Fourth Day of Classic Comics Christmas 2009

... favorite teams the CBR crew chose for today, go here . And my pick is... Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson Detective Comics #438-443 Simply put, the "Manhunter" strip by Goodwin and Simonson was unlike anything else in American comics at the time. Drawing on a broad range of influences, everything ...

Today's Tweets

... tonight at 9PM ET + PT - only @mythbusters! Use #torychat ^RB # 17:34 RT @dailygalaxy: EXTRA! Earth-like Waterworld Found Orbiting Red Dwarf su.pr/1q5gJ1 ^RB # 17:36 RT @CBR: EXCLUSIVE: Simonson on "X-Factor: Forever" bit.ly/8wGe0C ^RB # 17:37 RT @zaibatsu: I just became the mayor of Fox Creek Elementary on @foursquare! 4sq.com/7pWrlf ^RB # 17:37 @ zaibatsu ^RB Hats ...

December 16 - Underwear

...art by John Kacere art by Richard Allen Schultz (RAS) Two Graces art by Roberto Carbone Dirty Laundry art by Michael Breyette Life Study 1 art by George Cayford Tease Me art by Aaron John The Sailor art by Cody Furguson Tight End art by Douglas Simonson art by Milo Manara ~

Marvel Announces Comics For Girls By Girls

..., whatever cynicism we have is quickly dispelled by the quality of creators involved in the three issue series (many making their Marvel debut): Kathryn Immonen, Ann Nocenti, Trina Robbins, Louise Simonson, G. Willow Wilson, Amanda Conner, Jill Thompson, Colleen Coover, Molly Crabapple and Carla Speed McNeil all contribute, and io9 favorite Devin Grayson makes a long overdue return to comics in ...

'Percy Jackson' and 'Clash of the Titans' draw on same Greek myths but with epic differences

... underway with “Thor” (with Chris Hemsworth in the title role and Anthony Hopkins as the one-eyed Odin) based on the Norse god of thunder as imagined by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Walt Simonson and, more recently, J. Michael Straczynski in the pages of Marvel Comics. But are the old gods viable as entertainmnet to the young moviegoers who made the mecha-minded “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” the ...

Prisoners of Gravity and the Sixth Doctor's Run

...an accidental keypress and couldn't undo! Let's start off with another batch of found Prisoners of Gravity uploads Racism (Feb 18th, 1993) How racism is handled in SF and comics. Part One : Louise Simonson (on covert, unintentional racism and tackling it in Superman), Will Eisner (on changing his brother's name so it doesn't seem Jewish, and his views on the roots of racism, and stereotypical ...

Christopher Judge in Charity Golf Classic

... (who many remember as "Cash" from ABC's "Men In Trees") and businessman David Katz. A close second, and almost winners of the hole-in-one grand prize of four new 2010 Mercedes-Benz from W.I. Simonson Mercedes-Benz were Michael Chiklis, star of FOX's "The Shield," Kenny Johnson, also from "The Shield," Stephen Bishop (star of "The Rundown") and TNT's Aldis Hodge from "Leverage." "24's" Jaime ...

New Prisoners of Gravity!

..., deals with issues of anti-Semitism during the Second World War; Black comic book artist Denys Cowan discusses Milestone comics, the new multicultural imprint he's directing for DC Comics; Louise Simonson (writer, Superman: The Man of Steel) discusses racism at The Daily Planet; Gilbert Hernandez (co-creator, Love and Rockets). Cartoonist Dan Piraro (Bizarro) also puts in an appearance. Part 1 -...

... better in that shell, Mister Simonson." Mister Simonson looked disconcerted, staring at my..., instinctively, was that this Mister Simonson was me. And he was not... coursed through my hippocampus; Mister Simonson was expecting an empty vessel. ...the box that had been Jeffrey Simonson. "Samuel." "Abel." "Diamond." "Half-life." ...the shell that had been Mister Simonson. Serves you right, you old ...

Pulp For The Soul.

... ornate or lifelike, but equally skilled in distinct and consistent characterizations, is Walt Simonson, who wrote and drew a huge chunk of The Mighty Thor 's initial ... smaller or more far away, the less distinct the features are. (Fun fact: Walt Simonson is married to Louise Simonson, writer of countless New Mutants and X-Factor strories [Apocalypse was one of her better ideas] and creator ...