Dash Shaw on His Influences and the Process of Creating ‘My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea’
My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea is more than just another animated comedy full of high school angst. Written and directed by Dash Shaw with a voice cast that includes Jason Schwartzman, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham, John Cameron Mitchell, and Susan Sarandon, the film enjoyed an acclaimed run on last fall’s festival circuit, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival and going on to screen at Fantastic Fest and the New York Film Festival. As the film arrives in limited release courtesy of Gkids, we spoke with the filmmaker about the inspiration behind and process of bringing the semi-autobiographical, small-budget high school adventure comedy to the big screen.
The Film Stage: Thanks for speaking with us. We’re about the same age and I think I recognize a few of the influences in the film from comics, cartoons, books and movies. What were you watching...
The Film Stage: Thanks for speaking with us. We’re about the same age and I think I recognize a few of the influences in the film from comics, cartoons, books and movies. What were you watching...
- 4/15/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Daniel Clowes had Patricia Highsmith and Alfred Hitchcock on his mind for Wilson: "He's like a different version of the Robert Walker character in Strangers on a Train …" Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
A comment to director Craig Johnson and screenwriter/graphic novelist Daniel Clowes on Laura Dern's tattoos for her character Pippi in Wilson, led us to Robert Crumb, Tony Danza, Van Halen, and Pippi Longstocking. Woody Harrelson is Wilson, Pippi's ex-husband, and they have a daughter, Claire (Isabella Amara). Judy Greer plays Shelly, Wilson's dog sitter for Pepper and Cheryl Hines was once his sister-in-law.
Craig Johnson: "I like that in the Laura Dern version, Pippi is just this freckly faced, smiling can-do girl." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Not a shy man, Wilson likes to talk to all kinds of strangers. On an empty train, on the swing at the playground, in the men's room at an amusement park.
A comment to director Craig Johnson and screenwriter/graphic novelist Daniel Clowes on Laura Dern's tattoos for her character Pippi in Wilson, led us to Robert Crumb, Tony Danza, Van Halen, and Pippi Longstocking. Woody Harrelson is Wilson, Pippi's ex-husband, and they have a daughter, Claire (Isabella Amara). Judy Greer plays Shelly, Wilson's dog sitter for Pepper and Cheryl Hines was once his sister-in-law.
Craig Johnson: "I like that in the Laura Dern version, Pippi is just this freckly faced, smiling can-do girl." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Not a shy man, Wilson likes to talk to all kinds of strangers. On an empty train, on the swing at the playground, in the men's room at an amusement park.
- 3/23/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Skip Williamson (L), Jay Lynch
In this space two weeks ago, I wrote about the death of cartoonist and comix legend Jay Lynch. I noted his half-century friendship with Skip Williamson; despite their physical distance, I don’t think two people could have been closer.
As fate would have it, Skip died eleven days after Jay. Each was 72 years old. For long-time friends of the pair, for long-time fans of the pair – and I count myself among both groups – the timing was crippling. Skip long had heart problems so even though it was shocking, it wasn’t totally unexpected. However, there’s a kind of appropriateness about that timing that makes complete sense.
I won’t repeat their mutual history other than to mention the first comic book they pioneered was Bijou Funnies. Both had contributed to Harvey Kurtzman’s Help! Magazine and, later, to Playboy. Skip’s most revered character was Snappy Sammy Smoot,...
In this space two weeks ago, I wrote about the death of cartoonist and comix legend Jay Lynch. I noted his half-century friendship with Skip Williamson; despite their physical distance, I don’t think two people could have been closer.
As fate would have it, Skip died eleven days after Jay. Each was 72 years old. For long-time friends of the pair, for long-time fans of the pair – and I count myself among both groups – the timing was crippling. Skip long had heart problems so even though it was shocking, it wasn’t totally unexpected. However, there’s a kind of appropriateness about that timing that makes complete sense.
I won’t repeat their mutual history other than to mention the first comic book they pioneered was Bijou Funnies. Both had contributed to Harvey Kurtzman’s Help! Magazine and, later, to Playboy. Skip’s most revered character was Snappy Sammy Smoot,...
- 3/22/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Every town must have a place / Where phony hippies meet / Psychedelic dungeons / Popping up on every street • Frank Zappa, “Who Needs The Peace Corps?”
The late Sixties really did live up to its reputation. In my home town of Chicago hippie central was the Lincoln Park neighborhood around the iconic Biograph Theater, where, 34 years earlier, the FBI allegedly shot John Dillinger to death. Today, hippies can’t even afford to drive down Lincoln Avenue.
The area sported many blues and folk bars, giving such local talent as Steve Goodman, John Prine, Hound Dog Taylor and Harvey Mandel a place to strut their stuff. It was Mecca to the storefront theater movement, creating world-renown companies such as the Steppenwolf and the Organic Theater a home for newcomer writers and actors like David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, and John Ostrander. A mile down the street was The Second City,...
The late Sixties really did live up to its reputation. In my home town of Chicago hippie central was the Lincoln Park neighborhood around the iconic Biograph Theater, where, 34 years earlier, the FBI allegedly shot John Dillinger to death. Today, hippies can’t even afford to drive down Lincoln Avenue.
The area sported many blues and folk bars, giving such local talent as Steve Goodman, John Prine, Hound Dog Taylor and Harvey Mandel a place to strut their stuff. It was Mecca to the storefront theater movement, creating world-renown companies such as the Steppenwolf and the Organic Theater a home for newcomer writers and actors like David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, and John Ostrander. A mile down the street was The Second City,...
- 3/8/2017
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Walt Disney's Last Will and Testament, artwork from How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Nightmare Before Christmas, and many, many more incredible items are up for auction in the highly anticipated Animation and Disneyana event that began on December 9th. Also: watch two new clips plus the official trailer for Richard Mundy's Twenty Twenty-Four, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 Vol. 6 cover art and preview pages.
Animation & Disneyana Auction Details: Press Release: "Calabasas, Calif.- Walt Disney's Last Will and Testament, plus his signed document marking the genesis of the Disney Empire/brand; How the Grinch Stole Christmas production artwork (perfectly timed to the 50th anniversary of the animated TV special!) and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas original artwork and set pieces; Disneyana, featuring rare animation art and Disney park props, including an "Atom-mobile" miniature prop from the retired Journey Through Inner Space attraction, an assortment of...
