Weekly Rant 4/23/25

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more

Reviews:

Clash of the green titans in GODZILLA VS HULK #1

‘Superior Avengers’ #1 is a darkly fun remix of superhero team-ups

There’s No Time Like the Present – Time-Travelling Isn’t All it’s Cracked Up to Be in Drawn & Quarterly’s Reissue of Paul B. Rainey’s Graphic Novel

‘Moonshine Bigfoot’ #1 drives past cheap thrills toward a promising story arc

PLEASURE BEACH #1 By Josh Pettinger

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Crowdfunding worth your time & money:

A STAR CALLED THE SUN

Dan Brereton’s New Nocturnals Art Book

Monarch: The Lost Adventures

Tenchi Muyo!: American Omnibus Edition

BoardGameGeek Artist Series: Series 10

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News, Previews, & Misc Links:

Sale of crucial Frank Quitely Superman cover kicks off controversy

Drama! On the Diamond bankruptcy docket

Marvel’s Ultimate Universe gets ready for its first crossover event

DC resurrects a classic format this July with ‘Superman Treasury 2025: Hero for All’

Netflix To Release Genndy Tartakovsky’s Adult Cartoon Comedy ‘Fixed,’ Which Had Been Abandoned By Warner Bros.

Marvel Rivals data-miners dig up secrets for the love of the game

Batman’s tea, angels, and locked rooms: Al Ewing on crafting a mind-bending ‘Detective Comics Annual’

Return to Woodbrook with Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring

Grant Morrison reveals new DC project is a Batman project

The X-Men pay tribute to Krakoa in ‘X-Men: Hellfire Vigil’

Oni Press details EC Comics’ 2025 ‘Summer of Fear’

Voltron: Defender of the Universe ROBO-DOU Voltron Retro Toy Edition by ThreeZero

The Classic Star Wars Manga Is Getting a Stunning New Artbook

Ryan North talks all things Fantastic Four

Alien Books will bring Zorro back to comics

Terry Pratchett estate launches ‘Discworld graphic novel universe’

‘March’ Co-Author Spearheads Comics Project To Uplift Appalachia

Wheeler and Hickman on the ‘victory’ of Hey, MARY! and Oni’s ‘fearless support’

Frank Frazetta, the Norman Rockwell of Horror

DC Super-Heroes by Emmanuel Gervasoni

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That's it for this Rant, take care and stay safe!

-Chris