Aspiring superhero ready to try on Amazon's outfit for size
Los Angeles Times Nov 8, 08 3:36 AM CST
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There’s no film in the works yet, but Beyoncé has made her intentions clear: She wants to be the first big-screen Wonder Woman. The star shared her ambitions with DC Comics and Warner Bros. after being wowed by Linda Carter’s original costume at superhero-themed museum exhibition earlier this year, reports the Los Angeles Times .
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Wannabe oenophiles takes cues from The Drops of the Gods
New York Times Oct 23, 08 1:32 PM CDT
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What do Freddie Mercury and a Jean-François Millet painting have in common? Both have been used to describe wine in The Drops of the Gods , a Japanese comic series that’s quickly becoming the go-to wine literature in Asia, reports the New York Times . Customers tend to ask for wines featured in the comic, leading wine sellers to snap up each issue.
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Tales From the Crypt takes a swipe at censorship with Palin cover
New York Daily News Oct 21, 08 9:11 AM CDT
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Pop culture can’t get enough of Sarah Palin right now: The vice-presidential candidate will grace the cover of Tales From the Crypt ’s next issue, reports the New York Daily News . In a swipe at Palin's book-banning inquiries as Wasilla mayor, she brandishes a hockey stick at three of the horror comic's ghoulish regulars, saying "Didn't we get rid of you guys in the '50s?"
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After 30 years, Breathed will turn focus to children's books
Washington Post Oct 6, 08 4:42 PM CDT
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Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, the genius behind “Bloom County,” will retire his current strip, "Opus," on Nov. 2, the Washington Post reports. "With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I'm suspending my comic strip to assist the nation,” Breathed joked in a statement. "I call on John McCain to join me." The artist has penned syndicated comics for 30 years and will concentrate on writing children's books.
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Alpacas, coins, comic books; a stampede to alternative investments
Wall Street Journal Oct 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
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With stocks tanking, 401(k)s plummeting, and the market’s usual safe haven—real estate—at the heart of the current crisis, investors are seeking refuge in unusual investments—everything from parking spaces to comic books to alpacas, the Wall Street Journal reports. A growing number of retirees are taking individual control of their IRAs as Wall Street has failed to safeguard their savings.
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How graphic novels went from nothing to something
Washington Post Aug 23, 08 3:44 PM CDT
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Bob Thompson is a self-professed “prose guy,” but still can’t ignore the biggest trend in publishing: graphic novels. Thompson sets out for the Washington Post to discover how literature that uses word balloons can be book world's sole growing sector. He discovers that many “little see-saws” tipped at once to start the revolution—most notably, in comic theoretician Scott McCloud’s words, “Comics. Got. Better.”
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Surreal blog branches out with original creator's blessing
Editor & Publisher Jul 31, 08 6:11 PM CDT
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Some comic strip authors might be miffed—or turn litigious—if a fan became a minor celebrity by systematically removing the namesake character and posting the edited strips on the Internet. Not "Garfield" creator Jim Davis, Editor & Publisher reports. With his blessing, Davis’ publisher will issue a book of Dan Walsh's “Garfield Minus Garfield” comics, with the original strips alongside the doctored versions.
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Film adaptation of classic graphic novel wows thousands of fans
MTV Jul 26, 08 6:40 PM CDT
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Thousands of Comic-Con fans cheered yesterday after seeing comic books' holy grail on the big screen, MTV reports. Director Zack Snyder showed an uncut trailer of his dark, violent film adaptation of Watchmen , the only graphic novel to win a Hugo and make Time 's list of the 20th century's greatest novels. The San Diego crowd—many dressed as characters in the movie—then posed questions to the film's stars.
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GLOSSIES
Radar lists subversive characters who deserve shot at breaking out of comics
Radar Jul 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT
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With The Dark Knight —featuring a Batman "easily inhabited by the George Clooneys or Christian Bales of the world"—all the rage, Radar presents "other subversive comic book characters who probably won't—but really should—show up at a theater near you," including: Female Furies: "With a little retooling, this could be the hot new Julia Roberts feminist vehicle that Mona Lisa Smile never was."
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MOVIE REVIEW
Red-hot sequel showcases del Toro's dazzling imagination
Rotten Tomatoes Jul 11, 08 8:07 AM CDT
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Hades' greatest hero is back in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and most critics agree it's a hell of a ride. Director Guillermo del Toro returns with comic book creator Mike Mignola, ensuring the dynamic sequel is "shot through with the franchise's signature goofiness, sarcasm and good heart," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post .
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Film industry loves gritty comics, but what does it mean for the medium?
Time Jun 23, 08 11:30 AM CDT
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Still tallying the proceeds of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, Hollywood is turning to darker, underground graphic novels like Wanted for movie adaptations—and comics auteurs have mixed feelings, Time reports. Some argue the mainstream success of ultraviolent adaptations like 300 and Sin City can only mean good things for the graphic-novel underworld, but others worry the interest will suck the medium dry.
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Beloved strip lets fans run the show on the web, with maybe a little author input
New York Times Apr 18, 08 4:08 PM CDT
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Is it another triumph of Web 2.0, or a concession to the rampantly collaborative tone of the Internet these days? Either way, "Dilbert" has gone interactive, the New York Times reports. On the popular comic’s website, fans can now substitute their own pithy retorts for text bubbles in the final panel, and they'll soon be able to run wild with the whole strip.
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Rising medium attracts established authors
NPR Mar 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT
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Comic books have officially arrived as a literary medium, NPR reports, and big names are coming out of the woodwork to write them. “In all the years I've been writing, there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review , and that's the graphic novel,” says novelist Jodi Picoult, who recently tried her hand at Wonder Woman.
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Split, meant to entice younger readers, riles longtime fans
Newsweek Jan 11, 08 10:53 AM CST
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After 20 years of togetherness, Peter Parker and his beloved Mary Jane are kaput, and he's locking lips with a new mystery woman, according to the latest issue of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Longtime fans of the Marvel Comics classic aren't any too happy about the split, Newsweek reports. "This is an admission of a lack of ideas," said one disgruntled fan.
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United Nations teams up with Marvel Comics for new publication
Financial Times (UK) Dec 27, 07 9:17 AM CST
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Battered by the oil-for-food scandal and accused of inaction and inefficiency, the United Nations is looking to an unusual ally for help improving its image: Spider-Man. In a novel collaboration, the international body has enlisted Marvel Comics to produce a one-off comic book that will see its cast of superheroes team up with blue-helmeted peacekeepers to fight violence, poverty and disease, reports the Financial Times .
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NEW RELEASE
Critics enthralled with 'landmark in animation'
Rotten Tomatoes Dec 25, 07 12:24 PM CST
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Persepolis isn’t just a good animated movie. “It’s a small landmark in feature animation,” writes Nick Pinkerton of the Village Voice . Rendered with handcrafted charm in black and white, it tells the poignant-yet-funny story of a girl growing up amidst the Iranian revolution. But “bare synopsis doesn’t begin to convey [its] imaginative breadth,” says Newsweek ’s David Ansen.
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