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You Can't Keep a Good Crisis Down
Posted by Conor Kilpatrick on Feb 25, 2005 in articles 0Not content with your Crisis on Infinite Earths in single issue or deluxe slipcase hardcover formats? Have no fear Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Novel is here ! This is welcome news. As someone who owns the novelizations of Kingdom Come , The Death and Life of Supeman and Batman: War Games , I'm here to tell you that novelizations of comic book events can be a very g...
Continue Reading & CommentGay Marriage in Comics
Posted by Ron Richards on Feb 14, 2005 in articles 1The politics around gay marriage gets some print in the New York Times today and oddly enough Judd Winick's name never comes up once. Rather Ex-Machina , Wildstorm/DC's title about a superhero mayor of NYC is the center of attention along with writer Brian K. Vaughan. It's short but as always neat to see comics in the mainstream press. I wonder if they do it for the press, or in the spir...
Continue Reading & CommentI'd suspected it for so long
Posted by Josh Flanagan on Feb 8, 2005 in articles 15Superman is a dick . This mocks Doom! Doom is way more of a dick than Superman will ever be! Doom feels underappreciated.
Continue Reading & CommentHot Stove Comics
Posted by Ron Richards on Feb 7, 2005 in articles 0This past year has been nothing but each side swiping creators from the other. The latest is Marvel's signing of Ed Brubaker to an exlusive deal , just announced this morning. Normally we don't pay much attention, except when it involves creators we particularly adore, and Brubaker is one of those creators. Click to read Marvel's press release. ED BRUBAKER GOES EXCLUSIVE WITH MARVEL COM...
Continue Reading & Comment'Batman Begins' Superbowl Spot
Posted by Conor Kilpatrick on Feb 7, 2005 in articles 7Well, the game pretty much blew but the new Batman Begins teaser pretty much made up for that (and the... awkward VISA commerical featuring Marvel characters). Scarecrow!
Continue Reading & CommentIf only he got more song royalties, these things wouldn't have to happen...
Posted by Conor Kilpatrick on Jan 27, 2005 in articles 0Ringo Starr has teamed up with Stan Lee to develop an animated project starring the former Beatle as a world saving superhero. I have to admit a superhero with a Liverpool accent is intriguing... But... But... Ah, hell... who doesn't love Ringo?
Continue Reading & CommentTime for the Glue Factory
Posted by Josh Flanagan on Jan 27, 2005 in articles 3Stan Lee, having learned nothing from his previous endeavors, is creating a superhero cartoon starring Ringo Starr . There's a time when your heroes do things you don't like, and there there are times when they do things no one will ever like. At least neither of them is as bad as Paul. A shiny quarter to anyone who can come close to accurately guessing what the target market is for this.
Continue Reading & CommentFederal Judge to Marvel: Pay Up
Posted by Conor Kilpatrick on Jan 19, 2005 in articles 0A federal judge has ordered Marvel to pay Stan Lee 10 percent of Marvel 's profits from the Spider-Man movies . Excelsior!
Continue Reading & CommentFantastic Four Trailer
Posted by Conor Kilpatrick on Jan 18, 2005 in articles 1For those of you who didn't pay to see Elektra this past weekend -- and judging by the box office, that was quite a few of you, me included -- here is our first real good look at the Fantastic Four movie. I am one of the biggest supporters of comic book movies that you will find out there. I tend to cut the movies more slack than I would a regular picture, simply due to the joy of seei...
Continue Reading & CommentDARKHAWK IS BACK! Sorta...Vaughan unveils new team
Posted by Ron Richards on Jan 14, 2005 in articles 9iFanboy fave Brian K. Vaughan (of Runaways , Y:The Last Man and Ex-Machina fame) unveiled a new team that will be introduced in the pages of the upcoming Runaways series . The new team is called Excelsior and includes: - Chamber from Generation X - Ricochet from Slingers - Julie Power from Power Pack - Turbo from the New Warriors - A Secret Member And.. ...
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