TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese animation guru Hayao Miyazaki wishes one of his industry's most famous fans -- the prime minister -- would just keep quiet about his avowed love of manga comic books...
Josh Brolin's World Candor Tour '08 stopped by MTV this week, where he announced that the script for his upcoming comic-book adaptation Jonah Hex is "awful." Except he means it in a good way, he...
Hey folks, just a reminder for you that tonight's episode of Smallville features a full-on version of Doomsday! If you're not familiar with the character, he's the big, scary guy who managed to actually kill Superman in the comics a few years back. It was a HUGE event in the comic book world and led to [...]
MOVIE: Kim Hong-joon's La Vie En Rose will be screened tonight at the Korea Center. The plot follows the story of three fugitives finding an "unlikely hideout at a 24/7 comic book rental shop run by a beautiful woman known only as Madam." As time goes on, webs of erratic relationships are formed! The screening will be followed by a brief lecture and Q&A. Light refreshments will be served...
According to press reports, President-elect Barack Obama's favorite superheroes are Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian. But what do these picks say about Mr. Obama? We talk to Gabriel Fowler, owner of indie comic book store Desert Island, about what the superheroes could reveal about the next president...
Lionsgate has provided us with a look at the final poster for writer/director Frank Miller's The Spirit, opening in theaters on December 25. The adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book series stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Scarlett Johansson, Louis Lombardi and Stana Katic...
Dame Darcy, New York-based performance artist, musician and creator of the popular comic book Meat Cake, is asking her audiences to do more than just suspend their disbelief. She wants them to redraw their paradigm and shed their assumptions about what's real, possible and normal...
Japan s most celebrated cartoon animator today condemned his country s comic book-loving Prime Minister, Taro Aso, as an embarrassment who should keep his reading habits to himself...
The Bloodbath Continues! Today, in association with Image Comics the hardbook comic titled Dead Space hits comic book stores nationwide and will hit Amazon, Border s and Barnes and Noble at the end of the month...
Springfield's first comic-book convention this millennium will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Lamplighter Inn on north Glenstone Avenue...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso's penchant for "manga" comic books Thursday and said children should spend more time experiencing nature than getting engrossed in video games and TV...
BELLINGHAM, Wash. Michelle Obama's fashion savvy may earn her a spot on a future cover of Vogue magazine. But her political influence has already won over Bellingham, Wash.-based publishing company Bluewater Productions, which plans to feature the future first lady in the third book of its "Female Force" comic book series...
1. Hugh Jackman named People's Sexiest Man Alive Comic book fans everywhere are celebrating the recognition of Wolverine's hotness. 2. Mel B to be in a burlesque show where she's "scantily clad in a classy way" What I want, what I really really want is for you to be fully clothed...
KENTWOOD A suspect in the April 25 robbery and shooting of a comic book store owner has pleaded guilty to a role in the crime and must testify against a co-defendant in order to have two felony counts dismissed,...
If you love a thing, set it free. So it was with my copy of Orson Scott Card s Ender s Game a book I cherish so much I have been compelled to share it as often as possible.
COLUMBIA Mid-Missouri collectors will have a chance to whet their appetites for comics and collectibles at Columbia's first-ever comic book convention from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Quality Inn, 1612 N. Providence Road. Dealers from Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota and Kentucky will be there to buy and sell new and old...
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The nephew of Herge, author of the comic-book boy reporter Tintin, will auction off some of his uncle's sketches, photos and letters in Paris on Friday, a Belgian newspaper reported...
James McAvoy and wife Anne-Marie Duff hit the 56th annual Variety Club Showbiz Awards on Sunday at London s Grovesnor House The 29-year-old Scottish stud was honored with the Variety Club s film award at the bash for his acclaimed performances in The Last King Of Scotland, Atonement and comic book thriller Wanted. Sir Michael Caine, 75, picked up the prize for outstanding contribution to show...
Anything Goes Trivia
Megaton Man
Trevor
