Sentences with phrase «just about comic»

However, it appears Graphicly has the largest number of self - publishers and indy publishers which could indicate they either take on just about any comic offered to them or that they are easy to work with or they offer self - publishers and indy publishers the best deal both in terms of distribution and profit.

When they told me about the role, they sent me just about every comic book that Cyborg was ever in, starting with his original iteration from back in the Eighties by Marv Wolfman and George Perez in the New Teen Titans.

The «indie» umbrella can be wide, and these comics cover a lot of different story types and styles, but you can find just about any comic you've ever wanted and maybe a few you never knew you needed.

One thing that takes getting used to is that unlike just about every comics app, this reader doesn't turn the page with a swipe — you have to use the arrows.

Not exact matches

Now, readers of The Uncanny X-Men comics in 1981 might know what it's all about but to everyone else it appears to be just another feel - good corporate marketing effort.

Comic fans are one of the hardest - to - please audiences imaginable for popular adaptations of their favorite books, so even getting a passing mark makes Disney look better than just about anyone else.

That's funny because last I checked, just about every sex scene in hollywood, slutty axe body spray commercials, video games, and main stream comics caters exclusively to males.

It is hard to say just what Moby - Dick, Melville's greatest and most famous work, really is: a metaphysical Romantic tragedy about Captain Ahab's sexual obsession with an enormous white whale; an immense picaresque comedy about sailing; or a serio - comic grand opera that begins with the narrating Ishmael bored by the streaming crowds of New York and ends with him alone in the ocean, floating on the harpooner Queequeg's coffin.

Just over a century ago when a British boys» comic produced a handful of cards about famous Victorian... More

Just over a century ago when a British boys» comic produced a handful of cards about famous Victorian «stars», one was a preacher.

The theological entailment of this is that the locus of revelation is not just the event of Jesus Christ or the word about him or, on the other hand, human experience, but is rather the intersection of the New Testament kerygma with the universal archetype of death and resurrection which underlies that fundamental human life rhythm of upset and recovery (Susanne Langer) and which generates comic narratives.

Much has been written about the triumph of geek culture, but what I am seeing all around goes deeper: not just a fondness for comic books and fantasy novels, but a wholesale embrace of scientific thinking in popular entertainment.

The journey of a great white shark, the adventures of «science sleuths» and the inner workings of our genes are just a few of the stories told in comic strips and books, tapping into a rich medium for communicating science and presenting an effective way to use such art forms to teach readers about...

Just because I like to toe the edge at how much it takes for me to get sued by marvel comics by putting photos of their stars on my blog but I would read that article thoroughly and take into account everything that I talk about in there you know, from compression to ice to you know, kinesio tape, foam rolling, EectroStem, just like look at all my recommendations and see which ones that are practically within your control to implemJust because I like to toe the edge at how much it takes for me to get sued by marvel comics by putting photos of their stars on my blog but I would read that article thoroughly and take into account everything that I talk about in there you know, from compression to ice to you know, kinesio tape, foam rolling, EectroStem, just like look at all my recommendations and see which ones that are practically within your control to implemjust like look at all my recommendations and see which ones that are practically within your control to implement.

Me I'm just your all around jack of all trades besides being a Marine, I have a deep passion for the fine arts, especially music.I can play just about everything except the clarinet (sorry for the misspelling... I think) Now I know it sounds geeky but I also like comic books, anime, and...

We thought about running this post before the holidays, but instead we thought it might bring more comic relief when the tension has just about reached its peak.

I'm a nerdy guy that plays just about anything, read comic's and loves to have friends over for game night.

Video games and comics aren't just things I love, but things I can go into great analyst about.

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or «How about we discover a comic book store in NYC and just talk?»

I like to watch DBZ and just about any anime or comic stylized show or movie.

I know some people complain about how the graphics look «comic book like» but that's just a part of the game.

I will say one thing about TDK and Aquaman: The comic book character is unbearably pitiful and TDK managed to translate that perfectly into a just - as - pitiful game.

The middle hour is mostly filler, so devoid of substantive comic bits, that it almost feels like they brainstormed every morning about what might be funny and just rolled film, rather than go with a polished, finished script.

The movie gets comic mileage out of the boys» shared love of acting class and video games (girls are just about to peek over the horizon), a blooming affection that speaks to Brooklyn's most celebrated virtue, its cross-cultural accommodation.

King also explained how the deal to adapt the comic book series came about, stating that: «It was just supposed to be a comic book, and I was surprised when, out of all the things we were doing, when Universal had approached us to do a television deal with them, that was what they chose.

