Heavy Metal Pulp Debuts
Heavy Metal magazine and Tor Books are joining together to produce a line of books combining noir fiction and fantastic/SF art.
Heavy Metal Pulp aims to partner the top illustrators and designers from Heavy Metal with today’s most talented science fiction writers to create a new series with a 21st century edge, blending [...]
Around the Web: Millar’s Nemesis, The Beat Moves, and More
Marvel’s giving us a chance to peruse the first six pages of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s (both of Civil War fame) next project (due to release 3/3/10) here. This being a Millar book from the publisher’s Icon imprint, you’d be correct in assuming the guy in the chair’s fate ain’t pretty.
CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? [...]
Fantagraphics’ The Comics Journal to Get Massive Overhaul
Dirk Deppey reports on The Journal’s new direction/formats, starting with the release of issue #300…
The Comics Journal’s Cup Runneth Over
OCTOBER 28, SEATTLE, WA — The Comics Journal is about to take two major steps forward in its evolution. 1) After 33 years and several incarnations, TCJ is answering everybody’s prayers and upping the Web content [...]
Transmissions From the Planet: Boilerplate
Welcome to the first webcast from Forbidden Planet featuring the new coffee table book Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel. FP hosted the authors, Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan, for a short interview about their creation.
It’s easy to pick you copy up here and you can find out more about Boilerplate at www.boilerplaterobot.com or you can see [...]
NPR reveals who is behind HOBODARKSEID.
Not familiar with what I’m talking about? HOBODARKSEID is the Twitter version of the DC Universe’s Big Bad, who was killed by the power of song in Final Crisis. Hilarious right? Well, it seems like the character’s essence has been transfered to Twitter where he panhandles and lives in a dumpster behind a Baby Gap. [...]
Smith’s Pekar Project keeps on trucking along.
Besides Deadpool, I think my other comic obsession would have to be all things Harvey Pekar. The fact that Smith Magazine has been doing a serialized Harvey Pekar web comic project for the past couple of weeks has been a wonderful thing to look forward to, but the Cleveland native came here to New York [...]
ART: Francis Manapul’s The Flash.
I’m a huge Flash fan, and the fact that after leaving Adventure Comics Geoff Johns and his insanely talented counterpart, Francis Manapul will be moving onto a Flash ongoing has me doing a little dance in my $9 buttfugly chair right now.
Alex Segura, the man behind DC’s The Source blog gives us a preview of [...]
The Weekend in Review: Ignatz, Shuster Awards, and Iron Man 2.
There was a ton going on this weekend, in Baltimore, in cyberspace, and here in New York. Here are some highlights.
The New York Anime Festival showed record attendance. Up 16% from last year, which is great to hear.
The Ignatz Awards were announced. Congratulations to Jordan Crane, Nate Powell, and for the Kramers Argot, which is [...]
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 boring [...]
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 [...]
Never forget.
Eight years ago today. Our hearts and prayers with the families and friends who lost a loved one that day.
Seemingly in response to Marvel/Disney, DC Announces restructuring.
My buddy Kiel Phegley said it: “Craziest nine days in comics history much?” Oh yeah. Little bit.
Today was supposed to be a big day as there was supposed to be some kind of announcement in CBR’s Cup O’Joe column regarding the Disney/Marvel deal, but in one swift move something else came up. That something else [...]
REMEMBER: No Comics today, kids.
Because of the holiday on Monday, there are no new comics today, but there will be tomorrow. Diamond has a list of all the books coming out tomorrow.
I’m personally looking forward to Adventure Comics #2. Francis Manapul’s art has something called heart to it, especially with the Superboy stories. Heart in the sense that it [...]
In which we talk about Superman-related actors.
Its nice to see people branch out. Especially when you see such fine people as Kristin Kreuk jump the ship that is Smallville and move to Chuck with other Superman alum Brandon Routh.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Kreuk will play Hannah a new love-interest for Chuck in a multi-episode arc where she goes to work at [...]
