Blog Archives: August 2007

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Comic Book Club Preview: Fred Van Lente

Sept. 4 brings us another edition of Comic Book Club, the live, talk show where you can meet me, Justin and Pete in person, and hang out with our comic book friends! Hooray! Before the show, I'm going to post up little chats I had with the guests. First up is Fred Van Lente, author of the current Ma

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Goyer Gushes on Geeky Projects

Wizard has a short interview with David S. Goyer, the director and writer of the upcoming "Magneto" spin-off movie. Goyer has long been a fan favorite for doing everything from writing a classic run on "JSA" to co-writing "Batman Begins." Now, with another comic-book origin movie on it's way, Goyer

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Marvel Blog Updates

Marvel is really kicking it out with blogs. This week, Tom Brevoort continues to talk about continuity: I think writers work best when they're able to tell the truth as they see it (which is a slightly different thing than telling the absolute truth, since nobody can be perfectly unbiased.) And I th

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Ten Lamest Superheroes Ever

Ask any comic fanboy and they'll tell you that the next best thing to reading comics, is arguing about them. From "Which is Cooler: Batman or Superman?" to "What was the best Spider-Man story arc?" Fans will disagree and debate until exhausted from their mad-hand gesticulations, stop for rest, then

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HULK No Team-up!

Yeah, World War Hulk X-Men 3 of 3, Spoiler. I am so loving the fact that Hulk is still going around beating superheroes up! It still hasn’t gotten old. Yes, the art is fantastic and I feel they are really doing a great job with Hulk’s language. I hate it when the Hulk talks too much or what

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More Shazam

In case Thursday's news wasn't enough to tide you over, IESB has video of John August talking about casting, funny factor and more with the new movie. Check it out here. And for those of you who don't think a Shazam movie should be funny? Wrong. Incorrect. Shazam IS fun and funny; and just because

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Still BLEEPING! Awesome

Spoiler Hack/ Slash #4 Hack/Slash is up to issue #4, and I have loved every single one. It is so smartly written and so funny. I also enjoy the way they do twists on most of their reveals. Alex mentioned the example instead of will Cassie making it out alive? The different, fun cliffhanger is wil

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Countdown to Event Fatigue

Is anyone experiencing deja vu these days? Think back to the mid-'90s when fans became sick of all the "event" comics, threw up their hands and left the comic shops in droves. It seemed as if everything was a "special issue" with a variant chromium cover. The publishers had pushed the readers too f

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"Big"+ Superman= "Shazam?"

John August, the man who wrote "Big Fish," and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is also writing the "Shazam!" movie, and the MTV Movie Blog caught up with him to talk about it. "A comic-book film which centers on an unlikely hero, 'Shazam' is 'very different' from all 'the other flying people in

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20 Reasons to Wear Spandex

RetroCrush has written their list of The 20 Coolest Superhero Costumes. It's a pretty good list with everyone from Space Ghost to Golden Age Sandman included. You might notice the absence of females, and that is due to the fact that they are compiling a separate list of female costumes. I would hav

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Another "Dark Knight" Leaked Scene

As usual, minor spoilers involved ... pretty minor this time, so don't worry too much about learning anything you didn't want to learn. If you "have to go in fresh" to the movie, turn away now. This is by far the coolest "Dark Knight" scene I've yet seen leaked, because we actually get to see some

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Life in the "Afterworld"

MySpace TV has started showing installments of a series called "Afterworld," which is about a man who awakes to find 99.9 percent of the population gone, and technology dead. "Afterworld" has a "Y: The Last Man" vibe to it and should appeal to comic fans, because in reality, it really is a series o

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Batman's Hung!

 This is a shot taken from the set of "The Dark Knight," and it looks as though it's the Gotham Witch Trials and Batman's been hanged! This plot point was leaked a little bit ago, so I guess we'll have to wait until next summer to find out what this is all about.

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Italy Invents Spidersuit, Geeks Drool

Scientists in Italy (more specifically, at the Polytechnic of Turin) might have just found the invention that will make all geeks everywhere explode in an ecstatic outburst of sheer joy. Italian scientists, you are now my favorite people on Earth. What could be that great, you wonder? How about a su

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Heroes DVD Release Chat

From my IM this morning: hllowcouch: First season of Heroes is out on DVD today... hllowcouch: Are you on line yet? az3456: Yes i am... az3456: I'm live blogging the Heroes DVD launch! az3456: Kidding. I have no idea how I would even do that. hllowcouch: Well you should be. az3456: You're r

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"Punisher 2" Gets Title, Actually Exists

I'm kind of flabbergasted that we're hearing any news whatsoever on a "Punisher 2." Nobody saw the first movie, and those who did reported that it wasn't particularly good ... Except for Pete, who saw it three times in the theater. I can safely report that, having turned on the movie about 45 minut

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Diamond Dumps Valiant

It is always a shame when intellectual-property law interferes with fans and their favorite comics. Old-school Valiant fans have narrowly dodged that bullet, with Newsarama reporting that the highly anticipated "Harbinger" hard-cover edition has been dumped by Diamond Comics Distributors. The decisi

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Marvel Eats Your Brain

Depending on your perspective (and quite possibly your view on comic-universe continuity) you either loved or hated the Marvel Zombies story arcs — except for people who don't read Marvel and didn't care, but even then, there was probably an opinion in their brains as to whether it was an awes

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Geek Day in New York!

 Calling all nerds! Today is the day to get your geek on! This afternoon, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale are signing at Midtown Comics (the first 200 get a free mini comic featuring our favorite Hiro!) and speaking of the "Heroes" cast, some of them are signing at the NBC Experience Store tonight at Rockef

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Who Wears the Watchmen?

  One of my favorite sites for uber-cool tees, Threadless, has a new T-shirt design featuring the Watchmen ... and guess what, they're wrist watches! Get it?! The deal with this site is that you vote if you like the tee, and the more votes it gets, the more likely it will get printed! So hurry

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Joust Another Comic Book

Film Exec. No. 1: Hey, you know what would make a good film? Asteroids. You could have a guy in a spaceship, and he blows up asteroids, and ... it writes itself.Film Exec. No. 2: Rights are taken. How about Joust?Film Exec. No. 1: Joust ... that's the one with a guy on an ostrich who jousts, right?

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Top 50 Favorite Characters

 Comics Should Be Good over at Comic Book Resources is putting together a list of the 100 Favorite Marvel and DC Characters, and guess what lucky readers, you get to pick the favorites!  Just as they did with last year's 100 Artists and Writers list, CBR is now letting the fans pick their favorit

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This is a Heroes Fan Blog, Right?

