Milestone Media returns!

[Gee]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-company-with-eye-toward-characters-of-color/

Still not clear if it'll stay as a DC imprint. I think Static Shock is still tied to DC, though.

 

[RockSP]

Looking forward to this!

 

[Cain]

That's good to hear. Here's hoping that they get published by a company that does not have a pre-existing superhero universe this time. Like Boom!.

 

[Cain]

Apparently they'll be working with DC this time around too. Along with other publishers and media companies.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=58666

I hope things go really well for them this go around. I hope it's at least as successful as Valiant 2.0 considering that most comic book readers and superhero movie and TV fans aren't very open to properties they are not familiar with like a Batman or an X-Men.

 

[RockSP]

I wish dc wasn't involved, but from what I've heard the old Milestone characters HAVE to be published through them. New characters don't.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

MAn this is like the best news i have heard ( besides Black panther getting a movie) in aloong time.LOVED MILESTONE back in the day!!

 

[Cain]

I wish dc wasn't involved.

Me too. At least if DC keeps insisting that the Milestone characters co-exist with their characters on New Earth because they're always underused and overshadowed that way. It's already bad enough that most comic book readers rarely give minority characters a chance. Last thing we need is for writers and editors to keep doing the same. If they at least keep the Dakotaverse as it's own self contained thing while using DC's brand exposure and marketing tactics to promote the characters to a wider audience that's not too bad.

 

[RockSP]

Me too. At least if DC keeps insisting that the Milestone characters co-exist with their characters on New Earth because they're always underused and overshadowed that way. It's already bad enough that most comic book readers rarely give minority characters a chance. Last thing we need is for writers and editors to keep doing the same. If they at least keep the Dakotaverse as it's own self contained thing while using DC's brand exposure and marketing tactics to promote the characters to a wider audience that's not too bad.

Oh yeah, I definitely hope they are back to being in their own universe.

 

[Gee]

Teaser: https://vimeo.com/120664735

 

[kissmecomix]

I'm Glad to hear that Milestone is jumping back into the fray!

 

[Gee]

Milestone Comics to return at DC! Characters will be in the new Earth-M:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/milestone-media-returns-to-dc-comics-as-earth-m

 

[Hypestyle]

I hope for some new trade paperbacks and some cool new concepts and compelling crossovers.

 

[Sawyer]

https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/620304205559889920

 

[DarKush]

^
Cool figure. Glad Milestone is back.

 

[Slick]

Late to the party but I love this news

 

[Gee]

The relaunch line will be revealed at NYCC!

One of the most anticipated events will be the relaunch of Milestone Media, the pioneering African-American–owned superhero comics publisher originally founded in the early 1990s by Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Derek Dingle, and the late Dwayne McDuffie, which shut down operations in 1997. Lee says the line will be “unveiled” at NYCC this year as part of a panel that will include Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. Kirkman is featuring Milestone’s pioneering line of minority superhero series—among them Static Shock, Icon, Hardware, and Blood Syndicate—in a segment of The Secret History of Comics, a documentary on comics history he has produced for AMC that will debut in November. The episode will be previewed during the panel. And look for appearances by Cowan, Reggie Hudlin, Kirkman, and Greg Pak.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20170918/74791-dc-entertainment-at-new-york-comic-con.html

 

[Gee]

http://www.cbr.com/milestone-dc-comics-earth-m/

• STATIC SHOCK, an ongoing series from Hudlin and Kyle Baker, focusing on 14-year-old Virgil Hawkins, a kid with a love of comics and science who develops dazzling, electric superpowers.
• DUO, a new Earth M miniseries written by Greg Pak, introducing the twisted story of Jake and Julie Chan, a couple now sharing one body for eternity.
• LOVE ARMY, a miniseries with story by Hudlin, about a secret army of women with amazing abilities and super-strength, sworn to protect the planet.
• EARTH M, a new series from Hudlin and Alice Randall featuring a mysterious new vigilante character.

 

[RockSP]

http://www.cbr.com/milestone-dc-comics-earth-m/

• STATIC SHOCK, an ongoing series from Hudlin and Kyle Baker, focusing on 14-year-old Virgil Hawkins, a kid with a love of comics and science who develops dazzling, electric superpowers.
  [*]DUO, a new Earth M miniseries written by Greg Pak, introducing the twisted story of Jake and Julie Chan, a couple now sharing one body for eternity.
• LOVE ARMY, a miniseries with story by Hudlin, about a secret army of women with amazing abilities and super-strength, sworn to protect the planet.
• EARTH M, a new series from Hudlin and Alice Randall featuring a mysterious new vigilante character.

Just read that this is an "update" of Xombi. I'll check it out but I would've liked more adventures of David Kim.