Articles by glenn-hauman
Mon Aug 31, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Disney Eats Marvel: The most disturbing image of the day (so far)
Inspired by a twitter from Brian Reed, and drawn (or at least posted) by petroglyf.
Mon Aug 31, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Disney buys Marvel: Reactions
As you can imagine, the reactions on twitter have been flying since today's announcement. Here are some of our favorites so far:
- Brian Reed has the quote for the win: "Face it, Tigger, you just hit the jackpot!"
- patrickkeller: Brian Michael Bendis is currently having giant, round mouse ears surgically attached to his head.
- Pinguino: Hey does this mean Rogue and Storm can be disney princesses now and get frilly dresses?
- Dave Stokes: Tinkerbell to play The Wasp in Avengers movie?
- uberthegeek: Chip & Dale: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- joshuwain: "Finding Namor"
- One person we won't name: "maybe this means i'll be able to go into the disney store again without looking like a pervert". Uh, if you have to ask, then the answer is NO.
Mon Aug 31, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Disney Eats Marvel: Hannah Montana becomes Dazzler
C'mon, it's too easy:
Hannah Montana has to reveal her secret identity under the Superhuman Registration Act, refuses, and goes head to head against Tony Stark.
Hannah Mutana. I like it.
(Not to be confused with hakuna matata, which is also a wonderful phrase.)
Sun Aug 30, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Something Awful 'improves' Superman
And wackiness, of course, ensues:
For every good book like Red Son or The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo, there are hundreds of stories where Lex Luthor comes across more of the incredibly rare Kryptonite and uses it to make something stupid like kryptoteeth for an army of bank-robbing robots.
Sat Aug 29, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
How to do comic and manga 'speed lines' in Photoshop
Finding myself in an art creating deadline crunch this weekend, so I'm going to pass on some art tips for you. I just came across this tutorial on creating speed lines in Photoshop, and creating a brush to do the process.
It looks to be one of the more useful techniques, and will be interesting when I find a place to use it.
(Hat tip: salfield.)
Fri Aug 28, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
It's summer, it's Friday, it's late, here's Dr. Manhattan
Missed this last month when the DVD came out:
Update: CollegeHumor decided to put their embedded videos on autoplay. Once they give us a setting for turning that off, we'll embed the video again. Until then, you can go watch it on their site.
Fri Aug 28, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
'Dollhouse' provides employment for Whedon regulars Glau and Denisof
In a recession, you do a mitzvah find work for your friends and people you've worked with before. No one follows that maxim more nowadays than Joss Whedon.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Whedon's Dollhouse added five new cast members: Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Firefly/Serenity) as Bennett, a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with character Echo (Eliza Dushku); and Alexis Denisof (Angel) is a US Senator heading a witch hunt to track the hidden organization. Also joining up are Battlestar Galatica veterans Jamie Bamber, who will play a charming businessman and husband to Echo; and Michael Hogan joins the cast hoping to stop a killing rampage.
We also understand that Keith Carradine (Dexter) becomes an arch rival of Dollhouse leader Adelle, but we can't figure out what role he played on Buffy the Vampire Slaye-- oh! He must have been one of the Gentlemen from "Hush".
Thu Aug 27, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
GOP Looking For 'Great White Hope... to beat 'The Original Johnson'?
The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports that freshman Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) told a town hall meeting
a week ago that the GOP still had to find a "great white
hope" capable of thwarting the political agenda endorsed by Democrats
who control Congress and President Barack Obama.
"Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope," Jenkins said to the crowd. "I suggest to any of you who are concerned about that, who are Republican, there are some great young Republican minds in Washington." And yes, there's videotape.
The phrase "great white hope" is frequently tied to racist attitudes when Jack Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion of the world. Reaction to the first black man to reign as champion was intense enough to build support for a campaign to find a white fighter capable of reclaiming the title from Johnson.
If you'd like to read more about Johnson's life, we highly recommend The Original Johnson here on ComicMix.
Thu Aug 27, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Swipe file: Musical furries
Above: Zoorasian Brass, from Yokohama, Japan, with musicians in animal suits.
Now compare to the right: Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle's Whodunnit? comic, with Noah Zark, a rock band on the cover-- musicians in animal suits. Came out in 1986 from Eclipse.
Dear heavens-- that's so long ago I think this means Mark Evanier invented furries. Burn him at the stake for this figurative and literal crime against humanity.
Thu Aug 27, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
'So Much For So Little': Academy Award winning short from Chuck Jones
Here's one I bet you didn't know about and probably haven't seen: So Much For So Little, a short cartoon that Chuck Jones did back in 1949, made for the Federal Security Agency in much the same way that he did Private Snafu flicks during World War II for the War Department. It won an Academy Award in 1950 for Documentary Short Subject.
