I’ve been driving a lot more since my move to the Finger Lakes and I’ve been trying to use my time wisely. For music, I catch up on Pete Fornatale’s Mixed Bag from WFUV and ComicMix’s own Mike Gold’s Weird Sounds Inside the Gold Mind from The Point Radio. Both offer great tunes and insightful,…
Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 Taken films comes DEADPOOL, the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterpiece about Marvel Comics’ sexiest anti-hero: me! Go deep inside (I love that) my origin story…typical stuff…rogue experiment, accelerated healing powers, horrible disfigurement, red spandex, imminent revenge. Directed by overpaid tool Tim Miller, and starring…
After what seems like decades of waiting (oh wait: it was actually about 10 years!) the Deadpool movie finally opened in theaters this past weekend to the tune of a record-shattering $135 million at the box office; and it was everything I’d hoped for. It was exactly the Deadpool movie that we needed at this…
In case you don’t follow the Twitterverse, allow me to succinctly sum up the “happening” that occurred this past week. Rob Liefeld, stalwart artist and writer, melted down. After months of being jerked around by his nebbishy editor, he waved the white flag and left his position at DC. He took to Twitter to vent…
Well, this is one way to steal focus from this weekend’s MoCCA festival. Kelly Rowles reports this message from Rob’s wife Alison, who apparently represents “Rob Granito Art Services” and has tried to get people to pay for interviews with Rob. After telling them they won’t pay for any interviews, she got this reply: I…
Rob Granito, internationally known artist and illustrator, will write and draw his own biography comic for Bluewater Productions. “In the past two weeks, Granito’s name and work have been on everyone’s lips,” mused Bluewater president Darren Davis. “He might be the most famous comic artist of the year. We expect ‘Fame: Rob Granito’ to be…
Rob Liefeld reveals Ryan Reynolds, everybody’s favorite cinematic Deadpool, might abandon the role now that next year’s Green Lantern movie is to be the first of a trilogy. Unless, of course, GL tanks. Then it’s every man for himself. According to Rob, who created Deadpool for Marvel Comics, Warner Bros is determined to make Reynolds’…
It’s 2010 now– so it’s almost safe to indulge in 90’s nostalgia.
It’s been a slow few days in comicsylvania, so here’s a roundup of the last few days: Stellan Skarsgård (Bootstrap Bill in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) joins the Thor cast. Says it all, really, especially since no one will say what part he’s playing. A unified theory of Superman’s powers. Warning: may blow…
A collection of news items that have come in over the last few days while we’ve been recovering from NYCC. KC Carlson is also recovering, but from a mini-stroke instead of con crud. Get well soon, big guy. Brett Ratner directing Youngblood, according to Variety. So if you love what he did with X-Men 3……
Okay, let me see if I have this straight. From Rich Johnston: Rob Liefeld will be putting out a "SMASH! Extreme!" #0 re-printing of Smash’s previous appearances by Jeph Loeb and Liefeld from Image in April. Rob says, "This will contain a new story which frees Smash! from his bonds and lead into the multi-part…
We may soon see the first film without feet, as director Bryan Singer is reported to be eyeing an as-yet-unseen graphic novel by Rob Liefeld. Slash Film has the story. Bryan Singer is in negotiations to produce Capeshooters, an adaptation of Rob Liefeld’s upcoming graphic novel which tells the story of two slackers who become…
