Sentences with phrase «stepped out of a comic»

His sexual trysts at weapons fairs and in the third world are no less fanciful soft - core fantasies, and the good - guy Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke) who relentlessly pursues him could have stepped out of a comic book version of Les miserables.

Not exact matches

It is infinitely comic that an orator, with truth in his voice and in the expression of his features, profoundly touched and profoundly touching, can present the truth in a heart - rending way, can tread all evil and all the powers of hell under his feet, with an aplomb in his attitude, an assurance in his glance, a resoluteness in his step, which is altogether admirable — it is infinitely comic that almost at the same moment, almost «with his dressing - gown still on,» he can run cowardly and timidly out of the way of the least inconvenience.

A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Wayans entered the comic arena in the mid -»80s by stepping up to the mike and honing his stand - up act, but he later branched out into movies, by scripting the low - budget black satire Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and the aptly - titled comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987), both for director pal Robert Townsend.

If you check out ANN's thread about the Ipad App, Ed Chavez from Vertical steps in and explains the difficulties involved with getting digital releases on multiple devices - every device has it's own coding / programming / delivery system [so you can't just plunk in your high - res PDF for your print edition], which can sometimes be time consuming or restrictive depending on their policites [the Playstation Network one was rather icky by the sounds of it - they only want chapters, not full books, and they want the comics cut up into a panel by panel slideshow].

«In many cases, we will be able to make recently sold out issues of comics available digitally right before the following issue comes out in direct market stores and encourage new fans to continue reading the story at their local comic shop,» added Sablik, «We're value our direct market partners a great deal and are taking measured steps to ensure we help grow our business with them, rather than cannibalizing sales.»

So anyway, with that explanation out of the way, let's start with Comixology, which is the best of the comics apps for mobile devices — all other comics apps are a step or two behind them when it comes to actually reading a comic.

Digital comics Now that comiXology has been acquired by Amazon — and cut iTunes out of the picture — Tim Beyers speculates that Apple may step up its efforts to sell digital comics directly to readers.

In just the latest rash of game announcements coming out of Comic - Con this week, 30 Studios announced they are stepping into the fantasy action RPG ring with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.