Things are a-shakin’ in the comic book and sci fi film world this week. “The Usual Suspects” writer Christopher McQuarrie said he will be writing “Wolverine 2”. Apparently, the Oscar winning screen writer helped on […]
Next to District 9, the other one last hope for a good summer movie is Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”. Yes, I know its going to be over the top; yes, I know, its going […]
Set phasers to Sunday, Sept. 13. This is going to be a fantastic festival. The Beat has a press release announcing the partnership. The renowned Brooklyn Book Festival and New York Comic Con (NYCC) announce […]
The Hero Initiative reports that the legendary artist was hospitalized earlier this week with pneumonia, but its likely that Colan should be out of the hospital sometime today. Gene Colan’s wife Adrienne informs us that […]
As reported last week, the company behind the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was looking for a new producer. Today, Michael Riedel of the New York Post reports that U2’s musical may be on […]
Woo, this is a doozy. The last one I bought was Harvey Pekar’s edition, but I’m going to have to dive into this version. Check out this lineup, reported by the Comics Reporter: * “Shh!” […]
Looks like Robert Kirkman’s critically acclaimed series “Walking Dead” will be getting the pilot treatment from Frank Darabont and will hopefully air on AMC. According to Variety, the “Green Mile” writer/director is very close to […]
Abhay Khosla is easily one of the best comic book critics, if he isn’t one of the best he is at least the most entertaining. Abhay contributes to the Savage Critics website, as well […]
Should I bust out that walker, old man? Nah, I’m just kidding. You’ve only got 40 years, and 356 days on me. Congratulations. Regardless, why this is a special occasion for me is I’ve followed […]
This weekend was Chicago Comic Con, and even though all of the major publishers declined to participate. Wizard Talking Head Gareb Shamus still expected record attendance and said they were committed to the location and […]
Over the weekend, grainy footage from the Kick-Ass and Iron Man 2 panels at SDCC wound up on the Internet. The Iron Man 2 footage, which was sweded by a couple of budding fanboys, showed […]
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has been sponsoring a series of events at Brooklyn’s Union Pool this summer, specifically a series of talks with a variety of notable cartoonists moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos. A […]
Shocking. When you think about the talent involved with Evan Rachel Wood, music from U2, and Julie Taymor’s apparent ridiculous spending totaling somewhere around 45 million (!!!). Vulture reports: Michael Riedel reports this morning that […]
We apologize for the lack of a Walk of Shame for last week, there wasn’t much shame to have regardless, as there was a ton of nothing to read last week. So without further ado, […]
I might cry. Really. Rex Mundi is ending, Fear Agent, and I just don’t know what else to say anymore. Remender spoke with Comic Book Resources on the end of his project: “This will lead […]
Everyone has been talking up the Marvelman business, from Neil Gaiman, to Mark Buckingham and Rick Veitch. Now the man who previously owned the rights to Miracleman, talks to Comic Book Resources and says: “Here’s […]
Marvel’s got an interview with Paul Pope (conducted by Sean T. Collins) in anticipation of the forthcoming Strange Adventures #1 up here. Marvel.com: Did you read super hero comics when you were a kid? Paul […]
Second Skin is a terrific documentary on MMORPGs is showing in New York this weekend at The Tank (354 W. 45th St.). I highly recommend checking this film out if you’re not off to the […]
Friend of the blog, Alan Kistler, just premiered the first episode of Crazy Sexy Geeks, where he talked to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star and comic book writer Amber Benson. This program, meant for every […]
King of the Nerds Joss Whedon told MTV News that they are working on the sequel to his groundbreaking online musical series, “Dr. Horrible”. “We’re in there plugging. The writers are trying to put something […]
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