Animation & Disneyana Auction Details: Press Release: "Calabasas, Calif.- Walt Disney's Last Will and Testament, plus his signed document marking the genesis of the Disney Empire/brand; How the Grinch Stole Christmas production artwork (perfectly timed to the 50th anniversary of the animated TV special!) and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas original artwork and set pieces; Disneyana, featuring rare animation art and Disney park props, including an "Atom-mobile" miniature prop from the retired Journey Through Inner Space attraction, an assortment of...
- 12/10/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It’s a common image in cinema: a beautiful, but vulnerable woman entering a cold and unforgiving world, where good bone-structure and talent become dangerously interchangeable. While navigating the leering male gaze and sometimes heartless competition of female peers, she also must do battle with her own insecurities and self-doubts, all of which can be seemingly cured with the miraculous kiss of success. But for some, that success can lead directly to their downfall. Sometimes, the consequences can even be lethal, the adversary too ruthless to be conquered, and the beauty is left to rust in tragic defeat. And sometimes, it’s more painfully simple. They merely want to cut the poor girl’s throat.
The Neon Demon, the spellbinding new film from director Nicolas Winding Refn, is now playing in theaters nationwide. The plot follows Jesse (Elle Fanning) a 16-year-old girl who arrives in Hollywood with dreams of becoming a successful model.
The Neon Demon, the spellbinding new film from director Nicolas Winding Refn, is now playing in theaters nationwide. The plot follows Jesse (Elle Fanning) a 16-year-old girl who arrives in Hollywood with dreams of becoming a successful model.
- 6/30/2016
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
Tattooed Tokyo – A Combination of Factors Prince Gallery, Copenhagen
In his Post-Apocalyptic Tattoo (1998-2008) and Graffoo series (2006-2009) -- currently on show at Prince Gallery in Copenhagen -- D. Dominick Lombardi playfully tackles the theme of the human condition. In these series, a distant future is imagined where pollutants, transgenic food and tainted water cause genetic mutations at the reproductive level. Despite the brightly colored, graphic renditions of cartoon-like tumorous mutations often set on candy colored backgrounds (photographs taken on a trip to japan, and reworked in Photoshop), the works tell a much bleaker story of a deeply impacted society seen from the perspective of a future tattoo artist whose final designs record the extreme mutations of the distant future.
What strikes you when confronted with the pieces is Lombardi’s choice of visual strategy in conveying his dystopian point of view. Many artists produce work dealing directly with dystopia; uncomfortable,...
In his Post-Apocalyptic Tattoo (1998-2008) and Graffoo series (2006-2009) -- currently on show at Prince Gallery in Copenhagen -- D. Dominick Lombardi playfully tackles the theme of the human condition. In these series, a distant future is imagined where pollutants, transgenic food and tainted water cause genetic mutations at the reproductive level. Despite the brightly colored, graphic renditions of cartoon-like tumorous mutations often set on candy colored backgrounds (photographs taken on a trip to japan, and reworked in Photoshop), the works tell a much bleaker story of a deeply impacted society seen from the perspective of a future tattoo artist whose final designs record the extreme mutations of the distant future.
What strikes you when confronted with the pieces is Lombardi’s choice of visual strategy in conveying his dystopian point of view. Many artists produce work dealing directly with dystopia; uncomfortable,...
- 6/4/2016
- by Erik Bendix
- www.culturecatch.com
Who decides what is pornography? Who gets to stop people from seeing it? And why do they bother?
A Utah state senator got a bill passed declaring pornography a public health crisis. It’s been a while since I’ve been in Utah, but I was in New York City a couple days ago and I figure if porn is a “public health crisis” in Utah, there would be some sign of that in the Big Apple. I saw no signs of any public health crisis whatsoever. I asked my fellow ComicMix columnist Mindy Newell if she’s seen any signs of a porn-related health pandemic; by day Mindy’s an operating room nurse in the New Jersey portion of the metropolitan area. She acknowledged that pornography might be a threat to the health of certain religions that maintain broad governmental power, but it’s not a physical health threat like,...
A Utah state senator got a bill passed declaring pornography a public health crisis. It’s been a while since I’ve been in Utah, but I was in New York City a couple days ago and I figure if porn is a “public health crisis” in Utah, there would be some sign of that in the Big Apple. I saw no signs of any public health crisis whatsoever. I asked my fellow ComicMix columnist Mindy Newell if she’s seen any signs of a porn-related health pandemic; by day Mindy’s an operating room nurse in the New Jersey portion of the metropolitan area. She acknowledged that pornography might be a threat to the health of certain religions that maintain broad governmental power, but it’s not a physical health threat like,...
- 5/25/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Read More: SXSW 2016 Coverage From Indiewire For years, Pixar has been the high water mark for giving life to inanimate objects, but the R-rated comedy "Sausage Party" takes that tradition to edgier extremes. An unlikely passion project eight years in the making from co-writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the movie envisions talking food products in a grocery store who cuss and screw their way through a 90-minute romp. "Sausage Party" plays out like "Toy Story" by way of alt-comics icon Robert Crumb, which is just as ridiculous as it sounds. Even in the wildly unfinished version that premiered at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, the August 12 release is subversive comedy gold. It's also legitimately well-directed by veteran animators Conrad Vernon ("Shrek 2") and Greg Tierana, who give the world its own loony internal logic. But seriously, "Sausage Party" is really unfinished. In his introduction to a packed house at Austin's.
- 3/15/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
This is my film review and it Freaks Me Out! Girlie-art legend Russ Meyer and then- tyro critic Roger Ebert fashion the most garish, vulgar and absurd satire of wild Hollywood that they can think of, a camp vision of joy straight from the dizzy imagination of a breast-obsessed glamour photographer. All your favorites are here -- Erica Gavin, Dolly Read, Marcia McBroom, Cynthia Meyers, Edy Williams. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls + The Seven Minutes Region B Blu-ray + Pal DVD Arrow Video (UK) 1970 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 109 min. / Street Date January 18, 2016 / Available from Amazon UK £17.99 Starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Meyers, Marcia McBroom, Erica Gavin, John Lazar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams, Phyllis Davis, Harrison Page, Duncan McLeod, Charles Napier, Haji, Pam Grier, Coleman Francis, The Strawberry Alarm Clock. Cinematography Fred J. Koenecamp Editors Dann Cahn, Dick Wormell Original Music Stu Phillips Written by Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer Produced and...
