Batman seems a little friendly with the Nazis
Many more Batman cameos (though none that weird) at SF Signal.
The Mighty Marvel Marching Society
Stand a little straighter. Walk a little prouder.
(Thanks, Mark Evanier!)
Predator vs. Ewoks
And you thought getting beat by Danny Glover was embarrassing.
(Thanks, SF Signal!)
Indy's dark side
"That guy threw my grandfather into a plane propeller."
Indiana Jones: Hero or Killer?
(Thanks, CelebrityMooch!)
Dance, Wookiee! Dance!
Chewie and a Jawa doing the Flashdance is awesome. Leia and Amidala grooving to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is a bit lame, but made better once the Gamorrean guard joins in. Make sure you stick around to the end though for Vader, some Stormtroopers, and "Thriller."
(Thanks, /Film!)
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Awesome List: Tons of Indy stuff, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Bourne 4, and more
Shia LaBeouf: Awesome or Not?
I was wondering the other day about who today's Hollywood superstars are. With Tom Cruise all out of favor, who are the Harrison Fords and Bruce Willises of modern times? Russell Crowe maybe? Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie.
I was also trying to figure out who the new action stars are. Who are today's Schwarzeneggers and Stallones? Jason Statham, obviously. Maybe Matt Damon. And seeing stuff about Eagle Eye is making me wonder if Shia LaBeouf isn't on his way to becoming the next blockbuster king. Part of me is rebelling against that idea, but I don't know why. He was awesome in Crystal Skull.
It makes me wonder though. What's the general consensus on Shia? Do we love him or are we tired of him already? And if I'm missing any other modern superstar actors or action stars, let me know that too.
Indy pocket watches
Speaking of Indiana Jones, I think I've found my new timepiece. I love that airplane logo.
And here it is on a hat
Getting one of these too.
Indiana Jones vs. Gallagher
Staying on the subject of Indy, wouldn't you like to play a game where he has to fight watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher? The correct answer is: No, you really wouldn't. Turns out, it's a lot more fun to think about than it is to actually play.
Japanese Indy fan
I don't know why I think a young, Japanese girl reading an Indiana Jones book is so cool, but I totally do.
Indy fonts
Wrapping up our Indiana Jones links: I bet the last thing you thought you'd see today was a scholarly look at the fonts on the travel maps in the Indiana Jones movies, wasn't it?
The Amazing Telectroscope
Did you know there's a secret tunnel running deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean that miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London to New York and vice versa? Kung Fu Rodeo took some pictures of it.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century
No word on whether it will include secret tunnels running below the Atlantic, but Alan Moore has some details about the next League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series starting at the end of the year from Top Shelf.
More Matt Damon Bourne
IESB interviews Frank Marshall and Tom Crowley and gets some skinny on the fourth Bourne movie (which was apparently announced months ago). Bourne's going to South America and they're shooting for a 2010 release.
Knight Rider GPS
With KITT's voice (the St. Elsewhere KITT; not the Val Kilmer one).
I was wondering the other day about who today's Hollywood superstars are. With Tom Cruise all out of favor, who are the Harrison Fords and Bruce Willises of modern times? Russell Crowe maybe? Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie.
I was also trying to figure out who the new action stars are. Who are today's Schwarzeneggers and Stallones? Jason Statham, obviously. Maybe Matt Damon. And seeing stuff about Eagle Eye is making me wonder if Shia LaBeouf isn't on his way to becoming the next blockbuster king. Part of me is rebelling against that idea, but I don't know why. He was awesome in Crystal Skull.
It makes me wonder though. What's the general consensus on Shia? Do we love him or are we tired of him already? And if I'm missing any other modern superstar actors or action stars, let me know that too.
Indy pocket watches
Speaking of Indiana Jones, I think I've found my new timepiece. I love that airplane logo.
And here it is on a hat
Getting one of these too.
Indiana Jones vs. Gallagher
Staying on the subject of Indy, wouldn't you like to play a game where he has to fight watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher? The correct answer is: No, you really wouldn't. Turns out, it's a lot more fun to think about than it is to actually play.
Japanese Indy fan
I don't know why I think a young, Japanese girl reading an Indiana Jones book is so cool, but I totally do.
Indy fonts
Wrapping up our Indiana Jones links: I bet the last thing you thought you'd see today was a scholarly look at the fonts on the travel maps in the Indiana Jones movies, wasn't it?
