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§ Maverick revealed the Princess Gwenevere x King Arthur Collection, which will not only include all four of the publisher’s graphic novels based on the ’90s cartoons in one volume, but an original crossover. This is presumably the team-up that was announced for 2025’s Free Comic Book Day, but which got cancelled as a result of Diamond’s bankruptcy. It will be released on June 23, and feature the combined credits of writers Jordie Bellaire & Joe Corallo, and artists Koi Carreon, Gaia Cardinali, & Mandy Chan.
§ Image announced they will mark the 50th issue of I Hate Fairyland this April with company-wide variant covers, featuring the book’s anti-heroine, Gert, meeting the protagonists of the other titles. Each cover will, appropriately enough, feature the title I Hate Team-Ups, in the style of the original Marvel Team-Up series. I Hate Fairyland was created by Skottie Young in 2015, and ran for 20 issues, before being revived with Brett Bean on art in 2022. Issue #50, featuring art by Derek Laufman, will be released on April 29.
§ At the fourth annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards, the third and final season of Sweet Tooth picked up four prizes, including Outstanding Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program for Christian Convery, and Outstanding Supporting Performer for Nonso Anozie. Heartstopper also won two: Outstanding Lead Performer for Joe Locke, and Outstanding Writing in a Young Teen Program for creator Alice Oseman.
Additionally, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew won Outstanding Young Teen Series, and three technical prizes; Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man‘s Sara Jane Sherman won Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series; and Star Trek: Prodigy and Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles picked up wins in Individual Achievement in Animation. For the full list of this year’s winners and nominees, head to Variety.
§ The Fantastic Four: First Steps has won its first prize, after production designer Kasra Farahani‘s retrofuture vision earned him an Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild, in the category of Fantasy Feature Film. Frankenstein‘s Tamara Deverell won the Period Feature Film prize, while KPop Demon Hunters‘ Mingjue Helen Chen and Dave Bleich were recognized in the category for Animated Features. Andor‘s Luke Hull also won the award for a One Hour or Fantasy Single-Camera Series. For the full list of winners and nominees, head to the ADG’s website.
§ Netflix dropped a final trailer for One Piece: Into the Grand Line (the second season of the live-action show) ahead of its release next week on Tuesday, March 10.
§ Speaking of shows based on manga, IGN released an exclusive trailer for Rooster Fighter. The anime, starring Shū Sakuratani‘s unlikely action hero, will premiere on Adult Swim on Sunday, March 15.
§ Animation Magazine reports an animated film version of Siberian Haiku is in the works. The 2017 graphic novel, by Jurga Vilė and Lina Itagaki, told the true story of a Lithuanian boy deported with his family to a work camp in Siberia in 1941. Vilė will co-write the Lithuanian-French-Belgian co-production with Christelle Berthevas (Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas), and Sylwia Szkiladz (Autokar) will direct.
§ Finally, Tom Holland and Zendaya have reportedly tied the knot. The actress’s stylist, Law Roach, told Access Hollywood at the Actor Awards, “The wedding has already happened. You missed it.” The Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home, and No Way Home stars, both 29, met on the set of Homecoming in 2016, and went public with their relationship in 2021, before getting engaged in 2025. They will both appear in this summer’s The Odyssey (out July 17), and reprise the roles of Peter Parker and MJ in Spider-Man: Brand New Day on July 31.
