September 2007
3 posts
"'Harder Than You Think' sounds like it can move... →
I have the word ‘wizard’ written on my things-to-do list. I have no idea what it means, but I think it’s awesome.
August 2007
8 posts
“Try pitching this as a kids’ cartoon. (Shanna the She-Devil and her...”
– From a review of Shanna the She-Devil #1 by X-Axis, which I found amusing considering Shanna did appear in an episode of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends.
July 2007
17 posts
The Cimmerian pays tribute to David Gemmell on the first anniversary of his passing. I only recently began reading Gemmell’s work, but I’m whipping through it all so fast that I already regret that he’s no longer among us.
“Patience is a Virue, Mr. Turnbull.”
– The most insulting piece of original comic art I have ever seen. Via Neilalien.
Dark Horse Comics is cancelling Conan with issue #50 and starting a new series, Conan the Cimmerian. Their plan is to break his exploits into 50 issue chunks, each detailing a specific time in his career. The biggest change is that Cary Nord is out and Tomas Giorello is in. There have been complaints that Nord was skimping on the detail, but one of the things I liked about his take was that it...
“A pratfall is better than anything.”
– Preston Sturges’ Eleven Rules For Writing A Hit Movie.
“If The Ultimates is late, you are mildly inconvenienced. If your girlfriend is...”
– Metamorphostuff on the differences between comics and people.
Bit of a spolier if you haven’t watched all of season 3, but it appears that Doctor Who will be getting yet another companion.
“My grandmother refused to attend because I wouldn’t remove my earrings before...”
– Armagideon Time.
June 2007
20 posts
I rarely mention, but I’m a huge sword-and-sorcery fan with dozens of dozens of paperbacks, films and comics at home. So with word that New Line Cinema has purchased the rights to craft another Conan movie, I just had to mention it here. The article states that New Line will have to start from scratch as Warner Bros. still owns the numerous drafts they had beforehand. Here’s hoping...
“I wanted to do cartoons about animals chasing each other and trying to eat each...”
– Kyle Baker on how animation for kids is full of self-loathing.
“Jeez, if you’re going to attack antiquated video game systems, at least...”
– Scott Carefoot on Shaq’s War on Atari.
“Since most people who write about classic cartoons aren’t animators,...”
– I don’t always agree with everything that John K. says, but I can certainly appreciate this sentiment. Writing about animaion/film/comics/etc. is very limiting.
“And please, try not to ask them to draw too many birthday cards.”
– From Patrick mcDonnell’s commencement speech made at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
I may be familiar with “f-bombs”, but I’ve never encountered “sh-bullets”. My vocabulary grows in leaps and bounds.
Starting tomorrow, McSweeney’s is holding a sale. The Riddle of the Travelling Skull will be mine.
“If it weren’t for the cops the comic book industry would die.”
– Anonymous letter printed in my local alternative weekly.
“I look like someone just slammed my He-Man fan fiction where He-Man comes over...”
– Roast Beef of Achewood.
May 2007
24 posts
“Cartoonists need to start taking drugs again. Not zoloft and paxil. The GOOD...”
– Nate comments on Uncle Eddie’s dismissal of dreary modern comics.
