Sherwood Schwartz, 1916-2011
From CBS News: "Creator of 'Brady Bunch,' 'Gilligan's Island' Dies"
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From CBS News: "Creator of 'Brady Bunch,' 'Gilligan's Island' Dies"
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I just spent my day at this year's Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC. It runs Fri - Sun, and I plan to be there for all three days. If anyone else on the board attends any of the days, this thread would be a good place for them to comment as well.
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Just thinking about this. Who would be a good character for the Spectre to team up with? Would it be someone really powerful, or perhaps someone with no powers whatsoever but a lot of grit and determination?
Yeah, I'm thinking John Constantine.
Read more…GREEN LANTERN #1 Geoff Johns has been charting the adventures of Hal Jordan and the GREEN LANTERN Corps since GREEN LANTERN: Rebirth, collaborating with such major artists as Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke, Prentis Rollins, Marlo Alquiza and Mick Gr
Read more…This is for comics allegedly coming out in August:
1. I'm probably 1 of about 5 people who doesn't care that Angel is returning to Dark Horse.
2. I like the last Knight Errant mini to pick up the new one. The art looks a little better, not that the
Read more…I know that there are three threads about DC's relaunch already but this is about the consequences of one apparent decision that Superman was the first super-hero to appear (publically) in this DCnU reality thus seemingly erasing the Justice Society
Read more…Right here: http://act-i-vate.com/114-36-1.comic
Read more…I read the brand new Mighty Thor #1 (Am I really going to file this with the "M"s and not the "T"s?) and it seems the Silver Surfer is back with Galactus. I go "Wha..?" as is my wont when things like that happen. Then we see Loki is a child again. Th
Read more…One of my Facebook friends (hi, Jason!) posted a bunch of ads from the '80s advertising Marvel's G.I. Joe comics. I remember a couple of them from way back then and also remember loving the concept of advertised comics.
I think Marvel & DC are real
Read more…Alright this is for comics that are supposed to be coming out in September.
Before we begin I have some good news and bad news for DC. The bad news is that they picked a wrong time to reboot/relaunch their universe for me personally. I am moving at
Read more…It's all over the Twitters that Valiant Comics are returning. ABC News has a story here and CBR interviewed a couple of the principals here.
As loathe as I am to send people off-site, read those stories if you must. But just hearing the news raises
Read more…Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The Muppets. Both look very good. Conan, however, looks kind of dumb. The movie, not just the character.
Read more…Recently , I saw several episodes of the 60s " The Saint " series with Roger Moore , B&W not colo(u)r , and filmed at Elstree Studios in the U.K. , though in the series he appeared to be based in New York , with much traveling (obviously , stock foot
Read more…So over in the DC Universe goes boom again thread, Don Collett said:
Read more…As far as I understand it, the current creators have had enough advance notice to be able to wrap up all current storylines. So there will closure, or at least the attempt at same.
From Diamond Comics Distributors Inc.
July 14, 2011
Diamond Digital Aims for September Launch
Beta testing underway with over 50 retail shops; Over 30 publishers set to participate
BALTIMORE, MD) — Diamond Digital – the joint venture between Di
Read more…...I've , recently , bought an issue each of 2 attempt to have " larger " hero/adventure anthologies , the Mark Millar venture " CLiNT " ( Trying to reproduce its typography , which...Well , later . ) and a what-turned-out-to-be-a-coupla-years-old is
Read more…ISSUE #0: Wow, at last a “zero” issue that’s not a total waste of money! Some #0s are just numbering stunts and could well be #1s. I’m not talking about those. I’m talking about the ones that are not truly part of the ongoing series, but do actually
Read more…So as to not clutter up the facts, thread, let's put the speculation here. With 13 DC titles unannounced, Lee Houston Jr asked:
So with 4 (JSA, Superman, Action, and Batman Beyond) hopefully accounted for, what will be the other 9?
My thoughts:
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