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[QUOTE=JimmySpectre;4421153]DC Announces future titles for 2020 & 2021 (Some are original concept)
[url]https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/06/22/dc-announces-new-young-adult-and-middle-grade-graphic-novels-at-ala-annual[/url]
[B]Young Adult Titles (Formaly DC Ink) :[/B]
[LIST][*]BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER - (October 2019) - Stuart Moore & Chris Wildgoose[*]WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER - (January 2020) - Leigh Bardugo & Kit Seaton[*]GOTHAM HIGH - (February 2020) - Melissa de la Cruz & Thomas Pitilli[*]THE ORACLE CODE - (March 2020) - Marieke Nijkamp & Manuel Pretaino[*]SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL - (April 2020) - Sarah Kuhn & Nicole Goux[*]DICK GRAYSON: LOST CARNIVAL - (May 2020) - Michael Moreci & Sas Milledge[/LIST]
[LIST][*]CATWOMAN: SOULSTEALER - TBA - Louise Simonson & Samantha Dodge[*]GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR - TBA - Jadzia Axelrod & Cait Zellers[*]HOUSE OF EL BOOK 1 – Claudia Gray & Eric Zawadzki[*]I AM NOT STARFIRE - TBA - Mariko Tamaki[*]MISTER MIRACLE - TBA - Varian Johnson[*]NUBIA - TBA - L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith[*]SWAMP THING - TBA - Maggie Stiefvater & Morgan Beem [*]VICTOR & NORA: A MR. FREEZE STORY - TBA - Lauren Myracle & Isaac Goodhart[*]WHISTLE - TBA - E. Lockhart & illustrated by Manuel Preitano[*]YOU BROUGHT ME THE OCEAN - TBA - Alex Sanchez & Julie Maroh[*]ZATANNA: THE JEWEL OF GRAVESEND - TBA - Alys Arden & Jacquelin De Leon[*]TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES: A JACK HYDE STORY - TBA - Alex Sanchez[*]WONDER WOMAN: TEMPEST TOSSED - TBA - Laurie Halse Anderson & Leila del Duca[*]TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY - TBA - Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo[/LIST]
[B]DC Kids (Formaly DC Zoom) :[/B]
[LIST][*]DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE - (August 6, 2019) - Michael Northrop & Gustavo Duarte[*]SUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE - (September 2019) - Art Baltazar & Franco[*]THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID - (October 2019) - Kirk Scroggs[*]DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: AT METROPOLIS HIGH - (October 2019) - Amy Wolfram & Yancey Labat[*]BLACK CANARY: IGNITE - (November 2019) - Meg Cabot & Cara McGee[*]SUPER SONS: THE FOXGLOVE MISSION - (November 2019) - Ridley Pearson & Ile Gonzalez[/LIST]
[LIST][*]DIANA, PRINCESS OF THE AMAZONS - (January 2020) - Shannon & Dean Hale & Victoria Ying[*]GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY - (January 2020) - Minh Lê & Andie Tong[*]BATMAN TALES: ONCE UPON A CRIME – (February 2020) - Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen[*]ZATANNA & THE HOUSE OF SECRETS - (February 2020) - Matthew Cody & Yoshi Yoshitani[*]BATMAN: OVERDRIVE - (March 2020) - Shea Fontana & Marcelo Di Chiara[*]DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: POWERLESS - (March 2020) - Amy Wolfram & Agnes Garbowska [*]ANTI/HERO - (April 2020) - Kate Karyus Quinn, Demitria Lunetta & Maca Gil (April 2020)[*]ARKHAMANIACS - (April 2020) - Art Baltazar & Franco[*]MY VIDEO GAME ATE MY HOMEWORK - (May 2020) - Dustin Hansen[/LIST]
[LIST][*]AMETHYST: PRINCESS OF GEMWORLD - TBA - Shannon & Dean Hale[*]BATMAN AND ROBIN…AND HOWARD - TBA - Jeffrey Brown[*]DC SUPER HERO GIRLS - TBA - Amy Wolfram[*]DEAR SUPER-VILLAINS - TBA - Michael Northrop & Gustavo Duarte[*]GREEN ARROW: STRANDED - TBA - Brendan Deneen & Caleb Hosalla[*]INDESTRUCTIBLES BOOK 1 - TBA - Ridley Pearson[*]LOIS LANE - TBA - Grace Ellis & Brittney Williams[*]METROPOLIS GROVE - TBA - Drew Brockington[*]PRIMER - TBA - Thomas Krajewski, Jennifer Muro & Gretel Lusky[*]SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN - TBA - Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru[*]SUPER SONS BOOK 3: ESCAPE TO LANDIS - TBA - Ridley Pearson & Ile Gonzalez [*]TEEN TITANS GO! TO CAMP - TBA - Sholly Fisch[*]TEEN TITANS GO! ROLL WITH IT - TBA - Heather Nuhfer & P.C. Morrissey [*]THE MYSTERY OF THE MEANEST TEACHER: A JOHNNY CONSTANTINE GRAPHIC NOVEL - TBA - Ryan North & by Derek Charm[/LIST][/QUOTE]
Woah, lot of new and interesting books here...
