Tales From My Coffee Table
Plaque, Legos, Dozers… These things build up. So too does the rather heaping mound of comics, books, and assorted curiosities on the coffee table back at Casa de Ayers. I get sent and/or buy a whole lotta stuff in my capacity as buyer for FP (not to mention my lot in this life- Jeff Ayers, [...]
PUSHING DAISIES Wins 4 Emmys.
The most creative show that was formerly on television, Pushing Daisies, won four Emmys Sunday night, including the absolutely adorable and totally awesome Kristin Chenoweth taking Best Supporting Actress in a comedy. Series creator Bryan Fuller spoke about the award wins: It’s a tremendous honor to see ‘Daisies’ win in so many categories — and [...]
Alan Moore on BLACKEST NIGHT.
More from that Mania.com, interview where I last excerpted a bit Mr. Moore’s thoughts on the Marvelman situation. This time, the legendary author takes DC to cause on their epic miniseries, Blackest Night. To say the least, he’s quite cranky. He frequently goes on tirades blaming readers, writers, artists and publishers for what he sees [...]
Jack Kirby’s Estate prepares to sue Disney/Marvel.
Comics Rumormonger-In-Chief, Rich Johnston reports that holders of Jack Kirby’s Estate are preparing to sue Disney in reaction to the Mouse House’s acquisition of Marvel. The legal action Kirby’s Estate has taken is serving notice that the blockbuster deal terminates copyright of all of Kirby’s creations with Marvel. Those creations being pretty obvious: the Fantastic [...]
LOOK AT THIS: Ben Templesmith’s Wolverine.
We’re big fans of Ben Templesmith here. He does a frequent thing at his blog, where he’ll post a bit of art and describe his process with it. If you’re a budding artist I don’t think I could recommend a better site. Also, its probably the best source to see all things Choker.
Dr. Horrible hijacks the Emmys.
I was waiting with baited breath last night in hopes that Neil Patrick Harris’s evil counterpart, Dr. Horrible, would make an appearance at last night’s Emmys. Just as I was suspected Joss Whedon’s creation did show up, and so did the entire cast of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, politely interrupting us from a bunch of [...]
DC Announces Animated Film “Crisis on Two Earths”.
What, just TWO?! We want the full headache of INFINITE EARTHS. Come on, don’t short change us now. Through a press release, DC Entertainment announced the new project written by longtime Justice League scribe Dwayne McDuffie, produced by legendary Batman producer Bruce Timm, will be Crisis on Two Earths. In Justice League: Crisis on Two [...]
Today in owning your part of geek culture.
The very first Mac Plus, owned by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, is on sale now. The original creators of the Mac presented Roddenberry with the computer, to which he featured in Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home. (See the clip above). It was one of the first occurences that Roddenbery utilized modern technology in [...]
Go Ballistic!
I love Ballistic. They’re a publisher of fine digital art books based in Australia and their line is absolutely magnificent. A tad on the pricey side, butcha pay for quality, dang it! They’re worth every penny, but they’re also incredibly hard to find in the big chain bookstores. That’s why I strive to have them in [...]
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone NYC Theatrical Run
Eva 1.0 is the first of four films that comprise a Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy. Essentially a re-telling of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, done up with schmancy new art and CG, the film’s a spectacular testament to the series longevity and lasting appeal. Starting tomorrow, Friday 18th (mah berfday!), it’s getting a [...]
Batman of Zur-En-Arrh available on “Arkham Asylum” game.
But only on the PC. I know! What a cop out! Designers have released codes to unlock costumes like the Batman RIP costume, The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, the Batman Beyond costume, even the movie versions of the costume. Unfortunately, players who have the game on XBOX, PS3 and the like will probably have to wait [...]
WATCH THIS: “Bored to Death” on HBO.
Jonathan Ames, novelist, writer of Vertigo’s The Alcoholic and now television producer has a show on HBO starting this Sunday at 9:30pm. Bored to Death is based on a short story by Ames in which he gets bored and decides to pretend he’s a private detective. Naturally, this is a TERRIBLE idea, and all kinds [...]
Brian K. Vaughan on the final days of EX MACHINA.
This Wednesday the final days of Mitchell Hundred as New York City Mayor begins with Ex Machina #45. For what has been probably my favorite series since moving to Manhattan almost five years ago, Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris’s Ex Machina has been close to my heart since being here. So to see the [...]
The Levitz Paradigm featuring DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH.
Previously, I wrote about The Levitz Paradigm and how its contributed to the way comics are done today. So, to give you an example of how that works we’re going to examine a book, and considering my Deadpool obsession, (that’s been curbed for a while now) I’m going to take the opportunity to talk about [...]
The Hollywood Lot Tour.
In this week’s edition of the Hollywood Lot tour we have a replacement for Nicolas Cage in The Green Hornet, news on a possible Lobo star, Mark Millar, the awesome Bruce Campbell, and Julian Sands has been cast on Smallville. The brilliant Nazi traitor from Inglourious Basterds Christoph Waltz has replaced Nicolas Cage to play [...]
