It’s a new week as the first month of the year comes winding to a close. We’ve got lots on tap coming at you. To get things rolling here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web to start the week!

Kotaku – The next issue of Jump Square will have an 87-page one-shot Death Note manga. – Nice!

Boston.com – Pow! Three arrested in theft of $250,000 worth of comic books – Glad they were caught.

CBLDF – Jason Reynolds Named Library of Congress’ national ambassador for young people’s literature – Congrats!

ICv2 – IDW Publishing Lost $800,000 in Fiscal Q4, $5.2 Million for the Year – That’s not good. It was a rough year for the publisher with lots of shake-ups. We’ll see if things can turn around in 2020.

Smash Pages – 2020 Eisner Hall of Fame nominees announced – Congrats to all the nominees!

Newsarama – Marvel Cancels Hulu’s Howard the Duck and Tigra & Dazzler Shows – This isn’t surprising. We were expecting the entire line of shows to be canceled after the Marvel Studios shake-up and Ghost Rider not happening at Hulu.

Kotaku – Five-Year-Old Batman: Arkham Knight Gets New Cosmetic DLC – Everything old is new again!

Reviews

Geek Dad – Runaway Princess
Blog Critics – The Trial of Kitaro