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+++++ From THE BEAT by Heidi McDonald at http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/ Bob Burden hospitalized A rash of health issues for cartoonists continues with news of Bob Burden's hospitalization: Just a quick note Bob Burden is currently recovering in the Northside Hospital ICU from a stomach virus contracted visiting New Orleans two weeks ago. He underwent surgery yesterday morning if you could get the word out to fans to send cards and prayers that would be must appreciated. Cards can be sent to Desperado Studios c/o Bob Burden get well wishes 51 South Peachtree Drive Suite 8 Norcross, GA 30071 Burden is the creator of The Flaming Carrot and Mystery Men. Bob is really more of a legend than a man, a man who spews creations like most people discuss the weather. So send him a get well card. We wish him the speediest of recoveries. Comics legend Rich Johnston gets murdered in a CSI comics mini series. Now that is what we call cool! The investigation into "Who Killed Rich Johnston" begins this August at IDW Publishing with the debut of the five-issue mini- series "CSI: Dying In The Gutters" by writer Steven Grant and artist Stephen Mooney. The suspects? Comic industry professional you're all familiar with. In an attempt to scoop the scoop master himself, CBR News spoke with IDW's Editor-In-Chief Friday afternoon to get the dirt on this most unlikely of comic book series Parker announces TOTH book Over at his blog, Jeff Parker talks about an Alex Toth project he has in the pipeline Okay, it's true. Though I've mentioned incessantly that I'm in no big hurry to publish a book for a while (and thus have to fill orders), I am going to crank up the OCTOPUS PRESS machine to publish a collection of Alex Toth work. How could I not? This is twenty years worth of doodles and sketches that Alex would send to friend John Hitchcock (owner of the comics shop PARTS UNKNOWN), and it's just fascinating to look through. So far, probably only a few dozen people have ever seen this, so it's time to change that. In a few weeks I'll squeeze in time to make a web page for it, and then ask you kind people to spread that link around. If there's any money after printing costs are covered, most of it will be going to Toth, so I don't really have any ad budget to speak of. But I think word of mouth will actually do a lot, as that's how his reputation has spread over the decades- he's an "artist's artist". Anyway, since people keep writing and asking me, I feel I can step up and proclaim now that I've sent off the solicitation to run in Diamond's June Previews. Much more information coming! Friends of Lulu Empowerment fund details anounced Ron‚e Garcia Bourgeois updates her Buzzscope column with a snappy logo by Paul Sizer and details on the FoL Empowerment Fund: FOL Empowerment Fund A fund created to aide women in the comics industry who are sexually assaulted or harassed by someone else within the same industry and want to press charges or make a civil suit. * Victim must be at work in some capacity in the field of comics. (i.e. retailer, creator, publisher, journalist, freelancer etc) * The accused must also work in this field in some capacity OR the incident must take place at a comic related activity (i.e. conventions, auctions, fundraisers for groups etc.) * Victim must divulge all details to Friends of Lulu, including police reports and actions taken due to incident so that the Executive Board can determine eligibility * Award will be given out by FOL after The Executive Board chooses recipient by majority vote. Depending on the need, this can be awarded in one check or several throughout the duration of the case. * Recipient must provide receipts for all monies needed or spent out of fund totaling the amount of award. * Recipient agrees if monetary damages are awarded to donate the amount given from the fund back to FOL for future cases. * Promotional costs and related expenses for the fund itself may be taken out of fund account but must have receipt of such for every dollar spent. * This fund is a part of Friends of Lulu but kept separate from general monies at all times. +++++ From Newsarama at http://www.Newsarama.com/ ILLNESS PREVENTS STAN LEE FROM APPEARING ON HSN Premiere comics and collectibles company Dynamic Forces returns to HSN this spring as DF President Nick Barrucci hits the air on April 25th with a very special guest! The 11PM EST Hour will not only feature the best and most "dynamic" comic collectibles, but will also feature "jazzy" John Romita! Also, a special preview hour at 2AM EST (that's 11PM PST on the 24th) with President Nick Barrucci featuring more "dynamic" comic collectibles, set to whet fans appetite for the 11PM show. +++++ From ICV2.com Graphic Novel of Jewish Folk Tales From Jewish Lights Publishing April 19, 2006 Jewish Lights Publishing will release The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey -- A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West in August. The 144-page 6" x 9" full color trade paperback is a quirky retelling of Jewish folk tales, set in the old west. The title character moves west in search of adventure to Elk Spring, Colorado, where he outwits the gang that runs the town and settles down as the town's rabbi, which allows him to settle disputes, trick criminals into confessing, and offer