I mean, I'm pretty sure it is, as we post news about Heroes almost every friggin' day. I guess I can't get upset about it if I'm the one posting the news, right?In any event, Wizard posted up a sort of text-only DVD commentary for Season One. While I will take issue with them referring to the first

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Superman Returns ... With a Better Movie

It's funny how the comic book/movie rumor mill works. Two weeks ago, it was a streaming flood of Marvel news, one piece of news after another, day after day. This week has decidedly been a D.C. week, with no signs of stopping today with a new "rumor" regarding the anticipated return of Singer beh

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What is your pull?

So, Hack/Slash is coming out! So, what will happen with Amazon's Attack? Does anyone care? I will probably check out Batman Annual #26. Mice Templar #1 and Brit #1 come out. I will be interested to see how they are. Gene Simmons Dominatrix #1 comes out and should suck, but I will give it a look at

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Another Year in "Smallville"

In the spirit of keeping a very D.C. week of news going, let's talk about the upcoming seventh season of Smallville. IF Magazine recently interviewed producer Al Gough to get some interesting information regarding the show and what to expect while watching this season. The real Supergirl shows up

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Coloring With Steve Hamaker

 Steve Hamaker, the colorist who is doing an AMAZING job with the "Bone" coloring, has posted a tutorial on his techniques on his Web site. This will be the first in a series of videos exploring his different methods for his various coloring jobs such as "Bone," "Shazam!" and "Flight." I love his c

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JLA Movie Rumors Continue ...

This week has been absolutely abuzz with D.C. comic-movie news, and today is no different. Following up on the JLA mo-cap/CGI story from earlier this week, IESB has done a little more digging on the situation and is now reporting that JLA will be a mix of CGI and live action, with the CGI being us

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Spider-Leg Tattoo

If I were this kid, I would tattoo spidey-sense lines on my face. I'm not this kid, though: Via Warren Ellis.

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Shia LeBeouf, Last Man on Earth?

The film adaptation of "Y the Last Man" seems to be picking up some steam this week, with director D.J. Caruso sitting down to an interview with MTV to report on the future of the movie. Notably, he spoke on the format of the movie, indicating that the film would focus it's entire length and bread

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Hulk Tour '07, Destination: Toronto

A bit of news regarding the new "Hulk" movie has surfaced that will be of great interest to our friends who live in or near Toronto. If the word on the street is correct, anyone near that city next month could have a chance to go and watch a piece of the film get shot. I'm not talking about any m

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Speed Racer to Be Literal Live-Action Cartoon

Call it the anti-bullet time ... though I personally have no emotional connection to Speed Racer, a LOT of comic fans do have one, so this news might give you a little joy heart attack. Talking to Susan Sarandon at the "In The Valley of Elah" junket, Collider found out this little nugget: "They’re

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"Spectacular Spider-Man" Teasers

Marvel has posted a trailer for the upcoming "Spectacular Spider-Man" animated series, which will premier on the WB in 2008. I love the old-school webbing under the arms look, it's a very nice touch to the aesthetic. Certainly a show for the younger audiences, but it certainly couldn't insult olde

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Spider-Man

Man, the latest story arc of Spider-Man has been crazy fun. Spidey is barely holding it together. I disagree with Justin, and I don't think this issue is a filler issue. Yes, there are some parts that could have not made it to print. But still, this is becoming really intense. Spider-Man is acting

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Must LOVE Sam Kieth

OK, so I loved The Maxx! I've forgotten how goofy some of Sam Kieth's drawings are. Don't get me wrong, I love the coloring and a lot of the art. But, some of the panels are a little too cartoonish. I was really excited for this book. But, when I read it, I was a little disappointed as well. It i

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Black Summer, more dark than black

Not that many black people in Black Summer; still some serious butt-kicking. So far, nothing has lived up to the No. 0 issue of Black Summer! And I hate No. 0 issues! Anyway, this issue is really cool and well drawn. It reminds me a little of the old-school G.I. Joe cartoons, because the bad guys a

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Miller Scores Another Bombshell

Frank Miller apparently gets the ladies. One week after the announcement of Scarlett Johansson to the cast of "The Spirit," comes news of another curvaceous actress to the troupe, that of bombshell Eva Mendes (marking her second comic-book film role, the first being in "Ghost Rider.") Not a bad one

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"Mercenaries" Transition to Print

In a world where seemingly every popular comic book and video game characters end up being adapted to film, and many comics get adapted to video games, it is rather surprising that more video games don't get adapted to comics. It happens, but not nearly as often as the other crossovers do. Lucasart

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Have a Little "Faith" in Vaughan

 Newsarama caught up with Brian K. Vaughan and talked to him about his upcoming arc on the "Buffy: Season Eight" comic. They talk about "Y" ending in a few months, and how Whedon has now taken over the reins on "Runaways," and Vaughan will now be behind the helm of "Buffy" for the next six issues f

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"You Killed My Paarrreeennntttsss ... "

  A man who goes by the name Goldentusk has taken it upon himself to sing the classic "Batman" theme song from the 1989 movie and animated series, and put words to it. In this new version of the "Batman" theme, you will learn the history of Bruce Wayne, and how he dons the batsuit, all wit

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Do You Read?

According to a recent poll printed on MSNBC.com, only one in four adults in America read a book last year.I read that fact, and then thought "I read all the time. I read comics every week." Then I paused for a second, and wondered whether, in fact, reading comics counted as reading, at least the way

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Sommers in Brussells (a.k.a., The G.I. Joe Movie)

Two pieces of related news on the "eagerly" awaited G.I. Joe movie:1) The movie will be directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing). This is fine news. Sommers, despite his last two god-awful movies, is a fun, big budget director with a good sense of humor. He loves balancing multiple chara

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Dorks Make Good: Wired on Penny Arcade

Uber-popular web-comic Penny Arcade was profiled in the latest issue of Wired, in an article titled: The Dorks Behind Penny Arcade, an Obscure Webcomic Turned Vidgame Empire.Yes. Obscure. Gotcha. I think unless you're accidentally reading Wired in a dentist's office because the other guy in the wait

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Heroes in FHM

Hey, is the new season premiering soon? I hadn't heard ...Masi Oka and Hayden Planetarium talked to FHM (the Brit version, natch, as the U.S. version don't exist any more) about their careers, the show and everything in between, while still finding time to take glamour shots, and pose for the Tim Sa

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Step right up and shoot Wolverine

Talking Wolverine #56, bub. Job Opening: Looking for a crazy person to shoot, um, to shoot a lot of, to shoot a lot. The important thing is the pay is really good. Hey, Wendell, I heard you got a new job! Yeah, I shoot a hairy guy in the bottom of a pit. Plus, I get dental! Dude, that is the greate

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Starbuck Fix

If you "Galactica" fans out there can't wait until this fall's "Battlestar" TV movie, then check out Dynamite Entertainment's new comic series, "Battlestar Galactica: Year Zero," which focuses on the first two years aboard Galactica and the return of the Cylons. Even though "Battlestar" is hands do

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JLA=CGI?

