Archive for the 'Comics' Category
November 21st, 2009, 12:44 am by Jayson Peters
Atomic Comics and the organizers of Phoenix Comicon are joining forces to show you how comic artists and illustrators do their thang.
Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Atomic’s Chandler store, 3155 W. Chandler Blvd., you can interact with Ben Glendenning (Tin Star Tex), Albert Morales (El Mystico) and Jeff Pina (Dr. Oblivion’s Guide to Teenage Dating) as they work — and if you’re lucky, you may end up being immortalized in one of their creations. It’s a monthly event held at various spots around the Valley to drum up awareness of Phoenix Comicon, which will take place May 27-30 at the Phoenix Convention Center.
See also: More guests announced for Phoenix Comicon
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November 18th, 2009, 10:52 am by Jayson Peters
 LeVar Burton and Felicia Day Phoenix Comicon organizers have announced the next big round of celebrity guests for Phoenix Comicon 2010, coming Memorial Day weekend at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Leading the pack is LeVar Burton, host of Reading Rainbow, Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Kunta Kinte from Roots.
Burton joins fellow TNG alum and ubergeek Wil Wheaton, along with the previously announced Jonathan Frakes, who played USS Enterprise first officer Will Riker. Frakes’ wife, General Hospital star Genie Francis, is also a guest.
Other Hollywood stars announced: John Schneider (Smallville and The Dukes of Hazzard), actress and geek goddess Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), perennial guest and The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, and Kevin Grazier, Ph.D., science adviser to the Syfy series Eureka and Battlestar Galactica. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Comics • Conventions • Events • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Smallville • Star Trek • Television • Felicia Day • LeVar Burton • Phoenix • Phoenix Comicon | 1 Comment »
November 12th, 2009, 10:39 pm by Jayson Peters
Newsarama pointed me to recent research publicized by the University of Illinois, in which a library and information science professor named Carol L. Tilley defends comic books as serious children’s literature.
Tilley found that children benefit as much from reading comic books as they do from reading other forms of literature.
“A lot of the criticism of comics and comic books come from people who think that kids are just looking at the pictures and not putting them together with the words,” Tilley told the Illinois News Bureau. “Some kids, yes. But you could easily make some of the same criticisms of picture books – that kids are just looking at pictures, and not at the words.”
The research was published in School Library Monthly.
Posted in: Books • Comics • Manga • Science • children • kid lit • library • research | 1 Comment »
November 9th, 2009, 4:42 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
 Eisner-award winning comic book scribe Brian Michael Bendis announced on his Jinxworld forum that he will be teaching a class at Portland State on writing graphic novels. All I have to say is where was this class when *I* was in college? I thought it was pretty sweet that students were getting to read graphic novels in school. Now they get one of the greatest comics writers of the modern age as a professor? I’m jealous!
Bendis certainly has the pedigree to teach this course. He spent years toiling away doing independent comics (Torso, Jinx) before moving up to the big leagues as part of Ultimate Spider-Man. Since then he’s become the premier writer at Marvel Comics.
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November 5th, 2009, 2:12 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
 Sheldon Dorf, the man responsible for starting the convention that would become the San Diego Comic-Con, died Tuesday from kidney failure. Dorf was 76.
In 1970, Dorf put together the Golden State Comic-Convention, in a time where comic book cons were few and far between. From these humble beginnings the convention grew to what is now the largest gathering of comic and pop culture fans in the country.
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November 4th, 2009, 4:20 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
 The first four issues of the critically-acclaimed and Eisner-award winning comic book series “Stray Bullets” are now online to read for free at www.innocenceofnihilism.com. If you’ve never had the chance to give it a try, I highly recommend you take this opportunity.
Writer-artist David Lapham creates a beautifully interconnected world full of criminal tales. We see how thin the line is between the normal world and the dark underbelly. Seeing the bad things that happen to good people who cross that line, mistakenly or otherwise, never ceases to enthrall. Lapham’s black-and-white art matches the intensity and strength of his writing. In my opinion, aside from the legendary Frank Miller and possibly Matt Wagner, Lapham is the finest writer/artist working in the industry today.
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October 18th, 2009, 3:23 pm by Jayson Peters
 Production of Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern has pulled up stakes from Australia, part of an overall decision by the movie studio to reassess its overseas filming operations, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The reason is the power of green — or the lack thereof. As the falling U.S. dollar continues its slide, the once-sound financial strategy to film Down Under has become more expensive. George Lucas took production of his Star Wars prequels to the then-new Fox Studios Australia in Sydney. In 1998, it was a bargain.
With a live-action Star Wars television series on the way, the land of koalas and kangaroos has been floated as a possible base of operations for that lucrative venture — but these days even Lucas isn’t so sure. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Business • Comics • Mesa • Movies • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Star Wars • Australia • DC • Green Lantern • Lucasfilm | Post a Comment »
October 13th, 2009, 3:07 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
 Comic book heroes and villians aren’t the only thing rising from the grave in DC Comics’ “Blackest Night” storyline. The publisher announced that several canceled titles would resume for one issue in January. The titles will continue their numbering from where they ended.
Though the books have been off the market for years, January’s one-shots will pick up in current continuity and deal with the effects the undead Black Lanterns are having throughout the DC universe. Artists for the projects haven’t been released yet.
The “Blackest Night” comic will be skipping that month to allow artist Ivan Reis to catch up in preparation for the series’ double-sized final issue.
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October 7th, 2009, 12:58 am by Chris "KeL" Adams
 Most of us have just recently finished recovering from this summer’s San Diego Comic-Con. Next year’s event is scheduled for July 21-25, 2010, well over nine months away. As of today, four-day passes with preview night admittance are sold out already. However, four-day passes that don’t include preview night are still available for $100. For the moment, at least. Apparently jacking up prices compared to previous years is doing little to decrease demand.
If you were planning on making the pilgrimage to comicdoms holiest of holys next year, better act fast or you may wind up on the outside looking in.
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October 6th, 2009, 2:59 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
 After the recent shake-ups in DC Comics, rumors of even more changes are in the wind. Bleeding Cool and other news sites are reporting that DC may be vacating their New York offices and moving to California. For now, it remains just a rumor, but there are several reasons why such a move would make sense.
With the recent reorganization, parent company Time-Warner has placed DC Comics under their film division. This reflects the growing influence that comic book movies have garnered in recent years. DC is considered a development house for potential movies. What better place to work on possible film ideas than Los Angeles?
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