Three things overheard at WonderCon on Friday
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet• The Beat: What are you standing in line for? Standee: It might be DC Comics….or it might just be comic books. • “Blackest Night was the most toyetic comic book of all time.” — Unnamed industry observer. • “While I am definitely not [industry superstar's] SMALLEST fan…” — Unnamed industry observer. [...]
Continue ReadingRumours updates: Kodansha, Tpop, Wizard, etc etc.
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet § Japanator weighs in on the Kodansha mystery with a pretty unequivocable Rumor squashed: Kodansha not making a move into the US market, based on a conversation with Ali Kokmen of Del Rey Manga. After a bit of a laugh at it, Ali told me that it was totally false. He was [...]
Continue ReadingGerard Butler has gone soft, SOFT I tell you
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’re pretty exhausted here at SBM. Not only are we putting the finishing touches on THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY graphic novel we’ve been editing in our space time, but this whole man vs. woman thing is surprisingly EXHAUSTING! Jeez louise, once you mention “boobs” you unleash a raging flood of bottled up [...]
Continue ReadingHarry Potter's wild ride
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe battle over who gets to build the Harry Potter theme park has been raging, and Universal was the winner, defeating Disney. However, Disney Watcher Jim Hill explains that due to J.K. Rowling’s stringent demands, Disney may be just as glad. So how’s about instead that I say that Ms. Rowling [...]
Continue ReadingPersonal to Anne Ishii
Share this link on Facebook!TweetI’ve got the coat! Let’s start a super-team!
Continue ReadingRick Olney at it again
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhile we don’t expect anyone to dive into the Legendary Rick Olney thread at CBR, Graeme has a mini round-up, but even BETTER, Olney himself has waded right into it, by YET AGAIN ANNOUNCING A CONVENTION (one of his most notorious maneuvers is cancelling cons at the last minute), and [...]
Continue ReadingHot nerd single again
Share this link on Facebook!Tweethurry up guys, Rosario Dawson and Jason Lewis have split up! : “They’re being very private about why they broke up,” says a source, “but they are for sure broken up.” Their publicist, Meredith O’Sullivan, had “no comment” for Star when asked to confirm the split. Rosario, who became famous for playing Colin Farrell’s exotic [...]
Continue ReadingTotal Scuttlebutt: Wonder Bilson
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet ‘The O.C.’ star Rachel Bilson is reportedly set to play Wonder Woman in the new comic book movie. The brunette actress – best known for playing ditzy Summer Roberts in the hit teen series – will don the famous starred hot pants and wield her gold whip in the film. Bilson has already [...]
Continue ReadingMark Millar's society notes
Share this link on Facebook!TweetMark Millar is now partying with JK Rowling at his friend Muriel’s b-day party. Who is this Muriel who knows so many literary types? Is her last name “Spark”? (Yes, we know Muriel Spark is dead.) It was my friend Muriel’s bday and her husband had a big surprise bash, one of [...]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Photo Parade Day 1
Share this link on Facebook!TweetJust a few of the wonderful sights of the show. We have achieved con. Bad Sunburn Parade: Frazier Irving. Mad Dogs and Englishmen and all that…
Continue ReadingDept. of Scandal I
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA while ago we told you about budding filmmaker Matt Busch reporting on his LiveJournal about a nasty breakup with his girlfriend, actress Sarah Wilkinson, with writer Steve Niles as the third party. We’re not going to rehash all the story because it’s just ugly stuff that should have been kept [...]
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