Archive for December 24th, 2007

Simpsons comic book writer going for TV

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source:  Tribune Chronicle El Mucho Grande and Suckulina may become just as well-known as the other character Chris Yambar brings to comic book life. The Simpsons comic book writer, who lives in Youngstown, recently finalized a deal to get his stock of characters animated. “It will be amazing to actually ...

Comic legend to give lecture

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Scotsman.com LEGENDARY comic book writer Alan Grant is set to give a talk on the way old fiction has become modern reality, as part of the Edinburgh Lectures series. Grant has written for some of the most successful comic books in the world including Batman, Robocop and The ...

Review: ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Newsday If you’ve ever wondered what P.G. Wodehouse’s unflappable manservant, Jeeves, would do when confronted with the inconvenience of H.P. Lovecraft’s soul- devouring monster, Cthulhu, wonder no more. Legendary comic book writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill test the limits of their prodigious imaginations in “The ...

Comic books for teaching financial literacy

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: India Times They are money minters for the nation, printing the crisp currency that buys you everything. But now the Reserve Bank of India is printing something entirely different - comics. For creating financial literacy through indigenously created comic book heroes - Raju and Money Kumar - ...

Striking TV writer turns to comic books

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Galveston Daily News As the Writers Guild of America strike continues, many of us are feeling lost. Those who call “Lost” their favorite show would likely welcome that feeling. If you’re one of them, you can get at least a little of the show’s flavor in another medium. Brian ...

WORLD OF WARCRAFT® #1 GOES BACK TO PRESS FOR NEW, SECOND PRINTING FROM DC COMICS

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: ComicBookBin.com After a quick sellout at DC Comics, the fantastic debut issue of the World of Warcraft® comic book is going back to press for a second printing.  Based on the world’s most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game from Blizzard Entertainment®, the World of Warcraft #1 ...

Modded action figures, ComicCon 2007, San Diego, CA

Monday, December 24th, 2007

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The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World’s Greatest Human

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! The lowdown on the toughest, sexiest, and beardiest man to ever stalk the earth Since its emergence from the bowels of the internet, the Chuck Norris Fact has roundhouse kicked its way into the world’s consciousness with all the vim and verve of its namesake. Singing the ...

Chuck Norris sues, says his tears no cancer cure

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Reuters Tough-guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris sued publisher Penguin on Friday over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of “mythical facts” about him. Penguin published “The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World’s Greatest ...