House of El - Claudai Gray doing her own version of the El family? After her work on [I]Star Wars[/I], I am totally in.
I am not Starfire - Obviously a Starfire book, but the title is interesting. Curious what kind of take on Kori they're going for.
Mister Miracle - Always done for more Scott Free (and hopefully Barda). Curious how this will compare to what King did. Maybe more in-line with the Mera and Catwoman books?
Nubia - Not a character I expected to get her own book.
Swamp Thing - Kind of generic beyond what it's about. A young adult take on Swamp Thing and Abigail Arcane?
Victor & Nora - Was not expecting a Mr. Freeze young adult book...but I can see how their relationship would lend itself well to that kind of format.
You brought me to the Ocean - Aquaman?
Arkhamaniacs - A "Tiny Titans" take on the Arkham villains? Sounds like they're going for a deliberate "Animaniacs" reference.
Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld - Always nice to see them do more with Amethyst.
Batman and Robin...and Howard - So...uh, who's Howard :P?
Dear Super-Villains - Wasn't expecting a sequel to "Dear Justice League" about villains. Curious who all they'll use.
Green Arrow: Stranded - So younger Oliver Queen stuck on the island?
Lois Lane - A Lois book is cool. "Metropolis Grove" also sounds interesting...
Johnny Constantine - "Johnny Constantine" I can't even ;).
Zatanna - Yay! Two Zatanna books :).
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Really DC? Couldnt even let Vertigo’s Body get cold before you destroy Constantine more? Its the Watchmen Babies joke from Simpsons but worse
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[QUOTE=Frontier;4421491]Woah, lot of new and interesting books here...
House of El - Claudai Gray doing her own version of the El family? After her work on [I]Star Wars[/I], I am totally in.
I am not Starfire - Obviously a Starfire book, but the title is interesting. Curious what kind of take on Kori they're going for.
Mister Miracle - Always done for more Scott Free (and hopefully Barda). Curious how this will compare to what King did. Maybe more in-line with the Mera and Catwoman books?
Nubia - Not a character I expected to get her own book.
Swamp Thing - Kind of generic beyond what it's about. A young adult take on Swamp Thing and Abigail Arcane?
Victor & Nora - Was not expecting a Mr. Freeze young adult book...but I can see how their relationship would lend itself well to that kind of format.
[B]
You brought me to the Ocean - Aquaman?[/B]
Arkhamaniacs - A "Tiny Titans" take on the Arkham villains? Sounds like they're going for a deliberate "Animaniacs" reference.
Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld - Always nice to see them do more with Amethyst.
Batman and Robin...and Howard - So...uh, who's Howard :P?
Dear Super-Villains - Wasn't expecting a sequel to "Dear Justice League" about villains. Curious who all they'll use.
Green Arrow: Stranded - So younger Oliver Queen stuck on the island?
Lois Lane - A Lois book is cool. "Metropolis Grove" also sounds interesting...
Johnny Constantine - "Johnny Constantine" I can't even ;).
Zatanna - Yay! Two Zatanna books :).[/QUOTE]
That is Aqualad I think.
Funny Nubia gets a book but the guys who are left out-Black Lightning, Cyborg & Vixen are the ones on tv shows. Then folks wonder why no one cares about them.
Almost everyone else is in show, movie or in an upcoming project.
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[QUOTE=Denirac;4421518]Really DC? Couldnt even let Vertigo’s Body get cold before you destroy Constantine more? Its the Watchmen Babies joke from Simpsons but worse[/QUOTE]
I mean, they already did it with Swamp Thing :p.
[QUOTE=skyvolt2000;4421532]That is Aqualad I think.[/QUOTE]
Ah, I thought I saw another Aqualad book. That makes sense.
[QUOTE]Funny Nubia gets a book but the guys who are left out-Black Lightning, Cyborg & Vixen are the ones on tv shows. Then folks wonder why no one cares about them.
Almost everyone else is in show, movie or in an upcoming project.[/QUOTE]
I think this is something DC takes pitches on instead of just automatically looks to use certain characters rather then others. I don't think being in movies or other projects is really a factor.
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[QUOTE=Digifiend;4419775]Zoom and Ink are kaput.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Restingvoice;4419958]but the titles will move to the new imprints. Some of them are obvious, like Super Sons and Teen Titans to DC Kids, but I wonder about the YA books.[/QUOTE]
Aw, I liked those names, but I'm glad at least the books and general direction is continuing.
