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Chicago – The legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 74 years young on April 16th, 2021, and the athlete/activist is more in demand than ever. With a commitment to social justice his entire basketball career, his achievements in that pursuit shine as bright as his record-breaking days on the b-ball court. Photographer Joe Arce publishes an Exclusive Photo of Jabbar from 2016, when he appeared at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, through Anderson’s Bookshop.

Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor in New York City, and topping out at 7-ft-2-in., Jabbar began dominating the roundball scene early with three straight high school championships in the 1960s. At UCLA, he helped Coach John Wooden win three straight NCAA championships from 1967-69. He began his commitment to social justice during his college years, boycotting the 1968 Olympic team due to the treatment of blacks, converted to Islam during the same period and changed his named to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

We have a cool new poster for you, to get you excited about the fast-approaching season four revival of the hit series Veronica Mars. Between now and the season premiere, fans actually have a lot to look forward to.

This week at Comic-Con in San Diego, the stars and creators of the series will appear at the Veronica Mars panel on Friday, July 19th, at 11:30 a.m., where they will premiere the first episode and give exclusive details to the attendees.

We will keep you posted as to what we hear. Check out the poster below and let us know if you’re super stoked for the upcoming season of Veronica Mars on Hulu, July 26th.

Here’s the synopsis for the series:

Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the family of one...

We’ve got a new intense trailer for Veronica Mars Season 4 for you to check out today and it teases more details on the story that this next chapter entails. Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) finds herself thrust into an intense and heavy situation and her home town of Neptune comes under attack by a serial bomber. She is on the hunt for the killer and suspects that J.K. Simmons has something to do with it.

I’m so happy that this series has been brought back for at least one more season. I hope this isn’t the end, but I’ll enjoy whatever I can get!

Here’s the synopsis for the series:

Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the family of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica...

Hulu has released a new trailer for the upcoming Veronica Mars revival series, and it gives us our best look yet at what we can expect from the story. In this next chapter of the series, Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) finds herself investigating a mysterious crime wave that involves explosions and murders in her hometown of Neptune, California.

Here’s the synopsis for the series:

Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the family of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica is drawn into an epic eight-episode mystery that pits the enclave’s wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast’s answer to Daytona Beach.

When previously talking about the revival,...

The most surprising face to join Hulu’s upcoming Veronica Mars revival might actually be behind the scenes: Last September, executive producer Rob Thomas revealed that the show’s writing staff includes none other than NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (Check out the announcement tweet below.)

The former basketball icon is also a bestselling author who has written many books, including a novel about Sherlock Holmes’ brother Mycroft, in addition to contributing columns to various publications. But how did Abdul-Jabbar find himself penning dialogue for Veronica & Co.?

“It’s kind of a crazy story,” Thomas tells TVLine. “He’s quite a Renaissance man…...

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has revealed more casting for the upcoming revival coming to Hulu and as you’ll see, there are a lot of familiar faces.

Jason Dohring (Logan), Francis Capra (Weevil), Percy Daggs III (Wallace) and David Starzyk (Richard Casablancas) are all set to reprise their roles in the upcoming 8-episode season. Thomas also revealed the writing team for the series. You can check out his announcement tweets below:

Here’s who we have booked for the #VeronicaMars series, so far. @jason_dohring, @franciscapra, @PD3Official, @dstarzyk, and, of course, @IMKristenBell.

Here’s an early wardrobe photo to get us all in the mood. pic.twitter.com/Xm0OMT2vFG

— Rob Thomas (@RobThomas) September 25, 2018

The #VeronicaMars writing staff!@DavidWalpert, @RickFoxTheActor, @rugz19, @kaj33 & Raymond Obstfeld.

And yes, if you’re brilliant and give yourself a #PartyDown Twitter handle, I'll hire you. Or, you could be the NBA’s all time leading scorer,...

Some familiar faces will be joining Kristen Bell in Hulu’s upcoming Veronica Mars revival with series alums Jason Dohring (Logan), Francis Capra (Weevil), Percy Daggs III (Wallace) and David Starzyk (Richard Casablancas) all returning for the eight-episode series.

“Here’s who we have booked for the #VeronicaMars series, so far. @jason_dohring, @franciscapra, @PD3Official, @dstarzyk, and, of course, @IMKristenBell, creator Rob Thomas tweeted Tuesday, along with “an early wardrobe photo to get us all in the mood.”

