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+++++ From THE BEAT by Heidi McDonald at http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/ The Ultimate Comic Shop Map This awesome link http://www.wackyhijinx.com/maps/cbia/ has been making the rounds lately -- The Ultimate Comic Shop Map. Some smart peeps have been using Google Maps to pinpoint comics shops all over the US. The regular version has the states on it, but we kind of like the satellite version, too. JUST A PILGRIM at QED What does it take to be a movie producer? Well, you need to be able to hang out a shingle. And assemble a war chest. And of course, you need the obligatory comic book property to develop. Former Artisan head Bill Black and 3 partners have assembled the war chest from unnamed investors, and hung out the shingle as QED. The comic book property? JUST A PILGRIM, written by Garth Ennis, drawn by Carlos Ezquerra, and edited by Jimmy Palmiotti. According to the Variety piece, John Heffernan, the man famous for writing the screenplay entitled SNAKES ON A PLANE will write and direct, while WIZARD's Gareb Shamus and Kevin Levin produce. +++++ From the Comics Continuum at http://www.comicscontinuum.com/: SPIDER-MAN 3 UPDATE Veteran actor James Cromwell has joined the cast of Spider-Man 3, Sony Pictures has confimred for The Continuum. Cromwell will play Capt. George Stacy, the father of Gwen Stacy. Cromwell, 66, has more than 120 film and television roles to his credit. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996 for his role as farmer Arthur Hoggett in Babe. Cromwell's recent credits include The Longest Yard, I, Robot, The West Wing and Six Feet Under. In the comics, George Stacy was killed in Amazing Spider-Man #90, saving a child from debris from a fight between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus. In other Spider-Man 3 news, The Continuum has confirmed that Neil Spisak is returning as production designer. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TOYS Playmates Toys had announced plans for its new toy line based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward, the television series from 4Kids Entertainment that will air on Fox and on Cartoon Network. The new series takes the Turtles 99 years into the future. Brought there by Cody Jones, the grandson of Casey Jones and April O1Neil, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael are forced to adapt to a whole new world without their home, junk food or Shredder. Twenty-six standalone episodes will begin airing in September, with Playmates' toy line launching in July. Playmates is also developing a toy line for the Turtles' CGI animated feature film. BRIEFLY * Sci Fi has scheduled a repeat broadcast of the Painkiller Jane movie for for Tuesday, March 7 at 9 p.m. The network will also rebroadcast the Man-Thing film on Sunday Feb. 26 at 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, March 21 at 9 p.m. * Superman Returns will have its premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on June 22. * Ian Nottingham is returning in Witchblade #98. * Lucy Lawless is joining the cast of SciFi's Battlestar Galactica for 10 episodes of the third season. Lawless is reprising her role as D'Anna Biers. +++++ From Newsarama at http://www.Newsarama.com/ SOOK SAYS "SO LONG" TO X-FACTOR According to a post on writer Peter David's log on Saturday, February 4th, artist Ryan Sook has voluntarily left his position as regular penciler of Marvel's X-Factor ongoing series, written by David. "Issue #4 of X-FACTOR will be Ryan's last," writes David. "This is entirely his decision. Andy [editor Andy Schimdt] and I would love for him to stay on, and Ryan reportedly loves the book, but he has taken himself off it because--I presume, since I haven't spoken to him--the monthly schedule is just too problematic for him. He is, however, going to be continuing doing the covers. "Dennis Calero, who I think is doing an excellent job, will be doing issues 5 and 6, and Ariel Olivetti is doing issue 7 (the one that addresses the death of Banshee.) An announcement of an artist beyond that point would be premature, although Andy is considering several possibilities, all of whom I believe would be great for the series. "As for Ryan, it was far too short an association for my taste, and I'm certainly hoping to work with him again." +++++ From the DC Comics Online Newsletter at http://www.dccomics.com SUPERGIRL #5 TO ARRIVE IN STORES WITH EXTRA PAGES AND TWO COVERS! February 7th, 2006 - SUPERGIRL #5, the final issue by the team of writer Jeph Loeb and artists Ian Churchill & Norm Rapmund, will arrive in stores on February 22 with two bonuses: Extra story pages and two covers by Churchill and Michael