Captain Carrot To Return

This is amazing news: NYCC '07: BILL MORRISON TALKS CAPTAIN CARROT

Goodnight, Bob Oksner

News From Me reported that comic book artist, Bob Oksner, passed away from pneumonia on February 18, 2007. Among his early work was the second Marvel Boy in 1943 for Timely Comics. He wrote and drew Miss Cairo Jones, a syndicated newspaper comic strip from 1945 to 1947. Sheldon Mayer, an editor at DC Comics, hired him to be an artist on comics adapted from other media. His works included Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Adventures of Bob Hope, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Sgt. Bilko, Pat Boone, Angel and the Ape, Welcome Back, Kotter, Elvira's House of Mystery and Stanley and His Monster. For King Features, he did art for the I Love Lucy newspaper comic. In the 1970s, Bob Oksner did artwork for Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Shazam!, Black Orchid, Lois Lane and others. He retired from comics in 1986.

Free Alter Ego #64

TwoMorrows is celebrating their love of comics by giving away five hundred free issues of Alter Ego #64.

Here is a desciption of the issue:

"Alter Ego 64 focuses on the Fabulous Fawcett Favorites-and Filchock, too! Featuring: A previously-unpublished cover painting by DON NEWTON, of Captain Marvel Jr. and Captain Nazi! ROY THOMAS’ special issue-by-issue analysis and appreciation of OTTO BINDER and C.C. BECK’s 1943-45 four-color "The Monster Society of Evil!" serial featuring Mr. Mind, Dr. Sivana-all that and World War II! Film model-maker ROGER DICKEN’s theory that Captain Marvel was modeled after German heavyweight boxer MAX SCHMELING! Plus a special double-size FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with MARC SWAYZE, EMILIO SQUEGLIO, C.C. BECK, MAC RABOY, et al.-hosted by P.C. HAMERLINCK! Also, JIM AMASH interviews MARTIN FILCHOCK, Golden Age artist for Centaur comics (Mighty Man, Fire-Man, Owl, Electric Ray, et al.)! Plus MICHAEL T. GILBERT and Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt-and MORE! Edited by ROY THOMAS. Includes a free preview of BACK ISSUE #20!"

Lynda Carter To Be On Smallville

Comics Continuum reported that Lynda Carter, who played the title character in tv's Wonder Woman in the 1970s, will be a guest star on tv's Smallville titled "Progeny". The episode is set to air April 12 and she will be playing Moira Sullivan, Chloe Sullivan's mother.

DC Comics Movies News

There has been some really interesting news involving movies featuring characters from DC Comics. Here's a quick rundown of the news:

Joss Whedon is no longer directing or writing with Wonder Woman. Supposedly, this happened a day after Warner Brothers bought a second script. Whedon had the movie set in modern day while the second script was set during World War II.

David S. Goyer's version of The Flash is dead. His script featured Wally West and Barry Allen. Shawn Levy is now set to direct the movie.

Katie Holmes will not be in the sequel to Batman Begins called The Dark Knight. Somebody else will be cast as Rachael Dawes. Rumor has it that Heather McAdams has been asked to make an appearance as Selina "Catwoman" Kyle. Aaron Eckhart is in the running to play Harvey "Two-Face" Dent.

Goodnight, Hardin "Jack" Burnley

According to Newsarma, Hardin "Jack" Burnley passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2007 at the age of 95. He was the co-creator of the Golden Age Starman.

Goodnight, Joe Barbera

Yogi Bear's co-creator, Joe Barbera, died today at the age of 95 according to Yahoo News. His partner, William Hanna, died in 2001. Other Hanna-Barbera creations include The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby Doo and Huckleberry Hound.

Archie And Gang Receives New Look

From Newsarama's Archie & Riverdale Get A New Look:

While I prefer the classic look, at least Archie and the gang are not going manga like Sabrina. The new art is supposed to make the characters more realistic. I hope that Jughead does not loose his hat or gain weight from eating all those hamburgers (realistically, he should be the size of Moose). I also hope that realistic stories like drug use and pregnant teens do not become part of the new look. Archie comics still make me laugh now as much as they did when I was kid reading them over thirty years ago.

Batman Dance Videos

I dig watching The Hullabalo Dancers dancing to the Batman tv theme.

Sam Raimi's Pulp Project

I really hope that the rumors of Sam Raimi's Pulp Project is true. I would love to see Doc Savage teaming up The Shadow and The Avenger. I also would love to see other pulp characters from Street and Smith Publications join them such as The Whisperer, Nick Carter and The Wizard.

Goodnight, Martin Nodell

Martin Nodell, the creator of the Golden Age Green Lantern, died on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at the age of 91. I always loved the character's costume.

HBO Developing Preacher

Vertigo's Preacher is being developed as an one hour television series on HBO according to various sources. The comic book series ran from 1995 to 2000 and created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillion. The series was about a down and out Texas preacher possesessed by a being conceived between an angel and a demon known as Genesis.

Mark Steven Johnson is writing the plot for Preacher and Howard Deutch is planning to direct. Johnson is known for his work on the Daredevil and Ghost Rider movies.

Sources:
Comics2Film: HBO hears word, brings 'Preacher' to small screen

Comics Continuum: Mark Steven Johnson Talks HBO's Preacher

Newsarama: Preacher Comes To HBO

Bucky O'Hare Film

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neal Adams has launched Buzzworthy, a production company to focus on his film projects. He wants to direct and produce Bucky O'Hare as a CGI animated film.

I am hoping that future film projects will include Ms. Mystic, Samuree and Valeria the SheBat, which are my three favorite characters from Continuity Comics.

Robert Downey Jr. Set To Be Iron Man

According to Variety, Robert Downey Jr. has been cast as Tony Stark in Iron Man. The released date is expected to be May 2008.

Marvel Announces Live Action Avengers Movie

Hollywood Reporter has an article about Marvel announcing a live action Avengers movie. Here is the line-up that I would like to see:

Hawkeye
Mockingbird
Vision
Scarlet Witch
Quicksilver
Wonder Man
Wasp
Giant Man

Green Arrow Hits Smallville

Thanks to KryptonSite for the following news. The sixth season of Smallville will start September 28 and Justin Hartley will start playing Oliver (Green Arrow) Queen for seven episodes starting October 5th.