TALKING
TO LARRY GONICK
He's been telling the history everything for years, and we spoke to Larry
about The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part I
...
[full
story...]
TILTING
@ WINDMILLS 37: BOOKSCAN 2006
Retailer Brian Hibbs continues his annual tradition and looks at the Bookscan
chart for 2006 and sees how it compares with the direct market...
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story...]
HERETIC
HUNT: TALKING TO JOE NASSIE
All hell has broken loose, and the Vatican has restarted the Knights Templar.
We spoke with author Joe Nassise about Markosia's Heretic...
[full
story...]
MOVIE
REVIEW: GHOST RIDER
Mike San Giacomo caught a screening of Ghost Rider
last night, the film adaptation of the Marvel comic. So - how'd he like
it?
[full
story...]
OF
BITTER SOULS TO TELEVISION?
Markosia has announced that Kickstart Productions has picked up
Of Bitter Souls, created by Chuck Satterlee, for television development...
[full
story...]
YOUR
INDY WEEKLY: ARMOUR/EVIL INSIDE #3
Ryan McLelland takes a look at Approbation's Armour/The Evil Inside
#3, an anthology mixing romance and horror stories...
[full
story...]
OF
ACTION AND SCHEDULES
Action Comics writer Geoff Johns stopped
by to talk about Action's schedule, as well as show of
art by upcoming artist Eric Powell...
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story...]
MODERN
MASTERS: CHARLES VESS
From TwoMorrow's Modern Masters: Charles Vess: we've
got an excerpt of Vess talking about Songs and Ballads, Stardust
and more...
[full
story...]
HEADED
TO A STAR-SPANGLED FINALE
The team is transformed, originals are back, and now, Uncle Sam
and the Freedom Fighters are one big fight away from victory...
[full
story...]
FANTAGRAPHICS
TO COLLECT POGO
Joining its other newspaper strip collections, Fantagraphics today announced
it will collect Walt Kelly's Pogo, with
Jeff Smith designing...
[full
story...]
ANIMATED
SHORTS: CN'S UPFRONT
Steve looks at what's new, and what's coming back at Cartoon Network,
as well as Bloo's crossover plans, and a Ben 10
movie?
[full
story...]
BRINGING
THE PAIN (KILLER) TO SCI FI
This spring sees Painkiller Jane return to the
small screen in her own series on Sci Fi. We spoke with Exec Producer/
Writer Gil Grant... [full
story...]
CATCHING
A FALLEN ANGEL
In the coming issues of Fallen Angel, Peter David is
promising to shed some light on the series biggest mystery. We spoke with
him... [full
story...]
WONDERCON
ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING
It's going to be a full weekend in San Fran, that's for sure. WonderCon
has unveiled its 2007 programming... [full
story...]
COMIC
BOOK MAKER 2.0: PITFALLS
Ryan mulls over some of the pluses, minuses and annoyances of creating
Philly in the smaller side of the industry... [full
story...]
THE
JUSTICE SOCIETY'S NEW FACES
With #3 out this week, Troy Brownfield (with commentary from Geoff
Johns) runs down the newcomers in Justice Society of
America... [full
story...]
LOVE,
COMICS: TOM BELAND
Who better to talk comics with on Valentine's Day than True Story
Swear to God's Tom Beland? That's what we thought too... [full
story...]
UNCANNY
IN SPACE
We caught up with Ed Brubaker to talk about what's been
going on with Uncanny X-Men, and what the team has left
to do while in space... [full
story...]
BLOG@
FAVORITE COUPLES
For Valentine's Day, the Blog@ Newsarama team has weighed
in with their favorite comic couples, from Batman to Ignatz... [full
story...]
A
REPORT FROM COMICSPRO
Northern CA members of ComicsPro, the comics retailer
organization recently held a meeting to raise issues. Newsarama was there...
[full
story...]
KIDS
LOVE COMICS - AT NYCC
Looking to promote literacy through comics, Kids Love Comics,
a collective of creators will kick off a convention tour @ NYCC... [full
story...]
MAKING
THE WITCH SWITCH
Over in Top Cow's Witchblade, Sara Pezzini is no longer
wearing her fashionable jewelry. Huh? We spoke with writer Ron
Marz for more... [full
story...]
WRITE
OR WRONG: ARE YOU REALLY THAT GOOD?
Dirk Manning asks the tough question that every would-be writer needs
to ask themselves if they're going to make it in the business... [full
story...]
DC
DIRECT AT TOY FAIR
Our intrepid Mike Lorah has made it back from Toy Fair,
and empties his camera. Troy Brownfield handles the descriptions... [full
story...]
