Phil Meadows (who I worked with on Fanzing, Job Wanted, “Melvin and Marvin Middler, Time Meddlers” and Metro Med #0) has just embarked with his wife on a trip to China to pick up their new adopted daughter. I would just like to wish them the best and welcome their new girl, Julianna, to their …
Monthly Archive: March 2007
Mar 28
Soon to Monitor Duty: ACTUAL NEWS!
I’ve got an inside tip on something happening at DC. However, Monitor Duty has never actually been a comic book journalism blog. It’s really more of a commentary newsblog: we link to other people’s news. I’ve never broken a story and frankly I’m not sure what to do with it. I don’t want to engage …
Mar 28
The Limits of Meta-Fiction
I picked up the first issue of the Heinberg-Dodson run of Wonder Woman, not because I was a fan of the character or those creators, but to give the character a shot. I was, to put it nicely, decidedly underwhelmed, and I was not surprised when I heard Heinberg was getting yanked from the book. …
Mar 27
Marshall Rogers passes away.
Marshall Rogers passes away, age 57 Rogers was the artist on Detective Comics in the late 1970s, and his collaboration with writer Steve Englehart defined the character for the next decade. Their most famous story arc was published as Batman: Strange Apparitions. See the Marshall Rogers fan site to bask in the greatness of his …
Mar 27
Clark Kent to be in Teen Wolf remake
This will probably be appearing in tomorrow’s “Best of the Web” (especially since I e-mailed it to Taranto): From “The Onion”, dated December 16, 1998: Gus Van Sant Prepares Shot-For-Shot Teen Wolf Remake And now: Smallville’s Tom Welling to Star in Teen Wolf Remake Oh, by the way: This is a horrible idea.
Mar 24
The package arrives! Solution to the mystery!
Well, when we last left our hero, he had been expecting the arrival of a mystery package, only to be met by the nefarious Boris Badenov and his ruffian-in-arms, Natasha Fatale, who convinced the none-too-bright moose that they were internationally renowned talent brokers. Ahem. I mean, I was expecting a package, as you all remember. …
Mar 24
Indoctrinate U Hits Theaters This Summer
I’ve been a fan of Evan Coyne Maloney’s movies for years. His short films run the gambit from silly to scary, from frivolous to poignant. Then he turned his attention towards full-length documentaries, and his first one is finally ready to debut this year. Indoctrinate U is about groupthink on today’s college campuseseses. It is …
Mar 22
At last: Acceptance!
Who here likes mysteries? I just received an e-mail from ComicsNow.com. My package has been packed and shipped, and they’ve given me the tracking number. Funny thing is: I didn’t order anything! Another funny thing: my birthday is a week from today. Is that it? Is this a birthday present? Who could it be from? …
Mar 22
The next Napoleon Dynamite
“How many boyfriends have you had?” “Three. How many girlfriends have you had?” “That’s irrelevant.” Another movie about the socially awkward: Eagle Vs Shark Trailer This looks terrific. I hope it opens big. I wish it wasn’t rated R, though. That cuts out all the teens who made “Napoleon Dynamite” a huge hit.
Mar 22
Martian Manhunter File Updated!
While taking a break from the Wonder Woman profile (which hopefully will be up monday night), I took an hour to update the MARTIAN MANHUNTER PROFILE. It now has more information in it, such as the fact that there was a previous character named Roh Kar who was described as a “manhunter from Mars” in …
Mar 21
Dynamite Entertainment Whips Up Zorro
Dynamite Entertainment has acquired Zorro to add to their licensed character stable. I think that with the good work they’ve done on The Lone Ranger that this will be a good fit. I also remember back when Topps Comics had the rights to both Zorro and the Lone Ranger Joe Lansdale and Tim Truman had …
Mar 21
Alan Kistler’s Gonna Be On Film
So apparently, people out there care about my opinion despite a complete lack of credentials. There’s a documentary being filmed concerning comic book adaptations into films and TV. One focus of the film is Wonder Woman, as there’s quite a lot of talk about whether or not her movie is still happening and what should …
Mar 20
Silver Surfer is real!
I used to love checking out “Theater Hopper“. Problem is, I never visited it every day because it only comes out periodically. I just bookmarked it at work and every now and then I’d dig it out of my bookmarks and read a few months’ worth at a time. Then I got laid off a …
Mar 20
Your good host
I’d be interested to know if any of you score lower than 18%. (Or is that “higher”?) By the way, the only reason I scored that badly is that they count “I have fired a gun and liked it” as being evil. Sorry, but I never shot a gun until I was 36, and my …
Mar 20
Seven tips for saving Indy 4
Cinematical Seven: Tips For Spielberg and Lucas As They Embark On ‘Indy 4′ Not a bad to-do list, frankly…though the best advice would be to let the series die gracefully and spend the money on something new.
Mar 16
Captain America meets Clerks
Irony alert: This took place BEFORE issue 25… Ya gotta admit, Silver Surfer and Galactus as Jay and Silent Bob… BRILLIANT!
Mar 16
What message?! …The one that you’re carrying inside your rusty innards!
The US Post Office is decorating selected mailboxes across the country to look like R2-D2. They are part of a promotion for an upcoming announcement of a new stamp, expected March 28. Details can be found at Yahoo! news and the U.S. Postal Service Website.
Mar 14
Unicorn Causes Crash … riiiiiight.
Phillip C. Holliday, Jr. drove a pickup truck through a red light on March 7 in Billings, Montana. The pickup truck narrowly avoided striking another truck in the intersection and then Holliday made an “erratic U-turn” through a gas station, crossing a street and crashing into a light pole. No one was injured, fortunately. When …
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