If you’re too busy to keep up with all the comics news that has popped up in the past few weeks, fear not, true believers! Here’s a quick rundown of some of the more important headlines.
News From DC and Marvel
- Business Insider interviewed JC Lee, the only child of the late comics legend Stan Lee, in a revealing and troubling article.
- A judge dismissed an attempted lawsuit by the Joe Schuster estate that would have prevented the upcoming Superman from being released in certain countries — but whether they keep trying in other courts is another story.
- Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier talked a little about the film, including how he originally wanted Man-Thing to be a part of the team and why that didn’t work out.
- With Fantastic Four: First Steps hitting theaters in just three months, Marvel is leaning hard on new FF comics, including a Silver Surfer series and a movie tie-in.
- Tony Revolori discussed some neat ideas about what direction he could take his version of Spider-Man bully Flash Thompson.
- Popverse interviewed DC’s former art director and learned about a fascinating Superman project that tragically never got off the ground: an anthology collection of Superman stories written by renowned non-comics writers.
News From the Wider Comics World
- Neil Gaiman continues to show his whole self (TW: sexual assault).
- WEBTOON and IDW have formed a partnership that will allow WEBTOON to create webcomic adaptations of some of IDW’s biggest titles.
- Netflix’s Heartstopper is coming to an end not with an official fourth season but with a movie. Grab that popcorn!
- And for the Star Wars junkies, there’s still time to get in on the ground floor of the Kickstarter campaign for Dark Horse’s The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope – The Manga by Hisao Tamaki.
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A Guide to All the Cozy Genres
Cozy has certainly become a buzzword attached to genre fiction. It all started with cozy mysteries, which have been around for decades. Now we’re seeing cozy science fiction and fantasy, and even cozy horror. So what exactly does “cozy” mean?
There are some common traits of so-called cozy books. Generally, they evoke a charming atmosphere with their setting. In cozy mysteries, this is often a small town—think of a quaint village in the English countryside. Fantasy adds some magic to that quaint village; horror adds ghosts. For science fiction, coziness often manifests as a ship, space station, or colony with a tight-knit crew. Readers can expect rich descriptions of the setting and a lot of atmosphere for a fully transporting reading experience.
Another common factor in these books is the stakes of the story. Cozy mysteries are somewhat confounding because the crimes they solve are typically murders! Nevertheless, the reader is not subjected to gory details or put in a position of extreme suspense. Likewise, cozy fantasy and sci-fi novels may deal with the aftermath of a large-scale conflict, but the characters are likely to be dealing with smaller, more internal or interpersonal challenges.
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