Going Pound for Pound with TKO, BOOM!, and Empyre

NEWS

• Marvel’s Comic-Con@Home schedule announced
• Marvel and Scholastic teaming up to make OGN series for middle-graders
• Robert Kirkman says he was “treated like crap” at Marvel Comics
• Marvel’s King in Black coming December 2020
• Marvel’s digital-only...digital-only no more!
• Eve L. Ewing & Simone De Meo’s CHAMPIONS is back on Marvel’s schedule for October
• Dragoncon Cancelled
• Humble Bundle from Image Comics generates 140K to help LCS’
  • Full list: http://ppprecipients.com/
• BOOM! Keeps locking in artists for long deals...hmmm
• Gary Larson returns with new Far Side comics 
• DC delivering 2 horror anthologies
• Comic and graphic novel sales reach $1.2 billion in 2019

Segment: TKO Corner - What TKO are you reading this week and what did ya think?!

Pound For Pound - Natalie Chaidez, Andy Belanger, Daniela Miwa

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Empyre #0 Fantastic Four (W: Dan Slott, A: Sean Izaakse, R. B. Silva)
2. Justice League #48 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Aaron Lopresti)

Forrest:

1. Alienated #4 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Chris Wildgoose)
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #1 (W: Mariko Tamaki, A: Natacha Bustos)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Spider-Woman #2 (W: Karla Pacheco, A: Pere Perez)
2. Forrest: Giant Size X-Men: Magneto #1 (W: Jonathan Hickman, A: Ramon K. Perez)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL #2 1:25 DOUG MAHNKE VARIANT
2. Forrest: Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Carlos E. Gomez)

Off TOPIC TOP SHELF - David picks Marvel Legends action figures, specifically Beast and Sentinel