Reginald Hudlin News

This post relates to: Eric Shanower, Reginald Hudlin, Orson Scott Card, Joe Quesada, San Diego Comic-Con

Joe Quesada's panel along with some friends

Along with Joe were C.B. Celbulski, Jim McCann, Reginal Hudlin, Orson Scott Card, Eric Shanower, and (arriving late) Jeph Loeb.

Some just announced Exclusive artists: Danny Miki, Khoi Pham and Paolo Rivera (renewed his exclusivity).

2009 marks Marvels' 70th Anniversary.  There will be a celebration throughout the year.

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is coming out.  He has been waiting for a movie to come out and this is almost better for him.  Card said that at first Chris Yost was too respectful when writing the script.  It was just too similar to the book.  He said why bother reading the comic when you could just read the book.  Card didn't want any narration.  Chris went back and delivered a smashing version after that.  Pasquel Ferry's great love for the property also shows in his designs.  Card also mentioned his new Enders book coming out in November that take place between chapters 14 and 15.

More Dark Tower will be coming.  Things are in the works.

There will be more Red Hulk.  After the first arc finishes we will see Red Hulk vs Thor and a rematch of Red Hulk vs Green Hulk.  The book will be split into two (like the Tales of Suspense with Captain America and Iron Man).  The art will be handled by Frank Cho and Art Adams.  Half the book will be with Green Hulk and the other with Red Hulk.  Red Hulk will be around for a while.  Ed McGuinness will be back too.  Loeb wanted to point out that starting with issue #4, his daughter is writing the Little Hulk one-pagers.

A clip was shown for the upcoming Black Panther cartoon on BET.  The clip shown quite a bit of violence.  Lots of blood and impalements.  We saw Black Panther fighting the original version of Captain America.  Denys Cowan chose to go with John Romita Jr's version.  The animation is done so that the comic panels appear to come to life.  At first it seemed a little stiff (like those old 60s Marvel cartoons) but it ends up looking pretty cool.  Later on Reggie mentioned that even he doesn't know the identity of Ultimate Black Panther when Loeb was talking about Ultimates.

It was asked why Illyana was coming back.  C.B. mentioned how Craig Kyle and Chris Yost did such a great job with her return.  Now he wants to try to bring her soul back so that she can be brought back to the Marvel Universe.

In December, Eric Shanower will be writing a comic adaption of Wizard Of Oz with art by Skottie Young.  He says the art is full of life.  It's not derivative of anything seen before.  There's lots of new character designs.  It will be eight issues.

Quesada again confirmed that Speedball will be back.

GeNext will be back.  A sequel has been approved.

Talk came to Peter and Mary Jane.  Joe said nothing says they can't get back together.  They could date.  There just won't be a marriage anytime soon.

This post relates to: Reginald Hudlin, Black Panther

Variety reports that Black Panther is getting his own cartoon on the BET channel.  Not sure if that's entirely a good thing or not.  Not everyone has BET as part of their regular cable service.  Oh well, there's always dvd, right?

Marvel Comics has signed a deal to turn one of its superheroes, the Black Panther, into a primetime animated series for BET, starting early next year.

BET made the announcement at its upfront presentation in New York as the highlight of a batch of new series being readied for the 2008-09 season, under the supervision of Reginald Hudlin, president of entertainment for BET.

Wonder what the style of the animation will be like. 

www.variety.com/article/VR1117984203.html

This post relates to: Black Panther, Reginald Hudlin, Larry Stroman

1.21 Gigawatts?

With shocking threats looming on the horizon for the Black Panther and his wife, Storm, what will become of Marvel’s premiere royal couple? The extra-sized Black Panther Annual #1 has the answers, as readers journey to Wakanda in 2057, as the nation’s become an imperial power that controls the fate of humanity! How did the world change so dramatically? And how have the other heroes of the Marvel Universe reacted? Series writer Reginald Hudlin, fan-favorite artists Larry Stroman & Ken Lashley join with special cover artist Juan Doe (Fantastic Four: Isla De La Muerte) for a special issue that no Black Panther can afford to miss!

As T’Challa and Ororo ponder the decisions that brought them to this point…including the fates of their children! It’s the pulse-pounding “Black To The Future” in Black Panther Annual #1!


BLACK PANTHER ANNUAL #1 (DEC072176)
Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Penciled by LARRY STROMAN & KEN LASHLEY
Cover by JUAN DOE
Rated T+…$3.99
FOC—2/7/08, On-Sale—2/2/7/08

This post relates to: Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Marvel Zombies, Reginald Hudlin, Arthur Suydam, Francis Portela

Here's a preview for Black Panther #28.  Can't believe they're doing this.  Then again...

The New Fantastic Four—Black Panther, Storm, Human Torch & The Thing—have faced Galactus and the Silver Surfer, but now they face an even larger threat in Black Panther #28—The Marvel Zombies! Imbued with the power of Galactus from their recent tussle—they say he tasted like chicken—the Marvel Zombies are intent on devouring the Skrull home planet. Our heroes have two problems—they’ve landed on that same planet…and they’re in an alternate dimension with no way home! Writer Reginald Hudlin and artist Francis Portela invite you to jump onboard for the beginning of the latest New Fantastic Four adventure, as T’Challa confronts an enemy even he may not be able to defeat!

Featuring a cover by Marvel Zombie’s Arthur Suydam, Black Panther #28 is another can’t miss issue from the series that Newsarama.Com’s Caleb Mozzocco called, “a nice, fun clobber-filled FF story, with nice humorous dialogue,” while Hannibal Tabu of ComicBookResources.Com praised, “the soothing artistic styles of Francis Portela, Victor Olazaba and Val Staples.” With ties to the popular The Initiative storyline and as the first story to follow up on the events of Marvel Zombies, Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on the beginning of a red-hot storyline. It’s slobberin’ time!

BLACK PANTHER #28 (MAR072077)
Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
Parental Advisory …$2.99
FOC—6/07/07, On-Sale—6/27/07

This post relates to: Black Panther, Reginald Hudlin, Manuel Garcia

Some grabs for the new Black Panther ish.

In the aftermath of Civil War and the new Fantastic Four's first adventure, the team of Black Panther, Storm, Human Torch and The Thing must deal with an even bigger threat: zombies! But Black Panther #27 doesn't just feature any old Zombies—we're talking about the now-classic, fan favorite Marvel Zombies themselves!

Black Panther #26 has sold out at Diamond. Currently there are no plans to go back to press on Black Panther #26, which featured an early tale of the new Fantastic Four. Get onboard for what is sure to be a classic Marvel crossover!

BLACK PANTHER #27 (FEB072120) Written by REGINALD HUDLIN Penciled by MANUEL GARCIA Cover by NIKO HENRICHON Rated T+ …$2.99 FOC – 4/5, On-Sale – 4/25/2007