We begin our look at the new film, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, first talking with creators Kami Garcia and Margret Stohl, then director Richard LaGravenese who moved the project from book to film and actor Jeremy Irons who steps into a key role. Plus Marvel tries its hand at the romance game and the JLA movie hits…
According to many interpreters of the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 was to be the last day of the world. Were we going to go quietly, or in another Big Bang? No one knew. But some portents started happening as December matured. A woman slept while a tornado ripped off her home’s roof. More than…
The responsible thing to do this week would be to write about The State of Women in Comics. With Gail Simone booted off Batgirl, coupled with Karen Berger’s departure from Vertigo, one can conjure all sorts of misogynist conspiracy theories, and one would have more than a 50% chance of being right. But I don’t…
Perhaps you are not a follower of mens fashions. Perhaps you don’t care. The relative width of a jacket’s lapels is not as hot a topic as the relative length of a woman’s skirt. In New York, however, it’s a big business. We have a Fashion District, which is not a place where models live,…
Crossroads Writers & Literary Festival September 26, 2011 The 2011 Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival starts at noon on Sunday, October 2, in downtown Macon, Ga. The festival, which includes childrenâs activities, a writing marathon and some unique offerings, is free and open to the public with readings by many of the conferenceâs writers….
Sean Taylor, Writer/Editor/Creator AP: Tell us a little about yourself and your pulp interests. ST: My interest in pulps began like most of my reading habits… from comic books. I wasn’t the type to just read the superhero books. No, I also dug the war anthologies and horror and sci-fi anthologies from just about Day…
Gail Simone, take note. D’Oh! Gail wrote this episode– I didn’t see the credits because it hasn’t aired in America yet. Thanks, Andrew. Hat tip: Hugh Casey and Lisa Sullivan.
Marv Wolfman writes: A few weeks back on Twitter, referring to Toy Story 3, writer Gail Simone made a funny comment on Bullseye, the horse, and in her deadpan Twitter-humor style referenced Daredevil’s Bullseye. In turn, I wrote back saying whoever created that Bullseye had to be a genius. Needless to say, I created him….
It’s hot out there, and we just had a weekend or two without a major convention, so we’ve all been talking amongst ourselves. And as a result, we’ve been talking about… talking. The major flare-up has been on Heidi MacDonald’s blog, chroncling a heated discussion between Gail Simone and Rich Johnston… Sometime in the night,…
It’s #followfriday on Twitter, and these are some of the comics folks you should be following if you aren’t already doing so… Warren Ellis – If you’ve ever read anything by him, especially The Authority, Planetary, or Transmetropolitan, it probably won’t surprise you to learn how angry he can get on his Twitter. What will…
Why not celebrate it by reading the Twitterwar battle of patriots between ex-Captain America writer Mark Waid and Wonder Woman scribe Gail Simone? Lots of fireworks here: Simone/Waid Twitterwar FACT: Mark Waid has been arrested TWICE for giving CrossGen comics to CHILDREN. “EVIL!” says local crack dealer! Simone/Waid Twitterwar FACT: Simone gifted by Dave Gibbons…
Well, this has been an entertaining weekend. To recap: on Friday, the LiveJournal community scans_daily has been suspended for posting copyrighted material without the permission of copyright holders, which is against LiveJournal’s ToS. Many people, looking for a focus to blame, have taken out their venom on Peter David, bombarding his site with comments, some…