Word on the street Thursday has it that the upcoming Justice League of America movie will not, in fact, be a live action movie. Rather, IESB is reporting on what sounds to be fairly reliable rumors that the movie will be a CGI/motion-capture affair. This could make for an interesting movie feel (

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Two More "Dark Knight" Leaks

Some new set reports regarding "The Dark Knight" Thursday from HollywoodChicago, the most boggling is the prospect of Anthony Michael Hall playing a minor antagonist (meaning not a major villain but someone who doesn't like Batman … kinda sounds like a Peter Parker/Eddie Brock kind of dynamic) in

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"Heroes" Does a Body Good

And if you thought we were done covering "Heroes" for awhile, think again, m'friends! Now Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and Hiro (Masi Oka) from our favorite mutie TV series are models for the latest "Got Milk?" ad! Hayden's ad reads: “You don’t have to be a hero to feel invincible. That’s why I

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Late Review: Super-Villain Team-Up

I'm actually completely surprised by this, but Supervillain Team-Up: Modok's 11 is probably one of the best books on the stands right now. Seriously. To catch you up on the story, M.O.D.O.K. (evil giant floating head) is teaming up with 10 other criminals to rob the most highly guarded time fortr

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A Clare-Mountain of Continuity

First off, that's the worst comic book pun of the day and I challenge anyone to beat that … Secondly, I've just finished reading X-Men #202 and boy is that title getting continuity crazy: We've got a brand-new team of Marauders causing trouble for the X-Men and the New X-Men as well as a new

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Today's Most Season 2 Video

Hey, you guys want to see some new footage from Season 2 of "Heroes"? Me too, but you're not going to get it here. What you are going to get is six Heroes hanging out on a green-screen soundstage, with a patented Mohinder brand voice-over. Enjoy …

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This Week's "Watchmen" News...

Wizard had a quick chat with Zack Snyder, in which they talked about "Watchmen" going into production in a matter of weeks (what, did you think we would go a week without any "Watchmen" movie news?!). There are some interesting tidbits in the interview, like how Snyder got Dave Gibbons involved and

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The PS Chat: Jen Grunwald, Marvel Trades Editor

Periodically, we'll do a more extensive interview with people in the comic book industry. This isn't about spoilers, or getting to the bottom of important issues. This is finding out what makes this tick. You know, really getting into their psyches or whatever. This time, I'm chatting with Jen Grun

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"Heroes" Overkill?

An article today in The Boston Globe talks about "Heroes" and how it is doing too much too soon, and is only setting up to disappoint fans. From the constant casting news (Kristen Bell, etc.) to the "Heroes: Origins," and now the "Heroes" DVD World Tour later in August, it seems that fans may overd

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Contin-Boose-ity

Marvel Editor Nicole Boose explains continuity in her latest blog post: When comics people talk about continuity, they’re referring to the concept of all characters and all storylines existing in a shared, consistent fictional universe. This is very old news to people who have been reading Marvel

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Top Five Indie Graphic Novels of All-Time

Everyone has their own list of what they think are the Greatest Graphic Novels of All-Time, a must-read for anyone who is starting to make the transformation into "fanboy." There are some usual names on that list like "Watchmen" or "Dark Knight Returns," and those are classics, but here at Pulp Sec

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The Mercs Without Mouths

Actually, they probably do have mouths. But you know, they're no Deadpool. Dynamite will be publishing a comic book adaptation of Pandemic Studios "Mercenaries," the first person shooter which has the longest plot description I've ever read for a video game. Boiled down: It's the near future, and

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A Comicbook Orange at FanExpo Canada

If you happen to be in Toronto this weekend for FanExpo Canada, come check out our kick ass panel and booth! BOOTH #1308: I will be there all weekend giving out swag and interviewing comic legends. PANEL: Friday, August 24, at 8pmSci Fi Superstars of the Internet - Come see some of the bes

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Sam Jackson Talks Spirit, Nick Fury

Sam Jackson is a busy man. In addition to all the "normal" movie roles he finds himself in, one could make an argument that he's the James Brown of Hollywood... the hardest working man around. Of course, one of those projects is the upcoming "Spirit" movie directed by Frank Miller. Another proj

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First Millar/Hitch FF Cover

Tom Brevoort addresses the skeptics over at his blog by posting two of Hitch's penciled pages from Millar/Hitch's Fantastic Four, launching next year. He also states that the title "will carry a new and distinctive trade dress to help it stand out from the rest of the Marvel line." Hmmm... Wonder wh

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"Oz" Reimagined

In the most unexpected bit of news I could have possibly read today, Todd McFarlane will be producing a revisionist (read: darker) version of the venerable and beloved "Wizard of Oz" movie (by the most famous racist ever, Frank L. Baum.) This version, which will be called "Oz" will borrow from bo

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Superman's Identity Revealed!

In honor of Jimmy (or should I say Action Man?) discovering Supes secret identity in Countdown, here's a collection of covers featuring various people discovering that Superman is really Clark Kent. And hey, here's a fun fact for you: Did you know that there were a number of stories in the olden

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Where Is Steve Ditko?

&ot BBC4 has been airing a very intriguing sounding program titled "In Search Of Steve Ditko" where UK television personality Jonathan Ross goes in search of the comic legend (and his personal hero,) all the while providing a documentary of sorts detailing Ditko's work and influence on the comics c

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D.C. DVD Release Dates

  For the kid in you, or for those of you that are kids, Warner Home Video has announced release dates for "Batman: The Complete Fourth Season" and "Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season," with both DVD collections hitting shelves on November 20th. Beyond the collected episodes, the "Batman" set

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Dan DiDio DiBate

Things are heating up over at Jinxworld where a fan's anti-Dan Didio thread has turned into a debate on his leadership and the direction that DC Comics has taken over the past couple years. Is his exuberance over killing popular characters funny or annoying? Especially fan favorite Stephanie Brown

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Real Life King Solomon's Frogs

Dude, doesn't anyone realize you rub these guys together, you'll can travel through time and space? To take a step back for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about: Four mutant frogs with gold skin and red eyes, found by children in a grassy field in the town of Shimanto in Kochi pr

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Reynolds to "Flash" Us?

