DC Comics temporarily changes The Penguin’s name to Oswald Cobb, like on the TV show. Kevin Feige pays tribute to John Cassaday. Top Shelf to release It Rhymes With Takei.
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DC changes The Penguin’s name.
Kevin Feige pays tribute to John Cassaday.
Top Shelf to release It Rhymes With Takei.
This is Comic Book Club News for October 31, 2024.
DC Comics Temporarily Changes Penguin’s Name To Oswald Cobb:
One of the more controversial moves HBO’s The Penguin has made so far? Naming the main character Oswald Cobb instead of Oswald Cobblepot. And in this week’s issue of DC Comics‘s The Penguin Special #1, they change his comic book name to Oswald Cobb, as well. At least for this story.
In a brand new story written by Jeremy Adams with art by Howard Porter titled “Mr. Cobb,” Oswald visits the mother of his children Aiden and Addison, who he killed in Tom King and Rafael De Latorre’s The Penguin series.
If you’re wondering about the Mr. Cobb thing, it’s clearly so nobody can track his ex being held hostage and drugged, per Oz’s orders. So chances are this is an alias he’s using, rather than a permanent name change. Likely, this is Adams finding a way to appeal to new fans, without alienating the diehards. Regardless, Oswald Cobblepot is now Oswald Cobb in the comics… At least for a few pages.
Kevin Feige Pays Tribute To John Cassaday:
On September 9, iconic comic book artist John Cassaday suddenly passed away at age 52. While the comic book industry continues to mourn the legendary artist, this week’s Marvel Comics feature a special tribute to Cassaday, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and others weighing in.
Alongside art from various Marvel titles like Star Wars, Astonishing X-Men, Union Jack, and Captain America are three quotes, as well as the note “Penciler. Inker. Artist. Friend.”
Says Feige, “John’s art made the most fantastical situations feel grounded and real. His work had a uniquely cinematic quality to it, and we strive to bring to the screen what he masterfully accomplished on the page: characters that, even as they’re pulled into extraordinary situations, still seem human and believable. He was a wonderful artist and storyteller, collaborator and friend to so many of our people here at Marvel.”
While Cassaday never worked directly on a Marvel Studios production, his cinematic look clearly influenced the look and feel of the MCU. It’s nice to have Feige weigh in on Cassaday and his legacy, despite the lack of direct connection.
You can check out the tribute running in Marvel Comics this week.
Top Shelf To Release It Rhymes With Takei:
The team behind the best-selling They Called Us Enemy is reuniting for a new Top Shelf graphic novel: It Rhymes With Takei.
The new graphic novel will tell the full story of George Takei’s life, leading up to his decision to come out as gay at age 68, and beyond, as well as meeting the love of his life, Brad Altman. Per PR from Top Shelf, the book goes “From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the paralyzing fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes With Takei presents a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history.”
The new book comes from Takei, as well as Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, and colorist José Villarrubia. And in case you couldn’t figure it out, the thing that rhymes with Takei is “gay.”
The book hits stores in June 2025.
For Comic Book Club News, I’m Alex Zalben. And I completely didn’t theme this episode around Halloween, isn’t that scary?
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