John August sets the record straight on his blog: Jake Gyllenhall is not considering the lead role in the Captain Marvel project which August has been tapped to write. He continues, "I can pretty much assure you he’s never heard of the project. And we’ve never discussed him. We’ve never seriously discussed anyone. "After several…
Time again for your one-stop shopping roundup of this week’s regular columns and podcasts! Here are the columns: Mike Gold – Whizzy’s Wazoo #5: It’s about time Dennis O’Neil – The Four-Color Answer? #5: The Fanatic Conclave, part two Me – It’s All Good #5: Looking up our own John Ostrander – Off in the…
Not only are "the internets" a great place to find news (for instance, both CBR and Blog@Newsarama have the WizWorld LA scoops more than covered from the fan view, and Marv Wolfman from the pro view), but they’re invaluable as information tools if you know where to look. One of the best places to read…
We were casting about today hoping for an appropriate St. Patrick’s Day comic-related post, and the Redhead Fangirl didn’t disappoint, calling our attention to a company called Cló Mhaigh Eo in Claremorris, County Mayo in the West of Ireland. They’ve been around a dozen years, and publish "books in Irish for children and young people…
Via Cheryl Lynn, yet another online meet-and-greet club has burst onto the scene with ambitions toward dispelling stereotypes about fans being weak in the social skills department. This one’s called OtakuBooty, and specializes in bringing together "intelligent, funny, sexy" aficionados of Japanese animation, manga and gaming. They claim, "Not all Internet communities are overrun by…
It’s beginning to look like ComicMix needs a Lawsuit Watch correspondent. Reuters has the details (hat tip to IESB). On Thursday, two NY-based artists filed suit against NBC Universal and the creators of Heroes claiming the popular TV show stole one of their plotlines from them, basing it "on a short story, a painting series…
Yahoo News has blown the pants off the USPS’ latest promotional gimmick, as it teams with Lucasfilm on March 28th, the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Star Wars movie, to remake some mailboxes in a familiar image. About 400 mailboxes in 200 cities across the country will be wrapped in a special…
Maybe it’s because of Women’s History Month, or maybe it’s the time of (wo)man. But for those of us who like to idealize (rather than fetishize or objectify) women superheroes, there’s a lot of good stuff online right now. Besides getting their fill of Buffy and Wonder Woman, readers can linger over Alan Kistler’s exhaustive…
According to an announcement from the Hearst Corporation, King Features Syndicate editor-in-chief Jay Kennedy died yesterday while on vacation in Costa Rica. He was 50 years old. "Jay had a profound impact on the transformation of King Features as a home for the best new and talented comic strip creators in the country," said Bruce…
Alison Bechdel reports in her blog, "I just finished a two-day visit at Miami Dade College, sponsored by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts, where I talked about Fun Home to a staggering array of classes, from Art to English to Human Growth and Development to The Graphic Novel." No fair, why couldn’t there…
The notable part of Dark Horse’s announcement about selling out its initial print run of Buffy: Season 8 #1 is that it actually announced how large that print run was. It’s common to hear about sell-outs these days, but hard to tell whether they’re actually puffed up to look more important than they are because…
Somewhere, Ororo Munro is yawning. And even the folks at Warner who parodied Snow White are wondering what took them so long. But Disney is finally getting around to creating its first black princess to star in her own animated movie. The protagonist’s name is Maddy, the fairy tale (which will debut in 2009) is…
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