Author: thehutch

  • Movie Previews Galore!

    Dang, I need to unwind after getting all riled up this morning. Time to watch some Kick-Buttinksy Movie Trailers!!! I can’t believe how many fun movie previews there are to watch. The Quicktime site is overflowing! X-Men 2, Terminator 3, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (did…

  • First photo of movie Punisher

    Superhero Hype has the first photos of Thomas Jane as Punisher At least this time the guy has a skull on his shirt.

  • Superman: Red Son finally debuts today!

    Superman: Red Son finally arrives! I’ve been waiting for this book a long time, as have many of you. So I raced over to Fourth Rail and was a bit offended by Randy Lander’s review, specifically this sentence: While we all wait anxiously for the next issue of The Ultimates, DC has given readers the…

  • Not even a breather

    Last week I posted about the upcoming Iraq-preachy issue of JLA, and I mentioned that the current Kanjar Ro storyline was also working that theme. I didn’t know that all the issues between now and then would ALSO be about politics. Don McPherson reviews the latest JLA over at Fourth Rail, and I’m wondering what…

  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Trailer

    How long has this been up? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen trailer is online! This is the adaptation of Alan Moore’s comic mini-series about an alliance of turn-of-the-century literary characters (now in the public domain), banding together as a pseudo-supergroup to use their abilities to fight a villain (in the comic it was Fu Manchu,…

  • PvP cover #3 – Colors discussion

    Scott Kurtz has posted a news item about computer coloring over at PvPonline. Artist Kelsey Shannon gave the tutorial at Scott’s house for the benefit of a number of local artists. Here is how Scott had it colored originally. Here is what it looked like at the end of the session. Either way, I have…

  • John Byrne is 100% right!

    John Byrne’s latest IMHO has a piece on the neglect of younger readers in the comic book audience. I don’t know if he’s read my “How To Save The Comic Book Industry”, but he makes some of the same points, and bravo!

  • We have a Dixonverse down.

    It appears that due to some server problems, the Dixonverse web site is unavailable. Just a note to the site’s regular patrons that if you forgot to bookmark the messageboard URL, it’s here: Comic Book Discussion with Chuck Dixon

  • Minnesota MicroCon report

    I just got back from MicroCon a few hours ago and would like to extend a big Thank You to Nick from the Minnesota Comic Book Association for giving me a hearty welcome (and comping me!). The MNCBA have always been supportive of Fanzing.com … and when our first comic book, “Job Wanted” (watch this…

  • Best Christian Comic yet

    Today I was at the Source of Comics and Games (my fave comic shop up in Falcon Heights) and I grabbed The Lion Graphic Bible off of the New Books shelf. It’s 256 pages of many of the stories of the Old and New Testaments rendered in a beautiful painted style and retold clearly. You…