  There was talk a couple years back about Ryan Reynolds ("Blade: Trinity," "Amyityville Horror") donning the red suit to play The Flash, but like so many comic book movie rumors, they were quietly laid to rest, but that may not be so now that the Justice League movie is on the fast track. MTV

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Brevoort Continues to Not Apologize

We're on Part #5 of Tom Brevoort's "Comics I Don't Apologize For," and this week he doesn't apologize for JLA/Avengers #2, where Superman beat the snot out of Thor: While each character, each side, had its vocal proponents, one concept remained consistent throughout almost all of the feedback: if t

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TCAF Wrap-Up

Torontoist has a photo wrap-up of, if not the biggest, at least the coolest Comic Convention, Toronto Comic Arts Festival (which, I know I've mentioned a million times, released the best Free Comic Book Day book this year). Check it out, it's a cameo by Teen Boat: And did anyone else know tha

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Ton o Comics on Wednesday!!!

Wow, there are a lot of great comics coming out on Wednesday. The new Mouse Guard is coming out, New Batman/ Lobo by Sam Keith, The new BLACK SUMMER!, Amazing Spider-Man, will Aunt May die?, Wolverine, Green Arrow year one, Batman #668, Walking Dead, Invincible, Spirit, and Blue Beetle! Is th

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Spock Slips Sylar Spoiler

 Zachary Quinto (Sylar) was interviewed by Celeb Watch, and he let a couple little spoilers slip about his character on "Heroes." I always assumed that Sylar ate the brains (or something like that) of his victims, but I guess we don't really know what he does with them, and Quinto further reiterate

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Misery Loves Spidey

Marvel has posted more teasers on their website concerning the hotly-debated upcoming Spider-Man storyline "One More Day," releasing in roughly two weeks. As discussed last week, the conventional wisdom surrounding the event is most likely a divorce with Mary Jane or her death. I'm not counting o

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Jon Favreau Loves You

Yes, he really, really does. Despite his busy schedule finishing post-production on "Iron Man" to get it out to us ravenous fans, he's still showing the love by promising to bring us the full, HD trailer that was shown at SDCC (for those of us not lucky enough to see it in person.)The promise was

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"Comic Foundry" Found!

 "Comic Foundry" Magazine hits stores this week, two weeks earlier than expected! I'm excited for this magazine, I've loved the website for awhile now, and I'm glad that a new magazine is coming into the field and playing towards the fanboys that aren't uber-geeks that read "Wizard," or the snobs t

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Veronica Heroic

I'm not going to lie to you guys... I'm a little upset about this news. What news, you ask? According to Variety: NBC is adding former “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell to the cast of “Heroes.” Peacock has snagged Bell for a key multi-episode arc of its sophomore sensation. Casting is a maj

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Tony having trouble with Shield

Talking The Initiative Captain America #29. So apparently villains can just march right into shield and start making out. Ok so this issue hasn't blown me away like past issues. This issue is just setting up the next one I feel. Of course the big reveal is that Bucky is going to be a sidekick

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What you talking bout Wolverine?

So I picked up Wolverine Origins #16, and how about that reveal? OK first things first, they decided to revamp an old story arc. The only reason to revamp something is to make it better. This did not achieve that. The older comic was drawn and written better. So the new added twist, Wolverine wan

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Justice League of America Beats Up Superman

Well, sort of. Yesterday saw some infinitely interesting information come out regarding a massive hurry-up by the Warner studio of the Justice League of America movie, potentially pushing back or abandoning the upcoming Superman: Man of Steel sequel. Odds are, between those two options, this news

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Movie Insider Rates "Watchmen" Script

If you think "The Watchmen" movie adaptation is such a massively interesting, obsession-rife fixation that I would cover a story on what the musical composer for the movie thinks of the script, well, you are right. Although, to his credit, we aren't talking about just any composer here. We are ta

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Check out Gear Head

So I picked up Gear Head #4 for the first time. It is a cool book. I really like all the characters in it. I love how Teddy's dog is wearing a helmet. I also enjoy Teddy spewing zombies. Plus the zombies with guns were very funny. I also enjoyed the zombie comic at the end of the issue, zombie w

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Five Good Things to Come from the 80's

 This week Wizard publishes "The 5 Best 80's Characters" with Venom topping the list. Some people personally hate Venom, and what he represents to the comics world, I on the other hand love the creation, and what he brought to Peter Parker's life. Rorschach is the only reputable character on the li

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From "Creek" Queen to Amazon Princess?

Lots of rumors flying today that Katie Holmes will be playing Wonder Woman, but there are a lot of problems with this rumor that lead me to believe this is just internet nonsense. First off, all indicators point to this project being completely in limbo right now, Joss Whedon was removed as direc

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Johansson Gets Spirit-ed Away

 Frank Miller's big-screen adaptation of Will Eisner's classic "The Spirit" franchise just got a lot hotter with the announcement of Scarlet Johansson to the cast. The Hollywood bombshell will reportedly be playing femme fatale secretary, a character with ties to the villain (The Octopus) played b

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Avengers #1 Goes for at Garage Sale

You know how there's those lovable stories about someone finding a rare comic book at a garage sale, and it turns out to be worth thousand of dollars? This is one of those stories, and then it turns kind of awful. According to Fox 4 out of Dallas: When a McKinney couple picked up a coloring book fo

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The Revenge of Rip Hunter's Blackboard

In case you haven't read the first issue of Booster Gold, Rip Hunter's Blackboard Full of Spoilers and Clues (first seen in 52) has returned with a glimpse of what is to come in the DC Universe. Herewith, I'm going to post each section of the blackboard, along with some analysis... You guys fill

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"Dark Knight" Spoiled...Again!

 Well, as if the plot points weren't enough yesterday, now we get almost 20 shots from "The Dark Knight" to squeal over! Somehow KungFu Rodeo managed to get their hands on these pics and this second set of pics as well. All I can say is that it looks BAD ASS. I guess the multiple-Batman storyline t

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Sub-Mariner ROCKS!?

Talking about The Initiative Sub Mariner 3of 6. I am not a big fan of Namor, especially because in this book he beats on Wolverine. As if. But, damn what a reveal. Thank you Venom! As unusual of a thing, I actually agree with Justin and Venom. I have always hated those little wings on his feet.

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"Dark Knight" Spoiled!

 *SPOILER ALERT!*Plot details from "Dark Knight" have been leaked onto the internet, and for those of you who want to be kept pure and virginal DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT. For those of you who live life on the edge and actually have a pair, come with us as we read what Gotham City has in store for

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Doctor Strange to Remedy Movie Rumors?

