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+++++ From The SCOOP! at http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/ Strangers In Paradise to End, Moore Says Industry News, Scoop, Friday, January 20, 2006 Award-winning writer-artist Terry Moore, the creator of the long- running and highly acclaimed independent comics hit Strangers In Paradise has announced that the series will end with #90, which is due out in May 2007. Moore made the announcement in SiP #79, which went on sale Wednesday. After so many years and so much of my life invested in this series, I can hardly imagine doing anything else," he said in a press release. "But SiP is a story and, like all stories, must come to an end." The series began as a mini-series at Antarctic Press in 1993. It soon graduated to on-going status at Moore's on Abstract Studio imprint. "Now take a deep breath, grab a drink if you need it, and get ready for the ride of your life," he said. "This last arc is a killer." Jim Valentino Takes on Shadowhawk Industry News, Scoop, Friday, January 20, 2006 After several years' absence from creative duties, Image Comics co-founder Jim Valentino is taking the creative helm of the Image flagship title, Shadowhawk. Created by Valentino in 1992, Shadowhawk was one of the main titles responsible for the Image Comics explosion. With Valentino once more taking the reins, Shadowhawk is jutting off in a startling new direction and poised to reclaim its stake as one of Image's premiere superhero titles. The move begins in Shadowhawk #9, kicking off the first of the 4- part storyline "Rise." Valentino pencils the issue, then raises the stakes in Shadowhawk #10, where he takes over both writing and art duties. "Rise felt like the perfect place to jump back into Shadowhawk," Valentino said. "The story shows a changing of the guard. A death in the family. A crisis of faith. Everything changes for Eddie Collins when he loses more than his helmet as a new ShadowHawk comes takes over the mantle." Valentino continues, "Eddie Collins is the current embodiment of ShadowHawk, one in a long line of heroes dating back 5,000 years. Throughout his time as ShadowHawk, Eddie has been a little too lax about his role. He's done a little too much listening to others about what they think he should do and, as a result, hasn't learned the full consequences that come with being a hero. "Rise" is going to change all of that. Reality is going to hit him right between the eyes and change everything in his world. In other words, he's going to grow up, and he's going to do it the hard way. When Eddie became ShadowHawk, he was still a boy. By the end of "Rise," he will need to become a man." "I'm really enjoying the opportunity to get back into the creative nitty-gritty," Valentino concludes. "I've got a lot of affection for this character, and I've really enjoyed seeing what other creators have done with him, but when this story came up, I knew it was time for me to get back into the driver's seat and lead the character into a whole new era. So far it's been a blast!" Shadowhawk #9 (NOV051758) is solicited in this month's Previews for titles shipping in February. Shadowhawk #10 (DEC051781) will be in shipping in March. +++++ [ALL THE RAGE and LYING IN THE GUTTERS are originally posted online on Sunday and Monday respectively so the information here is almost a week old. Other items above are more current.- D.L.] From Blair Marnell in his ALL THE RAGE Gossip Column at: http://www.SilverBulletComicBooks.com Write to him at: blairm@silverbulletcomicbooks.com RUMOUR BARRIER "I accept that the following material is rumour and gossip, intended to entertain only. I won't repeat the information inside as fact. I understand if I want the truth, I will go to Silver Bulletins. I enter freely with my mind open and my blinkers off." Now, on to the rumours . . . [NOTE: this column may be slightly edited for language. - D.L.] Abandon All Hope By Blair Marnell Welcome back to another edition of ATR. Before we start this week, I've got a recommendation to make: I noticed a copy of a graphic novel called The Resonator at a bookstore this week and picked it up on a whim. Turned out to be really, really good. It was written and drawn by Prentis Rollins, a long time inker in the comic industry. The format is pretty interesting: it's a flipbook. On one side, it's The Resonator and when you flip it over it becomes The Making of a Graphic Novel, wherein Rollins explains the genesis of his story and outlines each step of creation along the way to the finished GN. Rollins really knows his stuff, and both halves of the book are excellent. For some reason, this project hasn't gotten anywhere near the publicity it deserves, but it's well worth your time and money. You can pick it up online through Amazon here. And now, your weekly rage... World Without A Justice League For a while now, rumors have been swirling that the current season of Justice League Unlimited would be the last. However, a post made earlier this week strongly suggests that the end is near. While the author of the post has remained anonymous, several sources have privately confirmed that JLU is shutting down production and the show's staff has shrunk to a skeleton crew. Cartoon Network's official position is that the show's future is "undecided", but many suspect that it won't announce the cancellation until after the final episodes air later this year, if they