We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
Batnam and Dynamite join forces for a comic book/graphic novels rights to George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Fire and Ice. The way it looks issue will be released first and then the collected editions will be available. When the collected editions do come out libraries will definitely want to pick this up. The article also mentions that HBO has the rights to do a TV series which will fuel interest in this series. Follow the link below to the full article at ICv2.
Dark Horse Comics announced that they are continuing on publishing prose novels. Later this year they will be publishing Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow and The Damned Highway, edited by Nick Mamatas. Both titles are horror anthologies and will be available later this year. This will be another opportunity for libraries to tie in their graphic novel collections with their book collection, specifically the horror genre. Follow the link to read the full article.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/245/dark-horse-continues-expand-prose-publishing-progr
Classic Darkwing Duck is being offered from Boom Kids. So librarians that are wanting to boost their children graphic novel section will want to pick this one up. Below is a link to the pricing and ISBN information. You can order it straight from Boom or from the vendor of your choice.
http://www.boom-kids.com/darkwing-duck-classics-vol-1-tpb.html?SID=i8c2c867m2uqjh1qm85tm6rah6
The University of British Columbia’s journey Cinephile is planning an issue featuring anime. A call for articles have been sent out, once published anime will make it into academia, which doesn’t happen very often. Anime like manga, graphic novels and American animation do not receive many alcaldes of this nature. This link will lead you to Anime News Network’s short article on this.
ICv2 reports that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks with Warner Bros. to be in the upcoming Batman movie. Speculation is that he might be considered to play the Riddler.
TokyoPop has posted a trailer of their upcoming documentary, on Hulu, American’s Greatest Otaku on YouTube. If your anime and manga fans at your library don’t know about this yet, what are you waiting for?
The long drawn out process of bring Battle Angel Alita to the big screen is still in the running. Anime News Network reports that James Cameron is still interested in bringing this property to fruition. Will this ultimately happen? Many fans want it in their local theaters, but who knows. Link below to the article.
ICv2 is reporting that Zach Galifianakis will join Ryan Reynolds and director Robert Schwentke in the movie adaptation of Dark Horses R.I.P.D., which is a spin-off from Hellboy. The below links direct you to Galifianakis’ short article and Reynolds short article from ICv2.
Follow the links below to get the complete listing, from the Joe Shuster Award website, of all the nominees for the 7th annual 2011 award.
http://joeshusterawards.com/awards/about/2011-nominees/
http://joeshusterawards.com/awards/about/2011-nominees/les-nomines-aux-prix-joe-shuster-2010/
Marvel’s website announced that Chris Evans as Captain America will be on the cover of the latest issue of Empire magazine. Follow the link back to Marvel for the brief article.
http://marvel.com/news/story/15107/captain_america_in_empire_magazine