While Star Trek writers JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof might know what kind of movie they want the follow-up to 2009’s summer blockbuster reboot to be, it sounds as if they’re unsure exactly what the plot should be: Should there be klingons or Khan? What about an all-new villain to threaten the crew of the …
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Origins: Bob Layton
In “Origins,” comics creators talk about their formative experiences with comics. This time, we were lucky enough to talk to Bob Layton–a writer, artist and editor with a very long and impressive history in the business, including several fondly-remembered runs on Iron Man, as well as a series of Hercules projects at Marvel.
What was …
The Comic Book Club: “Batman & Robin” and “Amazing Spider-Man”
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss Batman & Robin #14 and Amazing Spider-Man #641.
DOUGLAS: If Grant Morrison was a gunslinger, there’d be a whole lot of dead wannabes. The current …
Panel of the Week 9/9/10
Every week I scan my pile of new comics for those panels that make you stop and stare. I look for those moments that define characters, that change the rules, and sometimes those that break the rules they really shouldn’t. Here are some of those panels. Here is Panel of the Week.
X-Force – Sex and Violence #3
If you looked at just …
Emanata: The High Cost of Comics
“It’s these four-dollar comics,” my dealer sighed as he flipped through my stack at the register. “The more there are of them, the worse we do.” I don’t understand, I said: if the price of a standard comic book climbed from $3 to $4 over the past year or so, that means you’re making a third more on each sale, right? “On each comic, …
5 Lady Spies Who Could Kick Nikita’s Ass
The CW’s new take on Nikita launches tonight, with Maggie Q taking on the role of the rogue operative turning against the spy organization that made her the person she is today. But even if you ignore the three earlier versions of this particular story (In reverse order, the 1997 La Femme Nikita television series, the 1993 Point of No …
If They Can Make Priest, Why Can’t They Make Preacher?
Now, I’m not coming down on any side of the oh-God-they-created-a-storyline-completely-different-of-the-original-Korean-comic debate. I’m just asking a simple question: If they can make Priest, why is it taking so long to develop a movie for Preacher!? Here’s the trailer.
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Yeah, So Don’t Count on More “Watchmen” Comics Any Time Soon
Over at Bleeding Cool, Adi Tantimedh has an extensive interview with Alan Moore in which Moore airs his current grievances with the comics industry, and tells his side of the story of DC Comics’ recent attempt to get his go-ahead to publish prequels and sequels to Watchmen created by by what was described to him as “top-flight talent,” …
Dark Tower To Become Groundbreaking Simultaneous Movie, TV Adaptation
After years of false starts, it looks as if Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally coming to movie theaters. And television screens. At the same time. Universal Pictures and NBC are teaming up for an extremely ambitious plan to turn King’s fantasy novel series into a franchise that will run through a feature film trilogy and multiple …
Red Director To Head Up Ryan Reynolds’ RIPD
Here’s a sign that the movie version of Red might be pretty good: director Robert Schwentke has already been snatched up to direct RIPD, one of Ryan Reynolds’ many upcoming geek-friendly projects. Adapted from the Dark Horse comic of the same name, RIPD features Reynolds as a cop killed in the line of duty before being given the chance …
Comics on Our Pull List 9/9/10
When you make your way to your Local Comic Shop this Thursday you should really bring a list. Experts agree that you shouldn’t buy comics when you’re hungry for nostalgic war stories or the exploits of a boozed up astronaut. With that in mind here are some titles to keep an eye on and as always look out for the Comic Book Club and Panel …
Exclusive Previews: “Cuba: My Revolution” and “American Vampire”
Courtesy of Vertigo, we’ve got two exclusive previews of titles coming out this week. First up, we’ve got an excerpt from Cuban-born painter/writer Inverna Lockpez and artist Dean Haspiel’s original graphic novel Cuba: My Revolution, a semiautobiographical story of a young woman coming of age during Fidel Castro’s rise to power in the …