Lately I’m noticing that Michael Cera is connected in a lot of ways to exciting developments in movies that are connected to exciting books (not coincidentally for teens). And the people that he’s connected to are also exciting. And the best part is that all of these developments have some kind of creative and funny [...]
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According to the Library of Congress website, “Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million people nationwide attended the inaugural event. Senator Gaylord Nelson promoted Earth Day, calling upon students to fight for environmental causes and oppose environmental degradation with the same energy that they displayed in opposing the [...]
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Well, ok, it’s not a plague. Unless you meant plague as a good thing, in which case, yes. Have you noticed this good plague of movies made from comic books? Perhaps the title Watchmen rings a recently-advertised bell? Or Iron Man?
With Marvel actually producing movies in its own studio, and other titles being optioned like… hotcakes (or something that [...]
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Find Hero in the catalog!
According to Newsarama, Stan Lee made a surprise guest appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con’s “LGBT Portrayals in Comics” panel to announce a budding partnership with Perry Moore, the author of Hero. What that partnership actually entails is still up for spectulation (do I smell a movie?).
Hero gained a great [...]
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“Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.”
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From manga to horror, superhero comics to those wacky teens from Riverdale, Free Comic Book Day has what you need! What a great [...]
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