First it was the news that Frank Miller is making ANOTHER sequel to his legendary graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns.
And now tonight it’s this: the first look at Jared Leto as the Joker in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie:
Disney shareholders, be of good cheer. Your Marvel Cinematic Universe need not fear any competition from DC.
Romero. Nicholson. Hamill. Ledger. Leto. One of these is not like the others. One of these just doesn’t belong…...
What. The. F?!??!?
(I came waaaaaay too close to writing out that full word, folks. Only the better angels of my nature intervened, but not nearly enough.)
“It’s a joke. It’s all a joke.”
Except it’s not. This is actually happening.
Why? Well from the story at IGN’s Comics News…
“It’s our responsibility as publishers to find new ways to keep all of our characters relevant,” said DC Entertainment Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. “After twenty five years, the Watchmen are classic characters whose time has come for new stories to be told. We sought out the best writers and artists in the industry to build on the complex mythology of the original.”
DiDio and Lee don’t have an effin’ clue, do they? Makes me wonder if they’ve even read Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ classic graphic novel. Me, I’ve read Watchmen at least 200 times since ...
Now this is what the Man of Steel should look like!
Click the above image to embiggenize our first look at Henry Cavill as Superman in the Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel (now due out for 2013). Check out Supes’ getup! Now that is a Superman that I would believe can not only fly but also kick the tails of Darkseid and Brainiac.
I am beginning to have a positive vibe about this film. Yesterday it was announced that Laurence Fishburne would be playing Perry White, and then there’s Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Michael Shannon as General Zod (among others who have been cast for the film). And Zack Snyder had already pulled off the impossible when he adapted Watchmen (the Ultimate Cut, incorporating the animated pirate story into the main film, is by far the best of the ...
If there are movie theaters in Heaven, then Jack Kirby has to be smiling this week.
Because I saw Thor at 12:01 this past Friday morning and the more I think about it the more I find myself believing it to be the best pure comic book superhero movie that I’ve ever seen.
Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Kirby, Stan Lee and Larry Leiber, Thor is the adaptation of “The King”‘s trademark vast cosmic vision that we always wanted in a movie but never thought we’d actually get! I would even say that Thor is a film that we’ve seen precious little of since the first Star Wars movie (A New Hope, NOT The Phantom Menace). Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Hemsworth as the titular Norse god of thunder, Thor is a movie of big concepts painted with broad brushes across an ...
Yesterday the Internets were lit up about how Christopher Nolan’s new film Inception shared some common elements with one of Bill Waterson’s Calvin and Hobbes comic strips.
If you thought that was a honkin’ big coincidence, wait’ll you get a load of this ‘un…
Those same sharp lads at GeekTyrant have scored another find. The whole plot of Inception is eerily similar to Dream of a Lifetime: a 2004 Disney-published comic book about… Scrooge McDuck!
Here’s a page from the comic. Click on it to drastically embiggenize…
According to the guys at GeekTyrant, Dream of a Lifetime “… tells the story of how the Beagle Boys used a device to enter Scrooge McDuck’s dreams to extract the secret combination to Scrooge McDuck’s vault! I dead freakin’ serious! Did Nolan get his idea from a Uncle Scrooge comic book!?”
This 1994 Pontiac Grand Am was purchased for $100 from a towing company in Michigan last summer. Its owner (one “Gabe”) then set out to convert it into a Batmobile.
According to the story at GeekTyrant “After a few necessary repairs, work proceeded: Gabe sawed off the crushed roof and built a custom frame for the new roof and windows. Inspired by the Batmanesque charm of his creation, Gabe then rigged up and riveted on fins, reworked the nose, and spray-painted the car matte black. The car even features high-tech theft-prevention gadgets the likes of which even Wayne Industries couldn’t develop. When thieves tried to steal the car last year, the steering wheel broke off. In the process of trying to hotwire the car, they also fixed the brake lights.”
Click on the link above for more photos of the “Batmobile”, which is now listed for sale on Craigslist. Price ...
Frank Miller is one of the most frustrating comic book artists that one can watch the career of. There’s his classic stuff like The Dark Knight Returns and Sin City. And then there’s his work like All-star Batman and Robin (particularly issue #2, you know what I’m talking about if you’ve read it). So when I heard that he was going to do a prequel/follow-up to 300 what most crossed my mind was “Oh Lord, he’s going to attempt another The Dark Knight Strikes Again…”
Well, here’s our first look at Xerxes from, well, Xerxes…
Here’s the official title description from Dark Horse Comics:
...Xerxes rose to power in fifth-century-BC Persia and became known as ‘The King of Kings,’ eventually raising and leading a massive army intent on ruthlessly destroying the hated Greeks who killed his father. Xerxes seeks nothing less than to become a god himself
Many egotisticial nutcases in history have had pastimes. Fidel Castro almost made it as a professional baseball player. Charles Manson wrote songs. Even Hitler painted roses.
And apprently local cult leader Johnny Robertson of the Martinsville Church of Christ (part of what many are now calling “Sons of Hell” and “Stalkers for Jesus”) is not exempt.
Here’s the original photo that was sent in by “Code Name Exelsior”…
This photo was taken inside Martinsville Church of Christ’s sanctuary. That’s Johnny Robertson himself in the left of the picture, and fellow cultist/stalker (and partner with recently found-guilty criminal trespasser Micah Robertson) Mark McMinnis in the plaid shirt sitting down.
Have you spotted it yet? Is your “Spider-Sense” tingling?
Well if not, behold true believers!
I count at least nine and possibly more Spider-Man comic books sitting in a pile on the pews of Martinsville Church of Christ. The headquarters of ...
A would-be pilferer of an expensive comic book has been arrested after being caught in the act and apprehended by none other than Spider-Man himself!
The friendly neighborhood webslinger was also assisted by several Jedi Knights and high-speed hero who rides the lightning, the Flash.
Here’s the story from The Sun…
...SPIDERMAN foiled a would-be thief as Jedi Knights blocked his escape route.
No, it’s not a comic book plot but the scene which unravelled in a Australian book store on Saturday.
Store owner Michael Baulderstone, dressed as Spiderman, spotted the man trying to steal an X-Men book worth $160 (£97).
The 45-year-old called for back-up and the hapless thief was surrounded by superheroes within seconds.
Mr Baulderstone said: “We had about 40 people dressed up as their favourite superheroes to celebrate International Free Comic Day, so he didn’t have much of a choice but to hand the comic
It nearly happened, folks! While talking about their new movie The Book of Eli with MTV News, Albert and Allen Hughes revealed that years ago Warner Bros. offered them the chance to direct a film adaptation of Frank Miller’s acclaimed graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns: the work most often praised for establishing the modern, grim take on Batman.
In case you’ve never treated yourself to it, The Dark Knight Returns depicts a 55-year old decrepit Bruce Wayne, ten years past his prime, taking up the cowl once again to fight crime in Gotham City.
And the Hughes Brothers’ choice to play the older, “decrepit” Batman? It would have been Clint Eastwood.
I think everyone who’s read The Dark Knight Returns has at one point or another envisioned Eastwood playing Batman. Especially with the latter part of the book when Batman and his retinue are on horseback, riding hard ...