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From the AWA video presentation at the ComicsPRO Summit in Pittsburgh concluding today, Jeremy Holt, Garth Ennis, JMS, Jeremy Holt, Ed Brisson and Mark Russell talked about their upcoming comic books from AWA. Jeremy Holt: I'm the writer and co-creator of the upcoming graphic novel Gatsby through AWA Studios I want to thank AWA for believing[...]

Michael Straczynski's "from-the-ground-up" Babylon 5 reboot, and now JMS is offering an update to fans who were left wondering "We ain't dead yet." Image: SYFY Screencap "There are still a lot of discussions going on behind the scenes, and no decision has yet been made about #B5onCWin23 As we await that decision, fans eager to see a[...]

But where does that leave the fate of JMS's "from-the-ground-up" Babylon 5 reboot pilot for The CW? Glad you asked because JMS took to Twitter today for a big update Based on what he had to share, it looks like the end of the month could be decision time for the project (much like we've heard[...]

Nearly four months later, JMS is offering an update and some clarification on both of his Babylon 5 projects Yes, you read that correctly… both. Image: Screencap/Joe's Comics (Top Cow) "Since there seems to be some confusion about all things B5, let me clarify: B5 Project 1 is the reboot/reimagining for CW, which is awaiting a production[...]

I'd love to bring back that story in some shape or form, I think it's perfect for the CW," Pedowitz shared. Image: Screencap JMS first revealed that the pilot had not been picked up but that Pedowitz spoke with him to confirm that the pilot was still in active development back in February of this year[...]

JMS tweeted "Hmm…so on one side we have Patriot, the character I created for RISING STARS, and on the other, a character called "Sgt Flag" "created" by G-Man comics about to unleash a kickstarter What do you think?" After, let's call it "considerable" discussion on the internet, Straczynski followed up, saying "Regarding the Patriot/Sgt[...]

Turns out the network passed on the pilot for this cycle- and that's an important point that JMS emphasizes on his Patreon, with The CW President Mark Pedowitz speaking with him to confirm that the pilot was not dead but was being moved into active development for Fall 2023. Image: Screencap JMS began his update by referencing[...]

Michael Straczynski (or JMS) for a "from-the-ground-up" reboot pilot of the original sci-fi drama Since that time, they've learned from JMS that he was "hip deep" writing the script for the pilot and beginning to lay out the map of the reboot should it go to series So with that in mind and with a[...]

By all means view this as gossip, even another bit of speculation – and dismiss it accordingly, but that's the gist of what I was told about why the request for the original 3D models was made a few months back." So bear all that in mind, maybe, just maybe, it might give JMS' tweet some[...]

One More Day? Spioilers going forward of course. Here's a preview image of this week's Amazing Spider-Man #73, as issued by Marvel Comics. Seemingly

Starring Knight, a character they see as the Batman of the AWA shared continuity with JMS and Mike Deodato's The Resistance, to be published by AWA on November the 3rd, 2021 AWA CCO and former Marvel EIC Axel Alonso says, "With KNIGHTED, Gregg and Mark are deconstructing and, in fact, reinventing an all-too familiar super-hero paradigm in the context[...]

Rob Williams, Will Conrad, and Marco Lesko's new vampire World War II comic book series Out, for Artists, Writers & Artisans (AWA) is "out" in October 2021, as well as a one-shot for alien medical comic ET-ER by Jeff McComsey, Dan Panosian, Javier Pulido and Shawn Crystal. Here are their full October 2021 solicits along with[...]

JMS is also, of course, famous for writing about telepaths in Babylon 5 Looks like he may be channeling this in September, in a world where ten percent of humanity are suddenly telepathic Any room for a Psi-Corps? Here are AWA's full solicits for September 2021. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img[...]

Also added was Steve Englehart, who was co-creator along with previously credited Sal Buscema of Roxxon in the comic books the multi-national conglomerate of Big Oil, Big Media, Big Pharma, and Big Politics, which has a retail outlet in the manner of Walmart in Loki, namely Roxxcart. JMS, Olivier Coipel and Steve Englehart Added to Loki TV[...]

J Michael Straczynski has had quite the comic book revival courtesy of his former Marvel EIC and publisher Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas, at AWA or Artists,

There's been a fair bit of art recycling in comic books of late. Recent issues of X-Men just re-ran scenes from a Free Comic Book Day edition with minor

JMS is the executor of Harlan and Susan Ellison's literary estate, and part of that job is to prepare Ellison's work for republication and keep it in print. "The Last Dangerous Visions" graphic from JMS Dangerous Visions is the legendary Science Fiction anthology edited by Harlan Ellison that heralded the New Wave alongside Michael Moorcock's New Worlds[...]

AWA Studios’ Upshot Studios releases E-Ratic #1 on December 2nd, and today, they revealed a preview of the book’s variant covers. The official synopsis

J Michael Straczynski and Mike Deodato return to the Artists, Writers & Artisans, Inc series The Resistance with The Resistance: Reborns oneshot. And

Michael Straczynski has a longer career in writing television.  A huge silver age Superman fan, JMS got into television writing in the 1980s and wrote hundreds of scripts staring with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and going on to She-Ra Princess of Power, the Real Ghostbusters, and the 1980's Twilight Zone relaunch.  It[...]

No artist yet, but this cover is by Kaare Andrews, who also has a couple of AWA titles on the go. JMS is best known as the creator of Babylon 5, co-creator of Sense 8, Midnight Nation and Rising Star, as well as writer of Spider-Man and Thor comics, the first Thor movie, Changeling and World[...]

Are they harbingers of perils to come… or Earth's last hope? The survivors' powers don't hinge on getting bit by a spider or having billions to spend on high-tech armour, and not only do they have to figure out what to do about all this, the world has to figure out what to do about them/Governments[...]

Michael Straczynski had a very memorable run on Amazing Spider-Man in the mid-2000s, with notable improvements like "now Spider-Man has organic web-shooters like in the movies" and the unforgettable One More Day storyline, in which Spider-Man, totally keeping within his character, makes a deal with Mephisto that sacrifices his marriage, a storyline that was a[...]

Michael Straczynski took to his facebook page to write a letter, talking about where he came from and how important Harlan's friendship was to him. The pair worked together a few times, Ellison wrote two episodes of JMS's Babylon 5 space-centric tv series, as well as JMS adapting for film one of Ellison's works, "Repent, Harlequin! Said[...]

Sense8 star Brian J. Smith has joined in with the hashtag #RenewSense8: "This might be a good time to start making some noise."

Fans of Netflix's Sense8, the multi-cultural telepathy sci-fi drama from The Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski will have an unexpected gift under the

Joining Superman Earth One (which he also writes), Batman Earth One, Titans Earth One and the upcoming Wonder Woman Earth One comes the fifth in the line

Adi Tantimedh writes, You’d think Sens8 was the type of ambitious international Science Fiction epic that many of us have dreamed of, finally realised

So Brian Bendis has been doing some fun things with time in the Marvel Universe titles he's been writing these last few years. Time was rewritten with Age

So, last year Ben Templesmith was replaced as the artist on JMS's Ten Grand comic series for Image Comics A work-for-hire gig for Ben, he seemingly went incommunicado after being sent a script At the time JMS wrote,  Most recently, we gave Ben a full script on July 26th It is now September 4th, and we[...]