LA Times previews Spidey, Simpsons, etc
It's the LA Times Calendar's annual "Sneaks" issue, and one of the big topics is the three way box office brawl a-brewin' between PIRATES 3, SPIDEY 3 and SHREK 3:
But do the threequels offer...
People are talking about…TOM BREVOORT
Today's Wizard interview between Bendis and Brevoort supplies the kind of juicy historical details that you used to find in old issues of the Comics Journal:
BREVOORT: That all sorted itself out and sort of...
Stan Lee 26th Most Influential Living American
Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment sent out a press release detailing an Atlantic Monthly article that has named THE MAN as the 26th most Influential Living American. Stan i s tied with Bill Cosby and...
MARVEL SHOCKER: Civil War Finale Delayed
ICv2 has a compact item -- evidently taken from Marvel's retailer mailing -- revealing a delay in shipping for CIVIL WAR #7.
Marvel Comics has announced that Civil War #7, the finale to the blockbuster...
Marvel vs DC – now with bar charts
This movie site analyzes Marvel vs DC at the box office with all kinds of pie charts and bar graphs. Not too much that isn't readily intuited -- basically marvel is all smiles for...
Weather woes slow CIVIL WAR
The weather gods -- cloned or not -- have spoken, and they have said "Thou shalt not have comics -- if you live on the West Coast. Newsarama rounds up the disaster now unfolding,...
Quick hits: Careys, King
Over at the new SEQUENTIAL TART, Mike Carey talks about working with daughter Louise, , and explains more about the MINX launch.
ST: What's it like, working with your daughter?MC: Bumpy, occasionally bruising, but wonderful....
Marvel’s 2007 prospects
'07 looks to be a banner year for Marvel, with bof-office smashdom for SPIDER-MAN 3 as sure a thing as is possible in the wild land of Hollywood; FF2, while bemoaned by purists, looks...
Links and thoughts
§ Rafael Kayanan thinks the Silver Surfger would look better without eyeballs.
§ Jimm Rugg talks about PLAIN JANES, the lead title in the MINX line:
"Obviously, I found the story captivating or I wouldn't...
Stan Lee on TO TELL THE TRUTH
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Back in the day!
Link via Dino.
UPDATE: Okay I am a moron and this is TO TELL THE TRUTH not WHAT'S MY LINE. Haste and idiocy...a deadly combination. In fairness, I never realized...