Turner! Churchill and Turner have combined forces for the first time to create two 'jam' covers featuring Supergirl and Kara Zor-El. Both covers spotlight the same exciting scene, but on one cover, Supergirl is drawn by Churchill and Kara is drawn by Turner. On the other cover, Supergirl is drawn by Turner and Kara is drawn by Churchill. In addition, this special issue will arrive in stores with 32 pages of story that will serve to wrap up the current story arc! SUPERGIRL #5 is available for advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 22 with a cover price of $3.99 U.S. The issue will arrive with two covers, both featuring art by Churchill and Turner, in an approximately 50% split. +++++ From ICV2.com 'Space Pinchy' Comics Cancelled Dark Horse Goes Straight to Trades February 06, 2006 Dark Horse has cancelled the monthly Space Pinchy comic books that were solicited in the October, November, December and January issues of Diamond's Previews. Dark Horse has decided to publish manga-ka Tony Takezaki's sexy, wacked-out space manga in the trade paperback format, rather than as a color monthly comic. Dark Horse, which was one of the first American manga publishers, puts out most of its manga releases in the original Japanese tankoubon graphic novel format, but still publishes Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal as a 32-page monthly. Unlike Blade of the Immortal, which is in black-and-white, Space Pinchy was announced as a full color book. Space Pinchy travels the galaxy in a skintight suit trying to recover the treasures of her lost race and fend off the advances of alien perverts in an erotically tinged narrative that uses just about every innuendo in the book. The Space Pinchy comic book series was rated for "Mature Readers," but so far it is not known whether the Space Pinchy trade will be rated 18+ and shrink-wrapped, or when Dark Horse will solicit the first volume. Time Warner Book Group Sold Who Will Distribute DC to Bookstores? February 07, 2006 The French conglomerate (primarily media and defense) Lagardere has purchased the Time Warner Book Group for $537.5 million. The Time Warner Book Group is the fifth largest U.S. book publisher, with a stable of highly successful authors that includes Malcolm Gladwell, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Nicholas Sparks and David Baldacci. Lagardere's purchase of the Time Warner Book Group, when combined with the French conglomerate's other book publishing operations will create the world's third largest book publishing empire worldwide. Lagardere also owns the Hachette Filipacchi, one of the world's largest magazine publishing operations with a huge roster of publications including Elle, Premier, and Car and Driver in the U.S. In addition to handling the distribution of its own titles, the Time Warner Book Group distributes DC Comics' graphic novels to the bookstore market. DC offered only a "No Comment" in response to a query from ICv2 about what would happen to the bookstore distribution of DC graphic novels aftere the acquisition of the Time Warner Book Group by Lagardere. DC has an impressive list of book titles including Alan Moore's Watchmen (The Great Gatsby of graphic novels) as well as some key 2006 media tie-ins such as Moore's V for Vendetta (the movie version opens March 17) and a shelf full of Superman volumes (Superman Returns opens June 29). Whatever the effect of the sale of its book group will have on the distribution of DC graphic novels, it looks like the deal was a coup for Time Warner, which received top dollar for its book publishing division (which just enjoyed a record-setting year). Marvel HeroClix: Sinister in June ClixBrick Promotion Continues February 10, 2006 WizKids has announced a June release date for Marvel HeroClix: Sinister, a villainously evil expansion for the popular Marvel HeroClix CMG. The cavalcade of corrupt criminals includes Rhino, Stilt-Man, Bullseye, Trapster and another eight evildoers, who are making their first appearances in the Marvel HeroClix game -- and the booster packs also include the first special object token ever included in the Marvel HeroClix game, giving players even more options for 3-D superhero combat. Each pack (MSRP $7.99) includes four figures, one bystander token, a battlefield condition card, an object card or feat card, plus a rules sheet. WizKids is also continuing its ClixBrick program to support brick and mortar stores (see "WizKids Plans HeroClix Promotion"). Customers who purchase a ClixBrick through a brick and mortar store can mail in proof of purchase and receive an exclusive Venom HeroClix figure with a new unique sculpt and a combat dial. ClixBrick buyers are also eligible to purchase HeroClix