Feb 21, 2010

[Super Hero News] MediaConnection eNews - 2/19/10

 

This Week In MediaConnection
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Selected Articles From The Past Week

Bakugan Battle Trainer Issues A New Call of Brawl

DC Entertainment Names Executive Team

Bettie Page Statue Honors The Work Of Dave Stevens

Blizzard Announces Beta And Gives Big

Cameron to Mentor Webb on Spider-Man

Street Fighter IV To Debut On iPhone and iPod Touch

Leo Howard Cast as Young Conan

Holmes Producer to Take On Musketeers

Syfy and THQ Team For Kids Block

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MediaConnection Wrap Up - Week ending February 19, 2010

Taylor Lautner to star as 'Stretch Armstrong'

Taylor Lautner has signed on to star in "Stretch Armstrong,"
Universal's movie based on the Hasbro toy. The studio is also making
the movie in 3D, which will push back the release date of the movie from
May 15, 2011 to some time in 2012.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton to star in 'The Thing'

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton will star in "The Thing,"
Universal's latest take on the shape-shifting alien who terrorizes a
group of people in a remote facility.

Marvel Teams with Maisto for Die-Cast Vehicles

Marvel Entertainment continues to expand its presence in the toy
category through a new deal with Maisto International for die-cast toy
vehicles featuring Marvel's Super Heroes.

BBC America Continues 'Being Human'

After a hit season on BBC America, the network is bringing "Being Human"
back for two more seasons. The three main characters, Russell Tovey,
Lenora Crichlow and Aidan Turner play George, Annie and Mitchell, three
seemingly normal young people who are, in fact, a werewolf, a vampire
and a ghost. The second season will premiere late this summer on BBC
America, with the third season following shortly.

Adult Swim Expanding

Cartoon Network has decided to beef up its primetime programming.
Beginning in January 2011, Adult Swim, the Cartoon Network's
late-evening animation fare, will kick off the night at 9 p.m. instead
of 10 p.m.

Anime Expo® 2010 Announces Its First Guest of Honor…NABESHIN

Anime Expo 2010 is honored to announce anime director and seiyu Shinichi
"Nabeshin" Watanabe as an official Guest of Honor for its July
convention. The United States' largest anime and manga convention is
scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The famed director will participate in guest panels, meet-and-greets and
autograph sessions at the 19th annual Anime Expo.

Maggie Q to star as CW's 'Nikita'

In a pilot season shaping up as the most diverse ever for leads in
dramas, Maggie Q is in talks to play the title character in the CW's
"Nikita" reboot and Roselyn Sanchez has been tapped as the lead in ABC's
"Cutthroat."

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Feb 20, 2010

[Super Hero News] Arcana February 2010 Newsletter

 

Arcana Newsletter for February 2010, Newsletter Volume 7, Issue 2 February
20, 2010
This Month in February

- Arcana Charity Campaign

- GearHead TPB

- This Month in Previews
- This Month on Shelves
- Interview with Steven Prouse

Arcana Charity Campaign

The new year has already provided many joys, many difficulties and many
opportunities for all of us. Arcana is proud to announce it has recently
donated hundreds of all age books to Camp Can-Do
([http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_PA/COM_11_2X_Children_s_Camps_11081.asp?sitearea=COM]
ACS) including The Gwaii, Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom and the
Art of ReBoot. Kelli Rivera, the assistant director for sibling week, has
been with the organization for 10 years said "I used to watch ReBoot all
the time and we love the books you sent. Thank you so much for your
donation and please spread the word about the camp".

Camp Can-Do is an excellent organization that really makes a difference
and allows a kid to be a kid. Provided free of charge by the American
Cancer Society, Camp Can-Do is a week-long camp for children with cancer,
and Camp Can-Do II is a week-long camp for siblings of children with
cancer.

