MoCCA: Tania del Rio

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:05 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Tania Del Rio will be debuting a very cool looking project at MoCCA. Click above image for a bigger look. T.D.R and Wilhelm Staehle of SteelRiver Studio are proud to present the Dollar Dreadful Family Library which debuts at the jolly old MoCCA Art Fest, June 23 & 24! DDFL is a collection [...]

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Cartoonists on Tour! Argentina and Alaska

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:04 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet James Jean posts some sketches from a trip to Argentina. Dang. Go to link for larger images. Remember the McCloud family tour? We thought that was going to provide a lot more fodder than it did, but a lot of it turned out to be problems with computers and laundry and the [...]

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Repo Man comic book sequel

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:04 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet “Page out of a comic book A chicken hanging on a hook …I’ll tell you who I am, I’m the repo man” ICv2 reports that reports that ultra cult film REPO MAN will finally see its sequel developed as a graphic novel from Australian house Gestalt. Gestalt Publishing has announced that director Alex [...]

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Fanthropology

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:03 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetDamn if that name hadn’t already been taken for a blog we would so steal it! Anyhoo, our ongoing study of the state of Thunderbirds fandom was picked up by a site which asked When is a fandom dead? and the comments waxed philosophical. I would personally define a fandom as being [...]

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Cowboys and Aliens moves along in Hollywood

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:03 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetMan, timing is everything! Only yesterday we were talking about Platinum Studios, and now Variety has news of COWBOYS AND ALIENS moving along the A-list production pipeline, with Dreamworks and UNiversal teaming. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are producing, along with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The graphic novel [...]

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Stan Lee gets his own action figure

4 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:02 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’ve been doing this google keyword searching thing for like five years now, and there’s one thing we’ve learned: Stan Lee could open a can and the media would be all over it. That dude will never stop making news! Now he’s getting his own action figure: The company will pay [...]

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Watchman casting round up

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetGerard Butler…Clive Owen….Gerard Butler…Clive Owen….OH! Where were we? OH YEAH Watchmen casting news! Earlier this week AICN’s Moriarty rounded up all this is known so far. Apparently Keanu turned down Dr. Manhattan, and Jason Patric is the new pick…Okay that works. Patrick Wilson as Nite Owl and Jude Law as [...]

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NEWS FLASH: Miller NOT Directing Chandler

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2007 AT 8:00 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetJust a little “gotcha”….despite many many websites picking up yesterday’s Variety story about Frank Miller writing a script for Clive Owen, the story did NOT say that Miller was going to direct the film as many many websites — and even the Guardian!!!– stated! The story was a bit vague — [...]

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To do 6/20 NYC: Salon/Syncopated signing

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 12:01 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Wednesday, June 20th, from 6-8pm, Jim Hanley’s Universe will be hosting a signing for Nick Bertozzi’s new graphic novel, The Salon and our new anthology, Syncopated Vol.3. Many of you may not already know that Nick’s stellar cartoons adorn the new volume of Syncopated, along with a dozen or so other [...]

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MoCCA Debuts!

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 12:00 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetYou wrote in and we slapped it into an html editor! It’s that simple.

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BREAKING: WORK FOR HIRE IS BAD!!!

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 8:10 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetYet another squawk over Platinum and its long languishing library over at Comixpedia where Mike Strang pens a cautionary tale he’d like to call Never sign a Work For Hire contract with Platinum Studios! Stay away from Platinum Studios and any Work for Hire contracts if you feel attached to your creations. [...]

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MoCCA: Buenaventura Press

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 8:08 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetVarious news and notes from Buenaventura Press We’re excited to announce Ted May’s Injury Comics #1, with Jason Robards and Jeff Wilson. In a post-apocalyptic dystopia, May’s misanthropic cyborg Manleau is attacked by the Fighting Cock, a member of the feared Barnyard Animals gang. Can Manleau resist striking a bionic blow against [...]

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MoCCA: Picturebox, Canada, Dan Nadel

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 8:07 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet PictureBox has big plans this weekend. We’re releasing Matthew Thurber’s 1-800 MICE #2, Comics Comics #3 and The Ganzfeld 5: Japanada! Also, I’m curating an exhibition that’s opening Friday night… There are some other goodies, too. See the info below. See you soon. PictureBox Signing Schedule MoCCA Booths A14-16 Saturday 12-1: Lauren Weinstein and Matthew Thurber 1-2 Gary Panter [...]

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MoCCA: D&Q

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 8:07 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetHere’s who’s signing when at the Drawn & Quarterly table: Saturday, June 23rd 11:00 – 12:15 D+Q Cartoonists Showcase panel with Gabrielle Bell & Anders Nilsen 11:00 – 12:30 Miriam Katin signing 12:30 – 2:30 Gabrielle Bell & Anders Nilsen signing 2:30 – 4:30 Joe Matt signing 4:30 – 6:00 [...]

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SPEED RACER toon zooms to TV

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 20 2007 AT 8:05 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe were at the Licensing Show yesterday but will have to present out picture parade tomorrow. Lots of Speed Racer news, however, including the word that Lionsgate is producing an all new Speed racer toon for Nicktoons. The toon will have some familiar character hut upgraded a bit — Speed [...]

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