By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 2/6/2013
It has been suggested to me that running Big Two teasers as news is destroying the very fabric of comics; however, when they are a cute, clever Image, I reserve the right to run them. This refers to some yet to be revealed storyline involving the character Iron Man, as far as I can make out.
By: Jerry Beck,
on 10/10/2012
Marvel announced earlier this week that one of its primary characters, Iron Man, will be starring in an all-new direct-to-video anime feature titled Iron Man: Rise of Technovore. The film, done in partnership with Sony Entertainment Japan, re-teams Marvel with the anime production house MADHOUSE, who previously did a four-part anime project for the publisher titled Marvel Anime.
In addition to Iron Man, the feature will also feature anime renditions of longtime adversary Ezekiel Stane (the primary antagonist in the first Iron Man live action film), along with prominent Marvel heroes such as Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Punisher, Nick Fury and War Machine.
“Marvel is excited to present an all-new Iron Man adventure featuring the high-tech adrenaline he is known for, in the beautifully rendered anime style of our friends at MADHOUSE,” said producer Megan Thomas Bradner. Long-time Marvel TV animation writer Brandon Auman (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armored Adventures) wrote the script, with Japanese director Hiroshi Hamasaki helming the project.
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore is already in production at MADHOUSE’s Japan studios and is planned for a spring 2013 debut, timed to coincide with the release of the live-action Iron Man 3 on May 3, 2013. Further information about this direct-to-video animated feature is expected at New York Comic Con during the Marvel TV Presents Panel on Saturday, October 13 at 4:15pm in Room 1E13.
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By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 9/4/2012
Via that very best of methods: the Dustin Weaver giganti-cover. The covers for issues 1-3 of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers relaunch have been revealed by Marvel today, establishing that more X-Men have moved over to Cap’s Crew. While there are no surprises about which members of the Avengers movie cast made it into the series (all of them), the cover does still hold a few surprises. So! Who’re The Avengers?
Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Hulk and Thor are all members of the Avengers – unsurprisingly – and they’re joined be fellow non-surprises Spider-Man and Wolverine. But also in amongst the shiny heroes are Sunspot and Cannonball from the New Mutants, as well as Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman and Falcon. This represents perhaps the first time that two minority characters males have been on the main Avengers at the same time, I believe, although that still feels a bit of a low ratio for what’s meant to be a world-spanning team. No sign of Redwing yet either, which is a worry.
There’s also some whizzy technology in the background, suggesting that Hickman will be basing the team in Nick Fury’s helicarrier. The most intriguing part, however, looks to be the mystery character on the far left, silhouetted by the explosion Steve Rogers is manfully walking away from. For my money, this looks like it’s meant to be Shang Chi, but.. well, it could be anybody really. Anybody else got a better guess in mind?
Hickman, artist Jerome Opena and colourist Dean White will start the series off in December. There are still several more characters yet to be revealed as team-members, so don’t lose hope yet, Jarvis fans!
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 7/30/2012
A new Marvel Now teaser has announced that writer Kieron Gillen and artist Greg Land are going to be working together on a project called ‘Invincible’. Which, this will either be an Iron Man series or something for Robert Kirkman to merrily sue out of existence. Most likely the former.
Rumours have surrounded this project for a few months now, which makes it strange that Marvel are announcing it now, in a random week, and not at SDCC. This does seem almost certainly to be an Iron Man tease, given Matt Fraction’s previous ‘Invincible Iron Man’ series, which wraps up later this year. Also, there’s the metal font which gives things away. And the fact we all know Marvel aren’t going to cancel Iron Man. So those are the reasons why this is an Iron Man series, then.
There’s not really much to say about this, I guess. Shame Steven Sanders isn’t drawing it?
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 7/10/2012
Marvel Now! was always going to claim some victims before relaunching, and now it’s made revealed (through that most sneaky of revealers, the solicitations listing) that nine of their current books will die in order for Marvel Now! to live.
Those nine titles are: Captain America, Fantastic Four, FF, Incredible Hulk, Invincible Iron Man, New Mutants, The Mighty Thor, Uncanny X-Men and X-Men Legacy.
This isn’t completely surprising in every case, because Brian Michael Bendis already said that Uncanny would end and several of the other books were winding up long-standing runs with big name creators. Matt Fraction was already set to leave Invincible Iron Man, while Jonathan Hickman and Ed Brubaker were both already known to be leaving the Fantastic Four titles and Captain America, respectively.
