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Penguin Random House and Suicide Squad

Marvel and Penguin Random House Diamond's hold on the distribution of comics has finally reached its end. After DC decided to part ways a year ago and partner up with both Penguin and a subsidiary of Midtown comics, Marvel have now decided to follow suite and sign up with an exclusive deal with Penguin to distribute their comic line.  While this may not affect the general reading audience, this will certainly have an effect on Local Comic Shops. Personally, I see this as an opportunity to expand the readership, getting these comics into bookstores so they can be easily picked up by the larger audience.  The comic industry has never been particularly good at capitalising on its own success. Why not expand to book stores? Comic Book adaptations in both film and TV is as popular now as it is today so can you imagine if those that watched both seasons of the Boys got the chance to easily pick up the graphic novels? Or if you could walk into your local bookshop and get a subscription to

Gaming Preservation and the Snyder Cut

It’s been nearly a week since the release of the Snyder Cut for Justice League, a version of the film which many fans of the director had been wishing for since the release of the original movie back in 2017, and the reception has been overwhelming to say the least. But the most exciting prospect of this is what it could be mean for the future of cinema. I’ve seen rumours of a “Black and White” version of the Snyder Cut, and my answer that is… Why not?   I actually think the more versions of a movie, the better. Afterall, what could work for one Person may not work for another. After watching the cinematic disaster that was “The Rise of Skywalker”, the first takeaway was that there were probably a dozen better cuts locked in a Vault somewhere. It may never be the conclusion to the saga that I’m personally looking for, the problems with that film are within the base story and no amount of editing could possibly salvage the answers we were given in it. However, what if there was a vers