unsolicited bits of Talmudic insight. Writer/artist Steve Sheinkin is writer and illustrator of the Storytellers History series, a series of illustrated books for 4- 8th graders that tell stories from history. This is the second day in a row that we've had news of a graphic novel with religious themes (see "Papercutz to Publish Pope Bio"), reflecting the increasing breadth of subject matter for graphic novels as they expand into territory previously reserved only for prose. Virgin Gets CMO Larry Lieberman New Chief Marketing Officer April 19, 2006 Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation (see "First Four Virgin Comics") have named Larry Lieberman as the companies' new Chief Marketing Officer. In that position, he will run global licensing, strategic marketing, publishing and advertising sales divisions, and the companies' worldwide online and wireless content initiatives. Lieberman comes to Virgin from Forever Wild, a company he founded in 2002 to do event marketing, production, and sales promotions. Prior to his time with Forever Wild, Lieberman had a long career in the entertainment business, including stints at Musicmaker.com, where he was president, global sales and marketing; Comedy Central, where as VP-strategic planning and new business development he launched global licensing ventures for South Park and launched ComedyCentral.com; Warner Music Group, where he was VP-marketing and artist relations; and MTV, where he was director of merchandise marketing. Papercutz to Publish Pope Bio And Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew Box Sets April 18, 2006 Papercutz has announced its August releases, and there are several graphic novel products with strong commercial potential. The product with potentially the broadest appeal is The Life of Pope John Paul II, a 96-page color hardcover graphic non-fiction work that will retail for $16.95. It will carry an intro by His Eminence Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes. This new biography by Alessandro Mainardi (writer) and Werner Maresta (artist) is not the first time a biography has been done of this pope in comic book form. In 1983, Marvel Comics published a biography by Steven Grant and John Tartaglione in a floppy format, which sold over 3 million copies. Another comic bio by Toni Pagot, which we haven't seen, is out there on the Internet in trade paperback format but appears to be in dwindling supply. The Papercutz release will be the first hardcover presentation of a John Paul II comic bio, and has the potential to sell well over a long period of time. Papercutz is also releasing box sets of its two flagship titles, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, in plenty of time for the holidays. The Nancy Drew Boxed Set, which will include volumes 1-4 along with a free Nancy Drew Computer Game from Her Interactive, will retail for $29.95. The Hardy Boys Boxed Set, also with four volumes, will also retail for $29.95. The books have been selling very well as individual volumes (see "Nancy Drew Sells Out"), and these value-priced sets will be great holiday products. +++++ From The SCOOP! at http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/ Comic Book Benefits Katrina Victims Industry News, Scoop, Friday, April 21, 2006 Tempest is a collaborative 24-page oneshot which follows a comic book artist's challenge to find a way to cope with the tragic events surrounding a tumultuous storm being constantly covered on the news. Will he be able to use his artistic gifts to spread hope in the face of adversity? Find out by purchasing a copy of Tempest, all the proceeds of which will be donated to the Salvation Army's Hurricane Relief efforts. Tempest is written by Ben Avery (ArmorQuest, Lullaby, The Hedge Knight). Artists involved in Tempest include: Randy Green (Witchblade, Emma Frost, Dollz) Javier Saltares (David's Mighty Men, Wolverine, and GI Joe) Sherwin Schwartzrock (ArmorQuest, Deal with the Devil) Sergio Cariello (Batman, Sojourn, and Spider-Man) Mike Worley (The Simpsons, Archie Comics) Tom Bancroft (Big Idea, Disney, Opposite Forces) Phil Hester (Nightwing, Green Arrow, The Wretch) Tim Kane (Wildgaurd, Super Crazy TNT Blast!!) Mario Ruiz (Samson, Testament) Gary Shipman (Pakkin's Land, Amazing True Life Stories) Darren Brady (Handel's Messiah, HeroTV) Jesse Hamm (Bitten Apple, Savage Daisies) Gary Martin (The Moth, Nexus) Pick up your copy online here: http://communitycomics.com/comics_tempest.html +++++ [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.] Load Your Bibles By Blair Marnell Welcome back to another edition of ATR. Last week's minor technical problem has now become a full-blown catastrophe. Until my computer gets fixed, my internet access is going to be limited. As it is, I have to write this week's column on my buddy's computer. [Ed's Note: Blair's tech troubles were not the cause of this week's delay in posting the column. Editorial apologies to all... mea culpa!] Greener Pastures Some interesting details regarding the Marvel/Top Cow packaging deal have popped up over at Millarworld. For starters, long time Top Cow artist, Francis Manapul's exclusive deal is up and he will not be a part of the Marvel deal. Early rumors have him pegged for DC, but I've also heard that he will be working for a French publisher in the near future. There's also a rumor that he will be working