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There is one scene from "Gremlins" that has always stood out to me and I think about it every Christmas. Phoebe Cates' character Kate has a monologue about how much she hates Christmas because, as a child, her father went missing and the police discovered him with a broken neck inside her chimney while dressed as Santa Claus with an armful of presents. "And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus," she grimly declares at the end in a flat voice.
Kate's speech about this tragic holiday death paints a visceral image in your mind. It captures the essence of "Gremlins" which, on the surface, is a family-friendly, yuletide comedy with a dark and freaky center. This duality mirrors the Gremlins themselves: the cute, cuddly Gizmo on the outside and the mischievous monster within.
In an interview with Yahoo!, screenwriter Christopher Columbus reveals that this blend of...
Kate's speech about this tragic holiday death paints a visceral image in your mind. It captures the essence of "Gremlins" which, on the surface, is a family-friendly, yuletide comedy with a dark and freaky center. This duality mirrors the Gremlins themselves: the cute, cuddly Gizmo on the outside and the mischievous monster within.
In an interview with Yahoo!, screenwriter Christopher Columbus reveals that this blend of...
- 1/8/2024
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Tony Sokol Nov 26, 2019
Legendary cartoonist Gahan Wilson found an antidote for whimsical comic strips in a career that spanned half a century.
Influential cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who's worked darkened Colliers, Playboy, National Lampoon and The New Yorker, died of complications of dementia on Nov. 21 in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the Associated Press. He was 89.
“The world has lost a legend," his stepson Paul Wilson posted on the artist's Facebook page. "One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him. Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative. He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson."
If any cartoonist carried the torch Charles Addams lit, it was Gahan Wilson. Weird was his specialty. He saw...
Legendary cartoonist Gahan Wilson found an antidote for whimsical comic strips in a career that spanned half a century.
Influential cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who's worked darkened Colliers, Playboy, National Lampoon and The New Yorker, died of complications of dementia on Nov. 21 in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the Associated Press. He was 89.
“The world has lost a legend," his stepson Paul Wilson posted on the artist's Facebook page. "One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him. Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative. He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson."
If any cartoonist carried the torch Charles Addams lit, it was Gahan Wilson. Weird was his specialty. He saw...
- 11/26/2019
- Den of Geek
Gahan Wilson, whose sometimes macabre cartoons were once a staple of The New Yorker, Playboy and National Lampoon, died Thursday from complications of dementia. He passed in Scottsdale Arizona at age 89, according to his son.
Wilson’s staple was black humor. In a 2013 film documentary on his life, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird, The New Yorker editor David Remnick said of him, “Some cartoonists can be good by having jokes, gags, and they’re funny gags,. The really great ones develop a private language, a set of characters, a set of expectations, a world. Gahan Wilson developed a world.”
Hugh Hefner also recalled Wilson’s gift, saying in an introduction to a Wilson collection, “no cartoonist was more popular, or more enduring, than Gahan Wilson.” Wilson was born on Feb. 18, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois. He began drawing at an early age as a mean to survive a sometimes troubled homelife.
Wilson’s staple was black humor. In a 2013 film documentary on his life, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird, The New Yorker editor David Remnick said of him, “Some cartoonists can be good by having jokes, gags, and they’re funny gags,. The really great ones develop a private language, a set of characters, a set of expectations, a world. Gahan Wilson developed a world.”
Hugh Hefner also recalled Wilson’s gift, saying in an introduction to a Wilson collection, “no cartoonist was more popular, or more enduring, than Gahan Wilson.” Wilson was born on Feb. 18, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois. He began drawing at an early age as a mean to survive a sometimes troubled homelife.
- 11/23/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Gahan Wilson, a truly warped individual who channeled his perverse sense of whimsy and the macabre into an award-winning artistic career, died yesterday at the age of 89. His family posts:
The world has lost a legend. One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him.
Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative.