Collector's Sets early (and at a discount). WizKids is also offering an exclusive Limited Edition Spider-Man figure and a special sales incentive figure (to be announced), which will be available only to qualified brick-and-mortar retail stores participating in Marvel HeroClix: Sinister "New Guy Night" tie-in promotion. Bandai to Publish Cowboy Bebop Film Manga Full Color Volume Out in May February 10, 2006 This May Bandai Entertainment will publish a full color Cowboy Bebop Film Manga ($13.95) based on the anime TV series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. The Cowboy Bebop anime, which has sold over 1 million DVDs in the U.S. (see "Cowboy Bebop -- Over 1 Million Units Sold"), remains the one of the most popular anime series of all time (especially here in the States) and is still shown frequently on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Tokyopop's black-and-white Cowboy Bebop manga, which was an adaptation of the anime series, was also a major hit. The first volume in Bandai's Cowboy Bebop Film Manga,, which features full color art based on screen captures from the anime series, covers the first two episodes of the anime, and also includes exclusive bonus material not available anywhere else. DC Direct's 'Superman Returns' Line High End Movie Collectibles February 10, 2006 DC Direct has announced a line of high-end Superman Returns authentic movie collectibles, which will be unveiled at the 2006 American International Toy Fair. The line includes statues, busts, an action figure and a Kryptonite prop replica. All of the items will ship in June before Superman Returns opens on June 29th. The first item in the series will be the Superman Returns: In Flight Statue, a limited edition (2,500), hand-painted cold cast porcelain statue (9.75" x 7.25" x 7.75") that goes on sale on June 7th with a suggested retail price of $150.00. DC Direct is also offering a Superman Returns: Superman 13" Deluxe Collectors Action Figure, which includes an authentic movie costume, 28 points of articulation, a full color certificate of authenticity and a stand. The Superman 13" Action Figure goes on sale on June 14th with a suggested retail price of $59.99. On June 21st, DC Direct will release three hand-painted cold-cast porcelain busts (MSRP $45 each) of Clark Kent, Superman, and Lex Luthor. A week later DC Direct plans on shipping the Superman Returns: Superman Maquette (MSRP $195), a limited edition (1,750) 13.5-inch, hand-painted cold-cast porcelain figure, and the Superman Returns: Kryptonite Prop Replica (MSRP $195), a limited edition (1,000), hand-painted cold-cast porcelain replica molded from the original movie prop. +++++ [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.] Fourth and Long By Blair Marnell Welcome to our Super Bowl edition of ATR. Just think, it was almost one year ago today that Marvel's greatest superheroes were upstaged by. Underdog. Not their proudest moment, to say the least. However, this year's ad lineup doesn't seem to have many comic related spots. There's a V For Vendetta trailer set to air. Although, I am surprised that the Superman Returns trailer may not make an appearance. Warner Brothers appears to have put most of their marketing muscle behind V, Poseidon. and 16 Blocks. But that can be discussed later. Right now, we are five days away from the start of convention season, and this week has seen a sharp spike in rumor activity. As you'll see momentarily. New Horizon Word going around the industry is that DC is planning to launch a new line of comics geared towards teenage girls. While the comics will be released in manga sized digests, I'm told it's not related to CMX at all. Instead, western creators/cartoonists will produce the OGNs (or OELs if you prefer). Further creator details are a bit hard to come by at the moment, though Andi Watson is said to be writing at least one of the four launch titles. I'm sure these will end up in comic stores, but make no mistake, this is clearly meant to tap into the bookstore market. I hear that most of the titles are testing extremely well with their intended audience, and that DC wants to get behind this line with a major promotional push. The tentative release schedule has the books slated for the end of 2006 or early 2007. This Has A "Welcome To The Night Life" Factor of Seven Out of Ten Back To Paradise After weeks of speculation, it seems that the writer of the new Wonder Woman series is. Allan Heinberg. Though Heinberg had been previously rumored to be on the relaunch, a more recent rumor had Heinberg pulling out of the book due to a heavy work load. What changed? The way I hear it, Terry Dodson really wanted to work with Heinberg, and DC editorial didn't want to