Raymond Leblanc, who helped create a worldwide phenomenon from the comic book series Tintin, died on Friday, according to an article in the Economic Times. He was 92. The Belgian publisher helped create the Tintin Journal, which ended up bringing the characters of cartoonist Herge to audiences in several continents. From the article: A resistance…
It would be nice if, now that I’m in my mid-50s, I could stop worrying about whether or not I’m popular. Sensible people get over this in junior high, average people stop in high school, and only a few truly insecure carry it through to college. Grown-ups, who have jobs and responsibilities and hobbies,…
Comics Links Suspension of Disbelief (which I haven’t seen updated much lately, so I hope it’s back) looks at Spirit #5, and that old bad-plotting standby, beating a guy until he signs a contract/confession/whatever. Think the San Diego Comic-Con is big? It’s only the third largest comics gathering in the world – and number one…
Three words you never expected to see all at once: KISS. yaoi. manga. Our illustration today is, I’m afraid, only the beginning… [via Journalista!] Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog not only reviews a bunch of new comics, but also has a picture of Jughead with a jetpack. Speaking of Jugheads, the Joplin Independent is in love with…
SF Diplomat deconstructs Iron Man. I don’t see what all the hubbub is about. So he’s an alcoholic, workaholic, control-freak millionaire military contractor who is his own superpowered bodyguard and often runs his own foreign policy — what’s the big deal? I don’t see anything odd there… Neil Gaiman was kissed during the Eisner Awards…
Marvel editor Tom Brevoort posts Mark Millar’s original memo/pitch for Civil War. Comic Book Resources presents the third part of their look at Homosexuality in Comics. Blogcritics reviews a pile of DC and Image comics, starting with Dynamo 5 #3. Blogcritics also has a Marvel comics review, and is particularly fond of Nova #4. Forbidden…
Via Forbidden Planet: A Star Wars fan Down Under "was making his way to a 30th anniversary photo shoot earlier today ‘dressed in black and carrying a backpack with a replica laser blaster poking out the side’ when he ‘alarmed diners at a food court in central Melbourne.’ According to Reuters, the 32-year-old was quickly…
Remember how last Sunday I was lamenting the lack of comics based on classical literature by, say, "Virginia Woolf or a Bronte or two?" Well, via Down the Tubes comes news of a new UK-based company starting up to tackle even more classic literature in a graphic format. Classical Comics hopes to have its first…
Boom! Studios has announced that the writer/director/producer team behind the Warner Brothers film The Astronaut Farmer, set to open on February 23 will be following up by launching a project called Salvador "in the world of comic books." The teaser gave no further information, but they could be talking about this offering found on the…