This one is looking tentative at the moment, but the fanboy in me wants it to happen so badly that I will ignore my good sense and write about it. Rumors are circulating today that Marvel will be making a Doctor Strange live action feature film. IESB is claiming an exclusive reveal, but until i

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Country Rocker on Collecting Comics

 Country rocker Ryan Adams has a short piece for aspiring comic book readers. I've been a Ryan Adams fan for years now, but had no idea that he was a Batman fan, let alone a comic book collector. He offers readers four simple steps to becoming a fanboy, which I agree except for the "Get a Subscript

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The Ultimate Upcoming Comic-Book Movie List

We’ve been covering so much comic-book movie news around here lately it’s hard to keep in focus exactly how many are in the works. To really get a handle on it one needs to put it in list form, so here we go. Titles are roughly organized in the order that we are likely to see them release.

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David Slade Talks "Candy" and Vampires

 David Slade, the director of "30 Days of Night" sat down to talk with Quint from Ain't It Cool News about the upcoming vampire flick, and his previous film, "Hard Candy." I like that Slade knows this is a horror film, and doesn't try to make the movie something it's not. He knows it's not art hous

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Sam Henderson's Moving In

Fellow New Yorkers: My good friend and fellow comic artist, Sam Henderson, is in dire need of a place to reside in New York. Please keep those ears to the ground in case any of you know of a place he can check out. Sam, via Myspace: "Here I am repeating myself with another announcement

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Remembering Mike Wieringo

 The comic-book world was at a loss last week with the loss of Mike Wieringo to a heart attack at the young age of 44. Wieringo was best known for his penciling work on flagship titles such as "The Flash," "Fantastic Four," "Superman," and "Spider-Man." He is also well remembered for creating

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Snoo-pi-oh

This has been floating around on the web for the past few days, but continues to be super cool... An artist named gNaw has reimagined the Peanuts characters as they would be if they were manga teens: These are good enough that I'd really like him to make a full manga out of Peanuts. Check out ple

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Arcades Still Exist?

More comic-book-meets-video-game news in the pipeline today with Marvel and Powerplay Entertainment, LLC (a coin-op arcade machine developer) agreeing to a three-year licensing agreement to span 12 games featuring Marvel characters. Old-school fans of comics and gaming will surely think back to

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Blogging About "Watchmen" Blog

 The "Watchmen" movie website has been updated with the first entry in the Production Blog. It is a short entry by Zack Snyder just talking about how he's in Toronto now prepping for the movie, and how him thanking everyone for coming out to San Diego for the "Watchmen" and "300" events. The entry

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Children of the Revolution

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Top Ten Reasons You Didn't Have a High School Girlfriend

 GameTrailers released a video of the Top Ten Comic Book Video Games today, and I have to say that it is a pretty good list. Anyone who made frequent visits to the local arcade growing up, or had a Super NES, will remember most of these games. I'm stoked that "X-Men: The Arcade

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A Beatdown of Marvelous Proportions

Fans of the old Capcom-produced Marvel video games rejoice! EA Chicago has released a press release giving some details on a new Marvel-themed fighting game, due sometime in 2008 (most likely holiday quarter, when 90% of big name games release.) I’m typically not excited when I hear about an

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Even More Neil Gaiman Movie News...

 Yet another Neil Gaiman adaptation looks to be coming to the big screen. "Neverwhere," based on his novel (that was itself based on a television miniseries he had penned) is the story about a guy, who after taking in an injured girl becomes involved in a conspiracy in the London Below, which is an

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Comic Book Club Tonight w/Greg Pak, Jesse Falcon, Heather Fink

You can check out our interviews with all of tonight's Comic Book Club guests here, here, and here. And we'll see you all tonight for the big shew. COMIC BOOK CLUB A Live Talk Show about Comic Books Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben Tuesday, August 14 @ 8:00 PM SUMMER SMASH-TAC

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Directing is Half the Battle

With the box-office success of “Transformers” turning heads of Hollywood executives everywhere and a “Voltron” movie rumbling about in the bowels of movie land, producers are certainly scouring the 1980s geek landscape to find more dormant franchises to cull from our childhoods for big sc

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You're McKiddin' Me!

 It looks as if yet another "Rome" cast member may be headin' to the big screen courtesy of Marvel Studios. McKidd played Lucius on HBO's short-lived television series about the fall of Julius Caesar, and IESB.net is reporting that Matthew Vaughan is considering him for the lead role in his upcomin

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Batbear!

I caught a glimpse of this picture over at Phillyist, of what I originally took to be a Batdog costume. Turns out, it's actually a Batbear STATUE, and has a Darth Vader cousin down the street in Vancouver. Turns out, this is sort of old news... Similar to the cows that were all over NYC a few yea

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Helloooooo Kitty

This picture by Jim Rugg of Hello Kitty and Godzilla is dying for a caption. Who's got one? -Justin

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Webslinger Wedding Woes?

Spider-Man has had a busy year in the comics so far between being unmasked and getting Aunt May shot in the process, and with the “One More Day” storyline looming on the horizon things are apparently looking to get much bleaker for Parker. Readers of Spider-Man have obviously noticed the ex

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A Comicbook YouTube

Congrats to Casey, Rudy, and the crew for getting their Frank Miller-centric episode of A Comicbook Orange on the front page of YouTube! Hope you guys have a wheelbarrow to get all of the cash off your money truck...

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Justin talking about what Justin thinks of comics

So I picked up Ghosting #1 to check it out, it sucked. Oh no, some lame people die. I don't like the art, especially the coloring. Anywho, I am enjoying Year One Green Arrow. I really think it says something, when you know the story but still are really enjoying it. I love the way the story is g

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Justin's Movie Corner

These days who isn't a Neil Gaiman fan, am I right? I loved the Stardust book and was very excited to see the movie. It's a great fairy tale story that has the potential to explode on the big screen. So I went and saw Stardust today and... it was fantastic. I would go so far to say that it was b

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Ross to Bring Cap Back From the Dead?

 Newsarama has an interview withe Alex Ross from Wizard World Chicago this past weekend, where a new image was unveiled of Captain America with the word "Return" on him. The image, painted by Alex Ross, has stirred up much talk about if Cap was going to be returning to the Marvel Universe sooner th

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One Can Never Get Enough Ash

There has arguably never been a character as cool and beloved in the geek universe as Ash from the seminal horror franchise “Evil Dead.” Now, such geeks have a reason to rejoice as Ash will see print again in a six-issue miniseries in November titled “Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash,” as reveal

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Boose Buys, Brevoort Balks

Here's your official Marvel blog update for the day: Editor Nicole Boose tells you what Spider-Man comics to buy for your kids: I used to work at an independent children's bookstore, where employees were under constant pressure to find the perfect book for every customer. One day, a dad came in and

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Minor League Marvel

  It’s truly amazing to think how far comics have come since the 1950s in this country. While still fighting for total acceptance as a legitimate, high art in some circles, the medium is definitely embraced and loved by the mainstream now. A perfect example of this is a new cross-promoti