risk him leaving the project as well. So, DC supposedly approached Heinberg with a more flexible schedule and he agreed to come back onboard, though it may only be for a limited run of six to twelve issues. An official announcement may come as soon as Wonder Con, although DC could hold off until Wizard World Los Angeles, since Heinberg will be attending that show. In other DC related rumors, I hear that Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert will be the creative team on Batman Confidential, while Adam Kubert will be the artist on Superman Confidential. If true, I'd expect these announcements to come at the New York Comic-Con later this month. Naturally, both of the Kubert brothers are slated to be special guests there. This Has A "League of Nations" Factor of Eight Out of Ten Donner, Party of One This item wins the award for the wildest story I've heard this week: according to sources within the industry, Richard Donner is rumored to be writing a Superman project for DC. I have no idea if this one is true or not, though people are already talking about it. If it is true, then the timing couldn't be better, given Warner Brothers' official announcement of Superman II: The Donner Cut, to be included on a massive 14 Disk Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition box set. This Has An "Arctic Patrol" Factor of Three Out of Ten Stuff To Come I hear that Peter David will be making a Marvel related announcement next week at Wonder Con. Originally, I thought it would be about a new project or a new series, but now it appears to be something much BIGGER. This Has A "Friendly Neighborhood" Factor of Eight Out of Ten The Horseman In this week's Mondays With Marts, word broke that Peter Milligan's next project for Marvel will be X-related, presumably spinning out of his last story arc on X-Men. There's not a lot of information currently available about it, but I have heard that it is NOT an ongoing title. So, presumably it will be a miniseries of some sort. This Has A "Pale Horse" Factor of Seven Out of Ten Watch Your Back, Spidey One of our long time ATR Associates sent me some information regarding Spider-Man's "Iron Spider" costume. Consider this your SPOILER WARNING in case this turns out to be true. Our informant relayed that Spider-Man has long history of his gadgets and alternate costumes being used against him. From what I'm told, the "Iron Spidey" suit will not be an exception. According to our source, the question isn't how long will the costume stick around, it's who's going to be wearing it. I actually have a theory about that one. "The Other" that was formed out of Peter's dead skin (DON'T ASK) is still out there somewhere. Even if the "Iron Spidey" suit was programmed only to respond to Peter Parker, his double may be a genetic match for him. Something to think about, eh? This Has A "Does Whatever An Iron Can" Factor of Five Out of Ten Marvelous Representation Following up on last week's story, thanks to our readers who sent me tips about the Marvel art Lee Bermejo provided for Panini. It turns out that he didn't draw them as covers, but instead drew a five part poster of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Daredevil and Hulk, and Wolverine, with each section to be included with their respective reprint titles. This Has A "Stroke of The Brush" Factor of Ten Out of Ten A League of His Own Speaking of artists I'm (hearting) on: Ed Benes, who will be providing the art for Brad Meltzer's Justice League of America. Looking at that, I'd kind of like to see Meltzer and Benes take a JLU approach to the book, with a massive roster of characters. Incidently, this pic was found on Comic Art Fans (http://www.comicartfans.com/) in the collection of "TC Art Collector". He also had an X-Men commission by Benes, that I particularly liked. This Has A "Legend In The Making" Factor of Ten Out of Ten The Spider-Man Conundrum Long time ATR readers may recall a report that we had back in August of 2004 about Activision's plans for the Spider-Man video game franchise. At the time, word was that they had an Ultimate Spider-Man game planned for 2005, a Classic Spider-Man game for 2006 and the Spider-Man 3 game set for 2007. As I'm sure you know, the first part of that came to pass last year. So, like many of you, I've been waiting on word about the next Spider-Man game. However, there have been some reports that an Ultimate Spider-Man 2 video game is in the works. I'm not sure if that's true, but if it is, it could be in place of the Classic Spider- Man game. We're a couple months away from the E3, so it may be a while before we know more. This Has A "Spin The Web" Factor of Four Out of Ten The Blog At World's End Joshua Hale Fialkov is