Tag jim shooter

Lora and Jor-L devise an escape plan

Over at Jim Shooter’s website, the writer has posted a series of Superman comic strips that appeared in The Chattanooga News in 1939.  It’s a great look at comic book history, and worth a look. via Jim Shooter [read more]

Link Ink: ‘Comics Express’ Aims to Help Entertain Joplin Youth, Ancient Fraggles Return, Drink ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Wine

Filed under: Link Ink, Culture Goodness: Comics Express, a free 24-page comic to be distributed to kids and teens affected by the Joplin, Mo. tornado disaster that features talent from across the industry needs a little help reaching its fundraising... [read more]

Link Ink: HBO Loves Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’, Buzz and Woody Get Real and Merry Marching in Mint Condition

Filed under: Link Ink, Culture TV: Fans will have to wait until at least 2013 to find out for sure, but HBO's plans for adapting Neil Gaiman's American Gods sound pretty legit -- like a $3-4 million budget per episode under Tom Hanks, legit. [Gam... [read more]

RETRO REVIEW: Superman #199 (August 1967)

Or – “The First Superman/Flash Race!” Comics in the 1960′s were a different animal than what we read today, and many people like to claim that as a dig on the old-school books.  But if you really take the time … Continue ... [read more]

BREAKING – Hank Pym No Wife Beater, Says Shooter

It's the slap heard through all continuity, Hank Pym struck his wife, Janet Van Dyne, and never got to live it down. It really does look like a brutal moment, and any time a man takes violent recourse against a women it is harsh, but it seems this mome... [read more]

REVIEW: Doctor Solar, Man Of The Atom #2

DSThumb

Or – “Green Skin And Red Suit Used To Make For Some Awesome Painted Covers…” So, it’s a bit confusing, so I’ll go over it again…  Back in the day, Western Publishing had more than one comic book imprint, one of which was Gold [read more]

Comic Casting Couch – X-O MANOWAR

Welcome back to another edition of the Comic Casting Couch, you leader in imaginary film casting choices. In honor of the opening of Iron Man 2, we are having a Hi-Tech Heroes month and today we continue with the stalwart barbarian hero from [read more]

The Exit Interview: When Disgruntled Creators Speak Their Mind

Filed under: , ,


If you're a disgruntled creator, the internet in 2010 has several outlets for you to vent your displeasure. Facebook has a personal and private feel, despite being open to several hundred thousand of your closest [read more]

Dark Horse President Mike Richardson Discusses the Layoffs and the Future

Filed under: , ,


After the news last week that Dark Horse had laid off seven employees -- and the subsequent criticism by a former employee about several significant comics projects and delays in releasing rolling out their digital [read more]

Built on Notes Blog Core
Powered by WordPress