20 Days of Christmas: Christmas in Duckburg
Bully's running theme this month is Christmas in Duckburg -- nobody got into the holiday spirit better than Carl Barks!
Continue ReadingImage teaser: “REBEL BLOOD: IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO PREY”
A new Image teaser for a new kind of zombie book went out this afternoon...and it looks gory and pretty at the same time.
Continue ReadingBill Willingham gives his take on “Fables” vs “Once Upon A Time”
Fairy tales are hot again -- with multiple movie versions of Snow White coming out next year and two competing fairy tale set shows on TV this fall -- NBC's Grimm and ABC's Once Upon a Time -- the universality of these iconic tales is once again proved. After all, fairy tales are a fun way for kids to learn all about abandonment and death, as Bruno Bettelheim once pointed out. In all this celebration of the collective unconscious, however, it has been noticed that maybe Once Upon a Time was perhaps sleeping in the same brain as Bill Willingham's FABLES -- both deal with fairy tale characters dealing with the modern world and -- smoking gun? -- FABLES was even once in development at ABC.
Continue ReadingDeFalco Replaces Nicieza on Legion Lost – Legion of Super-Heroes is an Ex-Marvel EIC Magnet
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Todd Allen What is it about the Legion of Super-Heroes that pulls in ex-Marvel editor-in-chiefs. Roy Thomas wrote it. Gerry Conway wrote it. Jim Shooter came back for another run. Now Tom DeFalco is taking over Legion Lost with issue #7. Writing changes announced on Superman, Green Arrow and Legion Lost [...]
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Fight! Alan Moore vs Frank Miller over OWS
Once they teamed up to fight dull comics and superhero tropes with the twin pillars of 80s dark and edgy -- THE DARK KNIGHT and WATCHMEN -- but now they find themselves on opposite sides of a political battle! Okay it's not really a fight, it's middle-aged comics creators speaking their minds, but Alan Moore has rebutted Frank Miller's disparaging comments on the Occupy Wall Street movement. While Moore's work has actually become something of a symbol for the various protest movements springing up around the world as the V for Vendetta mask has become an icon at the rallies, Miller called the protesters losers who needed to go home to their momma's basement. And as usual, Moore just has no time for it:
Continue ReadingSteel is back in ACTION
The new 52 Universe is getting even more diverse with the return of Steel, who returns in ACTION #4 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales. In addition to teaming with Superman in the main story, the "John Henry Irons" of the DCU will get his very own 8-page back-up by Sholly Fisch and Brad Walker. And he'll be back for another back-up in ACTION #7. Created as one of the "variant Supermen" during the Death of Superman story, Steel had a pretty good comics run in the '90s, getting up to issue #52 of his very own series -- until he had the misfortune to star in a movie. With Steel by basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, the film is considered one of the very worst superhero movies of all time. Since then he's appeared as a back-up character here, there, and everywhere. Despite the cinematic setback, Steel has always been a pretty cool character, so it's about time he returned.
Continue ReadingShamus’s last days at the Wizard World bunker
A terse SEC filing on Friday has led to headlines all over comics: Gareb Shamus has resigned as CEO, President and Director of Wizard World, Inc., the convention-running entity of the Wizard empire. Seeing as how Shamus is the owner and founder of the company it came as a shock. But what does it really mean? Has Shamus really been ousted from his own company -- or is it just a filing to reflect some internal resource shuffling?
Continue ReadingChristmas Countdown: Tsuneo Sanda
Let's get our Christmas art parade kicked off with Japanese artist Tsuneo Sanda, one of the best known contemporary Star Wars artists -- because nothing says Christmas like Yoda. Every Star Wars Christmas image brings back distant memories of the "Star Wars Holiday Special" and Bea Arthur's bravura performance as the cantina owner. And the burning question "What do you get a wookie for Christmas (when he already owns a comb)?"
Continue ReadingIron Man 2.0 Vol. 1: Palmer Addley Is Dead – A Book With Multiple Plot Disorder
I happened across Iron Man 2.0 Vol. 1: Palmer Addley Is Dead at the library and thought I'd give it a go. I'd given the monthly version a look, but it hadn't held my attention. Sometimes, a comic reads better as a book and I've enjoyed Nick Spencer's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Infinite Vacation.
Continue ReadingGareb Shamus Out At Wizard — The Actual SEC Filing
As of last Thursday, Gareb Shamus is no longer president/CEO of Wizard World, Inc. Being publicly traded, notice of this change had to be filed with the SEC. This includes the company's report:
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: Fall 2011: Avatar Press
Alan Moore! Warren Ellis! Garth Ennis! Limited editions! And a DVD?
Continue ReadingGrant Morrison’s (Original) Avengers – Looking Back at the Steed And Mrs. Peel Re-Issue
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Todd Allen A couple weeks back, BOOM! issued a “visual press release” about Grant Morrison’s and Ian Gibson’s “Steed and Mrs. Peel.” This caused a bit of a stir as it seems a fair number of Morrison fans weren’t aware of this little gem from the early 90s. A couple of [...]
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: Fall 2011: Dynamite Entertainment
Up now: Dynamic Entertainment, publisher of comics, graphic novels, and the occasional special edition. They publish a variety of titles, from licensed properties, Golden Age and archival characters, and some amazing original work, like The Boys! So what's new? And what caught your eye?
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: Fall 2011: Random House, Part Two
I hope this has been worth the wait! Here are the independent publishers Random House distributes, and there are some lesser known (but quite good) titles here!
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