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sanctions due to Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken an extra step of permanently banning 500 Americans from entering the country in a list released May 19th by the Foreign Ministry Among those included are late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers Kimmel hosts ABC's Jimmy Kimmel[...]

Bubble Comics, founded in 2011, is the largest comic book publisher in Russia, the only publishing house in the country that produces original non-franchised comic books It has published English language comic book series into the US direct market of comic shops, such as Demonslayer, Major Grom, Friar, Red Fury, Allies, Igor Grom, and Realmwalkers[...]

The leader of the Odessa Mob, Russian drug-dealing gangsters in the DC Universe, was Vasily Kosov, known for dismembering his victims, and was killed during one of Ra's Al Ghul's gang wars Alexander Kosov took over the gang and worked with the Penguin. Detective Comics #797 So, of course, given the world situation, it must be the[...]

Because Professor X of the X-Men accuses Russia of committing war crimes Against the mutant island of Krakoa, rather than Ukraine, but still. X-Force #27 The increased antipathy of Marvel Comics towards Russia in its plotlines is something that Bleeding Cool has covered a lot of late One might see it in the light of the invasion[...]

Back in the sixties, it was common for most Marvel supervillains to be from Russia Russian spies, Russian agents, just… Russians There were Commies everywhere, and American superheroes fought against them Whether that was the Fantastic Four beating the Commies into space, dealing with the Red Ghost and his apes when they went to space,[...]

Bubble Comics is the largest Russian comic book publisher, and was founded in 2011 and published an English language comic book series into the US direct market and was behind the Netflix live-action TV show, Major Grom. Bubble Comics is the also the only publishing house in Russia that produces original non-franchised comic books Its early[...]

The Great, the critically-acclaimed (including by us) sitcom about Catherine the Great's rise to power and transformed Russia into a superpower for the first time in history, has been renewed for a third season by Hulu The announcement came at Disney's Television Critics Association winter press tour Season 3 will have another 10 episodes of[...]

The Black Widow movie gave Marvel Comics a reason to push the Russia Vs USA tropes in recent Avengers comic books, with She-Hulk going through a similar Red Room indoctrination that Black Widow originally underwent And while that was a couple of movies ago, the story is still playing out And in Avengers #49, even[...]

In addition, Brett Gelman's Murray Bauman has been promoted to series regular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2GYwbIAlMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stranger Things 4 | From Russia with love… | Netflix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2GYwbIAlM) With a fourth season of Stranger Things that finds "a new horror beginning to surface, something long-buried, something that connects everything," here's a look at who's[...]

In addition, Brett Gelman's Murray Bauman has been promoted to series regular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2GYwbIAlMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stranger Things 4 | From Russia with love… | Netflix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2GYwbIAlM) With a fourth season that finds "a new horror is beginning to surface, something long-buried, something that connects everything," here's a look at who's playing who-[...]

And I think it shows." Stranger Things 4 | From Russia with love… | Netflix Last month, we learned that Jamie Campbell Bower (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Sweeney Todd), Eduardo Franco (Booksmart, The Binge), and Joseph Quinn (Catherine the Great, Howards End) are joining the cast as series regulars Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones), Sherman[...]

In my opinion, Trump acts like he's being run, like he's here to disrupt our progress and power." I thought of that when reading about the new Donald Trump book American Kompromat, by journalist Craig Unger, whose previous works include House of Trump, House of Putin. Donald Trump – Cover to American Kompromat by Craig Unger A significant[...]

In addition, Brett Gelman's Murray Bauman has been promoted to series regular. Stranger Things 4 | From Russia with love… | Netflix With a fourth season where "a new horror is beginning to surface, something long-buried, something that connects everything," here's a look at who's playing who- offering clues to not just where our heroes stand since[...]

In honor of Stranger Things Day, Netflix offers a look at seven things you should never bring up to David Harbour's Chief Hopper.

#ST4 pic.twitter.com/DAjQFnPVGq — stranger writers (@strangerwriters) June 18, 2020 Here's a look at the image that went out across the show's social media accounts, offering "greetings" from the Upside Down with a clapperboard that's either signaling the start of production again or is the biggest, cruelest swerve in the world: meanwhile in the upside down… pic.twitter.com/BtPlMjy0pS — Stranger Things[...]

