Sentences with phrase «figures on the comic»

The company is only allowed to base the figures on the comic book looks, thanks to some movie / merchandising laws of ownership.

Not exact matches

Segura won't put a dollar figure on what Completely Normal did for his career (he retained 35 percent ownership of the program), but he says it paved the way for bigger paydays — and that's been the case for other comics as well.

My mother would probably have been mortified to learn that I was doing this on Saturday afternoons — she probably figured I got my comics from the corner store — but I'll be damned if I didn't learn how to read cars and traffic lights at an early age, a skill that has paid dividends ever since I got behind the wheel.

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., first gained a following on American college campuses as a cult figure for young readers who identified with his comic and pessimistic view of the world.

In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school lunch lady action figure - thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing... [Continue reading]

In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school lunch lady action figure — thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing that good heart health starts in childhood — and that poor habits can potentially cause cardiac problems later in life.

She spends most of her time treating herself to dinner and movie dates, pretending her life is a Marvel comic and figuring out how to keep her makeup on her face.

I wore this exact outfit to San Diego Comic Con last month, however, as I was on my own, failed to get any snaps of it, but I didn't mind too much as I figured Disneyland was a much better place to get pictures.

The symbols of my junior - high loserdom had gone major label on me, and so as the advertisements and press articles began to make X-Men a household word, I dug out my old, neglected boxes of comics to try to figure out what had made them so important to me in the first place.

I figured «comic book movies» had sucked so much in the past (see: Spawn, Captain America, Batman Forever for just a few examples) that this one would play on the loyalty of its fans, and would quietly die.

The comic book is even noted on the DVD case that was issued at the time, which is worth getting if you enjoy the film as a back - issue comic, while an action figure series was issued briefly.

It's a procedural that relies on its setting — you can expect other historical figures such as Bram Stoker and Thomas Edison to make appearances — and comic banter between the three main characters to make it attractive to viewers.

The Punisher, the second of three attempts to turn Marvel's iconic vigilante figure into a movie character, tripped itself up on the idea that Frank Castle should find himself a lovable family of comic - relief misfits.

In an interview Rudolph helpfully singled out an Altman film he worked on as assistant director, The Long Goodbye — a much better film, one that can accommodate in its gallery of gargoyles a tragic figure like Sterling Hayden's alcoholic novelist as well as a nightmarishly comic one like Mark Rydell's Jewish gangster.

There'll be masks for kids, jumbo - sized 12» figures of the titular heroes, and even a special Toys R» Us two pack based on the Astonishing Ant - Man comics, but the highlight is two new 6» - scaled Marvel Legends figures of Scott and Hope, based on their appearances in the new movie.

He was credited as consultant on numerous films, TV and radio shows and even comic books, seen in newsreels and portrayed as a figure of paternal authority whenever seen or referred to in classic movies.

Maybe some reviews are right about the fact that while Tropic Thunder claims to be a mocking look at the movie industry, it never touches upon the nitty - gritty of their gags (the actors, agents and producer are always comic book figures, rather than clever dissections of real - life counterparts), yet in never being anything less than entertaining, you never realise these problems until reflecting on the movie at a later date.

Diamond Comic Distributors and Medicom have revealed the upcoming MAFEX Batman Ver.3.0 PREVIEWS Exclusive figure which is based on the likeness of Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader in Christopher Nolan's superhero blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises.

Rethrick is helped «on the outside» by a comic relief sidekick (Paul Giamatti) and a girlfriend (Uma Thurman), neither of whom know why Jennings didn't just do what he had to do before he got his memory wiped or, better yet, why he didn't just write himself a note somewhere so he wouldn't have to waste a couple hours of our lives figuring things out.

Gunn turned the cult comic figures into massive fan favorites to the point that simply knowing that Star Lord, Rocket, Groot, Gamora and Drax are on their way to the big screen is enough to guarantee a big turnout at the box office.

The other 2017 nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay: Deadpool written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, based on the X-Men comic books; Fences written by August Wilson, based on his own play; Hidden Figures written by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, based on the book of the same name from Margot Lee Shetterly; and also Nocturnal Animals written by Tom Ford, based on «Tony & Susan» from Austin Wright.

Audiences familiar with Key and Peele's pop - cultural savvy will be unsurprised by the various on - screen allusions to crime thrillers like «Heat» and «New Jack City,» plus throwaway comic references to «Fargo,» «The Shining,» «Crimson Tide» and «Point Break» (all of which figure into one of the movie's better visual gags).

... Moving on to the DC Extended Universe and Warner Bros. has released a new image from Justice League featuring Ben Affleck's Batman, Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman and Ezra Miller's The Flash [see here], while LEGO unveiled its life - size LEGO build of The Flash set to be displayed at Comic - Con [see here], Jada Toys released promo images for its Justice League Metalfigs [see here], and we got our first look at Steppenwolf thanks to a leaked image of an action figure set [see here].

Whether you believe Jerry Lewis is a comic genius, a braying clown, a shrewd show - biz pro who carefully cultivated a popular stage and screen persona, a hopeless egotist with a cringing need for attention, or simply a comic with a gift for manic physical humor that clicked with audiences in the fifties and sixties, most people agree that The Nutty Professor was his greatest film as a director and his most interesting variation on the child - man figure he had transformed into Hollywood gold.