BOOM
ANNOUNCES SALVADOR
The Polish Brothers, the writer/director/producer team behind The
Astronaut Farmer are moving to comics with Salvador..
[full
story...]
HACK/SLASH
GETS ONGOING SERIES
After specials, miniseries, and crossovers, Devil's Due's Hack/Slash
gets its own ongoing series, starting in May.. [full
story...]
SPIDER-MAN:
ONE MORE DAY TEASER
Marvel has provided Newsarama with a single teaser image of Spider-Man:
One More Day, coming this summer... [full
story...]
LOVE,
COMICS: GINA BIGGS' RED STRING
We continue our look at some of the more romantic comics out there for
Valentine's week, this time chatting with Gina Biggs about Red
String... [full
story...]
FIRST
LOOK: THE FALLEN ANGEL TO COME
IDW has released word that Kristian Donaldson will be taking over the
art on Fallen Angel, and a Fallen Angel/Shi crossover
coming... [full
story...]
WONDERCON
ANNOUNCES 300 SCREENING
Attendees of WonderCon will be among the first audiences to see 300,
as the convention has just added a Friday night screening to programming...
[full
story...]
MARVEL's
FULL MAY 2007 SOLICITATIONS
We've shown you the previews, and now, we've got Marvel's
full solicitation information for May's comics, series,
and collections... [full
story...]
CHECKING
IN ON SHE-HULK
We caught up with She-Hulk writer Dan Slott
to see what's coming up in Planet Without a Hulk, how it ties to World
War Hulk, and...Eva...
[full
story...]
ANIMATED
SHORTS: ARROW ON THE PHONE
Steve takes a look at Smallville's
Green Arrow animated adventures on Sprint phones,
Disney's upfront, the latest awards and more... [full
story...]
BRINGING
GHOST RIDER TO SCREEN
This Friday Marvel's Ghost Rider finally makes it to the big
screen. We spoke with director and writer Mark Steven Johnson
about it all... [full
story...]
FIRST
LOOK: DYNAMITE'S FCBD COVERS
Dynamite has provided us with a first look at the two cover of it's Free
Comic Book Day title: Battlestar Galactica and The
Lone Ranger... [full
story...]
UP
AND COMING: TOM WILLIAMS
Chris Arrant catches up with artist Tom Williams to talk
about how he got started, his work so far, and where he sees himself going...
[full
story...]
FULL
DC MAY 2007 SOLICITATIONS
DC has released its full solicitation information
for books, collections, and products to be released in May... [full
story...]
BLOOD
NATION & RED STAR: TALKING TO GOSS
Christian Gossett comes back to comics this month on a cover gig for Platinum's
Blood Nation. We talked about that and The Red Star...
[full
story...]
LOVE,
COMICS: LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE
Love is in the air this week, so we look at some of the current crop of
romance comics. First up, Jamie Rich and Love the Way You Love...
[full
story...]
THE
SIMONE FILES VI: FINAL EDITION
Gail Simone wraps up our series of interviews by hunkering
down and answering 55 reader questions. One word: whew!...
[full
story...]
BEST
SHOTS: A TON OF REVIEWS
We're talking Action Annual, X-Men Annual, Loveless, Scalped,
Phoenix: Warsong, New Avengers, War Fix, and that's just the
start... [full
story...]
FRAZER
STARTS LILLY ONLINE
For creator Simon Frazer, doing online comics was a matter of necessity.
We spoke with him about Lilly Mackenzie and the Mines of Charybdis...
[full
story...]
ALL
AGES READS: GUMBY, CRYPTIDS AND MORE
Tracy, Sarah and Shelby Edmunds check out the return of Gumby
to comics, along with Steve Niles' Cryptids and Very
Big Monster Show... [full
story...]
DC
PREVIEWS FOR FEBRUARY 21st
DC has provided Newsarama with a look at the February to come with Wonder
Woman #4, The Spirit #3, and Superman #659...
[full
story...]
WEEKEND
VIEWING: SCREW-ON HEAD
...Ben 10, Penn & Teller Black Jack, Infernal Affairs
and loads more are in Steve Fritz's stack of genre DVD temptations...
[full
story...]
INSIDE
SAUL OF THE MOLE MEN
Adult Swim's live-action continues tonight with retroish Saul
of the Mole Men. We spoke with the series' creative team...
[full
story...]
300
DOWN, RONIN AND OCEAN TO COME?
Asked what other comics he has his eyes on, 300
Producer Gianni Nunnari said he's already working on Miller's Ronin
and Ellis' Ocean... [full
story...]
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