Toy Fair photos
Yes, we can tell it’s that time of year, because photos start showing up of you with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Yam.
Special thanks to Rebecca Badurina (she’s on the right) for providing photos and information.
Author: Glenn Hauman
Joss Whedon directing Office episode
From Whedonesque via our half siblings at TV Squad, we see that Joss will be directing an episode of NBC’s The Office.
And of course, there will be vampires. Or vampire bats. Or something. Maybe someone cooking with garlic.
And if you look really hard, there’s an invisible jet.
Dark Tower signing at Midtown Comics
It was late and below freezing, but when has that ever stopped real fans?
Well over a hundred people braved the elements to attend the midnight launch of The Dark Tower at the Times Square Midtown Comics, where writer Peter David and artist Jae Lee were on hand to sign copies.
Before midnight, Jae and Peter set up to sign– they were going to have to sign a lot of books. How many, you ask?
The Dark Tower: interview with Peter David
Peter David, writer of stuff, was able to take a few minutes between bowling, barfing babies, and boarding a plane to Maine to explain what’s germaine and urbane (and other words in the same vein) about the new Dark Tower series, going on sale tonight at midnight. Oddly, even though I’ve known Peter for over two decades and have been his webmaster for almost five years, this is the first time I’ve ever interviewed him…
Q. Assume I know nothing (always a fair assumption) about The Dark Tower. For those folks out there who’ve never read The Dark Tower or any other works by Stephen King, or just know his works from the movies, can you sum up what the heck’s going on here? What things do I need to know about the story that will make it accessible to me? Or will the comic be fully accessible to those who know nothing about The Dark Tower or even Stephen King?
A. You don’t really need to know anything about the series (well, aside from how to read) than anyone required when the very first Gunslinger novel was published. Basically, Dark Tower is a blend of fantasy and iconic western heroes, detailing the life’s story of Roland, the last of the Gunslingers of a long-ago city called Gilead, and the circumstances that forged him into the hero he eventually became.
Q. So this is more of a true dark fantasy than King’s usual horror?
What went wrong with Warlord?
Scott Dutton is Defending Skataris, where he tries to analyze why DC’s recent revival of The Warlord didn’t work. I have my own suspicions, but you can’t have Mike Grell, he’s busy. On the other hand, if Dwayne McDuffie can do what he did in Justice League Unlimited…
UPDATE: It seems that Alex Ness is asking the same question.
Bear no longer with us
Here’s part of what happened: there was a security hole from one of our vendor’s products that exposed a lot of private company data that would only have gotten worse after launching. So rather than put all that at risk, we waited until we could completely fix the problem. Now that we’re safe and secure, we’re happy to say hi.
Special thanks to Steve Horton for pointing out the initial problem. Take a look at his strip, Grounded Angel.
Baby’s First Mythos
C.J. Henderson (Batman: Joker’s Apprentice) has come out with an exceptionally twisted book called Baby’s First Mythos. With its cardboard cover and binding, it feels like my old Super Grover kids book (oh, like you didn’t have one) but it reads like a children’s primer to H.P. Lovecraft. Think Edward Gorey meets Cthulhu.
The price is $9.99, not counting years of therapy bills for the young recipients — unless, of course, they are the last sane ones left when the Old Ones come to devour us…
Too Much Coffee video
Via Mike Netzer, it’s 30 seconds of the love aria from the Too Much Coffee Man opera:
Shannon Wheeler is soliciting commentary on his forum.
