Del Rey update
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet In the recent manga cutbacks, one company has remained conspicuous by their silence — Del Rey’s manga line, mostly licensed from Kodansha, has been quietly downsizing for months, with fewer and fewer titles coming out, and an increased emphasis on their home-made manga-like books, such as their Avatar graphic novels. [...]
Continue ReadingCosplayers make fun of Westboro Baptist Church bigots
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The biggest sociological story here at SDCC10 on Thursday was definitely the Cosplay counter protest against Westboro Baptist Church’s protest. The cosplayers outnumbered the con protesters — who had come for the health care conference goings-on at the Hyatt, and beat the bigots at their own game. Viva la fandom! Comics [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: Thursday, a day crowded with incident
And now, the news... Comics to Screen Joss Whedon has officially confirmed he will direct THE AVENGERS. There is now, officially, a chance in hell it will pass the Bechdel test.
Continue ReadingThe day at CON: Helen Mirren salutes Harvey Pekar
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Classy lady! Helen also commented on the late Harvey Pekar by wearing a shirt with his name. “It was a great graphic artist and I want to salute him today,” she said.
Continue ReadingWhile all the women came and went
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhile the ever-fashionable, erudite, and hobnobbing Beatrix navigates the nerd herd of Comic-Con, I continue Watchtower duty her at stately Beat Manor, munching on Double Stuff Oreos and quaffing Diet Mountain Dew. Once again, I have found the unusual and unseen, because that’s what Comic-Con is all about… discovering that which [...]
Continue ReadingAlan Moore says No to “Dopey Prequels and Sequels”, WATCHMEN, and possibly comics
Comics mastermind Alan Moore, creator of creator of WATCHMEN, not to mention V FOR VENDETTA, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, and many, many more says he's told DC Comics to go jump in a lake. According to Moore in an interview with Wired's blog, Underwire, DC offered him the rights to WATCHMEN back in exchange for writing "some dopey sequels and prequels".
Continue ReadingMarvel announces STRANGE TALES 2
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Marvel announced a second series of STRANGE TALES, indies-do-superheroes, at their Mondo Marvel panel this afternoon. It will be a three-issue miniseries with no ads. While hardly a surprise since contributors had been leaking this like crazy for months, it’s still welcome news The list of contributors includes: Alex Robinson, [...]
Continue ReadingDay 1 notes
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Well, it’s been nuts, to say the least. We’re about to dash into our ONLY APPEARANCE OF THE CON: 1:30 Room 3, we’ll be interviewing guests Van Jensen and Dusty Higgins on their work and lives. A few things we’ve noted thus far: – Security is WAY BETTER this year. WAY better. We [...]
Continue ReadingSCOTT PILGRIM cast presents at Eisners
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWell there you go, no sooner do I get off a good rant than they announce the very thing I proposed! Members of the cast of Universalís Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World are kicking off the awards ceremony for the 22nd annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Friday night as part of [...]
Continue ReadingWill the media ever find the comics in Comic-Con again?
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet As we wander the halls of Valhalla here at Movie-Con, there’s lot of those upstart comic book people clogging the aisles. Can’t they get out of the way so we can get to the White Collar panel? In the run-up to the show, the media was full of self-referential “Can they [...]
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Party Poop: Machete
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet This is not comics, but it sounds too cool not to post.
Continue ReadingDC “may soon move to LA”
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Geoff Johns and Diane Nelson are riding to the rescue of Warner Bros. as they ready Green Lantern and Wonder Woman to become the blockbusters they were destined to be, according to this profile in the LA Times by Geoff Boucher and Ben Fritz. The industry odd couple — she previously managed [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: The Con-Torsten-ist: All Along the Watchtower
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Torsten Adair While the Beatrix goes forth among the ravenous hordes of Comic-Con International, I remain at stately Beat Manor, stuck on monitor duty. So, while we wait for news from the Californian Cannes, let’s see what’s been happening online! Bored? As reported here, CCI:SD hopes to lock down hotel space to [...]
Continue ReadingParty Poop: Pop Candy Meetup
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet There are lots and lots of events at Comic-Con, but The Beat also endorses the Pop Candy Meetup, hosted by our pal, Whitney Matheson!
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