He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson. He leaves behind stepsons, Randy Winters, and Paul Winters, and daughter in law Patrice Winters. Grandchildren, Tiffany Smith, Jessica Winters, Chris Winters, Ashtin Winters, Carlie Winters, Rachel Winters, Kyle Winters, and Jessie Winters, and two great grandchildren, Noah Smith, Jaylie Winters, and Elizabeth Winters.
Born dead in Evanston, Illinois, on February 18, 1930, Wilson’s dark,...
The world has lost a legend. One of the very best cartoonists to ever pick up a pen and paper has passed on. He went peacefully – surrounded by those who loved him.
Gahan Wilson leaves behind a large body of work that is finely drawn, elegant, and provocative.
He was preceded in death by his wife, author Nancy Winters Wilson, and his parents, Allen and Marion Wilson. He leaves behind stepsons, Randy Winters, and Paul Winters, and daughter in law Patrice Winters. Grandchildren, Tiffany Smith, Jessica Winters, Chris Winters, Ashtin Winters, Carlie Winters, Rachel Winters, Kyle Winters, and Jessie Winters, and two great grandchildren, Noah Smith, Jaylie Winters, and Elizabeth Winters.
Born dead in Evanston, Illinois, on February 18, 1930, Wilson’s dark,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
For years, people have looked at Gahan Wilson’s cartoons in Playboy and The New Yorker and said he was demented. Sadly, it’s now all too true—Gahan is suffering from severe dementia. His wife of 53 years passed away this weekend, and as a result, the memory care facility he had been living in wants to move him out immediately. His stepson Paul writes:
Gahan and my mother had been residing in an assisted living facility in Arizona. With my mother’s passing, the facility is about to discharge him. We must find him a memory care facility immediately… She was his rock. His guide through the world. While we all helped with his care, it was my mother who grounded him. He is currently distraught and out of sorts with the world.
Paul Winters
Paul’s set up a GoFundMe to cover the costs. Help if you can.
Gahan and my mother had been residing in an assisted living facility in Arizona. With my mother’s passing, the facility is about to discharge him. We must find him a memory care facility immediately… She was his rock. His guide through the world. While we all helped with his care, it was my mother who grounded him. He is currently distraught and out of sorts with the world.
Paul Winters
Paul’s set up a GoFundMe to cover the costs. Help if you can.
- 3/4/2019
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Joaquin Phoenix as John Callahan and Jonah Hill as Donnie star in Don’T Worry, He Won’T Get Far On Foot.
Gus Van Sant’s Don’T Worry, He Won’T Get Far On Foot follows a man on a life-changing journey battling the alcoholism that led to an accident that puts him in a wheelchair, and along the way discovering a talent that gives him a direction in life. The film seems as much an admiration of Alcoholics Anonymous as anything but the man at the center of this darkly funny drama is not a fictional character. John Callahan was a counter-culture cartoonist who was a fixture of Portland, Oregon, until his death in 2010. Callahan’s cartoons were noted for their irreverent dark-humor and were often compared to those of Gahan Wilson and Charles Addams. Callahan’s work won him a national following and loyal fans. But those fans expecting Don’T Worry,...
Gus Van Sant’s Don’T Worry, He Won’T Get Far On Foot follows a man on a life-changing journey battling the alcoholism that led to an accident that puts him in a wheelchair, and along the way discovering a talent that gives him a direction in life. The film seems as much an admiration of Alcoholics Anonymous as anything but the man at the center of this darkly funny drama is not a fictional character. John Callahan was a counter-culture cartoonist who was a fixture of Portland, Oregon, until his death in 2010. Callahan’s cartoons were noted for their irreverent dark-humor and were often compared to those of Gahan Wilson and Charles Addams. Callahan’s work won him a national following and loyal fans. But those fans expecting Don’T Worry,...
- 7/27/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Seven random thoughts on a post-Valentine’s Day afternoon.