Should we change the name of the thread?
[QUOTE=JimmySpectre;4421153]DC Announces future titles for 2020 & 2021 (Some are original concept)
[url]https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/06/22/dc-announces-new-young-adult-and-middle-grade-graphic-novels-at-ala-annual[/url]
[B]Young Adult Titles (Formaly DC Ink) :[/B]
[LIST][*]BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER - (October 2019) - Stuart Moore & Chris Wildgoose[*]WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER - (January 2020) - Leigh Bardugo & Kit Seaton[*]GOTHAM HIGH - (February 2020) - Melissa de la Cruz & Thomas Pitilli[*]THE ORACLE CODE - (March 2020) - Marieke Nijkamp & Manuel Pretaino[*]SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL - (April 2020) - Sarah Kuhn & Nicole Goux[*]DICK GRAYSON: LOST CARNIVAL - (May 2020) - Michael Moreci & Sas Milledge[/LIST]
[LIST][*]CATWOMAN: SOULSTEALER - TBA - Louise Simonson & Samantha Dodge[*]GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR - TBA - Jadzia Axelrod & Cait Zellers[*]HOUSE OF EL BOOK 1 – Claudia Gray & Eric Zawadzki[*]I AM NOT STARFIRE - TBA - Mariko Tamaki[*]MISTER MIRACLE - TBA - Varian Johnson[*]NUBIA - TBA - L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith[*]SWAMP THING - TBA - Maggie Stiefvater & Morgan Beem [*]VICTOR & NORA: A MR. FREEZE STORY - TBA - Lauren Myracle & Isaac Goodhart[*]WHISTLE - TBA - E. Lockhart & illustrated by Manuel Preitano[*]YOU BROUGHT ME THE OCEAN - TBA - Alex Sanchez & Julie Maroh[*]ZATANNA: THE JEWEL OF GRAVESEND - TBA - Alys Arden & Jacquelin De Leon[*]TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES: A JACK HYDE STORY - TBA - Alex Sanchez[*]WONDER WOMAN: TEMPEST TOSSED - TBA - Laurie Halse Anderson & Leila del Duca[*]TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY - TBA - Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo[/LIST]
[B]DC Kids (Formaly DC Zoom) :[/B]
[LIST][*]DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE - (August 6, 2019) - Michael Northrop & Gustavo Duarte[*]SUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE - (September 2019) - Art Baltazar & Franco[*]THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID - (October 2019) - Kirk Scroggs[*]DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: AT METROPOLIS HIGH - (October 2019) - Amy Wolfram & Yancey Labat[*]BLACK CANARY: IGNITE - (November 2019) - Meg Cabot & Cara McGee[*]SUPER SONS: THE FOXGLOVE MISSION - (November 2019) - Ridley Pearson & Ile Gonzalez[/LIST]
[LIST][*]DIANA, PRINCESS OF THE AMAZONS - (January 2020) - Shannon & Dean Hale & Victoria Ying[*]GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY - (January 2020) - Minh Lê & Andie Tong[*]BATMAN TALES: ONCE UPON A CRIME – (February 2020) - Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen[*]ZATANNA & THE HOUSE OF SECRETS - (February 2020) - Matthew Cody & Yoshi Yoshitani[*]BATMAN: OVERDRIVE - (March 2020) - Shea Fontana & Marcelo Di Chiara[*]DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: POWERLESS - (March 2020) - Amy Wolfram & Agnes Garbowska [*]ANTI/HERO - (April 2020) - Kate Karyus Quinn, Demitria Lunetta & Maca Gil (April 2020)[*]ARKHAMANIACS - (April 2020) - Art Baltazar & Franco[*]MY VIDEO GAME ATE MY HOMEWORK - (May 2020) - Dustin Hansen[/LIST]
[LIST][*]AMETHYST: PRINCESS OF GEMWORLD - TBA - Shannon & Dean Hale[*]BATMAN AND ROBIN…AND HOWARD - TBA - Jeffrey Brown[*]DC SUPER HERO GIRLS - TBA - Amy Wolfram[*]DEAR SUPER-VILLAINS - TBA - Michael Northrop & Gustavo Duarte[*]GREEN ARROW: STRANDED - TBA - Brendan Deneen & Caleb Hosalla[*]INDESTRUCTIBLES BOOK 1 - TBA - Ridley Pearson[*]LOIS LANE - TBA - Grace Ellis & Brittney Williams[*]METROPOLIS GROVE - TBA - Drew Brockington[*]PRIMER - TBA - Thomas Krajewski, Jennifer Muro & Gretel Lusky[*]SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN - TBA - Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru[*]SUPER SONS BOOK 3: ESCAPE TO LANDIS - TBA - Ridley Pearson & Ile Gonzalez [*]TEEN TITANS GO! TO CAMP - TBA - Sholly Fisch[*]TEEN TITANS GO! ROLL WITH IT - TBA - Heather Nuhfer & P.C. Morrissey [*]THE MYSTERY OF THE MEANEST TEACHER: A JOHNNY CONSTANTINE GRAPHIC NOVEL - TBA - Ryan North & by Derek Charm[/LIST][/QUOTE]
Thanks for that list! Some interesting books here!
