According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ezra Claytan Daniels’ graphic novel Upgrade Soul has been optioned by Aperture Entertainment and Adam Goldworm, producer of the film adaptation of Derf Backderf’s My Friend Dahmer. The graphic novel, due out Tuesday in bookstores, is described as a David Cronenberg-esque fairytale of wish fulfillment wherein an elderly African-American couple participate […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/13/18: The bride wore white
§ Nice Art: Kitty Pryde and Colossus are getting married and Marvel previewed the bride’s gown in covers by Phil Noto (below) and J. Scott Campbell (above). No word on who will be disrupting the nuptials with a fight yet, but as you can see from the Noto cover, everyone arrived ready to rumble. § I […]
My Friend Dahmer Trailer is released
My Friend Dahmer, directed by Marc Meyer and based on Derf Backderf’s acclaimed graphic novel, has been one of the under the radar comic book movies of the year – but also one of he best reviewed. A trailer has been released, showing Disney Channel star and R5 member Ross Lynch playing Dahmer as a […]
A year of free comics: Derf’s Punk Odyssey
To experience the work of Derf Backderf is to be transported into the mind of a voracious lover of the comics medium. As someone who didn’t read comics closely growing up and only started reading them critically in graduate school, being a follower/lurker on Derf’s social media pages is akin to being in a masterclass […]