Vaughn, McLovin are ‘Kick-Ass’
Director Matthew Vaughn is moving full-steam ahead with a film based on KICK-ASS, the Icon comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr....
WATCHMEN: 900,000 > 300,000
First it was 200K, then 250K, then 300k...now the NY Times reports that 900,000 more copies of WATCHMEN have been printed since the trailer...
Stan Lee’s “Soapboxes” collected!
ITEM! You won't believe your eyes, True Believer! Hero Initiative is collecting Stan Lee's "Soapboxes" from classic Marvel comics! In this one scintillating volume,...
Help Graham Linehan fill THE IT CROWD with in-jokes!
On his blog, Graham Linehan, creator of THE IT CROWD and co-creator of FATHER TED, explains that's he's too busy to dress the set...
Bryan Talbot’s GRANDVILLE
Following his surprise hit, genre-busting ALICE IN SUNDERLAND, Bryan Talbot is getting back to basics with his work in progress GRANDVILLE, which he...
ALMOST THERE: ROBOT DREAMS makes Oprah’s list…kid division!
Among book publishing people, it has long been agreed that the final hurdle, the ultimate Holy Grail in mainstream acceptance of graphic novels as...
Men, doing things
Jake Gyllenhaal in PRINCE OF PERSIA.
Hugh Jackman in something or other -- it's not WOLVERINE but we don't really care WHAT it is....
2008 Hugo Award Winners
The Hugo awards were presented at WorldCon this weekend, and here are the winners:
Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
Novella:...
DARK KNIGHT on top for fourth straight week
The goddam Batman is rewriting the history books, staying on top again with $26 million to beat the stoner action comedy PINEAPPLE EXPRESS's $22.4...
RIP Isaac Hayes
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No DARK KNIGHT video game?
An LA Times wire story wonders why a DARK KNIGHT video game has failed to appear:
It's not as if an interactive "Dark Knight" wasn't...
THE ROAD has been filming in Pittsburgh
And it's lovely.
Edited to add: the film stars Viggo Mortensen, obviously, who knows who to be grim, and is directed by John Hillcoat,...