even decide to announce it at all. Further, it is still heavily rumored that Bruce Timm will be leaving Warner Brothers Animation following the completion of the current season. It's unclear if Dwayne McDuffie will also be leaving or if he will stay on. Some of the JLU staff members are said to have already been shifted over to the new Legion of Superheroes cartoon. With that in mind, the future of JLU looks pretty bleak at the moment. If Cartoon Network were to order more episodes, there's no guarantee that the same creative team would be brought back together. A letter writing campaign has already been started to help save the show, but it looks to be an uphill battle. Given the way Cartoon Network canceled Teen Titans, it's hard to hold out much hope here. I'm told that the JLU creators considered the current season a major boon from CN, and arranged the final episodes to be a proper finale for the series. If this really is the end of the Dini/Timm era, at least they will have the chance to go out in style. This Has A "Who Blew Up The Watchtower?" Factor of Six Out of Ten You're In The Army Now Remember that crossover that Kurt Busiek is said to be working on for Dynamite? Well, I've got some additional info on that. And it's not what I was expecting. No, it's not Red Sonja related, or anything to do with the Lone Ranger or Highlander. Instead, it looks to be Army of Darkness. I'm told that Busiek is a big fan of the Evil Dead/AOD movie series, which would explain his involvement. That's one half of the crossover, anyway. Info on the other half is a little harder to come by, though it's expected to be a major character from one of the other comic companies. Also, I'm told that it may be in conjunction with a larger push for AOD down the line... This Has A "Hail To The King, Baby!" Factor of Eight Out of Ten Goonatics I've heard some rumblings that Dark Horse is planning a Goon black and white project, that may happen as soon as this summer. The early word is that the project will be similar to the Batman: Black & White series DC did a while back. But I've also heard that it may be along the lines of Hellboy Weird Tales (emphasis on Weird!) in which different creators from across the industry give their take on the Goon and his world.... This Has A "Zombie Union Strike" Factor of Seven Out of Ten Let Sleeping Gods Lie Ross Richie and the crew at Boom! Studios are planning a new anthology one-shot for April: Cthulhu Tales. Creators involved include Keith Giffen, Benjamin Roman, Andrew Cosby, John Rogers, Andy Kuhn, Michael Alan Nelson, Andrew Ritchie, Johanna Stokes Filip Sablik and Mark Badger with a cover by Dave Johnson. Expect the format to be similar to last year's Zombie Tales. This Has A "Rise of The Old Ones" Factor of Nine Out of Ten Chotastic Over on the Image Blog, Frank Cho has posted some preview art from his forthcoming Women: Selected Drawings and Illustrations. Fair warning, some of these may not be work safe. http://www.imagecomics.com/blog.php This Has A "Room With A View" Factor of Ten Out of Ten Langstrom Returns Remember the Bruce Jones/Mike Huddleston Man-Bat mini series I mentioned here last year? I hear that it is finally set for an April release. If so, expect an official announcement shortly... This Has A "Motivational Flyer" Factor of Eight Out of Ten Time And Relative Dimensions In Space Word from an ATR reader in Britain is that the latest Doctor Who Magazine has announced the details of a new Doctor Who Adventures comic, which will launch this spring. The title will be released biweekly and feature self-contained stories by artists like John Ross. There's no word yet as to whether the comic will be released in the US, but given the recent announcement that the Sci-Fi channel will broadcast the first season of the new Dr. Who early this year, I wouldn't entirely rule it out... This Has A "Ninth Regeneration" Factor of Nine Out of Ten Abandonment Issues Ross Campbell (Wet Moon) has a book lined up through TOKYOPOP later this year. It's called The Abandoned and tells the story of two girls in love, in a small town suddenly beset by a zombie plague. Isn't that always the way? This Has A "Who's Your Daddy?" Factor of Six Out of Ten Look! Another Countdown... Dean Haspiel (The Quitter) is teaming with a number of other cartoonists on something called Act-I-Vate. I'm not entirely sure what it is, though I suspect it's an anthology of some kind. Possibly web comic related. The other cartoonists involved are Nick Bertozzi, Dan Goldman, Leland Purvis, Tim Hamilton, Michel Fiffe, Josh Neufeld, Jenn Shannon and Nikki Cook. The group of nine have been posting teaser images here, http://www.livejournal.com/community/act_i_vate/ with details promised to come out on February 1st. This Has A "Burning Dove" Factor of Seven Out of Ten And that's a wrap. See you in seven. Later, Blair PS If anyone has any rumors, stories or news to share, please email me at blairm@silverbulletcomicbooks.com. Thanks to everyone who has been sending stuff in. It's greatly appreciated. +++++ Items found in Rich Johnston's "Lying in the Gutters" column at http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/ which are all rumors or gossip so take any of it with a BIG bucket of salt! Write to Rich at: richjohnston@gmail.com Rich heard rumors . . . The comic book "Marlene" shipped a couple of weeks ago from Slave Labor. Written and drawn by own of my favourite comics