tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61239272009-11-28T09:09:18.179+10:30Controversial! Fun And Also Games! Even 'A Current Affair' Got In On The Act. Home Of The Book 'Andru & Esposito: Partners For Life'Blaq Booksnoreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123927.post-91330694452395637122009-11-25T20:14:00.002+10:302009-11-25T20:19:21.960+10:30

But then he never really went away. Michael Netzer, the genuis behind the Facebook Virtual Comic Con, has proved once more why he's one of the more interesting people on the planet, has re-invented his web-site again. I think I've lost track of how many times, but damn, as always it's well worth looking at and exploring.Visit his new portal at: http://michaelnetzer.com/mnop/

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Sadly just over a week since I praised the virtues of Breaker Morant and it's star Edward Woodward, news has come in announcing his passing. Star of many movies and television shows, notably Morant and The Wicker Man, Wodward slipped away from us last night due to a "number of illnesses including pneumonia". Such a shame that one so talented, and such a powerhouse on the screen, should go so

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From the blog of my good friend Clifford Meth:-----------------------You're hearing it here first...Marvel Entertainment will release my 128-pg. THE INVINCIBLE GENE COLAN in February, 2010, a visual biography of one of the most brilliant, sublime and influential comic artists in the history of the genre. Includes observations from Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Neil Gaiman, Walter Simonson, Marv Wolfman,

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One of the more interesting parts of my movie memorabilia collection are these little mini-posters which, as far as I'm aware, originate from the UK. Most of them are two sided and were issued to theatres to place in the lobby to promote upcoming films that were relevant to the cinema in question - hence two totally different movies would be featured. Generally they featured movies from the same

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Anyone who knows me well enough knows I have a genuine passion for motion pictures. I think I know more about film than I do most anything, and that includes comic books and music. Don't believe me, ask anyone that's ever questioned me on the topic. I've watched Oscar broadcasts since I can remember (and been disgusted by most) and can happily tell you where the Academy has gotten it wrong and

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I'm quite proud to announce the latest in the portfolio of web-sites - RICH BUCKLER! Rich approached me a few months ago and asked that I create a site devoted to his comic book artwork with details of how to arrange a commission directly via Rich, so there it all is. There's links to interviews, loads of colour images and paintings, vintage original art, recent cover recreations and much more.

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Like a few million people worldwide I clicked onto YouTube recently to catch the Rose Bowl concert as it was broadcast live. If you missed it you can catch the entire concert here. So, how was it?I have mixed feelings about U2. I've always said that one of the most impressive concerts I've ever seen was the 1993 ZooTV show at Football Park. The entire experience was overpowering in scope, it

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Call me funny, call me odd, but now you can call me IMMORTAL!! I was approached yesterday and asked if I'd provide permission for this blog to be part of The National Library of Australia's Pandora Archive. Naturally I said yes. It came out of the blue and I have no idea as to who, if anyone, suggested me as a viable source of information worthy of inclusion.In case you're wondering what

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This just came in from artist Greg LaRocque:This last month typhoon Ketsana and super typhoon Parma slammed into the Philippines. Flooding hit Metro Manila killing hundreds and displacing thousands of families. Untold millions of property damage has left the city reeling. Rains have continued and not only hampered rescue efforts but caused more misery and death as mud slides have taken out entire

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This email just came in from Dewey Cassell:"George Tuska, renowned Golden and Silver Age comic book artist, passed away around midnight on October 16, 2009. He was 93 years old. George Tuska was born on April 26, 1916, the son of Russian immigrants. He attended the National Academy of Design and in 1939 went to work for Will Eisner in the studio he shared with Jerry Iger. Tuska later worked for

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From Clifford Meth:She'll be annoyed at me for saying anything, but what are friends for? Paty Cockrum--Dave's widow and retired Marvel Comics Bullpen colorist and penciller (as Paty Greer)--had an unexpected tax bill courtesy of Uncle Sam that's a bit more than she can handle at the moment. To help offset the burden, I'm lowering the already low prices on Dave Cockrum's personal comics

