John Ridley to Write, "Black Panther," Starting This August

John Ridley is an immensely talented screenwriter and director. He also writes some damn fine comics from the older series, "The American Way," to his current work on, "The Other History of the DC Universe," and writing a futuristic version of Batman too. This August, Ridley will be teaming up with artist Juann Cabal  (and Alex Ross doing covers) for a run on, "Black Panther," as reported by the New York Times. I'm generally a fan of anything Ridley writes, and Cabal is a skilled creator so I'm pretty eager to read this. 

Ridley describes what he's working on as “...a hybrid espionage-superhero thriller, but at its core, it’s a love story, and I don’t mean just romantic love, although there’s some of that as well. It’s love between friends.” Espionage? Thrills? Various kinds of love? I'm in! The first issue of this new, "Black Panther," run will apparently debut in August as the current run by Ta-Nehisi Coates is concluding. I look forward to reading Ridley's run and if it is anywhere near as good as the other stuff he's written we are in for a treat.

Al Ewing Writing, "Guardians of the Galaxy," Perked My Ears Up

New York Comic-Con/NYCC 2019 officially kicked-off yesterday and has been proceeding along swimmingly (I assume, I am not there). There has not been anything announced or revealed that has really made me go, "Wow!" yet, but one thing that did kind of perk my ears up with interest was hearing Al Ewing would be writing a, "Guardians of the Galaxy," comic. First of all, if you're thinking, "Didn't that just relaunch in January of this year?" then you are correct, it did with Donny Cates writing and Geoff Shaw illustrating. It has been good but is ending after 12 issues making it honestly more of a maxi-series in retrospect. Secondly, you may be thinking, "Al Ewing is that really good writer who's finally getting more fame thanks to his great, 'Immortal Hulk,' run, yes?" and you would be right on target again with your questions. 

Al Ewing is a stellar writer and he has a stellar artist on the book with him too, Juann Cabal. The latest relaunch is January 2020 (a year since the last relaunch) and hopefully this version will run for more than just twelve months as I love Ewing's writing and Cabal draws some darn pretty images too. Even if nothing else especially fascinating happens at NYCC this year at least this was cool to hear.