Category: Comics in General

Brian Michael Bendis at Rose City Comic Con

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Last weekend we had a chance to speak with Marvel’s writer Brian Michael Bendis and ask him some qustions about Marvel Comics and what he is doing plus we saw him at his teaching best in the panel “Teaching Comics with Bendis and Walker”. Walt: Brian, who’s idea was it to kill Bruce Banner? Bendis: That was my idea. Walt: In the past the dymamic between Banner and his alter ego was part of a great over all story done so well by Pak and Aaron and others. Why would…

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Actor & Comedic Icon Gene Wilder Dies at 83

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Gene Wilder, the two-time Oscar nominated star of “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” among countless other films, has died at age 83 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, as confirmed by his nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman. Walker-Pearlman said in a statement (via Variety): We understand for all the emotional and physical challenges this situation presented we have been among the lucky ones — this illness-pirate, unlike in so many cases, never stole his ability to recognize those that were closest to him, nor took…

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Portland’s Rose City Comic-Con Getting Bigger

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Posted by Rich Johnston Ian Melton writes, Shaping up to be one of the big conventions this year Rose City Comic-Con will be held September 10th and 11th. The guest list boasts some of the biggest comic book creators around, and some who haven’t appeared at many other conventions this year, including Jonathan Hickman, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Greg Rucka, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, Cullen Bunn, Matt Wagner, Howard Chaykin, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and guest of honor Mike Mignola, just to well name a few.…

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J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Is Leaving Comic Books

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[Editor’s Note: At Comic-Con International: San Diego, J. Michael Straczynski announced that he would no longer be writing comic books. Newsarama reached out to the author, who provided this letter to readers. Because of our great respect for this great talent Comics talk is providing the letter in it’s entirety as found at Newsarama] I’ve had a very funny career. Multiple careers, actually. I was a reporter in San Diego for many years, working for a host of local newspapers and magazines, including the San Diego Reader and San Diego…

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The Most Talked About Movie Of The Year 2016

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  In November Doctor Strange will premier on the big screen. This is a change of pace for Marvel Studios by showing us the mystic realm of the Marvel Universe. Doctor Stephen Strange is Earth’s Sorcerer  What a great American pastime it is to go to the movies and enjoy a bag of popcorn while watching a good movie. What a great way to spend 2 hours away from all your problems. Movies inspire and entertain people around the world. In 2012 worldwide movie goers spent $62.4 Billion on movies,…

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10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016

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There is a ton of movies of interest coming in 2016. Some are more anticipated than others, We will try to list most here and give what we think people are planning to see. Here is a link for 2016 by month from http://www.movieinsider.com. JANUARY   FEBRUARY   MARCH   APRIL   MAY   JUNE JULY   AUGUST   SEPTEMBER   OCTOBER   NOVEMBER   DECEMBER 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016: The superhero movie train keeps rolling, with the last several weeks seeing the release of new trailers for…

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Who Was Curt Swan?

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Born Douglas Curtis Swan February 17, 1920 Died June 17, 1996 (aged 76) Nationality American Area(s) Penciller Notable works Action Comics Adventure Comics Superman Awards Inkpot Award, 1984 Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 1997 Douglas Curtis “Curt” Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comic book artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans call the Silver Age of comic books, Swan produced hundreds of covers and stories from the 1950s through the 1980s. I began reading comics in the fifties and if…

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POP! Goes the ICON “San Hannibal” Comes to a conclusion…

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but did you even know it began?  “San Hannibal” by Dan Schkade and Jesse Snavlin is a noir treat in monochromatic colored splendor.  It follows a private detective Avery in his search for missing photojournalist Savannah Loy and all the mayhem lying in the wake of his search.  The story is set in a semi futuristic city called San Hannibal kinda has an LA vibe to it and it is wrought with political intrigue and vigilantism.  Other than the story the book is filled with the most powerful coloration which adds…

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moviemaniacsDE Posts Daredevil Teaser Trailer On YouTube

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“Daredevil” is the first of five upcoming Marvel Studios series coming to netflix.com. I have always been a Daredevil comic fan and not so much a fan of the 2003 Daredevil theatrical release.   I never blamed Ben Affleck for ruining Daredevil I have always blamed 20th Century Fox and their need to meddle, which was discussed by Mark Steven Johnson on the Daredevil Directors Cut and in my humble opinion a far superior film. Anyway back to the trailer I love what this trailer shows.  I love the costume which appears…

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Check Out the Fantastic 4 Teaser Trailer

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I am having a hard time hating this movie, that being said the trailer reminds me of the storyline of the Ultimate Fantastic 4 storyline, which is a great story and a great retelling of the fantastic 4 origin. I am huge Fantastic 4 and a Marvel studios fan since Iron Man, which I still believe is the perfect superhero movie and I am a consistent 20th Century Fox detractor. Why a Fox detractor? They, like Sony, do not get that film making is art and not cookie cutter crap…

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Marvel vs DC in the Cinema

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Recently a concerned 7th grader wrote DC Comics, the student had a few comments about what he liked at DC, TV, movies and comics. He also asked what DC was going to do in a world that is going digital to compete and what DC cinema is going to “do to compete against Marvel movies when Marvel seemingly dominates the live action superhero movie industry.” Well the folks at DC Comic sent a return letter thanking him for his kind words then they said “DC has been the leader in…

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Boston Comic Con Postponed Over Area Security Concerns

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As a consequence of the ongoing security concerns in the area as law enforcement officials pursue a suspect in this week’s tragic Boston Marathon bombings and violence in nearby Watertown and at MIT, the Hynes Convention Center has suspended all events. Among those is of course the Boston Comic Con, scheduled for this weekend but now postponed until further notice. The convention explained the situation in an update to the Comic Con’s website: Due to the unfortunate events that have transpired here in Boston, a lock down has been put…

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Meeting Chris Claremont Writer of X-Men

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Recently I met Chris Claremont from Marvel fame at the Portland Comic Con from Wizard World then a week later at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. The Portland convention is new to the area of Portland but the Emerald City in Seattle has been there for over 10 years and I really like the show there many of the comic creators and they are very approachable. When I talked to Chris I noticed how calm and cool he was about his trade “writing”. I asked him if you had…

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Emerald City Comic Con Seattle 2013

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Emerald City Comic Con just gets better and bigger and is one of the Comic Conventions to attend on the west coast. Many artist and writers live in the northwest and attend every year this year was no exception. The city is beautiful and the convention center is big enough for a large convention. And in the last few years the big names in the entertainment world have attended. This year they did something I have never saw before they streamed panels so you would not have to fight the crowds.…

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Portland Comic Con from Wizard World

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I just attended the Wizard World Portland Comic Con and was pleasantly surprised all three days were filled with enough excitement to fill the convention center. I am not sure what the final attendance numbers were but for a main event in a city the size Portland, Oregon it was very crowded. More than enough to have Wizard World to reschedule in 2014 for January 24, 25, and 26, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wizard World has the pull to bring many of the big names in entertainment and pop culture…

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