Sentences with phrase «at first comic books»

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Cham's first book, Piled Higher and Deeper: A Graduate Student Comic Strip Collection, was published in 2002, during his last year at Stanford.

It's the first live - action comic - book film to be nominated for best picture at the Golden Globes (airing this Sunday); and Reynolds is up for the best actor award for his masterful portrayal of the anti-hero.

The events at the end of the comic - book event series Civil War II will The Black Dude Dies First trope as used in popular culture.

At first I didn't like the cartoon - y, comic book like graphics, but overtime it grew on me and I actually like it now..

Since the comic book first arrived on shelves in the mid -»60s, it has consistently been one of the best selling titles; most people who have collected comics at one time or another have bought at least one X-Men issue.

After the first Deadpool enthusiastically flipped the bird (and hung a moon, and performed a number of other obscene gestures) at the comic - book - hero film genre, what could the creators of the follow - up do for an encore?

The new Black Panther comic book series at Marvel, featuring Ta - Nehisi Coates as the writer and Brian Stelfreeze as the illustrator, will be the first time in a little while that a high - profile character will be penned by two creators of color — and it's Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters ever.

Not only is Wonder Woman going to be the first female - led superhero movie of this post-MCU comic book movie boom, but it's also the first one directed by a female filmmaker, with Patty Jenkins at the helm.

Michael Douglas will follow his Best Actor win at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night (12Jan14) with his first comic book role in Ant - Man.

, The First Turn - On) to a distinctive genre mutation which gene - splices the fart - puke - boobs gaggery with extreme splatter, comic - book superheroics and embittered satiricial swipes at big business.

Witty at times, well executed by Benedict Cumberbatch for his first foray into comic book franchise films.

On top of a host of images and photos, the first trailer has now arrived via Comic Book Movie, giving the first proper glimpse at the film.

It's the 19th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it's the first to push to the wall, to the max, to the ultron the notion that the MCU really is a universe: a vast intermeshed thicket of comic - book icons, destined to be an army that's greater (in theory, at least) than the sum of its parts.

Not just a watershed moment — the first blockbuster comic - book movie centered on a female superhero — but an earnestly realized look at a character who embodies strength, compassion and courage in any century.

The two both star in Marvel's hotly anticipated upcoming superhero film — the first of the modern era of comic book movies to star an almost all - black cast — and posed together for pictures at the annual ceremony.

It's also based on one of the best comics ever - at least the first four or five volumes of the book.

My Life As McDull is a charming first feature, adapted from a comic book, and nominally aimed at children.

Newsarama has the first look at the all - new Wasp that was announced as debuting in one of two Free Comic Book Day one - shots from Marvel on May 7.

Crackle's stop - motion animated superhero comedy SuperMansion comes to comic books this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here courtesy of Titan... Based on the Emmy nominated web - based animated show airing on Crackle, now featured on Adult Swim!

Actor / Director Bill Paxton visited CBR at New York Comic Con to talk about producing his first graphic novel, «Seven Holes For Air,» his comic book history, and «All You Need is Kill.&rComic Con to talk about producing his first graphic novel, «Seven Holes For Air,» his comic book history, and «All You Need is Kill.&rcomic book history, and «All You Need is Kill.»

Meanwhile, some video has surfaced which gives us a first look at Mark Strong's villain Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, as he confronts Shazam and appears — unlike the comic books — to possess some kind of metahuman abilities (note the «Force Push» - style move he aims towards the police officers):

However, this disc is worth opening up in a DVD - ROM, at the very least for the first edition AVP comic book.

If Evans and Larson were to engage in a superhero team - up, it wouldn't even be the first time the pair joined in the same ensemble of a comic book adaptation, as Evans explained to a panel at Wizard World Philadelphia, according to ComicBook.com.

Dynamite Entertainment will resurrect horror monster icon Pumpkinhead in comic book form next year, and today we bring you a first look at the cover artwork...

Because for the first time since «Blade,» which kicked off a trilogy in 1998, a black comic - book hero is at the center of the drama.

A race of shape - changing aliens, the comic book mythology has them perpetually at war with the Kree, another race of aliens who happen to create the technology that gave Carol Danvers super powers in the first place.

Paul Gitter, the senior VP of licensing for Marvel at Disney Consumer Products, explains that much of the upcoming marketing push will focus on that: «With a new comic book and his first appearance in a Marvel film both occurring during his 50th anniversary year, excitement is already underway for Black Panther product.

Anatomy of a Scene: American Splendor (August 17; 7 to 7:30 p.m.; Sundance) looks at the moment in the movie about the comic - book artist Harvey Pekar when Harvey (Paul Giamatti) first meets Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis) Â — and thinks about graphic art turned into film.

