Fortress Of Fortitude |
2 minutes ago
As the above portrait of Supergirl demonstrates, Gene Colan has the unique ability to capture the heroic essence of brightly colored gods and goddesses along with the down-to-earth reality of everyday life. The Maid of Might has seldom looked more beautiful or regal, yet the awed bystanders look no different than the average person found walking down any city street. Paired with his knack for creating slightly Gothic moods in the most common of settings, it’s no wonder Colan has [...]
Again With the Comics |
2 minutes ago
I finally saw Iron Man, and yeah, it was great. I have nothing new to add to the rave reviews I've been seeing, but it was a high point in superhero film, fo' shizzle. Having seen the film, I assume that we'll get the Mandarin as the villain for the second installmen and..an...ZZZZzzzzzz....Whuh! Sorry! I tend to doze off when discussing the Mandarin. Commentor "MrCanacorn" wants to see MODOK in the sequel ,and brother, who doesn't? Maybe we'll get MODOK in [...]
Forbidden Planet Blog |
3 minutes ago
Blabbermouth and Good As Lily are two more books from DC’s Minx imprint aimed at appealing to that most difficult of readerships; younger, hipper and essentially a lot more female than your more traditional comic reader. In short it’s attempting to appeal to someone who is absolutely not me. But it’s not stopped me really enjoying everything from Minx so far. And neither Blabbermouth nor Good As Lily are exceptions to this….. One day I’m going to find a Minx book [...]
Forbidden Planet Blog |
3 minutes ago
Science Fiction site IO9 has a quick roundup of three new SF&F TV series that Fox is likely to be trying out for next year, continuing the boom in telefantasy (with even Blake’s 7 possibly being revived on this side of the Pond). Fox is looking at Virtuality, a show set on Earth’s first starship where the virtual environment goes awry - hmmm, we’ve never heard of that scenario before, have we?? Then again the pilot was apparently written by Galactica’s [...]
Todd's Blog |
3 minutes ago
©DC Comics, Inc. I love this title. Mark Waid’s writing and the art of George Perez capture all the things that attracted me to comics as a kid: thrilling action, adventure, great characters, humor, fun. Only, they do it better than most of the ones I was reading back then. In lesser hands, this would be a ho-hum formula book: mash together some characters that have nothing to do with each other, let them fight something. Mark makes it so [...]
Komikero Comics Journal |
3 minutes ago
During my talk at the Lopez Museum, I was asked how one can develop an original style of drawing. It can be done, but it won’t happen overnight. A lot of artists are very influenced by the comics they are reading. I myself was very influenced by Herge when I was very young, and much later, by Barry Windsor Smith and David Mazzucchelli. So when we draw, we are interpreting the world through these artists’ eyes, and not ours. We are [...]
The Comics Waiting Room |
4 minutes ago
DEVIL'S DUE PARTNERING WITH CAPCOM® ENTERTAINMENT ON NEW COMICSNew titles to include Bionic Commando® and Lost Planet™ Chicago, IL. (May 13, 2008) – This year, one of the biggest names in cutting-edge action comics will team with one of the most respected publishers and developers of video games, as Devil's Due announces a new publishing deal with Capcom®. As part of an expansive package, Devil's Due will launch four new titles based on Capcom game properties, including Bionic Commando® and Lost [...]
The Comics Waiting Room |
4 minutes ago
THE EMPIRE RETURNS Warlord Games releases world's first hard plastic Roman miniatures (Nottingham, England- May 13, 2008) Warlord Games announced today that their first set of plastic miniatures - Imperial Roman Legionaries Box Set (Stock #:WG-IR-1) is officially in stock and available for sale. The set retails for 34 dollars and includes 30 multi-part hard plastic 28mm tall Imperial Roman Legionaries. Warlord Games is the first company ever to release hard plastic Roman figures in this scale. This item can be [...]
The Comics Waiting Room |
4 minutes ago
VIZ PICTURES ANNOUNCES DVD RELEASE OF LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM - HONEY & CLOVERRomantic Comedy Based On Popular Manga Series Depicts Five Art Students And Their Transformations From Adolescence To AdulthoodSan Francisco, CA, May 12, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced the DVD release of HONEY AND CLOVER today. The live-action film, directed by Masahiro Takata and based on a best-selling manga series by Chica Umino, features English [...]
Comics Worth Reading |
4 minutes ago
As predicted, Marvel today announced that they would be reprinting Invincible Iron Man #1 and Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas #1 with new covers. The first will have two variant covers, bringing the total so far for that comic to eight. Why would they have said only five days ago that they had no plans to reprint? Maybe the answer is hinted by this paragraph from their new printing press release: Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on all issues [...]
Comics Worth Reading |
4 minutes ago
Tom Spurgeon started it, kicking off with the feeling that $19 for 5 comics was too much. (Many of us sympathize, but we’re hooked on the habit.) He went on to consider pricing as it relates to various factions of the comic buying audience. Surely the average, desirable, expected comics customer since the early ’80s — the person that pops to mind when someone says “comics reader” — is a person that buys a number of comics instead of just one [...]
Blog@Newsarama |
5 minutes ago
Can't Wait For Wednesday!It’s a good week for vampires — or at least fans of vampire comics. Two big vampire-themed releases come from First Second: the all-ages Little Vampire, by Joann Sfar, and the decidedly more mature Life Sucks, by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria and Warren Pleece. But this week also sees the second collection of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Season 8, the second volume of Blood , the debut issues of Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs and BloodRayne: Tokyo Rogue, [...]
