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I have never felt more like I was living in a comic book than I did yesterday, seeing newspaper hawkers in New York pushing papers with these banners. Sadly, none of the newspapers ran with the classic headline, nor did any of them change their name to The Daily Bugle for the occasion.
To recap:
On Monday night, actor/stuntman Christopher Tierney was seriously injured during the performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
on Broadway when he went off a platform and was not properly tethered, falling 20-30 feet. The New York State Department of Labor, OSHA and Actors’ Equity have gotten involved, as this is the fourth actor injury connected with the show so far.
Tierney is still in serious condition at New York’s Bellevue Hospital. He is
being watched regularly and is reportedly in good spirits. Media reports have reported numerous broken ribs and internal bleeding from the accident, which have required back surgery.
Yesterday’s scheduled matinee and evening performances were both canceled while a variety of safety retests were conducted.
The show, far and away the most expensive in Broadway history at a cost of $65 million, has gotten scrutiny over everything from the cost to the difficult-to-follow storyline. The show is still in previews, and the official opening day has already been pushed back an additional month to work on story problems and to possibly add more songs from Bono and The Edge.
Previews, however, have been selling out, and performances are expected to resume this evening following the implementation of new safety procedures.
As you might expect, Rupert Murdoch, the real life imitation of J. Jonah Jameson, has been all over this story in the New York Post and on the local Fox tv stations.
Sad to say, Dirk Deppey has been laid off from The Comics Journal, leading to the end of the truly amazing ¡Journalista! His last column was today, and we’re honored to be mentioned.
I can think of no better compliment for his work than acknowledging the number of times I have shamelessly plundered his daily link fest for articles, and he will be badly missed for however long he stays away.
What worries me is what he’ll be doing now. The image at the right is taken straight from the front page of his website, and it links through to the song “Shouldn’t Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas” by Wall Of Voodoo.
Please, can we just leave the mayhem and physical injuries to Broadway?
We picked on Marvel for all the Tron covers this month, and now they have more to answer for, with this reimagining of the climactic battle from Aliens:
Ellen Ripley. She fights for the Newtsers.
ARCHIE #619
“Robbing Arch” – Part Two: “On the Run with Robbing Arch”
The trap has been set! The medieval adventures continue as Arch and his Merry Band of Teens attempt to rescue Princess Veronica from the clutches of the Duke of Doom and the fiendish jester, Chester! But has Robbing Arch just made himself a dateÖ with the Hangman?
SCRIPT: Tom DeFalco
ARTIST: Fernando Ruiz and Jack Morelli
COVER: Fernando Ruiz, Bob Smith and Tito Pena
Shipping Date: 3/16/2011
On Sale at Comic Shops: 3/23/2011
Newsstands: 4/5/2011
Comic, 32 pgs, 40 lb. glossy stock, Full-Color
$2.99 US
ARCHIE AMERICANA SERIES: BEST OF THE 90s BOOK 2
“Ratman,” “Duggy Wuggy, M.D.,” “Skate Date” and more!
“Ratman” cleans up Megapolis on his way to a showdown with The Punster! Archie takes on the roll of a teen doctor as
“Duggy Wuggy, M.D.” whose biggest challenge is being serious! Then, Archie tries to impress the girls with a
“Skate Date,” but as soon as he puts on the skates, Archie’s not so impressive! Plus, way more of the best Archie Comics from the 90s which, like, totally make this collection the bomb!
SCRIPT: Mike Pellowski, Frank Doyle, George Gladir, Hal Lifson, Dan Parent, Angelo DeCesare, Hal Smith and Kathleen Webb
ARTIST: Stan Golberg, Dan DeCarlo, Rex Linsey, Fernando Ruiz, Jeff Shultz, Harry Scarpelli, Alison Flood, Michael Esposito, Rudy Lapick and Bob Smith
COVER: Rex Lindsey and Tito Pena
ISBN #: 978-1-879794-66-5
Shipping Date: 3/7/2011
On Sale at Comic Shops: 4/6/2011
Soft Cover, 7″x10″, 96 pgs, glossy stock, Full-Color
$11.95 US
And you thought nerdy fans complained about comic book movie casting– this one might become the all time champion.
DeathAndTaxesMag.com points us to the story that the Council of Conservative Citizens (flagged as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and no, we aren’t linking directly to them) are calling for a boycott of Marvel’s Thor movie due to the casting of Idris Elba in the role of Heimdall, in direct opposition to their White Nationalist beliefs.
Mr. Elba, as you can see from the photo, is about as non-Aryan as you can get.
Oh, hell, let me quote them so you don’t have to visit:
Norse mythology gets a multi-cultural remake in the upcoming movie
titled “Thor,” by Marvel studios. It’s not enough that Marvel attacks
conservative values and promotes the left-wing, now mythological Gods
must be re-invented with black skin.It seems that Marvel Studios believes that white people should have
nothing that is unique to themselves. An upcoming movie, based on the
comic book Thor, will give Norse mythology an insulting multi-cultural
make-over. One of the Gods will be played by Hip Hop DJ Idris Elba.
And of course, there’s now a “Boycott Thor” website. And no, we aren’t linking to that either, although we will quote them too:
Marvel has a history of advocating for the left-wing. In early 2010 they
even used their Captain America comic to attack the TEA Party movement.
Marvel front man Stan “Lee” Lieber personally funds left-wing political
candidates. Now Marvel has inserted left-wing social engineering into
European mythology, casting a black man to play a Norse deity.
Stan Lieber? Oh yeah, Stan “The Jew” Lee.
Me, I’m happy. Laughing at the Westboro Baptist Church at San Diego Comic-Con was getting boring. I love that a so-called Christian group is getting so upset about the depiction of Norse gods. And I can’t wait to hear what their reaction will be when they find out about Denzel Washington playing Jefferson Davis in 2012.
Since Tom and The Comics Reporter wishes everybody else in the industry happy birthday, we have to make sure that someone wishes him one… and if we don’t, who will?
Go read his stuff and enjoy.
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Again: We are NOT asking you to forgo shopping at your local comic store, far from it. Support your local shops. If you don’t know if you have one near you, go to the Comic Shop Locator. Many stores really need your support– Cosmic Comics in NYC, for example, is doing 80% off of back issues from now to the end of the year. They were very close to closing, and have survived only with a last minute reprieve.
See that patch on the head? Somebody opened it and scooped out a lot of information, including information about you.
There was an extremely large disclosure of usernames, e-mail addresses,
and lightly-encrypted passwords from Gawker over the weekend, part of an ongoing war between Gawker and 4chan.
If you ever created an
account at Gawker, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Deadspin,
io9, or Fleshbot– say, to comment on a story– your information was probably released (over half a million
unique e-mail addresses and hashed passwords were released, including one of mine). There are active
exploits of this information in the wild, including a lot of spam on Twitter coming from compromised accounts. Protect
yourself by changing your password everywhere except the compromised sites.
You can find out if one of your IDs was compromised by going to GawkerCheck.com and following the instructions. Do it right now, before you find yourself hawking Acai Berry juice to all your friends, family, and followers.
Taking the classic holiday cartoon and replacing Gene Autry with the Police…
My first thought upon seeing this: wow, Andy Summers was always pale, but I didn’t think he’d put on that much weight.
Hat tip: Lisa Sullivan.
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