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Arkin to Get Smart with Carell

Arkin to Get Smart with Carell

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  • March 1, 2007

Fresh from their oscar-nominated performances in Little Miss Sunshine last year, Steve Carell and Alan Arkin will be appearing together in the Warner Bros. film version of Get Smart as Maxwell Smart (Secret Agent 86, as if you’d forgotten) and the Chief, respectively. Also cast in the film is Anne Hathaway as Agent 99.

But now, the really tough question — do you even try to replace Bernie Kopell as Siegfried? And Patrick Warburton, of course, is the obvious choice for Hymie the Robot.

Marvel gets Fooled

Marvel gets Fooled

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  • February 28, 2007

For those who enjoyed yesterday’s brief look at Marvel’s financials and want to see and understand more, the Motley Fool has done some of the heavy lifting for you. What’s telling is that the entire piece is spent detailing the financing behind Marvel’s movie production and licensing (which, admittedly, has been the object of speculation and is somewhat complex) but not a whit on the comics themselves.

Letterman NYCC quiz

Letterman NYCC quiz

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  • February 28, 2007

The CBS Late Show with David Letterman took a look last night at the New York Comic Con, offering the following bit:

Said Letterman, "We got some footage of the event. We then compiled this quiz. Some of my favorites:

(Heavy guy thumbing through comic books)

"Just an hour into the convention, this man has already gotten his hands on:

A) Superman #1

B) Green Lantern #3

C) Cheeseburger #6

(Character in giant head)

"The character on the right:

A) is from a Japanese cartoon

B) will soon be in his own movie

C) has been stumbling blindly through the city since the Thanksgiving Parade

(Girl in fluffy dress and orange wig):

"Looking at this scene, we’re reminded that:

A) all fantasy realms are welcome here

B) the convention is a great place to meet friends

C) it’s been a tough month for Britney Spears

(Alien with claws):

"You may remember this creature from:

A) "Lord of the Rings"

B) "Pan’s Labyrinth"

C) Your local Taco Bell"

Letterman’s competitor, Stephen Colbert, was a guest of the NYCC.

Scott Shaw! salutes black history

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  • February 28, 2007

One of the highlights of the Black Panel at NYCC was when Denys Cowan started mentioning all the pioneers deserving of wider recognition.  Scott Shaw! celebrates Black History Month on his Oddball Comics website with a title from 1947 called All-Negro Comics entirely produced by black cartoonists/ The page also includes a discussion of other comics of the time created for black audiences. 

A fascinating read, including lots of clickable articles and illustrations.  (No Michael Davis, I don’t believe "Negro Kitty" is among the characters, so you still own that idea…)

Enough to make you gag

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  • February 28, 2007

Hey New Yorkers!  Not doing anything tomorrow night, and frustrated because you can’t draw or sell gag cartoons?  Yeah, you know who you are.  Funny thing, Media Bistro at 494 Broadway has just the solution — a 3-hour intensive course (starting at 6:30 PM) on How to Draw and Sell Gag Cartoons, taught by John Donohue, whose cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, Barron’s, Thompson’s Medical Economics, and other spots. 

If for no other reason, you should go to find out how and why editors are still purchasing tired 1950s stereotypes of henpecked husbands pursued by purse-wielding wives .

Joe Sinnott ailing

Joe Sinnott ailing

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  • February 28, 2007

Word is slowly spreading from Marvel’s editorial halls that legendary artist Joe Sinnott has had a heart attack. Joe was at the New York Comic-Con this past weekend, mingling with fans without seeming ill. We’ll post details as we hear them.

Ain’t It Cool comics awards

Ain’t It Cool comics awards

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  • February 28, 2007

The Ain’t It Cool News site has just come out with an  "AICN Comics" presentation of its third annual @$$ie Awards, featuring your host Crucifer (the @$$keeper?), above.  Categories include Best Single Moment/Single Issue, Best Cover Artist, Best Miniseries/Special/One-Shot, Best Comic Book Character, Best Artist/Art Team, Best Writer, Best Publisher, and Best Ongoing Comic Book Series.  Mercifully, only the intro is done in comic book form.

Future tech wishlists

Future tech wishlists

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  • February 28, 2007

Auntie Beeb covers the story of "a wide-ranging survey produced by the South Korean government to find out what consumers will want from future technologies." The survey also features long-range predictions gleaned from interviews carried out with about 3,500 of the country’s technology experts, including online smell-o-vision within a decade, a two-month duration for mobile phone batteries before they’ll need recharging, and routine robot surgery (that’s by robots, not on them) by 2018.

Heck with all that, where’s my personal jetpack?  I’ve been waiting since 1975!

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UPDATE – Arnold Drake hospitalized

UPDATE – Arnold Drake hospitalized

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  • February 28, 2007

Via Newsarama via Tom Spurgeon: "According to an e-mail disseminated by Ken Gale, the writer Arnold Drake was found collapsed in his home and is currently in intensive care at Cabrini Hospital." Drake is the creator of Deadman and Doom Patrol and wrote what is regarded as the first American grapic novel — with artist Matt Baker — back in 1949.

Send cards, letters and art to Arnold Drake, Cabrini Medical Center, 227 E. 19th St., New York, NY 10003.

UPDATE: Reports at 2:30 PM EST indicate Arnold is improving and should be moved out of the ICU within the next 24 hours.

Trek-ulation begins

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  • February 28, 2007

Paramount has announced the next Star Trek movie (number XI, for those of you counting Roman-style) will premiere on Christmas Day 2008, no doubt delighting many Jewish Trekkers, as going to the movies on December 25 is almost as popular among Jews as going out for Chinese food.

Eleven is  being helmed by fan favorite director J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias, etc.) and speculation has already started as to what actors will be chosen to play younger versions of James Kirk, Mr. Spock and so forth, since the screenplay from M:I 3 writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci is said to follow those familiar characters during their Starfleet Academy years and into their first space mission.  If Abrams & co. are smart, they’ll go with unknowns.  If they’re smarter they’ll hold and publicize open auditions.

Meanwhile, Saw IV director Darren Lynn Bousman is said to be remaking Scanners, scripted by another fan favorite and sometimes comic writer, David Goyer.  That should be coming out right around the same time.

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