The teaser trailer was great, but it had so much of the old Supes, I couldn't figure if there was enough on its own. It still hadn't convinced me of Routh either. But as the poster on Aint it Cool News stated (where this image came from via Premiere mag), this is where I am seeing Superman for the first time instead of Brandon Routh in a Superman costume. This is the first image that makes me a believer - June, 2006 can't come soon enough!
Check out this site - either one of the craziest internet loons ever, or a mad genius of artistic performance/collage/found art.
You Decide!
(Me, I think he Mikko Jack is beyond the last horizon - admittedly I didn't read the whole thing, but that's because my brain began to melt about 1/10 of the way through!)
Click the title for a link to the insanity!
click the title for a link to the trailer for X3 - wasn't overjoyed with Brett Ratner as the pick to replace Singer as director, but damn this trailer looks good - May '06 is looking HOT!
My first attempt at the recently blogged Bran-Man from Drawn!
He is the one and only . . . Lugnut
click the title for a link
Click the title for a link to a Frank Miller interview over at Suicide Girls. Its been up a while, but I haven't been there in ages, so it was new to me. Maybe it'll be new to you too, bub.
the most recent poster I did for the guys over at www.75orless.com: promoting and sponsoring good music for free - what could be better!
click the title for a link to a cool Flickr pool of Guided By Voices t-shirts - if you have one, add it to the archive today!
Drink one to the band, then listen to one of their many many many many albums. The kings of indy rock!
Click on the title for a link to an amazing new tool for graphic designers or anyone who loves art . . . the I/O Brush! Make sure to watch the video, it's amazing and the music rocks too!
Thanks to Drawn! for the link and heads up!
Oh yeah, and that image??
Stephen King + Marvel Comics + The Dark Tower = Ryan in Geek Heaven!
Had to post this preview page and cover from Kubert's latest Rock GN: Sgt. Rock: The Prophecy - get it from DC in January! It ain't ever easy in Easy!
My favorite holiday is right around the corner . . . BOO! Click the title for a link to a cool site about horrible pop culture or cut and paste the various links below to more mayhem and murderous fun . . .
http://allhalloween.blogspot.com/
http://www.horror.com/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000844IT/103-9180272-
4279048?v=glance
http://www.wescraven.com/
http://www.stephenking.com/
That should keep you busy!
After another long delay between posts, here's a view at the front of an invite I did for a Halloween party my wife and I are having.
More in a day or two
Click the title for a link to the latest in a long line of must-see blogs I visit at least bi-weekly!
Canadian Artist Paul Rivoche is probably best known for his work on the seminal indie comic Mister X. He has a heavy hand with the inks that gives a great depth. And the sci-fi monster rockets and space stuff he draws is just plain killer.
Rocket on over there and don't forget to check out his companion blog, The Scientific Artist - cool stuff!
Click the previous title for a link to the online museum and click this title for a link to a truly excellent Kirby blog.
'Nuff Said!
The Jack Kirby Museum has finally made its debut. Albeit, an online museum only at this point, but future plans call for educational seminars, traveling tours of Kirby's works, and I hope an eventual home. No one deserves it more. Comics remain one of the few truly American artforms and Kirby was more of a pioneer and gave more to the field than nearly any other creator in the form's 100+ year history.
A true American original, spend some time on the site, get to know the man and his work, and then stop wasting time. Get to a comic store or even Barnes & Nobles or Borders and buy some Kirby classics. A great resource is Marvel's Essentials collections - usually containing about 20 comics, reprinted in black & white for under 15 bucks. Can't be beat. Do yourself a favor and check out the Fantastic Four first!
Here's a page from C. Ware's brilliant, moving, and sometimes, inscrutable "Jimmy Corrigan - The Smartest Kid on Earth". If you like the artwork and the madness behind in, be sure to get the NYTimes this Sunday for the first of a new serialized gn as described in the article below.
from the NYTimes:
'N.Y. Times Magazine' Debuting Comics in September
By E&P Staff
Published: September 06, 2005 12:26 PM ET
CHICAGO The Good Gray Lady has got the giggles.
One hundred and ten years after “The Yellow Kid” made its first appearance in the old New York World, The New York Times is publishing its first comic strip.
The Times announced Tuesday that it is turning over 10 pages of The New York Times magazine to a new section called “The Funny Pages.”
Each Sunday beginning Sept. 18, the magazine will run "The Strip," a serialized, full-color and full-page comic strip that will feature one self-contained story. The strips will be created by what the Times announcement calls “stars of the graphic novel,” with each running about six months. The first strip will be by alternative newspaper star Chris Ware, author of the graphic novel, "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth." His first Times strip “tells the story of a young girl and her adventures in her apartment house,” the magazine said.
The new section will also include the Times Magazine's first foray into fiction with “The Sunday Serial.” The 14-week installments of an original work will kick off with a story by Elmore Leonard, best-selling author of "Get Shorty" and other novels. His serial will be followed by one from Patricia Cornwell.
A new column, "True Life Tales," will feature pieces of “the best young humor writers who tell hilariously true stories about everyday family life and societal trends.”
Times Magazine Editor Gerald Marzorati said the section is intended to give “our youngest readers a go-to destination when the paper arrives.”
"The Funny Pages is our own take on the traditional Sunday paper funny pages," he said in a statement. "We wanted a place in our pages for genre fiction--mysteries, detective stories, and the like--which is having a particularly vibrant moment in popular culture just now. And we wanted to make a place for the work of those creating narrative comics and graphic novels, a great new art form.”
"The Funny Pages" will also be available on NYTimes.com.
Four years gone. My thoughts with the families and friends of the thousands lost. My anger to Bush and his cronies. Still no Osama - "dead or alive." But a hell of a lot more American patriots dead in Iraq for no reason and with no foreseeable end in sight. Yeah, this guy is a great President.
9/11 - Never forget . . .
Browse or build your own, I challenge you not to be addicted to this site. Click the title and view thousands or just mine at id # 15560 in the gallery.
Have fun.
THE FOUNTAIN HC
Written by Darren Aronofsky
Adapted by Kent Williams
Art and cover by Williams
Darren Aronofsky proved himself a filmmaker to watch with his provocative debut, Pi. His follow-up, Requiem for a Dream, continued the accolades, receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. His latest accomplishment, however, comes straight to comics in the form of The Fountain, a gorgeously painted, oversized original graphic novel about the timeless truths of life, love and death.
Working with acclaimed painter Kent Williams (Blood: A Tale, Havok & Wolverine), The Fountain crisscrosses through three distinct time periods: 1535, during an ancient Mayan war; the present day, following one doctor's desperate search for the cure for cancer; and the far future through the vast exotic reaches of space. Interweaving these three periods, The Fountain follows Tomas - warrior, doctor, explorer - as he feverishly tries to beat death and prolong the life of the woman he loves.
A story so grand, one medium couldn't contain it, Aronofsky's feature film version of THE FOUNTAIN will be released by New Regency and Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Tony Award-winning actor Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Van Helsing, The Boy from Oz) and acclaimed actress Rachel Weisz (Constantine, The Mummy, the upcoming The Constant Gardener). But before he did, the filmmaker wanted The Fountain to be realized the unique storytelling power and artistic beauty of the graphic novel. Together, Aronofsky and Williams deliver what might be considered the ultimate director's cut. This deluxe volume also features an afterword by Aronofsky. A softcover edition will be solicited in conjuction with the film's release. Retailers please note: This project is resolicited. All previous orders are cancelled.
Resolicited; on sale November 2 o 8.625" x 11.625" o 176 pg, FC, $39.99 US o MATURE READERS
Edited by Karen Berger
