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Job Wanted comic creator mentioned in New York Times!

D. J. (a/k/a “David” a/k/a “Big McLargehuge”) LoTempio, the writer of “Devil in the Playbox” from our upcoming comic book, Job Wanted, has had a moment of fame! We linked last week to the article about Jenny Everywhere, the public domain character, and told you about D.J.’s own story featuring Jenny. Now…well, I’ll let D.J.…

September 17, 2003
Minnesota kid invents his own game

Finally, I have some gaming news to post. Again, this tip comes from the MNCBA, as well it might since it’s about a local kid who makes good. A sixth-grader in Stillwater, Minnesota, has invented his own game. It is called Vortex and it involves weird dice, a board, game pieces and playing cards with…

September 17, 2003
Firefly the Motion Picture

I’m a bit late on this one. I imagine anyone who cares about Firefly must already know about this: ‘Firefly’ to become movie

September 17, 2003
Richie Rich creator dies

Warren Kremer, 82, drew Casper the Ghost, Richie Rich Kremer created Richie Rich, was influential in Casper’s formation into the character he is today, and may have also created or at least drew Hot Stuff the Li’l Devil (the article isn’t clear on this, although as is typical of comics of the time no credits…

September 17, 2003
The Summer Movies in Review

The MNCBA also tipped me to this good article: Burned at the box office. It analyzes how all of the movies debuting this summer had a second week drop-off in attendance. Industry execs brush this aside as the “new blockbuster paradigm,” but there’s just no way that can be true. Good movies get good word…

September 17, 2003
Growing up in Iran: The Comic Book

I’d like to thank the Minnesota Comic Book Association‘s newsletter for informing me of this news story about an intriguing new independent comic book. “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” is a memoir of growing up as a young girl during the Islamic revolution in Iran (which followed the overthrow of the Shah, a western-leaning…

September 16, 2003
X-Men produce comic for children with burn injuries

The driving message of X-Men has always been the acceptance of people who are different, and now a new comic will help children who face life recovering from burn injuries. Marvel and STARBRIGHT Create X-Men Comic Book For Children With Burn Injuries If this comic book had been done years ago, Victor Von Doom and…

September 16, 2003
Dixon reacts to MD review of El Caz

I notified Chuck Dixon that Phil Meadows had reviewed El Cazador yesterday, and Chuck Dixon has reacted. In summary, Chuck’s very excited that he can finally do books in genres that all of the other comic companies refused to do. In related news, Bill Rosemann has offered to send Monitor Duty some advance peeks at…

September 16, 2003
Platinum Studios signs first look deal with Disney

Platinum Studios has just done a deal with Disney Animation. It’s a “first look” deal, meaning Disney gets the first crack at adapting any Platinum product they find interesting. Here’s hoping Josh Elder’s Love Bytes gets noticed!

September 16, 2003
The Fastest Cancellation Alive

Jayme Lynn Blaschke discusses the original Flash TV show and the new proposed Flash TV show. I was never as hot on the old Flash TV show. Frankly, it was far too “Batman,” as though the producers didn’t dare wander from the tone of the successful Tim Burton film. THAT worked, so let’s copy that.…

September 16, 2003

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