Haitian artist Rene Dittmer and Arcana raised almost $1000 selling sketch
various covers with all proceeds going to directly to Haitian relief. Rene
and his family were lucky to be alive after the devastating 7.0 earthquake
struck on January 12th, but his hometown of Port-au-Prince was left in
ruins. He is sending updates when he can and we are all hoping for the
best for him and his family. Rene has worked on storyboards and concept
designs for Arcana's upcoming project, Kleo.

Arcana has also recently participated in Maple Creek Middle's Literacy
Conference giving away numerous comics, including The Clockwork Girl and A
Cat Named Haiku, and also presented work shops for middle school students
on developing comics and graphic novels. As well, Arcana has donated books
for the Comic Slop at the Hayward Leadership Public School in California to
support their comic book club.

Arcana has many more plans for charity events in 2010, and if you have a
charity or event, please do not hesitate to contact us to see if we can
help.

GearHead TPB

On a mission to find her brother and in search of the destiny she never
knew she had, Shelby's life is about to get interesting. Join her on a road
trip that leads from the drag strip all the way to the White House. Like
her father before her, she is GearHead.

Created by Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon, the comic in currently
optioned by Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures. Collecting the first
four issues, along with never before seen pinups and commentary, GearHead
is here to stay.

Buy the book now: [http://www.arcana.com/store.php]
http://www.arcana.com/store.php

In Previews

[http://www.koniwaves.com] In Previews, for items shipping in March and
April, Arcana will be publishing Arcana Presents 2010 (JAN10 0717),
Anywhere #5 (JAN10 0718), Don Bluth's Space Ace TPB (JAN10 0719), Grunts
War Stories TPB (JAN10 0720), Paradox GN (JAN10 0721), Anywhere #6 (FEB10
0660), Fafnir The Dragon GN (FEB10 0661), and Gauze TPB (FEB10 0662).

Shipping This Month

[http://www.arcanacomics.com/comicdisplay.php?id=63] Arcana kicks off the
New Year this January and February with the release of Arcana Magazine #1
(NOV09 0599), Anywhere #3 (NOV09 0600), Avengelyne vs Koni Waves Oneshot
(NOV09 0601), Cat Named Haiku (NOV09 0602), Miracle GN (NOV09 0603), and
Anywhere #4 (DEC09 0661) .

Interview with Steven Prouse

[http://www.arcanacomics.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43&sid=ea18fe750614494a373373da97dedb88]

This month, Arcana's Vice President of Marketing, Jimmy DaSilva interviews
Steven Prouse, writer of the original graphic novel, Coin Operated Boy.

JD: Steven, can you give a synopsis of what Coin Operated Boy is about for
those not familiar with it?

SP: Coin Operated Boy is the story of a girl named Genesis and her
bedroom, in general, with men. She blows through them pretty steadily, but
is increasingly tired of the emotional baggage they seem to bring to the
table. Her solution: create a robot boy to fulfill her fun times while
dumping nothing heavy on her. Things go wrong when the boy becomes self
aware and tries to protect his creator from everything, including her
friends.

JD: How did you come up with the idea for the story?

SP: I had this close friend in college who was really the big bang for
Genesis. Our conversations revolved around how complicated relationships
are and how we just wished we could get a little action without all that
baggage. She seemed to be every man's (and a few women's) wet dream. She
was absolutely brilliant, but her down time was beyond exciting.

I wanted to tell a story about our friendship, but in a way that showed
the pure comfort we had with each other and didn't want to do just another
sappy, slice-of-life sort of story. I had this story in skeletal form when
I heard the Dresden Dolls' "Coin Operated Boy." I absolutely loved it, but
the general empty love message I saw in the song made me want to tell a
story where that sort of connection is only fleeting (as is, in my opinion,
the general concept of love). What Genie finds in her friend at the end is
far more secure and important than a romance.

JD: What inspires you as a writer?

SP: The human condition; people, relationships, philosphy, theology,
politics... how people interact and define their world. Random
conversations, smells, other things I read... all of these can ignite a
spark in the back of my head.

JD: How did you decide on bringing Coin Operated Boy to Arcana?

