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Mark Isham to Score Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

The upcoming series Cloak and Dagger, which will air on Freeform, is based on the Marvel Comic characters of the same name. The series follows the story of two teenagers from very different backgrounds who find themselves burdened and awakened to newly acquired superpowers while falling in love.

It has been announced that Oscar and Grammy winner Mark Isham will score the series. Isham has created critically acclaimed scores for over 100 films, including Crash, 42, Nell, and A River Runs Through It, for which he received a Best Original Score Oscar nomination.

In 2013, Isham was recognized with the Distinguished Film Composer Award at the inaugural Middleburg Film Festival along with a concert by the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra of his memorable scores. His self-titled album, Mark Isham, earned him a Grammy Award. Mark Isham’s accolades also include an Emmy award, a Golden Globe nomination and the Henry Mancini award for Career Achievement from ASCAP. Isham currently scores John Ridley’s critically acclaimed event series American Crime and the Emmy-nominated series Once Upon a Time, both for ABC. Isham’s recent films include the Ben Affleck action drama The Accountant and the upcoming film projects include Christopher Jenkins’ Duck Duck Goose, an adaptation of Lauren Kate’s #1 New York Times bestseller Fallen and Megan Leavy.

Freeform and Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Gets a Trailer

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger is the story of Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph) – two teenagers from very different backgrounds, who find themselves burdened and awakened to newly acquired superpowers which are mysteriously linked to one another. Tandy can emit light daggers and Tyrone has the ability to engulf others in darkness. They quickly learn they are better together than apart, but their feelings for each other make their already complicated world even more challenging.

The network has ordered 10 one-hour episodes slated to debut early 2018. “Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger” stars Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph, Andrea Roth, Gloria Reuben, Miles Mussenden, Carl Lundstedt, James Saito and J.D. Evermore. The series is co-produced by Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios. Joe Pokaski (“Underground,” “Heroes”) serves as showrunner and executive producer; Jeph Loeb (“Marvel’s The Punisher,” “Marvel’s The Defenders”), Marvel’s head of Television, and Jim Chory (“Marvel’s The Punisher,” “Marvel’s The Defenders”) also serve as executive producers. Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”) directed the first episode.

Don’t miss the Series Premiere of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger coming 2018 to Freeform!

Cloak and Dagger Coming to TV Courtesy of Freeform (aka ABC Family)

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Brett

Variety has reported that a new set of Marvel heroes are coming to the live action screen courtesy of Freeform, the channel formerly known as ABC Family. Cloak and Dagger will be the next characters to receive the live action treatment.

Cloak, aka Tyrone Johnson, and Dagger, aka Tandy Bowen, were created by Bill Mantlo and Ed Hannigan and debuted in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64 in 1982. the Dagger can emit light and Cloak has the ability to suck people into a darkness, plus the two are romantically linked perfect for the younger demographic the channel goes for.

The two are often connected to the war on drugs as many of their comics touched on the subject in the 80s. Who knows if they’ll focus on this, especially since Dagger can cure some drug addictions. Cloak’s power is somewhat of an addiction as he feels a hunger to feed it, with Dagger using her powers to help feed the hunger and abate it. Also Cloak’s power could easily be tied into the dark energy seen in this season of Agent Carter.

The Freeform upfronts released this info:

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger” is an adaptation of the beloved Marvel characters whose story is aimed squarely at young adults. This live‑action interracial romance follows Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson, two teenagers from very different backgrounds, who find themselves burdened and awakened to newly acquired superpowers while falling in love. Tandy can emit light daggers and Tyrone has the ability to engulf others in darkness. They quickly learn they are better together than apart ‑‑ but their feelings for each other make their already complicated world even more challenging. “Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger” is a co‑production of Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios.

There have been rumors of a Marvel property coming to the channel for a while now, and instead shows have wound up on ABC the channels sister station. Both are owned by Disney which also owns Marvel.

This is in addition to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, the upcoming Marvel’s Most Wanted, and a top secret series from John Ridley.

Review: Civil War #1

Posted on July 8, 2015 by

The Civil War tie-in to the Secret Wars crossover is something that has not really been seen yet with Secret Wars, at least not to this degree. While other of the stories have relied on retelling their specific crossovers through replacement of characters, or fitting the series into Secret Wars, the story here plays out somewhat differently. It doesn’t even seem to tie into Secret Wars at all, instead acting as an elaborate “What If?” story. In this case though it is an elaborate take on this kind of story asking what would have happened if the Marvel Civil War had never ended and had continued.

After a decent setup to show what drove the two factions of heroes apart for good, the new ground rules are laid out for the torn apart country. One half of the USA is ruled by Stark and is called the Iron. Here registration rules where those with super abilities are registered and led to leave a life which protects them from society and which protects society from them. The other half of the divide is the Blue, the Western portion controlled by Captain America. This is much more like a libertarian homeland, where the only rules are the most basic. As the two sides are brought together for peace talks, things will obviously not go so easily. Instead a major incident leaves both sides once again at each other’s throats.

This first issue is interesting, not only because of the different approach that it takes to the Secret Wars crossover, but also because of the fundamental questions which the original crossover posed, questions to which there are no real easy answers, and they are also the questions which underlie much of the public discourse in politics at the moment, especially in the USA. The nuances are here as to deeper questions, and while it doesn’t exactly get around to addressing them, they are still there. This issue thus borders on something a lot deeper, while still giving an engaging story to get into. It might not be the best overall tie-in thus far to Secret Wars, but it definitely one of the most thought-provoking, and deserves to be placed at the head of the pack.

Story: Charles Soule Art: Leinil Francis Yu
Story: 9.2 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.2 Recommendation: Buy

Around the Tubes – We’re Back!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brett

There’s so much news to catch up on while I was on my San Diego Comic-Con side journey. Below you’ll find a lot of articles, some recent, some old, but throughout the day there’ll be posts of trailers and other news that deserve some more focus. Enjoy!

