Comics book reviews
Via GalleyCat, word that cartoonist Ward Sutton is now doing comics-style reviews for B&N.com. First up, T.C. Boyle's The Women.
Will America get NO HEROICS?
The Hollywood Reporter reports that ABC has ordered a pilot based on NO HEROICS, the British sitcom about a bunch of third-rate, misfit superheroes...
Let Takashi Miike make live action AFRO SAMURAI
We hear that while Japanese directing sensation Takashi Miike was at NYCC to promote the premiere of YATTERMAN, all he could do was tell...
The biggest badasses of all time
MTV recently ran a big contest to see who was the Greatest Movie Badass of All Time, with online voters choosing from a pre-selected...
Meet Movie Ramona Flowers
Via Edgar Wright's MySpace Blog, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who stars as Ramona Flowers in the upcoming SCOTT PILGRIM movie.
Book news: BEA changes; Harper reorg
With the New York Comic-Con seemingly successfully behind them, Reed Exhibitions has announced major changes to the BEA, the annual book trade fair....
Ratner to direct YOUNGBLOOD?
Rob Liefeld's YOUNGBLOOD has been optioned for a possible movie, possibly directed by Brett Ratner (RUSH HOUR, X-MEN 3):
The company paid mid six...
And if you’re not in New York
If you're not attending the NYCC, don't forget about the weekend's other semi-comics-related event, the opening weekend of the CORALINE motion picture.
According to Box...
NYCC: Abrams offers Yoe and Lee autographs
If you'd like to get a book by one of comics' founding fathers featuring naughty fetish art, AND get an autograph by Stan Lee...
The Art of the Watchmen
UGO has posted some exclusive images from Art of The Watchmen, a coffee table book produced by Titan Books. We've seen a copy, and...
Lost: It’s déjà vu all over again
Is it just me, or do Jack and Kate become more unlikeable every episode where they are spotlighted?
Let's talk about them and some...
Sony Animation teams with Platinum
Sony Pictures Animation will team up with Platinum Entertainment for an unnamed toon, Variety reports:
Platinum -- which controls a cache of comicbook characters that...
