Marvel Animated

Want to catch some cartoons from Marvel you may have missed? You may get a chance to.

The Spider-Man, the New Animated Series CGI toon (starring Neil Patrick Harris) that was on MTV a few years is coming to the internet and cable. Apparently, Kabillion.com will begin hosting episodes on May 1, but you'll also be able to catch these On Demand with various cable companies, like Comcast and Bresnan Cable. This seemed pretty enjoyable, though I only caught one or two eps. And who doesn't love Neil Patrick Harris?

And if you were like me, and missed most of the episodes of Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Heroes because your cable guide never matched what they were actually airing on Cartoon Network, Marvelkids.com has those episodes for you. (Though at the time I didn't think it was good enough for me to try to hunt down the shows I missed.) Soon, Marvelkids.com will also have episodes of X-Men: Evolution.


Thanks to Comics2Film.

Newest Comic Book Movie Adaptation

The Onion never ceases to deliver. Check out this news clip about the upcoming Iron Man adaptation. Lets hope the film is as good as the trailer.


Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

Pop Candy's Comics Crash Course

Over on her Pop Candy blog, Whitney Matheson is offering a 4-part crash course in comics. Understandably, this is primarily for non-comic-afficianodos, but I'm sure it'll be interesting nonetheless. She starts with 25 Essential Graphic Novels.

Some good stuff - a lot I haven't yet read; a few I haven't even heard of.

Super Obama Girl

I realize I'm way behind the curve when it comes to news.

But, hey - it's superhero-related and politically relevant. The perfect match! Plus, it's kinda funny.



And here's I Got a Crush on Obama - the video that started it all.

Comic Book Tips

Ha! Great tips from VideoJug.


VideoJug: How To Handle Collectible Comic Books

And here I am...

...visiting the comic book store in Springfield.





Thanks to simpsonizeme.com.

The Harold of Galactus

Idea from listening to The Dollar Bin, Show 54.

I'm a Marvel...I'm a DC Interview

Have you had a chance to check out the I'm a Marvel...I'm a DC videos I mentioned a couple months ago? Well, Marvel's got an interview with the creator, Michael Agrusso. If you enjoyed the videos, I thought you might like to take a look...

Marvel vs. DC

I realize this has been around a few months, but I recently ran across it on Major Lee Videawesome. Part of the reason this parody of the current Mac/PC commercials is so funny is because it's dead on.





There's one shy of a dozen on this JustSomeRandomGuy's YouTube page. Some of them are funnier than others, but they all have spots where you just have to laugh out loud (well, mainly if you're into comic book films).

Spider-Man 4

This was stupid, but it made me laugh.

Entertainment, Pop Culture, and DC Comics

I was listening to my podcasts on the way to work the other day, and came to the most recent DC Comics podcast: Crossing Over: How the Comics Boom is Changing Entertainment (other podcasts from DC can be found on iTunes or the DC downloads page).

The podcast is a recording of a panel from the New York Comic Con and includes a number of people from different areas of entertainment that will be working on comics with DC (now or very soon) - Percy Carey, hip hop artist; Cecil Castelluci, writer/novelist, among other things; Marc Bernardin, Senior Editor at Entertainment Weekly; Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series - duh); and Brian K. Vaughan of Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man fame.

It's an interesting discussion of the, well, crossover, between comics and other forms of entertainment. If you don't want to listen to it, there's a pretty lengthy description of it over in the Newsarama Forums, but being a panel, I think it's more interesting to the ears...

Addendum: Especially this quote that I forgot to mention:

It's sad that I have to wear pants to work.
-Brian K. Vaughan

Dang, my dad always said I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on...

300 hilariousness

Just sitting here on a Saturday morning, enjoying some of the crazy stuff on the 'net.

The first thing that had me laughing so hard I fell out of my chair was this PG version of 300.



"Brush your teeth!!"

(And, this being a comic book film, the superhero nod was perfect.)

Secondly - what's all this crazy stuff about 300 putting Iran in a poor light? Without the Iranian government's complaints, how many of the moviegoers going to see the film would even realized that Persia is ancient Iran?

Jon Stewart put some things in perspective.



"A scant 2500 years later" indeed.

Thanks to Comics2Film and Kung Fu Rodeo

Who Wants Some Decent Comic Book Television?

