John Rozum recently talked about his problems as writer of Static Shock, citing that he was hardly writing the book, the actual work being split between artist Scott McDaniel and editor Harvey Richards, which is why he chose to walk off the book with issue 4, not wanting his name to be associated with work…
The Darkness #100 is on its way… And this is the first you’ll have seen of the Todd McFarlane (above), the Michael Golden (below) and the Marc Silvestri retailer incentive (further below). 48 pages for $4.99 US, it’s out the last day of February. But since the Darkness II game comes out today, it seems…
It was the recent ICV2 interview with Marvel Senior Vice President-Sales David Gabriel that did it. Answering a questionnaire with no followups, he managed to dodge some questions by answering different ones, and throw some googlies at the opposing team. But he’s hardly alone in this, DC’s Executive VP-Sales, Marketing and Business Development John Rood…
Pretty much as premiered last night at Sony’s The Untold Story special events, here’s the first full trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. This time there’s Lizard, there’s more back story and there’s a good sense of the “new” Peter Parker. I say “pretty much” because those of usat the events got to see it in…
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Jon Ronson is one of the UK’s leading social and political satirists. His first novel Them: Adventures With Extremists saw him stalking conspiracy theorists and the subjects of their conspiracies. The Men Who Stare At Goats took this to a new level, looking at the madcap theories and quite literally insane policies that have informed actions during the current war in the Middle East, with accompanying TV and radio shows, all conducted in a mild mannered, cowardly fashion that disguised balls of steel. I’m a big fan.
The Beano is one of the oldest continually running comic book in the world, publishing weekly since the 1930s, aimed at British children and those nostalgic for a world that never was. An anthology full of comedy strips and the occasional drama, Hunt Emerson and Kev F Sutherland are two of its current creators.
And now Jon Ronson has joined them, writing an episode of The Numbskulls, a classic Beano strip looking at the people who live inside us, controlling out every action. The Guardian newspaper, for whom Jon often writes, has previewed his upcoming work in this Saturday’s newspaper. And from next Saturday, The Guardian will be giving away a comic book with every paper for a week, starting with The Beano in question then continuing with the likes of Jackie and Dandy. Ronson talks about his experience with the Beano and his success in pitching a story, in the Guardian here.
This is insane. For Americans, it’s like Michael Moore writing for Archie. And here’s the double page spread in question.
Here’s a brief taster for those interested in Jon’s non-comics work. The movie based on Men Who Stare At Goats, where he is played by Ewan McGregor, is released in the USA in November. Here’s the trailer.
In other pieces in this weekend’s comics celebration edition of The Guardian, Jaqueline Wilson talks about inspiring Jackie, celebrities’ favourite comics and comic characters (Perez Hilton chooses Superman, Vince Cable chooses (and looks like) The Mekon) and modern day children read classic comics and (mostly) fall in love with them.
I think I’ll buy a copy when the newsagents opens… in seven hours. I love the internet.
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