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Friday Runaround – Superheroes? Brian Wood Would.
WoodWatch1: Brian Wood on The Massive;
"The Massive is a post-disaster series, a combo of action, politics, mystery and a dash of sci-fi. It starts where most disaster movies end, at the point of cataclysm. It's about how mankind rebuilds, and in this case, how they rebuild the entire world, such was the scope of the disaster.
"Our main cast are environmentalists, having failed the world in their mission, and now must not only pick up the pieces, but figure out how to adapt their core beliefs… what does it mean to be an environmentalist after the world's already ended?
"It's set largely on ships in the open ocean, and as a contrast to DMZ, nothing about it is American – the cast, the locations… it all happens elsewhere."
MusicAndComicsWatch: Ninja Tune present Kid Koala's "Music To Draw To". An evening of quiet time records from Kid Koala to celebrate the launch of Graphic Novel "Space Cadet" Tuesday, September 13th 7pm -11pm @ Material / Red Gallery, Rivington St, London. £5 donation towards materials on the door
WoodWatch2: Brian Wood on Anthem;
"Anthem is rapidly threatening to become my white whale. I don't want to leak too much about it, but it's my music comic, structured in much the same way as Northlanders, and deals with several decades of guitar-based music and the eras in which they existed. Now, I will agree that's a tough sell for anyone but one of the things that keeps me driving forward with this is how many times I've been told, by editors, that "music doesn't work in comics." Period. From editors who should know better and should be ashamed of themselves for saying otherwise. At the risk of sounding dramatic, can we all agree that comics can do ANYTHING? Isn't that one of the great things about comics? I want to go to their office and slam a copy of Love And Rockets down on their desk."
WoodWatch3:Brian Wood on the industry;
The comics market is down overall, and that not only affects the size of my royalty checks, Northlanders was cancelled because of it. Vertigo's been scaled back, WildStorm is gone… the places where a writer like me can do creator-owned material for a page rate are virtually extinct. In a best-case scenario, I could do one series at Vertigo, now, I'm told. It's true I was making a good living, but that was two monthly books that sold better than they do now, and a miniseries going on the side.
So doing some work for hire had to happen, and honestly, it's cool. I felt ready for it, for creative reasons as well. I felt ready to jump in with two feet into a superhero universe, if one would have me.
This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.
They say I am a work in progress. The fools.
Universal Acquires David Guggenheim Pitch '364′ For Ron Howard To Direct – Deadline.com
The studio has preemptively acquired 364, a drama that will be produced by Imagine Entertainment. Ron Howard is attached to direct. The title refers to the number of days in a year that a normal guy spends each year figuring out the heroic deeds he will perform on the one day each year that he has super powers.
DC Universe: The Source » Blog Archive » Teasing DC Comics-The New 52: "You think you're scary."
"Hee…That's so cute. You think you're scary. But mister, I've seen scary. And you ain't got his smile."
– Harley Quinn in SUICIDE SQUAD #1
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