Comics in the Media

Thanks go to Aaron Williams, writer/artist of Full Frontal Nerdity, for the link to the video of the Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars re-enactors group. Contrary to rumor, that is not Brent Frankenhoff dressed as Kang. Related Posts:No Related Posts

Just saw this morning over at the Superman Homepage, the merchandising is starting up already. Superman is selling milk, now. The attached picture is hyperlinked to Superman Homepage from some hip-hop oriented magazine, but I didn’t see a link on … See More

I saw this on yahoo today: LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Director Peter Segal, who shot the Adam Sandler hits “The Longest Yard,” “50 First Dates” and “Anger Management,” has come aboard “Shazam!” — an adaptation of the DC Comics … See More

Seems that what we’ve known for years has become widely accepted: Comic-Con International: San Diego is the launch site for pop culture phenomena. Quoted from Entertainment Weekly (April 14, 2006 issue): “[Director David] Ellis says aggressive marketing [of Snakes on … See More

Yesterday’s New York Times had two CB-related articles , a piece on Robero Aquirre-Sacassa (?) , the playright who now scripts two Marvel Knights titles , with a ” posing lying?? on comics picture that is pretty cropped in the … See More

I attended it today. My first time at it, was surprised to see it’s the third annual. Held at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland Ohio, from 9:00am till 5:00pm; I didn’t get there until 2:45pm; had previous business in the … See More

And our own Brent Frankenhoff is off — to the world’s largest trivia contest, again being held in our backyard of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Fifty-four hours, hundreds of questions — and the only things at stake are bragging rights, a … See More

Oh boy, looks like it’s going to be a cool Superman Summer. Was just surfing the Superman Homepage, ( http://www.supermanhomepage.com ) and under the Images section, I found these shots, obviously from shooting the movie, and also lots of merchandise … See More

And as my FINAL entry into the “Books peripherally related to comics” thread sweepstakes, I offer ANOTHER Byron Preiss initiative (boy that guy was graphic art-friendly, wasn’t he?) called Weird heroes. I can’t date (nor find anything about)this series, but … See More

Since I just started a thread about Wild Cards – a book series with rather direct relevance to comic-book superheroes, I thought I’d start another such thread about a book series that I find strangely related to Comics, as well. … See More