Comics Internet roundup: TCJ, Wizard, Neilalien, Roger Langridge
Major changes, the Twiter brain drain affects one cartoonist, and farewell to an original.
Continue ReadingI know you are already tired of Charlie Sheen but…
In the spirit of Cthulhu Family Circus and other great remixes, Jon L. and Chris D. present Sheen Family Circus. In case you have been in Shaolin seclusion this week, actor Charlie Sheen has been on a manic-phase media run with a series of hyperventilated interviews highlighting our new found media ability to watch famous people pathetically and tragically act out right in front of us. As distasteful as it all is...these quotes are comedy gold.
Continue ReadingSpider-Man: Turn off your brain
So I finally got to see Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. I use the word "finally" although the show has only been in previews for a couple of months -- still nearly the longest preview run of any show ever. Primarily, I use it because I've been writing about this show for nearly four years. And looking back at my predictions in my very first post about the show, there is indeed a song about Mary Jane's eyes -- so that is one point for me. I also predicted it would be great -- hm, that is maybe one half a point. But NO ONE could have predicted the rest of the saga, from running out of money (after spending $60 million) to people breaking their backs, to Spider-women storming out in fear of their brains being bashed out and a parade of colorful incidents that have already made this one of the most legendary shows in Broadway history.
Continue ReadingMore layoffs at Tokyopop — UPDATE
Word is going around that LA manga publisherToykopop has laid off several more people -- including editors Lillian Diaz-Przybyl and Troy Lewter. The staff is now reduced to a mere handful of people -- including owner Stu Levy and publisher Mike Kiley. EDIT: Editor Asako Suzuki has also been laid off.
Continue ReadingNice Art: Hilary Florido and Farel Dalrymple do video games
As part of a Giant Robot Video Game art show Hilary Florido and Farel Dalrymple have created the art you see here. More in the link.
Continue ReadingNew X-MEN: FIRST CLASS posters
Two new posters for X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, the young mutants film opening this June, proving that before they grew up to become arch rivals, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) liked to stand around experimenting with Photoshop color filters.
Continue ReadingLady Gaga’s nerd-friendly world
If you like Fritz Lang, Giger, Superman, Sin City and Bernard Herrmann, you are sure to like this short SF film!
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 3/1/11
The '80s, Audrey Hepburn, Nazi paraphernalia ads in Marvel comics -- just another day in the comics webspace.
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