Sentences with phrase «writer about comics»

There's this feeling, an impulse, that part of being a good writer about comics means that you have to be timely.

An active cartoonist and writer about comics for 30 years, his work appeared in «Cartoon for Children,» «Kayhan Caricature» and other publications.

Not exact matches

But anyone who cares about the state of our politics - and comics, satirists, playwrights, writers and creative folk generally do — does need to recognise that when healthy scepticism veers into utter contempt, that spells danger.

About Site - This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein - air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers.

King will be joined by Gotham recurring guest star J.W. Cortes (a 13 - year Marine combat veteran and a police officer with New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority), additional comic book writer / artists and thought leaders for a candid conversation about the lasting effects of battlefield trauma.

About Blog Searching for the Uncredited Writers and Artists, also provides information regarding the existence of comic books over the years.

The comic story about a struggling young writer that when love continues to elude him, he turns to what he does best and simply writes the girl of his dreams into his life.

We'll always root for Whit Stillman, the writer - director who, with Metropolitan (1990), captured something so subtle, comic and knowing about growing up wealthy in Manhattan.

Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig): A comic triumph from writer / director Greta Gerwig about the emotional roller coaster a young girl (Saoirse Ronan) navigates during her final year of Catholic High School in Sacramento, California.

Not much else is known about the series, other than the fact that it will be overseen by director, producer and comic book writer Reginald Hudlin.

«Sin City» and «The Dark Knight Returns» writer Frank Miller speaks his mind about comic book films based on his work.

Less than a week before 20th Century Fox's Deadpool feature film is released, comments made by iconic comic book creator Rob Liefeld about how much comic book writer Fabian Niceiza contributed to the character's creation has caused a stir online.

In an interesting tidbit picked up by Comic Book Movie, 2000AD forum user BlackMocco had apparently posted on the official forums about being unable to get into an advanced screening of «Dredd» — and when the film's writer, Alex Garland, heard about it, he sent him this:

Writer Joe Kelly pens the feature - film adaptation of his own comic book series in this fantasy drama about a young outsider (Madison Wolfe) who finds refuge from the realities of her day - to - day life in a more imaginative world of monsters.

As Shameless writer Paul Abbott's darkly comic crime crime drama returns for a second season, DI Deering and the team face a long, tough day as tensions mount about the funeral of a Manchester gangster, while Joy and Tegan investigate the activities of a dodgy crematorium.

New interview with director Martin Rosen New interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro about the film's importance in animation history Picture - in - picture storyboard for the entire film «Defining a Style,» a 2005 featurette about the film's aesthetic Trailer PLUS: An essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones

The comic writer recently spoke about a new monthly series for the series Kick - Ass debuting February 14th, where Dave Lizewski passes on the title to a new hero Patience Lee, «a black woman who served in the military and is the mother of young children.»

Brazilian writer and director Anna Muylaert delivers this darkly comic character study about a 17 - year - old exploring his gender identity to his family.

Kubrick's superb film of Vladimir Nabokov's classic comic - erotic novel — about the dangerous affair of college professor Humbert Humbert (James Mason) and nymphet Lolita (Sue Lyon), in which they are nightmarishly pursued by the writer, sybarite and man of many faces Clare Quilty (Peter Sellers).

During an interview with Comic Book, Kingsman writer - director Matthew Vaughn talked about the possibility of directing future Star Wars and Indiana Jones films which he's «very interested» in.

Debut writer - director Gillian Robespierre springs an early surprise with Obvious Child, a screwball comedy that clears the decks for a breakout performance from Jenny Slate as Donna, an oversharing stand - up comic who will joke about everything from the stains on her pants to the abortion she has booked for the following day.

The comic book writer Mark Millar tells a nice story about his part in transforming spymaster and all - around badass Nick Fury from a white cigar - chomping second world war veteran to the African - American version portrayed by Samuel L Jackson in the movies.

Journey into Mystery — A deep dive story piece with the writers, director and producer Kevin Feige about the inspirations for «Thor: Ragnarok» within the comics.

In case we needed another reminder that Hollywood does not care about minority characters or actors, yesterday brought the news that Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures thought it would be a cool idea to cast Scarlett Johansson as the famous Japanese heroine Major in the film adaptation of Japanese writer / illustrator Masamune Shirow's Kodansha Comics manga comic series, GHOST IN THE SHELL.

Alex Moreland chats with writer Cavan Scott about Pacific Rim: Aftermath, his interest in ordinary people in extraordinary worlds, and more... So, how did you first come to be involved with the Pacific Rim: Aftermath comics?

8 p.m. (5 p.m.): «Lolita» (1962, Stanley Kubrick, U.S. - Britain) Kubrick's superb film of Vladimir Nabokov's classic comic - erotic novel — about the dangerous affair of college professor Humbert Humbert (James Mason) with nymphet Lolita (Sue Lyon), while they are nightmarishly pursued by writer / sybarite Clare Quilty (Peter Sellers).

After that quote was picked up by news sites, LA Times writer Amy Kaufman tweeted McAdams» full response to the «Doctor Strange» question (h / t to Newsarama for spotting it), which reveals that she definitely knows a thing or three about the world of comics and graphic novels.

Former Kotaku and current io9 writer Evan Narcisse, who's also writing a six - issue Marvel comic called Rise of the Black Panther, reunites with me and Kirk to talk about the adventures of T'Challa and crew.