Unless we're misreading what Netflix's Stranger Things posted on social media on Thursday, it appears Season 4 production is getting underway.

It's a very cool thing to be able to play." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXUlP–YGIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stranger Things 4 | The Table Read (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXUlP–YGI) When asked how an American like Hopper being in a Russia differs from playing a Russian in Russia, Harbour offered more insight into how Hopper is perceived considering the time period[...]

And we start there, because it's a nice mention from Sunspot, and they rapidly go downhill from there. Art from Empyre Avengers Aftermath, While over in X-Factor #3, the reputation of Krakoa across the multi-dimensions does not appear to be a stellar one. Art from X-Factor #3. X-Force has Mikhail Rasputin mouthing off big time at Russian anti-mutant prejudice[...]

So, if this just gives them more time to realize what their vision is, then yeah, I think it could be a good thing." When asked to "offer any hyperbolic statements" he may have to tease the new season, Keery embraced his mission before promising that fans' patience will be worth it: "(Laughs) 'It's crazy![...]

The writers behind Stranger Things 4 posted their last Video Store Fridays, bringing an end to a fun weekly tradition in a grand manner.

Following the clip (with preview image above), Danes, Patinkin, Damien Lewis, and Alex Gansa take a look back at the past eight seasons of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning series and the way it both reflected and impacted our culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YlUrXduPYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Next on the Series Finale | Homeland | Season 8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YlUrXduPY)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwqxnQWJkx4Video[...]

1897, April 23, 1879 Vintage Paper Fire The first few sparks of what the political cartoon on the cover of this issue of The Daily Graphic symbolizes began in Russia in 1861.  Tsar Alexander II's Emancipation Manifesto was the beginning of the end of serfdom in the Russian Empire. Russian serfs — who could be bought and sold[...]

We even learned that Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones) would be part of the team this season. Like we said… great. So now we'd like more, please? Another teaser? Maybe a date announcement video? Possibly with episode titles? https://youtu.be/oB2GYwbIAlMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stranger Things 4 | From Russia with love… | Netflix (https://youtu.be/oB2GYwbIAlM) Until that[...]

We're not gonna lie: we were expecting a teaser or trailer for Netflix and The Duffer Bros' (Matt and Ross Duffer) Stranger Things 4 during the TCA winter press event… during the Academy Awards… in fact, we were "calling it" about five times – and nothing. So of course they would blindside us with a major,[...]

Hulu has the streaming rights to the Adult Swim series here in the U.S., while Channel 4 has the rights lock in across the pond, in the U.K. So that means Netflix gets to introduce the following chunks of the world to the down side to peaceful pooping and the smooth flow of snake jazz: India,[...]

Last month according to the Moscow Times, the Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky told an audience at the Moscow international book fair that "it's pathetic for adults to read comic books" That "Comics are for those who can't read well… it's like chewing gum, it's not food Comic books are aimed at children who are[...]

Not wanting Brazilian officials to have all the stupid fun this weekend, Vladimir Medinsky, the Russian Minister of Culture, sparked international outcry at the 32nd Moscow International Book Fair when he said that adult comic book readers are "morons." Medinsky admitted that comics were good for children up to age seven or eight, but not[...]

It seems there's no escaping Russia in the popular imagination at the moment – whether it is in the news with Putin's hijinks subverting elections, mistakingly poisoning random British citizens and (worst of all) trolling Star Wars fans, or Tom King playing out his fantasy of punching Russians in the current Batman storyline Writer Steve[...]

Set to premiere on the streaming service on Friday, October 12, the creative team behind The Romanoffs include executive producer-writer Semi Chellas; co-executive producers Kriss Turner Towner, Blake McCormick, and Kathy Ciric; and consulting producers-writers Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton. Set to explore people who believe themselves to be descendants of the murdered Russian royal family, The[...]

But other countries are catching up… But who is who? Let's look at the People's Heroes of Russia, to which we got an introduction in Doomsday Clock #5. Black Eagle – New character? Previous DC character was a Lt Cassius Bannister, a fighter pilot fighting over Italy during World War II as part of the Tuskegee Airmen, first appearance All-Out War #2, 1979,[...]