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Sam Bayer lobbies for The Boys movie

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In an interview with Shock Till You Drop, director Sam Bayer threw his hat into the ring in hopes of being considered to direct a movie adaptation of Dynamite Entertainment’s The Boys.

Yeah, I’m catching my breath but I’ve been offered some stuff. There’s one comic book I really dig that I want to go after that’s bad-ass. I’d like to get it, it’s called The Boys. It’s about a group of mercenaries and they’re job is to kick the shit out of superheroes who get out of line. It doesn’t get any better than that. In the world of The Boys, superheroes are scumbags. My youngest brother is a comic book historian and he introduced me to a lot of graphic novels like “The Dark Knight.” There are some great books I don’t think people have tapped into yet.

IF The Boys were made into a film, it would have to have a NC-17 rating, and would have to star Simon Pegg.

Shock Till You Drop via Bleeding Cool

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Rapid-Fire Reviews: Beyond The Black Hole

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Or – “There Are Old Pilots And Bold Pilots, But Few Old, Bold Pilots…”

I saw recently that a clinical study proved that January 25th is the most depressing day of the entire year, scientifically and unequivocally.  While I don’t disagree with that sentiment (especially as it regards the attendance of employees in Midwestern United States call centers) I find it fascinating that somebody actually got paid to try and figure out something that silly and (let’s be honest, here) banal.  Still and all, it’s the kind of story that you read and go, “Yeah, I can see that.”  Thus, to ease your slowly-receding ennui (and Stephen’s not-so-slowly receding hairline) I give you another batch of coverage of comics you might have read, but forgot to laugh at the first time…  Rapid-Fire Style!

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Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek of the Week

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Athena #4, The Boys #38, Buck Rogers #7, and Queen Sonja #3 arrive in stores this week (January 6, 2010) from Dynamite Entertainment.  The company sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue, that you can see after the jump.

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Dynamite Sneak Peek of the Week

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Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of The Complete Alice in Wonderland #1, Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #5, Robert E. Howard Presents Thulsa Doom #4, The Boys Volume 3: Good for the Soul hardcover, and The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now hardcover.  All arrive in stores this week, and you can get an advanced look after the jump.

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New story arc kicks off in The Boys #39

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The Boys has been focusing on origin stories as of late, and as soon as the Frenchman and The Female origins are complete, Garth Ennis and John McCrea will kick off a new story arc, called “The Innocents” beginning with issue #40.  Issue #39 will be a prologue issue called “What I Know”.

“Issue 39 begins with everybody happy. Hughie and Annie are blissfully in love, MM’s enjoying some R&R, Frenchie’s even making some progress with the Female’s more extreme psychotic tendencies, and Butcher’s doing what he likes most: digging up all kinds of awful dirt on people. Twenty-two pages later it’s all starting to unravel, and what everyone thought they knew is overturned in the worst possible way,” said Ennis in a prepared statement.

Sounds like things are going to get really bad for The Boys.  If you want a good laugh, you might want to check out The Boys #37, which Matthew reviewed on the most recent Major Spoilers Podcast.

via Dynamite Entertainment

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Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek of the Week

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Dynamite Entertainment has four books arriving in stores this week.  Take the jump for a sneak peek of The Complete Dracula #4, Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #4, The Boys Definitive Edition Volume 2, and Battlestar Galactica: The Final Five.

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Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek for the Week of December 03, 2009

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This week Dynamite Entertainment has three books arriving in stores; The Boys #37, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly #6, and Athena #3.  The company sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek, that you can see after the jump!

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Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek for the Week of November 11, 2009

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Arriving in stores this week is Black Terror #5, the Black Terror Volume 1 trade paperback, Blackbeard: The Legend of the Pyrate King #2, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly #5, Robert E. Howard Presents: Thulsa Doom #3, and The Boys Volume 2: Get Some limited edition hardcover, all from Dynamite Entertainment.

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Review: Rapid-Fire Reviews – Stale Chocolate Edition!

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Or – “I Decided To Trick Or Treat With My Kid Instead… Sorry.”

The MUSIC MEEEISSSSTERRRR! Sing the song that the world wants to heeeear! Man, I’ve had that stuck in my head for WEEKS, now. This particular RFR was meant to go up last week, just in time for the annual festival of half-price chocolate, but various things conspired to keep me from completing it until today. For those of you who can’t get enough comic review goodness, I’ve got the cowbell to slake your fever, and it’s time to ask ourselves, baby, what’s the word? In the words of the great philosopher Aloysius Bundy: “Let’s ROCK.”

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Dynamite Entertainment Sneak Peek for the Week of November 4, 2009

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Dynamite Entertainment has a large selection of books to read this week including The Boys #36, The Boys: Herogasm #6, Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #4, Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys #3, Athena #2, Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama #3, The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game Limited Edition hardcover, and Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1: The Trial of Sherlock Holmes hardcover.  Dynamite sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issues, that you can see after the jump.

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