[QUOTE=Wakeneuron;4421199]Overwhelmingly white. No African American/Black/African heroes in lead roles.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, personally I'd have liked a Steel book, or maybe Cyborg. How's the whole DC/Milestone thing work again? Because Static would be a good fit here.
[QUOTE=Vampire Savior;4421226]A Hellblazer children's book? Like...what? :T
It's cool to see DC making use of Amethyst. Hopefully they don't screw the project up.[/QUOTE]
I'm surprisingly interested in that "Johnny Constantine" book.
And all I know of Amethyst are those old DC Nation shorts on CN, but that was great!
[QUOTE=Denirac;4421518]Really DC? Couldnt even let Vertigo’s Body get cold before you destroy Constantine more? Its the Watchmen Babies joke from Simpsons but worse[/QUOTE]
Eh, I'd say wait till we know more before crying foul here. Could be good. Aimed at a younger audience doesn't mean they'll destroy a character. Even Constantine had to have gone through a time before all the cigarettes, drinking, cursing, and hexing.
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DC is expanding BLACK LABEL with a [B]Horror pop-up imprint titled "Hill House Comics"[/B] by Joe Hill will consist of five limited series :
[url]https://ew.com/books/2019/06/26/joe-hill-dc-comics-hill-house[/url]
[LIST][*]Basketful of Heads - Joe Hill & Leomacs - Octobre 30 2019[*]The Dollhouse Family - Mike Carey & Peter Gross - TBA[*]The Low, Low Woods - Carmen Maria Machado & Dani - TBA[*]Daphne Byrne - Laura Marks & Kelley Jones - TBA[*]Plunge - Joe Hill Hill - TBA[*]Each comic will also come with two-page installments of a back-up feature called Sea Dogs, written by Joe Hill.[/LIST]
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[URL="https://io9.gizmodo.com/exclusive-dcs-black-label-will-explore-the-joker-and-t-1836255597/amp?__twitter_impression=true"]Joker: Killer Smile and The Question: The Many Deaths of Vic Sage[/URL] coming to Black Label. There's a lot of Joker stories in this line for some reason, but the Question is a change of pace.
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[URL="https://io9.gizmodo.com/diana-takes-on-the-post-apocalypse-in-our-exclusive-fir-1838098073"]Wonder Woman: Dead Earth[/URL]
New Black Label title. Hoping this thread is still up to date...
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Read the [I]Raven[/I] title from the DC Ink/YA series. Thought it was pretty good. Curious about the Beast Boy spinoff. Have also heard good things about the Harley Quinn one by Mariko Tamaki.
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What is the difference between Black Label and Young Animal (what Doom Patrol is grouped with)?
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[QUOTE=Infectious Lass;4566207]What is the difference between Black Label and Young Animal (what Doom Patrol is grouped with)?[/QUOTE]
Young Animal is more quirky and doesn't necessarily have to do with any of the main DCU characters.
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Is anyone reading the (now formerly) Zoom and Ink books? I don't see much of them talked about.
I've read just about all of the ones out currently. If you get past the fact that they aren't in continuity and are targeted to a different market than you, they're actually pretty solid reads. If DC can hit that Scholastic sweet spot Marvel seems to get have down with Moon Girl, Ms. Marvel and the likes, these could be pretty solid hits for them.
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There were some discussion about the Mera, Catwoman, and Raven books, but not that much. But the people who read them tended to like them. Haven't seen much discussion about the Harley Quinn book.
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[QUOTE=Noodle;4567112]Is anyone reading the (now formerly) Zoom and Ink books? I don't see much of them talked about.[/QUOTE]
Read the [I]Raven[/I] one and liked it. Have been curious about others, but haven't gotten around to them yet.
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I picked up the Superman of Smallville & Super Sons books for my kids and read them both. They were pretty good. I liked Smallville more, it’s goofy fun. But it skewed way younger than I thought, though my 8 year old enjoyed it a lot. she’s a big Raina Telgemeier fan already, so I think some of the older skewing books would work for her. My son liked Super Sons, but preferred the Tomasi series overall. Had no issues with the different versions though. Kinda funny how little kids care about continuity.
The Black Canary and Catwoman books look interesting. I’ve seen some good reviews for Harley Quinn Breaking Glass as well.