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‘Where They Draw’ Takes You Inside Cartoonists’ Workspaces
Filed under: Art, Culture
I've never thought the eyes were the window to the soul so much as the desk is. After all, the way a person treats their workspace says a lot about them. Do they work in a cheerful, brightly lit space filled with plants and... [read more]
Rejected by The New Yorker: Box Brown’s Spurned Single-Panel Cartoons
Filed under: Webcomics, Culture
What does it take to get your cartoon published in the New Yorker? Box Brown, creator of the webcomics Bellen! and Everything Dies, has been trying to crack the code. Last summer, after Hark! A Vagrant cartoonist Ka... [read more]
‘Cowboys And Aliens,’ Stark Technology And ‘Ben 10′ In Today’s Twitter Report
Basically, you had two options if you wanted to experience "Cowboys and Aliens" last night. You could have A) found a screening to attend somewhere or B) just followed David Malki's tweets. He apparently got stuck in traffic, missing a screening, and decided to live tweet what he assumed to [read more]
‘Game Of Thrones’ Reviews, Volcanic Ash Clouds, And Crazy Commissions In Today’s Twitter Report
Times seem to be hard for everyone in "Game of Thrones" right now, what with Ned getting attacked and Daenerys having to participate in nutty Dothraki customs. The show continues to be the big thing to talk about every Monday night if you're comics person. Is it only a matter [read more]
The New ‘Tintin’ Teaser, Jon Stewart Vs. Bill O’Reilly, And Marvel Trivia In Today’s Twitter Report
The new "Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" teaser still keeps its hero in the shadows, but it's given the world a glimpse at what director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson have put together. A few tweeters feel like it may have jumped a little too far [read more]
St. Patrick’s Day, Chicago, And ‘Red Dawn’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Comics creators of Irish and non-Irish heritage alike weighed in with their opinons on St. Patrick's Day this morning. Some embrace the holiday. Some hate it. And some use the day as an excuse to draw the Hulk.
It's a convention week, though, so a lot of the folks in our [read more]
‘Star Wars’ In 3-D, Britney Spears On ‘Glee,’ And Halloween Costumes In Today’s Twitter Report
Star Wars fans are legion in the comics world, and you can bet that many of them will show up to see the films when they get re-released in 3-D. Simon Pegg and Box Brown both did some head scratching after the new editions for 2012 were announced, though, and [read more]
TWITTER REPORT: Mel Gibson Rants, ‘Thor’ Picture Reactions, And ‘Inception’ Praise
Three films prompted impassioned tweets in the Twitter Report feed this morning — "Thor," "Inception" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" — but each for different reasons. A new image of Thor, Odin and Loki drew some eyeballs, but reactions were diverse. Ed Brubaker, meanwhile, wants you to go see [read more]
‘Law and Order’ Lives On in the Art of Cartoonists
Filed under: Television, Art
"Law and Order" tied "Gunsmoke" for the longest-running drama in television history before NBC canceled it earlier this year, but the series' legacy has now been immortalized in artwork, thanks to the unique stylings of creators like Kate Beaton [read more]
The 12 Days of Comic Book Christmas, Day 5: Box Brown
Because we're feeling the pull of the yuletide (whatever the heck that is), we decided to start a countdown to Christmas in the tradition of that old holiday standard, The 12 Days of Christmas. Except we shook it up, [read more]