The Iron Man 2 trailer is here. The trailer featuers: Robert Downey, Jr. being awesome. Iron Man being awesome. Glimpses of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, naturally, being awesome. Don Cheadle shooting shit. AC/DC. Alas, it also features Mickey Rourke saying a bunch of goofy shit and jumping rope. “Miss Susie had a steamboat, the […]
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Sell Your Comics at Indie Comic Book Week
Comics distributor Diamond won’t be shipping any new comics in the last week of December—so Indy Comic Book week is stepping in to fill the void. For the week of December 30, participating retailers promise to showcase independent titles on their new release shelves. Local shop Things From Another World is asking independent creators to […]
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Win a Copy of MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume Four! Starring Yours Truly!
ATTN. ONE DAY AT A TIME READERS: Ann here, paying a too-rare visit to Blogtown to let all of you know about something very important: My latest opus can now be found in finer nerdery supply stores everywhere! MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume Four is now in comic book stores, and it collects Gone Dishin’, […]
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On the Road with Floating World: Morrissey!
For the Morrissey edition of OTRWFW—a semi-regular series in which employees of Floating World Comics recommend books for musicians playing in town—local comics writer, novelist, and film critic Jamie S. Rich steps up to the plate. Jamie’s recent graphic novel You Have Killed Me borrows its title from a Morrissey song—he’s also a former editor […]
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On the Road with Floating World:
It’s time for another installment of On the Road with Floating World, in which Floating World Comics proprietor Jason Leivian handpicks a few comics recommendations for musicians playing in town. Swing by Floating World (20 NW 5th) during the week of the show, name-drop this post, get 10% off recommended titles. Here’s Jason with tonight’s […]
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Courtney Taylor Taylor’s Graphic Novel; Floating World’s Animation Fest
Mercury (Mercury) overlord Courtney Taylor Taylor wrote a graphic novel. It’s called One Model Nation, and it’s about some sort of alternate-reality Germany, and the release party is scheduled for Dec 5 at Floating World Comics. In attendance: artist Jim Rugg, Mike Allred (who drew the Dandys in Red Rocket 7), and “Donovan Leitch Jr,” […]
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Speaking of Muppets.
Schmader’s meeping post reminded me that the final issue in Roger Langridge’s current Muppet Show series, “The Treasure of Peg Leg Wilson,” hit comic book stores on Wednesday. I cannot overstate how totally delightful Langridge’s Muppet comics are. He writes and draws them, and they are note perfect. He’s been doing miniseries so far, but […]
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Mike Russell Talks to Scott Dunbier About Berkeley Breathed.
One of my favorite Portland film critics (and cartoonists!) is Mike Russell, who reviews movies for the Oregonian and blogs at Culture Pulp. Over at at Ain’t It Cool News, Russell has an in-depth interview up with comics editor Scott Dunbier (Promethea, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Danger Girl, The Hunter), wherein they largely talk […]
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Underground Comix at Floating World Comics
Many Americans— myself included— have come to know Asian comics and cartoons like this: characters have round, oversized eyes and angular hairdos, cute and cuddly pseudo-animals have dumpy, superpower-infused bodies, and candy-hued colors are splashed around generously. Though last night at Floating World Comics as I was previewing Underground Comix— an exhibit of Chinese comic […]
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Comic Books Should Be Pretty.
Hot damn! Look at these! Via Comics Alliance. Those are gorgeous—and it’s a good bet that the stuff inside won’t be too shabby, either. I’ve only read the first trade of Matt Fraction’s Invincible Iron Man so far, but if that arc is a fair representation of the series’ quality—and reports indicate that it is—then […]
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Want to Win a Copy of Stephen Colbert’s Comic Book?
Sure you do. It’s a fancy hardcover and everything. We’ve got a couple extra copies courtesy of the all-around nice guys at Oni Press—email me by 2 pm tomorrow with “Colbert” in the subject line, and one could be yours. I might even throw in a bonus book, call it “cleaning my desk.”
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On the Road with Floating World: Mt. Eerie
[It’s the MusicFest NW edition of On the Road with Floating World, in which Floating World Comics proprietor Jason Leivian handpicks a few comics recommendations for musicians playing in town. Reminder: Swing by Floating World (20 NW 5th) during the week of the show, get 10% off recommended titles. Now here’s Jason with tonight’s recommendations….] […]