- 1/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Abby Wait, Miranda Bailey, Carson D. Mell, John Parsons, Madeleine Waters, Austin Lyon, Quinn Nagle | Written and Directed by Marielle Heller
Adapted from American comic artist/novelist Phoebe Gloeckner’s edgy ‘graphic’ graphic novel of the same name, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl is a dark, often comedic, reminder that early seventies San Francisco’s free love and drugs post-hippy burnout was a confused time for America’s infantilised alt. culture adults and the youth they spawned. When viewed through the optimistic, naïve eyes of 15 year old Minnie (British actor Bel Powley) as she fast tracks herself into adulthood, it soon becomes clear that screenwriter/director Marielle Heller’s vision is to give you a movie that’s honest and uncompromising. Be warned dreamers this is no cosy fairy tale about sexual and narcotic awakenings. It’s full of unpleasant people and...
Adapted from American comic artist/novelist Phoebe Gloeckner’s edgy ‘graphic’ graphic novel of the same name, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl is a dark, often comedic, reminder that early seventies San Francisco’s free love and drugs post-hippy burnout was a confused time for America’s infantilised alt. culture adults and the youth they spawned. When viewed through the optimistic, naïve eyes of 15 year old Minnie (British actor Bel Powley) as she fast tracks herself into adulthood, it soon becomes clear that screenwriter/director Marielle Heller’s vision is to give you a movie that’s honest and uncompromising. Be warned dreamers this is no cosy fairy tale about sexual and narcotic awakenings. It’s full of unpleasant people and...
- 1/5/2016
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The Conversation is a feature at PopOptiq bringing together Drew Morton and Landon Palmer in a passionate debate about cinema new and old. For their twelfth piece, they discuss Terry Zwigoff’s irreverent entry in the holiday canon, Bad Santa (2003).
Drew’S Take
Re-watching the theatrical cut of Terry Zwigoff’s Bad Santa (2003) for the first time since its release, I began to realize how much of a difference those alternate DVD versions make (this analysis is of the theatrical version). Even today, almost every comedy is issued on home video in an “Unrated” or “Extended” version. There are several problems I have with this. First, unless specified, the director’s input on these versions is ambiguous at best. For instance, in the case of Bad Santa, the film was issued in three different versions; the theatrical and “unrated and extended” were released shortly after the film’s theatrical debut,...
Drew’S Take
Re-watching the theatrical cut of Terry Zwigoff’s Bad Santa (2003) for the first time since its release, I began to realize how much of a difference those alternate DVD versions make (this analysis is of the theatrical version). Even today, almost every comedy is issued on home video in an “Unrated” or “Extended” version. There are several problems I have with this. First, unless specified, the director’s input on these versions is ambiguous at best. For instance, in the case of Bad Santa, the film was issued in three different versions; the theatrical and “unrated and extended” were released shortly after the film’s theatrical debut,...
- 12/23/2015
- by Landon Palmer
- SoundOnSight
Attention comedy geeks everywhere! To paraphrase a literary classic, this new documentary feature lets us all “look back in laughter” at one of the most influential humor magazines of the last fifty years. Actually its legacy reaches on past its newstand existence. Yes, it’s been absent from newsstands (there’s still a few of them left) for nearly twenty years. But, to paraphrase again, we’ve come “not to bury this magazine, but to praise it”. And to recall the chuckles and the mini-empire it spawned. Of course, this wasn’t the first humor publication. Puck paved the way decades before. Then Mad magazine shook up the staid 1950’s. But by 1970, that mag had somewhat settled into a (still entertaining) routine, poking fun at suburbia, and wasn’t connecting with the “counter-culture”. Younger “baby boomers” wanted their humor to have a sharper edge, to reflect the “hippie” spirit, and...
- 10/9/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Paul Giamatti, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Michael Stahl-David, Michael Landes, Sarah Shahi | Written and Directed by Ari Folman
When a film is complete there are a number of different emotions one can experience. You can be supremely elated with the masterful work you just witnessed. Anger can overcome you when disappointment sets in due to the failure of meeting expectations. Perhaps when the final credits begin to roll you are left in a state of confusion not knowing what you just watched or how exactly you feel about it quite yet. After watching The Congress there is a strong possibility you will experience all those emotions and everything in-between.
Director Ari Folman’s last film Waltz of Bashir was for my money a masterpiece in every sense of the word with its tremendously unique visual style and its emotionally packed storytelling.
When a film is complete there are a number of different emotions one can experience. You can be supremely elated with the masterful work you just witnessed. Anger can overcome you when disappointment sets in due to the failure of meeting expectations. Perhaps when the final credits begin to roll you are left in a state of confusion not knowing what you just watched or how exactly you feel about it quite yet. After watching The Congress there is a strong possibility you will experience all those emotions and everything in-between.
Director Ari Folman’s last film Waltz of Bashir was for my money a masterpiece in every sense of the word with its tremendously unique visual style and its emotionally packed storytelling.
- 7/31/2014
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
DC Comics
Once thought of as a trashy and pulpy pursuit, in recent years comic books have gone through a sort of cultural rehabilitation, with more literary and mature takes on sequential art proving that it isn’t all just multi-page action sequences and rippling muscle men in tight costumes punching each other. Which is all well and good – like any art form, we believe that the humble comic book should exist in multitudes – but you don’t always feel like reading a Maus, a Persepolis, or a Robert Crumb book. Sometimes you want multi-page action sequences and rippling muscle men in tight costumes punching each other.
There are occasions when you wanna see an intelligent art house flick, and others when you wanna pick up a tub of popcorn and leave your brain at the door. Right here, right now? We’re celebrating the latter. The film comparison only goes so far,...
Once thought of as a trashy and pulpy pursuit, in recent years comic books have gone through a sort of cultural rehabilitation, with more literary and mature takes on sequential art proving that it isn’t all just multi-page action sequences and rippling muscle men in tight costumes punching each other. Which is all well and good – like any art form, we believe that the humble comic book should exist in multitudes – but you don’t always feel like reading a Maus, a Persepolis, or a Robert Crumb book. Sometimes you want multi-page action sequences and rippling muscle men in tight costumes punching each other.
There are occasions when you wanna see an intelligent art house flick, and others when you wanna pick up a tub of popcorn and leave your brain at the door. Right here, right now? We’re celebrating the latter. The film comparison only goes so far,...
