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STORE NEWS-040620
We're Sort'a Re-Opening with Limited Hours For Only a Few Days a Week

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MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
STORE NEWS-040620
We're Sort'a Re-Opening with Limited Hours For Only a Few Days a Week


 

DISNEY RESHUFFLE
MEDIA
NEWS-040520
Disney's Updated Their Release Schedule Again and Marvel Movies are Hardest Hit


 

MARVEL SLOWS THE PRESSES
MARVEL NEWS-040420
Marvel has Stopped Creators Work on a Third of Their Upcoming Comics


 

FREE CLASSES FOR KIDS
INDIE NEWS-040320
Joe Kubert School of Art is Giving Parents an Unbeatable Deal


 

IT JUST GETS WORSE
STORE NEWS-040220
Diamond Comics has Told It's Vendors it is No Longer Accepting New Product

    IDW LOSES TWO/KEEPS ONE
FOUR COLOR COMIC MEDIA NEWS-040120
IDW Had Three of Their Series on Netflix in 2019, Only One is Returning for 2020


 

APRIL IS CANCELLED
STORE NEWS-033120
April 7th "Shelter in Place" Order Now Extended to the End of the Month


 

HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON
MEDIA
NEWS-033020
Your TV is full of Choices But Production has Halted on Many Due to Covid-19


 

CORONA RESPONSE
INDIE NEWS-032920
We're Closed, Diamond's Shut Down-What are the Comic Companies up to?


 

COMING SOMEDAY
STORE NEWS-032820
Free Comic Book Day 2020 is Floating Across the Calendar like a Flying Dutchman


 

HOLLYWOOD RE-SHUFFLE
MEDIA
NEWS-032720
Hollywood is Busy Shuffling the 2020/2021 Release Schedule Because of Corvid-19

    WRESTLING WITH COVID-19
RASSLIN NEWS-032620
The Covid-19 Outbreak's Effect on Independent Wrestling


 

CORONA MANIA
WWE NEWS-032520
This Years Wrestlemania Will Be One For the History Books


 

NO NEW COMICS FOR YOU
STORE NEWS-032420
Diamond Comics has "Shut Off the Water" to Comicbook Stores World Wide


 

DARK HORSE GOES ALL BOND
INDIE NEWS-032320
Matt Kindt Puts Down the Supernatural and Tries His Hand at His Version of 007


 

THE DAY THE MOVIES DIED
MEDIA
NEWS-032220
Theaters Grind to a Halt as Covid-19 Fears Increase


 

DC CANCELS CONVENTIONS AND MORE
DC NEWS-032120
Due to Covid-19 (and other reasons) DC has cancelled Convention Appearances


 

WE'RE CLOSING FOR A FEW WEEKS
STORE NEWS-032020
We're Open 9-5 on Saturday And Then Closed Until 040720


 

ALL GAME EVENTS CANCELLED
STORE NEWS-031920
We've Cancelled all Current and Upcoming In-Store Game Events Due to Covid-19


 

TARENTINO BYTES
MEDIA
NEWS-031820
A Bunch of Bytes of News on Upcoming Quentin Tarentino Projects


 

FAILURE OF DOLITTLE
MEDIA
NEWS-031720
Loss of the China Audience and Lack of Coherent Vision Doomed the Remake


 

COVID-19, ALTERNATE REALITY AND YOU
STORE NEWS-031620
Changes Due to the Virus and Our New "Virus Free" Greeting


 

HAWLEY TAKES THE CONN
FRANCHISE  NEWS-031520
Has His Own Take On the Franchise But Seems to Want it In-Cannon


 

BIRTHRIGHT MOVES TOWARDS THE END
INDIE NEWS-031420
Birthright's Rhodes Family Begin to Make Their Move to the Final 50th Issue


 

LOCK'EM ALL UP!
MARVEL NEWS-031320
Events from "Incoming" Continue to Unfold in the Upcoming "Outlawed"

 

SPIES LIKE US
DC NEWS-031220
Event Leviathan is Over But Leviathan Lives on in the DCU

