The Marvel Select toy line will produce a 7” inch Green Goblin action figure. It looks great! The only downside? It’s a long wait because it’s planned for a next Summer release.
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/09/30/glee-director-prepares-for-mortal-kombat-film/ It appears that a new Mortal Kombat film is in the works. How did this happen? On YouTube Mortal Kombat: Rebirth got leaked. It was a small film that Kevin Tancharoen directed. He was going to use it to pitch a new movie. It got millions of views and fan praise. This...
The Ultraverse was a shared universe of superhero comic book characters that took place in the early 1990s. A company called Malibu Comics published them. Some of their main characters that had appeal are: Prime who looked similar to Superman, but was originally inspired by Fawcett’s Captain Marvel. Hard Case who was based...
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/cbldf-director-comics-code-seal-110930.html "The Seal will now be associated with an organization protecting creativity as opposed to a force that stifled it," said Charles Brownstein, CBLDF executive director Good interview about how the Comics Code seal was acquired and how it will be used. It’s an icon of the comic book industry. And most of...
http://icv2.com/articles/article_image.php?ig=18904 Amazon is launching a color kindle later this year called Kindle Fire. Priced at $199.00 It’s a competitor to the ipad market. But much more affordable. This color kindle will be able to read digital comics. Watchmen will be offered for $9.99. This could launch a price war with other online digital...
http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=2907 How odd the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund which fights for freedom of speech and comic creator rights, bought the comics code seal. Basically the comics code was a censorship tool that restricted creator freedom. Marvel Comics dropped the code about a decade ago, then DC comics dropped it. After that the...
http://icv2.com/articles/news/21122.html DC Comics has announced that all 52 first issues of its New 52 titles have sold out and gone back to press, an unprecedented phenomenon for a full month’s comics. It seems that all of DC Comics first issues of their New 52 have sold out! With second printings being made. It...
http://www.newsarama.com/film/agent-of-style-captain-america-film-110926.html Great link and article about Captain America’s various film costumes. Those early B- no it’s more like C- movies really stunk. They were not even enjoyable enough to laugh at, but rather movies you would rather not be watching. Total press the controller button for the next channel type movies. The other...
DC Friday, October 14 DC: Talent Search – 10:30-11:30am (Room 1B01) DC All Access: Batman – 1:15pm-2:15pm (Room 1A10) Vertigo Visions – 3:45pm-4:45pm (Room 1A22) DC All Access: Green Lantern – 5:00pm-6:00pm (Room 1A10) DC Saturday, October 15 DC: Talent Search – 10:15-10:45am (Room 1A15) VERTIGO: Scary S**T! – 10:45am-11:45am (Room 1A22) DC...
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/09/24/anne-hathaway-dark-knight-rises-set-with-christian-bale/ I would like to thank the Just Jared website for their amazing work finding news scoops like this The Dark Knight Rises one. People wondered if Anne Hathaway would wear a Catwoman costume? We got our answer and it looks great! Plus a very clear shot of the Batman costume. It looks...
http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/amc-picks-up-live-after-show-talking-dead/ After an episode of The Walking Dead season 2 airs, the AMC Channel will have a live television show talking about what you just saw. It’s name for now is called The Talking Dead. And will be a half-hour show. The first episode is on October 16th, after the first season 2...
The 1980s iconic property Voltron returns to comic books in December 2011. This time the publisher will be Dynamite Comics. And superstar artist Alex Ross will be handling various covers. As you can tell on this post, Alex Ross is in fine form making fantastic covers. Even though it would be great to...
Batman Year One Batman Year One on Blu-Ray and on DVD. This animated movie looks great. It deals with the early years of Batman, and is based on a great comic series.
Walking Dead Season 2 The Image comic books zombie hit returns on the AMC Channel on October 16th, 2011 I think this season will be just as good as the first season. If anything I expect the ratings and brand awareness to be even higher then season 1. If you have not seen...
http://www.newsarama.com/film/thor-movie-annotations-110916.html A great article that discusses the Thor character in terms of historical mythology. And that of the comic book Marvel interpretation. Quite a lot of differences between the two. But I think for most of todays audience the comic book Marvel version is the one they know.
http://www.newsarama.com/games/dc-universe-online-free-to-play-110919.html The DC Universe Online game gets a FREE version to play starting in October. This is great news and it looks like I will finally get to be able to play this game. In today’s economy paying a monthly fee for a game seems frivolous to me. I’m glad this free option...