Saturday Morning Cartoons: Fangirls!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IErBgfATPTA
Leigh Lahav would like to welcome you to the fangirl bimonthly update meeting!
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Weekend Window-Closing Wrap Up: November 17, 2013
Once again, closing windows on my computer so you can open them up on yours.
- The Literary Darknet of Independent Publishing: “The invisible, generally unregulated ocean of written content coming onto the market from the self-publishing community is, in some ways, a literary equivalent of the Darknet. This tremendous volume of content is far greater than any current social-based review system can handle, not only from a sexual content standpoint, but from a review and discovery standpoint.”
- 8 cover design secrets publishers use to manipulate readers into buying books
- Tom Hiddleston compares you to a summer’s day. Yes, just you.
- Modern art was CIA ‘weapon’: And since so much modern art was taken from comics, we can say that comics beat the Soviets.
- Today is a good day to take office: New York Elected Klingon General Martok.
- Why Margaret Atwood will not blurb your book. (With apologies to Lewis Carroll and Robert Southey.)
- We were very sorry to hear of the passing of Joey Manley, webcomics pioneer.
- Modern Renaissance Superhero Designs: Altered Art | Design.org
- 5 Ways to Save Money (and Earn More) with Your Design Business
- Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies | poster
- The Self-Absorbing Man: A Cover and 3 Questions
- We Love Comics! | The World of Crowd-funded Comics!
- Pixar Style Superheroes And Supervillains
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Man Of Steel: The Animated Series!
With the release of Man Of Steel on DVD/BluRay/digital/brain implant this week, we thought it would be time to show you the next step in the merchandising blitz. (No, not the Superman/Batman movie.) Fresh off his gritty reboot, Superman returns to animated form with all-new powers! Come along and watch Man Of Steel: The Animated Series!
Created & Directed by Andy Signore – http://twitter.com/andysignore
Written by Andy Signore and Spencer Gilbert
Characters & Animation by Low Brow Studios
Edited by Dan Murrell
Original Music by Sean Motley
Voices:
Lex Luthor / Jimmy Olsen – Piotr Michael – http://www.youtube.com/user/pokedachef
Superman – Andy Signore – http://twitter.com/andysignore
Wednesday Window-Closing Wrap Up: November 13, 2013
Closing windows on my computer so you can open them up on yours. Here we go:
- He’s the best he is at what he does, and what he does is oh so pretty: Proof that Wolverine is the greatest Disney princess of them all
- Aiming for the Scorpion Nebula, the Doctor instead lands on the beach at Brighton, and they are soon caught up in a mystery. The Time Lord and his companion discover the last Daleks. Clara’s love for her mother saves the day. Richard Branson plays a character who is killed during the opening sequence. 6 lines of JavaScript that write Doctor Who plots indistinguishable from the current series…
- ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff Ideas From the Cast, Creators
- The Worst Reviewed Highest Grossing Movies Of All-Time
- Calvin and Hobbes’ dancing. The kids they dance, they shake their bones…
- Rescuing Sci-Fi Tales From the Ravages of Time – WSJ.com
- Neil Gaiman to Join Bard College Faculty as Professor in the Arts. It’s only Bard because Hogwarts has a hiring freeze on.
- Macmillan Publishers Expands Film Division
- This is the amazing Lockheed Martin SR-72—the space Blackbird. In other words, what the X-Men will be flying next year.
- Marvel Comics Introducing a Muslim Girl Superhero – NYTimes.com and Marvel Announce Ms Marvel Series from G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona — The Beat. The countdown to the paranoid backlash about Muslims changing shape to blend in and infiltrate America starts in 3… 2… 1…
- Coming soon from Ronald D. Moore and Javier Grillo-Marxauch on SyFy: Helix Season 1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIthI2sKfu4
Anything else? Consider this an open thread.
Sunday Cinema: “Dear Mr. Watterson”
Dear Mr. Watterson is a documentary film about the impact of the newspaper comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson. The film is in theaters and available On Demand on November 15, 2013. Pre-order now at http://www.dearmrwatterson.com. Take a look at the trailer now:
All right, Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel got me…
I read the book, I saw the video, and I can’t begin to explain. Just watch the video, then buy The Fox. Amazingly, the video actually captures the tone of the comic.
The Atom Invades Grover Mills and “The War Of The Worlds”!
If you’re like me, you learned way too much of your history from comic books. That’s how I first learned about Orson Welles and his infamous Mercury Theater “War Of The Worlds” broadcast which took place seventy-five years ago today, when the Atom went back in time and… well, why tell you when I can show you? From December 1974, here’s the back-up story from Action Comics #442, written by ComicMix columnist Martin Pasko and drawn by Mike Grell, here’s The Atom, or as he’s known here, “The Little Man From Mars!”
Here’s a thought that shocked me when I realized it: it’s been a longer amount of time from the time this story was published to today than it’s been from when this story was published back to the time when the War Of The Worlds radio broadcast happened.
Watch the “X-Men: Days Of Future Past” trailer now
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class, in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future.
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Based on the classic story from Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Terry Austin, the movie stars (deeeep breath) Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page, Daniel Cudmore, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Lucas Till, Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, Booboo Stewart, Fan Bingbing, Adan Canto, Evan Peters and Josh Helman. Written by Simon Kinberg from a story by Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn, and Jane Goldman, and directed by Bryan Singer, X-Men: Days Of Future Past is due in theaters May 23, 2014.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Mr. Peabody & Sherman”– the movie?
We have improbable future history in the making as we present the trailer for Mr. Peabody & Sherman, coming from Dreamworks Animation to theaters on March 7, 2014, and starring Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, and Allison Janney, all directed by Rob Minkoff. Take a look:
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In the movie, Mr. Peabody, the most accomplished dog in the world, and his mischievous boy Sherman, use their time machine “the WABAC” to go on the most outrageous adventures known to man or dog. But when Sherman takes the Wabac out for a joyride to impress his friend Penny, they accidently rip a hole in the universe, wreaking havoc on the most important events in world history. Before they forever alter the past, present and future, Mr. Peabody must come to their rescue, ultimately facing the most daunting challenge of any era: figuring out how to be a parent. Together, the time-traveling trio will make their mark on history.
Fans remember Peabody and Sherman from the Peabody’s Improbable History segments on Rocky & Bullwinkle created by Ted Key. Peabody was voiced by Bill Scott, while Sherman was voiced by Walter Tetley. For a reminder of those great cartoons, let’s fire up our own WABAC machine now:
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Take a look at “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” trailer
Captain America returns! Here’s the official first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier — in US theaters April 4, 2014. The sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell with Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
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Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1941, Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier is produced by Kevin Feige, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. The executive producers are Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo, Alan Fine and Stan Lee. The film releases April 4, 2014, and is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