What does this mean for the characters? Well, Captain America, Thor and X-Men Legacy’s Rogue are all in a team together anyway, while Iron Man will surely find a place in one of the Avengers titles. But what of the Fantastic Four? They’ve completely dropped off the map, apparently, and the World’s Greatest Superhero Family look set to pack up their bags for a one-way trip to the one place they’ve never been before: comic-book limbo.
It’s interesting to note that most of these books were handled by the ‘Architects’ of Marvel, and that some low-selling titles like the beloved Journey Into Mystery have survived this new purge. Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man also escapes the destruction, so that much-teased ‘big change’ in issue #700 isn’t going to see the book cancelled, thankfully.
Three X-Men books are chopped, including flagship Uncanny X-Men. Which is a massive surprise, because most were predicting that the pointless titles – adjectiveless X-Men and Astonishing X-Men – would be the two to go. New Mutants was expected to go, and does. But it’s still surprising to see just how big a change Marvel seem to be making. What new books are going to replace these ones, which surely were the backbone of the Marvel Universe?
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 6/2/2012
Primarily known for his tendency to get slimed, actor Bill Murray is also known to be a rather reclusive fellow. He keeps to himself, and doesn’t have an agent or manager to book work for him. Instead of having to look through job offers, he instead asks of anybody who wants to work with him (although preferably not Dan Akroyd) that they leave a voice message on his answerphone, which he checks whenever he gets tired of staring at himself, deadpan, in the mirror.
This made it rather difficult for when Robert Downey Jr wanted to bring in Murray for a role in the Iron Man movies, as the actor either didn’t pick up the message or was on Captain America’s side during Civil War. In an interview with Esquire magazine, questioneer Scott Raab mentions in passing to Murray that poor ol’ Downey Jr wanted him for a part in the movie, but had no way of getting hold of the actor. Raab mentions this as an example of Hollywood’s inability to grab hold of Murray when they are looking to Assemble, and doesn’t give us the details. Did Downey Jr leave a series of increasingly desperate/drunken messages? Did he sing at any point? We may never know.
What part Downey Jr had in mind for the star of Garfield is anybody’s guess, although the obvious choices would likely be either Tony Stark’s father Howard, Pepper Potts, or the voice of Jarvis. Or perhaps something even more left-field? Fans have long contested that Murray would be the perfect choice to play Groot, if the Guardians of the Galaxy were ever to show up in the Marvel film universe.
We may never know.
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 5/30/2012
With The Avengers still alternately hammering and smashing box office records wherever they go, anticipation has already started building up for the next phase of Marvel’s multi-year plan to ultimately become so successful that Dan Slott can write a Squirrel Girl movie and have it hit #1. Sequels to Captain America, Iron Man and Thor have all been announced, and while Chris Hemsworth
(pictured yesterday)
has been talking up the possible villains for Thor Too, most of the recent debate has swirled around director Shane Black’s vision for Iron Man 3. You’ll remember Iron Man 2 with fond memories, of course, and how wonderful all the subplots and persistent minor characters were. That scene, with Iron Man talking endlessly to Nick Fury about things that were in no way important to the plot or progression of the film? Classic right? Well now it looks like Shane Black is going to keep sub-plot fans rolling in clover, and just throw anything he can at the screen to see what happens.
On top of reports that Ben Kingsley has been in talks to play the classic certainly-not-racist villain ‘The Mandarin’ in the movie, now come reports that James Badge Dale, a man no stranger to endless subplots after a season of nothing happening in Rubicon, may be playing ‘Iron Patriot’ in the film. You may be confused at this news, as Iron Patriot was in the comics a costume worn by Norman Osborn during Marvel’s sadly under-subplotted ‘Dark Reign’ branding, and Normie surely isn’t allowed outside of the Sony studio. Well, yes, it is rather strange, but it looks like Marvel have co-opted the design to fit in with Iron Man’s themes (militarisation, patriotism, big metal suits with blammblamm guns)
Hopefully with all this – oh and Extremis too, that’s showing up at some point too somewhere - appearing in the movie, Black will still be able to find a few minutes for Tony Stark to grow an emo fringe and start belting out swing numbers to Bethany McCabe, even while Pepper is sat right there you guys.
