Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: August 2006
By Paul O'Brien
Even with the parent title running late, CIVIL WAR dominated Marvel's output again in August, with a raft of crossover titles including...
Movie news round-up: Surfer cast; Arch Enemies
Confirmation this morning from THR that Doug Jones will play the Silver Surfer, with the wizards at the WETA workshop finalizing the CGI character...
Citizens flee CIVIL WAR
Apparently, the late shipping CIVIL WAR #4 shipped this week, with many shocking revelations. (Hint: We're going to need a bigger grave.) However, reaction...
If cartoonists were celebrities
Bob Fingerman's new book Recess Pieces is gory horror fest about kid zombies, but Bob admits he's squeamish about violence, and was even grossed...
The ’70s, a time of natural beauty
This link from The Groovy Age of Horror Censored Essentials has been going around the internets for a few days. Apparently, when Marvel reprinted...
Linkage: Rosemann to Marvel
Newsarama reports on the latest cross town shuffle with the Phantom Stranger, a.k.a. Bill Rosemann going back to Marvel after a 4-year break:
In October...
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...
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...
Citigroup bullish on Marvel
Several blogs picked up on the news that Citigroup has initiated coverage of Marvel stock at "Buy" and the news sent Marvel stock...
Spidey wife slayer gets 18 years
A crazed Spider-Man enthusiast who hacked his wife to death with a samurai sword was sentenced yesterday to 18 1/2 years behind bars.
Family members...
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...
FF toon ratings strong
The FANTASTIC FOUR cartoon debuted over the weekend on the Cartoon Network, and either due to the holiday weekend launch or our own holiday,...
