A comic strip has caused a political uproar by making a bold, controversial statement on Veteran's Day, considered by some to be an insult to our nation's fighting men and women. The strip that has spit on the work of our country's bravest veterans is, as you would expect, that anti-American bastion of subversive vitriolic societal commentary,
Garfield.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Nov 11, 2010 -
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According to the
majority of
critics who have seen it so far, Frank Miller horrifically butchered Will Eisner's legendary comic
The Spirit with his upcoming
Sin City-esque film adaptation opening next week. In order to make the pain about a thousand times worse,
here's an in-depth story about how there was almost a chance two decades earlier for Brad Bird, director of
The Iron Giant and
The Incredibles, to have done an animated version with the help of future founder of Pixar John Lasseter.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Dec 19, 2008 -
76 comments
"The K-Metal from Krypton" is one of the most important "lost" stories by the original creators of
Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Written and drawn in 1940, but never published, the story would have vastly altered much of the Superman mythos for the next 65 years. Aside from the early introduction of
Kryptonite, the issue would have disclosed Superman's secret identity to Lois Lane, leading to a completely different relationship in which the two worked together as a team. Thanks to the work of readers and fans, including writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross, original art and scripts are slowly being recovered, and
the entire issue is being reproduced online, with full color treatment and missing pages being replicated in Shuster's original drawing style.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Aug 9, 2006 -
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Artist Tad Stones has started up the
Hellboy Animated blog, which already has some great stuff up about character designs and style concepts for the in-production animated series based on Mike Mignola's comics.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Nov 16, 2005 -
10 comments
