Comic Book News!

• Marvel made some huge announcements this week:
• Thor is now a lady! (The Huffington Post has a great article about comic book representation of females and minorities, btw.)
• Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/The Falcon in Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier) will be taking over the role of Captain America in the next installment! If you've watched him on the press tour for The Winter Soldier, you'll see that he's absolutely hilarious, and he's probably the biggest fan of the movie--and his own character--than anyone else.  Check out this interview he did with NPR in April.
• Marvel also announced five new films from 2017-2019. CinemaBlend laid it out for us (adding in "two mystery projects"):

• Guardians of the Galaxy - August 1, 2014
• The Avengers: Age of Ultron - May 1, 2015
• Ant-Man - July 17, 2015
• Captain America 3 - May 6, 2016
• Untitled Project - July 8, 2016
• Untitled Project - May 5, 2017
• Untitled Project - July 28, 2017
• Untitled Project - November 3, 2017
• Untitled Project - July 6, 2018
• Untitled Project - November 2, 2018
• Untitled Project - May 3, 2019

Get excited, guys!! 

• Bad news for Archie comics fans! **Spoiler alert!
• Archie died in last week's issue. Check out CNN's article to learn how it happens, including comic panel pages.
• But don't worry! The comic won't end. It will apparently still take place in an "alternate timeline." Abed from Community would be concerned.
• Batman is turning 75!
  Well not really Bruce Wayne himself, but the comics are! How can you celebrate, you ask?
• Well, you could read them. We have Batman books in just about every section of the library.
• You could also check out the 1960's TV show. It's being released on DVD for the first time ever! POW!
• Or if you want something a little more current, they're adapting the comics into a new TV show. It's called Gotham, and it's going to air this fall. It takes a look back at Bruce Wayne as a kid but really focuses on Commissioner Gordon's start when he was still a cop. The website is already up and trailers are out. Here's one:

What do you guys think? Does it do Bob Kane's comic justice? Or does it follow too much in Christopher Nolan's footsteps? Or is it just blech? Comment with your thoughts!

(Personally I really love Batman so a Batman TV show is a big deal for me and I don't know what to think about this can't we just rewatch the Michael Keaton/Tim Burton Batman again???

 

This should keep you guys satisfied throughout ComicCon weekend, right? Right??