- 7/28/2014
- by Tom Baker
- Obsessed with Film
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Sherwood TX #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Andrew Robinson), $1.00
Sherwood TX #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Even Matthews), Ar
Sherwood TX #1 (Of 5)(Cover C Andrew Robinson, Ar
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 15 Gn, $29.95
Alternative Comics
Magic Whistle #14, $4.99
Amigo Comics
Ghost Wolf #3 (Of 4), $3.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Charlie Brown Pow Tp, $9.99
Pearls Before Swine The Croc Ate My Homework Tp, $9.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie #657 (Art Baltazar & Franco Little Archie And His Pals Variant Cover), $2.99
Archie #657 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Betty And Veronica Comics Annual #224, $5.99
Aspen Comics
Lola Xoxo #3 (Cover A Siya Oum), $3.99
Lola Xoxo #3 (Cover B Jordan Gunderson), $3.99
Lola Xoxo #3 (Cover C Siya Oum), Ar
Atheneum Books
Mercury Gn (New Printing), $12.99
Avatar Press
Caliban #4 (Facundo Percio Dark Matter Cover...
12-gauge Comics
Sherwood TX #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Andrew Robinson), $1.00
Sherwood TX #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Even Matthews), Ar
Sherwood TX #1 (Of 5)(Cover C Andrew Robinson, Ar
AC Comics
Golden Age Greats Spotlight Volume 15 Gn, $29.95
Alternative Comics
Magic Whistle #14, $4.99
Amigo Comics
Ghost Wolf #3 (Of 4), $3.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Charlie Brown Pow Tp, $9.99
Pearls Before Swine The Croc Ate My Homework Tp, $9.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie #657 (Art Baltazar & Franco Little Archie And His Pals Variant Cover), $2.99
Archie #657 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Betty And Veronica Comics Annual #224, $5.99
Aspen Comics
Lola Xoxo #3 (Cover A Siya Oum), $3.99
Lola Xoxo #3 (Cover B Jordan Gunderson), $3.99
Lola Xoxo #3 (Cover C Siya Oum), Ar
Atheneum Books
Mercury Gn (New Printing), $12.99
Avatar Press
Caliban #4 (Facundo Percio Dark Matter Cover...
- 7/7/2014
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Newave! Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s
by Michael Dowers (Editor) Fantagraphics Books
Seems like the malaise of 1970s America inspired a lot of people to take matters into their own hands and create art outside of the mainstream. This was certainly true of the underground music scenes that were percolating on both coasts and in many cities in between. Tired of the passionless music, the flared out fashions and the earth tone colors, independent artists and musicians began creating their way out of a funk that had turned everything green shag and ugly brown.
The dissatisfaction of the times may have sparked a call to action, but the creative inspiration came from the 60s underground comics movement pioneered by artists like Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton. That inspiration met as well with the anti-pop ideas of the New Wave of music coming out of the UK. This happy new...
by Michael Dowers (Editor) Fantagraphics Books
Seems like the malaise of 1970s America inspired a lot of people to take matters into their own hands and create art outside of the mainstream. This was certainly true of the underground music scenes that were percolating on both coasts and in many cities in between. Tired of the passionless music, the flared out fashions and the earth tone colors, independent artists and musicians began creating their way out of a funk that had turned everything green shag and ugly brown.
The dissatisfaction of the times may have sparked a call to action, but the creative inspiration came from the 60s underground comics movement pioneered by artists like Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton. That inspiration met as well with the anti-pop ideas of the New Wave of music coming out of the UK. This happy new...
- 10/22/2013
- by Chris Auman
- SoundOnSight
It’s always nice to get your hands on a collection of words written by the amazing Neil Gaiman. It is a complete bonus to get those words for free. But to get those words in the form of his early comic work from the 80′s, for free, And have money donated to the charity Malaria No More UK is straight up over the top. Neil Gaiman! For Free! And Donate to Charity! What do you have to lose?
Neil Gaiman’S Lost Tales: A Free Digital Graphic Novel To Fight Malaria
British author Neil Gaiman is a phenomenon, with an international fanbase, nearly two million Twitter followers and a string of best-selling books and graphic novels to his name. Today, Knockabout Comics, publishers of comics legends including Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crumb and Alan Moore, and Sequential, the digital graphic novel iPad app, announce the release of an exclusive – and...
Neil Gaiman’S Lost Tales: A Free Digital Graphic Novel To Fight Malaria
British author Neil Gaiman is a phenomenon, with an international fanbase, nearly two million Twitter followers and a string of best-selling books and graphic novels to his name. Today, Knockabout Comics, publishers of comics legends including Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crumb and Alan Moore, and Sequential, the digital graphic novel iPad app, announce the release of an exclusive – and...
- 10/18/2013
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
The chef and author of Kitchen Confidential talks about growing up in a stable New Jersey home, where his parents taught him to love music and film. But then he became a 10-year-old druggie rebel
I grew up in the Mad Men era. I watched my family, my neighbours and my parents' friends live a similar story arc – struggling with rapidly changing social mores, the Vietnam war. I was born in New York City but grew up in New Jersey. My dad worked two jobs as a salesman in Willoughby's camera store in New York and as a floor manager at a record store. Later, he scored a nice gig at Columbia Records. We were a pretty typical suburban family in most ways. I was a reader. I lived in a house filled with good books. Both parents loved good movies – this was important.
I was rebellious and bitter that...
I grew up in the Mad Men era. I watched my family, my neighbours and my parents' friends live a similar story arc – struggling with rapidly changing social mores, the Vietnam war. I was born in New York City but grew up in New Jersey. My dad worked two jobs as a salesman in Willoughby's camera store in New York and as a floor manager at a record store. Later, he scored a nice gig at Columbia Records. We were a pretty typical suburban family in most ways. I was a reader. I lived in a house filled with good books. Both parents loved good movies – this was important.
I was rebellious and bitter that...
- 9/27/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Back in August of 2011, Warner Bros. invited Latino Review and other journalist to visit the set of ‘Man of Steel’. We flew into Chicago, Illinois and drove about an hour and a half east of the city to the small town of Plano which substituted for Smallville. Before arriving to set, producer and wife of Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, met us on the clark family farm. She quickly gave us a tour of the exterior of the house, which we were not allowed to enter, but led us into the family barn where we got a glimpse of the pod which transported Kal-El to earth in. We where then transport to a destroyed downtown Smallville where Superman was battling alien enemies (stunt men in green tights) which we never really saw since they will be replaced by CG in post. We first met David Goyer while filming was in process...
- 5/30/2013
- by Fernando Esquivel
- LRMonline.com
If you ever wanted to see Queen frontman and rock god Freddie Mercury as a superhero, unicorn rider or racecar driver, look no further.
