COMICS LINKS: Definitely Not Kansas
Comics Links
Variety reports that Todd McFarlane’s toy-based re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz is being developed as a movie. (See all the toys here; everyone else went with Dorothy as the obvious illo, but I thought his vision of Toto was just as bad, but even weirder.)
Mark Evanier writes about Robert Kanigher and his Metal Men.
Nick Bertozzi has posted the proposal he and James Sturm put together in 2003 for a graphic novel adaptation of a screenplay called The Black Diamond Detective Agency. (The owners of the property ended up giving it to Eddie Campbell to turn into a GN, which came out earlier this year.)
Jayme Lynn Blaschke visits Metropolis, Illinois, and takes pictures of all of the Superman stuff there.
Comics Should Be Good casts their usual beady eye on DC’s November covers.
Occasional Superheroine believes everything is wrong with DC Comics, and explains their problems in great detail.
The Elmira Star-Gazette is happy to see the new comic based on a video game, Halo: Uprising.
Dick May or May Not Read Your Blog begins an odd, quixotic series on the career of Rob Liefeld with a long post about his work on Hawk & Dove.
Comics Reviews
Wizard reviews Mike Allred’s Madman, Vol. 1 and Marvel’s X-23: Target X.
Comics Reporter reviews a mini-comic called Click by Sara Ryan.
Jog of The Savage Critics looks at Bill Jemas’s reign at Marvel, the “progressive” era, Igor Kordey, and, finally, the first eight issues of Soldier X.
