In light of our recent talk about “The Island” being a ripoff of “Parts: The Clonus Horror”, I’ve been meaning to follow that up with a similar discussion. A kid is the progeny of the world’s two most powerful superheroes, so he is sent to a superhero school even though he doesn’t have any powers…
Bruce Campbell: No “Ash vs. New Line”
Two goodies from a great interview with The Man: BRUCE CAMPBELL’S SKY HIGH SDCC PANEL QUESTION: What’s up with Ash vs. Freddy vs. Jason? ANSWER: We had a five minute talk with New Line. Five minutes that will haunt me for the rest of my career! Here’s how it went: New Line expressed interest in…
More on Aparo
Pulse has a detailed obituary.
Definitive Batman artist Jim Aparo dies
Ethan Van Sciver reports that Jim Aparo has passed away. I didn’t even realize Aparo was that old. Aparo was THE Batman artist for me and a generation of Bat-fans, especially readers of “The Brave and the Bold”, and IMHO he established the definitive look for Commissioner Gordon. Farewell, Mr. Aparo. R.I.P.
My life is almost back
Oy, I was so busy on Monday I didn’t post anything. I’ve just been working on getting Metro Med off to Scott McCullar. My entire day has been writing, writing. No time for cruising comic book news or reading columns or anything. In fact, I almost missed the significance of July 19th being the anniversary…
MST3K Fans – Vote for the next DVD release!
You only have until the end of July to vote in the NEW Rhino Home Video/MST3K Poll! Meanwhile, Volume 8 of the DVD releases is in the works and two of the four movies it will contain are already decided: “The Phantom Planet” (bah!) and “Hobgoblins” (booyah!). I liked Hobgoblins so much that I bought…
San Diego Comicon: DC Panel
The DC Panel revealed a few goodies: Mark Waid is now exclusive to DC. All magic will be destroyed at the end of “Day of Vengeance”. (Umm…isn’t that kind of the ending they’re giving away there?) Instead of magic there will be “something different”. The Red Hood will appear in Teen Titans, where Tim Drake…
The Eisners
2005 Eisner Award Winners Bad news for PvP fans: Scott Kurtz didn’t win, while Kyle Baker won for Plastic Man. (Maybe there were some miffed Christians on the committee?) Wait, is DC still making Plastic Man?
Batman vs. Dracula
The Batman – Batman takes on blood-sucker Warner Bros has announced “The Batman vs. Dracula,” a direct-to-DVD title releasing on October 18. This 75 minute adventure will come on a single disc for $24.98. This is the first movie done by the team that does “The Batman” (you know, the show where everyone has weird…
Finally! Another Terry Gilliam film!
There’s no mistaking the look of a Terry Gilliam movie. The Brothers Grimm High Def Trailer is finally available. The film follows Matt Damon and Heath Ledger as hucksters who have built up a reputation as monster-fighters, only to encounter a village that is truly having a problem with a haunted forest. Two warnings: You’ll…