As if there weren't enough doomsday - themed films released last year, 2013 will see no less than five different movies on the topic — that is, if you include «World War Z.» But before audiences flock to theaters to watch stars like Brad Pitt and James Franco try to survive the end of days, writer / director Todd Berger's «It's a Disaster» offers a darkly comic tale about a group of friends (and one stranger) who are forced into an impromptu therapy session following a biological attack on the city.

Look no further for proof of what this comic - writer - director doesn't understand about sexual politics

Australian Chris Lilley's eight - episode television series about high school high jinks features the comic actor (and writer and coproducer) in three roles: a snotty, sullen slab of disruptive id; an insufferably snobbish girl who's transferred from a private school; and the vain, flamboyant drama teacher.

Future Con also takes a fun look at fiction vs. fact in the comics world, with panels like The Technology of Dark Nights: Metal featuring a discussion with «Batman» artist and writer duo Greg Capullo and Scott Snyder about the technology at the iconic character's disposal.

I'm a feature writer and associate editor at ComicAttack.net and this is my semi-regular column where I talk reckless s *** about comics, movies and pop cu...

Always good to see writers of comics writing about comics.

But the Cross Hatch never made sense as a one man organization, and thankfully, through the years, I've been blessed with a handful of writers willing, like myself, to work for free (or, in my case, a negative sum) for the sheer honor of writing about our era's most vibrant art form (and, of course, the promise of free comics), most notably Sarah Morean, who served as my partner for the vast majority of the site's existence.

Creators Brian Truitt interviews Robert Venditti — he's writing X-O Manowar for Valiant and Green Lantern for DC Comics, and is about to step in as writer of The Flash — about reading comics, writing superheroes and taking on his new gig: «You have something like Green Lantern that has a very large mythology that surrounds that character.

Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick's response was measured and professional: She didn't care about the ripping up of the comic, but it sold 57,000 copies in print, far beyond her expectations, and she was disappointed that the retailer's stunt took attention away from that.

Usually, I prefer comic book games working with comic book publishers and writers to create a new story, but for this game there was something comforting about reliving an old classic.

# 1 - 5, Max Payne 3 # 3, New Avengers # 24B, Scarlet Spider # 1B, 4B, Uncanny X-Men # 17, Untold Tales of Punisher Max # 5, Venom # 16 - 17, 20, 22B, Wolverine # 314 - 317, X-Men Legacy # 1 - 2 (Marvel) Presented by Anthony Falcone & Scott VanderPloeg, Harry Kremer Award for Canadian Comic Book Retailer: Heroes in London, Ontario Inducted by Robert Pincombe into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: Vernon Miller (1912 - 1974) Presented by Andrew Walsh, Outstanding Web Comic Creator: Michael DeForge: Ant Comic The Gene Day Award, presented by Rachel Richey: The Pig Sleep: A Mr. Monitor Case by Cory McCallum and Matthew Daley Inducted by Hope Nicholson and Rachel Richey into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: Murray Karn (1924 --RRB- The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids), presented by Amy Chop and Jennifer Haines: Cat's Cradle Volume 1: The Golden Twine (Kids Can Press): Jo Rioux Presented by Anthony Del Col, Outstanding Writer: Fanny Britt: Jane, le renard & moi (La Pastèque) / Jane, The Fox and Me (Groundwood Books) Inducted by Ken Steacy into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: Arn Saba (Katherine Collins)(1947 --RRB- Presented by Ty Templeton and Rob Salem, Outstanding Artist: Isabelle Arsenault: Jane, le renard & moi (La Pastèque) / Jane, The Fox and Me (Groundwood Books) Also presented by Ty Templeton and Rob Salem, Outstanding Cartoonists: Jeff Lemire: Sweet Tooth # 29 - 40 (DC Comics), The Underwater Welder (Top Shelf) Details about the awards can be found JoeShusterAwards.com

Creators Writer James Wright and artist Jackie Crofts talk about their new comic Nutmeg, about a pair of teenage girls who turn to crime.

From the epic sweep of its telling to the precision of its characters — great and small, tragic and comic — it rings with the truth of a writer passionate about his country and in full command of his craft.

There was some buzz about this last week, but now it's official: Writer Matt Fraction revealed on Twitter yesterday that Apple will not carry the second issue of his comic, Sex Criminals, and he quoted Apple's stated reason why: «We found that one or more of your In - App Purchases contains content that many audiences would find objectionable, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.»

J. Caleb Mozzocco is a way - too - busy freelance writer who has written about comics for online and print venues for a rather long time now.

If a religious person read this, they would be VERY offended as the writers of this comic are not even a bit shy from offending just about everyone including God.

Creators Michael Cavna interviews writer Joshua Hale Fialkov about the superhero comic he's writing for Dark Horse, Skyman, which features a guest appearance by President Obama and some interesting (if unintentional) parallels with the Edward Snowden affair.

In the wake of what is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history last October, Image Comics has announced a bumper anthology of comics about the trauma of gun violence in America — and with it, contributors from some of the biggest artists and writers in the comics industry like Gail Simone, Neil Gaiman,...

The Editor's Notes is an opinion column allowing our writers to express their honest feelings about comic books, the comic book industry, and all that it inspires.

I think that, like this blog, many of us former recovering comics writers will keep spaces for the thoughts about comics that coalesce into something longer than a series of tweets.

CBR News spoke with «Wolverine & the X-Men» writer Jason Aaron, «X-Men» writer Brian Wood and Senior Editor Nick Lowe about the crossover, which was announced by Marvel yesterday at its «X-Men» panel at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo 2013.

USA Today's writers - about - comics Brian Truitt, David Colton and John Geddes list the best graphic novels and collections of the year: David Colton • Before Watchmen, by various (DC Comics) •...