Comics
Marvel Parties with Retailers for 70th Anniversary
Marvel is celebrating 70 years in the biz with creators and retailers across the country. According to Marvel:
On August 11, 2009, comic fans all over will celebrate Marvel’s 70th Anniversary at their local comic shops and we’ve got the complete list of participating retailers.
Click here to download a full list of retailers participating in Marvel [...]
Green Lantern: First Flight Clip from UGO
Warner Brothers has given UGO two minutes of footage from the upcoming DVD release Green Lantern: First Flight. DC has been cranking out awesome DVD animated features for a couple of years now, and GL looks no different. The DVD will be released on Tuesday, July 28 on DVD (Single-Disc and Two-Disc Special Edition), Blu-ray [...]
Geoff Johns to Bring JSA to Smallville
During today’s Smallville panel at Comic Con, Geoff Johns was announced to be writing another episode of the long-running series, this time featuring comics’ original super hero team, the Justice Society of America. When the Smallville producers approached Johns to pen another episode after witing last season’s Legion of Super-Heroes appearance, he agreed… but only [...]
Jonah Hex Revealed
Details on the upcoming Jonah Hex film emerged from Comic Con, including the first look at the movie poster shown above. Described as “spaghetti western meets zombie thriller,” the film will star Josh Brolin and Meghan Fox. Reports say that the movie doesn’t explore the origin of Hex’s trademark scar, but the story does play [...]
Stan Lee to Appear in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
The legendary Stan Lee has put in cameos in most of Marvel’s movies, but now he’s joining the voice cast of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Stan’s narrated a couple of games from the Spider-Man series, but this will be the first time he’s actually had an in-game part. According to Lee:
“I am thrilled to be [...]
DC Comics and Warner on Future Movie Plans
The Hollywood Reporter ran a piece that detailed DC Comics’ and Warner Brothers plans for future film adaptations coming from the DC library.
So what’s in the works, and how is DC prepared to compete with Marvel’s domination of the box office? Some of the projects already in development are:
Green Lantern, which announced last week that [...]
Star Wars Shop: Online Comic-Con Store is Now Open
StarWarsShop.com sends word that their Comic-Con Store is now open. My favorite item is the Secret of Monkey Island Statue ($89.99, ships September 10) shown above, but I might be biased because a good friend of mine from high school worked on Tales of Monkey Island, just released from TellTale.
There are also a number of [...]
Tyrese: Unlikely Geek
Cinema Blend has an interview with Tyrese Gibson, who has written a new comic series, titled Mayhem. And he means business. He’s been talking with greats like Avi Arad and Todd McFarlane to make the best series he can. Check the video below.
Megan Fox: Comics Geek
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McPaper Picks Up Superman
DC Comics and USAToday announced that starting July 8, Superman will begin appearing in USAToday. The Superman strips will be excerpts from DC’s upcoming Wednesday Comics, a series which will take super heroes back to the nostalgic days of serials and newsprint. Details from DC’s web site:
Starting Wednesday July 8, when the first issue of [...]