The Amazing Telectroscope
Did you know there's a secret tunnel running deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean that miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London to New York and vice versa? Kung Fu Rodeo took some pictures of it.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century
No word on whether it will include secret tunnels running below the Atlantic, but Alan Moore has some details about the next League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series starting at the end of the year from Top Shelf.
It’s as if we feel freed from the conventions of boys’ adventure comics, and so it’s a lot more atmospheric, it builds to a tremendously bloody climax, it’s a slow build. We’re thrilled with it. It’s got some songs in it, it’s a musical.I think I'm going to miss the boys' adventure angle, but we'll see. Moore also says it's going to be a three issue volume with each issue being 72 pages.
More Matt Damon Bourne
IESB interviews Frank Marshall and Tom Crowley and gets some skinny on the fourth Bourne movie (which was apparently announced months ago). Bourne's going to South America and they're shooting for a 2010 release.
Knight Rider GPS
With KITT's voice (the St. Elsewhere KITT; not the Val Kilmer one).
Monday, July 07, 2008
Adventureblog Gallery: Indy's newspaper, jungle cruise, a mermaid, a spy gal, and space gorilla vs. tentacle alien!
Indiana Jones goes for the paper
By Pete Von Sholly.
Jungle cruise
By Amanda Visell.
Mermaid
By Kate Elizabeth.
Spy girl
Another one by Michele Legendre.
"The Prince of Space"
By Leo Morey.
By Pete Von Sholly.
Jungle cruise
By Amanda Visell.
Mermaid
By Kate Elizabeth.
Spy girl
Another one by Michele Legendre.
"The Prince of Space"
By Leo Morey.
Adventureblog Theater: Cartoon Hoff and Magnum, the eyes of Jessica Alba, Raiders of the Lost Toy Box, Tiki music, and a maraca-wielding monkey
"Michael (Jump In)"
A cartoon music video featuring Michael Knight and Thomas Magnum. Awesome.
(Thanks, Bully!)
Jessica Alba beats you
You totally can't beat Sue Storm in a staring contest.
(Thanks, Kung Fu Rodeo!)
Raiders of the Toy Box
The truck chase scene from Raiders. Re-enacted with action figures.
(Thanks, Topless Robot!)
"Da Da Da Da"
Awesome Tiki music video.
(Thanks, Kevin Church!)
Samba de Amigo
Topless Robot asks the timeless question: what would you do if a monkey with maracas rang your doorbell?
A cartoon music video featuring Michael Knight and Thomas Magnum. Awesome.
(Thanks, Bully!)
Jessica Alba beats you
You totally can't beat Sue Storm in a staring contest.
(Thanks, Kung Fu Rodeo!)
Raiders of the Toy Box
The truck chase scene from Raiders. Re-enacted with action figures.
(Thanks, Topless Robot!)
"Da Da Da Da"
Awesome Tiki music video.
(Thanks, Kevin Church!)
Samba de Amigo
Topless Robot asks the timeless question: what would you do if a monkey with maracas rang your doorbell?
Awesome List: Gorilladon, relevant space opera, robots, Ridley Scott's Nottingham, Rainn "Xena" Wilson, and pirate kitties
Gorilladon Lives!
Artist samaxAmen is creating a giant monster graphic novel starring that handsome beast above. Tentatively scheduled to be released by the end of the year.
The relevance of space opera
A long time ago, SF Signal ran a post collecting the opinions of various scifi authors about whether or not it's a challenge to keep space opera relevant. Since space opera is one of only two scifi sub-genres I have time for (the other being steampunk), I was going to do a long post on the subject. But laziness has won the day, so I'll just say that I mostly agree with Jonathan Strahan:
This could've gone in the Gallery, but I like it better here. As much as I dig Ash Wood's robot comics, I like his statues even more.
Proof that I was an idiot in 2005
I knew about Marvel's Fantastic Four and Iron Man vs. giant monsters comic, but for some reason I didn't buy it. That will be corrected shortly.
Separated at birth?
About a year ago I expressed interest in a cool-sounding steampunk novel called Mainspring. Little did I know that it's author Jay Lake sort of looks like me. He and Dan Wickline and I should start a band.
Space Monster Pictures
An independent outfit called Space Monster Pictures is making a stop-motion giant monster film called Tuatara. They have some creature photos on the website; just beware the link to their hideously unreadable MySpace page.
