When indies go super
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Giant Robot NY has a swell online gallery of images from their recent Free Ice Cream show, including R. Kikuo Johnson, Alison Cole, Anders Nilsen and Jeffrey Brown. But sharp-eyed John Jakala notices that Johnson has posted pages from his “Marvel Indie Anthology” story starring the Thing, The Puppet Master [...]
Continue ReadingMorning Briefing: IRON MAN, FOUNDATION, LOST SQUAD, etc.
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § Over at his MySpace blog, director Jon Favreau reports on the completion of photography for Iron Man: Principal photography ended with a huge bang as we filmed the final scenes of Iron Man in Caesar’s Palace. As many of you already know, gambling is a casino’s top priority. A production can [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!TweetA lot of stuff to catch up on. So just the quick hits: § John Jakala looks at manga that don’t hold up over multiple volumes: Death Note – Man, I loved the early volumes of this series, with the mental mind games between the main characters. They were pure crack in comic [...]
Continue ReadingMcPherson does Hellboy
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Artist Tara McPherson has designed a limited edition Hellboy for Dark Horse : We began our Qee line with the classic 2.5 inch Hellboy Qee. Next up, the much-coveted large size 8″ Qee. Hellboy and Qee fans can rejoice and unite in toy heaven! We asked Mike Mignola to pick an artist to [...]
Continue ReadingTo Do Tonight: Chicago Bertozzi, Hornschemeier, Grossman
Share this link on Facebook!TweetTonight Bookslut Presents: June Reading: Wednesday, June 27 8:00pm Stop Smiling Storefront 1371 N. Milwaukee Avenue Paul Hornschemeier The Holy Consumption Nick Bertozzi Official website Author Austin Grossman Read an excerpt from Soon I Will Be Invincible cover
Continue ReadingPERSEPOLIS film removed in Thailand
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThai officials have cancelled a screening of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis after complaints from the Iranian Embassy: The Bangkok International Film Festival has dropped the Cannes prize-winning animated movie “Persepolis” which had been skedded as new-look Thai fest’s opening movie. Tuesday move followed a request from the Iranian Embassy in Bangkok. “We have had [...]
Continue ReadingPWCW notes
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHey kids, a little cross over special. Due to a technical glitch this week’s issue of PW Comics Week had to go out this morning. You will not want to miss it, however, as it contains: * Douglas Wolk’s MoCCA report * An interview with Rick Spears and Rob G talking about [...]
Continue ReadingMoCCA wrap up
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet About 7600 blog posts, Flickr streams and actual news stories later, it’s kind of obvious that MoCCA 2007 was the Italian Renaissance of Indie comics or something. A Golden Era. Camelot. You name it. Memories are suffused in a silvery haze of comics, waffles and scones. It was pretty wonderful, [...]
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The Ultimate Fighter Finale
Share this link on Facebook!TweetRafael Kayanan has bowed in with his comments on Saturday’s Ultimate Dighter live finale, which was all fights all the time. You will find his commentary under the cut, as well as a few notes from The Beat.
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Continue ReadingTeshkeel on FRONTLINE
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe 99, and Teshkeel publishing, the Arab-themed comics line, will be on the PBS documentary series FRONTLINE tonight, according to a letter from Teshkeel’s Naif Al-Mutawa: About year ago, an award winning filmmaker, Isaac Solotaroff (www.visioningtibet.com) began following the development of THE 99. Recently, he came to Kuwait to talk about the [...]
Continue ReadingRENT GIRL to Showtime
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet At her blog, Laurenn McCubbin announces the RENT GIRL TV show I have been waiting THREE YEARS to announce this, and here goes: Showtime Television has optioned RENT GIRL, by Michelle Tea and myself. The show will be Exec. Produced by Tony Jonas (Queer As Folk) and written by Shawn Schepps (Weeds, Drumline). Our [...]
Continue ReadingA few quick links
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ The Japanese Flex comics link § New York mag excerpts GOOD AS LILY § MySpace comic books previews Gilbert Hernandez § A massive list of comics podcasts. Can you add to this and/or tell us which ones are any good? We’re going to be expanding our podcast coverage here at SBM in the [...]
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