New York Comic Con has come and gone, and there were a ton of announcements this year. These are some of my thoughts on the announcements this year.
There will be a new My Little Pony Series next year from IDW Publishing. I like the idea as the new series will probably bring more children to comic book reading and collecting.
A crossover between Transformers and G.I. Joe is also coming next year. I have mixed emotions about this as I have seen the idea before and see it as a shortcoming since the military is effectively powerless against the giant machines of Transformers.
Punisher #1, Elektra #1, New Warriors #1, Black Widow #1, Captain Marvel #1, Silver Surfer #1, Ghost Rider #1, Iron Patriot #1 and All New Invaders are all coming. Only one of these comics were on the top of my list for new comics for Marvel, but I will take it. Ghost Rider was on my top list, and happy to see another Dark Universe character come out. Punisher is something I will definitely be looking forward to. I will have to talk to Christopher Yost about his New Warriors #1 when I see him next week at Detroit Fanfare Comic Con.
Pictures are emerging of Michael Cudlitz as Abraham on The Walking Dead. He looks good in the role. The rest of the group are coming in as well. Looking forward to the additional members as they are some of my favorites from the comic.
Some new Avengers series coming out from Marvel. I thought we already had enough…but we can go with it.
The Crow will be back for IDW. I already knew that – but I don’t give spoilers.
Kevin Smith is going to do a little writing on Batman. I will have to read it, but will hope that it is not like his last handful of movies. I will also hope that Batman does not take to fart jokes.
Zach Whedon is going to write a follow-up of Serenity. That should be interesting. I am hoping the story does not go off the main path.
Stephanie Brown is coming back to the DC Comics Universe. Meh, never a fan…sorry.
I hope New York Comic Con is the only convention we ever hear about with RFID chips and Twitter takeovers. That will discourage fans from coming to conventions.
Betty and Veronica are leaving the Archie Universe? Why do I simply see this as a way to get temp readers? Will they be gone for a year just to make a triumphant return to get temp readers again? Removing staple characters is one thing if a lineup changes every few years. Not after decades.
It looks like The Question will finally get his own series in DC Comics according to a panel at New York Comic Con. It is about time. You can’t really have a Trinity if you are going to ignore one of the characters in it.
Robert Kirkman announced Outcast which will be The Walking Dead for exorcism. I think I will give it a try. Happily another writer will be on the project. I think Kirkman is spread too thin as it is.
FF and Fantastic Four are ending in January. I am sure Fantastic Four will continue on somehow. Again, it is not good to get away from staples. We will see what happens.
George Romero is bringing Empire of the Dead out with both vampires and zombies. NotLD is one of my favorite movies of all time and the original Dead Trilogy are tops in my book. I am a little nervous about Romero getting into unchartered territory especially since I did not like his last few movies.
I am a little discouraged with New York Comic Con as there were not any earth-shattering announcements for me which have me popping hard outside of the new titles from Marvel. Out of those new Marvel titles, though, two have me more excited than the rest. Hopefully, we have more great news to tell in the next few weeks.