I’ve started to measure time in “DC Comics Reboots.” Usually about four years, give or take. In other words, if Abe Lincoln used that designation his most famous speech with have started “21 DC Comics Reboots ago…” Yes, I know DC insists it’s not a reboot, despite cancelling and replacing their entire superhero line with new versions of the same old thing. And I suppose Superman doesn’t have a Big Red S.
O.K. Jughead is asexual – although I’d bet he won’t be in the CW teevee series. But I ask you this: did Kevin Keller out him by saying so in public at Riverdale High? Don’t get me wrong; that was a great scene and it feels as though the revelation was common knowledge. But, like Martha and Joe before me, I hadn’t thought...
I’ve started to measure time in “DC Comics Reboots.” Usually about four years, give or take. In other words, if Abe Lincoln used that designation his most famous speech with have started “21 DC Comics Reboots ago…” Yes, I know DC insists it’s not a reboot, despite cancelling and replacing their entire superhero line with new versions of the same old thing. And I suppose Superman doesn’t have a Big Red S.
O.K. Jughead is asexual – although I’d bet he won’t be in the CW teevee series. But I ask you this: did Kevin Keller out him by saying so in public at Riverdale High? Don’t get me wrong; that was a great scene and it feels as though the revelation was common knowledge. But, like Martha and Joe before me, I hadn’t thought...
- 2/17/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
We've all wished we could change our appearance to attract some desired object of our affections. Demented Malcolm Brand takes the notion seriously. Since his face doesn't charm lovely Virginia, he'll make himself a new one -- stealing facial features from Virginia's favorite friends. With a straight razor. I, Madman Savant Blu-ray Review Scream (Shout!) Factory 1989 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 89 min. / Street Date July 21, 2015 / 24.97 Starring Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Stephanie Hodge, Michelle Jordan. Cinematography Bryan England Production Designer Matthew C. Jacobs, Ron Wilson Visual Effects Jim Aupperle, Randall William Cook Film Editor Marcus Manton Original Music Michael Hoenig Written by David Chaskin Produced by Rafael Eisenman Directed by Tibor Takács
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
A rich vein of horror seldom tapped in the movies is to be found in vintage pulp magazines, the kind of bone-chilling 'dread' stories that make one feel insecure and off-balance. This 1989 release from...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
A rich vein of horror seldom tapped in the movies is to be found in vintage pulp magazines, the kind of bone-chilling 'dread' stories that make one feel insecure and off-balance. This 1989 release from...
- 8/31/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
When I was young, my first ambition was to be a magazine cartoonist. I wrote to some of my heroes and received wonderful, encouraging letters in return; I even have rejection slips from The New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post. But I didn’t take art lessons to improve my skills, and even I could see that my work wasn’t really up to snuff. Not so for Gahan Wilson, who has been creating unique and wonderful drawings for decades and still contributes to the two remaining havens for panel cartoons, Playboy and The New Yorker. Six years ago I was lucky enough to see a heartfelt documentary about Wilson, made as a labor of love by Steven-Charles Jaffe, whose producing credits include such...
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- 6/10/2014
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
“Gahan Wilson’s work was my introduction to dark humor.” – Stephen Colbert
“For those of you who don’t get Gahan Wilson…That’s impossible! If you look at his cartoons and they don’t make you laugh, you’ve got to go back to the very beginning as a person and start with “knock-Knock” jokes and then work your way back.” – Lewis Black
“Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird” is comic anarchy on a splendid level. Great imagery. Let’s face it, Gahan Wilson is a genius. I loved it!” — Mel Brooks
Those are some of comedy’s heaviest hitters showering their praise on a new documentary about the merrily macabre cartoonist, Gahan Wilson, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird. The film’s director, Steven-Charles Jaffe, invited us to share the trailer to this hilariously horrifying film (we are Trailers From Hell after all) and we couldn...
