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Todd McFarlane’s ‘King Spawn’ #1 Breaks Record With 500,000 Pre-Orders
Todd McFarlane has kept his word in declaring that 2021 would be the year of Spawn. It has just been reported by Image Comics that King Spawn #1, the first new monthly Spawn book since 1992, is on its way to sell over 500,000 copies in pre-orders. Set for an August 25 release, this is another massive milestone for independent comic book creators as it nearly reaches the success that Keanu Reeves had with BRZRKR at 616,841 copies — both outside of the Big Two’s (Marvel Comics and DC Comics) influence. For years, overall comic book sales have been on the decline, and when you stack the original Spawn #1‘s 1.7 million in copies sold, the difference is apparent. In fact, there were only six comics to break the 100,000 mark in June. McFarlane comments on the success of the upcoming title with: ...
Marvel Studios Already Developing New Animated Titles to Follow ‘What If…?’
Marvel Studios is already planning a series of animated titles to follow What If…?, which premiered on Disney+ on August 11. Speaking to Variety, executive producer Brad Winderbaum confirmed that the studio has “multiple” animated series “in various phases of development” to hit Disney+, along with season two of What If…? and “photo-real” animated shorts focusing on Baby Groot. He shared that the creative freedom Marvel Studios has with animation was a big factor in the development of new titles, “We realized that there’s a lot of cool avenues you can explore with animation,” He added, “Any project that we create is going to be something that needs to be animated in order for the story to be told. There’s very little desire to take a piece of IP that’s popular because we’re comin...
‘Chainsaw Man’ Continues to Lead in Top 20 Adult Graphic Novel Sales
NPD Bookscan has just published its July report on the top adult graphic novels sold, and for the first time in four months, non-manga books made it onto the top 10 list. While it is no surprise that manga is becoming ever so popular, increasing 44 percent in 2020 alone, the findings are showing that there’s a new wave of manga readers looking for the classics, as titles like Attack on Titan Vol.1, Hunter x Hunter Vol. 1, Death Note Vol.1, Naruto Vol.1, and Junji Ito’s horror manga series Tomie are all spiking in sales. As for the non-manga titles, Clint McElroy’s The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom in both paperback and hardcover along with Chugong’s Solo Leveling Vol.2 are standing out in the sea of Viz Media offerings. Both have been supported consistently by fans and have done well...
Publishing Briefs: Marty Stuart Signs to Sheltered Music; Round Hill an Owner of a ‘Lonely Heart’ Stake
Round Hill Music has acquired an interest in Trevor Rabin‘s publishing catalog, according to a statement from the Board of Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Limited. The former guitarist turned film composer’s lengthy catalog contains over 3,500 film cues and songs as well as cuts from his tenure as a member of prog rockers Yes, most notably “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” the band’s lone Hot 100 No. 1. Over the course of his storied career Rabin has earned an induction into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and 11 BMI awards for his work, which includes the scores of National Treasure, Remember The Titans, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Bad Boys II, Glory Road, and more. Rabin notes his decision to partner with Round Hill Music stemmed from the company’s history of...
20 Questions With Luke Hemmings: Why the 5 Seconds of Summer Leader ‘Needed To Make’ His Solo Debut
Adopting songwriting into his daily routine, Hemmings untangled his thoughts and repurposed them as When Facing The Things We Turn Away From, his debut solo album out Friday (Aug. 13). Used to sharing the songwriting stage with three other people, the album offered Hemmings an opportunity to craft a musical identity outside of 5SOS through a fully introspective project with his own influences. It also put all of the surrounding pressures on him, even if the scrutiny was coming from his own self. Ahead of the release of When Facing The Things We Turn Away From, Hemmings answered Billboard’s 20 questions about his relationship with songwriting, overcoming self-imposed pressures and creating an ethereal, over-emotional album as a bookmark in this chapter of his life. 1. What’s the first...
Trippie Redd Reveals Star-Studded Track List For ‘Trip At Knight’ Album
Drake, Lil Durk and Juice WRLD are featured on the collection. Trippie Redd announced the track list for his upcoming Trip At Knight album on Wednesday (August 11), revealing features with Drake, Lil Durk and Juice WRLD, among others. The rapper promised to reveal the release date if he got to 200,000 comments, but in the meantime fans were freaking out, with one calling it the “album of the f—ing year” and another predicting “this finna go crazy.” Several singles from the follow-up to February’s deluxe Neon Shark vs. Pegasus project have already dropped, including “Miss the Rage” with Playboi Carti and “Holy Smokes” with Lil Uzi Vert. Among the other guests on the album are: SoPaygo, Ski Mask the Slump God, XXXTentacion...
