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Comic Con Countdown: 12 days[SUPERHEROHYPE.COM] If you’re anticipating NBC’s “Heroes,” be sure to check out the presentation at Comic-Con 2006 on Friday, July 21. 12:30-2:00 NBC: Heroes Pilot Screening and Q&A with Cast and Producers— Debuting on NBC this fall,
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Comic Con Countdown: 13 days[BUSINESS JOURNAL OF PHOENIX] A Comic-Con event in San Diego has spawned a road trip for the folks at McFarlane Toys in Tempe. However, the journey will encompass more than just scoping out the latest in
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Today’s Comic In case you missed it, today’s comic reveals what Capt. Heroic’s dad alluded to in the May 11th strip. Tune in tomorrow for answers to more questions!

Harryhausen Comics To DebutThis one’s for Harry… [SCI FI] A new comic-book line will debut in December with new adventures based on creations of legendary film visual-effects master Ray Harryhausen. Blue Water Productions will release the comics under the “Ray
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Wonder Woman turns 65! The Philadelphia Daily News has an excellent package on Wonder Woman today. It talks about how her mythos has lasted sixty-five years and previews the new WW book as well. It also features an illustration by
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The Wayans Brothers rip off Warner Brothers! I just caught a movie trailer that made me really sad about the state of creativity in America today. Shawn and Marlon Wayans have made a movie in which a 3-foot adult poses
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Marvel vs. DC There was a great piece in Saturday’s Washington Post about the old “Marvel vs. DC” debate. There’s nothing much new there, but the writer, Hank Stuever, uses some absolutely fantastic imagrey. My personal favorite was “DC was
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Ads creep into comic frames I gotta be honest with you guys. I haven’t quite figured out how I feel about this. OK, actually, I have. If GM offered the right amount of money, Evil Atom would drive a Pontiac.
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Jerome Maida is making quite a name for himself at the Philadelphia Daily News covering the comic-book industry. Here’s one of his most recent. He’s definitely one to watch. [PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS:] “You have grown much since I last saw
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I always wondered who would win in a fight between Superman and Spider-Man… [YAHOO:] Compared to Spider-Man, Superman looks like an 89-pound weakling–at least when it comes to their respective box-office prowess. Superman Returns, the long-awaited revival of the Man
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Here’s an interesting summation of the 90s from a comics perspective. [COMICBOOKBIN.COM:] The 1990s was an incredible decade for comics. More people were buying and reading them than ever before and, in turn, more new publishers and new titles came
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A story in the Kansas City Star today raises a really good point. Will female superheroes ever get their glory? [KANSAS CITY STAR:] Wonder Woman, we need you! As it stands, nearly all female superhero flicks make our crime-fighting sistas
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More news on feature films based on comics: And this one’s particularly confusing. Some news sources are saying the the actor being tapped to play the Joker is pop singer Robbie Williams, and others are saying that it’s Robin Williams.
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Man, the news just keeps rolling in! Sounds like the Green Goblin is set to return in Spider-Man 3 — along with Sandman and possibly Venom! [FILMFORCE:] The moment Spidey-fans have been waiting for has finally come. Today Sony Pictures
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This was rumored in Wizard Magazine, but the confirmation has just come across the Reuters newswire: [REUTERS/HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:] Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine will headline a spinoff of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men” franchise. At international industry conference Cine Expo, the studio promised
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And on to my gripe for the day. It seems like a pretty standard announcement: [ASSOCIATED PRESS:] The musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ holiday tale “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” will make its Broadway debut this fall at the Hilton
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Harry Potter fans may be dismayed to discover young Mister Potter may be facing his most deadly foe — J.K. Rowling. [LONDON (AP):] Author J.K. Rowling said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series,
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It’s been a little while since I mentioned some of this stuff, so here’s a quick run-down of some of the features of the Evil Inc. site. Free e-mail subscription: Just send an e-mail to [email protected] to get added to
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We have been waiting for this for a long, long time. And finally, the Wapsi Square 2001-2004 collection is available. It’s a huge collection, beginning with the very first Wapsi Square comics, and running all the way up through 2004,
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Steve Troop, webcomics veteran and professional puppeteer, is proud to announce a new weekly feature scheduled to appear every Friday on Kevin Smith’s new Web site, Quick Stop Entertainment. Smith, best known for hits such as “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma,” and
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A big, fat, NY thank you to all my friends in the Big Apple who went to Midtown Comics to buy copies of the Evil Inc Annual Report, the Lightning Lady book and the Courting Disaster collection! Not only have
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Marvel has released feature-film-style trailers to promote their Civil War mini-series. They’re pretty entertaining. From the site: Civil War #1 is less than one week away. You will need to decide: whose side are you on? Are you ready? Marvel
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DC Comics has been having a lot of fun with its 52 Web site, a site created to help readers follow 52, the comic series that will unfold this year, chronicling the aftermath of Infinite Crisis. Check out the TV
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The Evil Inc Annual Report is now available through Midtown Comics’ Web site, so I assume this means the book is also available in their NY stores. They’re also carrying the Lightning Lady book and the Courting Disaster collection. And
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I have a real bone to pick with the people who marketed the computer-animated feature Hoodwinked . They had me convinced I was going to hate the movie. We ended up renting it over the weekend for Movie Night, and
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Thanks for your patience, everybody. Blank Label is experiencing a little “technical difficulty” as they used to say back in the day. Things should be back to normal very soon.

Blank Label Comics garnered 11 nominations in the 2006 Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards, which were announced yesterday. Starslip Crisis, by Kristofer Straub, took 5 nominations — Outstanding Newcomer, Outstanding Black-and-White Art, Outstanding Use of Flash, Outstanding Web Design, and Outstanding
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Fair warning: If you want to know the whole story to Evil Atom’s origins, along with some information on the origins of Evil Inc and some background information about Evil Atom’s relationship with Catspaw, you’d better subscribe to the newsletter
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I just caught a hilarious movie on iFilm.com! It’s called Tim Warner: A Life In The Clouds. Its a comedy about a bad cartoonist who does a lame daily comic strip. (think Ziggy, Garfield, etc…). When his comic is taken
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The LA Times has an excellent story about the future of the comic strip, as seen by the likes of Berke Breathed, Cathy Guisewite, and Wiley Miller. They are appearing at a panel discussion in LA on Sunday. I can’t
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DC is ending the Plastic Man title, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker, with issue 20. I have mixed emotions about this. Plas is my favorite super-hero. Numero Uno. I agree with Batman’s assertion that he is the one of
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I have a new comic store. And they just made me a loyal customer. See, here’s the deal, I fell for the whole Countdown to Infinite Crisis hook like a hypnotized lemur. I put them all on my reserve file
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