Monthly Archive: March 2010

It’s disturbing how well the two of these stories can be combined.

So let’s see– that means Nervous Rex is Killer Croc in the sequel, and Kelsey Grammer does the voice of the Penguin… but where do we put John Ratzenberger? The Riddler?

What do you say, Christopher Nolan? Are you up for rebooting one more franchise?

People Magazine reports that Peter Graves, who starred in TV’s Mission Impossible, and later spoofed his persona in the Airplane comedies, died in Los Angeles on Sunday at the age of 83.

In honor of his memory, I’m going to go watch some gladiator films which will self-destruct in five seconds.

Or we can just sit back and watch his role in It Conquered The World:

Editor’s note: This column, which was originally published at Comics Bulletin and which we pointed to on Friday, was taken down from their site yesterday. We’re a bit touchy when it comes to internet censorship and the hint of legal threats from movie people, so we asked Cliff what we could to do help. Clifford has graciously allowed us to republish the original column here, and he’ll be writing up a fuller explanation of what’s been going on tomorrow. –Glenn Hauman

“Welcome to Hollywood”
By Clifford Meth

I’ve been away from this column for so long that an explanation is in order. I’m tempted to say it was something like a summer vacation where, by virtue of missed flights, I didn’t come home for years…but the truth is I sank belly-deep into a myriad of projects, most of which were destined to fail. So before we go any further, let’s get some closure:

Dave Cockrum’s Futurians and I have been attached at the hip for what seems like a lifetime. Besides being a fan of the project, I penned a back-up story that Dave illustrated for Futurians #0 (1995, Aardwolf Publishing) then personally walked the intellectual property into Starz Entertainment (nee IDT Entertainment) a decade later. How excited was I—and how excited was Dave—when they optioned rights and Stephen Brown, executive producer of Showtime’s “Masters of Horror” series, asked me to write the treatment and first draft for what they planned as a theatrical release. This came back-to-back with a script-editing assignment working with Peter David on Gene Roddenberry’s “Starpoint Academy” as well as script vetting for Stan Lee’s POW Entertainment. Seriously fun stuff. And happening fast.

Then came the long fizzle.

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USA Network’s PSYCH is ending the season with a bang – or actually a scream. Series star JAMES RODAY directed and co-wrote a special tribute to Hitchcock and he takes us behind the scenes right here – plus Wondercon gets a DOCTOR WHO premiere, we get a RED SKULL and you will get comics on the iPad!
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And along the way, he goes into the cost of doing business in Hollywood, the importance of writers being paid, and how to deal with producer Richard Saperstein. Take a look.

UPDATE: The article is now on ComicMix after it was taken down from the original site. Further details to come.