Comics News Page: 5

This is page 5 of the comics news archives.

Justice League Film Gets Greenlighted (2007-09-24): The long-delayed Justice League movie is back on track.

Daniel Clowes Launches Mister Wonderful (2007-09-15): The New York Times is launching a new weekly comic strip by brilliant cartoonist and underground comics creator Daniel Clowes.

Ed Norton, Hulk Screenwriter (2007-08-17): Everyone was pretty puzzled when Ed Norton talked at Comic-Con about how he had written the script for the upcoming Incredible Hulk film.

Tintin In the Congo in Racism Controversy (2007-07-19): The Tintin controversy is spreading to the U.

DC Comics to Launch Interactive Comics Site (2007-07-16): DC Comics has announced that it will launch a new web comics imprint called Zudacomics.

Record Crowds Seen at AnimeExpo (2007-07-04): Publisher's Weekly reports that record crowds were seen at AnimeExpo in Long Beach, California.

Peter Straub Signs to Write Graphic Novel (2007-06-09): Bestselling horror author Peter Straub and screenwriter and actor Michael Easton have been signed by Vertigo to write an original graphic novel called The Green Woman.

Novelists Turn to Comic Books (2007-05-14): The latest hot trend for novelists is not to write novels at all: it's writing comic books.

Michael Eisner Company to Acquire Topps? (2007-04-05): BusinessWeek reports that former Disney CEO Michael Eisner's investment firm, The Tornante Company, and Madison Dearborn Partners plan to acquire Topps, the makers of baseball cards and Bazooka bubble gum.

Spielberg to Make Tintin Film (2007-04-03): CBC.

Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and the Giant Kiss Comic Book (2007-03-16): Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, of KISS, and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, chairman of Platinum Studios, were presented with the Guinness World Records certificate of "World's Largest Comic Book" for KISS Comics Group's KISS 4K Destroyer Edition.

Captain America is Dead (2007-03-07): We have some very sad news to report.

The Rise of the Fictomercial in Advertising (2007-02-22): So what's a fictiomercial? It's part of the growing trend of non-traditional ways to advertise products which has grown to a $2 billion business.

Kate Beckinsale to Star in Whiteout (2007-02-19): ComingSoon.

Oscar-winning Visual Effects Pioneer Peter Ellenshaw Dead at 93 (2007-02-16): Peter Ellenshaw, the legendary Oscar-winning visual effects pioneer has died at the age of 93.

Cage Family and Chopra Family Team Up For Comic Books (2006-11-28): The Cage family and the Chopra are working on comic books together for Virgin Comics.

Dick Tracy Celebrates 75th Anniversary (2006-11-24): The Dick Tracy comic is still going strong on his 75th anniversary.

The Gorillaz Publish an Autobiography (2006-11-11): Gorillaz, the virtual rock band that has sold millions of albums, is publishing an autobiography that is called Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre(Riverhead Books).

John Woo Develops Graphic Novel Series With Virgin Comics (2006-11-08): Director John Woo (Face Off, Mission Impossible 2) is developing a comic book series in a partnership with the recently formed Virgin Comics.

Anita Blake Gets Her Own Comic (2006-09-18): Anita Blake is about to become a comic book hero.