Archive for September, 2005
You kids like General Zod?
See what he’s been up to since the Superman movie. Courtesy of the ever-funny Jason Yungbluth over at Deep Fried.
All-Star Superman
Newsarama has an 8 page preview of Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly’s All-Star Superman #1. Not a huge fan of the character or the writer, but I just may check this out.
Looks like they’re using “digital inking” on this project, as opposed to traditional inking. Hmmmm, interesting.
George who? Revenge of the what?
Caught a sneak preview of “Serenity” last night … all I can say is “wow.” Joss Whedon pulled out all the stops on this one — you could tell he expects never to be able to make another one.
You may quibble about certain things. Inara was criminally underutilized. You might think there’s too much humor, or the shocks may be too shocking. But the bottom line is this: “Eff George Lucas and his stupid effing beard.”
Burn the land, boil the sea.
Gaiman roundtable
Newsarama has the transcript of a roundtable discussion with Neil Gaiman, wherein he talks about MirrorMask, writing, and other topics.
“People say, ‘Were you a geek or a nerd when you were at school?’ I said, ‘Well, neither. I went to school in England. We didn’t have those kinds of divisions then.’”
And this about working with the man himself, Bill Sienkiewicz:
“Johnson: I wanted to ask you about writing the movie. I read another interview that when you worked Endless Nights for Bill Sienkiewicz and what you got back from him in terms of artwork was not at all what you had written and I wanted to know if that was analogous to working on a movie?Gaiman: Bill is just Bill. Bill is a force of nature. Working with Bill, I wrote a script as loose as I could possibly make it figuring that whatever I gave Bill he would do something else, and he did something even elser. At that point, as the writer, I took these 20 pages that Bill had given me and reordered them and rewrote them and written the story based on what Bill had given me. “
Monday Morning “Guess the Artist”
Another week, another episode of Guess the Artist, where we look at a piece of artwork from the early career of some of today’s big name comic book artists. As always, use the comments section to share your guess.
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Give it away now…
Hey everyone. Since Ione and I will be moving to Dayton much much more quickly than we had initially anticipated (by November 1st now), we have to get rid of a lot of stuff. On my site I’ve put up a page with a bunch of the art prints and gig posters I’m giving away. Go to www.spudd64.com and you’ll see a news update entitled “Free Stuff For Y’all” with a link. Click on that link and you’ll find the page and more information. Please help me get rid of some of this stuff and I’ll be deeply appreciative.
Hey Kids, Boobies…er, Comics!
DC’s December solicitations are out, and it’s time once again to do the boobies cover roundup.
Let me tell you, folks, it’s disappointing. This feature was a heck of a lot more fun last month. Anyway, on with the show:
Squished Metalic Boobies
Endless Expanse of Outer Space Boobies
And, um, that’s pretty much it. Bummer, I know. Unless you’re into No Boobies, or Man Boobies. Even the A in T&A gets the (sorry) bum’s rush with a sub-par offering.
On the other hand, there are some great covers to make up for the lack of fanboy-pleasing mammaries.
Alan Moore knows the score
Courtesy of 4ColorHeroes.com (“dedicated entirely to the works of Alan Moore,”) here’s a look at his script for Batman: The Killing Joke. Well, the first 12 pages anyway.
And let me just say, my sympathies go out to all those artists who have worked with Mr. Moore. The man is a genius when it comes to writing comics, but my god does he write a lot! Just look at some of those panel descriptions, they’re over a page long.
(via FanboyRampage)
Les 4 Fantastiques
ComicBookResources has a first look at the character designs for the new Fantastic Four animated series, set to debut here next year. French company Antefilms Productions is producing the 26 half-hour episodes.
I’ve never been a fan of the FF, and the anime-influenced look doesn’t do much for me (Mr. Fantastic looks way too young,) but I do like this version of The Thing.
Monday Morning “Guess the Artist”
Welcome back to the second episode of our new weekly feature, where we look at a piece of artwork from the early career of some of today’s big name comic book artists. Per Matt’s suggestion, I’m trying one that will hopefully be a bit harder than last week’s page (although it’ll probably still be too easy for Andy “Walking Encyclopedia” Bennett.)
As always, use the comments section to share your guess.
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(previous week: 9/12/2005)
Your literary moment of the day
Put a few minutes aside to take in the works curated by Steven Gettis at his online gallery devoted to Artistic Interpretations of Literary Figures. The concept is simple enough – give a bunch of illustrators carte blanche to portray their favorite authors or characters; stand back and watch the fun; rinse; repeat. The range of talent is staggering, from masters like Will Eisner and Alex Toth, to underground guerrilla artists like John Greiner and Dave Crosland; hard-core comic book illustrators like John Buscema and Jim Aparo, to fine artists like James Jean (pictured), Dave McKean, and John J. Muth. And there’s even one by yours truly…
Enjoy!
A man walks into a talent agent’s office …
A full rundown on the Bush family act:
Review-o-rama!
Several reviews and interviews to let you know about:
On his blog devoted to small press comics, Size Matters, Shawn Hoke reviews Panel: Home. I wouldn’t call it a glowing review, but he did like quite a few of the stories and thought the overall book had “a pretty snazzy package.”
Over at Broken Frontier, Sam Moyerman reviews Panel: Myth. Although there were things in the book that didn’t quite work for him, he does give a generally positive review for the entire package:
“In the end, Panel #5: Myth is the perfect example of small press books. It contains some really good work by the creators, and somehow even the shortcomings have their own sense of charm. If you’re interested in reading books by people who love and study the comic book medium, check this book out.”
Oh, and he describes Matt Kish’s story as “visual poetry,” which I quite like.
Sam also pulls double duty, doing an interview with yours truly about Ferret Press and Panel. You can read the interview here.
Panel and the Ferret, taking over your comicsverse one website at a time!
In-depth journalism
Another bold, thought-provoking, investigative article on the world of comic books, courtesy of The Telegraph. Thrill to the controversial, radical claims of the author:
Lemons are sour.
Kittens are cute.
Pamela Anderson has fake boobs.
Comics aren’t just for kids anymore.
Amazing! Who knew?
(via Progressive Ruin)
Your political moment of the day
“U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations…” What a great photo!