Around the Blogs:

Salon – The politics of Captain America – An interesting article that’s worth the read.

Bleeding Cool – Ghost Projekt To Be Syfy TV Mini Series – We owe a review of the series, but I was a bit mixed on it. It’ll be interesting to see what a tv series will be like.

Human Events – Captain America: ‘Nazi Basher’ Now, Why Not ‘Commie Smasher’ Next? – A very interesting article, but Cap in the movies wakes up in modern time, there’s no communists, so makes this difficult.

The Advertiser – N.Y. superhero tour geared to geeks among us – This could be cool.

ICv2 – SyFy Options ‘The Sixth Gun’ – A comic book series that’s grown on me, it’ll be interesting to see how it turns out.

ICv2 – ‘Mockingbird’ Added to Marvel TV Roster – Is TV the new “movie” for comic books?

The New American – When Marvel Comics was Anti-Communist – See how stories flow around conservative blogs?

The Comics Journal – How Censorship Won: The Final Victory of the Comics Code – Some great history here.

Geekweek – Top Cow’s THE DARKNESS Headed To The Big Screen – There’s going to be a few Top Cow comics coming to the big screen.

ArtsBeat – Being Gay in Riverdale: Creator of ‘Archie’ Character Gives the Backstory – A article well worth the read.

Con Coverage:

Comicvine – SDCC 2011: Marvel Next Best Thing

Comicvine – SDCC 2011: Marvel: Year of the X-Men Panel Live Blog

Bleeding Cool – Court Papers Served On Shocker Toys At Their Own San Diego Comic Con Panel

Bleeding Cool – Rhys Ifans, The Lizard In The Amazing Spider-Man, Arrested At San Diego Comic Con And Cited For Misdemeanor Battery

Bleeding Cool – Boom! Panel Busts At San Diego Comic Con <- One of the funniest panels I’ve been to in a long time.

Comics Alliance – Marvel TV: ‘Hulk,’ ‘Alias’ and ‘Cloak and Dagger’ Comics To Be Adapted for Television with ABC

CBR – SDCC ’11 | A roundup of Saturday’s announcements

The Mary Sue – Images of Spidey Villain Revealed at SDCC, Look Like a Batman Villain (and Rhys Ifans Was Not Arrested)

CBS News – Comic-Con 2011 closes after 4 days of pop-culture fun

Bleeding Cool – Trending Topics Special: Who Won San Diego? The Top 50 Stories Of San Diego Comic Con

MTV Geek – SDCC 2011: The Legendary Comics Panel Recap

MTV Geek – SDCC 2011: Take A Look At DC’s Designs For The New 52!

Comicvine – The Biggest News from DC Comics at Comic-Con 2011

Comicvine – The Biggest News from Marvel Comics at Comic-Con 2011

Forbes – The Coolest Costumes Of Comic-Con

Graphic Novel Reporter – Eisner Award Winners for 2011

Around the Tubes Review

Comicsgirl – Ivy

Around the Tubes

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Brett

It was a very quiet weekend with a bit of news coming out of some conventions, but nothing Earth shattering. Below is what you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Comic Book Resources – Top 125 Comic Book Writers Master List – Who are your favorite writers?

Bleeding Cool – “Spiderman Stroke All Criminal Activates” – As much as I look for this type of stuff, they never seem to have it at my local Dollar Store.

Kotaku – Sunday Comics – Kotaku checks out some web comics.

Con Coverage:

Bleeding Cool – Kapow: What Is Movie X? – UPDATE: It Was Super

Comic Book Resources – KAPOW: Marvel Announce Spencer & Rios on “Cloak and Dagger”

Comic Book Resources – KAPOW: Millar Talks Four New Titles

Comic Book Resources – KAPOW: Day One Brings It Con!

Graphic Novel News – Great show at Kapow Comiccon

Multiversity Comics – Kapow ’11: Mark Millar Writes Comic Books

Comic Book Movie – KAPOW: Detailed Description And Review Of Green Lantern Movie Footage!

Bleeding Cool – Sunday At Kapow – How It Went Down

Around the Tubes

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Brett

It’s been pretty quiet in the last 24 hours as far as news. There were a bunch of conventions this weekend so, I’m adding a generic convention section whenever there’s news. Here’s the news and reviews from the last 24 hours.

Around the Blogs:

Comic Book Resources – ZIP Comics and Top Shelf Productions Partner to Publish Harvey Pekar’s “Cleveland” – Having been born in Cleveland, you better believe this is on my read list.

Bleeding Cool – Nick Spencer And Emma Rios To Launch New Cloak And Dagger Series – It’ll be interesting to see where this series goes after their recent depictions. Nick Spencer is a solid writer, so here’s hoping.

ICv2 – ‘Social Network’ Actor is Ra’s Al Ghul – This is reportedly a flashback scene. It’ll be interesting to see how it fits into the main narrative.

Con Coverage:

Comics Girl – VA Comicon

Bleeding Cool – Kapow In Pictures – Cool As A Cucumber

Bleeding Cool – Kapow – The Marvel Panel

Bleeding Cool – A Look At Kapow Day One, From My Vantage Point

Bleeding Cool – Kerpow – The CLiNT Panel

Bleeding Cool – Rob Granito Makes It To Kapow

Comic Book Resources – WC11: Archaia Comics Presents 2011 and Beyond

Comic Book Resources: Spinoff Online – WC11: Star Saoirse Ronan On Hanna’s Grim Grimm’s Fairy Tale

Comic Book Resources – WC11: DC Icons

Comic Book Resources – Vado Recounts 25 Years of SLG

Around the Tubes Reviews: