When a graphic novel is billed as a cross between Men in Black and Jurassic Park, it’s no surprise to see a studio come running, dollar signs in their eyes. Such is Disney with Monster Attack Network, according to a story in the Hollywood Reporter. The book is published by AIT/Planet Lar and originally came…
Earlier this year, retailer David Pirkola was seriously injured during a robbery of his comic shop in Kentwood, Mich. He’s still recovering, and now Boom! Studios and Jeffrey Brown are launching a benefit auction. Brown is a customer and friend of Pirkola, and he partnered with Boom and iFanboy.com to do a tribute page of…
Alison Bechdel, who’s probably best known for her memoir Fun Home, has an essay and art in the upcoming State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America. She has a note about the project on her blog, and then there’s a new review of it in Publishers Weekly. From the (pretty brief) review: Alison Bechdel’s…
Alex Robinson, creator of the new Too Cool and Box Office Poison, writes on his blog about Comic-Con, though it has pretty much nothing to do with comics or movies. (And haven’t we all had enough of that anyway?) Instead, the subject is cards: One proud note: on Saturday night, my wife and I played…
I was talking to cartoonist Jim Rugg recently about comics anthologies, and he said his thought as a reader is that each collection should have one great story, and then anything else good is just gravy. In the case of the latest volume of Meathaus, SOS (Nerdcore, $30), Rugg’s Afrodisiac story is the gravy. His…
Talk about impossible to pass up: Here’s an interview between two pretty brilliant crime writers, Ed Brubaker and Duane Swierczynski. It originally ran in Crimespree magazine, issue 22. Here’s a sample: DS: Since Scene of the Crime, many of your regular series have been infused with this great crime/noir vibe—Sleeper was pure noir, Gotham Central…
MTV’s new Splash Page comics blog has some bizarre news about a partnership between Stan Lee and Paris Hilton. Let that sink in for a second or two. Apparently the oddest dynamic duo are working together on an animated superhero spoof show for MTV. Details: “We’re developing that right now and just going over scripts…
Comic book movies have finally been unseated from the top of the box office mountain, as the latest Mummy movie displaced The Dark Knight. But there’s still no debating this being the summer of the superhero, as comic book movies hit one HUH-YUGE milestone: $1 billion in ticket sales, according to boxofficemojo.com. That includes Chris…
I know, I know. More news from San Diego? A full week later? Apologies all around, but this is too interesting to pass up. Newsarama has a recap of a panel where a few industry folks discuss the potential demise of comics in their monthly, floppy form. Douglas Wolk and Joe Keatinge are the headliners,…
There’s a neat story in the Jerusalem Post about a comic book exhibit that’s aimed at easing the sometimes strained relationship between Israeli and Polish citizens. Lingering anger from the Holocaust apparently has left something of a schism between the two peoples, and comic books are seen as one way of healing those old wounds….
This ridiculous villain thing has officially gone too far. First, we have the “evil trinity” of Despero, Morgaine Le Fey and Enigma. Then there’s been Howlers galore and a trio of baddies headlined by the Eraser or White Out or whatever his name is. And now? Swashbuckler! He shows up amid the chaos of the…
A pretty slow week in comics, as everyone’s still gasping for breath post Comic-Con (including me, even though I stayed at home this year). Not even a dozen books worth reading this week, and I somehow missed the JSA annual. Still, some interesting stuff, with a strong DC showing. Book of the Week: Blue Beetle…