By: BLDawley,
on 4/20/2011
I finally took some time to draw some more superheroes. Using primarily handheld tools such as pencils, pens and markers, I've made something I am genuinely fond of. I've been sketching away and I just couldn't stop inking and coloring. Although, this is a formidable team, I always thought it was sort of lame that they only had one female member for so long and she was only an inch high. Maybe we can get Kang the Conqueror to alter the past and enlist some ladysupes to the Earth's Mightiest Hero roster.
Maybe. But, I think that is impossible.
By: Lauren,
on 10/15/2010
Today’s poem is brought to you by Random.
Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator
Here are some other things that amused me.
Last week at Comic Con, Michelle and I met the guy who made this winning Steampunk Iron Man costume! [Agent M]
Hey Philadelphia! Hollerado’s single-take music video for “Americanarama.” [YouTube]
Have books? Then you need bookshelves. 35 of them. 35 awesome, incredible bookshelves. [Francesco Mugnai]
Your Ad Here. (Hopefully not.) [eConsultancy]
Gritty, gorgeous photos of broken neon signs. [Slate]
Crochet animal sculptures. Heck yes I said it! [My Modern Met]
If you’re an unknown band trying to gain popularity, this is not the way to do it. [AV Club]
How far will your dollar go? These photos will show you. [Jonathan Blaustein]
Phonebook art! [Inventor Spot]
By: Lauren,
on 10/11/2010
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Special thanks to…
Ryan Glitch, host of Sci-fi Speed-Dating
Dr. Travis Langley, Professor of Psychology at Henderson State University, director of The ERIICA Project
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Matthew Silva, Creative Director at Penny Dreadful Productions
John Strangeway, Production Assistant at Penny Dreadful Productions
Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, founder of Her Universe
Laura Domholt of the Tonner Doll Company
and everyone else we met!
By: The Fake Henry,
on 3/15/2010
Isn’t it ironic that in the summer we complain about the heat, and in the winter we complain about the cold?
Isn’t it ironic that we say “Shut Up” when we want the noise level to go down?
Isn’t it ironic that we build cars that can go well over the speed limit then arrest drivers who do so?
Isn’t it ironic that we pray for kids, then when we have them we get somebody else to look after them?
Isn’t it ironic that that employers won’t hire people smarter than them, when really those are the people who would help their business the most?
Isn’t it ironic that minuscule, astronomical, and humongous are big words and big isn’t?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsgreg/2909252617/
Isn’t it ironic that when we are retired, and finally have time to do all the things we wanted to do earlier, our bodies no longer have the stamina to do them?
Isn’t it ironic that the more intelligent a person is, the less likely they are to have kids and thus are less likely to pass along their DNA?
Isn’t it ironic that when something is truly funny we actually start crying?
Isn’t it ironic that the foods we like the best are usually the ones that cost the most?
Isn’t it ironic that the people the boss likes the most are usually the ones that talk behind the bosses back in the worst ways?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rahul3/2245308067/
Isn’t it ironic how when you are waiting for a phone call it never rings, but as soon as you get up to go to the bathroom it does?
Isn’t it ironic that the more you tell somebody not to do something, the more likely they are to do it?
Isn’t it ironic that the best dreams you have at night are the ones you cannot remember, but the worse nightmares haunt you for days?
Isn’t it ironic that the horse who wins the race is always the one you were going to bet on, but didn’t?
Isn’t it ironic that gas prices always fall the day after you filled your tank, and go up just when you need gas most?
Isn’t it ironic that cats most want to sit on our laps when we are doing something, or are about to get up?
Isn’t it ironic that banks post large profits right before they increase service charges and lay off employees?
Isn’t it ironic that the cutest pups, the ones everyone wants, grow into the largest dogs that nobody wants?
Isn’t it ironic that we say “Do not judge people based on their appearances.” and then put so much time into looking after our own?
Isn’t it ironic that youth is wasted on the young?
Isn’t it ironic that greed is a sin, but churches ask for 10% of a persons income?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xakaxunknownx/1524187217/
Isn’t it ironic that some people claim to drink to forget their problems, but then drinking becomes their biggest problem of all?
Isn’t it ironic when you see dead bugs on the front of a vehicle that has an “All life is precious” bumper sticker on the back?
Isn’t it ironic that the toilet paper roll always runs out when it’s your turn?
Isn’t it ironic that the one threat to continued human existence, as determined by the United Nations, is our own ability to over populate the planet?
