Nerdage

Pity the poor casual reader who picks up Final Crisis 1. As confusing as it is to enter a shared universe of costumed heroes and villains, coming into a big company crossover must be even harder. Writer Grant Morrision (Invisibles, Seven Soldiers, everything else ever)...

From Friday’s The Oklahoman:  By Matthew Price Assistant Features Editor WORD BALLOONS Many people thinking of comics from the 1940s would think of muscled supercharacters such as Superman and Batman. But writer Ron Goulart follows another trend, that’s continued from the...

From Friday’s The Oklahoman: Rather than run from things that go bump in the night, the filmmakers behind “MonsterQuest” do their best to find and reveal monsters. The History Channel series attempts to track down mythical or seldom-seen creatures including Bigfoot, the Kraken, and...

From Friday’s The Oklahoman:  By Matthew Price Assistant Features Editor THE NEXT LEVEL Learn about Hollywood digital effects as PL Studios, Inc., hosts Steven Roselle and Ken LaRue of Autodesk. They will talk about special effects in the film and video game industries.

If you’re curious for more information about Thursday’s upcoming event on special effects in games and movies, you’re in luck. Provided exclusively for Nerdage readers is the full Q&A with Sandip Patel, Chief Operating Officer of PL Studios.  The event will be held at 6 p.m....

Frontier City, 11501 N I 35 Service Rd in Oklahoma City, turns 50 this year, and celebrates this Saturday with a day full of events. Starting at 9:30 a.m., the park offers free parking for the first 50 guests.  Admission is 50 cents before noon. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. there are giveaways...

Greg Elwell, Kyle Roberts and I discuss some of this week’s new comics on the weekly comics podcast.  Grant Morrison X2 this week, with “Batman” #677, the second part of “Batman RIP,” along with the kickoff of DC’s big crossover “Final Crisis” #1.  Mark Millar starts a...

A press release at Comic Book Resources indicates that the G.I. Joe property has moved from Devil’s Due to IDW Publishing. From the release: PAWTUCKET, R.I. (May 29, 2008) ” Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) has reached an agreement with IDW Publishing, creators of the best-selling TRANSFORMERS...

Brandy McDonnell and I discuss the films of the summer, including “The Dark Knight,” “Hulk,” “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and more in this week’s entertainment podcast.

I like Mark Millar. I liked his work on the The Ultimates. I liked his work on Wanted. I like his new book, Marvel 1985. It’s easy to like those books, because they’re all kind of the same. What if superheroes and villains lived in the real world? That’s what Millar writes and he does a...

Tobey Maguire, AP The IESB reports that Sony is denying the accuracy of Latino Review’s story naming actors in consideration to play Spider-Man.  That story reported that Patrick Fugit or Michael Angarano could be approached to play Peter Parker.  According to the IESB,...

Patrick Fugit, AP Michael Angaramo, AP Latino Review says the top choices to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in “Spider-Man 4,” should Tobey Maguire choose not to return, are Patrick Fugit and Michael Angarano.  Interestingly, both actors were in “Almost Famous,” playing the...

The Bat-Blog recently drew my attention to this, a 1989 Batman cereal commercial.  I remember eating this stuff. From what I recall, it tasted kind of like Captain Crunch.  My mom is not one for the sugary cereals, so my brother and I must have bugged her about this a lot.

Pop over to Again with the Comics to read Brian Hughes’ really funny amalgamation/parody of the Hulk and Dr. Seuss.

‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $126.0 million. WEEKEND TOP 5 STUDIO ESTIMATES, MAY 23-26, 2008 Rank. Movie Title (Distributor)    Weekend Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Week # 1. Indiana Jones and...

An e-mail from Rude Dude Productions brings the news that “The Moth” and “Draw Nexus” are now available as free downloads at Wowio.com.  From Rude Dude: NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE 5 new free books added at WOWIO If you want to preview full copies of some of our books or would...

Just a reminder – due to the Memorial Day holiday, comics ship on Thursday this week.  If you go looking for “Final Crisis” on Wednesday, it’s not going to be there.  That said, what a beefy week of comics.  The much-anticipated “Final Crisis” #1, of course. ...

3 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post brandy on May 30, 2008 @ 3:53 am

The Beat has this year’s inductees into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame, as administered by the Shuster Awards.  Honorees are  Stanley Berneche, John Byrne, Pierre Fournier and Edwin R. “Ted” McCall.  Lots more about the honorees in the link.  The Byrne...

In the penultimate issue of Immortal Iron Fist from the dynamite team of Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja, this title once again shows why so many fans are so worried about the future of the series. Issue 15, penned by Fraction, is another look into the past of the Iron Fist — this...