Blog@Newsarama |
5 minutes ago
Eli StoneAs I mentioned earlier today, the networks are presenting their fall schedules this week, starting today with ABC (NBC, which would have presented theirs Monday, instead did it in April). However, there’s really not a lot to report from ABC, as their schedule isn’t changing much. We already knew that Lost, Pushing Daisies and just about every other show on ABC would be back next season … in fact, the only thing I was really waiting for was word that [...]
ComicBitsOnline |
2 hours ago
PRESS RELEASE – “THE ROBERTS” CONTINUES THE TALE OF TWO OF AMERICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL MURDERERS! The Boston Strangler and Zodiac Killer are alive and well, living in a retirement community among the old and dying. 13 May 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - For decades, the identities of the Boston Strangler and the Zodiac Killer have been shrouded in mystery. But this August, Image Comics/Shadowline reveals not only the identities of these two prolific killers, but also how they’re spending their [...]
The Ephemerist |
2 hours ago
Dave Sim lives up to his reputation. Kudos to those who can spot the comics reference in the title of this post… (via seebelow)
the metabunker |
2 hours ago
On Monday, one of the greatest artists of the latter half of the 20th Century, the uncontainable creativo Robert Rauschenberg died. He was 82 and active to the end, leaving us a massive and singular body of work. Art as beauty, keenly reminding us that it is no different from Our World as such. One Love.
Forbidden Planet Blog |
2 hours ago
It’s taken a while, but the results for the Eagle Awards are in: 2007 Awards (Held in May 2008) Results: Favorite Newcomer Writer: MATT FRACTION Favourite Newcomer Artist: DAVID AJA Favourite Comics Writer: ALAN MOORE Favourite Comics Writer/Artist: ALAN DAVIS Favourite Comics Artist: Pencils: FRANK CHO Favourite Comics Artist: Inks: D’ISRAELI (MATT BROOKER) Favourite Artist: Fully-Painted Artwork: ALEX ROSS Favourite Colourist: LAURA MARTIN Favourite Letterer: DAVE GIBBONS Favourite Editor: THARG (MATT SMITH) Favourite Publisher: MARVEL Favourite Colour Comicbook - American: [...]
Drawn! |
2 hours ago
By now many of you are already informed about the proposed Orphan Works Act being introduced to the U.S. house and senate. For those unaware, this legistlation, if enacted, can effectively undermine and dismantle your existing copyright protection. Currently, copyright is granted the moment a work is created. This new Orphan Works legislation proposes a change in U.S. copyright that would require artists, illustrators, photographers, and any creative individual to actively maintain and defend their copyright by registering each and every [...]
X-Ray Spex |
2 hours ago
Here's an artifact from the early 1990s -- two of them, in fact. First, a clip of the once-famous Levis 501 commercial featuring Rob Leifeld, filmed back when Image Comics ruled the world. Rob shows up around the two-minute mark, so be patient (or scroll ahead)...Nice, eh? Wonder why that SPIKEMAN comic never hit the stands? Must've been a victim of the comics industry collapse that hit a few years later.And here's the second comic-related artifact from the early 1990s, a [...]
Major Spoilers |
2 hours ago
There’s some wild speculation going around that the person under Libra’s hood, isn’t really Libra. It has something to do with this panel: Did you get the clues? If not, we’ll discuss it on the Major Spoilers Podcast #14: The Wanted Podcast. For those of you who are in the know, please join in on this week’s poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
Kleefeld on Comics |
4 hours ago
Tom Spurgeon posted this piece up on the cost of comic books today. He concludes...They're too expensive to facilitate a multi-level, satisfying buying experience -- the experience that structurally they cultivate -- for all but a declining few. The squeezing of profits through elements like pricing that outpaces inflation leads to an ossified marketplace that has come dangerously close to fully abandoning its role as the fertile, chaotic creative ground that feeds the medium entire.Alan David Doane responds by pointing out [...]
Sporadic Sequential |
4 hours ago
Now that I've discovered the generous pre-order discounts at Tower.com, I've been pre-ordering most of my manga there. What's nice is that Tower doesn't wait until everything from the order is available in order to ship things: individual items ship as soon as they're in-stock. So it was a pleasant surprise yesterday to receive three separate emails letting me know that a bunch of manga I'd pre-ordered last month were all shipping that day. How nice to know that Kekkaishi 13, [...]
ComicBitsOnline |
4 hours ago
“WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THE HEROES ?” HERO KILLERS Moonface Press One-Shot by Andy Winter(writer)& Declan Shalvey(Artist) 36 pages B&W Comic £2.50/$3.99 Okay, this is something Mister Hooper got a hold of at the Bristol Expo, and graciously passed onto me to review as punishment no doubt for not reviewing Septic Isle as I said I would around a month ago. Firstly, I don’t know how available this is as it would seem that it was originally [...]
ComicBitsOnline |
4 hours ago
I’ve already said how this years Expo had a great buzz about it. However,if one person personified that Buzz it was Olivier Cadic of Cinebook! It was great to see,after 20 years of telling people that European albums can sell in the UK,a man who proved the point beyond doubt! Olivier has a publishing plan and is in for the long haul. The number of books on his table this year was fantastic to see and I have to say [...]
ComicBitsOnline |
4 hours ago
..BUT NO COFFEE! above [L to R]:Karen Wemborn & Jo Wheeler Obviously I had to get to the Classical Comics table. After all,I was on a promise of three cups of coffee. Do I take coffee too seriously? Heck no -it is a very important matter. And not being petty I won’t mention I never got the promised coffees..it’s now up to 4 cups with interest! erm. Anyhow,it was great to meet the team and Karen Wemborn and Jo Wheeler showed [...]
