Scott Pilgrim trailer analyzed
We totally admit to having stolen the above graphic -- juxtaposing the Scott PIlgrim trailer's treatment of the Seven Evil Ex-boyfriends with the comics, from Comics Alliance. So we'll just direct you to their panel by panel examination of how the trailer reflects the comics. We'll also direct you to Splash Page, which has their "Five Favorite Scott PIlgrim Trailer Moments." After the trailer appearaed yesterday moring ""#scottpilgrim" was a treding topic on Twitter for a while, beating out even Justin Bieber and Scotty McBoogerballs, so this could be a big deal.
Continue ReadingDissidents ponder CreatorCon
As we reported yesterday, the various forces vying for Comic-Con International-- Anaheim and San Diego--are marshaling their forces via competing Facebook pages. However another rogue element has also surfaced on Facebook, namely, CreatorCon, a group which feels that the traditional San Diego gathering has become too movie focused and another event is called for: MISSION AMENDMENT: The CreatorCon mission is one of positivity and sharing, in looking for the best way to showcase, promote, and share talent and ideas in the fields of comics, graphic arts and beyond. The overall mission statement will change as we gather steam and further define our goals. We are well on our way to doing that with the amazing support so far from everyone who has joined or contributed.
Continue ReadingBattle for the Immortal Soil of Comic-Con International expands
On the San Diego Comic-Con front, things just keep getting hotter and hotter. Not only is today the day that hotel reservations have to be paid for or surrendered, but dueling Facebook pages have been launched to showcase potential future home of the one the call "Con!" You'll recall that several cities are vying for the San Diego Comic-Con-- or as it's more accurately known, Comic-Con International: San Diego. See if they move it, they even have a name for it. A lack of space in the convention center and surrounding hotels has the folks who run CCI seriously looking at other venues for when their contract runs out in 2012.
Continue ReadingMore SCOTT PILGRIM stills
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Universal released a bunch of Scott Pilgrim stills to go along with the trailer today, so here ya go — click for larger versions. (Yes a few have been seen before but now they are all in ONE PLACE!)
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One wrestler finds life outside the ring extremely geeky
Life outside the wrestling ring is often as harsh as life inside it. One has only to look at the long list of dead wrestlers to see that the occupation takes a brutal toll on its practitioners-- not just drugs but injuries, car crashes, violence and the general wear and tear of a 300-days-a-year schedule of very real physical exertion. But the men and women who chose this lifestyle do it because they love it, and giving up the hyper-intensity of the wrestling life is a difficult transition for nearly everyone in the show -- especially considering that most wrestlers don't sock away their money and have no pension plan and lots of medical bills and might not really know what else to do.
Continue ReadingHumanoids is back
Share this link on Facebook!TweetFollowing pacts with DC Comics and, most recently, Devil’s Due, Les Humanoïdes Associés, the powerhouse French comics publishers, is back in the United States, this time giving it a go on their own. According to their editor’s blog: Beginning in March 2010, Humanoids Inc. will formally reestablish itself as a US Comic [...]
Continue ReadingWizard World Tour launches in Toronto
Controversial as it may be, the Wizard World Tour kicks off tomorrow and you can finally see what all the fuss is about. The Toronto Comic Con runs March 26-28 at the Direct Energy Center. The main website is here, with guests and programming. The comics lineup includes many locals -- Toronto being a comics hot-bed and all -- and Dale Keown, Phil Jimenez, Max Brooks, Adi Granov and Gail Simone. Media guests include Costas Mandylor (SAW), Betsy Russell (SAW), Magda Apanowicz (Caprica), David Richmond Peck (V), Doug Jones (Silver Surfer, Abe Sapien), Luciana Carro (BSG).
Continue ReadingHenry and Glenn FOREVER
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I’m not sure what this is, but I want it: Henry Rolilns and Glenn Danzig in the all-out action YOU demanded! Coming soon from Cantankerous Titles.Henry & Glenn Forever complete edition.by Tom Neely, Scot Nobles and Gin Stevens of the Igloo Tornado. This book will debut at the Stumptown Comics Festival in Portland, [...]
Continue ReadingRIP: Robert Culp
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Robert Culp, co-star of snazzy ’60s spy show I Spy and ’80s superhero spoof The Greatest American Hero, passed away Wednesday. He was 79. Culp was also known for co-starring in BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE, as well as being one of the great recurring villains (also with Beat favorite [...]
Continue ReadingDynamite and Liquid launch Grant Morrison’s 18 Days
Proving the law of physics that states that matter and Grant Morrison projects cannot truly be destroyed, only transferred from one publisher to another, Liquid has teamed with Dynamite, and Morrison's "Mahabharata" project -- announced a few years ago with now defunct Virgin Comics -- will be seeing print as an "illustrated script book" entitled 18 Days .... The original -- a classic Indian myth telling of three great warriors and their cataclysmic battles -- is the world's longest epic poem at more than 1.8 millions words, so there was certainly a lot of source material. ...Combined with the visual spectacle of Mukesh Singh's artwork, this is a book that goes beyond myth, beyond generations and beyond borders, transcending the story's origins and showing the world a dynamic new vision of gods and war,” Liquid’s CEO, Sharad Devarajan commented, “Dynamite is the ideal partner to help us bring this book to all fans of comics, pop culture and myth." ...Morrison has long had an interest in Indian myths -- see much of the Invisibles -- and he and Deepak Chopra appeared on a panel together at San Diego in 2008 to tak about aspects of the project.
Continue ReadingTWILIGHT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL “smashes sales records,” pleases fans
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia PR, the Twilight: The Graphic Novel adaptation released last week sold over 66,000 copies, which publisher Yen Press claims is a record for single week GN sales in the US. The sales success comes in the face of generally bad reviews from the comics press, especially for the bizarro lettering. [...]
Continue ReadingFantagraphics launches Marschall Books imprint
Fantagraphics and respected comics scholarship pioneer Rick Marschall have announced the new line, Marschall Books, an imprint devoted to comics, cartoons, and graphic humor. Marschall has a long legacy in comics, including launching EPIC Magazine for Marvel and a previous historical collaboration with Fantagraphics, NEMO, which plumbed comic strip history to introduce such things as Polly and her Pals to a new generation. The press release for the netire line can be read here, but here are highlights:
Continue ReadingJasper Rhodes Madden Abel joins us
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Congrats and best wishes to Jessica Abel and Matt Madden on the arrival of their new son, shown here with big sister Aldara. Jasper Rhodes Madden Abel was born in New York City on Thursday, March 18, at 10:49 AM, weighing 8 lb., 6oz.
Continue ReadingKICK-ASS premiere reveals much
Speaking of last night's KICK-ASS premiere in London, the red carpet photos got lots of buzz going.
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