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 out by Monty Python as a kid. "I remember being...
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 an Essentials version of the TOMB OF DRACULA magazine, they...
Nelson on REX MUNDI
Yesterday we reported the unbelieveably thrilling news that Johnny Depp may star in a comic book movie and today the websites are all over REX MUNDI creator Arvid Nelson including this interveiw at ...
Are you older than 6? Do you have a spare $27k?
Have you been admiring the many stirring and awe-inspiring full-size Batmans made from Lego over the past year's convention season? Now one can be YOURS courtesy of FAO Schwartz:
At 6'6" tall, a Batman statue...
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 of 2002, Rosemann left Marvel, and by early 2003, had...
Meltzer king of all media
Brad Meltzer has achieved what we suspect is an unprecedented double --- topping the NY Times Bestselller list AND the Diamond chart in the same month. Congrats to Brad. He's also in the midst...
Ennis makes rare appearance with Lloyd
That's at Jim Hanley's Universe this afternoon, 4 West 33rd St.. across the the cartoon museum-less Empire State Building.
GON back at CMX
In all the retailer summit hoopla of Whedon and the Dabels a little news was missed, namely that Masashi Tanaka's GON will be coming back via the CMX imprint.
Long before the dawn...
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....
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...
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 up pertly yesterday and then down just as pertly today....
