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And definitely not Shaft from Youngblood, an action archer using a bow without strings Also Bo is a pretty good name for such a character But as to the other EKO 92 characters, one has a look somewhere between Die Hard and Deadpool, the other has a touch if Vogue. Rob Liefeld Launches Youngblood Replacement, #EKO92[...]

The first trailer for the upcoming 2019 Shaft film just hit! "Shaft is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block JJ, aka John Shaft Jr (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's[...]

"Too much Shaft to handle" is kind of our favorite movie tagline for 2019 so far because sometimes we're actually 14. A new poster and teaser trailer were released for the Shaft team up movie coming from New Line Cinemas: https://youtu.be/PT6s5YClEJgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Shaft Trailer Tease (2019) | Movieclips Trailers (https://youtu.be/PT6s5YClEJg) The full trailer[...]

Walker (Writer of Shaft, Power Man and Iron Fist, and the upcoming Bitter Root) and Uraeus, (Creator of Jaycen Wise and founder of Black Heroes Matter). Photo Credit: Uraeus DD: You've done the BHM Flash Mob now for several years in a row How was the concept generated? U: The flash mob originally began as a Black Lives Matter[...]

Panelists David Walker (Luke Cage, Shaft, Cyborg), Ryan Benjamin (Teen Titans), Uraeus (Jacyen Wise, Black Heroes Matter), Karama "Blerdgurl" Horne (theblerdgurl.com) and Faith Cheltenham (YesBlackPeople.com) participated in Saturday's "Black Heroes Matter" NYCC panel hosted by Carl Varnado (Blacks in Gaming) which drew a packed crowd. Everyone on the dais wore special "Black Heroes Matter" T-shirts provided[...]

Launched by Bounce TV in 2016, the ad-free subscription VOD service offers a variety of both original programming from Bounce as well as a growing library of films from the past 40+ years. Brown Sugar has a  film library that includes Dolemite, In the Heat of the Night, Blacula, Cleopatra Jones, Crash, Cooley High, Which Way Is[...]

Walker used to deliver the mail. Walker is the current writer on Power Man & Iron Fist as well as having recently done a two new series of Shaft comics with Dynamite. https://youtu.be/xrX5OY7GGIAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Ask Marvel: David Walker – Writer of Power Man & Iron Fist (https://youtu.be/xrX5OY7GGIA) [...]

Tim Story, the director of the Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, is being given another popular franchise to reboot… Newline is giving him Shaft. This will be the third time the Ernest Tidyman character will be adapted for the big screen In 1971 Richard Roundtree starred in Gordon Park's classic blaxploitation film[...]

The books include James Bond: Hammerhead, James Bond: Felix Leiter, Intertwined, The Green Hornet: Reign of the Demon, Grand Passion and the collected editions of Shaft: Imitation Life and The Shadow: The Death of Margo Lane. THE SHADOW: THE DEATH OF MARGO LANE LIMITED EDITION HC (DIAMOND EXCLUSIVE COVER) Cover: Matt Wagner Writer: Matt Wagner Art: Matt[...]

There is Shaft: Imitation of Life #4 by David F Walker and Dietrich Smith as the only individual issue of the week Then there are two trades, Devilers by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Matt Triano and The Shadow: The Last Illusion by Cullen Bunn, Colton Worley and Walter Giovanni. There is also a Jose Gonzalez Vampirella[...]

Barbiere and Crizam Zamora! Shaft: Imitation Of Life #3 writer: David F Walker artist: Dietrich Smith cover: Matthew Clarke Working as a consultant on a film proves to be more difficult that Shaft had expected Not to mention more dangerous Things take a potentially deadly turn when the police bring Shaft in for questioning on[...]

Frank Barbiere, writer of The Precinct #3, talks with writer David Walker about Shaft: Imitation of Life #1, both on sale now from Dynamite. Cover is by Matthew Clark Interiors by Dietrich Smith. FRANK BARBIERE: David, this is your second Shaft series I've heard you speak about how much you enjoy the character, so I'm curious: going[...]

Walker is writing his second Shaft miniseries for Dynamite and Byron Brewer caught up with the writer to talk about the new series and some of the minor tonal changes Cover art by Matthew Clarke. BYRON BREWER: David, are you enjoying writing this second Shaft comic from Dynamite as much as you did the first? DAVID F[...]

It starts of with the newly redesigned Dejah Thoris, then Shaft hits the streets again and finally Grumpy Cat and Pokey get a second series. DEJAH THORIS #1 Cover A: NEN Cover B: Jay Anacleto "Connecting" Cover C: Tula Lotay Writer: Frank J Barbiere Art: Francesco Manna Prepare yourself for Dejah Thoris as you've never seen her before! A shocking conspiracy unravels[...]

Coming out this week from Dynamite Entertainment is the collected trade of the first Shaft mini-series by David F Walker and Bilquis Evely The series looked at Shaft before he became the character we've seen in the Richard Roundtree movies Here we have 22 pages from the trade, the first chapter. The trade hits stores this week[...]