This new comic strip by Pablo Stanley captures the spirit of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" so well we swear we can feel Mercury hitting those high notes. The music-savvy cartoonist, who recently translated the Beatles into graphic form, told The Huffington Post of his new work: "I just wanted to share this comic I made from the lyrics of Queen 'Don't Stop Me Now' in honor of Freddie Mercury's death anniversary." The British singer died on November 24, 1991.
Check out the comic below; we highly recommend blasting the song for the full experience.
How great is Mercury's smoldering gaze at the end? See more of Stanley's work here. Which yesteryear pop smash would you like to see splashed in Stanley's colors? Let us know in the comments section below.
This new comic strip by Pablo Stanley captures the spirit of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" so well we swear we can feel Mercury hitting those high notes. The music-savvy cartoonist, who recently translated the Beatles into graphic form, told The Huffington Post of his new work: "I just wanted to share this comic I made from the lyrics of Queen 'Don't Stop Me Now' in honor of Freddie Mercury's death anniversary." The British singer died on November 24, 1991.
Check out the comic below; we highly recommend blasting the song for the full experience.
How great is Mercury's smoldering gaze at the end? See more of Stanley's work here. Which yesteryear pop smash would you like to see splashed in Stanley's colors? Let us know in the comments section below.
- 11/26/2012
- by Priscilla Frank
- Huffington Post
Remember back in high school, when you had yet to become a fully formed person but totally thought you were? It was your life, you could live it however you want, and shut up, mom!
Believe it or not, everyone went through the same "Indiana Jones and the Search for Personal Identity" adventure, even supervillains, which is why Buzzfeed has teamed up with wicked awesome artist GhostHause to recreate a facsimile of what Supervillains' High School Yearbook photos would look like.
While some of the paintings like Green Lantern foe Sinestro and Batman bad guy Two-Face seem to be inspired by their recent filmic counterparts, the rest are definitely drawn from their original, iconic comic book iterations. Don't worry, nerds, both DC and Marvel are represented.
You've got bat-breaker Bane as a buck-toothed ultra dork that even Robert Crumb would have picked on, prom king Venom, "Dungeons & Dragons" dweeb Loki,...
Believe it or not, everyone went through the same "Indiana Jones and the Search for Personal Identity" adventure, even supervillains, which is why Buzzfeed has teamed up with wicked awesome artist GhostHause to recreate a facsimile of what Supervillains' High School Yearbook photos would look like.
While some of the paintings like Green Lantern foe Sinestro and Batman bad guy Two-Face seem to be inspired by their recent filmic counterparts, the rest are definitely drawn from their original, iconic comic book iterations. Don't worry, nerds, both DC and Marvel are represented.
You've got bat-breaker Bane as a buck-toothed ultra dork that even Robert Crumb would have picked on, prom king Venom, "Dungeons & Dragons" dweeb Loki,...
- 10/26/2012
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc, $49.99
Aam Markosia
Lexian Chronicles Omnibus Gn, $39.99
Long Gone Gn, $15.99
Sleaze Castle Etcetera Volume 1 Incomplete Final Cut Gn (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc (Limited Edition), Ar
AC Comics
Men Of Mystery #87, $29.95
Ace Books
Patricia Briggs Cry Wolf Volume 1 Alpha And Omega Tp (not verified by Diamond), $22.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1, $4.99
Alterna Comics
Blood For Stone Gn, $9.99
Horror In The West Gn, $9.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Lio Volume 1 There’s A Monster In My Socks Tp, $9.99
Anarchy Comics
Dark Revelation #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Halloween Special #8 (2012), $3.99
Steampunk Halloween 2012 #1, $3.50
Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent...
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc, $49.99
Aam Markosia
Lexian Chronicles Omnibus Gn, $39.99
Long Gone Gn, $15.99
Sleaze Castle Etcetera Volume 1 Incomplete Final Cut Gn (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc (Limited Edition), Ar
AC Comics
Men Of Mystery #87, $29.95
Ace Books
Patricia Briggs Cry Wolf Volume 1 Alpha And Omega Tp (not verified by Diamond), $22.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1, $4.99
Alterna Comics
Blood For Stone Gn, $9.99
Horror In The West Gn, $9.99
Amp! Comics For Kids
Lio Volume 1 There’s A Monster In My Socks Tp, $9.99
Anarchy Comics
Dark Revelation #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Halloween Special #8 (2012), $3.99
Steampunk Halloween 2012 #1, $3.50
Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99
Kevin Keller #5 (Dan Parent...
- 10/7/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Carter Family Don’t Forget This Song Hc, $24.95
Hello Kitty Hello Art Hc, $35.00
Sex Press The Sexual Revolution In The Underground Press 1963-1979 Sc, $40.00
Star Trek The Next Generation 365 Hc, $29.95
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc, $40.00
Too Much Horror Business Hc, $29.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1 (not verified by Diamond), $4.99
Adhouse Books
White Clay (One Shot), $4.95
Amulet Books
Hereville How Mirka Got Her Sword Gn, $9.95
Archie Comics
Archie #637, $2.99
Archie Love Showdown Tp, $9.99
Betty And Veronica Friends Double Digest #229, $3.99
Life With Archie #23 (Francesco Francavilla Variant Cover), $3.99
Life With Archie #23 (Fernando Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Aspen Comics
Broken Pieces #4, $3.50
Homecoming...
12-gauge Comics
Anti #2 (Of 4)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99
3D Total Publishing
Digital Painting Techniques Volume 4 Sc (not verified by Diamond), $49.99
Abrams
Carter Family Don’t Forget This Song Hc, $24.95
Hello Kitty Hello Art Hc, $35.00
Sex Press The Sexual Revolution In The Underground Press 1963-1979 Sc, $40.00
Star Trek The Next Generation 365 Hc, $29.95
Star Wars Art Illustration Hc, $40.00
Too Much Horror Business Hc, $29.95
Action Lab Entertainment
Order Of Dagonet #1 (not verified by Diamond), $4.99
Adhouse Books
White Clay (One Shot), $4.95
Amulet Books
Hereville How Mirka Got Her Sword Gn, $9.95
Archie Comics
Archie #637, $2.99
Archie Love Showdown Tp, $9.99
Betty And Veronica Friends Double Digest #229, $3.99
Life With Archie #23 (Francesco Francavilla Variant Cover), $3.99
Life With Archie #23 (Fernando Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Aspen Comics
Broken Pieces #4, $3.50
Homecoming...