Univision Ad Revenue Jumps 72 Percent
Quarterly ad revenue jumped 72 percent from the coronavirus pandemic-hit year-ago period to $407.2 million and “surpassed the second quarter of 2019,” when it had recorded $405.1 million, the company said. Core ad revenue, which is adjusted for political and advocacy ads, rose 70 percent. Media networks unit ad revenue increased 66 percent, or 63 percent when looking at core results. “The increase in media networks core advertising revenue was due to higher ad revenue driven by new brand activations, strong scatter volume and pricing, growth in previously low volume accounts, two major soccer tournaments, and improvements in the auto, retail, and beverage sectors, which are recovering from the negative impacts of COVID-19,” the company said. Said Davis: “This quarter marks another period o...
Dave East & Harry Fraud “The Disappearance,” G Herbo “Cold World” & More | Daily Visuals 8.11.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Dave East doesn’t exactly come off as a history buff, but the man does seem to be familiar with mob related stories so on the anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa’s death he and Harry Fraud dropped their latest project, Hoffa. Today we get some new visuals for the Hoffa project cut “The Disappearance” in which Dave and company get their OG gangster on and meet out in the sticks to conduct business before having a sit down with other bosses at a somewhat fancy restaurant. Back in Chiraq, G Herbo gets his Hip-Horror on (kinda) and for his clip to “Cold World” stands in the shadows where things go bump in the night and in the walls behind him. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Montana of 300 featuring Arsonal, Kap G, and more. DAVE EAST & HARRY FRAUD...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Teaming Up With The Special Olympics For First Inclusion Esports Tournament
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Microsoft / Xbox Microsoft and the Special Olympics formed a unique bond in 2014 with the goal to help empower Special Olympics athletes and programs through technology. Seven years later, that partnership continues with a new Esports tournament. The Special Olympics Games and Xbox Gaming began working together back in 2018 with an Xbox Gaming Tournament, a first in the world of competitive gaming. In 2020 during the height of the pandemic, Xbox partnered with the Special Olympics USA Games “to find innovative ways to support Special Olympics athletes” while stay-at-home orders were being implemented with the 2020 Special Olympics Xbox Virtual Gaming Event. Now, Xbox and the Special Olympics are going global with their latest effort with the inaugural esp...
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Took Long Enough: De La Soul’s Catalog To Hit Streaming Platforms In November [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PYMCA / Getty 2021 is presenting better days for De La Soul. The legendary group’s catalog will soon be available on digital streaming platforms. The Long Island, New York trio have delivered some news to their fans that they have waited on for too long. After decades of making pennies on the dollar from their albums they finally acquired the master rights to all of their projects on Tommy Boy Records. This includes 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), De La Soul Is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) and AOI: Bionix (2001). In a rare Instagram Live the group said these gems will indeed be available via streaming. “We have come to a deal between ourselves and Reservoir to release our musi...
J.R. Smith Heading Back To College To Get A Degree, and Join Golf Team
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Diamond Images / Getty After more than a decade and a half of creating both amazing and boneheaded highlights in the NBA, J.R. Smith is looking to make a career change as no team has shown interest in signing him this off-season. According to WFMYNEWS2, the 2013 NBA Sixth Man of The Year award winner has decided to head back to college (seriously) and enrolled at North Carolina AT&T in hopes of getting both a degree and a spot on the men’s golf team. Two decades ago Smith had committed to attending the University of North Carolina after coming out of high school, but decided to make the leap straight to the NBA. Naturally Smith talked up the school’s educational program when speaking on his return to pursuing some higher learning. “One of the best lib...
Wizkid secures collaboration with Justin Bieber
Wizkid and Justin Bieber would be on the same song together as the latter sent in his vocals to the Starboy. Nigerian pop icon Wizkid has secured a collaboration with American singer Justin Bieber. The Starboy briefly hinted fans what to expect from him as he revealed his latest collaborative effort. Wizkid via his Instagram story thanked Justin Bieber for sending in his vocals for their collaboration. “Dat @justinbieber vocals… Love you my g!“, he posted. There are no specific dates as to when the track would be released but those details would be out soon enough. Meanwhile anticipate Wizkid X Justin Bieber. See the post from Wizkid’s Instagram story below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with ...