with Jason Rubin (Crash Bandicoot) on a creator owned book, which was first mentioned here last month. Another popular Top Cow artist, Michael Choi has been dropping hints about his Marvel assignment coming out of the packaging deal: Speaking of Marvel, we're a little closer to finding out what our next project will be. If everything goes to plan, people can expect: a) Sonia and myself to do more covers, b) Our return to Sara Pezzini to be sooner than we thought, and c) Our Marvel project to be very different, but very similar to what we've been doing so far for Top Cow. This Has A "Crossing Over" Factor of Seven Out of Ten Rro7 No More Living In The Green There's word going around that the latest Swamp Thing series may be facing cancellation due to low sales. If true, that's really a shame. I've been enjoying the book. This Has A "Holland Mind" Factor of Five Out of Ten Life After Flight I've heard an additional detail about 24/Seven, the upcoming Image anthology coming out in July. Apparently it will be 200 pages in full color. And it won't be the only anthology coming out from Image that month. Mark Andrews (Colossus), Derick Thompson, Peter Sohn, Nate Stanton, Ted Mathot and several other Pixar animators are collaborating on Afterworks 2, which like 24/Seven will be 200 pages in full color. The first Afterworks anthology (which was originally put out by E-Ville Press) will also be re-released through Image in June. This Has A "9 To 5" Factor of Nine Out of Ten Speaking of Which. As much as I'm looking forward to the new Image anthologies, Flight 3 is still one of the summer's most anticipated projects. Kazu Kibuishi and crew have the added advantage of coming out through Ballantine Books. Which, in of itself should draw in new readers. This Has A "Bolt City" Factor of Ten Out of Ten Love That Lovecraft And now, for our third anthology item this week (that's got to be some kind of record), an early look at John Rogers (Blue Beatle) and Andy Khun's (Marvel Team Up) story from Boom! Studios' forthcoming Cthulhu Tales. Their story is called "Quality Time" and features the dreaded "Great Old One" exerting his influence over. a school play? This Has A "Heed The Call" Factor of Seven Out of Ten Princes of The Universe Look for Dynamite's Highlander ongoing series to start up in July. The writers attached are Michael Oeming & Brandon Jerwa, with Lee Moder (Painkiller Jane) on art. For now, the focus of the series is said to be on Connor MacLeod, Christopher Lambert's character from the original movies. But it seems likely that Duncan MacLeod (from the Highlander TV series) will get his time in the spotlight as well, given that Adrian Paul just finished shooting a new Highlander movie. This Has A "Kurgan's Prize" Factor of Eight Out of Ten Beyond Reality This has been making the rounds lately. The Secret Wars Reenactment Society. Just click on this link to see it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YveSHqhOkdo&search=secret%20wars My god. people! There's never been a more convincing argument for spandex as a controlled substance. Though, not a bad idea. I did like the ending. This Has A "Back To Battleworld" Factor of Five Out of Ten For The Girl Who Has Everything Over at his blog, http://kingofbreakfast.livejournal.com/2006/04/14/ Paul Dini has been sharing his thoughts on his last animated DCU story, the Supergirl centric episode of JLU, Far From Home, which made its US debut last night. In other news, Paul's wife (and professional stage magician) Misty Lee, will be making her Los Angeles debut next month. This Has A "Say The Magic Word Backwards" Factor of Nine Out of Ten The Beaver Is Back Earlier this week, Freshmen writer, Hugh Sterbakov left the following post on his message board: Freshmen II will be a Top Cow book. We're a go. I don't have any more details yet. There will be a press release in a few days, but it's not likely to have any details beyond a quote from Seth and myself. Leonard has gone exclusive to Marvel, so we're unfortunately going to have to venture forth without him. Like we did the first time, artists' names are starting to be bandied about and we'll come up with a list and see who is interested and what their take will be. All we can hope for is to find someone as enthusiastic and talented as Leonard to join our crew. Dunno for sure how many issues we'll do yet, but it will be another miniseries. No less than six issues, no more than eight. I've got the basic story, but I haven't started figuring out how to break it down into issue segments yet. News will break here first! Sterbakov goes on to mention that an October or December launch is expected for the new miniseries. Also of note, Sterbakov's original post confirms the rumor of Leonard Kirk's new exclusive deal with Marvel, which we reported here three weeks ago. This Has A "Choke Your Robot Chickens" Factor of Eight Out of Ten More Strangeness And finally this week, a quick look at the work of incoming Strange Girl artist Nick Stakal, who takes over as of issue 10. Enjoy. And that's a wrap. Though I do want to mention that my SBC mail account is still working, so please keep sending your tips to blairm@silverbulletcomicbooks.com. I appreciate them all and could really use the assist while I'm having computer issues. Thanks. and have a Happy Easter! Blair +++++ 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 . . . From Avatar this summer. "Lady Death/Shi." By Brian Pulido, Billy Tucci and Juan Jose Ryp. Also from Avatar this summer, returning from its stint at Image, "More Than Mortal." "Gun Theory" was a book by Daniel Way for the Epic Line, remarkably a creator owned series for Marvel that saw print, but also cancelled only a couple of issues in. Well, it's back as part of a self published line from Ten Terrific Daniel Way, called Bad Press. It will be accompanied by two other titles, "Stanko Gets The Ladies" with artist Nick Dragotta ("X-Statix: Dead Girl") and "Heavier Than God" with artist Ken Knudtsen ("My Monkey's Name Is Jennifer"). "Gun Theory" will also be co-published by Oddgod Press In a now deleted thread on the Bendis Board, an alleged private AOL transcript with Fabian Niceza was posted by 'higgins4', revealing plans for "Deadpool" during the "Civil War" crossover: deadpool will be first in line to go hunt renegade heroes. he doesn't need to "register." his identity is publicly known. "Savage Dragon" #128. A crossover with Top Cow's "Wanted" series. "Blood Of The Demon" has been cancelled with issue 17, it seems. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ] PAVING THE WAY FOR HOWARD CHAYKIN DAN ACKROYD had the film rights, and enlisted JIM STERANKO to help. But somehow his 1980'S feature film version of BLACKHAWK never made it to film. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [5] Interviews Richard Vasseur richardv@sympatico.ca Marlin Shoop artist on "G.I.Joe: America's Elite" from Devil's Due interviewed by Richard Vasseur www.jazmaonline.com RV: How would you describe your art style? MS: Hmmmm, I would say a bit modern classic realistic, if that makes any sense... RV: Do you have any favorite characters to draw? MS: I would have to say Superman. That is my career goal is to draw the Man of Steel. RV: What do you like about this comic? MS: It has been fun drawing my childhood characters as Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow! RV: Would you like to work on any other Devil's Due titles if so which ones and why? MS: Hack/Slash or any Dungeons and Dragons. Why not! Hack/Slash is fun characters to draw, and Dungeons and Dragons is just a given! hehehe RV: What first got you to start drawing? MS: My Mom, she had gotten me started very young. I drew everything from my action figures to my little sister. Artistic talent runs throughout my Mom's side of the family. I took it to the next level by making money at it. RV: Do you have any formal training? MS: I attended Joe Kubert's School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and Savannah College of Art and Design. I got the best of both worlds! I also mentored under Bart Sears for a while. I guess he had seen potential in me and took me under his wing. He would set up appointments at every convention he would attend to show me the ropes, making me a better artist and storyteller. Bart, if you are reading this, Thanks! RV: How did you come to work at Devil's Due? MS: A guy I met at Wizard World LA passed by my table and saw a pin-up I had done with Hack/Slash, that was actually used on Ain't it Cool News when they announced the movie for it, and mentioned if I knew Tim Seeley. I told him I knew of him, just not personally, but he did. He said I should email Tim and see if he needs any artists on Hack/Slash, so I did. And the rest is going on as we speak! RV: Have you worked on any other comics? MS: I have worked on Decoy for Penny Farthing Press, a story with B. Clay Moore. I am also working on a graphic novel for Platinum Studios and two other projects that are in the works, will announce soon. RV: Who has inspired you most in life? MS: My wife, Cyndi, she has pushed me to my limits and continues to push me. If it wasn't for her, I probably wouldn't be in the industry. I would still be working at Denny's, or Home Depot! For that, she is a big inspiration and my support system. RV: What artists do you admire? MS: There are a few, Joe Kubert being one, to me; he is one of the best storytellers to date. Others would be Alex Toth, Neil Adams, John Buscema, Mike Zeck, Brian Stelfreeze, Adam Hughes and Marc Silvestri. RV: If you could have one super power what would it be and why? MS: I would say to control time, I can draw as long as I want and still make deadline! RV: What advice do you have for up and coming artists? MS: Practice, patience and perseverance, the 3 P's, it's like what my Dad would tell me, "A man plants a Bamboo tree and waters it for seven years, during the seventh year, it starts to grow after 30 days. Does it grow during the seven years, or the 30 days?" Patience really is a virtue. Meet the right people and keep putting yourself out there, you will get noticed, it will take time, but it will happen. RV: How can someone contact you? MS: email is the best way to get a hold of me, and my cell phone, but I am not handing out my cell number. HA HA HA but email address is mshoop@gmail.com I also am having a website built, hopefully it will be up and running by June! RV: Any last words of advice? MS: Don't pee in the wind and don't eat yellow snow! Pass it along! ***** 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. All contributors are required to use their real name and have a valid Email address for their columns to be published. 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