From Comics Beat

From The Wall Street Journal

“Next year, Nickelodeon will unveil the “The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra,” the channel’s highly-anticipated follow-up to its animated show “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”

Here’s an exclusive first look at Korra, the heroine of the new series. The art was provided by the creators of the show.”

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VAs for Korra Announced!

Janet Varney as KORRA
Kiernan Shipka as JINORA
Daniel Dae Kim as HIROSHI SATO
David Faustino as MAKO
Seychelle Gabriel as ASAMI
Lance Henriksen as LIEUTENANT
JK Simmons as TENZIN

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And a list of “official” VAs who are voicing unnamed characters:

Robert Paulsen
Eva Marie-Saint
Dee Bradley Baker
Dante Basco
Richard Epcar

And apparently, this show is now called “The Last Airbender, the Legend of Korra”?  Or something?

MILWAUKIE, OR – Feb. 2011 – Following the breakout success of last year’s Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series, Dark Horse is proud to collaborate with Nickelodeon on a comprehensive publishing program built around this beloved and exciting Emmy-winning animated series!

The first installment of this new series will be released on Free Comic Book Day, May 7, with two introductory short stories — including the unpublished tale “Relics” and the iconic Dirty Is Only Skin Deep… This free comic will be packaged with Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars in a special flip-book comic, available only at your local comic book shop.

Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures will be released TK. This all-new 240-page comic book contains over 70 pages of never-before-seen material in addition to long-out-of-print comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine. With 26 stories set in Airbender continuity and created by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series, this is an essential addition to any fan’s bookshelf.

Additionally, Dark Horse will create all-new Airbender stories that will be published as digest-style original graphic novels—conveniently sized paperback collections—in early 2012. Picking up where the season three finale left off, this new series will follow the further adventures of Aang and his friends, as they help to rebuild a world torn apart by 100 years of war.

“We had a great experience collaborating with Dark Horse on Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series,” series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino said. “We are excited to work closely with them once again to bring the further adventures of Avatar Aang and his friends to the comic world.”

Fans are invited to sign up for additional news at our official website: http:///digital.darkhorse.com.

Source: Wired.com

“Choose as many people as you want from your fandom. Write a sentence or two about how you feel about them. It could be as simple as “you always make me smile,” or “I love your icons.” Just something you would like to tell them.”

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Also read the love from Valentines Day 2010.  <– I noticed like…yesterday that some nice Anon gave me a shout out last year. -__-;  Thanks, Anon. *hugs*

Title: Soldier Girl
Author’s Name: beckyh2112
Giftee’s Name: loopy777
Characters: Hahn/Suki, Kitana (OC), Fire Nation soldiers
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Suki tries to take a badly-hurt Kyoshi Warrior to safety. Unfortunately, they find there’s no safety in the lands all around them. But they do find a Water Tribe boy.
( Soldier Girl, for loopy777 )

Title: Lady On Fire
Author Name: loopy777
Giftee’s Name: hedgehog39
Characters: Sokka, Ty Lee, Original Characters, Zuko (cameo), Mai (cameo)
Summary: Sokka and Ty Lee go undercover to hunt a Warlord, but is more going on beneath the casual flirting?z
Rating: +PG
( Lady On Fire, for hedgehog39 )

Title: Untitled
Author Name: Lavanya Six
Giftee’s Name: Moonyazu9
Characters: Longshot/Jet
Summary: Longshot sees everything and everyone, and he accepts them.
Rating: T
( [Untitled], for [Moonyazu9] )

Title: In the Dark and the Chill and the Rain
Author Name: Tei
Giftee’s Name: Autumn
Characters: Jin x Longshot
Summary: Just because the war is over doesn’t mean there isn’t clean-up to be done. Unfortunately, Ba Sing Se is a big place, and Longshot is but one man who is gradually approaching the end of his rope. What he wouldn’t give for a friendly face…
Rating: PG-13, for a single four-letter word.
( In the Dark and the Chill and the Rain, for Autumn )

Title: Inseparable
Author Name: spyridona
Giftee’s Name: ourladyofworms
Characters: Roku/Sozin
Summary: Growing up, they were always together.
Rating: PG-13
( Inseparable, for ourladyofworms )
Title: The Smart Thing
Author Name: shadowsong26
Giftee’s Name: the_little_lion
Characters: Ursa/Zhao, with appearances from Ozai and Ursa’s mother.
Summary: When Ursa finds out about her lover being challenged to a duel, her reaction ends up showing her exactly what she wants from them.
Rating: PG-13 ( The Smart Thing, for the_little_lion )

Title: Hello Again
Author Name: arathe
Giftee’s Name: dark_puck
Characters: Zuko/Teo
Summary: By chance or choice, Zuko and Teo keep crossing paths.
Rating: G
( Hello Again, for Dark Puck )

