Black Mask Studios Recruits Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, More to Develop Original Comics
Established by the team of 30 Days of Night author Steve Niles, HALO-8 Entertainment’s Matt Pizzolo and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, the transmedia publishing company Black Mask Studios have now enlisted an impressive crew of writers and artists to pen their first original comic books. read more
Found in: Books, NewsWatchmen, V for Vendetta Creator Releases Song for Occupy Wall Street
Alan Moore, the man responsible for such graphic novels as Watchmen and V for Vendetta has written and recorded a song in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The song, titled “The Decline of English Murder,” is about the greed and incompetence of business and is available to download now via Occupy Records. If you purchase the song at the site you have a chance to win a V for Vendetta mask signed by Moore. The song’s release coincides with today’s event called Operation Vendetta from the hacktivist group Anonymous where protestors plan to peacefully reenact the final scene... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDC Comics To Release Watchmen Prequels
The series, aptly entitled Before Watchmen, will follow the Watchmen as well as the Minutemen, the original super group. In addition to these stories will be separate, continuing story called Curse of the Crimson Sailor much like the original comic being intersected with The Tales of the Black Freighter. read more
Found in: Books, NewsComic Books Redesigned as Cheap Paperback Novels
Over the years, comic books have grown from what were once considered to be throw-away funny rags for children to a well-respected form of storytelling for all ages. The graphic designers at Fonographiks.com have taken the literary merit of comic books to the next level with their re-interpretations of classic comics as cheap paperback novels.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayA Dozen of Literature's Greatest Jerks
The other day, while listening to LCD Soundsystem’s “Dance Yrself Clean” the line, “Talking like a jerk / Except you are an actual jerk / And living proof that sometimes friends are mean” started knocking around in our heads, and it got us to thinking about all the jerks we’ve met in our lifetimes. From there, we started thinking about all the jerks we’ve read about in our lifetimes—there are plenty of literary characters we’ve encountered that almost make the real-life jerks seem tolerable. Below are a dozen that particularly stand out.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFive Genre Fiction Gateway Drugs Other Than Battlestar Galactica (Which is Still Awesome)
With the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series concluded, we've run out of socially-acceptable sci-fi to gush over. That should make you think, shouldn't it? Wouldn't life be more fun if we could step outside of the all-encompassing irony and self-awareness of modern living and allow ourselves a little bit of childlike wonder at the power of the imagination?... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySnyder confirms Watchmen director's cut release in July
Despite the underwhelming box-office numbers and the harsh criticism the movie received during its March release, Director Zack Snyder has confirmed that Watchmen is getting a second chance at the box office and the director's cut will see a limited release this July in New York and Los Angeles. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsRainn Wilson and James Gunn shopping anti-hero script
If you're not all burned out on movies about super heroes that are quirky and bad at their jobs (Mystery Men, The Specials, Hancock, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Watchmen, etc.), Rainn Wilson announced recently via Twitter that he and James Gunn (The Specials, Slither) were shopping around an "f 'd up low rent Watchmen" to indie producers.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWatchmen sets pre-release record for venues
As frenzied predictions for Watchmen’s first weekend pour in ($50 million? $70 million, on par with 300? $100 million?!?), the movie already set one record before it opened. At 3,611 theaters, it will play at the most venues ever for an R-rated movie. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWatchmen
Zack Snyder's adaptation of the Watchmen graphic novel takes place in the mid-1980s... read more
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