Diamond Comic Distributors–the company from which virtually every comics specialty store in America buys the bulk of their stock–has released their charts for the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2010 (for copies sold through them, which is to say it doesn’t include many bookstore sales). They list the top 500 in each …
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Scott Pilgrim Signed DVD/Skateboard Giveaway: Only Five Evil Exes Can Win!
Okay people, listen up. My prediction is that, by year’s end, there will be four movies that never receive the props they deserve.
One goes by the name Unstoppable, and it opens next weekend. Best runaway train thriller in years. Retro giggles, the whole way through.
Movie number two: Let Me In. You can check out my lengthy review …
Origins: What Influences Scott Pilgrim Director Edgar Wright
It isn’t every day you get to interview someone like Edgar Wright – someone so interesting, insightful, inspired. This guy clearly loves movies. He loves to watch them, to make them, to think about them, to talk about them. And after spending 45 minutes on the phone with him, I can already tell: This is the kind of dude you want to …
5 Things to Know to Before Seeing Scott Pilgrim
Rejoice, fellow nerds! The Beating Up of Evil Exes is upon us. Now, all you loyal Techland readers know the breadth and depth of all things Scott Pilgrim by now, thanks to our exhaustive coverage of the Comic-Con mania, the graphic novels, the video game, the app and the animated short.
(More on Techland: Maybe If You Knew the …
Reminder: Scott Pilgrim On Adult Swim At Midnight Tonight
Okay, so it’s not the movie, but the four-minute Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Animation debuts tonight “around midnight” as part of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, bringing the opening of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (AKA, the second book in the series) to animated life, with voices from Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mae Whitman …
The “Scott Pilgrim” Movie Is Awesome: A Roundtable
With the release of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” imminent (it’s tomorrow!), Techland’s staff has been chatting pretty much constantly about how totally into it we are. Here’s what Steve Snyder, Lev Grossman, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan and Evan Narcisse have to say about it.
STEVE: Am I the only one taken aback by the critical …
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little App
So, you’re so excited about the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie that you spent yesterday downloading both the soundtrack and score (My recommendation: Make sure you grab the Sex Bob-Omb tracks, at least), and playing the videogame, but you haven’t actually read Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original graphic novels yet? Fear not, late adopter; …
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Book Club: Volume 6
Welcome to the conclusion of the Scott Pilgrim Book Club. We’ve been reading each volume of the series over the course of six weeks. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan, Mike Williams, Evan Narcisse, Lev Grossman and Christine Lim are talking about volume 6, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour. (And read our comments on volume 1 here! And …
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Shark Fact Of The Day:
The largest great white shark ever documented was 21 feet long and weighed an estimated 7,330 pounds.
Up Front:
First Video From The Scott Pilgrim Animated Short Produced By Adult Swim [Slash Film]
Gadgets:
UAE Blackberry Ban …
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Book Club: Volume 5
Welcome back to the Scott Pilgrim Book Club. We’re psyching ourselves up for Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (out now!) and the Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World movie (due out August 13) by discussing each volume of the series over the course of six weeks. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan, Mike Williams, Evan …
Scott Pilgrim Sells Out
Surprising no-one, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour – the sixth and final volume in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series – has sold out of its original print run, and is heading to a rush second printing ahead of the release of the movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. What is surprising is that the initial print run was 100,000 copies, and that it sold …
The Guy Who Hates Comic-Con, Part V: They Are Sex Bob-omb
I saw Scott Pilgrim last night.
Full disclosure, this took place in the context of some major-league cosseting. I mean, pampering on the level that makes you feel like you’re some kind of evil ancient god-emperor.
First of all the Scott Pilgrim screening was a surprise screening, so just to begin with you get this climate of …