Arrival, screenplay by Eric Heisserer; based on the story «Story of Your Life» by Ted Chiang Deadpool, written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick; based on the X-Men comic books Fences, screenplay by August Wilson; based on his play Hidden Figures, screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi; based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly Nocturnal Animals, screenplay by Tom Ford; based on the novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright

The bright - eyed comic talent is now starring in the popular sitcom New Girl on Fox as another quirky and offbeat chick with a sense of humor trying to figure out life in her early thirties.

Toy and collectible maker DC Direct has some lovely looking action figure offerings coming this year and into 2011, all of which were on display at Comic - Con 2010.

Credit solid casting on making these comic figures come to life.

According to the deal announcement, the book will take readers «on a romp through history and literature with dignity for few and cookies for all, with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared - down, excitable style.»

And while Stan Lee the character worries about being able to create more comics, the real - life Stan Lee says that's not a problem: «'' It's like working on a puzzle — you've got the elements, now you have to figure out what's missing, what's the one thing that is unexpected and will be exciting to the reader.»

Brandon and I have worked on comics of several different lengths — standard 20 - and 22 - pagers, 10 - pagers, a 140 - page graphic novel, so looking at our overall plot and figuring out how to trim off the fat and boil it down into easily encapsulated 16 - page issues wasn't a huge difficulty.â $ ¨ â $ ¨ «Frost» is drawn by Giovanni Timpano, who posted some test pages for «The Shadow» on his blog.

This is purely an estimate, as publishers and digital comics distributors don't release sales figures, but ICv2 editor - in - chief Milton Greipp sits on the board of directors of comiXology, the largest digital comics distributor, so he probably has a pretty good idea of what's going on.

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If that's written on the back cover (in English), it's Japanese manga; if it tIn Taiwan, one of the most straightforward ways to figure out whether or not a comic is from Japan or not is to look for «For Sale In Taiwan Only».

Headed by flashy airline and music entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and self - help writer Deepak Chopra — an odd couple if ever there was one — Virgin Comics launched in 2006 with a line of comics based on figures from Indian mythology and soon added two other lines, Directors Cut, which featured comics created by well known movie directors, and Maverick / Voices (the imprint was renamed), featuring comics by musicans, actors, and relatively unknown artists.

Passings We'll collect reactions later today to the sudden death of respected comics and animation writer Dwayne McDuffie — Comic Book Resources has remembrances from more than a dozen industry figures — but I wanted to go ahead and point to a handful of links: The Associated press obituary; a few words from Christopher Irving, accompanied by a beautiful portrait of McDuffie photographed by Seth Kushner on Feb. 13; the origin of Static; and a look at Spider - Man anti-drug PSA comics written by McDuffie.

And while movies based on comic books soar at box offices, comic books sales have decreased significantly and they can't seem to figure out why.

His first «published» work was a stapled collection of Maths solutions and poems (he figured nobody would pay for his poems alone) he sold to his classmates in Grade 7, and spent the proceeds on ice cream and comics.

Based on these two figures, Comixology's digital comic downloads are only approximately 20 % less than Diamond's estimated sales, showing that digital downloads are catching up to hard unit sales far quicker than previously believed.

That makes it impossible to calculate sales figures, understand trends or decide the frequency of sale pricing on digital comics.

Having spent a little time working as a retailer and a little time working as a digital comics... um, guy, I know just enough to have a basic grip on this stuff, but obviously haven't seen the figures you guys talked about this weekend.

That's right, I figured the grass was always greener on the other side of some fence, so off I went to start a comic book store, or off I went to play professional poker, or off I went to try to play professional golf for a second time.

- some Year One characters were pushed to Year Two - second year more than doubles the number of franchises - sixteen new properties are on the way - multiplayer battle arenas and improved adventure worlds - minimum number of events in each world is 25, in season one it was 21 - two exclusive Lego Dimensions figures, DC Comics stars Green Arrow and Supergirl - available as figurines only through special means, with Green Arrow given away at both E3 and Comic - Con - Green Arrow will be available digitally through the Hire - a-Hero feature - Lord Vortech was being considered, but isn't completed - could see new content related to Year One figurines / worlds - use the TARDIS to get to new areas in season two - there will be two DeLorean spots as well - access this content via a hub named the Shard, which will also link back to the year one hub

I figured out the problem, then went to the local speciality store / comic store / game store and they had 1 used saturn memory cart, so I bought it, and now save my games on it.

Venus Patrol itself was officially launched soon afterward, on September 10th, 2012, and soon branched off into the micro-blogging arena with B - Side — a flipside blog that catalogs the best music, art, animation, motion graphics, illustration, comics from a wide variety of insanely talented people who should definitely be more involved in games — and Micro, a dedicated and prominently - featured Tumblr that disseminates Venus Patrol content to an audience of subscribers that very quickly reached six figures.

As listed on the box, courtesy Comic - Con attendees nice enough to upload images of their figures to YouTube and Instagram: X-kai - ■ DATA Leader of the X-Hunters.

We saw some previews of the new Kingdom Hearts Minimates figures at New York Comic Con, now we've got some official images and details on the set.

At the Square Enix booth at San Diego Comic Con, there was some awesome looking Play Arts KAI collectible figures on display featuring Kingdom Heart favourites, Roxas & Sora plus -LSB-...]

Released in late 2008, Dead Space went on to sell over 2 million copies, received a prequel game (for the Wii) in Dead Space: Extraction, received a comic book mini, action figures, and various other products related to the series.

The company was established in 1994 to manufacture and sell action figures based on founder Todd McFarlane's comic book character Spawn.