At the WGA West ceremoney in Los Angeles special honors went to: The Post writers Liz Hannah and Josh Singer with Paul Selvin Award; Milk writer Dustin Lance Black with the Valentine Davies Award for his work for the LGBTQ community; Mary Tyler Moore show co-creator James L. Brooks with the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement; writer - producer Alison Cross (Roe vs. Wade, Murder in the First) with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement; and late comic - book icon Len Wein, co-creator of Wolverine, with the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award.

With each title, the series has been surprisingly good at refreshing itself by gradually adding more elements to the mix, like the open world of the comic book games and the bonus levels in the first Harry Potter game.

Boseman first discovered the Black Panther comic books while a student at Howard University, and he wanted to play the character before any film project was announced.

The famous comic book arc of Jean Gray going dark was dabbled with in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand with Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, but the soft reboot of First Class has allowed the X-Men universe to have another go at the acclaimed X-Men storyline, with the new Jean, played by Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner who is on fire on the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly.

Some pundits have wondered if the Warner Bros. tentpole could be the first comic book movie to score a best picture nomination at the Oscars.

GHOST WORLD (Grade: B +): Thora Birch won the best actress honors at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival for her performance as a passively rebellious 17 - year - old facing the first challenges of adulthood in this funny, sad and ultimately tragic teen angst drama / comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff («Crumb») and based on a serialized comic book by Daniel Clowes.

But the character and the world fit perfectly with the stories he always loved — first as a comic - book fan growing up in Oakland, and later as an aspiring student filmmaker at USC.

Sadly, it's not the first time a female comic book character was given her own movie though, and Honest Trailers has taken a look back at one such disastrous attempt that also hails from Warner Bros..

Silent Hill has sold more than seven million video game copies worldwide, earning more than $ 100 million at the box office with the first film, Silent Hill, and spawning a hit comic book series and graphic novels.

The guys behind the «Zombieland» screenplay, with non-credited help from Reynolds, help make «Deadpool» the freshest comic book adaptation in ages, or at least the first half of the film.

It's really that every comic - book movie becomes part of the endless cycle of long - lead trickle publicity: the announcement of the filmmaker; casting rumors; casting confirmations; first look at costume designs; first set photos; rumors about plot elements; confirmations of plot elements; first teaser trailer; etc. etc. so that by the time the movie itself actually appears we are sick to death of the thing.

Mazda and Spacedog will announce the world debut of the first book in the Revved series of graphic novels at this year's Comic - Con International — home of North America's largest comic book and multi-genre convention — in San DiegoComic - Con International — home of North America's largest comic book and multi-genre convention — in San Diegocomic book and multi-genre convention — in San Diego, CA.

I can easily see there being some lower - selling titles that appeal to a smaller audience existing digitally at first, then as a trade, but I fully expect to go into a comic book shop and purchase a print copy of Action Comics # 1000 when that day comes.

When he was 12 or 13 he simply stopped going outside to play with other children; «I would just come home from school and watch TV and read books» At first he read comics but then he discovered Black Boy and Native Son, both by Richard Wright, at his aunt's house, and from there progressed to James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison and Truman CapotAt first he read comics but then he discovered Black Boy and Native Son, both by Richard Wright, at his aunt's house, and from there progressed to James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison and Truman Capotat his aunt's house, and from there progressed to James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison and Truman Capote.

I picked up their releases of Urusei Yatsura and Fire Tripper at my local comic book shop when they first came out.

Congratulations to Danielle Leigh on the first anniversary of her Manga Before Flowers column at Comic Book Resources.

Project Gamma will provide audio enhancements to Marvel comics in the form of a soundtrack or other audio cues and will only be available for select comics; in the CBR interview, Alonso allows that he was skeptical at first but added, «Who out there hasn't had that moment when you've been reading a comic book with your iPod on or the radio on, and you found that the music has changed your reading experience?»

In anticipation of the first book that will release in September 2015, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will support the launch of the program with an extensive pre-publication campaign including a major presence at San Diego Comic - Con, a wide - spread distribution of teaser chapter samplers, and extensive cross-promotion with the LEGO Group.

The good folks over at Comic Book Resources have published the entire first issue of Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 for your perusal.

It's the hit comic book event of the spring, and this June — get your first look at the monumental fallout from Age Of Ultron in Age Of Ultron # 10A.

At first glance, comiXology Unlimited appears to be the comic book equivalent of popular streaming services like Netflix or Spotify.

«Fight Club» sequel artist Cameron Stewart breaks down the first teaser image and discusses his excitement at working on the long - awaited comic book project.