#Josh Trujillo

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Solicitation for Sonic the Hedgehog: Spring Broken

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Dream Daddy 

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Out this week: Blue Beetle #7 (DC, $3.99): 

Josh Trujillo and Adrian Gutierrez welcome several guest artists in this issue, including Cully Hamner, Jeff Lemire and Howard Porter, as they pay tribute to the late Keith Giffen. Trujillo even shared a list of suggested reading material to check out before reading the issue, and base don what he has there, this should be a fun issue.

See what else is arriving at your local comic shop this week

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Starfire and Blue Beetle (Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #3)

Written: Josh Trujillo

Art: Adrián Gutiérrez

Colors: Wil Quintana

Letters: Lucas Gattoni

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BATMAN URBAN LEGENDS no.16 • cover art • Ejikure [June 2022]

Batman and Zatanna stand up against the curse they’ve been facing throughout their whole relationship! Ace and his Super-Pet compatriots make their last stand. Will the new Birds of Prey crumble because of their lack of trust in each other? And we go back in time for a Batman and Alfred team-up story where Alfred’s taking the lead on the action!

Written By: Vita Ayala, Mark Russell, Che Grayson, and Josh Trujillo

Artists: By Nikola Cizmesija, Karl Mostert, Serg Acuna, and Rosi Kampe

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Ejikure

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Josh Trujillo, the writer of Blue Beetle: Graduation Day, has news!:

“It’s official! Adrián Gutiérrez, Lucas Gattoni, Wil Quintana, and I are reuniting for a new #BlueBeetle ONGOING SERIES launching in September! We can’t thank the fans enough for championing our story for years! We hope you love issue 6, and get ready for SCARAB WAR! 💙🪲”

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Protests aren’t working. The lawmakers are against us. They think we’re weak. What are we supposed to do in the face of hopelessness?

The full Apollo, Midnighter, and Alan Scott story in DC Pride (2023) #1

(Josh Trujillo, Don Aguillo)

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I have seen almost no Legion fan on here talking about the fact that Blue Beetle #7 featured guest appearances from the Five Years Later Legion, specifically Kent Shakespeare, Laurel Gand, Celeste Rockfish, and Devlin O'Ryan fighting against B.I.O.N.

Was everyone just underwhelmed with it or did no one know? Because this is the first time we've seen a different Legion besides the Retroboot and the Hell Legion-I MEAN the Bendisboot appear in a new issue.

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Blue Beetle #1 (2023)

Scarab Wars

Chapter one

Dawn of dc

Dc

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DC Comics Preview: Blue Beetle #8

Read a preview of Blue Beetle #8 from DC Comics, written by Josh Trujillo with art by Adrián Gutiérrez, in both English and Spanish.

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From Blue Beetle - Graduation Day #5, written by Josh Trujillo, and illustrated by Adrian Gutiérrez

Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle's new Legado Armor is just Kamen Rider Gatack Hyper Form. I can hear LORD OF THE SPEED playing in the background when this armor first showed up!

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DC's Pride Anthology Returns in May

DC's Pride Anthology Returns in May #comics #comicbooks #lgbtq

DC Pride is back again with a brave, bold, and all-new collection of stories starring DC’s stable of fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ characters—many of whom will find themselves in thrilling team-ups the likes of which you’ve never seen before! DC’s 2023 Pride collection of books and comics will be available at your local comic book shop, bookstore, library, and beyond, delivering bold stories, brave…

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Blue Beetle will face a ‘Scarab War’ in September

The ‘Graduation Day’ creative team will continue to tell stories featuring Jaime Reyes this fall.

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Josh Trujillo did a q&a and here's what I took note of:

Brenda's "biggest arc" is coming up. Also Josh wants to be careful before commenting on Brenda's ethnicity

Another arc will be about the Legado armor, and bringing Jaime and Khaji closer through it

Gloria and Marisol take jaime shopping, along with Starfire

The Blood Scarab is both a Khaji Da villain and a Jaime Reyes villain, which I think means he's going to be personal to them both? He also connects Jaime to Dan through the origin of the Scarab

Bart isn't showing up anytime soon, sorry YJ fans

All these talks of future arcs makes it sound like this book has a lot of issues ahead, which is comforting in today's comic climate

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Blue Beetle: Graduation Day brings fun concepts & new life to Jaime Reyes - NON SPOILER COMIC BOOK REVIEW

In honor of Blue Beetle making his live action debut this week as the DCU's first superhero, I decided to pick up a copy of Josh Trujillo's limited series Blue Beetle: Graduation Day. This is one of the three recommended reads prior to the movie from DC, and the most recent to finish its run.

Graduation Day takes place, as you'd expect, on Jaimes High School Graduation Day. After his Scarab picks up a signal from the Reach, Jaime is grounded by the Justice League, while being forced by his parents to work for his aunt in Palmera City for the summer.

Along the way Jaime meets new warriors, learns from different superhero mentors Ted Kord, Superman, and Starfire, all while learning to tackles his fears head on and become the superhero he is supposed to be.

This book serves as a status quo reset for the character, setting up the stakes for the next series, as well as new villains and heroes. While at times it can feel like chapter 1 of a larger book, it is an extremely fun read that takes place in a larger DC universe, but still feels like Jaimes story.

I appreciate Jaimes arc in this, beginning with him unsure of himself or his role in the world. While the concept is nothing new, I think it is paid off in a way that feels natural and earned. It's a story I think most people can relate to, and definitely teens.

I was surprised by how many heroes were involved in this story. It reminded me of a Justice League/Justice League Unlimited episode in the best way. Bringing in huge named heroes for small roles in the larger story is one of my favorite aspects of DC. Having such a human based character like Jaime interact with these larger than life superheroes was a lot of fun and make for some of the best panels.

My favorite inclusion may have been Starfire, who serves as the most direct mentor to Blue Beetle. Having a hero who is alien and was once a kid hero show him the ropes, absolutely genius.

An aspect of the book I absolutely love is the art and character design done by Adrián Gutiérrez and Will Quintana. They both strike a wonderful balance between classic & fresh that I love. You can see it perfectly in Starfire above. (Though I don't love Jaimes facial hair, just personally).

I found the entire comic reminded me a lot of an anime. At times moments felt big dramatic in scope and emotion, and at other times it felt silly and fun. It struck a good balance for me.

The concepts introduced including new characters, new aliens, and a new city that are all for Jaime make the hero feel more on his own in a way I love. My biggest problem with legacy characters like Jaime Reyes or Miles Morales is the lack of new antagonists that feel like their own instead of hand me downs.

Hell, even the Blue Beetle movie villain is Carapax, a Ted Kord foe, and Victoria Kord, Teds sister.

I'm not going to spoil anything about the new characters and potential villains, but I think this book sets up new mythos specifically for Jaime. Not the Justice League, not Ted Kord, Jaime. I can see the making of a new and special archenemy in the works.

I can see James Gunn using a lot of this lore in future films, television, even Justice League films if they continue on with Xolo's version of the character.

All in all, I found Graduation Day to be a fun read, a great reintroduction to the character, and the beginning of what I hope to be a great run of Blue Beetle. It definitely hyped me up for Blue Beetle opening day, and to read more from Josh Trujillo in September.

I highly recommend you pick it up at your local comic book shop, in English or in Spanish.

Blue Beetle Graduation Day #1-6 are out now.

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