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Writer: Grant Morrison / Artist: Liam Sharp / DC Comics

I’m not going to try to pretend like The Green Lantern isn’t a strange book. Because no matter what genre you frame it under, Grant Morrison has written a unilaterally bizarre take to follow up Robert Venditti’s run. However, there is something immensely compelling about the trademark weirdness Morrison has brought to the Green Lantern universe.

Issue #3 seems like it has a lot of moving parts at first glance because there are so many characters interacting in each page but it mostly picks up where #2 left off with Hal and the Corps investigating the Earth’s whereabouts. This was approached in the most hilarious way. It was almost like reading the Mel Brooks version of a Green Lantern book in moments. That doesn’t seem like it would be very funny, but Morrison definitely pulled it off here. Usually, his thing is satirizing superheroes but this time around, the villains are getting a very comical treatment. And in case you’re wondering about the cover to this book, though slightly misleading, the figure it alludes to is certainly the bullet with which Morrison takes shots at our society’s perceptions about happiness and our place in the universe.

Meanwhile, Liam Sharp is still working wonders on this book. Clearly, the goal here is to go for an 80s vibe in both narrative and visuals. It’s safe to say Sharp is more than holding up his end of the project. No two characters in this book…even the ones from the same race…ever look the same in facial structure or expressions. And I’ve never seen an artist more adept at using ALL of the space in each panel. Rarely in the book is there a shortage of interesting, diverse landscapes and backgrounds to look at.

Bottom Line: Morrison and Sharp certainly served up a nostalgic, funny comic that isn’t afraid to pick at its reader as well as the world they live in. More than worth the couch change.

9 Kilowogs out of 10

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Before the nation of Wakanda, a place inundated with Black royalty and wealth, there was Zamunda. It was announced earlier this year the 1980s John Landis film Coming To America — starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones and more will have its sequel.  Deadline announced today that filmmaker Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) is now attached as director.

Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as Akeem and Arsenio Hall will return as Akeem’s personal assistant Semmi.

Kenya Barris, who recently left ABC’s black-ish as a series showrunner to score a $100 million dollar Netflix deal, is penned to write the screenplay.

Here’s a synopsis of the film:

In the sequel, Akeem learns about a long lost son and must return to America to meet his unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. The intention is to bring back the original cast which includes Arsenio Hall, who played the prince’s aide Semmi, Shari Headley, who was courted by the prince when he went undercover as a fast food worker, John Amos, who played her father, and James Earl Jones, who played the king.

In a statement Eddie Murphy said the following:

“After many years of anticipation, I’m thrilled that Coming to America 2 is officially moving forward. We’ve assembled a great team that will be led by Craig Brewer, who just did an amazing job on Dolemite, and I’m looking forward to bringing all these classic and beloved characters back to the big screen.”

Kenya Barris says:

“Craig’s ability to create a distinct cinematic world with each of his films is not only impressive but also what made him exactly the voice and vision we needed to bring this story to life. From Hustle and Flow to his work with Eddie on Dolemite Is My Name, he never fails to blow me away. He is a true auteur and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have him on board.”

Production is expected to be underway in 2019.

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Thanks to our friends at That Hashtag Show, we’ve got some great news regarding Netflix’s casting  for their upcoming Cowboy Bebop live-action series! The company, who notoriously made some questionable decisions doing an all-white adaptation of Death Note (which was an assault from both a diversity perspective and as an actual adaptation) seems to have learned from […]