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Hello all, The Toronto Comic Book / Sci-Fi and Anime Expo ran from August 22
to 24th. A full con report with pictures will be available next issue, but
the major news from the show is:
MISC:
- David Mack was interviewed on camera by MTV
MARVEL:
- The switch in Silver Surfer's penciler happened because the artist MILX
simply disappeared. Did the first issue before deadline then did 4 pages of
the 2nd issue, then stopped. They may have found other work but they haven't
contact Marvel about it nor have they returned any of Tom Brevoort's calls.
MILX was also working for IDW and they have also lost contact with him.
Silver Surfer #2 will be pushed back to October #22, the new artist is not
yet determined.
- Most of the Tsunami line will go at least 12 issues, a couple of them may
only go 7 or 8 issues.
- Marvel is planning an Alpha Flight return in 2004
- Marvel is unhappy about Kevin Smith's late schedual on his books. A week
before the con, Joe Quesada and Kevin Smith had a long talk over his
schedual.
- Alex Maleev is moving to Portland where Brian Michael Bendis lives. When
they return to Daredevil they'll be able to work more closely on the book.
- Brian Michael Bendis will be creating new villains for Daredevil and
Ultimate Spider-Man.
- When Alias turns into Pulse, it will be taken out of Marvel Knights and be
put into Marvel Universe proper. As a result, the swearing and sex will be
gone and it will feature more Marvel heroes as guest stars. Jessica Jones
will be working with the Daily Bugle and Cage will be a supporting
character.
DC:
- Lenoard Kirk is off JSA with issue #51 but will be coming back to do a
fill in #55. In that issue will be a character they've been getting a lot of
mail requesting.
- JSA/Hawkman will go bi-weekly for a period for a storyline about Black
Adam.
- Lenoard Kirk will be penciling a new ongoing that's to come out in May,
but he can't say what it is yet.
DREAMWAVE:
- They want to do Resident Evil and Castlevania comic books and are in
negotiations for them.
- They are going to be doing a Dual Masters comic book, a popular comic book
in Japan.
- Transformers and GI Joe is delayed until September. Jae Lee is working on
it and is putting his all into it.
- They are also doing an art book on movie posters.
More details about the con next month, including pictures of pro's and fans
in costumes!
Regards,
Jamie Coville
2003-08-26
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