Author Archives: David Harper

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Michael Fassbender: X-Men or Spider-Man?

By | Jun 8, 2010 | News

According to Roger Friedman of Showbiz411 (via Rich Johnston), Michael Fassbender of Inglourious Basterds fame is deliberating between two different high profile Marvel Comics film roles: as Magneto in Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming X-Men: First Class and as an as yet unannounced villain in Marc Webb’s Spider-Man 4. Johnston himself hypothesizes that Fassbender would be in line to […]

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"Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" Scene Revealed

By | Jun 7, 2010 | News

Last night on the MTV Movie Awards, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World‘s director Edgar Wright interrupted the broadcast to share with viewers a scene from the upcoming film. In a bit of divergence from the scene in the comic (but still awesome), when Scott takes on A-List actor/Ramona Ex Lucas Lee, things aren’t settled by […]

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Is Jamie Bell Spider-Man?

By | Jun 7, 2010 | News

Rumors are running rampant across the Internet today because of a report from Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool – it seems he has heard from many sources that Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, upcoming Tintin adaptation) will be the next Peter Parker. While Sony has been quick to say…well, not much of anything, this rumor has […]

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Reviews
Advance Review: The Killer: Modus Vivendi #2

By | Jun 3, 2010 | Reviews

Issue two of Archaia Comics’ mini-series The Killer: Modus Vivendi sees its’ release today, with series writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon continuing the journies of their titular killer as he weaves through an even more sordid web than usual. The first issue was a stunner, leading me to name this the most overlooked book […]

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Eagle Awards Initiative Announced

By | May 28, 2010 | News

The Eagle Awards are some of the most prominent awards in all of comics, only earning the highest tier of creators their prizes and doing a great job of spotlighting some books that deserve more recognition. In that vein, their announcement today that they’ve launched a new initiative to find new, original voices in comics […]

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Reviews
Advance Review: 7 Psychopaths

By | May 26, 2010 | Reviews

Today marks the launch of a new series from Boom! Studios written by Fabien Vehlmann and illustrated by industry giant Sean Phillips. This series, titled 7 Psychopaths, is in the vein of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and tracks one colonel in the British army as he works with the sanest insane person in Britain to pick […]

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Dynamite! Purchases Chaos! Comics Library

By | May 19, 2010 | News

According to Bleeding Cool, it seems Dynamite! Entertainment – kingpins of licensing anything they can get their hands on – has purchased the library of Chaos! Comics. For those that were not comic savvy during the 90’s, Chaos! Comics was a comic that focused on “bad girls” and hellish images, and that fusion of goth […]

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Columns
Small Press Spotlight: Daniel Clowes’ Wilson

By | May 18, 2010 | Columns

In this week’s Small Press Spotlight, I take a look at a recent release from Drawn and Quarterly by legendary creator Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, Art School Confidential). His book Wilson was just released on April 27th, but it’s already earning him praise for everything from the diverse artwork to the misanthropic and incredibly memorable lead […]

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Reviews
"Chuck Versus the Living Dead" Review

By | May 18, 2010 | Reviews

This week’s episode of Chuck (titled “Chuck Versus the Living Dead”) finds the return of a few characters that have been gone for a while, the advancement of a ton of plot threads, some honest to goodness badassery, and Jeffster! What else could we possibly ask for besides renewal of the show? What’s that? We […]

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