Bolt
I saw a trailer for Disney's Bolt last week and it looks fun and all, but oh, what might have been. /Film has a look at what Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch) had in mind for the film before he was replaced for being "too bold." Sigh.
Yeah, Disney. Take out the cat with the skull eye-patch and put in a fat hamster in a plastic ball. Great move.
At least Sanders' pirate cat lives on in Kiskaloo, his excellent webcomic.
Prehistoric Life Murals
Coming this Fall: 176 pages of all of William Stout's murals for The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom, and the San Diego Natural History Museum. Dinosaurs and mammoths galore.
Rainn Wilson is a nut
But that's just the way I like him.
Nottingham
It's totally not true that Christian Bale was going to play Robin Hood, but what's important here is that Ridley Scott is putting together a Robin Hood movie. I didn't know that.
Artist samaxAmen is creating a giant monster graphic novel starring that handsome beast above. Tentatively scheduled to be released by the end of the year.
The relevance of space opera
A long time ago, SF Signal ran a post collecting the opinions of various scifi authors about whether or not it's a challenge to keep space opera relevant. Since space opera is one of only two scifi sub-genres I have time for (the other being steampunk), I was going to do a long post on the subject. But laziness has won the day, so I'll just say that I mostly agree with Jonathan Strahan:
...how could you possibly argue that space opera is NOT mainstream when we live in the same world as Star Trek and Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica and so on and so forth? Whether it's universally *respected* or not, space opera is very much a part of our mainstream culture.Ash Wood robot
This could've gone in the Gallery, but I like it better here. As much as I dig Ash Wood's robot comics, I like his statues even more.
Proof that I was an idiot in 2005
I knew about Marvel's Fantastic Four and Iron Man vs. giant monsters comic, but for some reason I didn't buy it. That will be corrected shortly.
Separated at birth?
About a year ago I expressed interest in a cool-sounding steampunk novel called Mainspring. Little did I know that it's author Jay Lake sort of looks like me. He and Dan Wickline and I should start a band.
Space Monster Pictures
An independent outfit called Space Monster Pictures is making a stop-motion giant monster film called Tuatara. They have some creature photos on the website; just beware the link to their hideously unreadable MySpace page.
Bolt
I saw a trailer for Disney's Bolt last week and it looks fun and all, but oh, what might have been. /Film has a look at what Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch) had in mind for the film before he was replaced for being "too bold." Sigh.
Yeah, Disney. Take out the cat with the skull eye-patch and put in a fat hamster in a plastic ball. Great move.
At least Sanders' pirate cat lives on in Kiskaloo, his excellent webcomic.
Prehistoric Life Murals
Coming this Fall: 176 pages of all of William Stout's murals for The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom, and the San Diego Natural History Museum. Dinosaurs and mammoths galore.
Rainn Wilson is a nut
But that's just the way I like him.
Nottingham
It's totally not true that Christian Bale was going to play Robin Hood, but what's important here is that Ridley Scott is putting together a Robin Hood movie. I didn't know that.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
New Wave of the Week: The Blow Monkeys - "Digging Your Scene"
I'm stretching the boundaries of New Wave again this week, but I think the eye shadow qualifies them.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Quick Reviews: WALL-E, Get Smart, The Happening, and Wanted
Did a lot of catching up at the movies this week.
WALL-E
As promised in the trailers: very cute and sweet. I was hoping for more than cute or sweet though, like with Ratatouille, Toy Story 2 or Finding Nemo. All of those movies touched me. They made me re-feel things I'd forgotten about. The robots weren't able to do that for me. I liked them all and wanted them to be okay, but they didn't tell me anything about me, so I didn't like it as much as some other Pixar stuff I've seen.
Also, I have serious questions about life on that spaceship.
Four out of five Fred Willards.
Get Smart
Not at all what I expected, but I still really liked it. I've never watched Get Smart, but I imagined it was sort of like Inspector Gadget or the Pink Panther movies. I figured Maxwell Smart was one of those incompetent heroes who managed to bumble and slapstick their way to successfully closing cases. Steve Carell's Maxwell Smart actually knows what he's doing most of the time, but things just don't always go his way.
