Comics love the '90s and Curt Pires talks political thriller 'New America'

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NEWS

1. Watch ‘Batman vs. Robin’ trailer for Mark Waid and Mahmud Asrar’s upcoming series
   1. DC Comics reveals [REDACTED] returns from [REDACTED] in ‘Batman vs. Robin’ preview
2. Marc Silvestri gets DC Black Label series ‘Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo’ #1
3. New Geoff Johns projects announced: JSA, Stargirl, and ‘The Golden Age’ one-shot
4. DC Comics celebrates the 90s!
   1. Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special
   2. WILDCATs
   3. Waller vs. Wildstorm
   4. Batman Spawn Complete Collection
5. Marvel releases November 2022 solicitations
   1. Marvel teases big plans for Captain America titles in November
   2. ​​Ryan North and Iban Coello to take over ‘Fantastic Four’ in November 2022
      1. Frank Miller crafts ‘Fantastic Four’ #1 variant cover for November launch
   3. Marvel goes ‘X-Treme’ this November with series of variant covers
   4. Gerry Duggan and Juan Frigeri launch ‘Invincible Iron Man’ #1 this December
6. BOOM! and Jason Aaron team up for ‘Once Upon a Time at the End of the World’ #1
7. Vault Comics sets September for 'Wasted Space: The Cosmic Collection' Kickstarter launch
8. Vault Comics announces 'Door to Door, Night by Night' horror series
9. ‘Creepshow’ #3 creative teams announced by Skybound Entertainment
10. IDW announces video game tie-in comic ‘Star Trek: Resurgence’ #1 for November 2022
11. Are the X-Men in trouble? Marvel teases an S.O.S. is coming January 2023
12. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' gets comics adaptation 'Gatsby'

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. The Silver Coin #13 (Johnnie Christmas, Michael Walsh)
2. Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 (Tom King, Mitch Gerads)

Nathan:

1. Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 (Tom King, Mitch Gerads)
2. Do A Powerbomb #3 (Daniel Warren Johnson)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Strange #5 (Jed Mackay, Marcelo Ferreira)

Dave - Barbaric: Axe to Grind (Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden) 

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Minor Threats #1 (Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn)
• Nathan: Tales of the Human Target #1 (Tom King, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Greg Smallwood)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Carnage #5 (Maria Wolf)
• Nathan: The Swamp Thing #16 (John McCrea variant)

Interview: Curt Pires - New America #1--debuts August 23

1. To start, New America is a political thriller, would you say it’s a response to any specific moment in American history?
2. You’ve crafted New America with artist Luca Casalanguida. How long has the project been in the works?
3. Given the political underbelly of New America, do you hope the series could enact change in the real world?
4. There’s a lot of passion on the page, particularly a scene with a burning of something, when writing the first draft for this did you have to scale back your own passion, or lean into it?
5. It’s hard to shock me, but I honestly was taken aback by some of the violence. You see holes in people. What went into the choice to make the violence graphic?
6. Set in the future, how futuristic does New America get?
7. New America ends up on news channels come its release August 23, what’s your response? Do you go on the 24 hour news talk shows?
8. Curt you’re a busy guy, do you have other projects you’d like to talk about today?