Archive for the ‘Comics’ Category
Saga, Brian K. Vaughn’s return to comics coming next month; Star Wars artist misses the point
Brian K. Vaughn’s Y: The Last Man is a modern classic. A high point in recent comics history, it told a beautiful, difficult and touching story. Since it ended, there hasn’t been much going on with him. But finally, we’ve gotten a look at his return to the medium (illustrated by Fiona Staples!) and it [...]
Geekly Speaking About Presents… The Womanthology Panel at NYCC 2011
Due to having gotten hired full-time by the place I’d been temping for all summer, I was only able to go to the New York Comic Con for two days instead of four this year. As a result, I had to carefully pick and choose which panels I attended, making sure that nothing overlapped too [...]
In: Comics, Podcasts · Tagged with: Bonnie Burton, Laura Morley, Mariah Huehner, Nicole Falk, NYCC 2011, Renae DeLiz, Suzannah Rowntree, Womanthology, women like comics?!
Geekly Speaking About… “Voices from New York Comic Con” Part 1
Once again, Geeking Out About was at the New York Comic Con, which was held at the Javits Center in New York City. Our review of the show will be uploaded later, but for now I’d like to present to you some highlights from how I spent my Saturday and Sunday. Complete information and links [...]
In: Comics, Podcasts · Tagged with: Chris Claremont, debut work, female comic book fans, female comics creators, graphic novels, NYCC, NYCC 2011, Podcasts
Go-Go-Gaijin: ComiPo! Vocaloid For Comics!?
Maybe this software should be called “Comicoid”, because after five minutes of tinkering with it I realized right away who this software was for. Vocaloid, the hit music software that allows musicians and composers to create vocals for a singer-less song, took Japan by storm and has been a huge inspiration to up-and-coming songwriters. I [...]
In: Anime, Comics, Japanese Entertainment, Reviews, Webcomics · Tagged with: comic studio, Comics, comipo, manga, manga studio
Adam McKay shopping big names for The Boys
If you haven’t read Garth Ennis’ excellent The Boys, you should turn off your computer and go pick up the first volume. You will laugh, be sickened, and have a blast doing so. In an interview with MTV, director Adam McKay (Anchorman, The Other Guys) discussed the actors he hopes will step into the lead [...]
In: Comics, Movies, News · Tagged with: Adam McKay, Garth Ennis, Russell Crowe, Simon Pegg, The Boys
Trailer Watch: Captain America, Sympathy for Delicious and more
I usually save Trailer Watch for Friday, but this week we had such a glut that I felt a midweek update was appropriate. We’ve got action, drama, family and raunchy, adult comedy, so let’s get this started. First up, we have an adaptation of the Newberry winning classic, Mr. Popper’s Penguins. And honestly, it looks [...]
In: Comics, Movies, Trailers · Tagged with: Mr Poppers Penguins, Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Sympathy for Delicious, The Bang Bang Club, Trailer Watch, Trailers, Your Highness
Trisha’s Take: How to get the most out of one day at a convention, part 2
Picking up where I left off, I didn’t stay very long in the southern end of the Javitz Center because the one panel I’d RSVP’d for was in the northern end of the hall with the majority of the large publishers, game companies, and stores. When I registered as a member of the Press, I [...]
In: Columns, Comics · Tagged with: conventions, Interviews, NYAF, NYCC
Trisha’s Link of the Day: Well played, Rob Liefeld
When I was a nascent comics fan in the mid-1990s, one of the most important things I learned about the art was that Rob Liefeld can’t draw feet. Since then, I’ve learned that the former Marvel Comics wunderkind who created X-Force and one of the founding members of Image Comics also can’t draw women, men, [...]
In: Around the Intertubes, Comics, Video Games, Webcomics · Tagged with: indie video game studios, parody, Penny Arcade, Rob Liefeld, Xbox Live
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: Coming Back Next Season!
Rather than focusing this week on one upcoming project, I’m thinking it’s time for me to tackle this news of the announcements of two shows returning soon and put a few minds (much like mine) at ease.
In: Comics, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: benedict cumberbatch, detective series, Idris Elba, Luther, martin freeman, mystery, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, the moff
Lincoln’s Movie Night: Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Scott Pilgrim vs The World Directed by Edgar Wright Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Jason Schwartzman and a whole mess of other awesome young actors. Based on the graphic novel series Rated PG-13 for stylized violence, sexual content, language and drug references. So. Scott Pilgrim vs The World. We’ve been talking about [...]