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Mike Wieringo Passes Away

Various news services are reporting that fan-favorite comic book artist Mike Wieringo passed away on Sunday after a sudden heart attack. Wieringo was best known for his work on The Flash, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man. He stayed connected with fans through his frequently updated Web site and blog

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Wizard World Wows With "Dark Knight"

This past weekend's Wizard World Chicago comic convention brought a highlight that no other convention has had this year. DC decided to host a "Dark Knight" panel since the movie is currently shooting in the Windy City. Most of the cast from Aaron Eckhart to Christian Bale were in attendance, includ

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Warren Ellis to Helm Hulk/Iron Man Miniseries

 With Hulk and Iron Man being the hottest two characters in the Marvel universe right now for both the upcoming movies and their roles in the amazing storylines of World War Hulk and Civil War, it doesn’t look as if things will change at all next year. Not only will the movies be released, bu

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Millar. Hitch. FF. 'Nuff Said

Actually, not 'Nuff Said, because I have to fill a whole post with this news. In ANY case, big news out of Wizard World Chicago from this weekend was the reveal of Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch's secret Marvel project. Turns out, it's Fantastic Four. Not Ultimate FF. Not "special mini-series" Fantast

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Comic Book Club Preview: Greg Pak

August 14th brings us another edition of Comic Book Club, the live talk show where you can meet me, Justin, and Pete in person, and hang out with our comic book friends! Hooray! Before the show, I'm going to post up little chats I had with all of the guests. Last week, that was with Jesse Falcon, VP

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Morrison is weird

So Batman #666 was crazy and #667 picks right up with another weird idea. If you thought a Batman in the future who made a deal with the devil was a weird concept. How about an old school Scooby doo looking Batman reunion? It is clue meets Batman and friends and Hannibal Lecter is throwing the p

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Comic Book Club looking classy and black and white

Hey check out the newest issue of The Comedians Magazine! They did a piece on Comic Book Club, sorry no Justin. It was a weird night, we heard screams about a robbery outside and then Justin said he wasn't feeling well. The magazine is cool it is all about the New York comedy scene. All the

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Punisher treading Nazi's

Punisher War journal #10 So Punisher lately has been so good! This is like a record time for the Punisher! That being said I feel like the latest War Journal is just treading water until he really addresses the Captain America issue. Marvel has been teasing an image of Bucky and the Punisher t

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A World Without Superheroes

 Is the Superhero Genre dead? Is spandex no longer fashionable? These are questions posed by Noel Murray and Keith Phipps in A.V. Club's article entitled: Are Superhero Comics Played Out? Readers are always discussing what superhero will be next to kick the bucket, but what if the whole genre went

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The 10 Worst Comic Book Movies of All Time!

For fanboys nothing can compare to the excitement of seeing your favorite comic book characters brought to life on the big screen, and nothing can compare to the dissapointment of seeing Hollywood rape and strip your favorite comic characters of all that makes them holy. There are very few instance

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Thor Snatches Director

It’s no secret that next year is going to mark a red-letter year for comic movies. We all know the franchises that are hitting the screen, and we (as comic fans) are extremely excited about most of them. When news of a Thor movie broke it didn’t seem inherently interesting, but that has cha

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Comic Book Club Preview: Heather Fink

August 14th brings us another edition of Comic Book Club, the live talk show where you can meet me, Justin, and Pete in person, and hang out with our comic book friends! Hooray! Before the show, I'm going to post up little chats I had with all of the guests. Yesterday, that was with Jesse Falcon, VP

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Joker Friday

Hey, here's three unrelated stories about the Joker! STORY NUMBER ONE: So how is Heath Ledger as the Joker, anyway? Pretty good, at least according to this set spy who talked to Cinematical: "As regards to how Heath Ledger *seemed* as the Joker, he seemed like he WAS the Joker, and didn't need t

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Comic Book Club Preview: Jesse Falcon

August 14th brings us another edition of Comic Book Club, the live talk show where you can meet me, Justin, and Pete in person, and hang out with our comic book friends! Hooray! Before the show, I'm going to post up little chats I had with all of the guests. Today, I'm talking with Jesse Falcon, VP

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Bloody Hell! A Look at the "30 Days" Prequel

 ShockTillYouDrop.com has some exclusive pics of the new "30 Days of Night" prequel series, "Blood Trails." The seven part series will be a web exclusive prequel to the eagerly awaited upcoming "30 Days of Night" film in October. From the pics of the series, directed by Victor Garcia, it looks pret

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The Biggest There Is At What He Does

Clearly, we all need to take a trip to Universal's Islands of Adventure: ...So we can get sliced in half by the giant Wolverine. Via Phillyist.

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Yet Another Watchman Announced

Roughly every 25 seconds, another news bit about the Watchmen movie comes down the pike, and today is no different. Adding to the list of roles that have been cast comes Carla Gugino (she played tough-and-sexy girl cop Lucille in the "Sin City" movie) in the role of Sally Jupiter, the first and

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Stardust: A Rousing Movie About a Falling Star

 The film, "Stardust" based on the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman, concerns Tristan, a young boy who lives in the village of Wall, which borders the mystical land of Faerie. Tristan's love promises her hand in marriage if he acquires a star that has fallen over the land of Faerie. With promise o

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My Dinner With Joss

Author Suzanne Brockman and her hubbie were two of the five lucky/rich people who won the eBay auction to have dinner with Joss Whedon at Comic-Con. Lucky for all of us, she posted up a complete recap of the dinner. Though it's light on comic book news, the recap is fun, and continues to affirm h

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Kevin Smith Ruins Your Childhood?

 Kevin Smith has been linked to a lot of superhero movie scripts over the years. Superman, Daredevil, Green Hornet…. word of Smith directing these types of movies has always cropped up but none of those leads panned out and Smith always either left the project or was pulled in favor of another

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Avengers Accessorize!

 IESB.net has a first-look featurette at the upcoming Marvel Animated DVD Movie, "Avengers Reborn," which acts as almost a sequel of sorts to Marvel's other DVD animated feature, " Ultimate Avengers." The movie is set decades in the future where Ultron has destroyed the original Avengers, and now t

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Ed Norton to Write, Star In, Cater Hulk Movie

Well, here's some crazy news for your morning: Ed Norton is writing The Incredible Hulk. Yup, you read that correctly. Earlier, we had reported that Norton would be doing some (most likely) uncredited rewrites on the Hulk script. This isn't unprecedented... Norton supposedly has done rewrites on

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"Fables" Forever

 The A.V. Club has a fantastic new interview with "Fables" creator, Bill Willingham. He discusses his journey that led him to creating "Fables," all his failed attempts at writing and drawing for other comic companies, and how he even lived in a van in a mall parking lot for awhile! Hardcore! I wou

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What Happens (With Iron Man) in Vegas...

