Randal | October 21, 2010
What happened this week in the world of nerds, geeks and fandom? This week Disney bought the distribution rights to two of Marvel’s biggest film titles from Paramount. The first images of the film version of the Green Lantern’s power battery/weird alien thingy have been released. Indie film director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) has been [...]
kita | February 1, 2010
Best-selling author, Brad Meltzer, starts the new arc “Twilight” in BUFFY. The new FABLES trade is here. (Buffy fans, check out Fables, Fables fans, check out Buffy.) MASS EFFECT: You’ve finished the game, now read the comic! Click on the images for a full description of the picks. ALL of this week’s stuff is on [...]
kita | November 19, 2009
The Best from the November Previews Catalog Bluewater Logan’s Run: Last Day – A new adaptation of William F. Nolan’s book. Boom! Studios Disney’s Hero Squad – Ongoing with Goofy, Donald, and the rest as superheroes. Wizards of Mickey – Ongoing with fantasy and mystery stories of Mickey & company. Dark Horse Mass Effect – [...]
kita | August 31, 2009
Disney and Marvel announced that the Walt Disney Company will acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock and cash deal valued at $4 billion. Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter will continue to oversee the Marvel properties for Disney. Disney CEO Robert Iger said of the transaction, “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of [...]
kita | August 18, 2009
Boom! Studios has acquired the rights to the Disney Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comics previously held by Gemstone. Look forward to four titles from Boom! Studios starting with WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES #699 and MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #296 in September and UNCLE SCROOGE #384 and DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #347 due in October. [...]
paul | May 11, 2009
Last Thursday night, CUBANE was eeked out of the Trenz Magazine’s Battle of the Bands by good friends Peace With Doubt at the Retox. According to the judges, CUBANE had won the online voting, Peace With Doubt just edged them on the in person voting, but was given the nod for getting a better crowd [...]
paul | May 4, 2009
What do these things have in common? Not much really, except that Paul is going to mention them in this blog! LOST, BUT FOUND at F.C.B.D. We know that one of our roughly 1300 attendees lost his set of keys that day and we couldn’t help find them, but we DID find a lone earring. [...]
