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The Pro– Animated!
For your late-night comics related watching: “The Pro” by Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner, and Jimmy Palmiotti— now animated! (Dear lord, NSFW.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFS9n7_-5oo Or read the book.
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Marc Alan Fishman: Dragon Con is for Lovers
This past weekend, Unshaven Kyle Gnepper and I braved a 10-hour car ride from Chicago to Atlanta to present our wares at the annual Dragon Con. While I could spend my article telling all of you the harrowing tale of how our booth was stolen and then how it turned out to be a simple…
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Superman and Metropolis Celebrate John Ostrander!
So ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàwhere was I last weekend? I was in Metropolis, thatÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs where, down in the Southern tip of Illinois attending the 39th Annual Superman Celebration. Way back in 1972 the city got DCÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs permission to call itself SupermanÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs home and later that year the Illinois legislature passed a resolution confirming it. By the late…
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John Ostrander, Temporary Celebrity!
Last week I gave a review of the Suicide Squad movie. This week, I’m talking about my trip to NYC for the premiere. I got in to the East Coast on 7/31 and stayed with my friends Tam and Kev English over in New Jersey, near to where I used to live. Tom Mandrake and…
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John Ostrander Cons Around in Baltimore
So, I wasn’t here last week. Some of you may have noticed. So, where was I? At the Baltimore Comic Con (BCC), which was dandy, and I enjoyed it very much. Usually when I’m gone somewhere around the deadline for this column, I’m supposed to get it in earlier and most times I do. This…
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Crazy Sexy Geeks: New Episodes and More to Come
Due to Comic-Con and, frankly, the economy, “Crazy Sexy Geeks: The Series” has been on hiatus for a short while. But thanks to a few fan donations, the show is coming back with new episodes. These episodes will cover such topics as “gays in mainstream comics”, more on “women superheroes”, a look at “what you…
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#SDCC: Overheard at San Diego Comic-Con, Day 4
First we have this photo from Wossy himself, Jonathan Ross, which we’re posting: because Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor need to see it, because I didn’t even know that Simon Pegg was at this convention, let alone in the running for the Green Arrow movie. And with that, onward! Before the Iron Man 2 panel,…
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Webcomics You Should Be Reading: Ctrl-Alt-Del
Years ago, I was at a comic convention where Jimmy Palmiotti told a story about the most vocal fan he ever encountered: A fellow who apparently was constantly sending letters and posting to message boards about how he read the latest thing Palmiotti had done and it sucked, sucked, sucked. At first he was annoyed,…
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ComicMix Radio: Rosario Dawson Steps Up
After laying dormant for nearly a year, Rosario Dawson is ready to kick start The Occult Crimes Task Force back to comics and a film. She tells us why she believes morethan ever in comic based movies, plus: Jimmy Palmiotti takes on Vampire Hunter D Warehouse 13 set for The SciFi Channel Our rundown of…
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‘Jonah Hex’ Begins Shooting in March
Warner Bros. has given a green light to a Jonah Hex script from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank). "Pre-production will begin January 2009 before principal photography gets underway in March 2009 in either Louisiana, Georgia or Arizona,” the producers told Movie Blog. Actor Thomas Jane had himself done up to show what the Hex…
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Palmotti talks Countdown
Can we handle another weekly comic? Countdown writer Jimmy Palmotti tells us why this will be the series to watch over the summer. Plus – the excitement from Free Comic Book Day has just settled, but we’ve got the behind-the-scenes action as we debrief some of of the nation’s better retailers on just what happened…
