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Powers Comes to Playstation Courtesy of Sony Pictures TV

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powersDuring 2013’s E3, Sony promised original programming for it’s newest gaming platform, the Playstation 4. Details on exactly what that was remained a bit vague. We now have an idea as they have announced the first show, Powers, based on the comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.

The series is being produced by PlayStation which is part of Sony Pictures TV. There had been some movement on the series in the past, including a pilot for FX. The new series will be penned by Charlie Huston. Bendis, Oeming and Michael Dinner will executive produce with Huston and Remi Aubuchon, along with Circle of Confusion’s David Engel, David Alpert and Lawrence Mattis. Huston and Aubuchon will serve as showrunners.

The series combines noir, police procedural and superheroes and follows a detective who protects humans and investigates cases involving folks with superpowers.

There’s no date set yet for the series to start but it is reported the show will be 10 episodes.

Original programming is becoming a big deal on gaming platforms. During their pitch for the Xbox One, Microsoft mentioned an original series based on the Halo video game.

C2E2 2013: Dark Horse Deluxe Announces Powers Product Line

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Dark Horse Deluxe, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics, has licensed rights to create figures based on Powers, the long-running creator-owned series of comics and graphic novels by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming.

Projects include a limited-edition statue of Retro Girl, a central figure in the first Powers story arc, and a boxed set of vinyl figures of the series’ ongoing principal characters.

Combining the genres of superhero fantasy, crime noir, and police procedural, Powers follows the lives and cases of two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, who are referred to as “powers.”

The Retro Girl statue will be sculpted by Tony Cipriano, who has created many popular superhero-themed collectible statues for a variety of companies. Michael Avon Oeming, working in concert with Bendis and Dark Horse, created special art for the statue, which will be used as control art during sculpting. The statue will capture the stylized nature of the graphic art, while anchoring the figure in realism.

Dark Horse also plans a boxed set of four-to-five-inch vinyl figures, which will include protagonists Walker and Pilgrim as centerpieces of the ensemble.

Both projects are slated for release in the fourth quarter of 2013. The prototypes will be shown to the trade and the public for the first time as part of the product display in the Dark Horse booth at San Diego Comic-Con in July.

Retail prices and edition sizes are to be determined.

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The weekend is almost here! What’s everyone doing this weekend?

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Bleeding Cool – Updated: Brian Michael Bendis Busts Rumours Of Powers Pilot In Trouble – Hmmm.

Las Vegas Review-Journal – Exhibit looks at comic book censorship – Wish I could see this.

Bleeding Cool – DC To Advertise The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo On National TV – Does anyone care about this series anymore?

IGN – Locke and Key as a Movie Trilogy? – Yes please!

Latino Review – EXCLUSIVE: Señor Fenix Knows The Futures Of LOCKE & KEY, POWERS, REVIVIAL, JJ Abrams and Guillermo del Toro – Lots of interesting stuff.

Variety – Jamie Foxx in talks to play ‘Spider-Man 2’ villain – Hmm, not sure what to think about this.

 

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IGN – A+X #1

CBR – Batman: Li’l Gotham #1

The Tokyo Reporter – The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Novel

The Collegian – Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work) in Words and Pictures

The Moon is a Dead World – I, Vampire Vol. 1: Tainted Love

Talking Comics – Rachel Rising #12

Talking Comics – Revival #4

Green Left – The Sacrifice

CBR – Wolverine and the X-Men #19

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It’s new comic book day, what’s everyone getting?!

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Jakarta Globe – Father of Indonesian Comics Dies at 93 – Going to have to learn more about this guy.

Bleeding Cool – FX Still Haven’t Ditched Plans For A Powers Show, They Just Need To Start All Over – This spells disaster.

Comics Alliance – Syfy’s ‘Booster Gold’ TV Pilot Script Nearing Completion – I wonder how this’ll be.

ComicBook.com – Bane is not the Only Symbol: Other Politically Charged Comic Book Stories -This is the tip of the iceberg.

Examiner – Christian-themed, Superhero comic with a powerful message! -Could be interesting… at least different.

 

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ICv2 – Jui Jui Vol. 1

CBR – X-Men #32

comiXology Icon 3 Day Sale

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Starting tonight, comiXology is have a three day sale for Icon books featuring some solid series that are quality.  You can get 20% off these Marvel Icon comics by Bendis, Brubaker, Fraction, Millar and more:

▪ Casanova
▪ Casanova: Avaritia
▪ Casanova: Gula
▪ Criminal Vol.1
▪ Criminal Vol.2
▪ Criminal: The Last of The innocent
▪ Criminal: The Sinners Vol.1
▪ Fortune & Glory
▪ Incognito
▪ Jinx
▪ Kick-Ass
▪ Powers
▪ Scarlet

The sale is on the webstore only, but that doesn’t mean you can’t read it all on your favorite device.  Using comiXology’s “buy once, read anywhere” feature, comiXology allows fans to buy their digital comics through the web and then read them on any device that has the Comics by comiXology app! Just stick with the same account you made the purchase with and the comics will sync right over no sweat!