That's right. Stan Lee's not letting it die. I mentioned it before, but now it's official. I guess the Sci Fi Channel thought the first season did well enough to bring back another season of Who Wants To Be a Superhero? And they're taking auditions now.

So if you want to be on one of the stupidest reality shows (and that saying a lot), then take a look at the locations on SciFi.com.

And if you want to hear some hilarious talk about Stan Lee and his contribution to comics, go back and listen to The Acme Comics Dollar Bin's very first podcast. What has Stan Lee really contributed to comics? Has he contributed anything since the 60's? And even back then, does he get all the credit for those characters? What about Kirby and Ditko's contributions? Interesting stuff!

Comic Book Movie Podcasts

I've recently started listening to Comic Book Podcasts - there are a number out there with different formats and different tones. But out of all the podcasts I've listened to, I'd have to say the best is The Acme Comics Dollar Bin. What got me started listening was a three-part series they had on Comic Book Movies (go figure); but what got me hooked was the dynamic of these 4 guys sitting around in a comic book store talking about comics, the comic book industry, and anything else that comes up. Yes, they're knowledgeable, but the best part is they are freakin' hilarious. They've got varying personalities and differing opinions; whether or not you agree with what they're saying, they're just completely enjoyable. I've listened to a lot of different comic podcasts recently, and I've found these guys to be the most interesting.

If nothing else, take a listen to the fun they have with the last 30 years of comic book films.

Comicdom Goes Web 2.0

Wednesday, ComicSpace was launched. It's being described as MySpace for comics folks. From the FAQ: ComicSpace is a place for comic fans and creators to connect with each other.

Apparently, it had over 1,000 members 24 hour after going live, and the membership really shot up when Warren Ellis mentioned it at his site. At the time of this writing there are over 3,000 members.

I never joined MySpace; I figured Blogger was enough social networking for me. But, I'll have to take a look at this.

Check it out.

Thanks to Levon.

The Forbes (Fictional) 15

Forbes has released it's list of 15 richest fictional people, which includes 3 from the comic book world: Richie Rich, #4; Bruce Wayne, #7; and Tony Stark, #8.

Lex Luthor dropped off the list this year due to (another) "failed attempt to take over the world [and] kill Superman with [a] giant robot." Guess I haven't been following the Superman comics.

Thanks to Marvel News.

Free Comics!

No, it's not free comic book month, but DC Comics announced Friday that a number of TPBs of early story arcs of many of its Vertigo titles are available for download. Titles include Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Fables, Y: The Last Man, Sandman, Transmetropolitan, and The Exterminators just to name a few.

Pretty smart marketing. I think some of these titles aren't being published any more, but a number of them are, and it's a perfect way to readers hooked on a series and start picking up the current books.

See the complete listing over at DC Comics.

Heroes Comic Books

Superheroes and comics books will always be intricately linked, so it makes sense that one of the characters in Heroes is an artist who publishes his own comics (and, by the way, can paint the future). In at least one issue, he's prognosticating the details of one of the other character's journeys - someone he's never met.

But the point of this post was to mention the Heroes on-line comics NBC has put on their site that give a bit more background of what's going on. There are four 7-page comics, available for viewing in a Flash-enabled browser or downloading as .pdf's. For example, want to know how Mohinder got the taxi-driving gig? It's all there. Take a look at them; they're not bad. Then, take a look at Heroes if you haven't - it's definitely worth a watch. I suppose I should have posted this yesterday, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th episodes are being shown on NBC tonight. Unfortunately, I just found this out, and the 4th episode is just starting. NBC shows the most recent episode on-line for free, and you can watch them on iTunes for a couple bucks each.

On a side note, I just noticed that one of the writers is Jeph Loeb (who you're familiar with if you've spent any amount of time in the world of comics). NBC's got an interview with him here.

Retro-Blog: That clears that up...sort of...

Well, in the wake of continued sitings to the contrary (for example, the Manic Panic tie in with the movie), The Beat finally confirms that Ultraviolet is not a comic book film. They don't say according to who, but they do say that Sony is marketing it as if it really were (making it sound like that was the intent all along). To cap it all off, if you take a look at the official site now, you can see an on-line comic and game (which are worth a look if you're interested). In the background, there are clips of the concept art I mentioned before that make it really look like a comic.

So was that the design from the beginning, or was it just the rumors of comic books that turned into a little bit more?