My good friend Ross Nover returns to the webcomic world with The System! Ross uses those universal sign graphics as a framework for his unique brand of the funny. I think it’s bloody brilliant and I’m sure he’ll go far. When he’s standing up at his Comic Con panel some day next to those other guys, I will sniff back tears of pride and say to myself, I knew him when we were part of the Washington Webtoonists.

Congrats Ross! The System rocks the hardcore!!

[Via The System]

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Some of you may recall that removing Garfield from Garfield actually makes the comic more funny, especially these days. Turns out the site has grown so popular, Angry Zen Minion Jack T Robins writes to tell us that Ballantine Books will publish a dead tree version of Garfield Minus Garfield with Jim Davis’s blessing! According to Jim:

I think it’s an inspired thing to do. I want to thank Dan for enabling me to see another side of Garfield. Some of the strips he chose were slappers: ‘Oh, I could have left that out.’ It would have been funnier.

The book will run the original strips along side the doctored strips created by Dan Walsh, the creator of G-G.

So freaking awesome! I’m so glad Davis chose to embrace this project. I also hope Walsh will get a fat check. Sure, he didn’t draw the thing. But it’s such a brilliant idea he deserves some credit.

[Via Garfield Minus Garfield]

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Dammit! This is so freaking cool!

Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub ran into Avery Brooks and Jonathan Frakes in a bar at Comic Con. And instead of shooing the comic nerds away, Captain Sisko and Commander Riker hung out with the boys.

So. Fucking. Awesome!

Comic Con is full of magic and awesomeness. Comic Con 2009, we’re coming for you!

UPDATE: So apparently Rich Stevens was there as well and captured this moment:

Brilliant!

[Via PVP and Rstevens]

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Whee! We get the okay to post our fan arts!

Here’s my submission for the UDON Street Fighter Tribute book.

Had a lot of fun. I think next time, I might try a different style, something more animated than painterly. I hope to pick up a copy either at Otakon or PAX. Can’t wait to see the other pieces!

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We get a look at Supes vs Scorpion, Bats vs Sub Zero, and Flash vs Sonya. The air combat system looks pretty cool as well as the close up combat. Something about the default punch bothers me. Looks like they’re just swinging their arms around. Ah well. Some neat ideas with the combat system. But I still maintain this is a rental.

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It was announced at Comic Con that AZM Ally Valerie D’Orazio will be writing a Cloak & Dagger mini series for Marvel! *happy dance*

Congrats Val! I’m so happy you get a chance to bring your awesomeness back to comics. I predict many more comics with the name Valerie D’Orazio as the writer.

Oh, it’s a good day for comics. A good day indeed!

[Via Occasional Superheroine]

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Nick, Marty, and Jamie recount their epic journey to see an early screening of Dark Knight. They put out the idea that a third movie could never hope to be as good as Dark Knight. I’d be satisfied if no other versions of this Batman came out. Money dictates that more will be made, of course. But I could live with just Dark Knight.

They also talk about the browning realism in games (blech) and the disappointments of E3. I’m thinking that the hype that used to surround E3 has migrated over to PAX (hopefully. Actually going this year). And there’s more!

Enjoy!

[Via Derailed]

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In more video game movie adaptation news, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment will release an episodic downloadable Watchmen game for 360, PS3, and PC in 2009. I believe the intent is release the game along with the movie, at least the first episode. You get to play as Rorschach and Nite Owl in the good old days before our ink blot boy lost his marbles.

Rorschach makes mention of the good old days in his interrogation and when he hooks back up with Nite Owl. I suppose they aren’t really necessary to the overall story, but the way Rorschach relates his early life is essential to his character and such a brilliant bit of story telling. I don’t know if those interrogation scenes will make the final cut, but if this video game is their way of dealing with the good old days so they can get away with a mere mention in the film that won’t sit well with me at all.

It is entirely too early to pass judgment without seeing anything so I’ll take them at their word. The press release puts emphasis on the notion that the video game will match the visual style of the movie, whatever that means. I don’t know if this will break the shitty movie video game curse, but it might be fun to pound on Moloch before he gets all old and wrinkly.

[Via Newsarama]

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Awe, hells yeah!

Applegeeks Volume 1 will be published by Dark Horse Comics in the summer of 2009!

So proud of Hawk and Ananth. It’s about damn time they got a book out. I predict much awesomeness for the AppleGeeks. When they have their own Q&A at ComicCon, I’ll be in the back tearing up with pride saying, “I used to shoot rubber bands at them.”

Congrats guys! The success train is pulling into the station and you fuckers are going to ride it all the way!!

[Via Applegeeks]

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So I got this press release in the good ol’ inbox alerting me to some site called Spill.com doing animated reviews of Comic-Con. Animated reviews, huh? Before I pimp something out, I like to see for myself if it is full of the awesome sauce or the suck… um… sauce. So I hopped on over and checked out their review of Hancock.

Okay, I’m sold. Pretty sweet review, decent animation, and now I really want to see Hancock. So Spill is heading to Comic-Con and will release daily (?!!) animated wrap-ups of each day. They’ll also be hitting five panels of awesomeness:

Here are just a few of the events Spill.com hopes to cover during SDCC 2008:

• 1. Warner Bros.: The Watchmen (Friday 11:55 – 1 pm) | One of the year’s most highly anticipated films.
• 2. Family Guy: The Cleveland Show Sneak Peak (Friday 3:30 – 4:15 pm) | An early look at the Family Guy spinoff.
• 3. Terminator Salvation (Saturday 1:15 – 2 pm) | Terminator is back and Spill.com will have the scoop.
• 4. Sony: First Looks at Underworld, Quarantine, and Pineapple Express. (Saturday 5:30 – 7 pm) | First looks at some of Sony’s most anticipated upcoming films.
• 5. Lionsgate Films: The Spirit and Punisher: War Zone | See what’s planned for these two huge comic-book adaptations.

If you’re going to be at SDCC, be on the lookout for Spill.com. If not, make sure you tune into Spill.com throughout the show for ongoing coverage of one of the year’s biggest events!

You know, these days Comic-Con is more like Movie-Television-Gaming-Toys-and-maybe-some-Comics-Con these days. It’s awesome and fun and all, but srsly, where’s the comics?

Anyway, Spill, yes, quite good. I’m looking forward to what they’ve got cooked up for Comic-Con. And I’ll be checking out more of their reviews. Nuff said!

[Via Spill]

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