Want a Mutant Venti? Soon, you’ll be able to get your caffeine and your comics fix in one handy location, thanks to a deal signed by Starbucks and Marvel Digital Comics. Marvel currently offers more than 9,000 comics online, all of which will be available for free on the Starbucks Digital Network, a portal available…
According to a contemptuously written article from the Associated Press, Jonathan Gruber, an economic adviser to President Obama, will be scripting a comic book that explains and advocates for health care reform. The article goes on to say that Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How it Works was pitched to Gruber…
According to Anime News Network, Takeshi Shudo, chief writer of the original Pokémon TV series and writer of the first three Pokémon movies, has died at the age of 61, a day after experiencing a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the Nara train station. Developer of the anime series Fairy Princess Minky Momo, Shudo also worked on…
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith Illustrated by Patrick Arrasmith Quirk Books; March 2010; $12.95 A year ago, Seth Grahame-Smith and Quirk Books initiated the Quirk Classics series with the bestselling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which blended the text of Jane Austen’s classic [[[Pride and Prejudice]]]with new scenes….
[[[Ponyo]]] (“[[[Gake no ue no Ponyo]]]”), an animated feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Dubbed English voices by Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Lily Tomlin, Frankie Jonas, and others. In advance of its August 14 limited release, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film [[[Ponyo]]] made its East Coast debut at…
Jim Cavalziel (The Passion of the Christ) suffers a whole new kind of persecution when he stars as Number Six in the six-episode remake of Patrick McGoohan’s classic 1960s show The Prisoner, which is set to air on AMC in November. Today’s SDCC panel on The Prisoner reboot featured Jim Cavalziel as well as Prisoner…
The room was packed for Viz Media’s Shonen Jump panel, which took place at 10:30 am in Room 10. The company announced two new series: Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro’s Toriko, about a “gourmet hunter” of the same name who apparently tracks down the most dangerous and tasty beasts, which he sells to exclusive restaurants; meanwhile, the metafictional…
Those of us who would Do Anything for Dethklok will now have many more opportunities to share the love. (Why, yes, I do have a cartoon crush on Nathan Explosion. He can “teach me who rock” anytime.) The creators of the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse are preparing an assault on several platforms. If you’ve actually…
Anime and manga distributor Central Park Media filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last Friday, which means that the company does not plan to restructure and its assets will be liquidated. CPM put out such classic anime as “Revolutionary Girl Utena,” “Project A-Ko,” “Demon City Shinjuku” and “Grave of the Fireflies.” They also published yaoi manga…
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Quirk Books; April 2009; $12.95 What is there left to be said about the Undead Sensation That’s Sweeping the Nation? The buzz for this book was so loud that they rushed it into publication a few months early (which no doubt accounts for the…
Planet Saturday Comics: Volume One Written and illustrated by Monty S. Kane Planet Saturday, LLC, $12.95 [[[Planet Saturday Comics: Volume One]]] collects short vignettes previously published on the Planet Saturday Web site. The stories, apparently based on the writer/illustrator’s own life, all concern either the child Emory (aka M, as in Monty), and his attempts…
Many of you probably already know by now that Neil Gaiman picked up the 2009 Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book. If you’ve completely forgotten your unhappy childhood, I’ll remind you that the Newbery Medal is the most prestigious award given out in children’s publishing; all the books your parents’ friends gave you for your…