Walker will continue his work on Ernest Tidyman's iconic private detective John Shaft in both a new prose novel and a comic series from Dynamite Entertainment Both books are scheduled to be released in February 2016 Shaft's Revenge is the first Shaft prose novel in 40 years Shaft: Imitation of Life will pick up after[...]

These are lead by The Shadow Vol.2 #5, Will Eisner's The Spirit #6 and a new Shaft prose novel. THE SHADOW VOL 2 #5 Cover A: Butch Guice Writer: Cullen Bunn Art: Giovanni Timpano Two orders of murderous magicians are at war! One faction hopes to steal secrets the great Houdini discovered after his death The other ruthlessly protects[...]

David Walker, writer of DC's Cyborg, the recent Shaft comic book and the recent Shaft sequel novel argues against the making of a comedy remake of Shaft given the news that the creator of Black-ish, Kenya Barris has been hired by Warner Bros' New Line to co-write the script. In an open letter, he uses reasons of[...]

Yesterday we showed you the winners of the 2015 Glyph Awards with Shaft winning Story of the Year Here we have some of the art from the series by Bilquis Evely with colors by Daniela Miwa This is from the sixth issue that ends the miniseries David F Walker wrote the script for Dynamite Entertainment. For[...]

The awards were started in 2005 by comic journalist Rich Watson and since 2007 have been presented at the East Coast Black Age Of Comics Convention in Philadelphia. This years winners are: Story of the Year: Shaft – writer David F Walker, artist Bilquis Evely (Dynamite Entertainment) Best Writer: Keef Cross, Day Black Best Artist: Nelson Blake 2, Artifacts[...]

David Avallone, writer of Legenderry: Vampirella #3, talks with writer David Walker about Shaft #5, both on sale now..Covers by Francesco Francavilla and Denys Cowan. DAVID AVALLONE: I love the book, and it's great to see someone doing powerful work with such an iconic character Do you remember the first time you saw the movie? Or[...]

First up is Battlestar Galactica: Six #3 by J T Krul and Rod Rodolfo, then it's Legenderry Vampirella #3 by Dave Avallone and David Cabrera and finally Shaft #5 by David F Walker and Bilquis Evely. Battlestar Galactica: Six #3 J.T Krul (w) Rod Rodolfo (a) Jenny Frison, Rod Rodolfo (c) Alone and on the run, Eve begins[...]

Here we have a look inside the fifth issue of Shaft from Dynamite Entertainment The pencils are by Bilquis Evely and colored by Daniela Miwa from a script by David Walker. The bodies have been piling up as private detective John Shaft has been searching for the missing Marisol DuPree Now that he's found her, all[...]

That's the second issues of King: Flash Gordon, Legenderry: Vampirella and Pathfinder: Origins and the fourth issue of Shaft. KING: Flash Gordon #2 Ben Acker, Ben Blacker (w) Lee Ferguson (a) Chip Zdarsky (c) DEADLY CAPTURE! Things are dire MASSIVE explosions and DOUBLE-CROSSES have forced Flash Gordon & Dale Arden & Professor Zarkov to take drastic action…it's time[...]

Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona, The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew and Shaft by writer David F Walker and artist Bilquis Evely. This year's winner is to be announced at a ceremony at the Long Beach Comics Expo on Feb 28 at 2 p.m. In honor of the nomination, Dynamite has decided to make[...]

When John is struck down, it falls to Dejah to protect her beloved, and find some way to escape the certain death that stalks them. SHAFT #6 Covers: Denys Cowan, Bill Sienkiewicz and Francesco Francavilla Writer: David Walker Art: Bilquis Evely The critically acclaimed comic book debut of Shaft comes to a violent end in a hard-boiled[...]

We have the debuts of King: Jungle Jim and Legenderry: Vampirella, the second issue of Lady Demon and the third issues of Django / Zorro and Shaft. Django / Zorro #3 Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner (w) Esteve Polls (a) Jae Lee, Francesco Francavilla, Mike Mayhew (c) Our heroes finally arrive in Phoenix and their first encounter with the[...]

These books include the latest from Army of Darkness, Battlestar Galactica, Shaft and Pathfinder. ARMY OF DARKNESS #5 Cover A Main: Gabriel Hardman Cover B Variant: Tim Seeley Writer: Cullen Bunn Art: Larry Watts ON SALE DATE: April 1 The final issue of the "Ash in Space" saga! Ash may be lost in space, but his responsibilities as the Chosen One have[...]

Walker about Shaft #2, both on sale now.  NANCY A COLLINS: This issue reveals how John Shaft got into the private investigation business—and reveals a significant romance in his past How much of this was taken from the original series by Ernest Tidyman, and how much is of your own creation? DAVID F[...]

Here we have some exclusive extended previews of Dynamite's books shipping this week: Army of Darkness #2, Red Sonja: Vulture's Circle #1, Shaft #2 and John Carter: Warlord of Mars #3 And that's only 4 of the books they have coming out this week. Army of Darkness #2 Cullen Bunn (w) Larry Watts (a) Gabriel Hardman, Tim[...]