Here’s the new poster, created by Brandon Graham: It’s cute, but I think I’m erring on the side of “too busy.” What do you guys think?
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Spider-Man 4: The Unasked-For Reboot Now Titled The Amazing Spider-Man
It’s stupid to already be thinking about next summer’s comic book movies when this summer’s already crammed with ’em—there’s Green Lantern, Thor, Captain America, X-Men: First Class, and hell, for all I know, a Howard the Duck reboot hidden somewhere in August—but c’mon, as if something like that has ever stopped the Hollywood hype machine. […]
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Here’s Your X-Men: First Class Trailer, Nerds!
Why yes, I am awesome at photoshop. There’s moody trailer out for X-Men: First Class, which in some ways looks even goofier than I figured it would, and in other ways looks surprisingly cool. I gotta admit, the Cuban Missile Crisis stuff is a clever angle, and I love the idea of a period superhero […]
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Shannon Wheeler Reviews Portlandia for The New Yorker
A couple days ago I got an email from Portland cartoonist/Too Much Coffee Man creator Shannon Wheeler: “Hey Alison. You once told me to give you the heads up on stuff I’m doing if it’s interesting or relevant.” **facepalm** Shannon politely ignored my complete lack of tact to point me toward his review of Portlandia, […]
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WTF Is It with Comic Books and Opera?
Look, I don’t understand this at all. Some sort of Wagnerian total art thing? The connection between comics and opera does not make any sort of intrinsic sense to me, but I applaud the savvy marketing and outreach efforts of the Portland Opera, who regularly inspires some of Portland’s finest comic book talents to create […]
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Superman Classic!
Rob Pratt, a lifelong Superman fan, made this short using a mixture of hand-drawn and digital animation—and once the cartoon ends, he’s nice enough to stick around and explain his process. Worth a watch, geeks!
Posted inTheater & Performance
The Best Theater Review You’ll Ever Read
[Cue “Sad Hulk” song.] At long last, the New York Times has finally reviewed Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, a “national joke” of a show that critic Ben Brantley writes is “so grievously broken in every respect that it is beyond repair.” Brantley—who, I’m guessing, would be having fun being so mean if he didn’t […]
Posted inFashion
Green Lantern Halloween Costumes Will Make You Long for the Sweet Release of Death
Hey, it’s Leprechaun Andy Rooney! Remember when Watchmen was about to come out, and they thought people would actually go and see it, and so, naturally, they also thought people would want to dress up for Halloween as rapists, sociopaths, and impotent superheroes? Yeah. That went over like gangbusters. HOWEVER. Apparently there’s always, always a […]
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Holy Crap, That’s a Lotta Great Local Comics Content
Gingerbread Girl Three new local comics things worth reading: 1: Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover are currently serializing their new project Gingerbread Girl on Top Shelf’s website. So far, four installments are up, in which it’s established that the protagonist is a 27-year-old, maybe-lesbian, one-time Powell’s employee (yes, it’s set in Portland)—check it out, it […]
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Design a Superhero Costume for Mayor Adams
Whatever dudes, I’m a writer, not a Photoshop-er. Ready for this one, guys? The Alter Egos Society and Stumptown Comics Festival have just announced a contest to design a superhero costume for Sam Adams. The winning design will be produced by the Alter Egos Society, and Sam will wear it to Stumptown, where, according to […]
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Anne Hathaway is Catwoman, Tom Hardy is Bane, and I Have Too Much Time on My Hands.
I’m a photoshop genius Seriously, Bane Always looks this stupid TODAY IN BAT-NEWS™: Ending years of bespectacled nerd speculation, Warner Bros. has announced that Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (heh) will feature Anne Hathaway playing one of Batman’s most interesting characters, Catwoman, and Tom Hardy playing one of Batman’s stupidest characters, Bane. You might […]
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Government Takes Jackass Teabaggy Comic Book Retailer’s Guns Away
Last week, I told you about the online retailer who alienated comics professionals and fans alike by writing a blog post after the Tucson shootings titled “1 down, 534 to go.”Late yesterday, Bleeding Cool brought the heartening news that the authorities have come and taken this douchebag retailer’s guns away from him. According to Boston.com, […]