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‘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]
Wombat Weaponization, ‘Powers’ And ‘Supercrooks’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Talk of a giant wombat discovery in Australia led to some creative brainstorming between Andy Diggle and Simon Spurrier today. Unfortunately, their tweet-based power meeting came to a dead end after Diggle revealed that someone else was already on top of their wombat concept.
Mike Oeming is on top of the [read more]
DC’s ‘New 52′ Website Accidentally Reveals ‘Old Writers’: Brian Wood and More
DC Comics has launched a new area of its website dedicated to "The New 52," or the 52 new superhero series that will launch or relaunch this September. The landing page features all the images and video that we've published previously on ... Read m... [read more]
Shaq’s Retirement, DC’s Reboot, And ‘Game Of Thrones’ Concerns In Today’s Twitter Report
The Twitterspere has been wrestling with some big changes this week. If DC Comics' big reboot wasn't enough to tweet about, Shaq hopped onto trending lists last night by announcing his retirement from the NBA.
Michael Cho is going to miss Shaq's quotes, and just about everyone who's ever touched a [read more]
Eisner Nominations, ‘American Idol’ And Black Canary Vs. Black Widow In Today’s Twitter Report
If you follow any number of comics creators on Twitter, you know that the official list of 2011 Eisner nominations emerged yesterday. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez enjoyed a whopping four nominations between them for their work on "Locke and Key," and Jim McCann was definitely feeling the love for [read more]
Comic-Con Tickets, Zooey Deschanel Manga, And ‘Fear Agent’ In Today’s Twitter Report
If you failed to acquire tickets to Comic-Con International in San Diego this year, you may be interested to know that Erik Larsen has been brainstorming ways to help you out. He and Rob Liefeld both seem to be keen on the idea of setting up their own San Diego-based [read more]
Superman, Doctor Who, And The New ‘ThunderCats’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Everyone seems to have opinions about British actor Henry Cavill taking over as Superman, but Paul Cornell turned the tables today and questioned how his countrymen might respond to an American Doctor. I think I'd be down with it for a one-time, made-for-TV movie, but only so long as it [read more]
Russia, Qatar World Cup, And Alien Life In Today’s Twitter Report
Brits and Americans alike expressed discontent with the announcement today that Russia will host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar would get the next one in 2022. Warren Ellis shared what he thinks about the Russian team, while Jonathan Hickman explained what he intends to do in response and Ande [read more]
‘The Walking Dead,’ Suing Mike Tyson, And ‘Mad Men’ Meets Comics In Today’s Twitter Report
The MTV Splash Page desk wasn't the only "Walking Dead" press kit recipient this week. Artist Tony Moore also got one and tweeted about the conflict it created in his morning.
Other conflicts abounded in today's feed as well, with a reprimand for unproductive artists coming out of the Marvel [read more]
TWITTER REPORT: Glenn Beck, North Korea, And The Harvey Awards
Scott Kurtz has been preparing his lines for the Harvey Awards ceremony Saturday in conjunction with Baltimore Comic-Con. He's setting a high bar for himself, too, since he predicts that he'll be booed off the stage for at least one joke. Glenn Beck will also be attracting attention on Saturday [read more]
TWITTER REPORT: ‘X-Men: First Class,’ ‘The Expendables’ Reviewed, And Joker Art For Jim Lee
Bryan Singer's revelation that "X-Men: First Class" will draw from James Bond grabbed some attention, and that got Chris Weston thinking about the current state of Bond films. Doug Tennapel, meanwhile, took a trip to see "The Expendables" and posted about that experience.
Elsewhere, Jim Lee shared a picture from a [read more]
TWITTER REPORT: ‘Inception’ Returns, Winning ‘StarCraft 2,’ And More ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Reviews
A couple of comics luminaries fulfilled their dreams this week, as Brian Michael Bendis was recognized for calling in to Howard Stern's show and Bill Amend announced that he has completed the campaign mode in "StarCraft 2." Elsewhere, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" continued to win over movie-goers, even if [read more]
TWITTER REPORT: The ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Soundtrack, Olympic Mascots And ‘Transformers 3′
The Twitter Report feed is capable inducing great smiles at times — especially when Edgar Wright gets frank with "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" details. Today he talked soundtrack size, and it sounds like we could be seeing a double disc set.
Some people have been smiling about the newly unveiled [read more]