A new Magdalena is out this week and this time is not only a new issue. Magdalena, issue seven, is the start of a new story arc by the creative team of Ron Marz and Keu Cha. It is really a great jumping on point for new readers. Although the story is continuity-driven, you don’t need to pick up the last few issues to know what the gist of the story is.
For the last few weeks, the Brick Theater in Williamsburg Brooklyn has been running a Comic Book Theater Festival. It has featured some funny and exciting shows full of nerd satire, and action-packed heroic adventure, but some of them aim a little higher in terms of theatrical drama. One of the deeper, more touching shows is The Bubble of Solace written & Directed by Jeff Lewonczyk.
The first trailer for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton, has arrived. Brad Bird (The Incredibles) directs his first live-action film. It hits theaters on Dec. 16.
As both the evangelical
anti-vampire rights activist Rev. Steve Newlin on HBO’s True
Blood and the writer of its
companion comic Tainted Love, Michael
McMillian is a huge player in the incredibly popular series. Known also for his
own title LUCID, McMillian is no
stranger to the world of comics. I recently got the chance to ask the writer a
few questions, and his answers don’t suck
– eh? Right? Sigh…
Revamping classic games is a big trend these days, and every old Atari or Commodore 64 hit will inevitably get a HD, XL, or Ultimate edition. Now it is time for Boulder Dash to have a go with a new generation of gamers as a downloadable arcade game for Xbox Live Arcade.
Showtime has signed David S. Goyer to both pen and produce a new show being adapted from the comic series 100 Bullets. Goyer’s writing credits include working with Christopher Nolan on his Batman films; including the the newest installment, The Dark Knight Rises, which will be released in 2012. He also wrote all three of the Blade films, so it’s safe to say the man is familiar with a comic adaption. His production credits on the small screen aren’t as glamorous. However, having created several shows that never made it out of their first year. Including Flashforward, on which he also served as a writer and co-creator.
The comic written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso ran from August of 1999 to April 2009. It garnered critical acclaim and several awards from both the Harvey and Eisner Awards. 100 Bullets is a story about a one man conspiracy to take out rich and influential families secretly controlling the world. It also poses a question of morality, as the main character -the mysterious Agent Graves- goes about his task by giving the victims of hardship the opportunity to take their revenge by murdering the people that wronged them.
Witness as Travis Willingham and Troy Baker, the voice talent behind the English translation of the upcoming Xbox title Catherine, discuss the backstage hijynx involved with dubbing a sexy Japanese game.
When
you think of Hollywood’s most talented comedic actresses, Cameron Diaz
immediately pops into mind. She’s smart, witty, gorgeous, bubbly, and
extremely hilarious, but her recent filmography doesn’t really match up
with her previous successes. Her latest features include the weakly
performing The Box, The Green Hornet, and Knight and Day, but there’s hope that she can rise to the top with the Judd Apatow-esque comedy Bad Teacher. Most
of Diaz’s weak offerings lately have more to do with poor choices in
film roles and less to do with her personal life, but some actors don’t
have it quite so easily. Some experience tumultuous difficulties and
trials in their lives. For others, it’s a combination of bad career
moves and poor lifestyle choices.
In comics, death is just an annoyance for the majority of heroes. Almost every major player has died and returned, sometimes more than once. Upon their return, the mantle is picked back up and the hero continues on as though nothing happened. I have problems with this.
Remember that awesome Fallout fan film last year, Nuka Break? No? Well, do you remember a short film where cutie actress Tybee Diskin was strutting aoround the desert in really tiny shorts? Aha, I thought you’d remember that. Well she’s back, along with the film’s Creator/Director/Lead Actor Zack Finfrock and co-star Aaron Giles and they’re looking for funding to turn it into a web series, with some help from fans. Take a look at their pitch.
