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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TVWatch: The Osbournes ripoff Gene Simmons Family Jewels’ new series starts on March 21st on A&E. And in the first episode we see Gene and Nick Simmons playing at last year’s San Diego Comic Con, and launching Nick’s graphic novel, Incarnate. Whether we see him tracing scenes from Bleach, I’m not yet sure.
MillarWatch: I totally missed this one and it deserves further play – The Herald looks at Mark Millar , his plans for directing his first movie, his life as a single dad, how Americans have difficulty understanding him and why his bombastic boasting internet alter ego is miles away from his Glasgow persona. This passage sums up so much about Millar, who is is, how he’s perceived and why I can’t not like the guy.
“I feel massively confident with the material but the trick is not to think you’re a great success, especially living in Scotland where you’re only one person away from someone who can’t pay their electricity bill. I’m even very aware of talking about my job. Most of my friends know I work in comics but they’ve no idea what I’ve written in the last five years. Now with the films, they’re getting an idea but even then I’m trying to play it down. You don’t want to come back from a set visit and go: ‘Oh yes, I was playing golf with Morgan Freeman.’ You would sound mentally ill.
“I’m quite aware when I’m on a mobile phone on the train, and I’m saying, ‘Yes, Brad Pitt says we should absolutely hire this guy,’ I just think, if you see a guy in Asda jeans on the train saying, ‘Brad Pitt says we should hire this guy,’ you’ll just think he’s a mental. Or an arse.
“I’ll really pump up my stuff though and in interviews I always say, ‘This is the best thing you’ve ever read.’ In the front of Kick-Ass issue one, it says, ‘The greatest comic book of all time is finally here.’”
The broad smile spreading across his face suggests winding up his critics is something he secretly enjoys. “It drives those guys insane,” he chuckles. “They say I’m a prick and arrogant. I love that, I feed on it. The new comic I have out in a couple of months says on the front, ‘You lucky people can now buy this.’ I love it, it’s a bit of showmanship.”
Mark Millar came under a lot of criticism for his “Stan Lee of the 21st century” line on his new site. Well come on folks, with Wanted, Kick-Ass, Chosen, Unfunnies, Saviour, Nemesis, plus his Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Ultimates, Red Son, 1985 - and his bombastic showmanship over it all, who else comes close right now?
FilmWatch: Dennis Illiadis to direct Dead@17.
IndiaWatch: Vodafone has entered the mobile comics market in India with Chhota Comics, a service that delivers both local and Disney content to the billion-large population.
BioWatch: Kristen Stewart gets Bluewatered in a new edition of Fame.
IndiaWatch2: Amar Chitra Katha, a popular Indian comic series covering historical and religious epics, is to be turned into an Indian animated series for the Cartoon Network, starting on March the 28th.
MangaWatch: Looks like the recession can affect comic books – even in Japan. Sales of manga are down 6.6% year on year, the largest drop in manga sales in recorded history, to only 418.7 billion yen (about $4.5 billion). While the manga magazine sector was down over 10% to 191.3 billion yen (just over $2 billion), the first time it’s dipped below the 200 billion yen mark since 1991. Apparently much is to blame from people shifting reading habits from physical purchase to reading lending copies at the now more-prominent manga cafes. Which does have some positive news, the demand is still there, but financial circumstances have forced people to get their fix in other, cheaper, ways.
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