teaming with his Elk's Run colorist, Scott A. Keating on a new miniseries entitled World's End. It's still at a very early stage, but Fialkov has already started a blog to track its progress from concept to publication. Thus far, there's not a lot of art to be seen, but some of the design sketches have been posted, and they are well worth a look. http://www.poorlydrawnanimals.com/worldsend/blog/2006/01/whats- in-skin-suit.html This Has A "What's In A Skin Suit?" Factor of Eight Out of Ten One Way Ticket, Yeah Mark Ricketts and Micah Farritor have an original graphic novel coming out from Image in May, which is entitled Night Trippers. Apparently it takes place in England during 60s and revolves around a Satan worshiping pop group and a serial killer dressed like a "Teddy Boy", among other things. Some preview pages have been posted on their website: But what's really got my attention is their use of podcasts to promote the book. They already have some fictional interviews about the time and original 60's inspired music by Ricketts and the band Epicycle. You can check out the podcast here. http://nighttrippers.com/Podcast/Podcast.html This Has A "Fangs For The Memories" Factor of Eight Out of Ten Rage Hits The Road Next week's ATR will be coming to you from Wonder Con in San Francisco. My computer access there may be limited, so there's a good chance the column won't be ready until Monday. Don't freak out, alright? While we're on the subject, this seems like a good time to run down our ATR convention schedule for the year: Wonder Con February 10th-12th Wizard World Los Angeles March 17th-19th E3 2006 May 10th-12th Heroes Con June 30th-July 2nd San Diego Comic Con International July 19th-July 23rd Baring anything drastic and unexpected, I'll be at all these conventions, providing coverage for ATR/SBC. See you there. Still Savage One last item this week: My interview with Erik Larsen was posted on SBC a few days ago. Larsen had some interesting things to say about the future of the Savage Dragon and some long delayed Image projects. You can check it out here. http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/113885377252574.ht m And we're done. It's Game Time, ladies and gents. Who's got the Steelers by 10? 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 . . . Of late DC has been more concerned with how it looks. The DC "spin" logo was an early sign, but the "All Star" logos are another example that they're trying to look their best with spiffy new logos and the like. In Joe Quesada's regular Newsarama Joe Fridays, the question of Marvel's Western line as raised - and the absence of Rawhide Kid. "Well, understand that if we were to go with the gay Kid we would have had to label the books MAX and that's not what we wanted for this event." DC/Wildstorm have picked up licenses for a new comics line from New Line studios, also owned by Warner Bros. Named titles include "Friday the 13th," "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Austin Powers" and "The Tenacious D." I hear work of a DC crossover with another company is in the works. the kind that would make Joe Quesada jealous. more info expected at the New York Convention. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ] FROM FILM TO PRINT It usually works the other way around in comics, but in this case one of the SUPERMAN FAMILY made their first appearance (sort of) on film. Producer and writer Robert Maxwell came up with THE MONKEY MYSTERY as one of the episodes of the first season of THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN in 1951. The plot involved a small organ grinder's monkey dressed in a Superman outfit that was passing atomic secrets to foreign agents. Whit Ellsworth was the co- producer of that first season of TAOS and remembered to mention it to Editor Mort Weisinger. Kids loved seeing the superape on reruns, so in 1960, he introduced the character to the comics in SUPERBOY, including a scene with an organ grinder. _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for subscribing to the Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine (CBEM) --------------------------->Disclaimer<--------------------------- This is an ANNOUNCE only mailing list, only the Editor can send messages to the list. No one else has access to the subscriber list. Replies to these messages will be received by the Editor ONLY, so you must CC: individual contributors if you want them to get your E-Mail. The E-mail to the E-mag MAY be used in future issues at the Editor's discretion UNLESS you specifically request that they not be. It is our policy to withhold names and/or Addresses, by request only, from letters of comment. 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