There are a ton of pop culture references in the film and not just ones about comic book films.

And before anyone flips out about Pepper suiting up as just a gimmick (although Iron Man is successful without them), she had her own armor as the hero Rescue in the Marvel comics.

The director just about pulls off this delicate balancing act, although he occasionally risks having a bit too much comic fun with the foibles of the film industry.

Pussycat has an amazing BJS comic performance that is just about as good as WUD.

Developed separately from the Millar - penned comic on which it's loosely based, Vaughn's film improves on that version in just about every way, delivering a smarter (but no less absurd) take on Cold War - era spy movies that embraces as many genre conventions as it breaks.

There's been a lot of talk about comic book movie fatigue these days, but the people at Marvel Studios clearly aren't letting that affect their productivity, because just like fellow Disney - owned company Pixar, they've continued to deliver the same high - quality films as when they started.

I've long since given up on Levy (something about his child - catcher role in New York Minute (as well as his impenetrable avant - garde turns in Christopher Guest's arrogant flicks) have turned me right off), but Martin, one of the smartest, most transgressive comics of his generation, you just sort of want to like.

While some of us aren't too keen on seeing comic book legend Stan Lee's name in front of things, there's something about the idea of a Stan Lee Cameo School that just makes sense.

These movies go for social relevance in the guise of comic - book action (Mutants are a convenient analogy for just about any downtrodden group) and usually wind up focusing on the latter.

Fox has been promoting this one as a «surprise» inclusion to their San Diego Comic Con line - up and even though just about everyone guessed that surprise would be «X-Men: Days of Future Past» from the moment the news broke, having the opportunity to see so many X-Men grace a single stage was a thrill to say the least.

But here, right before he unleashes some 3 - D thing about a shark boy, Rodriguez slides in a movie for which he resigned from the Directors» Guild of America just so he could credit comic book legend Frank Miller as his co-director.

After a few comments from the actors — Lilly knows almost nothing about her character as she's not yet seen a script, Stoll alludes to his character being the scientist bad - guy, and Rudd prepares for superhero stardom — they played a video made just for Comic - Con, as the film hasn't started any filming.

Right about now, you're scheduling the events to hit and booths to visit, wondering just how many amazing things you can see in one place, but did you know that there are also some family friendly off - site activities for San Diego Comic Con?

Highlighted by five production featurettes covering just about every aspect of the filmmaking process (pre-production, casting, special effects, visual effects and stunts), the HD release also includes a video profile of director Timur Bekmambetov, eight «motion comic» excerpts from the graphic novel, and a 10 - minute featurette on the upcoming «Wanted» video game.

As a stand - up comic in the late»70s and early»80s, Garry Shandling specialized in jokes about his vanity and his luckless love life, cut with a bit — just a bit — of a self - conscious wink.

Just this evening at the San Diego Comic - Con I caught up with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (review) helmer Troy Nixey, who made his feature - length directing debut with the film, a remake of the 1973 made - for - TV movie of the same name about a family that discovers murderous tiny creatures living in the basement of their new home.

It also manages to be about comic books and not just about the Hollywood promotional machine the event has become.

Just before you're about to write him off as lightweight comic relief, he'll make an observation that et's you in on the fact that he's more savvy than initially thought.

Nicolás Martínez is essentially comic relief for the first half of the flick, while Ariel Levy mostly just mopes about.

However, if you like any of the actors, or just enjoy serio - comic films about relationships, Lovelife has more ups than downs.

OK, the not so good stuff: I am beginning to despise 3 - D (it adds nothing, while diminishing the brightness of colors); Jotunheim (land of the Frost Giants) is plain, gray and boring; Natalie Portman, fresh off an Oscar is just terrible as an astro - physicist with a teenager - style crush on Thor; Tom Hiddleston as Loki is one of the weakest villains I have ever seen in a super - hero / comic book movie; Rene Russo must not have read the script prior to accepting her role — she has about 3 lines and is totally wasted.

The trailer for the Pacific Rim sequel we weren't sure was ever going to happen premiered just a few minutes ago at New York Comic - Con, teasing the next chapter in the saga about giant monsters and the giant robots who punch them.

Monkeybone benefits from likeable comic actors like Fraser, who definitely is game for just about anything.

Along the way he is helped by a comic relief monk («I'm just a friar actually,» he informs everyone whenever he is about to transgress some code of Catholic practice) and the shapely Kate Beckinsale (who played the hot vampire in Underworld and the object of Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett's affections in the crappy Pearl Harbor).