Title: Parched
Author Name: neldluva
Giftee’s Name: shadowsong26
Characters: Azulon/Kanna
Summary: While engaging on his campaign to conquer the Earth Kingdom, Fire Lord Azulon takes a brief detour to … enjoy the scenery.
Rating: PG13
( Parched for shadowsong26 )

Title: Foresight
Author Name: Loopy777
Giftee’s Name: lavanyasix
Characters: Bumi, Aunt Wu, Cool White-Haired Guy</b>
Summary: Having helped win the War, Bumi takes time out of his leisurely trip home to get his fortune told.
Rating: G
Note: Special thanks to avocado_love for the beta-read!
( Foresight, for lavanyasix )

Title: Business Trip
Author: Dark Puck
Giftee: Arathe
Characters: Teo and Zuko
Rating: PG/K+
Summary: During a business trip to the Fire Nation, Teo runs into Firelord Zuko. Teo/Zuko; WAFF. (Takes place three years after Sozin’s Comet; runs concurrently with Making Change by beckyh2112.)
( Business Trip, for Arathe )

Title: No Need for Words
Author Name:Erica bouncy_erbear
Giftee’s Name: Abraxas
Characters: Hakoda, Bato, mentions of Kya, Katara, and Sokka
Summary: A journey through the shared life of Bato and Hakoda.
Rating: PG-13
( [No Need for Words], for [Abraxas] )

Title: New Favorite Thing
Author Name: suzukiblu
Giftee’s Name: bouncy_erbear
Characters: Aang/Zuko
Summary: Aang thinks this must be his most embarrassing new favorite thing EVER.
Rating: PG-13
( New Favorite Thing, for bouncy_erbear )

Title: under the covers
Author Name: moldycookies
Giftee’s Name: beckyh2112
Characters: Katara/Haru
Summary: When Zuko and Aang attempt to impress Katara, she quickly becomes annoyed by her tactics; luckily, Haru is there to help her out with her little problem.
Rating: PG-13
Notes: My GOODNESS, I am SO SORRY. Arg, I’m gonna go maim my computer files for being stupid later.
( [under the covers], for [beckyh2112] )

Title: Beautiful
Author Name: hedgehog39
Giftee’s Name: bebopsamurai
Characters: Mai/Katara
Summary: Mai helps Katara in dressing.
Rating: PG-13
( Beautiful, for bebopsamurai )

Title: Chasing Spotlights
Author Name: the_little_lion
Giftee’s Name: neldluva
Characters: Ty Lee, Aang
Summary: Ty Lee has always been part of a matched set. That’s about to change.
Rating: PG
( Chasing Spotlights, for neldluva )

Title: If Not Time
Author Name: OurLadyOfWorms (Iris)
Giftee’s Name: Kansan Entrails
Characters: Kuei, Zei, Won Shi Tong. Kuei/Zei.
Summary: On a quest for knowledge, Kuei finds his way into Won Shi Tong’s library.
Rating: G
( [If Not Time], for [Kansan Entrails] )

Title: Of Earth
Author Name: spyridona
Giftee’s Name: dapperzombie
Characters: Toph/Jet
Summary: She can tolerate him; she might even like him.
Rating: PG
( Of Earth, for dapperzombie )

Title: Steam
Author Name: moonys_autumn
Giftee’s Name: spyridona
Characters: Hakoda/Ozai
Summary: After capturing the escaped ex-Firelord, Hakoda’s head is full of steam.
Rating: PG
( Steam, for spyridona )

Information:

Co-creators of the original series (Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko) will write all of the episodes.

Why a female Avatar:

• Large audience of females of original show
• Adoration of headstrong female characters by fan base
• Time for a big action franchise with a female in the lead

Expected to be darker, more mature than original show; HOWEVER, they’re not attempting to target a new audience.

Dante Basco (Zuko) said he will return to voice a character

• Confirmed (via Twitter) that it will have something to do with Zuko
• One of the new episodes will be entitled “Skeleton in the Closet”

The Track Team (composers for the show) has said that the music will be “the Roaring ’20s with an Asian twist.”

More from crazycorgilady…

Comment if I’ve missed any important news tidbits.

I tweaked .css{mayo}’s ChocoTheme to give it some Fire Nation flair. <3  I love the way it turned out so much that I don’t even care that the site has no header banner.

I’m researching widgets (plug-ins) that will let users chat, post A:TLA/TLA/Korra related images, and add their own links to a links page.  But I haven’t used WordPress in so long, I don’t know which one of these third party plug-ins works and which ones don’t.

A few quick notes:

• If you’re interested in affiliating with Iroh.org, so that your site’s link can be featured on the right-hand sidebar, send me an e-mail requesting affiliation.  If yours is an A:TLA, TLA, or Legend of Korra specific site, I’ll hook you up. :)
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