- 10/1/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12-gauge Comics
Afflicted Gn, $12.99
Abrams
Mars Attacks Hc, $19.95
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #11, $3.99
Aladdin Books
So You Want To Be A Comic Book Artist Ultimate Guide Hc, $16.99
Antarctic Press
Adventures Of A Comic Con Girl #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #4, $3.99
Gold Digger #142, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
Where’s My Shoggoth Hc, $11.95
Archie Comics
Archie And Friends Double Digest #20, $3.99
Archie Double Digest #233, $3.99
Jugheads Double Digest #185, $3.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 6 Tp, $11.99
Aspen Comics
Idolized #2 (Cover A Humberto Ramos), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover B Photo), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover C Humberto Ramos Sketch Incentive), Ar
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover B Tony Parker), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo Sketch Incentive), Ar
Audiogo
Doctor Who The Androids Of Tara Audio CD, $24.95
Doctor Who The Aztecs Audio CD,...
12-gauge Comics
Afflicted Gn, $12.99
Abrams
Mars Attacks Hc, $19.95
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising #11, $3.99
Aladdin Books
So You Want To Be A Comic Book Artist Ultimate Guide Hc, $16.99
Antarctic Press
Adventures Of A Comic Con Girl #2 (Of 3), $3.99
Gearhearts Steampunk Glamor Revue #4, $3.99
Gold Digger #142, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
Where’s My Shoggoth Hc, $11.95
Archie Comics
Archie And Friends Double Digest #20, $3.99
Archie Double Digest #233, $3.99
Jugheads Double Digest #185, $3.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 6 Tp, $11.99
Aspen Comics
Idolized #2 (Cover A Humberto Ramos), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover B Photo), $3.99
Idolized #2 (Cover C Humberto Ramos Sketch Incentive), Ar
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover B Tony Parker), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #2 (Cover A Michael DeBalfo Sketch Incentive), Ar
Audiogo
Doctor Who The Androids Of Tara Audio CD, $24.95
Doctor Who The Aztecs Audio CD,...
- 9/24/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Today we’ve got a ton of news, teasers, TV spots, posters, and more from a cavalcade of future releases. In this post, we focus on House At The End Of The Street, Dredd and I, Frankenstein.
House At The End Of The Street
Is there anything Jennifer Lawrence can’t do? She can act, she can shoot a bow, she can scream, and apparently she can sing in this new featurette for the horror movie that is coming out This Friday.
The Mark Tonderai film stars Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows, and Max Thieriot.
I, Frankenstein
Bad news for fans eagerly awaiting the film adaptation of Kevin Grevioux’s graphic novel I, Frankenstein. Stuart Beattie’s film has been delayed from February 22nd, 2013, to September 13th, 2013, putting it in direct competition with Little Mermaid 3D… so, two films with exactly the same audience. No word on exactly why it’s being delayed,...
House At The End Of The Street
Is there anything Jennifer Lawrence can’t do? She can act, she can shoot a bow, she can scream, and apparently she can sing in this new featurette for the horror movie that is coming out This Friday.
The Mark Tonderai film stars Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows, and Max Thieriot.
I, Frankenstein
Bad news for fans eagerly awaiting the film adaptation of Kevin Grevioux’s graphic novel I, Frankenstein. Stuart Beattie’s film has been delayed from February 22nd, 2013, to September 13th, 2013, putting it in direct competition with Little Mermaid 3D… so, two films with exactly the same audience. No word on exactly why it’s being delayed,...
- 9/19/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
From the characters on "Pee-wee's Playhouse" to the imagery in videos for Peter Gabriel and The Smashing Pumpkins, Wayne White may be the most-followed career that you didn't know you were following.
These days, his hilarious and subversive paintings have launched an entirely new side to his career. In Toronto to promote the documentary about his artwork and fascinating life -- "Beauty Is Embarrassing" -- Moviefone caught up with White to talk about his incredible past. Director Neil Berkeley was also on-hand to discuss why the world has finally caught on to his genius.
Wayne White wears a lot of hats -- cartoonist, painter, puppeteer -- so what part of his career did you choose to latch onto?
Neil Berkeley: The "Pee-wee" thing is really what kicked it off for me. I had seen every episode and grew up on that show ["Pee-wee's Playhouse"]. Everything he had done was directed at me and my friends.
These days, his hilarious and subversive paintings have launched an entirely new side to his career. In Toronto to promote the documentary about his artwork and fascinating life -- "Beauty Is Embarrassing" -- Moviefone caught up with White to talk about his incredible past. Director Neil Berkeley was also on-hand to discuss why the world has finally caught on to his genius.
Wayne White wears a lot of hats -- cartoonist, painter, puppeteer -- so what part of his career did you choose to latch onto?
Neil Berkeley: The "Pee-wee" thing is really what kicked it off for me. I had seen every episode and grew up on that show ["Pee-wee's Playhouse"]. Everything he had done was directed at me and my friends.
- 5/2/2012
- by Moviefone Canada
- Aol TV.
You know how real-estate moguls are always the bad guys in romantic comedies and children's movies? That's probably because, more often than not, their jobs involve knocking over cool crusty buildings replacing them with condos. Nothing signifies evil in the Disney-verse like condos. Well, it's happening again — the historic Chelsea Hotel in New York stopped accepting guests on Saturday night after being sold to a developer. The hotel is famous as a hangout for artists and musicians, and may be one of New York's most storied buildings. Nancy Spungen was sharing a room with her boyfriend, Sid Vicious, when she was killed in 1978. Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Robert Crumb, and Leonard Cohen once lived in its rooms or hung out in its lobby. In her recent book, Just Kids, Patti Smith describes how hotel owner Stanley Bard would accept artwork from her and her roommate, [...]...
- 8/1/2011
- Nerve
In this very space a few days ago, John Ostrander said, “By this time next year, we may know if we’re still viable or making buggy whips.” He was referring to comics creators, to comics fans, and to the entire comics art medium.
The first person I heard refer to comics with this term was master cartoonist Stan Lynde. In case you’re challenged in matters relating to newspaper comic strips, Stan was the creator and writer/artist of the strips Rick O’Shay and Latigo. He’s a master storyteller, a brilliant humorist and an artist of fantastic prowess. The time was close to 20 years ago, and Mike Grell and I were at a very enjoyable comic book convention at Billings Montana. One of the promoters promised to introduce me to Stan. This was a real fanboy moment for me.