 It’s beyond common knowledge now that Favreau is making the highly anticipated Iron Man movie (a movie that looks better and better with every passing day,) less known is that Favreau is working with Adi Granov to create a limited series Iron Man comic titled "Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas". The

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Virgins' 'Virulents' to Hit the Silver Screen

Variety is reporting that Virgin Comics' series about American & Indian soldiers fighting zombie vampires in Afghanistan is making its way to the movie theater, with director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix, The Omen) at the helm. Here's the plot description from Virgin's si

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God of Thunder to Become God of the Box Office?

 Ain't It Cool News has an interview with "Stardust" director, Matthew Vaughn where he talks about everything from his relationship with Neil Gaiman to his short-term stint as director of "X3". One of the projects he does mention is to bring Thor to the big screen. When asked about the Thor movie h

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What Comics Taught Me About Hatred

Gay Gamer has a short article up with the above subject... In case you're not a regular reader, the site was hacked by a bunch of homophobes a few days ago, so this article's a response to that unfortunate event: The most important lesson I learned from comics though relates to hatred. I learned

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Marvel Reports Revenue Upswing, Future Projects

Marvel has released the numbers for their revenue in the 2007 Second Quarter, and news is good for the once-bankrupt publisher who has thankfully seen an upswing in their fortunes over the last couple of years. Net income for the company was up 78% from last year and growth was reported for al

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Sin City 2 Delayed, Fans Cry in Dismay

 Lost in the massive, chaotic shuffle of Comic-Con were many buried announcements that are just being sifted through in the last week. One such announcement that was missed (at least by me) was word on the greatly anticipated “Sin City 2” by Frank Miller. Miller revealed that he and Rodri

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Marvel DVD Game Takes Kids to a Prison Break

If a product wins an award before it is released, it must be doing something good. This is exactly what has happened to a brand new Marvel product out now: an interactive DVD / trivia game featuring its famous universe of characters. The game is called “Marvel Heroes Breakout,” and allows

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The Motion of Your Ocean

I had a conversation after San Diego with a Big Time Hollywood Development Exec (tm), who asked me if I knew of any comic book writers who might be interesting to check out. I started rattling off the indie writers I knew, trying to come up with someone he hadn't heard of. He then mentioned this int

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All Hail Gawactus

This has got to be the cutest little eater of planets ever: I thought maybe this was a line-wide thing, but the Doom and Namor toys are appropriately pissed looking... It's only Galactus that looks super cute and happy. You know, just like in the comics. You can get the toy for your power-

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What's your pull?

So what are people looking forward to on WEDNESDAY!!!!!???? Me I will be spending way to much money on: DMZ, Batman, Green Arrow Year One, I want to check out Un-men#1, Exiles, New Avengers most have more scroll info, WWH, Powers, and Punisher WJ. Things I will pick up and see if I like enou

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Who Designed The New Hulk?

If you've seen one of the pictures of the new Hulk from The Incredible Hulk movie, coming out next year, you might have wondered who designed him. Well, we've heard from an anonymous tipster that the concept artist is none other than Aaron Sims, who's also worked on Constantine, Fantastic Four, Men

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Well, it looks as if they're finally going to do it. They've threatened it before and Joe Quesada has been dreaming of doing it since he put his name on the door at Marvel: This photo released by Marvel seems to say Peter and MJ are on the outs. At the Spider-Man panel in San Diego they dropped se

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"Kingdom" Comes to the JSA

When DC recently released their solicitations for October, one title stuck out to most fanboys was Justice Society of America #10 with Kingdom Come Superman on the cover! This is what the solicitation says:"Alex Ross joins Geoff Johns as co-writer for Part 1 of “Thy Kingdom Come,” the epic stor

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Batrumors: Animated DVD Feature to Bridge "Batman" Movies?

A production document seems to have surfaced (assuming that it is legitimate) that details plans to produce an animated straight-to-DVD Batman feature to be released just before the release of "The Dark Knight." The project will apparently be PG-13 and will bridge the stories of the two movies.

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Death With Your Morning Coffee

What a better way to greet the morning than with death? The A.V. Club at "The Onion" has published The 12 Most Memorable Deaths in Newspaper Comic Strips. With Farley, the dog from "For Better or Worse" topping the list. The entry I found most surprising was Garfield at No. 12. I guess there was a

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The 10 Worst Comic Book Movies of All Time: Part One

1. Generation X Now, this is technically a TV movie ... and a REALLY bad TV movie. It originally aired on Fox in 1996, and featured Banshee and Emma Frost as the headmasters of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. M, Skin, Mondo, Jubilee and Buff and Refrax, two made-for-TV characters because C

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Your Darkman Questions Answered

Actually, MY "Darkman" questions answered. Pulp-head Pat Casey was nice enough to write in and back up Pete's assertion from this week's The Stack that there were several "Darkman" movies. Turns out, he was right, and I was just surprised. In fact, there were TWO "Darkman" direct-to-DVD sequels: "D

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Paltrow “Signed in Blood” for "Iron Man" Sequels

After the debacle of watching the quality of "X-Men 3" descend and implode before our eyes during the production process via the full weight of worldwide-fanboy-Internet scrutiny, it’s extremely refreshing to watch the reverse happen with "Iron Man." Everything looks so perfect from every upda

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Red Sonja eats MJ?

So lets talk Spider-Man Red Sonja. Michael Oeming, who is a great guy! He has been on the Comic Book Club show a couple of times; well he is writing Spider-Man Red Sonja. It starts off great: very funny and classic Spider-Man banter. Then, out of a necklace, a crazy sorcerer flies. He turns NYC i

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Baby on Board the Fantasticar?

Marvel’s had a pretty damned good success rate in transferring their prized properties over into movie form, with the obvious exception of the turgid "Fantastic Four" movies. While there were a couple other bad Marvel movies that suffered from bad direction or poor execution, the FF movie fran

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White Queen is a Total Slut

At least, she is in this hilarious cartoon from Bryan Lee O'Malley: O'Malley has a couple of other great pics up, including David Bowie, and his own creation, Ramona Flowers. By the way, I've already asked this a million times, but why haven't you read Scott Pilgrim yet? It's totally awesome.

