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‘Where They Draw’ Takes You Inside Cartoonists’ Workspaces

Lauren Davis — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:04:14 +0000

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...

Rejected by The New Yorker: Box Brown’s Spurned Single-Panel Cartoons

Lauren Davis — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:59:25 +0000

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...

‘Cowboys And Aliens,’ Stark Technology And ‘Ben 10′ In Today’s Twitter Report

Brian Warmoth — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:53:01 +0000

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 be happening in the film. [...]

‘Game Of Thrones’ Reviews, Volcanic Ash Clouds, And Crazy Commissions In Today’s Twitter Report

Brian Warmoth — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:31:27 +0000

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 of time before there's an [...]

The New ‘Tintin’ Teaser, Jon Stewart Vs. Bill O’Reilly, And Marvel Trivia In Today’s Twitter Report

Brian Warmoth — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:16:10 +0000

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 into the uncanny valley, though. Meanwhile, [...]

St. Patrick’s Day, Chicago, And ‘Red Dawn’ In Today’s Twitter Report

Brian Warmoth — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:16:09 +0000

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 feed don't have time to [...]

‘Star Wars’ In 3-D, Britney Spears On ‘Glee,’ And Halloween Costumes In Today’s Twitter Report

Brian Warmoth — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:01:26 +0000

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 you follow their lines of [...]

TWITTER REPORT: Mel Gibson Rants, ‘Thor’ Picture Reactions, And ‘Inception’ Praise

Brian Warmoth — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:46:50 +0000

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 "Inception," and Edgar Wright just [...]

‘Law and Order’ Lives On in the Art of Cartoonists

Brian Warmoth — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

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 of ... Read more

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The 12 Days of Comic Book Christmas, Day 5: Box Brown

Adri Cowan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Filed under: Art, Culture

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, tossed it over to some of the ... Read more

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