"2,621,392. A nice even figure. That's the number of babies who'll be born next year in the United States. Of these babies, 118,481 will die before reaching their first birthday."
The irony, of course, is now that so many John E. Jones have reached their golden years, they're convinced that they shouldn't help the next generation...
Thu Aug 27, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Reminder: Voting for 2009 Harvey Awards ends tomorrow
2009 Harvey Award Final Ballots Online Now! Deadline August 28, 2009!
I don't want to see another round of online complaints about the Harvey votes if YOU didn't vote yourself. You've been warned.
Wed Aug 26, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
'Starve a Vampire. Donate Blood.'
This, literally, doesn't suck.
The CW Network, Alloy Media + Marketing and the American Red Cross are teaming to host blood drives in over 230 high schools and college campuses nationwide to help save lives as well as to promote the series premiere of The Vampire Diaries
The "Starve a Vampire. Donate Blood" campaign began this week and will carry on for five weeks. At each school blood drive, specially branded The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries premieres on The CW September 10 at 8p.
And even if you like vampires-- donate anyway.
Tue Aug 25, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Let's gossip about gossip in the comics industry
It's hot out there, and we just had a weekend or two without a major convention, so we've all been talking amongst ourselves. And as a result, we've been talking about... talking.
The major flare-up has been on Heidi MacDonald's blog, chroncling a heated discussion between Gail Simone and Rich Johnston...
Sometime in the night, the marvelous Gail Simone went on Twitter and spoke thusly: Do We Need Tabloid And Gossip Comics Journalism? which Rich Johnston picked up at the above link. Simone is no stranger to the message board, so the debate continues in the link and its very own Twitter topic.
...with comment thread cameos from Mark Waid, Mark Engblom, Kurt Busiek, and Dwayne McDuffie, and since the comment thread has closed down over there, I'm reopening it over here.
Let me throw in an example, and try to give some of an idea as to what we're trying for here at ComicMix.
Very late last night, someone IM'd me that an editor had been laid off. Reasonably impeccable source, and I know the editor. Should I post it on ComicMix?
Well, no. If it's true, I don't think that person would appreciate personal employment issues being broadcast to the world. If it's false, it's even more damaging to their career and possibly the freelancers that editor employs. So there's a good reason to hold back on it, until confirmation.
But wait! If that editor is truly gone, then that means that an entire line of publications goes down as well! Does that make it newsworthy then?
The scales tip a bit here. Because now you're beginning to impact a number of other professionals (who I also know) who may suddenly find themselves out of work, and a number of businesses who will suddenly have their stock (and backstock) affected because books may be canceled.
Then it's a puzzlement. In that case, there's a case to be made for private gossip-- check with the affected pros privately to give them a heads up, mayhaps. But it's fluid. We make our choices day by day, and yes, we have our own sacred cows and things we don't like to talk about. We don't want to tick off publishers-- we're publishers. We don't want to tick off retailers, we publish print editions-- but then, we also do electronic versions of our books. We could pick on some websites when they go down, but then we look like idiots when we have technical problems.
My only personal take on it the matter? Always punch up. Picking on an editor who's doing the bidding of a large company is fair game. Picking on an editor fired by a large company? No. Or, if you prefer, comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.
Or, simply enough-- what would crusading columnist Oliver Queen do?
Tue Aug 25, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Superman supports health care and welfare!
From back in the day when Superman used his moral force to say we should do this because it's the right thing to do for our neighbors, never mind if it cost us some tax dollars.
Of course, today he'd be attacked for his position because, after all, he's an illegal immigrant.
And like so many other illegals, we just want him to clean up our messes and do the jobs we can't do for ourselves for non-existent pay, but that doesn't mean we have to acknowledge when he might have a point.
But I could be mistaken. Is there someone out there who can explain why Superman is wrong?
(Hat tip to Kevin H and Wesley Osam.)
Tue Aug 25, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Are you dying to make it in horror? 'Scream Queens 2' is casting
VH1 and Lionsgate are casting for the second season of Scream Queens, seeking beautiful, confident and uninhibited actresses. Ten women will be selected to compete in the VH1 show with one winning a role in a Lionsgate horror film. Interested applicants must be between 21 and 30 years old, have a competitive attitude and the desire to become Hollywood's next "scream queen." Since the winner of the first season will be appearing in Saw VI, there's a definite chance for advancement.
Two casting calls are scheduled in Los Angeles on August 29 and in New York City on September 12. If applicants are unable to attend the casting calls, home videos can be mailed and a possible Skype interview may be set up with the casting director. For more information, send an email to ScreamQueensCasting@gmail.com.
