Showing posts with label spiderman. Show all posts
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Monday, 15 June 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Iron Man, Deadpool

EXCLUSIVE: Iron Man, Deadpool & Spider-Man Get ‘Bromantic’ In ‘Marvel Bromance’ Collection
“Bromance.” Love the term or hate it, it’s become a part of the nation’s vernacular — and apparently, it’s become a part of the comics world, too. The follow-up to last year’s “Marvel Romance” collection, this August’s “Marvel Bromance” will offer up some of the greatest “bromantic” moments from the publisher’s long history, featuring Spider-Man, Wolverine, Deadpool and other popular characters engaging in good, old-fashioned male bonding… superhero-style.
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Thursday, 19 February 2009

The League of Extraordinary X-Gentlemen and Avenging Yeomen

From: ToplessRobot.com



I love custom toys. I can't make 'em myself, but I love seeing them, and some of my favorite have been the steampunk interpretations of Star Wars and so forth. I guess these Marvel superheroes customs -- pointed out to me by my sometimes friend, sometimes foe Great White Snark -- are more just Victorian than steampunk, but I still think they're hella awesome.

From left to right, starting with the top row: Nightcrawler, the Hulk, Wolverine, Dardevil, Spider-man, Falcon, and Cyclops; bottom row: Jean Grey, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Red Skull, Doctor Doom, and a Doom-bot Arnim Zola. Please, check here, here and here for more pics, along with the detailed stories of these guys, who were created by Bruce Ross and Josh Izzo. (Via Super Punch);

Saturday, 30 August 2008

The History of Marvel Comic's Mutant Team: The X-Men

From: AssociatedContent.com

At the end of the 1960s, the X-Men series had been cancelled due to a complete commercial failure, completely dominated by more popular series including Spiderman, Captain America, The Hulk and The Fantastic Four. It was not until the early 1990s that the X-Men made an astonishing comeback, selling a record-breaking eight million copies in the first issue alone. Saturday morning cartoons were soon dominated by the ¬X-Men animated series, which acquired phenomenal television ratings. According to Peter Sanderson, author of Marvel Universe, "If Marvel published only the books of the now extensive X-Men "family" of titles, it would still be one of the largest comics company in North America." (209)

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Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Stan Lee Teams With Disney For Cross-Media Superhero Series ‘Time Jumper’

From: MTV.com

Add another one to Stan Lee’s burgeoning media empire. The co-creator of such iconic characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Hulk — is joining forces with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment to produce what the studio calls the “most ambitious digital comic book series ever designed.”

Titled “Time Jumper,” the project is set to release on numerous platforms including online, print and mobile. According to Lee, “‘Time Jumper’ is more than a typical superhero. He’s a trend-setting breakthrough across all media; a hero for today’s digital age and tomorrow’s multiplatform entertainment.”

The series will follow Terry Dixon, a secret agent for a government org known as HUNT (Heroes United, Noble and True). His secret weapon? A cell phone invented by Dixon’s father called the Articulus that doubles as a time machine.

Disney says the book “combines the traditional print look and feel, including dialogue and thought bubbles, with today’s cutting edge multimedia elements, including edgy visuals, music, voices and a fast-paced storyboard, to take a classic genre into the next dimension.”

The project is one of multiple deals for Lee. In April, his company POW Entertainment announced a partnership with Virgin Comics where Lee will write, edit and oversee a “new universe of superhero characters.” POW is also producing the CGI superhero series “Legion of 5,” in addition to a slate of direct-to-video films under the “Stan Lee Presents” banner.

Saturday, 9 August 2008

Paris Hilton to become a superhero

From: DigitalSpy.com
By Simon Reynolds

Paris Hilton has revealed that she will star in an animated superhero TV show.

The socialite told San Diego CityBeat that she had devised her own crime-fighting character with Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics writer behind Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four.

Hilton said: "I've created a superhero with Stan Lee, which is [based on] me, and we’re doing a cartoon right now with MTV."

Hilton recently starred in a spoof election campaign video online poking fun at Republican candidate John McCain. The clip has been viewed more than 5.5 million times on the website FunnyOrDie.com.

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Stan Lee creates 'Legion of 5'

From: Digital Spy.

Rex FeaturesLegendary comic book writer Stan Lee has created a new superhero team called Legion of 5, The Hollywood Reporter says.

Lee's production company POW! Entertainment has joined with Brighton Partners and Rainmaker Entertainment to create a series of CGI films, video games and a merchandising line based on the superhero characters.

Canadian animation company Rainmaker will produce the animated films and use a portion of the $24 million raised for the property to get started.

"We are hoping to develop a strong franchise with the characters," said Rainmaker CEO Warren Franklin.

Many of Lee's creations - including Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four - have been turned into successful movie franchises. This summer, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, based on Lee's Marvel Comics characters, will hit the big screen.

Lee recently signed a three-film deal with Disney.