Archive for February 21st, 2008

University Park Library hosts black comics program

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: South Town Star They’re teachers and office workers by day, and the creators of superheroes by night. The imaginative minds behind “Storm Zero,” “Serenade” and “Unbelievable Laundry Detergent Man” gathered together Sunday for the first Black Age of Comics Convention at the University Park Public Library. Comic book ...

Boom! Studios Gets Funding

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: socalTech.com Los Angeles-based Boom! Studios, a firm which publishes comic books, graphic novels, and also develops other media, has raised a round of funding. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. According to David Cremin at venture capital firm DFJ Frontier, the firm invested in Boom! alongside ...

TV of the future

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

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“Akira” cartoon gets new life with DiCaprio, WB

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Reuters The anime classic “Akira” is getting the live-action big screen treatment courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio and a first-time feature filmmaker. “Akira” originated in 1988 as a manga and then as an animated film co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. The story was set in a neon-lit postapocalyptic ...

New Bruce Campbell Horror Film ‘The Horribleness’

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! While talking with E-splatter about one her various projects, Ellen Sandweiss (The Evil Dead) tells the site that she’s working a new horror film with Bruce Campbell entitled The Horribleness Read more… ShareThis Bookmark It Hide Sites

Bruce Wayne’s Other Sweet Ride

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

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Welcome to 2008 Toy Fair

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

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‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Indiana Jones’ Secrets Revealed At 2008 Toy Fair

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: MTV.com Fans looking for the inside scoops on this year’s hottest blockbusters may want to turn away from the rumor mill and instead head to their local toy store. Because if there’s one thing that a visit to the 2008 American International Toy Fair proved, it’s that ...

San Francisco Comic Book Stores Gear Up for WonderCon

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Wired.com When WonderCon comes to town, the owners of local shops play host to a wave of comics fans ready to shop and party till they drop. Sean Murphy, owner of Action Figure Freddy, a store that’s directly across from WonderCon central at Moscone Center, is busily preparing ...

New titles seek to recapture kid market

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Original Post here: Snikkkt! Source: Star-Gazette When comic books were first introduced to the public in the mid-1930s, the publications were considered throwaway entertainment directed at America’s youth. Teachers across the country considered them trash and bemoaned the fact that these periodicals would contribute to an educational decline that would somehow produce ...