Manga News: WARRIORS and YOTSUBA&!
§ Brigid notes what might be the first appearance of an OEL manga on the USA Today Bestseller list:
The top manga on this week’s USA Today Top 150 Books list is Warriors, Tokyopop’s manga...
IRON MAN waits in the wings
While Marvel is assured of a record year at the box office with Spidey 3, and FF 2, the real excitement begins WITH IRON MEN, the first Marvel-financed superhero movie. To keep...
Spider-Man 3 already setting records
Opening internationally, in advance of its US premiere tomorrow, SPIDEY 3 has already broken records on two continents:
"Spider-Man 3" cast a worldwide web with a blockbuster first day, hauling in $29.15 million in...
RONIN news made larger
Variety sent out a NEWS FLASH yesterday that Sylvain "STOMP THE YARD" White will make RONIN, the new Frank Miller project, but that's funny because we already reported that like 2 1/2 months ago....
Speaking of Spidey…
USATODAY explores the unbearable lightness of being Sam Raimi:
"This was the franchise he was meant to do," Franco says. "It lets him do the action, some humor, some scary stuff, all in one genre....
Peter Parker visits Spider Exhibit!
Sorry we had to break off in the middle of the posting this morning, but we had to dash off to the American Museum of Natural History where a Spider-Man Week event was taking...
Vess views STARDUST
Over at his Blog, Charles Vess reports on his first viewing of the Stardust movie:
Nervous couldn’t half describe how I was feeling at that moment. What if I found myself cringing at what had...
The wit and wisdom of Vinnie Colletta
Vinnie Colletta is a legendary name in comic book circles -- legendary because he could be one of the worst inkers in the biz, but kept getting work becuase he was fast and reliable...
Real Classic Marvel
We found this press release to be of some interest: more info on Marvel's new line of "Classic Comics." including The Last of the Mohicans, Treasure Island and The Man in the Iron Mask....
Morning Briefing: Downey, WHITEOUT, etc
§ The first images of Robert Downey as Tony Stark were released last week and according to director Jon Favreau, the oft-troubled star fits the role to a T:
"We didn't want to just go...