Isn’t it ironic that the word “Irony” has nothing to do with iron, irons, and ironing and yet that is what all the pictures here are about?
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Isn’t it ironic that in the summer we complain about the heat, and in the winter we complain about the cold?
Isn’t it ironic that we say “Shut Up” when we want the noise level to go down?
Isn’t it ironic that we build cars that can go well over the speed limit then arrest drivers who do so?
Isn’t it ironic that we pray for kids, then when we have them we get somebody else to look after them?
Isn’t it ironic that that employers won’t hire people smarter than them, when really those are the people who would help their business the most?
Isn’t it ironic that minuscule, astronomical, and humongous are big words and big isn’t?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsgreg/2909252617/
Isn’t it ironic that when we are retired, and finally have time to do all the things we wanted to do earlier, our bodies no longer have the stamina to do them?
Isn’t it ironic that the more intelligent a person is, the less likely they are to have kids and thus are less likely to pass along their DNA?
Isn’t it ironic that when something is truly funny we actually start crying?
Isn’t it ironic that the foods we like the best are usually the ones that cost the most?
Isn’t it ironic that the people the boss likes the most are usually the ones that talk behind the bosses back in the worst ways?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rahul3/2245308067/
Isn’t it ironic how when you are waiting for a phone call it never rings, but as soon as you get up to go to the bathroom it does?
Isn’t it ironic that the more you tell somebody not to do something, the more likely they are to do it?
Isn’t it ironic that the best dreams you have at night are the ones you cannot remember, but the worse nightmares haunt you for days?
Isn’t it ironic that the horse who wins the race is always the one you were going to bet on, but didn’t?
Isn’t it ironic that gas prices always fall the day after you filled your tank, and go up just when you need gas most?
Isn’t it ironic that cats most want to sit on our laps when we are doing something, or are about to get up?
Isn’t it ironic that banks post large profits right before they increase service charges and lay off employees?
Isn’t it ironic that the cutest pups, the ones everyone wants, grow into the largest dogs that nobody wants?
Isn’t it ironic that we say “Do not judge people based on their appearances.” and then put so much time into looking after our own?
Isn’t it ironic that youth is wasted on the young?
Isn’t it ironic that greed is a sin, but churches ask for 10% of a persons income?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xakaxunknownx/1524187217/
Isn’t it ironic that some people claim to drink to forget their problems, but then drinking becomes their biggest problem of all?
Isn’t it ironic when you see dead bugs on the front of a vehicle that has an “All life is precious” bumper sticker on the back?
Isn’t it ironic that the toilet paper roll always runs out when it’s your turn?
Isn’t it ironic that the one threat to continued human existence, as determined by the United Nations, is our own ability to over populate the planet?
Isn’t it ironic that the word “Irony” has nothing to do with iron, irons, and ironing and yet that is what all the pictures here are about?
By: Alice Pope,
on 11/15/2007
National Book Award and Other Stuff...
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By: Sara Lewis Holmes,
on 11/15/2007
There is nothing like the vague, puffy language that describes some self-published books:
This (historical) picture book is a "charming mix of fact and conjecture."
The author is "world celebrated."
The illustrator is "award garnering" and the art is "delightful."
The age range is "2 and up" (if they'd said zero and up I wouldn't have been surprised.)
The promo copy reads "Awards: Check back often!"
The author is: Sherman Alexie, a poet, filmmaker and established author of adult fiction. Real words he wrote: "All my white friends can count their deaths on one hand."For more absolutely true things, see Sherman Alexie's recent interviews at Finding Wonderland and Interactive Reader.
The illustrator is: Ellen Forney, who teaches at Seattle Cornish College of the Arts, and her art is better than words can describe: see for yourself
The age range is: anyone who reads the first page, because after that, you're a goner.
The promo copy (here) reads: This National Book Award Winner was read by Sara Lewis Holmes BEFORE it won the award, a first for her. She wishes to congratulate Sherman Alexie on winning that very cool statue and thank him for writing one of the few books she's kissed this year.
Hmm, I wonder if either Pepper or Maria Hill might be getting pregnant? Tony did do the deed with both of them during Fraction’s run.
So Teen Tony becomes Baby Tony?
They did that already with Magneto.
And have they swept the mind meld with the other-universe Tony Stark under the rug? Hmm… Doctor Doom, Iron Man, Spider-Man… who is next?