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It’s Friday which means the weekend is here!  Yay!

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New York Observer – KickStarter-Funded Zombie Graphic Novel FUBAR Makes New York Times Best Seller List – So glad I gave and supported these guys.  A great and fun group of folks.

Bleeding Cool – Wolverine And FLCL’s The Pillows Fall Foul Of Marvel’s Legal Department – So can Marvel be sued for copyright violation now?

Bleeding Cool – Atom! Freeman Appointed Sales Manager For Valiant – Congrats Atom!

ICv2 – ‘Powers’ Reshoots Still in Limbo – Chances this makes it to the air?

Wired – Women Write About Comics: Women in Refrigerators, 13 Years Later – Interesting this is still an issue….

 

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CBR – Aquaman #5

High Desert Daily – The Sigh

MTV Geek – ‘The Walking Dead’ Goes Bad and ‘Bulletproof Coffin’ Goes Crazy [Image Comics Reviews]

IGN – Comic Book Reviews for 1/25/12

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It’s the weekend, yay.  And that is all.  Now… for the the news.

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Screenrant – FX’s ‘Powers’ Pilot Being Retooled for Broadcast – Good sign or bad sign?

Boston Globe – Illinois Superman caper lands thief in prison – Can’t you imagine trying to explain this to your cell mate?

 

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Saffron Walden Reporter 24 – Batman: Arkham City

IGN – The Red Ten #1

CBR – Wonder Woman #3

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It’s a new week and the weekend was rather quiet.  The weather was fantastic here in DC (when it wasn’t raining).  Here’s the news you might have missed while you were enjoying your weekend.

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Bleeding Cool – V For Vendetta Vs Government Debt – There is irony in people who rage against corporations and governments have taken up a symbol made famous buy a multi-national corporation.

Deadline Hollywood – ANALYSIS: Why ‘Wonder Woman’ Didn’t Go And What That Means For ABC’s ‘Hulk’ – Did Deadline just choose to ignore the phenomenon that was The Walking Dead because it didn’t fit their viewpoint, or are these entertainment experts just ignorant of the show.  And what about Powers on FX or Jessica Jones, which is likely to be on ABC, they still look to be a go.

Kotaku – Sunday Comics – Kotaku brings various web comics in one place each week.

Con Coverage:

Mania – A Report on the 2011 Motor City Comic Con

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Comics Alliance – Area 10

Good Comic Books – The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec

Man of La Book – Last Pict

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It’s the latter part of the week and anticipation is building to see what Wondercon has as far as news.  I’ll be at synDCon instead checking out what a Washington, DC game convention is like.  We, of course will have coverage.

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The Back Room – Indy Comic Book Fail Lesson 46:The Crushing Defeat Of Moderate Success – How’d I miss this great series of articles about indy comics?  I  have a lot of reading to do to catch up I guess.

Evil Twin Comics – Talking to Comics “Pirates” – Writer Fred Van Lente wants to hear why you pirate comics.

The Beat – Comics retailers talk about business in 2011 – Unlike what Rebecca Black thinks, it’s not all “Fun, fun, fun, fun.”  The Beat has the view of the comic book industry from various retailers at the front lines.

The Economist – In graphic detail – More and more journalists are turning to cartooning to report the news and The Economist covers this new trend.

The Sydney Morning Herald – Here’s hoping for a superhero every girl can aspire to – It’s not just a costume that Adrianne Palicki will be stepping into, it’s also a hell of a role model.

Bleeding Cool – Kyle Chandler Sought For Starring Role In Powers – I’m a huge fan of Friday Night Lights, so I’m first on board to say hells yes.

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Bleeding Cool – Action Comics #899

Multiversity Comics – Chew #18

Cosmic Book News – Cyclops #1

Bleeding Cool – Cyclops #1 and Wolverine #7

Comicvine – Savage Dragon #170

Complex – The Best Comic Books This Week: Captain America, Batman, Lex Luthor and More!

Kotaku – Week in Comics

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It’s a new month and we’re debuting a new feature that highlights articles from other websites.  We can’t cover everything… yet.  So, we’re seeing what other sites found interesting and covered in the last few days (usually 24 hours).  It’s a whole new feature that we’re calling Around the Tubes.

The Comics Chronicles – How were the comic book sales figures for January 2011?  Check out the breakdown here.

Death & Taxes – Andrew Belonsky checks out Unemployed Man, and how he can save the world.

Mania – What are the 5 greatest comic book PSA’s?  Find out here.  A great slice of history.

Screen Rant – Powers is heading to FX.

ComicVine – Should super heroes follow civilian laws? We’re going with no, our government doesn’t!

ICv2 – Upperdeck is launching a new trading card game based on Marvel comics.

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