Tag: Chachu

Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Iman Vellani + Marianna Ignazzi + Jordie Bellaire team for ‘Chachu’

Batman gets a gift from Alfred, Mary Jane Watson celebrates her 60th, Skeletor gets an origin story and DC K.O. gets collected in this week’s new comics. Plus: Piemageddon!

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Iman Vellani, Marianna Ignazzi + Jordie Bellaire present a ‘classic neo-noir private investigator story’ at Image Comics this summer

The ‘Ms. Marvel’ star makes her solo writing debut on ‘Chachu.’

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani will team with artist Marianna Ignazzi and colorist Jordie Bellaire on Chachu, a five-issue miniseries inspired by Vellani’s experiences in Hollywood.

This isn’t the first comic that the young actress has written, as she’s collaborated with other writers on Ms. Marvel stories for Marvel, in addition to starring as the character on the Disney+ show. Now she goes solo as writer as she enters the creator-owned world of comics.

“I’ve always been deeply curious about comics as an art form because of their capacity to hold contradiction—arguably better than any other medium,” said Vellani. “That became especially meaningful to me while writing Chachu, which grew out of this tension between mourning my youth while I still have it, and an incessant urge to come-of-age already.”

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