artists, Peter Snejberg, it tells a gripping story about a murder investigation of a peeping tom that turns into pure horror. Only thing is, it does so via full frontal nudity, male and female, erections and explicit scenes of oral sex. It shipped without a "Mature Readers" code. And some retailers seem to think it should have been labelled "Adult." Slave Labor publisher Dan Vado told me; "The fact that the book itself was not labeled was our mistake and we're accepting responsibility for it by accepting cover only returns. "As for the Mature vs Adult thing. Diamond was sent pages, which included the scenes in question, and it was their call to make it a Mature book. They not only did that, but made it a highlighted selection. "Regardless, we're accepting the returns on the book." Fred Van Lente, Marvel writer for "Amazing Fantasy," has announced on the Cindy Center podcast that he's relaunching "Super-Villain Team-Up" for Marvel this summer. The cartoonist and author of "Palookaville," Seth, has stated that the slightly-hyped "Joe Matt's Peepshow" TV pilot was never even produced. Rick Remener says he'll soon be writing for Marvel or DC for the first time in the near future. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA Mike Curtis shandafa@cyberback.com [COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30 years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ] WHILE WE'RE ON SUPERVILLAINS MIGHTY MOUSE spent his first few cartoons as SUPER MOUSE, which is common knowledge. What's less known is that he met his first "supervillain" while he wore blue rather than yellow tights. His second cartoon in 1942 featured the title antagonist FRANKENSTEIN'S CAT. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [5] Interviews Richard Vasseur richardv@sympatico.ca Derek Ruiz writer on "The Legend of ISIS" from Bluewater Productuions/Alias Enterprises interviewed by Richard Vasseur www.jazmaonline.com Rich: Where will you be taking the story to? Derek: Well I don't want to give anything away but I can say I will be taking Isis well past her physical and mental breaking points. Basically I'm going to send her to hell and hope she finds her way back. Rich: What do you like and dislike most about Isis? Derek: As to what I like: For one she is such a cool character she writes herself. I have a ton of ideas I want to try with her and I hope Darren lets me, but what I like the most about Isis is she a strong female character. I don't know why but I like to write female characters, but I find it really fun. As to what I dislike: The wait. The long wait between writing a comic and actually getting the book in my hands...I wrote the book I think in early October but have to wait till March to get it. But that's only cause I love comics so much and think its so awesome to have a book come out with me in the drivers seat. Rich: Are you planning any changes to Isis's character? Derek: I guess the only thing that will be different from Isis than when Ryan was writing it would be that I guess she will be acting how I think she should act...but that's based on what I've seen Ryan do with her. So I guess the short answer is no I'm not making any major changes. Not to say that I don't have any surprises to come.... Rich: Will there be new villians? Derek: Yeah, I hope to bring in a couple of new villains into the Isis' stable of villains . In my first arc I bring in the God of Darkness Apophis who will beat Isis within an inch of her life. Plus I have a couple of other characters to add to the book that walk that line of both good and evil. But more than anything else I want to bring in Set as the major Baddie of the Isis universe. I want you to feel that he is the biggest piece of garbage of all the villains in comics...I want to get the fans to hate him so much. If I can do that I have done my job right. Rich: What do you like best about this comic? Derek: It's fun and gets better and better each issue. There is so much you can do with the character of Isis that I hope Darren lets me do this for quite a while.. Rich: Would you like to work on any other Bluewater characters? Derek: Sure, Right off the Top of my head I'd love to take a crack at Judo Girl. She's fun and like Isis she is a woman not in her time making the best of her situation. These are strong women characters which like I said I love to write. Rich: Do you do a lot of posting online? Derek: I'm online all the time and post way to much. I post mostly on the Image forums as I am a big fan of lots of the books they are doing and of course I post a lot in the Dabel forums due to also being head moderator. But I post on almost all the comic news sites. Rich: Were you or are you still the Marketing Communications Manager for Dabel Brothers Productions? What was that like? Derek: Yeah I still am doing the Marketing thing for the Dabels and it's awesome. You get to learn so much and see that making comics is more than just writing and art. My favorite part is meeting fans and hearing how much they like what we are doing...I even like hearing what they don't like so we as a company can try and make things better and make sure we can fix things up so we can get it as close to perfect as possible. I love comics and writing and doing the background work is just so much fun. Rich: If you could work on any comic at all which one would it be and why? Derek: Probably Robin for DC mainly because for some reason I've always