Share this link on Facebook!Tweeto “Nothing Dramatically Broken at DC Comics” At Comics Alliance, David Brothers takes the temperature of DC Comics, about half a year into the most recent management shake-up that replaced longtime publisher Paul Levitz with former DC Universe editor-in-chief Dan DiDio and star artist/WildStorm chief Jim Lee, and also left star writer [...]
Continue ReadingShare this link on Facebook!Tweet We’re just about to hop in the car to get down to SPX, but GMAs Spider-musical package also had an interview with director Julie Taymor which we haven’t had time to watch — but Kevin Melrose did and Taymor shows off designs for Green Goblin and Swiss Miss, which are…cutting edge. [...]
Continue ReadingShare this link on Facebook!Tweet Blow-Up: September 1 – October 16, 2010 Opening reception: Friday, September 10, 2010 6:30 pm. SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS 128 East 63 Street, New York City.
Continue ReadingThe annual pre-show party at Atomic Books in Baltimore features readings, awards, and fun.
Continue ReadingFew creators beside Richard Sala have the chops to pull this off as it should be pulled off:
Continue ReadingReeve Carney sings "Boy Falls From The Sky," one of the Bono/Edge penned songs for the Spider-Man musical this morning on GMA. Yep, that was about what we expected from the moment we heard about this project.
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Continue ReadingIt happened at Dragon*Con. Need we say more? Someone please add music, pronto, so this can become the greatest video of all times for today.
Continue ReadingWe kept meaning to link to this fascinating post by blogging/internet consultant Dan Blank about the disparate ways Disney and MGM treated their legacies, beginning with a harrowing account of the legendary MGM auction of 1970, an event equivalent to the burning of the Alexandrian library or the retreat from Leningrad in terms of movie memorabilia:
Continue ReadingOh snap! Curmudgeonly genius Alan Moore delivers one of his most vinegary interviews yet, taking to Adi Tantimadh at Bleeding Cool mostly about DC's abortive attempts to get Moore to give his blessing for those Watchmen sequels and spin-offs and what-nots. As Moore tells it, DC sent Dave "Watchmen" Gibbons to discuss the matter with Moore, which, to the shock of no one, upset Moore's feelings. Moore wonders why DC is even seeking his approval, speculating that perhaps there is some kind of legal reason for the move. (Moore doesn't seem to think that maybe they were just...trying not to hurt his feelings.) Anyway, Moore also wonders why they even need him anyway and delivers s bunch of sharp zings to today's comics creators:
Continue ReadingThey said it couldn't be done. Arising from a shambling mess of over-spending, poor planning, and bad management, against all odds the Spider-Man musical -- and its titanotheric top line of talent, including theater heavyweight Julie Taymor, guitar god Edge and immanence manifest Bono -- are actually coming to Broadway. Earlier in the week, the very first perplexing set concept art emerged, which you can see above. And today, Friday, a song from the musical will be performed for a mass audience for the first time, when Reeve Carney, who plays Spider-Man, sings one of the songs on Good Morning America. If you happen to be up and about at 7 am, you can even watch the taping.
Continue ReadingShare this link on Facebook!Tweet Fantagraphics has just announced via PR the publication of a long-lost but much alluded to comic strip by William S. Burroughs and British artist Malcolm McNeill called Ah Pook Is Here. The strip ran in the English magazine Cyclops as “The Unspeakable Mr. Hart” until the magazine folded, at which time [...]
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