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‘Dark Knight Rises’ Prologue Reactions From ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Directors
The "Dark Knight Rises" prologue bows on December 16, but a lucky few have already seen the highly anticipated six-minute sequence from Christopher Nolan's last Batman movie. MTV News staff writer Kara Warner was on hand, for instance. (She is now my mortal nemesis, by the way, but that's neither [read more]
Steve Jobs, Dead At 56: Comics Pros React On Twitter
By now, you've heard the sad news: Steve Jobs, the visionary founder of Apple Inc., has died at the early age of 56. Appropriately enough, word of his passing has spread far and wide across the Web, thanks in large to technology he pioneered.
Among those commenting on Jobs' death [read more]
‘The Avengers’ Shooting, ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ And ‘Conan’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Labor Day weekend has arrived, and most of the creators in our feed seem to have been ramping up their output in anticipation. Kevin Colden, meanwhile, is hoping to catch a glimpse of "The Avengers" filming in New York over the three-day holiday.
Elsewhere, Gail Simone opened up to the idea [read more]
George Lucas’ Star Wars Changes And Project Pitches In Today’s Twitter Report
If anyone can sympathize with George Lucas amid all of the criticism he's recently received over the new Star Wars Blu-ray changes, it's comic book creators. Ron Marz and Eric Canete both came to the franchise founder's defense with some stern words today.
On a much more serious note, creators have [read more]
DC Comics Reboot, ‘Powers’ And ‘Game Of Thrones’ In Today’s Twitter Report
The big news in comics today is the massive reboot going on over at DC. Jim Lee and Geoff Johns' "Justice League" #1 went on sale all over the country to kick it off, and the two of them have been touring New York City on the signing circuit to [read more]
Wacom Inkling Reactions, ‘The Goon’ And ‘Torchwood’ In Today’s Twitter Report
World news, TV events and movies took a back seat in Comics Twitterverse discussions this morning, thanks to Wacom's new Inkling device that keeps track of paper doodles and transfers them to digital files. It was definitely the hot topic of the last few hours.
As of posting time, however, Chris [read more]
Beyoncé And ‘The Hunger Games’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Beyoncé and the new "Hunger Games" sneak peek attracted more responses than any other moments among comics tweeters last night at the MTV Video Music Awards. Writers and artists alike immediately put their imaginations to use predicting what motherhood will be like for the pop star.
In the meantime, Ben Templesmith [read more]
Hurricane Irene Preparation, ‘Hit Somebody’ And Ultimate Cap In Today’s Twitter Report
Hurricane Irene is on its way to the East Coast right now, and everyone's got their own way of getting ready. Whether they're stockpiling booze, knives or water, the Twitter Report wishes everyone a safe weekend. Cooler heads have been posting as well, though, urging New Yorkers to remain calm.
Kevin [read more]
Steve Jobs, CGI Yoda Replacements And Beer-Painted Batman In Today’s Twitter Report
I actually went light on the Steve Jobs retweets today. By now everyone knows the news about him resigning as Apple's CEO. However, you may have missed a few of the zingers that got tossed around the feed this morning and last night.
In other subjects, the art was strong with [read more]
Earthquake On The East Coast, ‘Hellraiser: Revelations’ And ‘Conan’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Earthquakes are a serious matter, but Twitter quickly devolved into the world's largest comedy club on the subject yesterday after vibrations hit Washington, D.C., and New York. West Coasters in particular were quick to poke fun at everyone on the receiving end of the shakes.
"Conan the Barbarian" remains the big [read more]
‘Conan The Barbarian,’ Sexy Alfred And Grant Morrison In Today’s Twitter Report
If you're a comic book reader on Twitter, two of the greatest joys you can find in your feed are Yildiray Cinar art posts and Gail Simone-created hash tags. This morning, the Great Tweet Magnet was benevolent, because Cinar tweets a Weapon X piece and Simone sounded off with her [read more]
Libya News, Atomic Comics Closing And ‘Tintin’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Confusion and distress were popular sentiments in the feed last night. News out of Libya about Muammar Gaddafi's collapsing government had everyone's attention, but the comics industry received it's own shocker with word that the Arizona-based retail chain Atomic Comics was closing.
Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada sent warm thoughts out [read more]
The West Memphis Three, ‘Sin City’ Art And ‘Fright Night’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Reports that the West Memphis Three might be released from prison raised interest in their situation on Twitter this morning. Their murder case has long been a topic of speculation, and many, including Joe Hill and Gerry Duggan, look forward to seeing them freed.
Some fine picto-tweets showed up today, too, [read more]
‘Conan,’ ‘Batman Beyond,’ BBC’s ‘The Hour’ In Today’s Twitter Report
"Conan the Barbarian" may attract some audience members based solely on its bare-chested sword fights and monsters this week. For Matt Fraction, however, the key selling point seems to be Morgan Freeman's voice (or that of someone who sounds suspiciously similar to Freeman).
Joe Hill, meanwhile, dug BBC America's new spy [read more]
DC’s Reboot Trailer, Harry Potter And Sketches In Today’s Twitter Report
DC Comics isn't just trying to reach out to new readers in comics shops this year. The new trailer for their company-wide "New 52" reboot is going to be shown on TV and in movie theaters in order to appeal to wider masses. That strategy received some support in the [read more]
Jim Thome, Sgt. Rock And ‘Powers’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Should hitting 600 home runs qualify you for a role in the new Sgt. Rock movie? It's a good enough reason as far as Phil Hester is concerned. He proposed giving Jim Thome a shot at the part of Bulldozer if everything finally comes together on the project.
Elsewhere, Brian Michael [read more]
Rick Perry, Vampire Rules And Art Posts In Today’s Twitter Report
Now that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is all in for the Republican presidential nomination race, we'll surely be seeing his name a lot more frequently in the feed. Joe Hill requested a different type of GOP debate between Perry and Mitt Romany last night, while Jonathan Hickman was stuck on [read more]
The New Spider-Man, Jim Lee’s Birthday And Mike Wieringo In Today’s Twitter Report
Whatever the cards looked like that you received for your birthday this year, they probably weren't as cool as Jim Lee's. He prefers the DIY variety and shared a picture of the creations he received this year.
Dan Slott, meanwhile, had the opportunity to discuss Spider-Man with his exterminator. What they [read more]
‘Captain America,’ Selling Comics And Jim Carrey In Today’s Twitter Report
Stan Lee has been an exceptionally popular guy since Comic-Con a few weeks ago — or so his many photo-posts would have us believe. Most recently, it seems he's been buddying up with Jim Carrey.
"Captain America: The First Avenger" is still making friends too. Paul Cornell, I think, hit the [read more]
A ‘Locke And Key’ Game, ‘Apes’ And Stripperella In Today’s Twitter Report
With all of the terrible happenings in the news this week, today felt like the perfect Wednesday to veer away from contentious opinions, looting in London and big events impacting individuals who happen to work in comics. So here, without further ado are the ten tweets in the Twitter Report [read more]