SP: I've been familiar with Arcana since the early Kade days and wanted
to work with a comic publisher with a proven track record for producing
high quality books, but small enough that Coin Operated wouldn't get lost
in the monthly melee.

JD: Are there any other projects you are working on?

SP: Always... I am currently working on a mini-series titled "Stink Fist"
about a futuristic world where the corporate reanimation of corpses as
slave labor won out over robotics. I have a few other things in the works
on various other comics, film, and television projects - nothing developed
enough to talk about now - and am currently writing an erotica novel (the
first chapter is in my notes on my facebook page).

JD: Before we go, is there anything else you would like to say to fans?

SP: Don't buy the hype... take candy from as many strangers as would
offer.

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Feb 19, 2010

[Super Hero News] R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Zombie Style!

 

For Immediate Release

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Zombie Style
Beauology 101 Demands Respect For All Zombies In Comics!
Westfield Comics

Beau Smith is very tired of seeing Zombies at the bottom of the
monster pecking order. For far too long the sissy vampires and
knuckle dragging werewolves have enjoyed the highlife of the monster
world. In this week's column of Beauology 101, Beau Smith grabs the
spotlight and turns it on the rotting Rodney Dangerfield's of
monsterdom--The Zombies!

Just click on the link below and show some respect! Leave a comment so
Beau won't have to show up where you work and persuade to do so.

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[Super Hero News] GET HEROIC BACK ISSUES USING HERO CREDITS!

 


USE HERO CREDITS TO PURCHASE HEROIC PUBLISHING BACK ISSUES!
Registered members of the Heroic Publishing website can now apply HERO CREDITS to their back issue purchases, giving registered members an opportunity to get the equivalent of a 33% DISCOUNT on any and all Heroic merchandise!

The Heroic Publishing website is the online home of such popular characters as FLARE, LIBERTY GIRL, MURCIELAGA SHE-BAT, THE LEAGUE OF CHAMPIONS, and WITCHGIRLS INC.

Heroic Publishing's new HERO CREDITS program is specifically designed to give fans of the Heroic titles an opportunity to earn or purchase credits that can be redeemed for a substantial discount on back issues, merchandise, and electronic editions of various Heroic Publishing titles. Heroic is also adding website-only features (such as comic book previews and glimpses of original artwork) that will only be available through the use of HERO CREDITS.

The HERO CREDITS program began in late January of this year, and after only a few weeks has proven very popular with both new and long-time fans of the Heroic titles. HERO CREDITS can be purchased, or earned by fans who set up links to the Heroic Publishing website. For a limited time, Heroic is even awarding 1000 free HERO CREDITS to everyone who registers as a member of the Heroic Publishing website.

Heroic Publishing's full-color comic book titles are now distributed exclusively through the new ComicsMonkey distribution service, www.comicsmonkey.com. Single copy purchases can be made from the Heroic Publishing website at www.heroicpub.com, or from IndyPlanet at www.indyplanet.com.

FLARET, LIBERTY GIRLT, THE LEAGUE OF CHAMPIONST and WITCHGIRLS INCT are trademarks of Heroic Publishing, Inc. MURCIELAGA SHE-BATT is a trademark of Dærick Gröss Sr and Studio G.

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[Super Hero News] NEW BETTIE PAGE STATUE PREMIERS AT TOY FAIR!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


For more information, contact:

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Dark Horse Comics

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NEW BETTIE PAGE STATUE FROM DARK HORSE DELUXE HONORS THE WORK OF

DAVE STEVENS

FEBRUARY 18, MILWAUKIE, OR—One of the main factors in the resurgence of interest in 1950s glamour icon Bettie Page can easily be traced to Dave Stevens, who made her a character in his The Rocketeer comics, which started in 1982 and remain popular today. Dark Horse has made a special arrangement with the estates of both Bettie Page and Dave Stevens to create a limited-edition statue based on one of Stevens's best Bettie Page images.

