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Category Archive: Comic Book News
May 07
Kevin Feige has faith in a Justice League movie
Kevin Feige is the madman/genius that made Marvel’s Cinematic Universe/Phase 1/Avengers franchise from the Marvel Comics to the theatrical screens. He provided his advice to Warner Bros regarding their efforts for a similar/parallel Justice League film series. “I’m sure they have smart people over there who have a plan and know what they’re doing. Man …
Apr 27
Calvin grows up
In the last year, someone shared a comic on Facebook. It showed a grown up Calvin giving his daughter the Hobbes doll to play with. It was one of the most heart-warming things I’d seen in a while, and I hope that Bill Waterson himself would enjoy it. (Turns out that several web artists have …
Mar 29
Marvel Comics launches robot Avengers title
I find this concept to be horrifically boring and like one of those old concepts they refuse to acknowledge they did multiple times already. “Springing out of the increasingly razor-thin crawlspace between the organic and synthetic worlds comes ‘Avengers A.I.’,” said Axel Alonso, Editor In Chief, Marvel Entertainment. “When one of the Marvel Universe’s preeminent …
Mar 29
James Tucker replaces Bruce Timm as WB Animation Overlord
Comic Book Resources reports the story. It does not mention the cause. The article chronicles the start and finish of the DC Animated Universe, from Batman: The Animated Series to Justice League Unlimited. The article also does not fail to credit the other co-architects of that Batman cartoon. Timm’s last work in his former role …
Feb 03
next year I will just live tweet this stuff
For one thing I will have a larger built-in guarantee that someone will read it. Then all I have to do is go back and transcribe it to keep it. 140 characters is a fun bit. This is just a typing text. Wow.
Dec 23
Your fictional robots are not humans but should have human qualities
From a February 2007 interview with James Roberts by TransFans.co.uk: There is a danger of making a Transformer too human; ultimately, they are alien life-forms, and robotic ones at that. But the TF mythos endures because of the characters, and that wouldn’t have happened unless fans could – at some level – identify with those …
Nov 14
the last Irregular Webcomic
The link to the very last regular installment of Irregular Webcomic, at least as far as the actual strip, is here. After No. 3182, the 2011-10-13 strip, which pretty much ends or ties up the various narratives to the extent that David Morgan-Mar is willing to do so, comes a slew of guest strips and …
Sep 03
Michael Clarke Duncan is dead at 54
Michael Clarke Duncan was a “hulking” individual, and used his size and strength to his advantage for many roles, especially genre roles, including Daredevil, where he played the Kingpin of Crime. He passed away of a heart attack. Clarke died Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for …
Feb 03
Few look good in a Superman uniform
Let’s face it… few really have the right figure to pull off a Superman uniform properly. Certainly, most comic fans don’t. I’ve never dressed up as a superhero for a convention because I don’t know anyone who can make me a Bouncing Boy costume. Sigh. Now enjoy 25 Not So Super Supermen.
Aug 31
We all know why Green Lantern failed
I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that Green Lantern tried to do too much and pack in too much exposition. But just in case you haven’t heard it enough: Why Iron Man Succeeded Where Green Lantern Failed.
Aug 20
How massive can a Superman repository be?
The Comics Reporter has a page or exhibition for a newspaper strip collection for our Man of Steel: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/go_look_massive_superman_newspaper_strip_repository/ I am unclear which as I have not read it yet.
Aug 03
Haven’t had enough of seeing Stan Lee? Here you go!
The Complete Guide to Stan “The Man” Lee’s Marvel Movie Cameos.
Jul 01
Elongated Man Is All Wrong, Part 2
It is the Minnesota comic book convention that I will always remember, because I, the world’s biggest Elongated Man fan, got to meet Carmine Infantino. That prized issue of Flash that I owned, with the first appearance of Elongated Man? That guy there, in the front of the room taking questions from the audience, was …
Jun 28
Elongated Man Is All Wrong
You all know I like Elongated Man. “Like” being an understatement along the lines of “Chicago’s elections aren’t exactly spotless” or “Marilyn Monroe had some appeal.” I’ve written Elongated Man fan-fiction, ran “Dibny Dirt” until Identity Crisis came out, and still hope that someday Ralph and Sue Dibny will be restored somehow. Were I ever …
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