“Watchpeanuts is a fantastic concept drawing from Evan of DeviantArt, a
graphic answer to the age-old question, “What if Charles Schulz created
the Watchmen?”
This was a great comic…
“I just found out that my favorite comic series of all time, Elfquest,
has announced an initiative to celebrate their 30th anniversary,
wherein, by the end of the year, EVERY issue ever will be available
online for free.It’s hard to describe it, but it’s an amazing body of work. It was
one of the first independently published comics in the world and one of
the most successful. The core story is about a group of elves from
outer space who ride wolves - it sounds crazy when I say it, you just
have to read it.This is a 30 year old universe (older than me!) so there are spinoffs
and side-stories and rarities that even I, as a hard-core fan, have
never gotten to read. And soon I will be able to enjoy every single
shred of it. For free. Just ‘cuz.The internet is beyond words in its capacity to make me happy.”
OK, now I’m even more pumped…
i09: “Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow have an even spicier relationship in Iron Man
than we’d expected, judging from this newly released trailer. And the
use of AC/DC lets us know this movie will have big balls. (Sorry,
couldn’t resist.) More importantly, the new trailer gives us a way
clearer sense of the movie’s arc.
We get a nice clear view of the three phases of Iron Man armor
in the movie: crude, medium crude, and shiny. Also, we’ll definitely
get the full storyline from the comics about Tony Stark’s pride, and
then remorse, about being a weapons maker. It looks as though his
change of heart is what turns his mentor Obadiah Stane into his
arch-enemy Ironmonger.”
I have to say, I never thought I’d use these two tags together….
Digg: “Ajinbayo Akinsiku wants the world to know Jesus Christ, just not the
gentle, blue-eyed Christ of old Hollywood movies and illustrated
Bibles. Mr. Akinsiku says his Son of God is “a samurai stranger who’s
come to town, in silhouette,” here to shake things up in a new version
of the Bible rooted in manga, the Japanese form of graphic novels.”
Man this is frakkin sad…
“Heath Ledger, who plays the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight,
was found dead on Jan. 22 in a Manhattan residence in a possible [sleeping pill]-related death, police told the Associated Press. He was 28.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the AP that Ledger had an
appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his
home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was
there found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
The Australian-born actor was an Oscar nominee for his role in Brokeback Mountain and has numerous other screen credits (The Patriot, A Knight’s Tale).
Ain’t It Cool News reported that Ledger had completed the role of the villainous Joker in the upcoming Batman Begins sequel, directed by Christopher Nolan, which is slated to open in July.
Dark Horizons said that Ledger had been shooting The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in the United Kingdom for director Terry Gilliam as recently as the weekend. No word on how it will be affected.”
Slashdot: “As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others.), In a off hand observation xkcd has single handedly changed a small section of the internet. Changing the results from a google search for “Died in a Blogging Accident” from 2 to at this writing over 7,170 in a little more than 24 hours.”
If you aren’t reading xkcd, you’re missing out.
Holy. Crap. I nearly shiz my pants. Twice. Ledger’s Joker looks spooky as hell.
Slashdot: “‘Serenity: Better Days’ will be released as a 3 part comic in early
2008. The series is a step back in time to the early years of the
Firefly crew, and the fledgling gang’s turbulent attempts to cope with
success after they pull off their first successful heist. It features
the same creative team as Those Left Behind, with the story by Joss
Whedon and Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, and Adam Hughes
providing all three covers this time.”
AICN: “Well, looky at what I got for ya’. The folks at Marvel have been really good to me… they hooked me up with a one on one interview with Stephen King (one of my idols) earlier in the year to talk about Dark Tower and they’ve now given us the first look at the cover for issue #1 of the limited 5-part series of NEW Dark Tower stories titled THE LONG ROAD HOME. Check it out:
(click here for the high res version)
I’ve seen some of Lee’s pencils and the artwork looks out of the world awesome. I really, really can’t wait for this series. Thanks to the people at Marvel for this first look!”
“Yale students dressed as ninjas staged a mock attack on Free Software
Foundation founder Richard Stallman last week, reenacting a great
installment from xkcd, a fantastic webcomic. Stallman came to Yale to
give a talk on DRM at the debating society, and confronted the ninjas
“with good humor and grace.”
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: “Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow have an even spicier relationship in Iron Man
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