Marvel Comics
Happy 70th birthday, Marvel!
Should I bust out that walker, old man? Nah, I’m just kidding. You’ve only got 40 years, and 356 days on me. Congratulations. Regardless, why this is a special occasion for me is I’ve followed […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Marvel Comics
Spider-Man musical is having issues.
Shocking. When you think about the talent involved with Evan Rachel Wood, music from U2, and Julie Taymor’s apparent ridiculous spending totaling somewhere around 45 million (!!!). Vulture reports: Michael Riedel reports this morning that […]
Dark Horse
Rick Remender on the end of Fear Agent.
I might cry. Really. Rex Mundi is ending, Fear Agent, and I just don’t know what else to say anymore. Remender spoke with Comic Book Resources on the end of his project: “This will lead […]
Marvel Comics
McFarlane discusses Marvelman news.
Everyone has been talking up the Marvelman business, from Neil Gaiman, to Mark Buckingham and Rick Veitch. Now the man who previously owned the rights to Miracleman, talks to Comic Book Resources and says: “Here’s […]
Marvel Comics
PP at Marvel.com re: Strange Tales
Marvel’s got an interview with Paul Pope (conducted by Sean T. Collins) in anticipation of the forthcoming Strange Adventures #1 up here. Marvel.com: Did you read super hero comics when you were a kid? Paul […]
Image Comics
Mike Allred and Steven T. Seagle DO NOT announce new project at SDCC.
Wait..what? It appears in the hubbub that was Comic Con, comic creators Steven T. Seagle and Mike Allred declined to announce their new project coming from the Man of Action Studios and Image Comics. We […]
IDW
ACT-I-VATE Primer.
The ACT-I-VATE comic artist collective will be putting a primer edition through IDW Publishing. Everyone talks their Dinosaur Comics, and their Diesel Sweeties and their Achewood as being great webcomics but truly, in the end, […]
Marvel Comics
Neil Gaiman on Marvelman.
With all the hubbub over Marvelman becoming a property of Marvel, which is kind of funny considering Marvel complained all those years ago causing the name to be changed to “Miracleman”, there seems to be […]
IDW
“World War Z” author to write G.I. Joe miniseries.
If nothing else, we should at least get a well-written G.I. Joe something, because I’m pretty sure we won’t find anything well-written in the movie. Max Brooks, Mel Brooks’s son, will write a G.I. Joe […]
Conventions
SDCC: “Choker” announced.
Man, have I been waiting with baited breath for this announcement for what seems like forever. Well, almost a year, really. Yesterday, the Bens, (those being Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith) announced they will be […]
Marvel Comics
SDCC: Marvelman belongs to Marvel.
So that super secret thing that Rich Johnston alluded to that was going to be announced at Marvel’s Cup O’Joe panel? Well that thing is the company has bought the rights to Marvelman. “It is […]
Conventions
SDCC: Vertigo Crime Panel.
I am ridiculously fired up over what comes out through the new Crime Line series of books from DC/Vertigo Comics. Shepherded in by Will Dennis, Kiel Phegley at Comic Book Resources gives us a great […]
Conventions
SDCC: Matt Fraction is all things “Iron Man”.
That is certainly a good thing. From consulting on the “Iron Man 2” movie, to being nominated for an Eisner for his work on “Invincible Iron Man” it now surfaces that Matt Fraction is writing […]
IDW
REVIEW: Richard Stark’s “The Hunter” adapted by Darwyn Cooke.
When this book was first announced at Comic Con International last summer I nearly flipped at this idea. When I got the book in my hands six weeks before the release I flipped again. If […]
Cartoons
Tuesday Morning Cartoons.
Marvel and DC Comics have released their latest animation endeavors with the “Spider-Woman” motion comic, and the first four minutes of “Green Lantern: First Flight”. We would embed the clips to the body of this […]
Boom! Studios
“Jennifer’s Body” Graphic Novel announced.
Shocktillyoudrop.com has an exclusive preview of the comic adaptation of Diablo Cody’s next film starring Megan Fox, “Jennifer’s Body.” Published by Boom! Studios, the book will be written by Rick Spears (Black Metal) and drawn […]
Comic Book Movies
DC Comics Writers Consulting on Warner Films.
An interesting piece from the Hollywood Reporter creeped up yesterday, and it seems like no one has written a thing about it. Apparently, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, and Marv Wolfman have been hired by Warner […]
Boom! Studios
Heeeerrrrreeee’s Wednesday.
Okay, so maybe I could only will myself a week break from a “Shining” reference. I can’t stop myself, I’m a creature of habit. Regardless, its that time again, and that means some comics coming […]
Boom! Studios
INTERVIEW: Mark Sable talks about “Unthinkable”.
A couple of weeks ago I posted about comic book writer Mark Sable’s troubles with the TSA over a script of his excellent “Unthinkable” comic. What happened was Sable was detained by the authority because […]
fantagraphics
Everbody is Stupid Except for Peter Bagge
Fantagraphics has just published a new collection of comics from “Hate” creator Peter Bagge: Everybody is Stupid Except for Me. Originally appearing in the pages of Reason- a 40ish year old Libertarian magazine with a […]