J.J. Abrams ( Star Trek, Lost, Alias ) is reported to be in discussions to produce a feature film based on the Micronauts toy franchise, according to the Wall Street Journal . The Micronauts toy line was created by Takara, later acquired by Tomy, and debuted in 1974 in Japan, where the line is known as Microman. Two years later the Mego Corporation introduced Micronauts to the US, and released five...
Marvel Comics titles including "Captain America" and "Astonishing X-men" are now available on Comixology's "Comics" app! There are 71 comics currently available for download! Visit http://itunes.com/apps/Comics and http://comixology.com for more info!
The L.A. Times (and You Tube) get a bit breathless as they tell us of the Next. New. Thing . The future is now for motion comics ...[W]hat is that, a moving comic book? Yep! But isn't that ... animation? Actually NO. Animation, as it is defined today, is hundreds of thousands of animation cells drawn by a studio of animation artists who adapt ONE creator's work to a simplified version -- a version...
Today Marvel Comics released art and information regarding a storyline that "begins the most shocking change to the X-Men titles". Cable and Hope, on the run through time since the Messiah Complex crossover, are being brought back by Duane Swierczynski and Steve Dillon in a four-part story that will run as "bonus content" in Psylocke #1, Dark X-Men #1, X-Men Legacy #230 and X-Force...
When it comes to outspoken comic creators, you can't really top Rob Liefeld--okay, maybe Mark Millar--the young artist who came to fame in the early '90s on hot Marvel books like "The New Mutants," in which he created popular characters like Cable, Deadpool, Domino and others before departing Marvel to form Image Comics. Since his creation Deadpool was introduced in X-Men Origins: Wolverine...
Digital comics are coming to the PSP. Over at the Sony Gamescom press conference, Sony announced the new Digital Reader for the PSP and then introduced a representative from Marvel Comics -- the company behind Spider-Man, X-Men, etc. Soon, you'll be able to download comics from the PlayStation Store and read them on your PSP.
We have always been excited to introduce design flair and whimsy to our user experience, especially on our homepage. Be it through our special holiday logos or special themes for our iGoogle users, we like to open up our homepage as a canvas for artists to express themselves and reach their fans and Google users around the world. Today, I'm particularly excited to announce the new comics themes for...
• “Spider-Man” and “X-Men” creator Stan Lee is getting the superhero treatment, with The Hollywood Reporter honoring the legend with its Comic Book Icon Award. • The documentary LAST SON, which offers purported startling revelations about the creation of Superman, screens at the film festival. Details here. • Tim Hamilton writes to tell us [...]
Here are the new comics that we added to the library's collection in June: Allred, Mike (Mike Dalton) Madman atomic comics vol. 1 / Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2008- Angst : the best of norwegian comics vol. 2 / Oslo, Norway : Jippi Comics : No Comprendo Press, 2007- Bailey, Neal. Michelle Obama . / [Vancouver, Wash.] : Bluewater Comics, [2009] Baker, Kyle. Special forces bk. 1. Hot to death / Berkeley,...
I did indeed buy two new books last week that wouldn’t normally have been on my list. Discussions of Streets of Gotham/Manhunter and X-Men Origins: Gambit here and here. This week, I’m looking at Gotham City Sirens already, as well as my usual Madame Xanadu, Northlanders, Unknown Soldier and Wolverine: Weapon X. Look, kids, I’m turning [...]
Stan Lee, who inadvertently shaped contemporary film, is now trying to do so on purpose LITTLE is certain in the film business these days, thanks to piracy and the recession. But here is a fairly safe prediction. Next year one of the ten bestselling films at the American box office will be based on a comic-book superhero created by Stan Lee. There will be another one, perhaps two, the following year....
It’s been ages since I’ve purchased an X-Men poster, but this door sized Jim Lee remastered X-Men Forever poster just might find itself on my buy list. Now I just need to convince the wife, my son needs a poster like this in his room. The $15.99 poster arrives June 24, 2009. via Marvel Comics
Poking around the other day, we found this demo trailer for a docuomentary-in-progress about Mr. Mystic himself, Grant Morrison. It a production of Sequart, which plans to publish several critical studies of superhero-ish comics material, including Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen, Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes [...]
Marvel's Dark Reign storyline continues in a big way as the battles between the X-Men and Dark Avengers continue. Meanwhile Daredevil hits a major milestone, Ultimate Comics debuts and Fury makes his move. It's a busy time to be a Marvel fan! Marvel Comics has released solicit information for August 2009 titles. All text and images are provided by the publisher.
Sometime in the late-1970s, a once-third-rate Marvel Comics title that had been revived in 1975 was suddenly the hottest comic book in town. THE UNCANNY X-MEN had limped along throughout the 1960s, starting nicely enough under the creative direction of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, but spiraled down to Werner Roth and mediocrity, to the [...]
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