While many of us here in the real world will be ordering flowers or taking our moms out for a nice dinner, things in the world of super-heroes are probably going to get a little more awkward. Still, everybody deserves something nice every once in a while, which is why today, your pals at ComicsAlliance …
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The 10 best elements of a Tim Burton movie
1) The Skittish Outcast – Burton has built his entire career on the twitchy outcast. Edward Scissorhands – Edward Scissorhands Beetlejuice & Lydia – Beetlejuice Pee Wee – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Mad Hatter – Alice in Wonderland Ichabod Crane – Sleepy Hollow Willy Wonka – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ed Wood – Ed Wood …
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Tickets on sale for Newport Beach Film Festival – 9 recommendations
If you’re lucky enough to have a film festival in your hometown then you have to support it, because they are tons of fun. For me that means the Newport Beach Film Festival with several hundred movies and a focus on sports, like surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding. It’s pretty awesome, though, I do wish there …
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The untold story of American superheroines
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for women writers and artists in comic books, highlighting a very successful Kickstarter project, Womanthology. The project was so successful that they have an offshoot. A documentary about female super heroes that premiered at South by Southwest 2012: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and …
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Classic Heroes – Classic Shoes
These ads artfully show the development of the characters over the years. Also, check out Classic Villains. // Photos via Moongem Comics
Top 20 Graphic Novels of 2011
Walking Dead Vol. 1 Walking Dead Vol. 14 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III Century Walking Dead Vol. 15 Walking Dead Vol. 2 Fables Vol. 15 Batman Noel Deluxe Edition (hardcover) Walking Dead Vol. 3 Walking Dead Vol. 13 Morning Glories Vol. 1 Batman Dark Knight Returns Batman Hush Complete Walking Dead Vol. 4 Holy …
Top 20 Comic Books of 2011
Justice League #1 Batman #1 Action Comics (Superman) #1 Justice League #2 Batman #2 Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160 Green Lantern #1 Justice League #3 Action Comics #2 Detective Comics (Batman) #1 Batman #3 Flash #1 Fantastic Four #587 Fear Itself #1 Superman #1 Green Lantern #2 Justice League #4 Amazing Spider-Man #666 Action Comics #3 …
Joss Whedon on Directing movies like they’re a Comic Book
“As much as anything, my visual style as a director comes from comic books,” he says. “My understanding of visual storytelling comes from panel art, which I was reading more voraciously than I was watching movies for most of my childhood. In that sense, I had sort of a head start when I started visualizing …
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Top 10 reasons to read comic books
10. Fun To Read 9. Spark The Imagination 8. Inspirational 7. Pretty Pictures 6. Literacy 5. Educational Tidbits and Nuggets 4. Cool Factor 3. Better Than The Movie 1. Good Ol’ Fashion Values via Top 10 Reasons Why Everyone Should Read Comics I totally agree with the list, though I think ‘fun’ and ‘inspirational’ …
How to win the zombie apocalypse
The zombie apocalypse has arrived. Your neighbors are creeping after you and the world is facing its most terrifying disease. Everything is coming to an end. Here is how to not only survive but win. First thing first, this is a war, it’s the zombies vs the living. We must act appropriately. I’m talking daily training …