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Comic Book Movie Night: The Crow — Again

From Relativity Media’s official press release:

(Beverly Hills, CA) April 7, 2011 – Relativity Media’s President of Worldwide Production Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the prolific producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) to direct a re-invention of The Crow, the 1994 smash hit film based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr.  Relativity and Pressman will be teaming with Spain-based Apaches Entertainment on the production which is targeted to start in Fall 2011.
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My Top Ten Comic Books

This is actually very hard for me to do. A lot of comic readers have a list of their favorites that they can rattle off at the drop of a hat and a lot of the times they’re the “safe answer.” Things like Watchmen, Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil or anything Alan Moore. Because of this I’ve always avoided creating a list of my top books. That and I’ve read so much it becomes harder and harder to pick what’s better than everything else. Yet here I am struggling to do an assignment that I assigned, but it had to be done. Hopefully you get a window into the reading habits of the comic writers that make up PAC (Player Affinity Comics) and maybe you’ll stop by the forums and give us yours.

Grimm Fairy Tales # 57 – Review

In Grimm Fairy Tales # 57 Sela and her companions are in
a race to not only try to save their friend Erik, but they are also in race
Against Orcus and Gruel to try and save Tallus the location of where the high
priestess is located.  It is important
for Sela and her friend to get to Tallus before Orcus because the Priestess is
the only person that could save Erik from his state of Limbo, but they also
need to warn her of the imminent danger that the city will face.

My Top Ten Comic Book Mini-Series

Here are my personal top ten favorite mini-series ranging from well-known DC titles to lesser known Vertigo ones!

10) Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead – Voices of the Dead is the second Rising Stars spin-off and stars Lionel Zerb, a man with the ability to talk to the dead. Despite the obvious parallel to numerous movies like the Sixth Sense Voices of the Dead manages to make an interesting character and a compelling story. The story was something you really had to pay attention to since it was easy to get lost, but the stories complex nature just makes it more open to interpretation – anything could happen and a lot does despite the fact that Voices of the Dead was only six issues long. The story is fully realized and not rushed like many other mini-series are and the series does not focus on a well established series like Superman where a mini-series usually has no effect on the character. In this series anything can happen to the characters: and again, it does.

Coming to Comics – Portal 2: Lab Rat

Valve created the comic book in-house and in an interview with Valve
artist Michael Avon Oeming he said that the storyline will bridge the
gap between Portal 1 and 2 and will also feature a
“much-rumored yet never seen character.” The comic, while a
collaboration between several Valve team members, will be mostly written
by Ted Kosmatka and drawn by Valve artist Andrea Wicklund (she’salso
the owner of the hand that was used in the box cover for Valve Left 4 Dead series).

Preview Time: Planet of the Apes #1

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m damn excited about Planet of the Apes coming to comics. Mostly because I’m a big Rod Sterrling fan and love the first movie because of it. Well today we have some gorgeous preview pages from Boom! Studios up-coming release of the new series. You can check out our Wonder Con panel info for more details about Apes here.

Dark Horse Comics Raises $1,575 for Tsunami Relief

This is a great thing that Darkhorse comics did to help the victims of the Japan Tsunami, and congrats to all the winners in the auction. The winners got some nice items.  Here is a list of the items.