of bird, yes. But Birdman and Hawkman are not the same character. This seems like something DC Comics should probably know. Whoever’s in charge of DC Comics’ twitter account just messed up when they sent this tweet promoting the launch of Future Quest—a new series that teams up old-school Hanna-Barbera characters—which…
Though we may have all believed Ben Affleck was the saviour of the DC cinematic universe; turns out, it might be Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn who swoops in and saves the day. With Suicide Squad‘s trailers already teasing a delightfully unhinged performance from Robbie, news has now broken that the star will both be producing…
It’s three weeks late and the bare minimum possible, but it’s better than nothing, we guess. Source: CBR Three weeks after people first began openly naming senior DC Editor Eddie Berganza as a multiple-time alleged sexual harasser, followed by additional allegations of sexual assault by a senior DC art director, and after a widely expressed…
No, really, does anyone look at this stuff? Source: DC Rebirthing Continues in August Solicitations Unless you have lived under a rock (or used some other method to go out of your way to remain ignorant of such things) you know that so called adult coloring books have become a major trend. Countless jokes have…
Reports today say that DC/WB are going forward with a solo Harley Quinn movie starring Margot Robbie. I’m pretty excited to see Robbie in the role so that sounds good (even though I’m not the biggest Harley fan) but then there is this via the Hollywood Reporter Details are being closely guarded but names such…