The funniest bits were in the trailer, so I was disappointed in it as a comedy. I was pleasantly surprised though about how well it worked as a straight - if lighthearted - spy movie. Everyone in it was awesome from Carell to the Rock to Alan Arkin (who had way more to do than I thought he would) to Anne Hathaway.
Four out of five swordfish.
The Happening
I like the premise. This would've made an awesome B-movie in the tradition of Day of the Animals or The Day of the Triffids. Absolutely nothing wrong with the plot. What's wrong with it is all in the execution.
Shyamalan takes the movie way too seriously and tries so hard to ground it in reality - to make us feel what it would be like if this really happened - that he achieves the opposite effect. The performances practically quiver with the strain of looking sincere in the ridiculousness of the situation. I wanted so much to lose myself in the story, but the dialogue and the acting were so forced and fake that I never could.
Two out of five killer plants.
Wanted
After seeing Wanted, I truly believe that if you sling your gun just right while pulling the trigger, you can curve a bullet. Okay, maybe not, but my problem with Wanted has nothing to do with unbelievability. My suspension of disbelief is quite healthy and the movie did nothing to compromise it. The story stayed true to the internal logic it set up for itself and it was a darn fine story besides. There were plenty of surprises and everyone stayed in character, even when doing so wasn't the easiest choice for the movie to make.
My complaint is about the main character. The movie goes to such great extents to portray Wesley as a loser in the first act that it succeeds too well. I didn't feel sorry for him; I pretty much hated him and felt like he was getting exactly what he deserved out of life. He was such a pushover and let people walk all over him to the point that I finally figured, "If this guy doesn't care about himself, why should I?"
The movie eventually overcomes that flaw by turning Wesley into someone I like and can root for, but then drops the ball at the end by having him go back and revisit his old life from his new perspective. I'd rather he have left that life behind completely, but he still cares enough about the jerks who've made his life miserable that he feels he has to go back and prove himself to them.
If Superman was created as wish-fulfillment fantasy for kids, Wanted is wish-fulfillment fantasy for the cubicle set. If I hated my life as much as Wesley does, I might like Wanted more. I might feel challenged by the final line of the movie instead of thinking it sounded hollow and stupid.
Still, lots of cool action sequences, a really smart plot, and the movie raises some interesting questions about things like faith and loyalty.
Four out of five super-bullets.
All in all, not a bad week at the movies.
WALL-E
As promised in the trailers: very cute and sweet. I was hoping for more than cute or sweet though, like with Ratatouille, Toy Story 2 or Finding Nemo. All of those movies touched me. They made me re-feel things I'd forgotten about. The robots weren't able to do that for me. I liked them all and wanted them to be okay, but they didn't tell me anything about me, so I didn't like it as much as some other Pixar stuff I've seen.
Also, I have serious questions about life on that spaceship.
Four out of five Fred Willards.
Get Smart
Not at all what I expected, but I still really liked it. I've never watched Get Smart, but I imagined it was sort of like Inspector Gadget or the Pink Panther movies. I figured Maxwell Smart was one of those incompetent heroes who managed to bumble and slapstick their way to successfully closing cases. Steve Carell's Maxwell Smart actually knows what he's doing most of the time, but things just don't always go his way.
The funniest bits were in the trailer, so I was disappointed in it as a comedy. I was pleasantly surprised though about how well it worked as a straight - if lighthearted - spy movie. Everyone in it was awesome from Carell to the Rock to Alan Arkin (who had way more to do than I thought he would) to Anne Hathaway.
Four out of five swordfish.
The Happening
I like the premise. This would've made an awesome B-movie in the tradition of Day of the Animals or The Day of the Triffids. Absolutely nothing wrong with the plot. What's wrong with it is all in the execution.
Shyamalan takes the movie way too seriously and tries so hard to ground it in reality - to make us feel what it would be like if this really happened - that he achieves the opposite effect. The performances practically quiver with the strain of looking sincere in the ridiculousness of the situation. I wanted so much to lose myself in the story, but the dialogue and the acting were so forced and fake that I never could.
Two out of five killer plants.
Wanted
After seeing Wanted, I truly believe that if you sling your gun just right while pulling the trigger, you can curve a bullet. Okay, maybe not, but my problem with Wanted has nothing to do with unbelievability. My suspension of disbelief is quite healthy and the movie did nothing to compromise it. The story stayed true to the internal logic it set up for itself and it was a darn fine story besides. There were plenty of surprises and everyone stayed in character, even when doing so wasn't the easiest choice for the movie to make.
