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NYCC ’18: “Ghost in the Shell – The Global Neural Network” Creator Panel
by Erica Friedman The panel was moderated by Ben Applegate, Editor at Kodansha, with guests David Lopez (All-New Wolverine), Alex de Campi (Archie vs Predator, Twisted Romance), Genevieve Valentine (Catwoman) Brenden Fletcher (Motorcrush, Batgirl) and Alejandro Arbona (Editor of Ghost in the Shell: GNN) Applegate started with a discussion of the new deluxe edition of Ghost in the Shell, published in Japanese style, with box, art prints, and all of Shirow’s color […]
NYCC ’18: Four Questions with Alex de Campi on “Ghost in the Shell”
By Erica Friedman Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊 Kōkaku Kidōtai), the 1989 comic by Masamune Shirow, adapted into the genre-defining anime directed Mamoru Oshii, is arguably the franchise best known for shaping our ideas of a networked virtual society. Kodansha USA, which published a successful Attack on Titan comic anthology in 2015, is launching an official […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/15/17: Please muzzle Finn Jones
§ Nice Art: Francesco Francavilla gave us the Thing vs Thing team-up we’ve all dreamed of on Twitter. § Nice art supplemental! Takashi Miike has made a movie based on the manga JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and it looks insane! This is the guy who was somehow able to make us laugh at a scene depicting a hitman […]
Casting News: Scarlett Johansson to star in Ghost in the Shell, Mark Margolis joins Constantine
It’s a busy day in this post-holiday Monday, with the entertainment industry back up and rolling, and as such there’s been a few casting announcements of interest: – Reported to have been in discussions for a few months now, Scarlett Johansson has officially signed on for the lead in the upcoming adaptation of Ghost […]