Kochalka’s Squirrelly Gray – UPDATE
James Kochalka writes to tell us his kids book from Random House, Squirrelly Gray is out this week. Random House has an activity page up for the book which includes a trailer narrated by...
Millionaire and Kaplan on Drinky Crow
You know isn't that just like Tony Millionaire? He nags you and nags you to promote his cartoon pilot, and then when it gets picked up, you have to read about it on Comics2Film:
The...
Two nerd things that go great together
For you folks surfing The Beat late tonight, check out tonight's "Superhero" themed episode of MYTHBUSTERS, another favorite of the nerderotti out there.
As we type this (9 PM ET), the first showing has just...
“Comics are not literature” now online
Via Colleen Coover the "Comics are not literature" panel from San Diego that was practically the only provocative one, as far as we can tell, is up. We haven't listened yet, but it's...
HYPE: Nightmare Factory preview at IGN
But while we're at it, IGN has an exclusive preview of THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY, a collection of horror stories by Thomas Ligotti adapted by some of comics finest. As the editor of this book,...
A few links
§ Toronto Fan Expo link round-up at Sequential.
§ Round-up of cupcakes in comics courtesy Rachel Kramer Bussel:
§ Jon Spencer Geek explosion interview at Daily Cross Hatch. BTW, Spencer's wife, if we recall, is Boss...
TO DO 8/29: POSTCARDS signing at Margate Elephant
Venerable Victorian postcard subject serves as setting for POSTCARDS signing:
Ventnor, NJ writer Chris Stevens and Brooklyn, NY artist Gia-Bao Tran will be signing copies of Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened (Villard Books; On-Sale...
MTV news: Auf Der Mar, Vaughan
§ Former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf Der Mar has become the latest celeb to add a comic book to their multi media presentation, which also includes a "Viking-themed film."
The ambitious bass...
Hernandez Brothers Week
Blake Bell is celebrating Hernandez Brothers week, and of course you don't have to ask us twice to join in the fun. Bell is posting mp3's of a 1989 interview of Gilbert Hernandez by...
Josh Olson on OZ
It's not too often that we get an actual newsmaker writing in to respond to our snark, so we're giving screenwriter Josh Olson a special mention as he chimed in on THE BEAT...
HEROES gal is 18
Hayden Panettiere has just passed her 18th birthday which apparently means she legal to drive or something. The websites which specialize in photos of female celebs in bikinis (one of which we snagged the...
Todd is back and OZ has got him
Oh boy! Move over Heroes for Hire! Down in the back, Supergirl! There's a new lass is town, and she's going to make all of you look like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Variety is...