felt I could write the Robin that everyone wants to read. But mostly I want to write my own comics which I can't talk about till I'm further along with some of those. Rich: What comics do you read now? Derek: Of Course I read all the Blue Water and Dabel Brothers books. I recommend anything by my buddy Jeremy Treece who is currently working on Hero@Large for Speakeasy...great take on super heroes. From Image I read almost everything...but off the top of my head I love Small Gods, Sea of Red, Strange Girl, Fear Agent, Invincible, The Walking Dead, Noble Causes, Hawaiian Dick, The Battle Hymn, The Expatriate, ShadowHawk, Savage Dragon, Lions, Tigers and Bears, Hero Camp. and AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS... I've talked with the creators of all the books and I have to say great people creating great books. DC all the Crisis stuff Rich: How can someone contact you? Message me at shinsenprod on aim. I'm Always on (or at least it seems that way and if I'm not I'm sleeping). Rich: Any last words of wisdom? Derek: For all you guys out in internetland that want to write comic (or do anything in comics) keep trying to live that dream and sooner or later things will fall together. I've been trying to break in since 1999 and look after all this time Darren Davis and Les Dabel both gave me a chance to work in comics. ***** ROVE artist on "The Legend of ISIS" from Bluewater Products/Alias Enterprises interviewed by Richard Vasseur www.jazmaonline.com Rich: How does it feel to start work on an exciting title? ROVE: It feels great. It makes drawing the pages alot easier when there's alot of energy and drama happening. I don't have to rack my brain deciding how things are going to look, I pretty much see each panel as I'm reading the script. Plus an interesting script makes for interesting art. Rich: Do you feel you have to live up to the former artist? ROVE: No, not really. There have been so many artists on the book previously, that the readers don't really have a set idea of what the book should look like. And besides, my art differs so much from the previous artists that comparing our art would be like comparing apples to oranges. Only slightly less delicious. Rich: What characteristics of Isis will you try to bring out in your drawings? ROVE: With Isis, it's always a struggle to balance her beauty with her uwavering strength and mind-set. She seems very powerful and stubborn, yet delicate and innocent. I try to have those traits come through in the way I draw her. And of course I try'd to make her hot. Rich: Do you place as much empathis on secondary characters as the main one in time spent on drawing them? ROVE: No, I spend alot of time sketching the main characters out, making sure that the way they look conveys the right message of who I think they are. With secondary characters, if the costume gives me alot of trouble conceptually then I could spend alot of time on them. A lot of the time I get it the first time I draw them on the page and that becomes the template. Rich: Are you at all interested in Egyptian mythology? ROVE: Yes, I've had to do some research on Egyptian mythology for the book and, the more I read the more intrigued I am by the mystery that is ancient Egypt. Plus who doesn't like mummies and curses. Rich: Do you prefer drawing heroes or villians? ROVE: I'd have to say that I'm definitly a villain's man. I've always thought the bad guys look the coolest. It goes back to cartoons when I was a kid. I mean, G.I. Joe's were alright, but Cobra's had way more interesting costumes, and a rad symbol...and better vehicles...and more ninjas. And how about the Masters of the Universe? He-man looked like he should have been on the cover of a romance novel, and Skeletore had a dope hood and a skull face. I think I've made my point. Rich: How did you get the name ROVE? ROVE: It's been my nickname since high school. My first name is Trevor. Trevor backwards is roverT. A friend of mine started calling me rove and it stuck. Now it's pretty much my name. Rich: Have you worked on any other comics? ROVE: I did a 22 page story for Penny Farthing Press in Decoy: Menagerie. and a book for a small publisher called, don't laugh; Super Dooper Groovy Space Chicks. I'm not even kidding.... Rich: What comics do you read now? ROVE: To be honest, I don't read alot of comics. I read anything by Frank Miller, Mike Mignola and Alan Moore. I'm the guy who buys a book almost always solely for the art. I'm a sucker for Hiroaki Samura, Leinel F. Yu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ashley Wood, Bernie Wrightson and Cary Nord. Rich: Do you have any future projects? ROVE: As far as I know I'm going to be here for a bit, but as for the future.....no. Rich: How can someone contact you? ROVE: My e-mail is: masterrove@hotmail.com Rich: Any parting words of wisdom? ROVE: don't eat yellow snow. ever. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA Mike Curtis shandafa@cyberback.com [COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30 years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ] WHAT A PAL! In 1948, horror stars BELA LUGOSI, LON CHANEY JR and GLENN STRANGE were tapped to play DRACULA, THE WOLF MAN, and FRANKENSTEIN in the feature film ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. During the shooting of the film's conclusion, Strange broke his foot and filming was stopped. 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