Happy 94th Birthday, Jack Kirby!
And for his birthday, the co-creator of the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk is trying to blow out Marvel’s corporate headquarters.
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Marvel Movie Round-Up UPDATED
As this summer season winds down, Sony is looking three years ahead. According to Deadline, they have already staked out May 2, 2014 for the sequel to 2012’s Amazing Spider-Man. James Vanderbilt, who penned the first script, has already been tapped for the sequel although it’s way too soon to know anything about the content….
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LET THERE BE PULP-NEW COLUMN LOOKING AT EARLY CAP FILM ATTEMPT!
LET THERE BE PULP- Examining where Pulp Classics Start- by Frank Schildiner Millions, including your humble narrator, await the opening of the new CAPTAIN AMERICA feature film, one that promises to bring the character back to his Simon and Kirby roots. But old Cap has a troubled history with Hollywood that has this writer shuddering…
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Marvel Partners with Williams-Sonoma
In the what won’t thiey think of next department, we just received this release about Kitchen ware. Yes, when you’re ready to get back to baking as the summer heat fades, you can decorate your fall cupcakes for school with Marvel heroes. Interestingly, as seen in the graphic, classic Marvel Age artwork is being used,…
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Derrick Ferguson Ducks The Mighty Shield of CAPTAIN AMERICA
2011 Marvel Studios/Paramount Pictures Directed by Joe Johnston Produced by Kevin Feige Screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely Based on âCaptain Americaâ created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Before we get into the review, please indulge me for a minuteâ¦hit it: I had hopes that when Jon Favreau snuck in the 1960âs Iron…
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The Comic To Movie Trifecta: “Cowboys And Aliens”, “Smurfs”, “Captain America” Take Top 3
For the first time in movie history, the top three highest grossing films in a weekend are all adapted from comics. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Little blue Smurfs and not-so-little green men from space are in a photo finish for the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford’s sci-fi…
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MARC ALAN FISHMAN: X-Men – Built By The McMansion of Ideas
Wikipedia (truly the only place to learn stuff these days) defines McMansion as “a pejorative term for a large new house which is judged as pretentious, tasteless, or badly designed for its neighborhood.” When I read that term, one comic franchise comes to mind. Color me snarky this morning, kiddos, but I feel the need…
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Captain America
Joe Johnston knows how to direct adventure films but watching his growth as a director has been a pleasure. His first offering, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was a visual effects feast, thanks to his training at Industrial Light & Magic. He followed up in 1991 with his first comic book adaptation, Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer…
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Monday Mix-Up: Sam The Eagle as Captain America
Wait, wait, wait… are there Muppets in this poster? In spite of the giggle factor, this may be an important milestone– this may be the first official crossover between Disney and Marvel properties, promoting both Captain America: The First Avenger in theaters now, and The Muppets coming out in November.
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MARC ALAN FISHMAN: Flash Fact – Barry Allen Sucks!
Hello all you crazy-awesome ComicMix fans. For those who don’t know me (and when you share a space with guys like Mike Gold, John Ostrander, Martha Thomases, Michael Davis, Denny O’Neil, and Mindy Newell? I don’t blame you!) allow me to introduce myself by way of witty, snarky banter. I figured if I am to…
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SHIELD’s Agent Coulson to get own Series?
The street date for the home video release of Thor has been revised to September 13 and it appears the disc will come with an interesting bonus feature. Marvel Studios reportedly shot two short films feature SHILED agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) intended to be included with the DVD releases of Thor and Captain America:…
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GUEST REVIEW AND INTERVIEW-MYSTERY MEN FROM MARVEL COMICS!
ALL PULP thanks Peter Miller – docsavagetales.blogspot.com – very much for providing this Guest Review AND a Creator Interview to go with It! Mystery Men #1 and #2 of 5Written by David LissArt by Patrick ZircherPublished by Marvel Comics DC comics made a big splash when the First Wave Universe premiered. They were making pulp…
