Blunt is Black Widow?
Much buzz today about Emily Blunt, the scene-stealer from THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, being cast as the Black Widow for the next Iron Man movie.
Color us unimpressed. Blunt is a fine thespian but...
New Covered blog
Robert Goodin has launched a new blog called Covered, in which indie artists recreate classic comics covers. For instance, Johnny Ryan does UNCLE SCROOGE. Above is Jeffrey Brown's recreation of a Marvel SECRET WARS...
Obamania hits Midtown and elsewhere
Okay we thought those reports of how hot a ticket AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 was going to be might be a tad overblown -- after all, it's just a kinda dopey five-page comic book story....
Cartoonist soothes angry coffee growers
Angry Colombian coffee growers have agreed not to sue Mike Peters over a Mother Goose & Grimm strip which they found offensive, after he apologized. Peters has even been invited to visit Colombia's coffee...
Marvel announces THE STAND gn is direct sales only
After getting some brickbats for shortages of the Obama Spidey comic, Marvel did something yesterday that made comics retailers very, very happy, by announcing that THE STAND graphic novel would be made available...
Watchmen watch: Oh, I wouldn’t want to be Larry Gordon
Even as negotiations between Fox and Warner Bros over the rights to WATCHMEN tootle along, Warners is busy planning several things. One of them, unfortunately, is a lot of layoffs:
Warner Bros is considering ways...
Cranky Jackson battles Marvel
Samuel L. Jackson says he may not come back at Nick Fury according to one of those runway interviews, which would be sad, because Fury was in the Iron Man movie and would potentially...
Obama IS too popular, at least in comics
The other day, we approvingly noted how much international press this week's Spider-Man/Barack Obama team-up comic had gotten. Tons of press, appearances on everything from Drudge to CNN to Rachel Maddow, it's all good,...
Fox and Warners making nice over WATCHMEN
To the surprise of few but the relief of many, it appears that Fox and Warners are hashing out this WATCHMEN thing, as THR reports they are "close" to a settlement. Both parties...
James Jean’s “Kindling” show
James Jean's first painting show is now on view (until February 7) and online, but if you're pining for a painting, don't get your hopes up -- it was sold out before the show...
Art Attack: Fauna
Anders Nilsen posts art by Paxton Chadwick from British Reptiles and Amphibia (1949).
Art Attack: DIRTBAGS, MALLCHICKS AND MOTORBIKES
Dave Kiersh previews DIRTBAGS, MALLCHICKS AND MOTORBIKES, his new collection.