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DC vs. Marvel: Eisner Awards Edition

D.C. had a huge night at last week's Eisner Awards, racking up 13 awards at the event dedicated to excellence in the comic book/graphic novel fields. Notable among the awards the comic publisher took home were Best Single Issue, by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke for “Batman/The Spirit #1,” Best

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Gaiman Talks "Stardust" in Video Interview

Gaiman talked exclusively with Superhero Hype about this upcoming weekend's "Stardust" film based on his graphic novel. I never tire of hearing Gaiman talk about his works or his views on the world and literature, so it was nice, once again, to hear him speak about his new movie, and how he thinks

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Court Rules in Superb-- Case

So for those of you who aren't up to speed: The Siegels (as in Jerry Siegel, creator of Superman) are suing Time Warner (as in, owner of DC Comics). They claim that Superboy is a separate trademark from Superman. Because of the case, DC Comics can't currently use the term Superboy in any of their

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Another Supergirl Lands in "Smallville"

 Variety reports that Helen Slater, the star of th 1984 movie, "Supergirl" will return to the DC Universe this fall when she plays the Aunt of new Supergirl, played by Laura Vandervoort on The CW's "Smallville." Slater will appear in the sixth episode of the new season, two episodes after Dean Cain

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Today's Most New Frontier Video

It's the full trailer for the New Frontier movie, featuring Creepy Billy as Batman!

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Top Shelf Top News

Couple of news bits from Top Shelf publisher Chris Staros worked their way into my inbox this morning. First off, for those of you Marshal Law fans out there, your Omnibus is coming: Top Shelf is proud to announce that it has just signed Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill's MARSHAL LAW, and will publish a

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Who Wants to Return to Riverdale?

This concept just illustrates the idea that you cannot predict anything in this world. In this jaded, cynical time we live in, I would have never dreamed that Archie comic properties would be popular enough to make money on. Apparently, I was wrong. Several Archie projects are either out now

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AXM: 2nd Stage

Yup, that's the title for Warren Ellis & Simone Bianchi's run on Astonishing X-Men*. I'm going to assume that the next run on the title will be Astonishing X-Men: Summer Stage. Ellis posted this title (his, not my hilarious joke title), and a ton more info about the X-Flagship over on his blog. H

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Scarecrow, is really scary!

Talking about Batman Detective comics #835 Wow, just goes to show ya. Don't push around the little nerdy guy. This is a cool story arc. The Scarecrow is pissed and no one is safe! I really liked the parallel of the scare tactics that both Batman and the Scarecrow use. I am really looking forwar

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Punisher?

Spoil time The Punisher #50 So I am a huge Punisher fan and I haven’t liked The Punisher barracuda spin off, so of course they decide to bring that overly stereotyped character to the main Punisher title. Cool he sets a trap for the Punisher, not so easily done. So what is the big reveal…

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"Wolverine" Clawing Into Theaters

 Wizard talked with Hugh Jackman about the "Wolverine" solo prequel that is set to be released sometime next year. David Benioff ("The 25th Hour") will write the film, while Oscar-winning director, Gavin Hood will direct. This article has all the information that has been leaked about the movie so

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We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do

Aint-It-Cool has the scoop on who's playing Denny Colt in Frank Miller's The Spirit movie: Gabriel Macht. Good choice? Bad choice? I dunknow... I haven't seen anything he's ever been in, and the whole idea of Frank Miller directing a movie version of The Spirit still seems weird at best. Anywa

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Golden Apple and The Shelves of Doom

Since I was stuck in LA for the past week, and, more importantly, for Wednesday, I went to pick up my weekly stack at LA's famed Golden Apple Comics. The store is pretty great... Nice and airy, a large selection of both mainstream and indie books. They also have a ton of signings throughout the y

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Who Owns the VALIANT Universe?

 It’s extremely difficult to find any comic book fan who was engaged in the culture in the 1990’s that didn’t fall in love with VALIANT comics the moment they picked them up. Created by Jim Shooter to challenge the monopoly Marvel and D.C. held on the industry at the time, the company crea

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Daredevil Battlin Jack Murdock

Talking about this comic, don't want to spoil anything for ya. Wow, this is well done. This is issue 3 of 4 I liked the other issues, but this issue really hits hard. The writting and the art are amazing, but I really like the details for the back story of Daredevil's dad. They touched up

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Luke Cage Versus Black Panther, Round One

 By now we are all very aware of the current crusade within movie making to transfer every single character from the comic universe onto the silver screen (I’m personally still waiting for the Booster Gold, Speedball and Jubilee film treatments.) Adding to the pile comes either a Luke Cage or

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American Comics Liberty Union?

 And now, for something completely different. The (strangely) polarizing ACLU organization is entering the world of comics. While many died-in-the-wool Republicans will surely scream “indoctrination,” the ACLU wants to motivate young people to care about the causes and ideals that are core

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Superhero Fashion Emergency!

 Project Rooftop is a website that has some of your favorite artists redesigning superhero costumes (see Power Girl above). The illustrations on this site are consistently beautiful, and it's amazing how many transformations one hero's costume can go through (just look at their Supergirl Week). Sta

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Today's "Watchmen" Watch

 I know what you're thinking, "ANOTHER post about 'Watchmen'?" It's still over a year and a half until we see Nite Owl and Dr. Manhattan at our local movie theatre, but that doesn't mean we can't give you every...single...little detail until then! IGN did a short interview with Zack Snyder (the dir

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JLA Gets Director and.... Death?

 Rumors abound today that the JLA movie that has been whispered about (and blabbed about in my column last week) has found a director. The word on the street is that George Miller, best known for directing “Mad Max” and “Happy Feet,” will be directing the Justice League movie. Hmm… fr

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Giant Lobsters Seen Off Coast of Maine

 Last year saw the debut of the graphic novel "Side Scrollers" by Matt Loux, which I loved. The book, drawn and written by Loux, is about three best friends, and the different adventures they embark on as teenagers. The book won across the board acclaim, and recently received a Harvey Award Nominat

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Vertigo Visits "Greendale"

 Back in 2003 Neil Young released "Greendale", a concept album set in a California seaside town about the Green Family and what occurs when a stranger visits their community, and changes their lives forever. The album was then released as a movie featuring actors lip syncing to Young's songs , and

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Myspace Goes Geek

 Myspace, the world’s largest teen “let’s get together and make out” site, has launched a monthly comic project along with venerable comic publisher Dark Horse Comics (famous for classic fan favorites such as “Sin City,” “300,” “Concrete,” and “Grendel”) to produce webcomi

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Terrance Howard Talks Iron Man

 The beauty of the “X-Men” and “Spider-Man” movie franchises was the fact that it made it desirable and attractive for big name, high talent actors and actresses to play our favorite comic characters. In a sense, those movies made it cool to be nerdy and brought comic books out of the ba

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Spider-Man never been so bad ass!

The Amazing Spider-man #542 was my favorite this past week!!!!Man is it cool to see Spider-Man act like a rough neck. Back in black is right! Wow, what a difference. I really think this is a smart move, because it is cool to see a character go against their type a little bit. So Marvel announced the