As it turned out Stan and Lynda Lynde...
The first person I heard refer to comics with this term was master cartoonist Stan Lynde. In case you’re challenged in matters relating to newspaper comic strips, Stan was the creator and writer/artist of the strips Rick O’Shay and Latigo. He’s a master storyteller, a brilliant humorist and an artist of fantastic prowess. The time was close to 20 years ago, and Mike Grell and I were at a very enjoyable comic book convention at Billings Montana. One of the promoters promised to introduce me to Stan. This was a real fanboy moment for me.
As it turned out Stan and Lynda Lynde...
- 7/20/2011
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Dennis Nishi Daniel Clowes
If you’ve read the graphic novels of Dan Clowes, you already know the artist. The characters from such work as “Ghost World” and “Art School Confidential,” which have both been turned into movies, are reflections of the 50-year-old and his close circle of introverted but creative friends. He describes them all, and himself, as having a seething anger that surfaces during some social situations but who are very likable once you get them to relax.
If you’ve read the graphic novels of Dan Clowes, you already know the artist. The characters from such work as “Ghost World” and “Art School Confidential,” which have both been turned into movies, are reflections of the 50-year-old and his close circle of introverted but creative friends. He describes them all, and himself, as having a seething anger that surfaces during some social situations but who are very likable once you get them to relax.
- 5/4/2011
- by Dennis Nishi
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Earlier in January we listed Top Shelf’s release schedule for 2011 and there was a lot to be excited about. The good people at Top Shelf haven’t slowed down and are already planning 2012 out. Earlier this week they announced two graphic novels starring two big names in cartooning.
First is a complete collection of Ed Piskor’s cartoons Wizzywig starring Kevin “Boingthump” Phenicle, a hacker who begins his journey down this craft by mastering the phone, the earliest computer system. Phenicle’s life is consumed by hacking and becomes a legend in the hacking world that’s evolved with social networking and data leaks. These wonderfully drawn strips are based on real accounts by actual hackers and earned a cult following by both hackers and fans of the underground comix scene. Piskor is heavily influenced by Robert Crumb and the late Harvey Pekar; he drew Pekar’s graphic novel,...
First is a complete collection of Ed Piskor’s cartoons Wizzywig starring Kevin “Boingthump” Phenicle, a hacker who begins his journey down this craft by mastering the phone, the earliest computer system. Phenicle’s life is consumed by hacking and becomes a legend in the hacking world that’s evolved with social networking and data leaks. These wonderfully drawn strips are based on real accounts by actual hackers and earned a cult following by both hackers and fans of the underground comix scene. Piskor is heavily influenced by Robert Crumb and the late Harvey Pekar; he drew Pekar’s graphic novel,...
- 3/5/2011
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
“I learned the mechanics of sex from Carl Barks. He was known as the good duck artist (for his work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge), but for me he was the good fuck artist.”
Craig Yoe said that last night at the opening of Comics Stripped, an exhibition at the Museum of Sex in (where else?) Manhattan. Yoe is best known out in the real world as the man behind Yoe! Studios, a design outfit that was highly influenced by its founder’s fondness of comics art. The former creative director of the Muppets workshop, in our fannish conclave Craig’s best known as the historian who feverishly documents the relatively hidden nooks and crannies that weave their way through our beloved art form. His more recent books have been published by Idw and Fantagraphics.
Yoe was referring to Bark’s lesser-known semi-erotic work, none of which was published by Disney.
Craig Yoe said that last night at the opening of Comics Stripped, an exhibition at the Museum of Sex in (where else?) Manhattan. Yoe is best known out in the real world as the man behind Yoe! Studios, a design outfit that was highly influenced by its founder’s fondness of comics art. The former creative director of the Muppets workshop, in our fannish conclave Craig’s best known as the historian who feverishly documents the relatively hidden nooks and crannies that weave their way through our beloved art form. His more recent books have been published by Idw and Fantagraphics.
Yoe was referring to Bark’s lesser-known semi-erotic work, none of which was published by Disney.
- 1/14/2011
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Attendees of this year's Baltimore Comic Con are privy to a pair of treats like no other. First off, Mark Wheatley and Robert Tinnell's pulpy masterpiece, Lone Justice, will be on sale, with a special exclusive cover and signature plate for the con. Mark, Robert, and editor Mike Gold will be on hand to lend their John Hancock's to the fifty limited edition copies that will be on hand. Make sure you're one of the lucky ones to get a hold of this special book!
For those of you who know Lone Justice, know it's prequel of course, Ez Street. But did you know Ez Street was itself a Harvey nominated Graphic Novel? Speaking of the Harveys (how's that for a segue, ma!), this years award ballots are due Saturday, August 7th. The Harvey Awards will be unveiled Saturday, August 28th, at a banquet at the Baltimore Comic Con.
For those of you who know Lone Justice, know it's prequel of course, Ez Street. But did you know Ez Street was itself a Harvey nominated Graphic Novel? Speaking of the Harveys (how's that for a segue, ma!), this years award ballots are due Saturday, August 7th. The Harvey Awards will be unveiled Saturday, August 28th, at a banquet at the Baltimore Comic Con.
- 8/6/2010
- by Marc Alan Fishman
- Comicmix.com
Yep, the day after I published my long-winded rant on the importance of blogging about personal media, I attended what some might consider the mecca of impersonal commercial media: The 2010 Comic-Con International held every year, so far, in San Diego, California. While the convention runs for four full days, July 22-25, I was only able to go for one day, Saturday the 24th.
The funny thing about Comic-Con, which I also noted last year, is that it’s actually several different conventions slammed into one celebrating several different aspects of pop culture. While all the major media covering Comic-Con focuses on the convention’s more hyped-up, most mainstream genre offerings, there’s still a ton of little reported underground and indie media happenings occurring all over the convention.
I had a different strategy for the Con this year and had a less overwhelming experience than I did for my first Con last year.
The funny thing about Comic-Con, which I also noted last year, is that it’s actually several different conventions slammed into one celebrating several different aspects of pop culture. While all the major media covering Comic-Con focuses on the convention’s more hyped-up, most mainstream genre offerings, there’s still a ton of little reported underground and indie media happenings occurring all over the convention.
I had a different strategy for the Con this year and had a less overwhelming experience than I did for my first Con last year.