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Vic Carrabotta is a relatively unknown name to the bulk of the comic buying public, but that's not due to the quality of his work, but rather the quantity. After meeting Stan Lee with a letter of reference from Jack Kirby, Vic began working at Timely in the early 1950s and remained there until the now famous 'Implosion' that saw many creators thrown out of work. Unlike the bulk of the artists

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Dewey Cassell has just sent this email out to the world at large notifying people that, sad to say, George Tuska has officially retired."Citing his age, George Tuska has decided to no longer do any active drawing or commission work," says Dewey, "he feels that he would rather stop drawing than to produce work not up to his usual standards. He will be spending his remaining time with family and

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Back when Johnny O'Keefe was the Wild One, he took to looking more like the Mild One instead with ads like this one - flogging off some tasteless Clan Murray knitted cardigan. I guess he had to pay for the booze, drugs and women somehow...and you'd look happy too if you'd just dropped a pile of speed and knew that you'd had a better than decent chance of having casual sex with the model behind

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This message was just posted by Gerry Alanguilan."I'm sure some of you may have heard of the devastating floods that happened here in the Philippines, specially Manila and surrounding areas. A lot of comics guys, old guys and younger guys, lost their homes/properties or at least had them really badly damaged. Colorist Jay David Ramos and veteran Rico Rival got their homes completely submerged in

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The great thing about Australian reprint comics is that it's fairly easy to trace the history of a particular title from conception to end. What's not so easy is tracking down all the issues in a particular run, and some of what is known is merely supposition on the half of many researchers, myself included. The best part of such assumption is that, in the majority of situations, patterns are

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My good pal Robert Thomas brought this one to my attention over the weekend. Robert dropped a German fanzine, Das Sagte Nuff devoted to Marvel Comics into the store for me to check out. Inside are several articles, all written in German, covering Marvel Comics worldwide - well, at least I expect that's what the articles are covering as the photos are plain to see. In amongst them all is an

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Have a peek at the above video carefully. That is supposedly the costume test for the aborted Superman Lives film, which was in production for a number of years, and for which Tim Burton pocketed a cool five million dollars, with Nic Cage getting two million just for his autograph, oh, and to pose in a costume that you’d expect to see at a sex party, and a few others (such as Kevin ‘Silent Bob’

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More Grindberg art for people to check out. Now I've never really noticed this before until now, but a lot of Tom's Batman and Conan preliminaries are very, very reminiscent of John Buscema's rough pencil sketches. I found myself looking at a few of those Batman preliminaries and thinking about Tom and his art background, so I've decided to request an interview with the man - hopefully he'll

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Just showcasing some of Tom Grindberg's very interesting preliminary art. Come tomorrow I'll give you an observation or eight...

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What? You've not looked lately? Silly you! Over on Dave Simons web-site a pile of new art, with commentary from Dave and myself, has been slowly going up over the past two weeks. Go and check it out - there's stuff there that you might never have seen before and I know there's insights from Dave that you've never read. Go and see for yourself...http://www.dave-simons.com And remember, the

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So there's been new changes at both Marvel and DC. The Mouse now owns Marvel, angering a lot of people who believe that the Jack Kirby estate should be paid a percentage as Marvel is only worth what it is due to Kirby's vision. Let's not forget Steve Ditko, Don Heck, John Romita and quite a few others, but that just ain't gonna happen. Disney paid a staggering four billion for Marvel,

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Hot on the heels of Disney buying Marvel comes this brilliant piece of news about the death of the Fantastic Four:-------------------Fox is Rebooting Fantastic FourSource:VarietyAugust 31, 2009Variety reports that 20th Century Fox has begun overhauling the "Fantastic Four" movie franchise to take the Marvel property beyond the two films already made.Akiva Goldsman has been hired to oversee the

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Steve Rude is pleased to announce that his artwork, entitled "Tina", has been accepted into the "Rhythm, Movement, and Music juried exhibit. Response to the exhibit was exceptional with submissions of over 200 works of art. Professor Paul Andrus, judge for the inaugural exhibit, selected 38 works of art which included paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photography, and digital art for the SunDust

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