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Geoffrey Thorne has a long list of writing credits in comics (Green Lantern, Mosaic) and television (Power Book II: Ghost, Leverage). His new project, which is out this week, is writing the relaunch of Blood Syndicate for Milestone. The original series, co-created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, and Ivan Velez, Jr., has long been a favorite of many – including Thorne. He’s joined on the relaunched series by penciler ChrisCross, who drew much of the original run of the series and returns with a different style and look…

Garth Ennis and Russ Braun, the creative team behind the AfterShock Comics series Jimmy’s Bastards, are reuniting for a new series starring the titular team. Jimmy’s Little Bastards is a three-issue, prestige-format miniseries coming later this year from Ennis, Braun, colorist John Kalisz, and letterer Rob Steen. Andy Clarke provides the main cover for the first issue, which also features an incentive variant cover by John McCrea. Here’s how AfterShock describes the new series: A new generation of Bastards is back and…

Today marks the official launch of the Standard Comics Script (SCS), which was built by cartoonist, editor, and educator Steenz and writer, artist, and Z2 Comics Senior Editor Camilla Zhang.  The SCS template aims to demystify the mechanics of the comics industry, provide a foundation that can be customized for the needs of each individual creative team, and help facilitate the establishment of an industry standard for scripting that will eradicate miscommunication. Best of all, it’s available for everyone to use at no…

THIS WEEK: The Jurassic League #1 asks a very important question — what the Justice League but dinosaurs? The DC Round-Up crew discusses whether the book works, while also taking a look at the FCBD Dark Crisis #0 special and Blood Syndicate: Season One #1. NOTE: The following discussion contains spoilers. For a spoiler-free verdict for each of the issues being discussed, skip to the end of each section and look for the bolded all-caps words. ZACK QUAINTANCE: Hey team! Welcome back to another DC Round-Up Roundtable.…

Fans may have to wait until next summer until the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the to Oscar winning Into the Spider-Verse animated film, but fret not because Marvel has you covered. Courtesy of a Polygon exclusive, Marvel has announced a five-issue Edge of Spider-Verse miniseries this August that will serve as an appetizer for what the publisher is billing as the final Spider-Verse story with End of the Spider-Verse, coming later in 2022. Since writer Dan Slott ushered in the original…