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| URL : | http://blog.newsarama.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Comic Books | |
| Posts on Regator: | 9312 | |
| Posts / Week: | 35.1 | |
| Archived Since: | April 21, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Finally, that Angela News Put in Context
Abhay Khosla explains why Angela’s appearance at the end of Age of Ultron makes more sense than at first glance: Gaiman claimed to have created Angela, and, after the dust of the various ensuing lawsuits cleared, Neil Gaiman indeed owned at least 50% of Angela. So, this month, he’s turned around and licensed Angela back to [...]
The Inferior Online Debate
Douglas Ernst, a blogger who promises “bareknuckled conservatism mixed with pop-culture,” wasn’t too impressed with recent developments in Superior Spider-Man: Readers could have had an instance where Doc Ock killed while in Peter’s body in a way that left even Peter haunted by the fact that the right thing was done in an impossible situation. [...]
One (and a Half) Year(s) Later
Today’s Stormwatch issue from DC is an eye-opener in many ways, not least of which its seeming refusal to engage in anything that’s happened before in the title. Reading it brought to mind the fact that a lot of DC books are starting over right now with what are essentially reboots for the series, whether [...]
How Many Artists Does It Take To Turn Off A Robot Uprising?
Wait, how many people are drawing the final issue of Age of Ultron? Tom Brevoort suggests more than we think: I want to make sure that everybody understands that Joe is not doing an entire issue. He is doing a portion of issue #10; specifically, the Angela portion. In point of fact there will be [...]
Is This The Time The INHUMANS Will Find Love?
I keep coming back to the promised spotlight on the Inhumans that the upcoming “biggest event of 2013” Infinity is going to shine on the Inhumans, for some reason. I think it’s because the Inhumans are an oddity within Marvel for me, in that they’re a Lee/Kirby creation that has never seemed to “work” for [...]
Could “Coming Soon” Actually Mean “Coming Soon”?
Padraig O Mealoid, likely the closest thing the Comics Internet has to a legitimate Marvelman expert, takes a leap outside of his ongoing Poisoned Chalice series at the Beat to wonder aloud: Could Marvelman really be close to a revival at Marvel? I am starting to hear stories from sources I cannot possibly name that [...]
Behind The Scenes At IRON MAN 3?s Auditions (Okay, Not Really…)
So, Iron Man 3 will have exclusive footage when it’s released in China, it was announced last week. That news led to this somewhat staggering animation from the people at Next Media Animation: That American audition scene in particular is a little brutal, isn’t it…?
Deja Vu Times INFINITY?
So, now that we know more about Marvel’s Infinity event, am I the only one who feels a little bit of deja vu? As Michael noted yesterday, Infinity sees the story unfold on two fronts as the Avengers go off into space to deal with one threat while another is revealed back on Earth… which [...]
Pichelli Onboard GUARDIANS Earlier Than Expected
It took the 2011 Captain America four issues before artists Steve McNiven needed assistance to finish an issue. For the much-heralded Guardians of The Galaxy…? GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #2 will be drawn by Steve McNiven with Sara Pichelli, not just McNiven as previously solicited. Two plus sides: Firstly, Pichelli (who was already on board [...]
WonderCon: DC ENTERTAINMENT – ALL ACCESS Panel LIVE!
DC’s 2013 WonderCon slate starts Friday afternoon in Anaheim with an “All Access” panel, featuring Ann Nocenti, Scott Snyder, James Robinson, Matt Kindt and DC digital’s Jim Chadwick. Things start with Scott Snyder, talking about his upcoming “Year Zero” arc on Batman. “When the New 52 started, we tried to keep a lot of Batman’s [...]
When Corporate Synergy Goes Right
The Disney corporate synergy is working out pretty well for ABC and Marvel, isn’t it? The former gets two new non-superhero franchises to play with – The Once Upon A Time announcement yesterday feeling like the bigger deal if handled correctly, because it gives Marvel an immediate Fables competitor to play with – and the [...]
Two Random Thoughts on the M Word
Thinking about the Uncanny Avengers/”Don’t Call Me A Mutant” thing a little more, two things become clear: 1. Marvel needs to release some kind of official press statement on the issue, and not leave everything to Rick Remender who may not be helping things despite his best intentions (Then again, Tom Brevoort kind of called [...]
Death To Comics Cred
iFanboy’s Ryan Haupt wants comic fans to get extreme to show that reading comics is cool! Or something: Practically, what I think we ought to do is develop hobbies that seem out of step with normal comics reading, then use those hobbies to show that people who read comics are also out in the world [...]
Automobile Yes, Motion Picture No
There is a Wonder Woman car (Via the always wonderful DC Women Kicking Ass): The red and blue exterior color scheme, accented with stars, was derived directly from Wonder Woman’s outfit, while the gold trim wrapped around the vehicle represents the heroine’s weapon of choice, “The Lasso of Truth.” Up front, Wonder Woman’s eagle chest-plate [...]
When 48 Is A Low Number
Over at Tom Brevoort’s new Formspring-esque Tumblr, someone takes exception to his mention of Avengers Vs. X-Men having “few tie-ins”: How can you say AvX had few tie-ins? It had 48 tie-in issues, plus Consequences, AvX Babies and now a What If. Brevoort’s response is to clarify that it had “relatively few” tie-ins. Here’s the [...]
The Other WONDER WOMAN TV Show That Never Was
Turns out, when I said that the Lynda Carter live-action TV show from the 1970s was the original live-action version of Wonder Woman, I was wrong… This is the original pilot for a 1967 live-action Wonder Woman television series, starring Ellie Wood Walker as the title character and Maudie Prickett as her mother. But not [...]
Marvel NOW! Next Big Thing: A New Artist Joins NOVA
After a bit of a layoff, Marvel’s “Next Big Thing” conference calls with the comic book press are back, this time focusing on the latest with Marvel NOW! cosmic series Nova — and based on the images released to press, it looks like artist Paco Medina is joining the book. This page will be continually [...]
Don’t Put Your Leaper On The Stage, Mrs. Worthington
You know, the more I think about it, the less happy I am that Batroc the Leaper is going to appear in the next Captain America movie. It’s not that I’m not a Batroc fan; just the opposite, in fact. I think he’s a great character, and I’m always glad to see him, but I [...]
Unpicking Digital Contracts
Brian Cronin looks at the deal ComiXology offers creators with its ComiXology Submit program: The intellectual property ownership sections of the agreement in particular are strongly in favor of the comic creator. There does not seem to be anything to worry about there. It is also good to know that the agreement is not exclusive, [...]
“Some People Are Less Willing to Bend and Flex in That Environment”
Ray Fawkes, co-writer of Justice League Dark and Constantine at DC (and upcoming writer for Trinity of Sin: Pandora), did an Ask Me Anything at Reddit yesterday. Someone asked him about the “sheer chaos that seems to have enveloped the entire DC editorial process” (See: Andy Diggle and Josh Fialkov leaving last week, Gail Simone’s [...]