My pal Dan Taylor has a trailer for his Pirat Tales comic from IDW. Wanna see?
If you’d like to pre-order it, the Diamond Order Code is SEP084132.
Piratz Tavern
I hate the “z” in the name, but if I’m ever in Silver Spring, Maryland, I’m going to the Piratz Tavern. It looks like a fun place and has a good-looking menu.
Treasure Island
But this… this I can see making a special trip to Vegas for.
George Harrison would’ve liked to have been a pirate
It gets going around the 20 second mark.
Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller
As I told Grant when he emailed me about it, all the buckles and crap on her pirate costume almost make me not want it, but then I look at the Thing, Hulk, and Punisher and all is forgiven.
Namely: write ups on underappreciated DC characters like the Grim Ghost (who’d be much more interesting if he still called himself the Gay Ghost), G.I. Robot (it’s all there in the name, pal), and the dino-kicking, poison-blooded Green Man. Gorilla Grodd’s there too, making me fantasize about what a cool comic it would be to have him fight the Green Man, G.I. Robot, and the Gay Ghost.
Did Millar bait-and-switch the Wanted movie?
Trying to head off potential complaints that Wanted is no longer a superhero story like the comic it’s supposedly based on, Top Cow spokesman Mel Caylo explains that the movie is actually based on Wanted’s original concept; not the comic that was produced from it.
“What many people don’t know is that Wanted was optioned before the series was concluded … At that time, Mark had an idea based around a society of assassins that worked underground or behind the scenes, and that’s what the producers bought. Mark then decided to go in the direction that Earth was once populated by superheroes, but they have been vanquished, … and supervillains now run the Earth [in] five major cabals that run the whole world.”
Before the series was “concluded?” It sounds to me like it was optioned before the series was started. I’m not saying that Millar was necessarily unethical because I don’t know what kind of communication went on with the filmmakers as he was changing his mind. I am saying though that I’m way more excited about the movie than I am about ever reading the comic.
Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam
Speaking of movies’ being faithful to comics, Peter Segal (Get Smart) reassures fans that he’s going to keep the Shazam movie as faithful to the original comics as he can.
“You have to please the original fans, but also make it survive on its own for people who might not be familiar with the series,” Segal said. “So we try to do both, and that’s constantly the balancing act. But I think the underlying similarity between adapting Shazam and adapting Get Smart is you have to love the source material, you have to embrace it. You can’t look at it as a fixer-upper.”
I talk about ‘em every time the word “convention” gets brought up. Now you can get to know them a bit yourself thanks to this Comics Bulletin interview.
Chuck news
Tony Hale (Buster from Arrested Development) will be joining the cast of Chuck next season as a Buy More efficiency expert. That promises some really funny moments, but in the meantime, you can catch up on Season 1 when it’s released on DVD September 16.
Kiera?
The Keira Knightley 2009 Calendar is already available for pre-order. I wonder if misspelling her name will cost them any sales.
I quit reading Runaways when Brian K. Vaughan quit writing it. News of a Runaways movie makes me realize how much I miss those characters. Especially Molly (pictured above).
Night at the Museum 2
I’m not quite as thrilled about a possible sequel to Night at the Museum as I am a Runaways movie, but the first one didn’t suck and I’m all for any movie with the potential for more dinosaurs chasing security guards down hallowed halls.
Iron Sky
“In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they are coming back.” I want this on DVD right now.
Manhunter interview
Like all lovers of excellent superhero comics, I’m way looking forward to the return from hiatus of DC’s Manhunter. Comic Book Resources has a talk with series writer Marc Andreyko that’s got me even more pumped up.
Andreyko said he has the next six to eight arcs for “Manhunter” in various stages of planning but his goal is to hit the century mark with the title. “My dream is to get to #100,” he said. “So please, buy this book.”
Sea Freak
If that panel doesn’t make you want to check out Sea Freak, nothing will. (Thanks, JK!)
…we felt the traditional action approach would be a cliche. The Radical version is different from all other comics’ versions and I felt my cover should underscore that quality. So, instead of casting it in spine-cracking action, I did the opposite: I visualized a silently inert, fearsomely intense Hercules, a Hercules just before the storm, a moment crackling with tension!
I just watched the NBC Scrubs “finale” the other night. As fun as it was, what a crappy way to end an even crappier relationship between the show and the network that’s screwed it over for the last seven years. Here’s to an excellent final season on ABC.
…when we first did the show, it was a drama with elements of comedy and lots of stupid sound effects. But some of the strongest episodes in the second and third year had character comedy. You can still do things like kill Brendan Fraser and have the lady that loved musical theater die and then sing a song at the end. This became a very Simpsons-esque show with incredibly broad, unrealistic moments and fantasies that were both in reality and not in reality. When you’ve been writing this show for seven years, it’s so easy to get into these patterns of writing the same jokes over and over: J.D. loves Turk, J.D. wants Dr. Cox’s approval, Elliot’s whiny and neurotic. But this year the stuff is really f–king good. I think our old stand-by fans are really going to dig these shows.
I’ve got a huge backlog of artists I want to feature here, so I’m going to start ganging them up on you. I’m always interested in new folks to feature too, so let me know your favorites in the comments.
Ryan Ottley
This and lots of other Hulk vs. Thing awesome-sauce can be found at Again With the Comics.
Grant Gould
Grant’s depiction of his girlfriend (and sometimes collaborator of mine) Jess Hickman as a zombie hunter.
Our story opens as General Ross brings in the Fantastic Four to deal with a certain, jolly, green giant. It’s important to know that nobody’s figured out that the Hulk is actually one of Ross’ scientific team… yet.
But when the FF finally meet up with ol’ Jade Jaws, the Thing…
…starts to figure…
…it out.
Uh oh, Hulk. He’s on to you. What’re you gonna do now?
SUCKER PUNCH!
Don’t worry though. Before long, everyone’s friends and the Hulk and Thing are comparing muscles.
