Apparently, everyone decided to give out awards and/or nominations in the past week, as my email is filled with messages about the various winners and nominees. Here’s a quick rundown of what was awarded, who won it (or in some cases, was nominated for it) and where to find a more comprehensive report on the…
Aint It Cool News posted a new image from the big-screen adaptation of Watchmen today, and its a pretty impressive one. The image features a 1940s-style photograph of "The Minutemen," the precursor to the superteam that came to be known as The Watchmen. From AICN: Who are the Minutemen? Well in WATCHMEN – it was…
Hidden within his massive, mind-numbingly comprehensive roundup of information about the looming San Diego Comic-Con International convention (which I intend to spotlight in at least one other post here on ComicMix), Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter included a link to something semi-related to CCI but very interesting to me — and possibly quite a…
Over at LA Weekly’s geek culture blog, Topless Robot, they’ve put together a list of the worst album covers designed by artists from the comics industry. Among the examples on their list is Canadian hip-hop group Swollen Members’ 2003 album Heavy, featuring a cover by Todd McFarlane. McFarlane has at least one respectable album-cover credit:…
While I realize I’m a bit late happening upon this video, I can’t help posting it here anyways — just in case I’m not the only person who missed it. To be honest, I’m not entirely certain what this "Iron Man’s Adventure" video is intended to promote. It looks like a cinematic from a videogame,…
Most digital art websites always remind me how little I know about Photoshop. For example, even if I spent the next full week with my nose in a copy of Photoshop for Dummies, I couldn’t begin to create anything like Pixeloo’s "Untooned" image of cartoon and videogame characters. Seen at right is Pixeloo’s "Untooned" version…
A while back, I spoke with You’ll Have That webcomic creator Wes Molebash about YHT, Zuda Comics and various other subjects, and it looks like the talented writer/artist has been keeping busy since that interview. This set of new character designs recently popped up in his Flickr gallery, and I can’t help but direct some…
MTV Movies Blog recently posted a new clip from The Incredible Hulk, featuring a meeting between Betty Ros (Liv Tyler) and Hulk interrupted by a trigger-happy attack helicopter. MTV Music Videos MTV Shows Entertainment News So, my question: Do the Hulk effects look better or worse this time around? I’ve posted some screenshots…
Campaign season always brings me down. Rather than choosing the lesser of evils, just once I’d like to be presented with a candidate I can really support. Just once I’d like a candidate who embodies the ideals of… Snoopy? Over at Fanboy.com, Michael Pinto directs readers’ attention to the old Peanuts premiums issued decades ago…
Campaign season always brings me down. Rather than choosing the lesser of evils, just once I’d like to be presented with a candidate I can really support. Just once I’d like a candidate who embodies the ideals of… Snoopy? Over at Fanboy.com, Michael Pinto directs readers’ attention to the old Peanuts premiums issued decades ago…
Universal Pictures recently stepped up the promotional efforts for their upcoming adaptation of Wanted, the creator-owned Mark Millar/J.G. Jones miniseries published by Top Cow, with a pair of online items worth noting. In addition to a behind-the-scenes video that premiered on Empire Online this week and features some interesting thoughts from Millar about the project,…
Actor and InterWebs celebrity Wil Wheaton informed fans today that "Blue Light Special," a story he wrote in 2006, has been adapted into an episode of the collaborative webcomic BlogJam. In the strip, Wheaton relates a story about the toy that "defined his childhood" — in this case, Star Wars action figures. Wheaton helped write…
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