Dark Horse called on Dave's close friend and sometime collaborator Kent Melton, a top sculptor with whom he had always hoped to do a project of this sort. Dark Horse and Melton went over Stevens's many Bettie Page images, and the result is the most accurate representation of the pair's many conversations on the subject.

"We have enormous respect for both Dave and Bettie, and we felt an obligation to make this piece a home run," David Scroggy, Dark Horse's vice president of product development, remarked. "Dave was a tough critic, especially when it came to his own work. We knew we had to satisfy him, so we were meticulous in every detail. I think we might have succeeded."

Kent Melton observed, "Dave and I talked frequently about how female anatomy should work in sculpture. When I started to sculpt, it felt almost as if Dave were there guiding me. The piece came together quickly, almost as if we'd rehearsed it over the years."

The statue, which will be a numbered, limited edition (quantity still to be determined), stands approximately thirteen inches from base to top, and comes prepainted and presented in deluxe packaging. Also includes an oversized certificate of authenticity reproducing the Dave Stevens illustration that inspired it.

Dark Horse has a long association with both Dave Stevens and Bettie Page, having served as one of the original publishers of The Rocketeer and produced over 150 licensed Bettie Page items.

This beautiful new statue made its premiere appearance at Toy Fair this past weekend and is scheduled for a worldwide release in August 2010, carrying a $150 price tag.

About Dark Horse Comics

Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and comics legend Will Eisner, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, Serenity, and Domo. Today, Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the United States and is recognized as one of the world's leading publishers of licensed comics material.


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[Super Hero News] Galactus Returns To Devour The Super Hero Squad Show Season Finale!

 



Galactus Returns To Devour The Super Hero Squad Show Season Finale!

On tomorrow's highly anticipated Season Finale of The Super Hero Squad
Show at 7:30PM EST on Cartoon Network, Galactus arrives in Super Hero
City with one intention - to devour the Earth! The fate of the planet
hangs in the balance, and the Squaddies are the only ones who can save
it. But when the city's heroes prove powerless before Galactus'
omnipotence, they'll stop at nothing to save the planet and the fate of
man(and mutant)kind! In one last bid to assemble the Infinity Sword in
an effort to defeat him, the Squad finds out they require cooperation
from Dr. Doom in order to complete this task. Will Dr. Doom help them?
Why is Reptil the key to saving the planet? And which Squaddie will make
a tremendous sacrifice to save the Earth? Packed with guest character
appearances from Pyro, Juggernaut, Sabretooth, Fin Fang Foom, Thanos,
Firelord, Terrax, Enchantress, Fantastic Four, Nick Fury, Storm,
Ant-Man, Wasp, Misty Knight and Luke Cage (to name a "few"), this
episode will wrap up the action-packed and comedy-filled season, leaving
the audience begging for more. Season 2, here we come!

Plus, don't miss the all-new Super Hero Squad comic book series,
jam-packed with your favorite Marvel heroes and all-ages action, in
comic shops now!

Tune into the Cartoon Network at 7:30 PM on Saturday to "Hero Up!" with
your favorite characters in the Marvel Universe-or any other-in an
all-new episode of The Super Hero Squad Show!

To learn more about The Super Hero Squad Show, please visit
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Feb 18, 2010

[Super Hero News] What's new on Komikwerks - This Week

 


Dear Netizens of the Interweb,

Here is your weekly update alerting SUPER HERO NEWS readers to what's new on KOMIKWERKS.COM for this week: Friday, February 19, 2010!

New Comic Strips For This Week:
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THE PEOPLE THAT MELT IN THE RAIN
by Mike Dubisch, Carolyn Watson Dubisch

Laura finds her grandmother in the past and meets up with a very young "Mrs. W".

http://www.komikwerks.com/episodes.php?ti=157&ep=2527
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VAMPIRATES
by Tony Blake, Barry Livingston, Paul Jackson, Komikwerks, Nathan Watson

http://www.komikwerks.com/episodes.php?ti=158&ep=2535
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Please let SUPER HERO NEWS readers know about the latest cool stuff on Komikwerks.com!

Sincerely,
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