Here’s who we have booked for the #VeronicaMars series, so far. @jason_dohring, @franciscapra, @PD3Official, @dstarzyk, and, of course, @IMKristenBell.

Here’s an early wardrobe photo to get us all in the mood. pic.twitter.com/Xm0OMT2vFG

— Rob Thomas (@RobThomas) September 25, 2018

Thomas also revealed the revival’s writers.

“The #VeronicaMars writing staff! @DavidWalpert,...

Chris Longo Jul 19, 2019

All eight episodes of Veronica Mars Season 4 are now available on Hulu, Kristen Bell announced at Sdcc 2019.

A second revival for Veronica Mars is now officially a reality. Hulu secured a deal to become the streaming home for the series, and has reunited series creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell for a short run of new episodes.

Veronica Mars previously ran for three seasons and 64 episodes. Seasons one and two ran on Upn and the third season aired on the rebranded CW, ending its run in 2007. Bell starred as Veronica Mars, a high school student who becomes a private investigator with the help of her detective father.

read more: How Veronica Mars Transcended Its Many Genres

The series earned a cult following and fan support lead to a Kickstarter funding of a movie revival in 2014, raising $5.7 million for the production. The film, set nine years after...

Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld | Art by Joshua Cassara | Published by Titan Comics

This being Issue 5 means this is the last issue, in these days of “5 issues make the perfect graphic novel collection size”. Sometimes that artificial restriction does impact on the story, as pacing goes noticeably awry when too much padding is thrown in, or two issues worth of story in one issue. Mycroft Holmes has avoided all that luckily, pacing has been spot on, each development spinning out of the other organically, and I am guessing this series will be as enjoyable as a single session read as it has been in five bite size chunks. Time to chew on that final piece then, let’s hope it’s tasty.

For those that came in late, buy the collection if possible as you’ve missed a lot, but basically Mycroft Holmes has been on a mission to find The Apocalypse Handbook.

Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld | Art by Joshua Cassara | Published by Titan Comics

This was a pleasant surprise on my reading pile last time round. I didn’t really have that high expectations of a comic featuring Sherlock Holmes’s brother (why would you?) but I like the direction they went, in showing us how Mycroft went to being the pillar of the establishment he is in later years because of the adventures he had in his younger years. Clever idea. This Mycroft is a playboy, equally as smart as his to be more famous brother Sherlock, but more socially active, more handsome, though also more self-serving.

Last issue saw Queen Victoria, and a very good imitator, recruit Mycroft to help avert disaster for the British Empire. A whole load of steampunk tech created under Royal approval, not intended to be weapons but converted into them, had had their blueprints stolen.

Written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld | Art by Joshua Cassara | Published by Titan Comics

I missed the first issue of this series, so will have to try and read that at some point, but the first thing that struck me about this series was the fact it was being written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Yes, That Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Turns out the former basketball superstar is also an actor, award winning writer and a Us cultural ambassador…and a writer of comic books featuring Sherlock Holmes more intelligent brother Mycroft. Apparently Kareem is a bit of a Sherlock fan, and has co-wrote a Sherlock prose novel too. Who says comics aren’t educational, I just learnt a whole lot I never knew. But I digress.

To those not up on their Sherlock Holmes background, Mycroft Holmes is Sherlock’s even more intelligent older brother. The two of them have something of a love/ hate relationship,...

This August, Titan Comics is thrilled to team with NBA All-star and Polymath legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook: a brand new standalone comic book adventure that uncovers the secrets of the elder Holmes brother.

Kareem’s passion for the character is evident, having already written a novel based around Mycroft. His Mycroft Holmes novel published in September 2015 to critical applause. Described by Academy Award winning screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown) as “beautifully written and full of intrigue,” the novel garnered high profile media attention around the globe with pieces appearing in Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine, The Guardianand The London Times, and many more. Covering the announcement, The New York Times noted Abdul-Jabbar’s numerous credits even “rival [that of] Conan Doyle himself.”

An all-new adventure, The Apocalypse Handbook sees the diffident, brilliant Mycroft pulled into a globe-spanning adventure at the behest of Queen Victoria and a secret organization...