We’ve seen fans and professionals alike put pen to paper and give us fantastic interpretations of comic book heroes doing all manner of things. Eric Carter grabbed his camera, and gave us a look at superheroes in the real world.
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Archaia sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of a the all ages book, The Wonderland Alphabet: Alice’s Adventures Through the ABC’s and What She Found There by Alethea Kontis, with art by Janet K. Lee.
If you love books, you may hate Guy Laramee. If you love art, you may love Guy Laramee. If you love both, you may be conflicted when you see what Guy Laramee dos to books – he carves them.
Press Release Hard Case Crime, the award-winning line of mystery novels from editor Charles Ardai and publisher Titan Books, announced today that in February 2013 it would publish SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT, a hardboiled detective novel inspired by the 1950s witch-hunt against crime and horror comic books. Written by best-selling novelist Max Allan Collins (author of Road to Perdition and long-time scripter of the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip) and featuring 16 pages of interior illustrations by comic-book artist Terry Beatty (Batman, The Phantom), SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT tells the story of comic book industry troubleshooter Jack Starr and his…
There are few books that have had a huge impact on my life, but Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash was a tale that capture my imagination in the pre-dawn Internet days, when everything was still green, and 3600 was the way the cool kids connected to the cyber world. So imagine how surprised I was when I learned H’wood was pushing ahead with a movie adaptation. The same H’wood that made Johnny Mnemonic… granted, that was a different writer, but still…
Press Release Soul Stealer, the epic graphic novel trilogy whose final volume won Aint It Cool News’ award for “Best New Graphic Novel of the Year” in 2011, is debuting for the first time as a compilation in SOUL STEALER: THE COLLECTOR’S EDITION (Blackwatch Comics, ISBN 978-1-926869-04-9, July 2012) at San Diego Comic-Con, Booth #4401.
Press Release This July, 130,000+ attendees will descend on San Diego for Comic-Con International. Pop culture and mass culture collide here, the modern and the mythical, the visionary and the venal. Events on the convention floor will dominate national headlines, generating unparalleled buzz across the emerging transmedia landscape of film, games, publishing, and celebrity.
Press Release Since 1939, the Batmobile has been immortalized in nearly every imaginable entertainment medium. Tearing through the streets of Gotham City in pursuit of criminals for more than seven decades, it has remained an iconic crime-fighting vehicle for generations of Batman fans. In Christopher Nolan’s extraordinary film trilogy, it was given breathtaking new life-and incredible capabilities-as the “Tumbler”. Now, in anticipation of The Dark Knight Rises, the epic conclusion to The Dark Knight trilogy,the entire history of the Batman’s trademark ride is captured for the first time in BATMOBILE: The Complete History from Insight Editions.
The third book in the Neverwinter Saga, Charon’s Claw is set to arrive in stores on August 07, 2012, and to celebrate, Wizards of the Coast have announced that R.A. Salvatore is headed out to cities across the United States of America to meet fans and sign books.
Press Release Jack Streat is an accomplished LEGO weapons builder whose YouTube videos have over 16 million views. Now he’s the author of a new book about building LEGO weapons, and he’s only 17 years old.
Press Release “Without great supervillains, superheroes would have no one to fight but each other! King Oblivion, Ph. D., has performed a noble public service with The Supervillain Handbook and deserved the unbounded gratitude of every thinking comic book fan. Excelsior!” —Stan Lee
Being able to read well is more important than ever for young adults to achieve economic success. But more than 60 percent of middle and high school students score below “proficient” in reading achievement, according to a December 2011 report by the Alliance for Excellent Education.
Press Release Beginning on April 27, website bobbypinsandmaryjanes.com will go live with the opening pages of Jamie S. Rich’s fourth prose novel, Bobby Pins and Mary Janes. Described as “The Devil Wears Prada for the comic book industry,” this lengthy work of literary fiction chronicles a life within the world of indie comics, complete with moody editors, sensitive cartoonists, and more than a little four-color romance.
There are so many Kickstarter campaigns out there. Some probably won’t get funded, while others show potential. Camp Myth is one that falls into the potential success category, as Chris Lewis Carter hopes to make his collaborative young adult novel a reality.