That sturdy comic strip-to-stage-to-movie warhorse Little Orphan Annie is getting a remake and now a star: Quvenzhane Wallis. he Beast of the Southern Wild star, the youngest ever Best Actress Oscar nominee, will star in a modernized remake of the stage musical. 9-year-old Wallis attended last nights Oscars looking fine, and appropriate and carrying a puppy purse.
Shocker: superheroes are doing the Harlem Shake
What is the Harlem Shake? It involves gathering your friends in a messy room and jigging about merrily while wearing costumes and/or masks. Good old fashioned fun, really. Although the Harlem Shake is a real dance going back a decade or more and performed in Harlem, the new dance is for those too uncoordinated to do it Gangnam Style.
First Look: The Fabulous Killjoys comic finally coming out in June – UPDATED
One of the great comics from the Plane of Limbo, The Fabulous Killjoys is finally coming out this June, with a Free Comic Book Day preview. You may recall this collaboration between My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, writer Shaun Simon and artist Becky Cloonan is the print component of MCR’s 2010 SF concept album, Danger […]
Video: Dash Shaw animates Sigur Rós
Seraph from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo. Describing the work of Dash Shaw as “unique” strains the meaning of the word: childlike and formalist, preoccupied with the physical body and and the larger body of the family. Since his books the massive family drama Bottomless Belly Button and eerie sci-fi Body World, he’s […]
Nice art: Jim Rugg covers Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever #1…
Jim Rugg does an alternate cover for Tom Neely’s comic about Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig as a bickering old married couple. A new volume Henry and Glenn Forever & Ever is upcoming. This is the kind of variant we can get behind! Heidi MacDonald Heidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of […]
“Ask for Janice” as Jim Mahfood salutes the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique
Few albums have the mystique and legacy of Paul’s Boutique, released pver 20 years ago by the Beastie Boys. LA artist Jim Mahfood is saluting the classic album with a release of his rare 2007 mini-comic inspired by the album, GO ASK JANICE, which is available in a limited edition of 100, as a standalone […]
SDCC12: Bongo Announce A Coldplay Comic
Bongo Comics have announced a new comic for next year, which they’ll also be unveiling at SDCC. And it’s based on Coldplay’s 5th album, Mylo Xyloto.
Nice art: Paul Gulacy and Charles Yoakum storyboard Toby Keith
Charles Yoakum has posted some storyboards by himself and Paul Gulacy for an animation featuring country singer Toby Keith.
Andrew WK outed as a Brony
Wild party man Andrew W.K. is known for his high energy rockin’ anthems, his white attire…and now that he is a Brony. It seems that he has signed on as a speaker for Canterlot Gardens, an Ohio convention for My Little Pony Fans, where he’ll deliver an inspirational speech.
Cartoon alert: Primus's new "Lee Van Cleef" video
If there were a contest to see how many cool things you could squeeze into one element, this animated video featuring Primus, Lee Van Cleef and zombies, all animated by Greenpoints The Mixtape Club, would be hard to beat. All that it needs is appearances by Bruce Campbell and CM Punk to make it complete.
