Astonishing things you can read on the internet, 3/19
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Mark Evanier ponders the moment everyone panel moderator must face: opening the floor to questions. An open mike at a public event has increasingly become a magnet for people who should not be allowed near open mikes at public events. Audiences have begun to dread that portion of the program [...]
Continue ReadingCera to play SCOTT PILGRIM?
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Michael Cera is taking a break from the world of Judd Apatow to star in the SCOTT PILGRIM’S LITTLE LIFE movie, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Edgar Wright is set to direct the Michael Bacall screenplay. Cera and Wright had mutual admiration for each other’s work, which manifested itself when Wright [...]
Continue ReadingMorning studio notes: AMULET, Stranded, Dawson, Monsters, Justice League
Share this link on Facebook!TweetITEM! In case you haven’t heard, Kazu Kibuishi’s kids GN AMULET came out a few months ago, but it is already optioned and on the fast track, with Will Smith’s kids Willow and Jaden set to star as siblings who must traverse a strange world in search aided by a sinister [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet To Rich Johnston on the birth of new daughter Alice Grace Johnston!
Continue ReadingIf Obama goes to Comic-Con will he look like this?
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Many rumors abound that democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama might show up at this summer’s San Diego Comic-con. Obama, an avowed comics reader at one point in his life, may still be campaigning in July (the Democratic National Convention takes place August 25-28) and one blogger has imagined how he [...]
Continue ReadingHumor 101: Frau Blücher (wree-hee-hee)
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet In an interview with the San Jose Merucry News, Gene Wilder has solved one of the great mysteries of comedy: the origin of Frau Blücher and the horse whinny from YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. That’s FRONK-en-steen. “I chose the name because I wanted an authentic German name,” Wilder, who played the part of Dr. [...]
Continue ReadingArthur C. Clarke dies at 90
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Visionary and science fiction giant Arthur C. Clarke has died at age 90. The British-born Clarke, who lived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for decades, died early today after experiencing breathing problems, an aide, Rohan De Silva, told the Associated Press. Clarke, a former farm boy who was knighted for his contributions to literature, [...]
Continue ReadingYaoi House future clouded
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSeveral sites are picking up on a blog posting which indicates that Yaoi House, a small boys love publisher is closing up shop. [O]wner Kira Takenouchi announced that Yaoi Underground LLC will be terminated and money returned to investors, while she is surrendering her own shares of Yaoi House LLC and leaving [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’ve been delayed today by Barack Obama and now a conference call on the very important Cheese Rolling Festival that we’re consulting on. We’ll be posting this afternoon, and apologize for the delays.
Continue ReadingMichael George found guilty
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA jury has found Michael George guilty in the slaying of his wife 17 years ago. George was accused of shooting his wife, Barbara, in the head on July 13, 1990, and making the crime look like a robbery. The jury found George guilty of first-degree murder, felony firearm, insurance fraud [...]
Continue ReadingSPLAT! was all that
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’re working on a longer write-up of SPLAT, this past weekend’s Graphic Novel Symposium, for PW Comics Week, but just a quick note to say that it was a fun day for all involved. The atmosphere at The New York Center for Independent Publishing–soaring skylights, ancients banners, hardwood card [...]
Continue ReadingWizard World LA news
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet A VERY quick, doubtless incomplete round-up of stuff announced at this weekend’s Wizard World: If we missed something let us know. • There will be a “Who Do You Trust” one-shot leading into the whole Skrull take over story line. (Art via Marvel.com) • Joe Kelly is the writer leaving DC and going [...]
Continue ReadingMichael George jury deliberates
Share this link on Facebook!TweetProsecution and defense have rested, closing arguments have been made. It’s up to the jury to decide whether retailer/convention organizer Michael George killed his wife 18 years ago. The DA has argued that only George had the motive and opportunity, and that there was no robbery, as claimed. The defense [...]
Continue ReadingCavallaro's LOVIATHAN
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Mike Cavallero has posted a teaser for his new ACT-I-VATE comicsLOVIATHAN, Coming in April.
Continue ReadingP. Craig Russell discusses SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via YouTube Craig is profiled by the local paper . . . and we get a sneak peek at his adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS. This is a preview scene from “Lurid Chief” Wayne Alan Harold’s upcoming DVD profile of Craig, titled SOUND INTO IMAGE: THE ART OF [...]
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