Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Noted
• Nominees for the Academy Awards were announced early Tuesday morning and, while super-hero-related movies were totally snubbed in all categories this year, after years of getting nominations in the technical areas, animated films fared little better, although Martin Scorcese’s Hugo did garner 11 nominations. Nominees for Animated Feature are A Cat in Paris, Chico & Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, and Rango. The Short Film (Animated) nominees are Dimanche/Sunday, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, La Luna, A Morning Stroll, and Wild Life. The Adventures of Tintin captured Music (Original Score) nomination for John Williams and “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets was one of two nominees for Music (Original Song). The other nominee in that category was “Real in Rio” from the animated Rio. (Brent Frankenhoff)
Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer
Kull-Ex’s first lines in comics were, “This is merely a sample of my super-strength! Do you still want to continue our duel, Superman?” He said them on the cover of Superman #134 (Jan 60).
Today’s Panel Quiz
Whose first lines in comics were, “Smash Spider-Man! Destroy him! Kill him!!”?
Born Today
Robert J. Clarke (1926), cartoonist
Bill Crouch Jr. (1945), comics historian
Gary Cohn (1952), comics writer and editor
Turtel Onli (1952), comics writer and artist
John Lustig (1953), comics writer
Chuck Wojtkiewicz (1959), comics artist
Birthdays 2 Weeks from Now
Terry Stewart, former Marvel president
Today’s Flashbacks
60 yrs Jan 25, 1952 DC, Marvel, and Crusade writer and Blue Devil and Amethyst co-creator Gary Cohn is born.
60 yrs Jan 25, 1952 Comics creator and Black Age of Comics founder Turtel Onli is born.
Comics in Your Future
Shipping This Week: What’s on your shopping list?
Shipping Next Week: What are you anticipating?
Every Wed. and Sat. California: City Of Industry. Comic Book & Collectible Show.
Jan 28 Indiana: South Bend. ComicCon.
Jan 28-29 Louisiana: New Orleans. New Orleans Comic Con.
Jan 29 Florida: Lake Worth. 18th Annual South Florida Toy Soldier Show.
Jan 29 New York: Syracuse. Collectorsfest-Sports Memorabilia & Toy Show.
Question of the Week
What comics-related question would you like to pose to your fellow fans?
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