Jane out of PUNISHER 2
Thomas Jane spills his guts to Quint at AICN about dropping out of the rumored to-be-horrible Punisher sequel.
I’m writing to tell you that I regretfully and painfully had to pull out of P2. I...
Blanchett loses weight for comics role
Cate Blanchett has been spotted out and about of late looking her usual impeccably fashionable self, but tongues have been wagging that she looks gaunt. But word is, she has lost a lot of...
France: Tintin doomed to lonely life of celibacy
A wee bit of highly sourced speculation on the earth shattering Spielberg/Jackson announcement: No Love Interest for Tintin:
This according to an anonymous Moulinsart estate company source quoted in London’s The Times newspaper. Says he...
MOM’S CANCER wins BLOOKER
MOM'S CANCER by Brian Fies has won a Blooker Prize in the comics category. The Blooker Prizes are sponsored by POD publisher Lulu.
A comic book telling the true story of a dying woman’s battle...
UpFronts: Heroes spin-off, THE IT CROWD
The nets are announcing their fall schedules this week, and although we still don't know for sure about VERONICA MARS (although it looks bad), we do know that HEROES is the show everyone is...
Cannes news and notes
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Well it's that time of year: another super glamourous Cannes Film festival is unspooling, and soon pictures of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie standing on the red carpet will remind us...
“Get over my hotness, Alba pleads”
"I have my own fashion style and do not try to fit in. I don't have my breasts under my chin, I'm not showing butt cheeks, nor much legs. I don't go for the...
Sequart Research & Literacy Organization announced
It looks like scholarship is here to stay, as Sequart has announced a new scholarly organization:
An organization has been founded to study and promote comic books as a legitimate artform: Sequart Research & Literacy...
MTV announces “New Media Comic Book Projects”
Although this looks like one of those simple new media tech acquisition announcements, we hear quite a few people were interested in the Bomb- xx system, and the examples we've seen of it at...
Mouse Guard picked up by book club
Graphic novels in book clubs? Yes indeedy.
PS: we just got a copy of this hardcover and it's a handsome book indeed.
Archaia Studios Press today announces a deal to bring David Petersen’s MOUSE...
“Spielberg, Jackson team for Tintin”
Duo pact for adventure trilogy:
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to direct and produce three back-to-back features based on Georges Remi's beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin for DreamWorks. Pics will be produced in...
