Ioan Gruffudd (Mr. Fantastic in the “Fantastic Four” movies) moves on to another superlative, playing William Wilberforce, the British politician who crusaded to end slavery in “Amazing Grace”. The film also features an astounding performance by Albert Finney as the writer of the world’s most famous hymn. The director is Michael Apted. The second trailer…
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Joe Staton’s next project
Christopher Mills recently announced that he and Joe Staton are doing a Femme Noir mini-series this year. I’ve enjoyed Femme Noir (I linked to the online comics in the past) and think it’s welcome news. Even better, the colorist on the mini is going to be Melissa Kaercher of “Dr. Blink, Superhero Shrink” and someone…
Dreading the inevitable BOF!
I finish reading today’s “Astro City”, closed the book and saw it: the dreaded BOF. Big Ol’ Fingerprint. As I evaluate my comic books for cataloging, I hate finding that BOF. I mark down the reduction in quality and value, natch. (Gotta reassure all the buyers out there.) Look, I’m never going to be the…
Must be an invisible dragon
I know I’ve said “52” would be better without the Renee Montoya/The Question story arc, but I didn’t expect them to follow my advice so hastily. It appears that this week they removed her story so fast they didn’t have time to take the promo text off the cover! “Montoya fights a dragon!” it says,…
Arrest made in errant Adult Swim publicity campaign
There has been at least one arrest made in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force farce.
Ignignokt and Err wreaking ever more havoc
Here’s a follow-up about Cartoon Network’s inept campaign to publicize Aqua Teen Hunger Force. See the video on the right of the page. Some more pictures would really help us to understand the nature of the “devices” scattered around Boston, but from what I can tell, they appear to be a computer keyboard and a…
Kids still love superheroes!
Shhh! Don’t tell kids that they’re not allowed to read comic books because they’re all PG-13 content (except for the hard R-brutality). So far as kids know, superheroes are still for them! The proof is all around me. This summer, my neighbor kids went nuts when they saw all the comic book stuff I was…
Lileks on Batman
Can’t help it. I’m on a Lileks kick, as I’m listening to his old podcasts. In this Bleatcast, he claims that “every era gets the Batman it deserves”, and he examines the music of every Batman. (Okay, okay, every major Batman. I know there are others like the serials and the animated shows, etc.) You…
Celery damages underwear elastic?
James Lileks analyzes “The Peculiar Art of Mr. Frahm”, a pin-up artist given to drawings of women placed in compromising positions by an armful of groceries and undergarments that don’t follow the laws of science. Lileks poses the question of whether it’s the celery in every picture which causes the accident. Oddly enough, he later…
52 Week 38 — Spoiler filled discussion
Don’t read this until you’ve read “52 Week 38”. That’s the one with the three Horsemen figures on the cover. Yeah, that’s three characters standing in front of each other so that you have to squint at the monstrosity to make sense of it, especially since you’ve never seen these characters before. What was that…