Ryan Gosling, Waypoint and Anonymous Content to produce film adaptation of graphic novel The Underwater Welder from cartoonist Jeff Lemire

The Underwater Welder is a mind–bending graphic novel written by critically acclaimed, award–winning cartoonist, Jeff Lemire, and published by Top Shelf/IDW. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao’s Waypoint Entertainment and Anonymous Content will produce a film adaptation based on the book. The New York Times bestselling graphic novel centers on a man in the dangerous profession of ….

IDW and Xbox team up to adapt Winterworld comic into event series

The Museum of Fantasy Art (MyFantasyArt.com) reports that Xbox Entertainment, which develops original content for the Xbox platform, will team up with IDW Entertainment to adapt the IDW comic Winterworld into a limited event live-action series. Based on the acclaimed comic series created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Jorge Zaffino, Winterworld joins a line-up ….

Holiday cards from comic publishers

The editor of MTV Splash Page posted screenshots of some great comic-inspired greeting cards that were received at their offices for the holidays, including this Bernie Wrightson-drawn submission from Dark Horse Publishing. CLICK HERE to see a larger version of this one, along with really cool other examples from Radical, DC, IDW and more.

List of exclusive figures, comics and other collectible items released for Comic-Con 2009

Comic-Con International has released it’s annual list of hundreds of exclusive items from top manufacturers, that will be available only at the CON! Currently, there are items from AFX (Action Figure Xpress), Avatar Press, Diamond Comics, Entertainment Earth, Funko, Gentle Giant Studios, Graphitti Designs, Hasbro, IDW, Mattel, Mezco, Mindzeye Studios, Peanuts, PopFun Merchandising, Scott Tolleson, ….