BKV on NPR, AOK, more cartooners on radio
NPR darling Brian K. Vaughan (an earlier appearance is credited with spiking bookstore sales of Y THE LAST MAN trades) was back on Talk of the Nation to talk about PRIDE OF BAGHDAD yesterday....
Huff Po praises 9/11 Graphic Novel
Outrage from some quarters over the inaccuracies of ABC's recent 9/11 mini-series have driven Art Levine at The Huffington Post to suggest the comics version is more true to the facts:
If ABC executives or...
Avengers assemble! On the set!
Wait, it's a Marvel two-fer in the trades! The Hollywood Reporter says a live-action Avengers movie is in the works!
Set to pen the screenplay is Zak Penn, the writer behind the last two "X-Men"...
Mostow swims to Sub-mariner
The long-brewing Sub-mariner movies has a director again, Variety reports, namely Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3):
Kevin Misher is producing through his Misher Films along with Marvel Studios. U's Peter Cramer is overseeing for the...
Total Scuttlebutt: Wonder Bilson
'The O.C.' star Rachel Bilson is reportedly set to play Wonder Woman in the new comic book movie.
The brunette actress - best known for playing ditzy Summer Roberts in the hit teen series -...
Grace Reading Series returns with cartooners
The Grace Reading Series, a monthly multi media mix focusing on women writers, returns with a series of readings by cartoonists. The series kicks off October 4 at Mo Pitkins in NYC with Megan...
TO DO, SF 9/20: Yang and Pien at Isotope
Celebrate the release of AMERICAN BORN CHINESE:
China Books, First Second Books, & the IsotopeLaunch What Might be the Best Book of 2006Pardon us while we gush, but if you've seen the advance reviews you'll...
Summit news: Whedon, DBPro, James Fenimore Cooper
The paucity of news from Marvel over the last new months has been made up for at the Diamond Retail Summit taking place in Baltimore. Those present last night got a nice side order...
9/11 COMIC OUTRAGE!!
Are you in the mood for something salty? Because you're going to have to take a grain or two with this one. A story emanating from WENN, the news service that takes out of...
New Kochalka video
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The second video from James Kochalka's new album is out, and it delivers the timeless message "Wash Your A**."
Over on the TCJ message board (now with editing!) Kochalka revelas that the...
Movie tidbits
Variety parses the Comic Book Movies/Itochu pact, boiling it down to a wish to make films based on Shotaro Ishinomori's work.
Itochu's interest in the deal mostly derives from CBM's plans to make live-action...