My complaint is about the main character. The movie goes to such great extents to portray Wesley as a loser in the first act that it succeeds too well. I didn't feel sorry for him; I pretty much hated him and felt like he was getting exactly what he deserved out of life. He was such a pushover and let people walk all over him to the point that I finally figured, "If this guy doesn't care about himself, why should I?"
The movie eventually overcomes that flaw by turning Wesley into someone I like and can root for, but then drops the ball at the end by having him go back and revisit his old life from his new perspective. I'd rather he have left that life behind completely, but he still cares enough about the jerks who've made his life miserable that he feels he has to go back and prove himself to them.
If Superman was created as wish-fulfillment fantasy for kids, Wanted is wish-fulfillment fantasy for the cubicle set. If I hated my life as much as Wesley does, I might like Wanted more. I might feel challenged by the final line of the movie instead of thinking it sounded hollow and stupid.
Still, lots of cool action sequences, a really smart plot, and the movie raises some interesting questions about things like faith and loyalty.
Four out of five super-bullets.
All in all, not a bad week at the movies.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Happy Birthday, United States!
Taking the day off to celebrate my country's independence. Happy 4th of July!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Adventureblog Gallery: Nazis vs. dinosaurs, sea monster attack, the Black Lagoon, Mr. Incredible vs. the Omnidroid, and Batgirl
Paul Allan Ballard
I met artist Paul Allan Ballard at Wizard World. He's pals with Jess and Grant and those guys, so we ran into each other off and on the whole weekend. At one point Paul mentioned that he thought he knew me from somewhere else, but couldn't remember where. Turns out, he reads this blog for the pulp covers. Check out his stuff, he's got a lot of cool work, including designs for that unmade Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls film I keep talking about.
The Drums of Tapajos
Speaking of pulp covers...
By Leo Morey.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
By Tom Whalen. (Thanks, Slashfilm!)
Mr. Incredible vs. the Omnidroid!
By Eric Tan. (Thanks to Slashfilm for this one too!)
Batgirl
I liked Michele Legendre's Wonder Woman piece so much I went looking for more.
I met artist Paul Allan Ballard at Wizard World. He's pals with Jess and Grant and those guys, so we ran into each other off and on the whole weekend. At one point Paul mentioned that he thought he knew me from somewhere else, but couldn't remember where. Turns out, he reads this blog for the pulp covers. Check out his stuff, he's got a lot of cool work, including designs for that unmade Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls film I keep talking about.
The Drums of Tapajos
Speaking of pulp covers...
By Leo Morey.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
By Tom Whalen. (Thanks, Slashfilm!)
Mr. Incredible vs. the Omnidroid!
By Eric Tan. (Thanks to Slashfilm for this one too!)
Batgirl
I liked Michele Legendre's Wonder Woman piece so much I went looking for more.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Awesome List: Middleman, Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas, Hulk cartoons, and more
Burn After Reading poster
From the Coen Bros. upcoming spy comedy. Gotta love that Saul Bass-inspired design.
Game of Thrones TV Show
I couldn't make it through the first book, but it looks like progress is being made on getting the story to me in a different form (because it's all about me). Novelist George R.R. Martin has the update.
Middleman
I've been watching ABC Family's new, comics-inspired series Middleman. It's too soon for a full review, so I'm just saying here that it's pretty awesome. The characters are charming and funny, the dialogue is clever, and the plots are insane. The pilot episode featured Chloe from 24 as a scientist whose supercomputer took over a gorilla's brain and turned him into a Tommy gun slinging mobster.
The only complaint I have is the Power Rangers-quality effects. I'm gonna stick with it a while and see if I can get past that though because otherwise I love it.
Oddly Normal
My friend and sometimes collaborator Jess Hickman was recently interviewed about her work on volume 3 of Otis Frampton's Oddly Normal series of fantasy graphic novels.
Essential Giant Monsters
I see enough Top Ten Giant Monsters lists that I don't usually link to them (or many other Top Ten lists at all, for that matter). Robert Hood's list is different. Rather than just assigning personal rankings to the multitude of giant monsters in the world, he's created a comprehensive list of what he believes are the essential movies in the giant monster genre. It's quite a check-list and would provide a good year's worth of viewing material for anyone hoping to see them all.