    THE WATCH IS UNCLEAR
FOUR COLOR COMIC MEDIA NEWS-031120
HBO's Watchmen is Over-But Maybe Not Forever
    AKIRA ON INDEFINITE HOLD
FOUR COLOR COMIC MEDIA NEWS-031020
On Again/Off Again Production is Once Again Off
    MARVEL MOVIE BYTES
FOUR COLOR COMIC MEDIA NEWS-030920
A Bunch of Bytes of News on Upcoming Marvel Comic to Big Screen Projects


 

WELCOME TO THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
INDIE NEWS-030820
Catching Up With Snyder and Soule's Undiscovered Country


 

LUKE I AM STILL YOUR FATHER
MARVEL NEWS-030720
Darth Vader & Star Wars Ongoing are Both Exploring Events Between ESB and ROJ


 

SNYDER/CAPULLO’S ENCORE
DC NEWS-030620
The Chainsaw of Truth May Decide the Fate of the DC Universe


 

HERRIG GETS INTO FIGHT ON VEGAS STRIP
MMA NEWS-030520
Felice Herrig Was Walking Down the Vegas Strip When a Fight Found Her


 

SANCHEZ ACCEPTS HIS FATE
MMA NEWS-030420
Bizarre Drug Test Lands Sanchez With a 3 Month Sanction


 

MCGREGOR WILL BE BUSY
MMA NEWS-030320
McGregor Has No Plans For the Year, But That Doesn't Mean He Wont Be Busy


 

GODDAMNED WIVES
INDIE NEWS-030220
The Brutal Biblical-Noir Epic of GODDAMNED Returns With a Second Chapter


 

DUGGAN HAS CABLE
MARVEL NEWS-030120
From Cyborg Future Warrior to Scout Troop Leader in One Hickman-esque Swop

 

REEDER IS A GEM
DC NEWS-022920
Gemworld Returned This Week under the Bendis "Wonder Comic" Imprint


 

NETFLIX 2020 FILM SLATE
MEDIA
NEWS-022820
Recently Netflix Released Their Entire Slate of 2020 Shows, Here's What's Coming


 

LOOK AT THE PRETTY PEACOCK
MEDIA
NEWS-022720
Get Out Your Credit Card, Peacock Streaming is coming with NBC/Universal Content


 

APPLE TV COMES ON STRONG
MEDIA
NEWS-022620
Apple TV Announced a Slate of New Streaming Series for Their Platform


 

KILLING SONJA
INDIE NEWS-022520
Sonja's Past Catches Up With Her as A Father's Revenge Triggers the Story


 

BEFORE GWEN MET PETER
MARVEL NEWS-022420
The Current Mini-Series Prequels Gwen's Life Before She Came Into Spidey's Life

 

DIDIO FIRED
DC NEWS-022320
DC Co-Publisher Fired on A Friday with the Future Uncertain for DC

    TURNBUCKLE BYTES
RASSLIN NEWS-022220
A Bunch of Bytes of News From Around the Squared Circle
    AEW EXTENDED
RASSLIN NEWS-022120
Re-Negotiated Contract Gives AEW More Air-Time Across the Warner Spectrum
    MAAA's LA PARKA PASSES AWAY
RASSLIN NEWS-022020
In-Ring "Suicide Dive" Accident Lead to the Wrestlers Death


 

ST.HAGAN VS THE NAZIS
INDIE NEWS-021920
In the Mignola-verse, Some haunting's are more potent than others!


 

MARVEL BYTES
MARVEL NEWS-021820
A Bunch of Bytes of News From the "House of Ideas"

  CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES
DC NEWS-021720
Joker's Turn at the 80th Anniversary Wheel is Coming in Late April


 

TREK TV
FRANCHISE  NEWS-021620
The Apparent Success of Picard Has Lead to a Flourishing Other Trek Projects

    DC SEEMS TO GETTING THEIR ACT TOGETHER
FOUR COLOR COMIC MEDIA NEWS-021520
DC Entertainment Seems to Have Righted Itself With a Few Successes
    GIMPEL IS THINKING BIG
FOUR COLOR COMIC MEDIA NEWS-021420
A Rick's Story to Continue in Theatrical Features Expanding the Dead Universe


 

STEPHENSON ON THE STATE OF COMICS
INDIE NEWS-021320
Image Publisher Sees a Mixed Bag of Plus' and Minus' for the Industry!

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