Posted in: Recent Updates, Run Around | Tagged:

Election Day Runaround – From Orange Skin To Green Lantern Jet

Published Thu, 06 May 2010 05:18:15 -0500

Last updated Thu, 06 May 2010 09:07:31 -0500

MuseumWatch: Berlin's Jewish Museum is to run an exhibition on Jewish comic book creators. Titled Heroes, Freaks and Superrabbis — the Jewish Colour of Comics, it profiles 45 Jewish comic book creators who have worked in New York's comics industry. The statue shown above is promoting the show.

BlogWatch: Valerie D'Orazio has closed her Occasional Superheroine blog. You see? I destroyed HTMLComics, Johanna destroyed Occasional Superheroine. Even though we didn't.

LiberalWatch: The Guardian compares the family of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg to the Kleggs from 2000AD,including Green, scaly skin – Orange, smooth skin.

CourtWatch: A Court of Appeal has ruled that comic shop owner Michael George, convicted of murdering his wife, should get a new trial.

CLiNTWatch: Anyone going to see Kick-Ass again, watch for an appearance of CLiNT magazine as a mockup cover on the comic book racks… anyone got a screencap?

FilmWatch: Comic Book Movie runs a first look at the plane from the upcoming Green Lantern movie, piloted by Hal Jordan's father, destined to crash…

It appears to be based off of the X-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and is roughly 2/3 scale. According to CBM scooper Dave, the jet was taken out of its hanger at New Orleans Lakefront Airport, which is being used as the Ferris Aircraft airfield set, for screen testing today.

CanadaWatch: The National Post continues to plug the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, talking to Chris Pitzer, Jim Ottoviani and more. Including Evan Dorkin…

I guess my fondest memory was doing a panel about our work that Chip Zdarsky moderated, and our daughter sat in on. And throwing a guy's credit card off a balcony, but that's a long story.

Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!