Art by Matt Wagner; photo by Mike Russell Okay, so the Portland Opera made a really good PR move, and we’re biting. On Monday, around 20 Portland cartoonists were invited to attend a dress rehearsal of Pagliacci/Carmina Burana, and “draw whatever inspires them about the production.” Colleen Coover, Matt Wagner, Erika Moen, Steve Lieber, Shannon […]
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Behold: Tony Stark Puking into a Toilet!
Via Comics Alliance comes a leaked, alternate opening to Iron Man 2. At least one of the trailers for the film used a line from this scene, meaning the filmmakers were definitely planning on using it at some point, then changed their minds. I can’t remember how the theatrical cut actually opened—I think it was […]
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Drafting Superman
The nerd interwebs right now are full of homemade attempts to draft Jon Hamm for the role of Superman in the eventual film reboot. (As far as I know, it’s still at the scripting stage.) Hamm himself (Hammself?) has said he’s “maybe aged out of” the role. He’s certainly shown that he can play Lex […]
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Big Shakeups at DC Comics
Hot tipper Matt Hickey says this is big news: A large part of DC Comics is heading to the west coast: DC Entertainment, as part of its ongoing strategy to integrate the DC Comics business, brand and characters into Warner Bros. Entertainment’s content and distribution operations, will relocate its business functions related to and supporting […]
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Sarah Palin Drinks Obama’s Milkshake
Bleeding Cool informs us about upcoming issues of Archie comics that show Barack Obama and Sarah Palin getting involved in Riverdale student council elections. Here’s one of the relevant covers (it’s a two-part story): Bleeding Cool also points out how weird it is that the Archie covers put the President of the United States on […]
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Did Captain Marvel Just Call Me a Homo?
Via The Comic Kid Okay, sure, I admittedly don’t have a lot of interest in Mechanix Illustrated. I’ve never been very mechanically inclined. But that doesn’t make me “a sissy,” does it? My dad was super mechanically inclined so I’m pretty sure he read this magazine, or the grown up version of it. He never […]
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JULIE TAYMOR MUST BE STOPPED
Usually after someone directs something as unintentionally goofy as Across the Universe, they’re given a swift kick in the ass and never, ever allowed to direct anything ever, ever again. That’s not the case with Julie Taymor, though, who somehow snagged the job to direct the Spider-Man Broadway musical—a troubled production that boasts songs by […]
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Stumptown Comics Fest: Remarkably on the Ball!
The Stumptown Comics Fest isn’t until April, but I’ve already received my first press release, which most notably announces a change in venue—the show will be moving from the Doubletree to the Convention Center. Dates are announced as well (April 16 & 17th) as well as just a few of the already-confirmed guests (Carla Speed […]
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A Look at Hope Larson’s A Wrinkle in Time
Look, it’s Meg! Larson writes: I’m sure you have a different idea of how Meg should look. This is how she looks to me, but in fact, I had to rethink my own idea of Meg when I worked out her design. The image of her that was stuck my mind from childhood included her […]
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Local Cartoonist Matt Bors Reports from Afghanistan
In the paper this week, I ran a brief excerpt from my email interview with local political cartoonist Matt Bors, who is currently touring Afghanistan with fellow cartoonist Ted Rail and photographer Steven Cloud. The men are on a Kickstarter-funded cross-country trip, traveling with the aim of documenting life in Afghanistan from a perspective that […]
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Here’s Your Trailer for The Walking Dead.
A crappy bootleg made its way out of Comic-Con a little while back, but here’s a decent-quality version of the solid (if waaaaay too long) trailer for AMC’s zombie-tastic The Walking Dead, which is overseen by Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) and based on the comic written by Robert Kirkman, […]
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Death and Microfilm are James Bond’s Sterious
Bully’s Comics has a great collection of excerpts from the Indian James Bond comic books. They’re almost complete gibberish. But after all, it’s not like the Bond films are paragons of narrative coherence. Still, I’d really like to know what “Super-dupers whonever-reveal themselves at theworst!” means. Check out more at Bully’s. And if you’re craving […]