Butler: graphic novels “masculine, insane”
It's 300 week here at Stately Beat Manor!
As we close in on the premiere, more evidence that star Butler has learned well to praise comics:
"After I sat down and read '300,' I just...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/2/07
§ Tom Cruise will NOT appear in the WATCHMEN movie, says CHUD:
My source was right. While on the phone with Watchmen director-to-be Zack Snyder yesterday, talking about the pending release of 300, I asked...
Things that go on in comics shops
With kids:
That is, until a kid comes in with his dad looking for an Iron Man comic. One of the other guys takes them under his wing and shows off our spiffy ‘kid friendly’...
Youngster funds third world relief via joy of comics
The headline says it all:
Comic book pays for buffalo.
For one year, 10-year-old Adam Ahrens saved every nickel, dime and quarter he could get his hands on.Adam also wrote and illustrated a comic book to...
NYCC: what’s really important
Finally, we've blogged the hell out of New York Comicon, just so you know what is going on. but as we sit back in wheezy, queasy exhaustion, perspective begins to rear its ugly head,...
News briefs: Marvel’s rent, Bratz evil, etc.
§ Will Marvel have to move office again? According to this piece in the New York Observer, their office building has just been purchased by a new buyer who could be well advised to...
Garrity on The Byrne Board
Speaking of funny, we always get a kick out of Shaenon Garrity's commentary, particular her analysis of a John Byrne Forum Thread on how to "Trick Your Woman Into Liking What You Like":
It's no...
Nicolas Cage stands up for OUR KIND
We've given Nicolas Cage a little bit of a ribbing over the years, but it turns out the Ghost Rider star -- who famously had to give up his valuable comics collection when he...
At Marvel, Spider-man’s junk takes center stage
We found the above image post at TinTin Pantoja's LJ and it seems to sum up the general reaction to Graeme McMillan's discovery that it was Spider-man's radioactive semen that killed Mary Jane in...
Study: nerds are cool
Yet another breathless newspaper report which reveals that people who are smarter than you have been doing a lot of stuff behind the scenes all along.
Trendspotters are recognizing a type of nouveau nerd: They...
Toy Fair ’07 Day 1
It is the start of another Toy Fair, the venerable institution in which toy companies trot out their wares for buyers and media. Only this time no one is quite sure where to...
Okay just a little bit more on San Diego’s hotel situation
Not to beat this into the ground, but there are some interesting documents online that explain why San Diego has a chronic hotel room shortage and the rates are among the highest in the...
