Creative child drew a ‘Star Wars’ comic starring narwhals and Mark Hamill approved

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If you’re a fan of Star Wars and whales, we have the perfect comic book for you.

Straight from the creative mind of actor and television director Jon Cryer‘s daughter Daisy, we present a Star Wars spin-off comic starring a bunch of narwhals. Yes, really.

Cryer tweeted photographs of “Nar Wars: The Tale of Narth Veader” to his followers on Friday, and the story already has tens of thousands of fans, including Mark Hamill.

My daughter wrote her first comic book!!

(It’s like Star Wars, but with Narwhals) pic.twitter.com/rtkAvAEobA

— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) March 1, 2019

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Bill Maher incurs the internet’s wrath after belittling Stan Lee and comic books

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Commentator Bill Maher disparaged Stan Lee, the seminal creator of iconic comic book superheroes like Spider-Man, The Hulk, and The Fantastic Four, in an unsolicited 293-word Saturday morning blog titled “Adulting.”

Twitter was quick to rebut Maher’s cultural musings after he mocked the late Lee’s widely-appreciated work, belittled millions of people who value comics, and broadly labeled comics as “stupid stuff.”

“I’m not saying we’ve necessarily gotten stupider,” Maher wrote, before adding, “The problem is, we’re using our smarts on stupid stuff.” 

Distilling decades of comic book history, culture, and meaning down to a short, oversimplified opinion is naturally going provoke the ire of the public, especially those who possess a greater familiarity of both comics and Lee’s intellectual influence.  Read more…

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A list of all the ‘Black Panther’ sequels and spinoffs we want to see

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Excited for Black Panther? So are we. Which is why we’re rolling out obsessive coverage with Black Panther Week. 

The overwhelming feeling most experienced after leaving Black Panther was: we want more. Now. None of us wanted to ever leave Wakanda — and we never have to in our imaginations.

Because luckily, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has already hinted at the “many, many stories to tell” from the comics in upcoming Black Panther films, and that he “absolutely” wants director Ryan Coogler to return again. 

That’s our queue, internet: LET THE FEVER DREAMS BEGIN.

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Oh man, oh geez, ‘Rick and Morty’ gets an Avengers-style comic book spin-off … with Pickle Rick

Season 3 of Rick and Morty might be over, but the gift of life-threatening, soul-crushing adventures continues. In one meta ass move, the Vindicators (aka the show’s Avengers-like intergalactic super team) is getting its own spin-off comic book serie…

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Netflix is publishing comics now because streaming sites will inevitably own us all

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Netflix may be known for urging us to stare at a screen for hours on end, but the streaming giant wants you to gaze at paper, too – with its first-ever comic book.

The original book, called The Magic Order, will be created by comics legend Mark Millar, who’s responsible for popular titles like Kick-Ass and Kingsman: The Secret Service.  

When Netflix acquired Millar’s company, Millarwold, back in August it seemed like the deal would start a new kind of collaboration for Netflix’s original series and reputable creators in other industries. But this announcement means that Netflix is interested in creating different kinds of content all together. Read more…

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