Here's a Top Eight list I can get behind though
Topless Robot's Top 8 Coolest Sesame Street Toys Ever. Admittedly, it's a nostalgia thing. I had and wore out nos. 1, 4, 6, and 8 as a kid.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
This is the second recommendation from the friend who also told me about Peter David's Tigerheart (which I picked up from David at Wizard World Chicago, by the way). My friend describes The Lies of Locke Lamora as a cross between Ocean's 11 and Robin Hood with some fantasy elements thrown in. Sounds good to me. (Although I much prefer the cover I posted to the garish one on the US mass market paperback.)
Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas
ABC is developing a show about a girl who finds an atlas of a secret world underneath our own. Whether or not the Harry Potter and Pan's Labyrinth comparisons are justified, it sounds tailor-made for me. And it stars the little girl from Silent Hill.
New Hulk cartoons
It was inevitable. And bring 'em on, I say. Even the Gamma Corps one where he's leading She-Hulk and Doc Samson into battle.
John Carter movie "update"
Not really an update; just a reminder that the format of the developing John Carter of Mars movie could be anything. Live action, 2D cartoon, computer animation... nothing's been ruled out. According to writer/presumed director Andrew Stanton, that will all be determined by the eventual script.
From the Coen Bros. upcoming spy comedy. Gotta love that Saul Bass-inspired design.
Game of Thrones TV Show
I couldn't make it through the first book, but it looks like progress is being made on getting the story to me in a different form (because it's all about me). Novelist George R.R. Martin has the update.
Middleman
I've been watching ABC Family's new, comics-inspired series Middleman. It's too soon for a full review, so I'm just saying here that it's pretty awesome. The characters are charming and funny, the dialogue is clever, and the plots are insane. The pilot episode featured Chloe from 24 as a scientist whose supercomputer took over a gorilla's brain and turned him into a Tommy gun slinging mobster.
The only complaint I have is the Power Rangers-quality effects. I'm gonna stick with it a while and see if I can get past that though because otherwise I love it.
Oddly Normal
My friend and sometimes collaborator Jess Hickman was recently interviewed about her work on volume 3 of Otis Frampton's Oddly Normal series of fantasy graphic novels.
Essential Giant Monsters
I see enough Top Ten Giant Monsters lists that I don't usually link to them (or many other Top Ten lists at all, for that matter). Robert Hood's list is different. Rather than just assigning personal rankings to the multitude of giant monsters in the world, he's created a comprehensive list of what he believes are the essential movies in the giant monster genre. It's quite a check-list and would provide a good year's worth of viewing material for anyone hoping to see them all.
Here's a Top Eight list I can get behind though
Topless Robot's Top 8 Coolest Sesame Street Toys Ever. Admittedly, it's a nostalgia thing. I had and wore out nos. 1, 4, 6, and 8 as a kid.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
This is the second recommendation from the friend who also told me about Peter David's Tigerheart (which I picked up from David at Wizard World Chicago, by the way). My friend describes The Lies of Locke Lamora as a cross between Ocean's 11 and Robin Hood with some fantasy elements thrown in. Sounds good to me. (Although I much prefer the cover I posted to the garish one on the US mass market paperback.)
Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas
ABC is developing a show about a girl who finds an atlas of a secret world underneath our own. Whether or not the Harry Potter and Pan's Labyrinth comparisons are justified, it sounds tailor-made for me. And it stars the little girl from Silent Hill.
New Hulk cartoons
It was inevitable. And bring 'em on, I say. Even the Gamma Corps one where he's leading She-Hulk and Doc Samson into battle.
John Carter movie "update"
Not really an update; just a reminder that the format of the developing John Carter of Mars movie could be anything. Live action, 2D cartoon, computer animation... nothing's been ruled out. According to writer/presumed director Andrew Stanton, that will all be determined by the eventual script.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Wizard World Chicago
P6270033, originally uploaded by MichaelMay.
Well, I absolutely sucked at blogging while I was there. Here's the link to my pictures though and tomorrow I'll have four posts hitting the Newsarama blog about the better panels I went to. If you don't want to check them out tomorrow, I'll link to them from here at some point. I'm still catching up on 'Net reading though, so it'll be a while.
What I don't say in the Newsarama posts is that I made some headway on getting some new work, came up with a brilliant idea for a comics series, and that Jess Hickman and I decided to work on something new. All in all, it was a fun, productive trip.
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