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| Dynamite Entertainment has announced they have partnered with DeVito ArtWorks to publish a new line of comics and board games based on King Kong of Skull Island. The licence was recently owned and operated by Boom Studios, who published Kong of Skull Island as a 12-issue comic book series from 2016 to 2017, as an official prequel to the rewrite of the novelization of the original 1933 King Kong film, part of DeVito's King Kong of Skull Island property. They followed that with Kong: Gods of Skull Island, Kong on the…

| Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios announced a new series, Damn Them All, by artist Charlie Adlard and writer Simon Spurrier. And yes, they put Adlard's name first, making Si Spurrier the first writer to take second billing to an artist since the 90s. Is that a compliment to Adlard's star power? Or an insult to Spurrier's? U-DECIDE! In any case, at least Spurrier got billing above colorist Sofie Dodgson and letterer Jim Campbell. Damn Them All promises to introduce "your favorite new occult antihero in a dark…

Rising interest rates are slamming the brakes on a global housing boom that spread far beyond the U.S. during the pandemic, heaping extra pressure on central banks as they try to tame inflation without triggering deep downturns in their economies.From Europe to Asia to Latin America, residential real-estate markets are coming off the boil, and in some cases seeing home values fall, as central banks jack up borrowing costs to bring consumer-price growth to heel. The seasonally adjusted average…

When Robert Curl was 9 years old, his parents gave him a chemistry set for Christmas. Though his mother was upset when nitric acid spilled on the family stove, he had found a calling. The gift led to a 64-year career as a researcher and professor at Rice University, where in 1985 he happened to be available to help when a group of scientists performed a series of experiments using lasers to vaporize graphite, a form of carbon. They discovered that the…

BOOM Studios is joining the publisher pack as they return for SDCC ’22. They have also announced their panel schedule. The PR: “BOOM! Studios announced…their panel schedule at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022 (Booth #2229) from July 20-24th San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. The publisher, home to award-winning imprints BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia, will host an array of panels throughout the convention, featuring exciting guests such as global star Keanu Reeves for the Keanu Reeves’…

WandaVision, Marvel Studios' first ever TV series, inspired by decades of American sitcoms, was one of the funniest entries yet. But it was also one of its saddest. At its heart, WandaVision was about its protagonist, Wanda Maximoff/ Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), navigating a deep and personal loss. Wanda might be an Avenger and have superhuman abilities, but her heart is still human. Spoilers ahead. And she's led the most heart-wrenching of lives, as WandaVision reiterated, having literally lost everyone she has ever…

Japan's Sony raised its full-year profit outlook by one-third, helped by pandemic-fuelled demand for games, movies, and other content, but said it was struggling to build enough PlayStation 5 consoles amid a global shortage of semiconductors.The electronics and entertainment conglomerate said on Wednesday some customers may have to wait longer for their consoles as it competes for chips with other businesses ranging from smartphone makers to car companies."It is difficult for us to increase production of the PS5 amid the…

| Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios has revealed a preview of Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4, hitting stores later this month on July 27th. This exciting latest chapter of the comic based on the popular card game will surely be of great interest to nerds everywhere, combining a love of two completely different genres of nerd product that can be purchased in most comic book stores. From the press release: BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and in partnership with Wizards of the Coast LLC,…

Asia-Pacific extended its dominance for internet of things (IoT) hiring among automotive industry companies in the three months ending May. The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 36.9% of total IoT jobs – up from 24.1% in the same quarter last year. That was followed by North America, which saw a -1.1 year-on-year percentage point change in IoT roles. The figures are compiled by GlobalData, who track…

Exactly two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Alexander Karp, the CEO of data analytics company Palantir, made his pitch to European leaders. With war on their doorstep, Europeans ought to modernize their arsenals with Silicon Valley’s help, he argued in an open letter.Militaries are responding to the call. NATO announced on June 30 that it is creating a $1 billion innovation fund that will invest in early-stage startups and venture capital funds developing “priority” technologies, while the UK has launched…