Tom Brevoort’s Unknown Greats
"Great" might not be exactly the word some would use, but Marvel editor Tom Brevoort's look back at some under-appreciated comics he worked on is a nice look back at some of the quirkier...
Who wants some Salt Water Taffy?
Oni has announced the first volume in an all ages series by Matt Loux called Salt Water Taffy. In short it about two lads named Jack and Benny visit Maine and have adventures in...
HULK trailer goes live
http://www.movieweb.com/v/V08C1bouyBCFGI
I thought the Hulk was supposed to be red! What the...?
High Def version at MTV.
First thought: CGI...not compelling.
Second thought: New York in the crosshairs AGAIN.
DC Month-to-Month Sales January 2008
DC COMICS MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: JANUARY 2008
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
With Justice League of America, DC Comics only had one book selling above 70,000 units in January. As a consequence, the publisher's average periodical sales saw a...
More on Dave Stevens
The comics industry and blogosphere has been overflowing with tributes to the late Dave Stevens, who died Monday. His work influenced many people -- more than you might think given the relative scarcity of...
Bits o’ DC news: LIARS trailer, Canadian pricing
§ DC has created an animated trailer for the new David Lapham book YOUNG LIARS. No direct embed but its in there.
§ DC has also updated their Canadian pricing policy. With the Canuck...
Interview round-up
§ ICv2 has a two-par interview with First Second's Mark Siegel:
What were your big hits for the second half of 2007 through the holiday season?Laika and Robot Dreams have had all sorts of interesting...
Morning Briefing 2: Singer/Superman, TenNapel, etc
§ Yes there WILL be a Superman Returns sequel, director Bryan Singer tells Empire and he WILL be directing it:
"That movie made $400 million!" Singer says incredulously. "I don’t know what constitutes under-performing these...
Morning briefing: You wouldn’t like Ed Norton when he’s angry
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_V22EvyqXY&hl=en&w=425&h=355]
While IRON MAN has been everywhere, this summer's upcoming HULK movie has been a little publicity shy. A few stills have been released, a very brief teaser trailer is up on YouTube, with...
RIP — The Real Mlle. Marie?
While reading the NYT today, I was struck by the obit of Pearl Cornioley, a resistance fighter during WWII, who died a few weeks ago in France.
She was the inspiration for the novel...
Boy dies in Naruto-related accident
Codey Porter, 10, has died after playmates buried him headfirst in a sandbox -- an act inspired by Naruto's ability to bury himself in the ground. Despite the tragic and horrible circumstances...
