Author Archives: Walt Richardson

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Get Your First Look at the Thor Movie

By | Jul 14, 2010 | News

Today Marvel released the first photo from the upcoming Thor movie. We had seen a picture of Chris Hemsworth as Thor a while ago, but this picture also features Tom Hiddleston as Loki and, more prominently, Anthony Hopkins as Odin. Neat, isn’t it? Marvel Studios’ Thor is being directed by Kenneth Branaugh, and is set […]

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Paul Cornell to Write Knight and Squire

By | Jul 12, 2010 | News

After making many guest appearances in Grant Morrison’s Batman-centric work, England’s Knight and Squire will be getting their own miniseries written by none other than Paul Cornell, with interiors by Jimmy Broxton and covers by Yanick Paquette. On DC Comics’ blog The Source, Cornell had this to say: I’m delighted to be working in DC […]

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Bruce Wayne’s Return Home

By | Jul 12, 2010 | News

Today DC Comics’ blog The Source gave us our first bit of information regarding the Batman franchise post-The Return of Bruce Wayne. Welcome to BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME, eight one-shots that cover the city of Gotham and beyond, from Dick Grayson and Damian to the Birds of Prey to Red Robin to Commissioner Gordon […]

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Busiek to Write Kirby: Genesis

By | Jul 12, 2010 | News

After promising that Alex Ross would be bringing a friend to the upcoming Kirby: Genesis, Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Kurt Busiek will be co-plotting the series with Ross. CBR also reports that, along with Jack Kirby’s creator owned work, the series will be using characters that the late King of Comics designed and sketched […]

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Harvey Pekar Passes Away

By | Jul 12, 2010 | News

At approximately 1:00 a.m. today, comics legend Harvey Pekar was found dead by his wife Joyce Brabner in their Cleveland home. Pekar, who lived to 70 years old, had been battling various ailments for years, but currently the cause of death is unknown. Pekar is most well known for his series American Splendor, an autobiographical […]

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Harvey Award Nominees Announced for 2010

By | Jul 12, 2010 | News

While not necessarily as well known as the Eisner Awards, a Harvey Award is most definitely an honor to any recipient. Today the list of nominees for the 2010 ceremony was released. Comic professionals may choose to vote by downloading a ballot at the Harvey Awards’ website, but the rest of us will have to […]

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Norton Will No Longer Play The Hulk

By | Jul 11, 2010 | News

After many rumors being spread about Edward Norton’s involvement (or lack thereof) in the upcoming Avengers film, HitFix has confirmed that Norton will not be playing the Hulk in the upcoming movie. A statement from Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios’ President of Production, sheds more light on this decision: We have made the decision to not […]

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Comic-Con to be Picketed by Westboro Baptist Church

By | Jul 9, 2010 | News

Brought to the comic community’s attention by Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool, Westboro Baptist Church has a new target in its sights: San Diego Comic-Con. The Westboro Baptist Church has gained considerable notoriety over the past few years for picketing nearly anywhere they can think of, from soldiers’ funerals to vacuum stores. For example: today […]

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Rumor Mill: A New Spider-Man?

By | Jul 3, 2010 | News

In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Amazing Spider-Man editor Stephen Wacker let loose an interesting nugget of information: For the couple of months coming out of “One Moment in Time,” we’re going to be bringing a lot of threads of Peter’s life that we’ve been developing since we started working on the book into […]

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Columns
Friday Recommendation: Wonder Woman

By | Jul 2, 2010 | Columns

Wonder Woman’s recent costume change has sparked a lot of controversy, getting exposure on news sites such as FOX, The Washington Post, The Guardian and much more. The more I read through the comments on these various articles, the more I realize: most of the people who are making a big deal out of this […]

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The Uncanny Allan Heinberg

By | Jul 1, 2010 | News

Today Newsarama announced that before we see his return as a writer in Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, the acclaimed Allan Heinberg will have an unsolicited bonus story in the pages of Uncanny X-Men #526. This story will focus primarily on Cyclops, Magneto, Wolverine and Doctor Nemesis, but may also be of particular interest to those […]

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