Category: Book Fetish
Schomburg Comics Fest to screen White Scripts and Black Supermen documentary
Daniel Boyd cult classic horror film Chillers released on DVD for first time
Troma Entertainment has just released Daniel Boyd’s Chillers on DVD for the first time since its original 1987 release. The DVD celebrates the release of a new graphic novel series based on the horror film and created by the director. The first issue is out now through Tranzfusion Publishing, with the second book to be
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Cover for Dredd 3D digital comic prequel revealed
The Dredd 3D digital comic prequel hits newsstands this August, and Lionsgate Films, the company behind the upcoming franchise reboot, has premiered a first look at the digital comic’s hand drawn cover by artist Greg Staples. The prequel, written by 2000AD editor Matt Smith, will feature the comics first appearance of Ma-Ma, Game of Thrones
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The Art of Gears of War 3
The Art of Gears of War 3 to showcase the process of building one of the best games of the year
Leading indie digital art publisher Ballistic has announced the release of The Art of Gears of War 3, a 320 page book that takes you behind the scenes of one of Epic Games’ biggest releases. The new book features character, environment, monster, weapons, vehicle concept and production art, all revealing the depth of thinking behind
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Win a copy of former Paramount insider’s true-life tale Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, The Mob (and Sex)
Former Paramount vice president and Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart takes readers on a wild ride through the inner workings of Hollywood in the late-1960s and early 70s when he was a top production executive at the famous studio, working for Robert Evans, in his new book Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, The Mob (and
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Watchmen to return?
From a story that was originally reported on THR, I posted a preview on MyFantasyArt of the controversial upcoming DC Entertainment return to the Watchmen universe, the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. This summer, DC Comics will publish a seven comic book mini-series called Before Watchmen. Every week,
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Art gallery from upcoming Dark Horse titles
I’ve posted a massive preview of titles and projects that Dark Horse will be bringing to light in 2012, including Mike Mignola’s take on The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), the Dark Horse/Bioware team-up for Dragon Age, A Game of Thrones retail product line, and much more. Along with the preview is a
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Steve Niles’ Remains prequel short online
Just ahead of this Friday’s premiere of Steve Niles’ Remains – Chiller has unleashed zombies with the debut of a special online-only prequel called Remains: Road to Reno. The 11-minute webisode has been produced exclusively for Chillertv.com, and debuted online Friday, giving viewers a glimpse at the origins of Remains’ post-apocalyptic zombie invasion. At the
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Graphic novel crime noir Coward getting big screen adaptation
Variety reports that comic respected book writer Ed Brubaker is adapting his graphic novel Coward for Jamie Patricof’s Hunting Lane Films, which has nabbed the rights to the modern crime noir and attached Twilight: Eclipse director David Slade to helm. Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips’ Criminal series, of which Coward is the first story arc,
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Girl With the Dragon Tattoo graphic novel coming from DC Vertigo
DC Entertainment has nabbed graphic novel adaptation rights to adapt the international phenomenon and best-selling Millennium Trilogy novels into the medium. DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint will partner with the estate of Stieg Larsson along with Hedlund Literary Agency to adapt the books. Each book by Larsson will be presented in two graphic novel volumes. The
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John Landis brings Monsters in the Movies to NYCC 2011
From B-movie bogeymen and outer space oddities to big-budget terrors, Monsters in the Movies by legendary filmmaker John Landis showcases the greatest monsters ever to creep, fly, slither, stalk, or rampage across the Silver Screen. Join director John Landis (Animal House, Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Michael Jackson’s Thriller) as he talks about
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Fantasy show Locke & Key makes its way from San Diego to New York Comic-Con 2011
The most talked-about pilot not on the Fall schedule was the Fox production of Locke & Key. After a smash-hit screening at San Diego Comic-Con that left fans wanting more, Locke & Key is making its way to the east coast for a one-time only screening at New York Comic-Con 2011. Come watch the special
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Cult film icon Lance Henriksen joins Troma panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011
Troma Entertainment has announced that Lance Henriksen – star of the Alien films, the critically-acclaimed television series Millennium, and author of the new book Not Bad For A Human – will speak at the Troma Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011. The Troma Panel, titled, “Can DIY Filmmaking Replace Hollywood? Selling Your Own Damn Movie
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Let Me In director to helm another vampire movie, this one produced by Ridley Scott
Matt Reeves – the director behind Let Me In – has been tapped to develop and direct Fox 2000’s The Passage, an adaptation of a novel by Justin Cronin, that has Ridley Scott attached to produce, according to THR. The studio picked up the rights for The Passage and two possible sequels in a reported
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Orson Scott Card’s epic sci-fi tale Ender’s Game back in development for the big screen
According to The L.A. times, the sci-fi film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s seminal epic tale Ender’s Game is now back in active development, as independent production company Odd Lot Entertainment moves forward on a movie project of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel. According to sources, Tsotsi and X Men Origins: Wolverine director Gavin
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Guillermo Del Toro hits the road for vampire epic The Fall
For you Strain Trilogy fans, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, the authors of The Strain and The Fall, are in the midst of a nationwide book signing tour to promote The Fall, the continuation of the vampire epic, which goes on sale this coming Tuesday. Check the list of venues below to see if
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Radical releases exclusive images from Time Bomb No. 2
Issue number 2 of Radical Publishing’s Time Bomb goes on sale next week, on September 15th, and they’ve sent over another stunning review copy for me to peruse. For those of you who didn’t read issue one of Time Bomb, the story began after a small group of scientists accidentally triggered the “Omega Bomb”, after
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