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Link Ink: Bongo’s New Logo, Building a TARDIS and Cartoon Bags
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Logos: Bongo Comics has hired blah. [The Beat]
Digital: R Stevens estimates that his recently released Diesel Sweeties eBook has been downloaded 10,000 times. [The Daily Cartoonist]
Interviews: Warren Ellis respo... [read more]
Spider-Man’s Race, ‘Axe-Cop’ And Captain Victory In Today’s Twitter Report
It's looks like it's going to be fiery in the comment threads this week for anything involving the words "Ultimate" and "Spider-Man." Marvel revealed their new multi-racial Spidey last night, and the responses to the USA Today article, as well as on Twitter, have been full of support and, well, [read more]
Spider-Man’s Race, ‘Axe-Cop’ And Captain Victory In Today’s Twitter Report
It's looks like it's going to be fiery in the comment threads this week for anything involving the words "Ultimate" and "Spider-Man." Marvel revealed their new multi-racial Spidey last night, and the responses to the USA Today article, as well as on Twitter, have been full of support and, well, [read more]
‘Torchwood: Miracle Day,’ An iPad 3 And Duck Quotes In Today’s Twitter Report
Want to get comic book creators talking on Twitter? Well, starting a hash tag like #replaceawordinafamousquotewithduck is a great place to start. The feed has been loaded with movie quotes tweaked to reference ducks for the last 24 hours, and Simon Spurrier and Brandon Jerwa contributed two of our favorite [read more]
Gwyneth Paltrow, Google+, And Brad Bird In Today’s Twitter Report
Yesterday, our Twitter peeps were jabbering about the new "Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol" trailer, but a few people finally realized in the last 24 hours that the film's director, Brad Bird, is the same guy who did "The Incredibles." Dan Slott and Marc Bernardin chewed on those implications, while Mark [read more]
Pottermore, ‘The Muppets’ Trailer, And Mark Millar’s ‘Supercrooks’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Author J.K. Rowling unveiled plans for her new Harry Potter mega-site "Pottermore" this week, and even though it's not open for business just yet, she is collecting email addresses and trending in the Twittersphere. Ande Parks and Antony Johnston had their own interpretations of her plans and tweeted accordingly.
Elsewhere, Brad [read more]
The Dallas Mavericks, ‘Games Of Thrones’ Shock, And ‘Green Lantern’ In Today’s Twitter Report
The LeBron James haters in the feed got a chance to gloat Sunday night, thanks to the Dallas Mavericks' 105-95 win over the Miami Heat. Their championship win stuck it out in trending with HBO's "Game of Thrones," and both television events generated their share of surprises.
Elsewhere, "Super 8" got [read more]
The New ‘Conan’ Trailer, More ‘Thor’ Reactions, And Ripped Pants In Today’s Twitter Report
Lucky members of the comics community who made it out to early screenings of "Thor" continued to tweet about it this morning. Cameos were the popular topic of the day, though artist Paul Azaceta voiced one major complaint.
Another film jumped into trend topics, too, though. The new "Conan the Barbarian" [read more]
Reactions To Osama Bin Laden’s Death In Today’s Twitter Report
Mentioning any event other than the death of Osama Bin Laden today would grossly mischaracterize the state of the Twittersphere last night and this morning. Creators praised the Navy SEALs who reportedly executed the mission to bring him down in Pakistan, New Yorkers reflected on the attacks almost ten years [read more]
Michael Ironside, White iPhones, And ‘American Idol’ In Today’s Twitter Report
I don't know if Kitty Pryde's dad's mustache will be showing up in "X-Men: First Class," but Rick Remender definitely thinks it should have some more exposure in the comics. The Twitter stream oozed with recommendations this morning as he stated his intent to bring back the 'stache and Chris [read more]
‘Atlas Shrugged’ Reactions, ‘American Gods’ And Batman In Today’s Twitter Report
Tweeters had a lot to keep track of last night, and the diversity of discussion this morning reflected that. Neil Gaiman fans have been buzzing about HBO developing an "American Gods" adaptation, while Jon Favreau was monitoring reactions to the new "Cowboys and Aliens" trailer, and everyone with an opinion [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]
Julie Taymor, A Free iPad 2, And Cap’n Crunch In Today’s Twitter Report
The iPad 2 won't go on sale until Friday, but Edgar Wright thinks he may have a long shot at snagging a free one, and he's not too proud to publicly tweet about it. Whether or not "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" earns him a new Apple tablet, it did [read more]
‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ Will Eisner, And Con Sketches In Today’s Twitter Report
Twitter-watching during convention weekends can be a rewarding endeavor, especially when Adam Hughes draws the White Queen and posts photographic evidence. Hughes and Yildiray Cinar both shared some artwork last night, just as reactions to Gary Busey on "Celebrity Apprentice" began rolling in.
The most famous new comics-related artwork of the [read more]
‘The Chicago Code’ Reviews, Hercules Casting, And Captain America In Today’s Twitter Report
Don't get your hopes up. There's no "Incredible Hercules" movie in the works just yet. However, if there were such a project in development, Fred Van Lente knows exactly who he'd want to see take on the title role.
Meanwhile, in the world of concepts that actually have been produced, TV [read more]
X-Men Choices, ‘Marvel Vs. Capcom 3,’ And ‘The Social Network’ In Today’s Twitter Report
So whatever the real story is behind that purported "X-Men: First Class" photo that showed up yesterday, whether it's real or not, it got Twitter talking. Some creators liked it. Other trashed it. And it also led to a provocative revelation from Jeff Parker.
In other posting, Brian Michael Bendis got [read more]
‘The Green Hornet,’ Verizon iPhones, And Movie Pitches In Today’s Twitter Report
Geeks are gearing up for "The Green Hornet" and info about Verizon iPhone this week, and both showed up on the minds of creators in the Twitter Report feed today. Ben McCool posted a micro-review of the film, while others who haven't been lucky enough to see it yet focused [read more]
‘The Fighter,’ Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State,’ And Star Wars In Today’s Twitter Report
Alan Moore was a hot topic yesterday, but no one in the discussion about his controversial opinions went quite as far as artist Mark Brooks did last night.
As far as my own opinions go, Chris Ryall tweeted one of the most exciting messages of the day Thursday; I don't know [read more]
R.I.P. Pete Postlethwaite, ‘True Grit’ Praise, And Arnold Schwarzenegger In Today’s Twitter Report
Unfortunately, we've got to start the first Twitter Report of 2011 with some sad news as word's gotten out that actor Pete Postlethwaite of such films as "The Usual Suspects" and "Inception" has passed away. He wasn't without connections in the comic book industry, it turns out, which you'll notice [read more]
Natalie Portman, Stan Lee’s Birthday, And ‘True Grit’ Reactions In Today’s Twitter Report
The Twitter Report joins numerous other voices online today in wishing the happiest of birthdays to comics legend and Marvel movie cameo artist Stan Lee. Excitement about Lee's big day was tempered, however, by some disappointment from a few posters who learned that Natalie Portman is now pregnant and engaged [read more]