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Mon, 31 Jan 2005
Good news T'Challa fans, I've read my preview copy of the new Black Panther #1 by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr, and it was good! It's an slightly updated take on Wakanda set in the current day, and it shows a lot of potential.
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005
EX MACHINA THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS TP
Set in our modern-day world, EX MACHINA tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's first living, breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him amazing powers. Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, retires from masked crimefighting and runs for mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide. But Mayor Hundred has to worry about more than just budget problems and an antagonistic governor, especially when a mysterious hooded figure begins assassinating plow drivers during the worst snowstorm in the city's history!
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The rumor mill has started grinding out the notion that we'll be seeing a movie adaptation of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta. This is yet another comic book masterpiece by Moore that will undoubtedly be butchered into unrecognizability by Hollywood. Color me dubious.
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Mon, 24 Jan 2005I just found out that Google is now available in Klingon for those of you with too much time on their hands, and too little friends to spend it with.
Sat, 22 Jan 2005
Those who. as the Detective oft remarked, "not only see, but observe" have no doubt noticed the links menu item on the main page. It leads to my comics links through a service called del.icio.us. It basically gives you a place online to store and organize your links centrally with tags and search capabilities. The coolest part is you have access to everyone else's links as well. You've really got to check it out to understand, but I highly suggest it.
Sat, 15 Jan 2005
Will Eisner documentary
Tom Spurgeon linked to this
10 minute teaser of the upcoming Will Eisner Documentary. It's a nice long look at what is sure to spur
renewed interest in the man who may well be the single most important
comic creator of all time.
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Thu, 13 Jan 2005
This brilliant webcomic has been around for a while, but I just read about it on screenhead. It's by Ethan Persof, who you may know from his collaboration with Al Columbia on The Pogostick, as fine a comic as you're likely to read.
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005
del.icio.us steered me to this cool flash comic that lets you zoom in and rotate a large series of comic strips by comics wunderkind Chris Ware. Like any comic by Ware, I don't recommend this for any terminally depressed or suicidal types out there. For them I recommend Little Lulu.
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Mon, 10 Jan 2005
Because there aren't enough illegal immigrants in the United States, the Mexican government has created a comic book guide to border hopping. They've distributed about 1.5 million of these things with survival tips for the crossing and tips on fitting in in America. I've only been able to find this translation so far, but something tells me it's not 100% accurate. It is funny though.
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Sun, 09 Jan 2005
Lex Luthor loves Lois Lane lots
It looks like Kevin Spacey will be playing the role of
everyone's favorite criminal mastermind, Lex Luthor. In a bonus rumor,
Kate Bosworth (pictured above) is in talks confirmed to play Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane. It will be tough to follow up
Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder, but I'm at least hopeful.
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Thu, 06 Jan 2005
Somehow I missed this article that says that Futurama's David X Cohen is going to produce a new series on HBO based on Joe Matt's Peepshow. For those of you unfamiliar with the autobiographical comics work of Mr. Matt, I assure you if you watch the show, you'll soon know far more than you ever wanted to know about him.
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There's not much I can say, except that he was my all-time favorite. As usual, Mark Evanier has written a nice piece about the importance of Eisner to the medium of comics. We've lost a titan.
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