Did you download the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World game, like Nex did? Or, like me, are you angrily waiting for it to show up on Xbox Live so you can download it then? Well, here’s something to keep in mind, Edgar Wright fans: Scott Pilgrim can get all Shaun of the Dead, if you […]
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We’re Really Milking this Scott Pilgrim Thing.
But we like it! Oni Press hosted a screening of Scott Pilgrim on Monday and it was pretty rad to hear the room cheer when Oni Publisher Joe Nozemack’s production credit appeared on screen, or when Bryan Lee O’Malley’s art was used in the film. Taking the dedication to the source material one step further, […]
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Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Original Scott Pilgrim Art at Floating World.
In this week’s My, What a Busy Week!, Alison recommends the exhibit of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original Scott Pilgrim art that’s currently at Floating World Comics (20 NW 5th). I went down to check it out last night for First Thursday, and goddamn, it’s great. Seeing O’Malley’s pencils and inks—and seeing them next to the […]
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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Leonard McCoy.
(A) Words cannot express how much I love the phrase “Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor.” (B) Even more words cannot express how delighted I am that the phrase is the title for a comic book miniseries written and drawn by John Byrne. (C) The fourth and final issue of Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor came out last […]
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R. Crumb’s Oregon Influences
In this video from Oregon Movies, A to Z, Patrick Rosenkranz (author of Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963 — 1975) and Countermedia owner Charles Boucher discuss the influence of Oregon cartoonists Basil Wolverton and Carl Barks on the work of Robert Crumb (according to Oregon Movies, Crumb “continually cites” the two artists as […]
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Oni Press “Wins” Comic-Con
Poster by Kevin Tong, via Comics Alliance At least according to io9, in a round up of SDCC’s winners and losers. Apparently Scott Pilgrim dominated the con, the buzz on the screening of Edgar Wright’s film adaptation has been great, and Oni signed a first look deal with CBS, io9 reports. (The big loser: The […]
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Today in Adorable Nerdiness: Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern Oath, Nerdlet.
Sure, somebody got stabbed in the eye at Comic-Con. But you know what cancels out the ickiness of nerd-on-nerd violence? Green Lantern star Ryan Reynolds reciting the Green Lantern oath to an adorable nerdlet! If this doesn’t make your goddamn day, you have no soul. Dammit. This year I skipped Comic-Con, taking a break from […]
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More Awesome Clips from The Goon!
A few days ago I posted a preview teaser for the upcoming and OH! so awesome film adaptation of Dark Horse’s The Goon. And now there’s even more Goon goodness which debuted the other day at Comic-Con. And this one has so much more awesomeness, it totally makes me want to stab somebody in the […]
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Stabbed in the Face at Comic-Con—FOR REAL!
According to police, a man was STABBED IN THE FACE yesterday afternoon at Comic-Con, allegedly over a fight about (what else) seating for a popular panel. Says EW: Police are investigating an alleged assault inside San Diego Comic-Con’s 6,000-person Hall H that occurred today around 5 p.m. PST. According to San Diego police, one man […]
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Here Comes Foreskin Man
Click to enlarge! Sometimes you’ve got to let them speak for themselves: Miles Hastwick is a former corporate scientist who now heads the Museum of Genital Integrity on a small island surrounded by San Diego’s famous beaches. Unbeknownst to the public, Miles is also Foreskin Man, an intactivist superhero who rescues innocent boys from the […]
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Portland Comic To Kick Off New Imprint
At Comic Con this weekend, in the fair city of San Diego, Robert Kirkman, the outrageously successful writer of the Walking Dead series, announces and previews his new imprint, Skybound. The purpose of Skybound, which does not have a website I could link to, is to expose and promote new, undiscovered talent and it kicks […]
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Clips from the Upcoming Goon Movie! NERDGASM!
Here’s something that will undoubtedly make you squeal and squirm like one of the gals at last week’s Bieber concert… a teaser clip of the upcoming The Goon movie, voiced by Paul Giamatti and produced by David Fincher. Will it live up to the awesome standard set forth by Goon creator Eric Powell? From the […]