Comic Books And Graphic Novels: 03/21/10

"Bleach" Film for Warner Bros

Warner Bros is looking to secure the rights of the popular manga series "Bleach" with an eye toward a feature film. In Japan, the series has already spun-off into TV, animated features, and even rock musicals. http://tinyurl.com/yflloru

'Alice' Holds Off 'Wimpy Kid'

Alice in Wonderland handled the competition from some potent new releases and won the weekend box office. http://tinyurl.com/yh7gnrg

DVD Round-Up: Week of March 23rd

It's springtime and things are starting to heat up in the DVD market with The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and lots of Blu-rays. http://tinyurl.com/yeufd5t

Preview: Amazing Spider-Man

Hiya, Retailers, Fred Van Lente here to tell you we could never let "The Gauntlet" get by without the return of another classic Spider-Man foe...THE SCORPION! She has brand new powers, a new modus operandi, and you won't believe her reason for tangling with Spidey-- Hm, what? Yes, we said "she." Why? Who did you think we meant?
http://tinyurl.com/yhvptjh

CBR Review: Green Hornet: Year One , issue 1

The origin of the Green Hornet and Kato, as told by Wagner and Campbell. http://tinyurl.com/yfta46a

Join Steve Niles' "Mystery Society"

http://tinyurl.com/yzwqsp9

Extreme Justice Represent!!

It only took about fifteen years to get there, but Extreme Justice is getting props it never got when it was first out.

So, the other week Colgate Max Fresh (with mini breath strips) began a pretty major ad campaign in DC Comics.
It's a three-page ad spread (which couldn't have been too cheap).
The first page is [...] http://tinyurl.com/yjupcxk

Captain America Wants Britain To Give Him Extras

Do you want to be in the big action adventure American propaganda movie of next summer? Are you a limey Brit from a sink estate in South London? Then Marvel Studios could be looking for ... http://tinyurl.com/yg83x3c

Waiting For Millar With Team Comicana

So anyway, I chatted with the Team Comicana crew outside Forbidden Planet in London earlier this morning, hours ahead of the Millar/Romita Jr Kick Ass signing , about their upcoming geek anthropology show – far ... http://tinyurl.com/yl7nyf7

Sunday Brunch: 3/21/10

A linkpost on a Sunday? What is this, 2009?

ITEM! Longbox Digital has launched its public beta. For those of you who haven't been keeping up with it, Longbox intends to become the iTunes for comics, combatting the pirates by selling cheap digital copies of new comics in lieu of more expensive paper ones. Having downloaded [...] http://tinyurl.com/yzm4su4

A review a day: Gunnerkrigg Court volume 2: Research

There's no reason why I should like this book, and I don't ... I LOVE it!!!!!

The kind folk at Archaia recently sent me the very handsome second volume of Gunnerkrigg Court, subtitled "Research," which is written and drawn by Tom Siddell. It's a chunk of change at $26.95, but it's also a good, sturdy [...] http://tinyurl.com/y85zy28

REVIEW: 'Foiled'

In his weekly 'Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs' column, ROBOT 6's Michael May takes an early look at a new graphic novel by author Jane Yolen and artist Mike Cavallaro that's due next month from First Second. http://tinyurl.com/yewweht

DC/Marvel Character Tourney Bronze Age Region, Round 2

The second round of voting continues!
Simply choose your favorite (whether it be that you think they're more interesting, more appealing, whatever criteria you want to use) in the following match-up. The voting concludes 48 hours from right now!
The seeding was mostly based on the results of our 2007 DC/Marvel Character Poll and then split into [...] http://tinyurl.com/yhyang7

DC/Marvel Character Tourney Silver Age Region, Round 2

DC/Marvel Character Tourney Bronze Age Region, Round 1 Winners!

Here are the winners for the first round of the Bronze Age Region!

Out of 2,120 votes, the results were...
1. Wolverine (Logan) 1,608 76%
16. Deathstroke The Terminator 512 24%
Out of 2,109 votes, the results were...
8. Iron Fist 1,181 56%
9. Storm 928 44%
Out of 2,103 votes, the results were...
5. White Queen (Emma Frost) 1,189 57% [...] http://tinyurl.com/ydlu8ld

DC/Marvel Character Tourney Silver Age Region, Round 1 Winners!

Here are the winners for the first round of the Silver Age Region!

Out of 2,112 votes, the results were...
1. Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 1,585 75%
16. Doctor Strange 527 25%
Out of 2,104 votes, the results were...
9. Thor 1,069 51%
8. Iron Man (Tony Stark) 1,035 49%
Out of 2,102 votes, the results were...
5. Doctor Doom [...] http://tinyurl.com/ybg7msm

Advance Ultimate Comics Solicitations, June 2010

Marvel Comics has released solicitation information for Ultimate Comics shipping in June 2010, including "Ultimate Comics X" #3 by Jeph Loeb and Arthur Adams. http://tinyurl.com/yfh7yfj

Slaying Comicslayer ? The War Against Comics Piracy

There’s been a blow struck to illegal digital comics distribution this week. The normal run of books haven’t been flooding through the normal sites such as PirateBay or IsoHunt as smoothly as usual. The files ... http://tinyurl.com/yz2j5ge

Congratulations to Scott Harris for Becoming a Fearless Front Facer!

Our pal Scott Harris has been bestowed the honor of "Fearless Front Facer" (the highest rank of the Merry Marvel Marching Society) by Stan Lee himself!
Check it out at Scott's blog, The Vault, here!
http://tinyurl.com/yle3p92

A Year of Cool Comics - Day 79

Here is the latest in our year-long look at one cool comic (whether it be a self-contained work, an ongoing comic or a run on a long-running title that featured multiple creative teams on it over the years) a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today [...] http://tinyurl.com/ybwgvuz

Sunday Runaround ? Kick-Assing In The Rain

Quote Of The Day: I am seriously pondering a career in burlesque – Jann Jones.
AvatarWatch: The Avatar Rap by Dominic Frisby. “It also stars that bloke called Sigourney Weaver” – Aaaaaiiiii….
QueueWatch: The ... http://tinyurl.com/ydezq2y

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