CCI: San Diego news roundup
We're gonna try not to have minutely news updates on this year's San Diego, but it's probably gonna be daily from here on out, so here's a round-up of pertinent links and ephemera. Which reminds us....isn't it time San Diego was renamed Douche Prom?
Continue ReadingScott Pilgrim Vs The World poster revealed
Via EMPIRE, the international poster. Awesomeness and excitement grows.
Continue ReadingNews: Larson/Pantoja, Anime Expo, more Marvel digital, Humanoids
Hope and Tintin, Anime Expo's diminished manga presence, and what is Marvel thinking of NEXT for their digital publishing?
Continue ReadingLoeb and Marvel TV
Jeph Loeb went on a media tour last week, talking to a bunch of websites about his new position running Marvel Television. Variationson a theme in most interviews, but piecing together a few bits of info, i's clear how this is aimed at boosting Disney's TV presence, as he told Splash Page:
Continue Reading3 1/2 day weekend Kibbles ‘n Bits
While this week's news cycle is sure to churn fiercely, here's everything you need to get you up to speed from how to watch an argument on the internet to obligatory Lermontov references to the vagaries of the passage of time.
Continue ReadingSpecial Wonder Woman Land o’ Links
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § Why is this totally AWESOME quote by Dan DiDio not getting the attention it deserves??? The pants are really intentional for the actual story itself, again § JMS notes an odd dichotomy: It’s not a case of either/or. What I found fascinating recently was a Wonder Woman reader, a [...]
Continue ReadingThe Alcott Analysis: Batman Forever
Batman Forever does something that Batman and Batman Returns were unable to do: it makes Batman a proper protagonist, with goals and desires of his own. Not merely reacting to events, Bruce/Batman is after something in Forever. His various allies and antagonists, seductions and betrayals are all thematically consistent and relevant to his struggle. This does not mean that the finished movie is without flaws. WHAT DOES THE PROTAGONIST WANT? Bruce Wayne wants to lead a "normal life." He wants to be able to fall in love, put his demons to rest and have a fully integrated personality. Life has, as life will, other plans, first in the form of Two-Face. Just as Bruce is motivated by an unending revenge for his parents’ death, Two-Face is motivated by an irrational desire for revenge upon Batman. Two-Face’s sense of justice (arbitrary and cruel) and divided-down-the-middle personality are twisted mirrors of Bruce. Bruce would love nothing better than to put away Two-Face, settle down with that nice Dr. Meridian (astonishingly, yet another blonde with a bat obsession — how lucky can one guy get?) and hang up his cape for good.
Continue ReadingNew Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, announced — now with video
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Variety is reporting that Sony has found its new Peter Parker and it’s British actor Andrew Garfield, previously seen in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS and upcoming in THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Garfield will star in a new series of Spider-Man movies focusing on young adult concerns and superheroics, to be directed by [...]
Continue ReadingThe secret history of comics
Ken Quattro uncovers the transcript of testimony in the 1939 lawsuit DC vs Victor Fox. The suit involved C suing the other publisher for a Superman knock-off which has been producer by the Eisner./Iger shop and then 22/year/old Eisner was called on to testify, an event covered in both the Andelman/Eisner biography and The Dreamer.
Continue ReadingBriefs & Boxers! 06/30/10
This week, a quick one, while he's away: Are Chris Ware and John Romita Jr. working in the same medium? Was Wonder Woman in the Avengers back in 1993? Do you still not care about the World Cup? And does the most interesting new comics release this week start with a "W," too?
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Zuda Comics WEBSITE shut down
About half an hour ago a memo was sent to Zuda creators announcing that the original digital comics line was being shut down. A few of the better known Zuda titles, such as I Rule the Night, Bayou and HIgh Moon will be folded into the newly announced DC Digital program.
Continue ReadingTRIPWIRE has new issue
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet TRIPWIRE Magazine, the excellent comics magazine edited by Joel Meadows, will have a new issue out in time for you-know-what. PR Below. TRIPWIRE is back with another info-packed issue! The Eagle-nominated British-American magazine about comics and genre culture returns this July bringing even more of the quality features youíd expect from our [...]
Continue ReadingWhat Wonder Woman covers tell us about ourselves
A look at most of the past 600 issues of Wonder Woman's various runs show many changing fashions in heroism, art styles and just how much of a butt shadow you can safely show.
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