For my money, there’s no manlier comic book-type name out there than pop-culture and political blogger Lance Mannion. Can’t you just imagine what his comic book equivalent would look and sound like? I sure can, and reading Lance is even more fun than picturing his character. This week he presents his musings on casting for…
It’s coming on baseball season again, and Team Comics is gearing up! If you have no plans for Sunday, April 22, why not join Kyle Baker and family for A DAY TO BELIEVE: AUTISM AWARENESS DAY at Shea Stadium, as the New York Mets take on the Atlanta Braves? More details at Kyle’s blog.
Now that comics have earned mainstream respectability, can videogames be far behind? Henry Lowood, curator of the History of Science and Technology Collections at Stanford University, is at the forefront of gaining recognition of this hobby and industry as having "a history worth preserving and a culture worth studying." So last Thursday at the annual…
Looking for that video of Stephen Colbert accepting the mantle of Captain America last night (apparently Marvel has just discovered the shield missing), or decrying the death of Steve Rogers in his Word segment from last Thursday? Don’t bother going to YouTube for ’em. Comedy Central’s parent company Viacom announced today that it has sued…
According to this article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, teenagers are reading more now than they have in decades. Not only that, but they’re "buying books in quantities we’ve never seen before," says Booklist magazine’s Michael Cart, who also notes that "publishers are courting young adults in ways we haven’t seen since the 1940s." The reasons…
Earlier today, Dateline Hollywood Daily speculated that the movie adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel 300, which brought in well over $27 million Friday night in only 3,103 theatres, "looks set to shatter the record for biggest March opening ever," amassing "what is likely to be a $60+ million weekend." And that’s with the time…
Out in Austin, Texas it’s South by Southwest (SXSW) week, with two festivals and a conference going on. While most tech types are attending the Interactive trade show and festival for creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators and new media entrepreneurs, there’s also a film fest/conference going on, with plenty of world premieres. One…
Discussion about the death of Captain America probably won’t die down for awhile, and that’s just how Marvel likes it. But that doesn’t mean we can’t glean all the humor we can out of this event. To that end, in Episode 95 of The Fred Hembeck Show, the cartoonist presents a scenario wherein he sees…
SciFi Wire reports that NBC.com will be auctioning off some of Tim Sale’s artwork from Heroes in two separate auctions (beginning March 26 and April 2) to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation, a favorite of Heroes cast member Greg Grunberg, whose son Jake is an epileptic. Here’s the official bidding site. I can’t even imagine how…
According to the Hollywood Reporter, John August has been chosen to write the screenplay for New Line Cinema’s adaptation of the DC comic Shazam!, currently enjoying a resurgence thanks to the writing and art of Bone creator Jeff Smith. August has served as screenwriter for a number of Tim Burton’s recent movies, including Big Fish,…
Have you sprung forward this morning? Feel like you’ve missed an hour or so? Well, come spend another one with us catching up on the weekly columns you may have missed! Here they are all in one place for your convenience: Mike Gold – Whizzy’s Wazoo #4: The Graphic Novelist Dennis O’Neil – The Four-Color…
Because Battlestar Galactica fans demanded it, and they didn’t even know it! Also because hey, it provides the SciFi Channel with more airtime filler and they don’t have to work to get it. In any case, the newest bit of viral interactive fun care of SciFi is the Battlestar Galactica Videomaker Toolkit, which allows viewers…
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