When last we left Tintin, he and Snowy were facing an uncertain future as the famed directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson wanted to turn his graphic novel adventures into at least two live-action films. The forces of corporate evil, though, saw to it that DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures were split asunder, leaving financing for…
I know way too much about comics. Far more than is healthy. But there are, understandably, a few characters here and there that I either know very little about, either because I never really came across them or I did but found them terribly uninteresting and so dismissed them, soon forgetting what I had learned….
Over the last two days, Marvel has been sending out graphics asking, "Are you ready to hero up?" and "Are you ready to villain up?" Given the art styles, we can only surmise that some new youth-oriented project is in the offing. The art is certainly cute and polished. Any guesses?
Steve Canyon is a classic comic strip hero, created by Milton Caniff. Since his debut in 1947, the hero was a mainstay until Caniff’s death and the strip’s cancellation in 1988. Interestingly, there was little merchandising done with the character through the years with the notable exception of being part of the personas to be…
The Superest by Matthew Sutter and Kevin Cornell will move from web to print in an illustrated book to be published by Kensington. The strip is described as a world of “colorful super-heroes, where each hero’s dominant (often quirky and humorous) power serves to supplant his nemesis, although the same power acts as his Achilles…
"I actually like where [the writers have] taken the whole storyline this year for everybody, including Elle," Kristin Bell told Sci Fi Wire about her participation Heroes season three. Her character, the electrically-charged psycho Elle Bishop, will be seen in some 13 episodes this season. Her connections to the other characters will be explored showing…
Despite rumors coming from Hergé Studios, The Hollywood Reporter says Steven Spielberg remains set to direct the first of a project trilogy of films featuring Brussels’ Tintin. Hergé had said on Tuesday that Peter Jackson was moving ahead of Spielberg prompting both Jackson and Spielberg camps to deny the fact. The first film, written by Doctor…
The Hollywood Reporter notes that Lionsgate is so keen on pushing a new Conan film into production that they’ve hired two sets of writers to draft parallel scripts for the film. No director has been attached to the film at this point, but sources close to the project have said that the intent is to…
In today’s brand new episode of White Viper, by Erin Holroyd, Dick Giordano and Frank McLaughlin, our heroine learns to fight in the style of the snake. Particularly, the viper. Hmmm, I bet that’s going to be important. Also, the bad guys decide to ride into town again. Credits: Erin Holroyd (Writer), Dick…
From the Onion: EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space Monday in the faint hope that his only child…
The long-rumored reboot of Robocop at the hands of director Darren Aronofsky was made official this week, Variety is reporting. The previous trilogy is going to get a reboot, and apparently the idea is to take the mecha-lawman story and make it more noir-influenced. Personally, I was hoping for an Old Western. From the article:…
There’s an interesting question posed by the New York Times film critic A.O. Scott in a new piece regarding superhero movies. He surveys the Summer of the Superhero and notes the genre’s success, but then wonders if it might have hit a creative high-water mark. In other words, could the conventions of the superhero limit…