- 7/26/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
[Our sincere thanks to the Fantasia Festival and Kier-La Janisse for offering up some of the excellent, exclusive materials from the festival blog for wider consumption here at Twitch.]
Fantasia is extremely proud to be hosting the North American premiere of Philip Ridley's Heartless, his first return to the big screen since The Passion of Darkly Noon in 1996. Genre fans know Ridley primarily for The Reflecting Skin - an unsettling and unconventional horror film that was universally praised as one of the best films of the 1990s - and with Heartless, he returns to the folklore-infused psychological terrain of The Reflecting Skin, and the murky physical terrain of The Krays, which he wrote in 1990. He was kind enough to offer his thoughts on some of the recurring themes in his work.
You've been hailed as a cinematic visionary by countless film critics and yet film is a medium you turn to infrequently. Why is that?
Well, the kind of films I've been interested in making are not very easy to get off the ground. They don't fit into a neat box or category.
Fantasia is extremely proud to be hosting the North American premiere of Philip Ridley's Heartless, his first return to the big screen since The Passion of Darkly Noon in 1996. Genre fans know Ridley primarily for The Reflecting Skin - an unsettling and unconventional horror film that was universally praised as one of the best films of the 1990s - and with Heartless, he returns to the folklore-infused psychological terrain of The Reflecting Skin, and the murky physical terrain of The Krays, which he wrote in 1990. He was kind enough to offer his thoughts on some of the recurring themes in his work.
You've been hailed as a cinematic visionary by countless film critics and yet film is a medium you turn to infrequently. Why is that?
Well, the kind of films I've been interested in making are not very easy to get off the ground. They don't fit into a neat box or category.
- 7/18/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Thomas Jane talks about providing the voice for this short film on this DC Comics DVD/Blu-ray
Batman: Under the Red Hood, the latest in Warner Home Video's DC Universe animated original films, will be released on DVD, two-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray on July 27 and the DVD will also include an animated short film of Jonah Hex, with actor Thomas Jane providing the voice of this new animated character. Warner Home Video recently sent along an interview Jane did, speaking about his new voice role, and here's what he had to say.
This isn't your first run at the role of Jonah Hex, is it?
Thomas Jane: I've been a fan of the comic and the character and that whole western world. I'm glad to be voicing the role, and I actually wanted to do the live-action film. When they were casting the movie, I had...
Batman: Under the Red Hood, the latest in Warner Home Video's DC Universe animated original films, will be released on DVD, two-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray on July 27 and the DVD will also include an animated short film of Jonah Hex, with actor Thomas Jane providing the voice of this new animated character. Warner Home Video recently sent along an interview Jane did, speaking about his new voice role, and here's what he had to say.
This isn't your first run at the role of Jonah Hex, is it?
Thomas Jane: I've been a fan of the comic and the character and that whole western world. I'm glad to be voicing the role, and I actually wanted to do the live-action film. When they were casting the movie, I had...
- 7/12/2010
- MovieWeb
Here it is gang! The full schedule for the final day at Comic-Con, Sunday July 25th. There really isn't much happening on Sunday, it looks like it's gonna be a pretty relaxed day. There's a few panels we are going to catch, but I think we'll be playing catch-up on some articles. Sunday is traditionally known as Kids day, which features 27 Special Programs just for Kids. I've highlighted all of the events we hope to attend below. We are also planning a meet-up at Comic-Con with all of our readers. Details on the meet-up will be revealed soon. Check out the full Sunday schedule below and start planning out your day!
Sunday July 25th
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10:00-11:00 Emily The Strange— Get your last day of Comic-Con off to a strange start with Dark Horse's Emily the Strange panel! Meet Emily's creator Rob Reger...
Sunday July 25th
Last changed: Sun, Jul 11, 8:51am
10:00-11:00 Emily The Strange— Get your last day of Comic-Con off to a strange start with Dark Horse's Emily the Strange panel! Meet Emily's creator Rob Reger...
- 7/11/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
F-r-double-e-d, D-o-m spells Freedom! We fight for freedom, for one and for all!
It’s you-and-me-dom, and ten foot tall! Freedom, freedom, and oh-can-you-see-dom!
We’ll always beat ‘em with star-spangled freedom!
Another Independence Day has come and gone in the USA, but before we bundle up the bunting, furl up the flags and blaze that last pack of firecrackers, let’s take a few minutes to celebrate the meaning and grandeur behind all that traditional hoopla: I’m talkin’ about Freedom!
Yeah, Freedom, that wonderful essential quality of life we all enjoy here in America, unique among the nations in granting Freedom as a birthright to its natural born and duly assimilated citizens. Freedom, that allows us to choose our own destiny, chart our own course, shrug off the rules that don’t apply to us and righteously snuff out any and all tyrants that dare to stand in our way.
It’s you-and-me-dom, and ten foot tall! Freedom, freedom, and oh-can-you-see-dom!
We’ll always beat ‘em with star-spangled freedom!
Another Independence Day has come and gone in the USA, but before we bundle up the bunting, furl up the flags and blaze that last pack of firecrackers, let’s take a few minutes to celebrate the meaning and grandeur behind all that traditional hoopla: I’m talkin’ about Freedom!
Yeah, Freedom, that wonderful essential quality of life we all enjoy here in America, unique among the nations in granting Freedom as a birthright to its natural born and duly assimilated citizens. Freedom, that allows us to choose our own destiny, chart our own course, shrug off the rules that don’t apply to us and righteously snuff out any and all tyrants that dare to stand in our way.
- 7/5/2010
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Taschen, the book publishing company that specializes in very expensive coffee table books on art, architecture, fashion, photography and film, also puts out books about pop culture and in particular dealing with subjects of a more…ahem… adult nature. And with that, they have come out this month, along other their other new releases, with Vanessa del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior.
For you kids out there, Del Rio was without question the most popular and defining adult film star of the 70’s and 80’s. Literally an icon in the field, and was the first woman of color to become a major star in the adult entertainment field. As rapper Foxy Brown said about her: “She is a role model for every woman who wants to express and enjoy her sexuality”
The 400 page book itself (which I must add as a disclosure the publisher sent me an...
For you kids out there, Del Rio was without question the most popular and defining adult film star of the 70’s and 80’s. Literally an icon in the field, and was the first woman of color to become a major star in the adult entertainment field. As rapper Foxy Brown said about her: “She is a role model for every woman who wants to express and enjoy her sexuality”
The 400 page book itself (which I must add as a disclosure the publisher sent me an...
- 5/24/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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