Today’s installment of comic-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest… * Missed this one in the holiday wackiness: A federal appeals panel said that child pornography is illegal even if the pictures are drawn, affirming the nation’s first conviction under a 2003 federal law against such…
Happy birthday to Stan the Man! (Geez, I’m not even half his age and I don’t have half his energy. Let this be a lesson to you, kiddies– when you’re writing, stand up while you type. You’ll be in much better shape when you get older.) Excelsior from all of us true believers! May you…
After breaking the news via the Washington Post, Marvel has finally begun to reveal some of the details behind the Black Panther revamp coming in February. T’Challa, the reining Panther, seems to be replaced by a mysterious female. Now, Marvel says T’Challa’s fate is tied to events in the aftermath of Secret Invasion and connected…
Marko Djurdjevic and Gabriele Dell’Otto have drawn a variant cover to Thor #600 which fronts a special issue containing a story by Stan Lee and illustrated by penciller David Aja (Immortal Iron Fist). The regular team of J. Michael Straczynski and Olivier Coipel kick off the anniversary with a story pitting Thor against a new…
It’s been over a year since we last saw The Defuser win all the chips on Stan Lee’s Who Wants To Be A Super Hero. So is he still flying high? He swings in to share the holiday with us, plus: Wizard kicks off The Best of 2008 Dynamite fills in the Battlestar gaps Topps…
The BBC has confirmed a third season of The Sarah Jane Adventures, to air in the fall of 2009. Their website reviewed their future children’s offerings and said, “Together with her companions Rani and Clyde and her adopted son Luke, Sarah Jane once again comes face to face with a whole host of weird and…
Pop culture loves zombies, yet did you ever consider the problems faced by the actors behind the make up. Making a living by playing dead ain’t easy, as Sherman Howard (Day Of The Dead) and Reggie Bannister (The Rage) tell us, plus: Robotech moves closer to the movies New Heat Miser for the holidays! W…
Stan Lee was honored at the White House when President George W. Bush bestowed the National Medal of Arts award. He was among the nine recipients for this year’s award. Here’s the complete write up: Washington, D.C. — President George W. Bush today announced the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts. Nine medals…
Stan Lee will executive produce a television adaptation of Hero for Showtime according to Variety. The novel was written by Perry Moore and was released in 2007, telling the story of an “up-and-coming super-hero who struggles to hide his secret identities.” Moore is writing the script for the hour long series and will also serve…
I was at the FallCon in St. Paul, Minnesota, a few weekends back. Nice little to medium sized Con, the sort I really enjoy these days. You get a chance to talk to the fans and see a few other friends and old pros. I spent some nice time with Pete Tomasi and sat across…
Ang Lee’s [[[Hulk]]] film failed because he spent too much time on the Jekyll/Hyde aspects, the very ones that inspired Stan Lee. After all these years, people wanted to see the Hulk leap and smash things. When he leapt, we cheered, but there just wasn’t enough of it. Director Louis Leterrier achieved a far better…
Just about a week ago, it was announced that the ol’ "Stan’s Soapbox" columns that ran in Marvel Comics from 1967 to 1980 will be collected in an upcoming paperback published by (and benefiting) The Hero Initiative, the very worthwhile organization that is also the "first-ever federally chartered not-for- profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping…