“For those of you who don’t get Gahan Wilson…That’s impossible! If you look at his cartoons and they don’t make you laugh, you’ve got to go back to the very beginning as a person and start with “knock-Knock” jokes and then work your way back.” – Lewis Black
“Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird” is comic anarchy on a splendid level. Great imagery. Let’s face it, Gahan Wilson is a genius. I loved it!” — Mel Brooks
Those are some of comedy’s heaviest hitters showering their praise on a new documentary about the merrily macabre cartoonist, Gahan Wilson, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird. The film’s director, Steven-Charles Jaffe, invited us to share the trailer to this hilariously horrifying film (we are Trailers From Hell after all) and we couldn...
- 5/9/2014
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
In this entertaining documentary, the coolest kids in town sing the praises of cartoonist Gahan Wilson, whose work is a brilliant fusion of the personal and the political.
Stan Lee, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and a moving, personally revealing Stephen Colbert track Wilson's influence on their own work. Many first encountered Wilson's work in the pages of Playboy magazine, where he's been a regular for 50 years, or in National Lampoon, which published the artist's devastating Vietnam-era cartoons.
Director Steven-Charles Jaffe, making his feature debut, fills the screen with a steady succession of Wilson drawings, the origins of which the artist connects to his own life, particularly his emotionally treacherous ch...
Stan Lee, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and a moving, personally revealing Stephen Colbert track Wilson's influence on their own work. Many first encountered Wilson's work in the pages of Playboy magazine, where he's been a regular for 50 years, or in National Lampoon, which published the artist's devastating Vietnam-era cartoons.
Director Steven-Charles Jaffe, making his feature debut, fills the screen with a steady succession of Wilson drawings, the origins of which the artist connects to his own life, particularly his emotionally treacherous ch...
- 11/19/2013
- Village Voice
If you’re seething with unreleased rage and only know three guitar chords, there are a ton of options for you at theaters this week. From the boys finally loving Mandy Lane to Machete continuing his fight against good taste (which must have done something terrible to his family), and from Captain Phillips fighting back against pirates to William Faulkner rising from the grave to strangle James Franco, there are an unhealthy amount of victimized people taking up arms against a sea of bullies. Naturally, vengeful ghosts and an evil Disneyland come into play as well. On the punk rock side, there’s Green Day battling Broadway and a poorly-lip-synced attempt at telling the story of an iconic haunt that never played bluegrass music. There’s also a lot more going on in a week with a massive amount of movies. Here’s your trailer-ized guide to what’s coming out: The Major Stuff Captain Phillips Read...
- 10/9/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Abstract Studios
Strangers In Paradise Omnibus Sc (Previews Exclusive Edition), $100.00
Alternative Comics
Outliers #1, $5.00
Archie Comic Publications
Betty And Veronica #267 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Betty And Veronica #267 (Fiona Staples Variant Cover), $2.99
Sonic Super Digest #4, $3.99
Sonic Universe #55 (Sega Variant Cover), $2.99
Sonic Universe #55 (Tracy Yardley Regular Cover), $2.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #31, $3.99
Aspen Comics
Soulfire Volume 4 #6 (Cover A Mike DeBalfo), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #6 (Cover B Nei Ruffino), $3.99
Asylum Press
Fearless Dawn In Outer Space (One Shot), $3.99
Avatar Press
Crossed Badlands #35 (Gabriel Andrade Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Crossed Badlands #35 (Michael Dipascale Torture Cover), $3.99
Crossed Badlands #35 (Miguel Ruiz Red Crossed Incentive Cover), Ar
Crossed Badlands #35 (Miguel Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #10 (German Erramousepe Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #10 (Jacen...
Abstract Studios
Strangers In Paradise Omnibus Sc (Previews Exclusive Edition), $100.00
Alternative Comics
Outliers #1, $5.00
Archie Comic Publications
Betty And Veronica #267 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Betty And Veronica #267 (Fiona Staples Variant Cover), $2.99
Sonic Super Digest #4, $3.99
Sonic Universe #55 (Sega Variant Cover), $2.99
Sonic Universe #55 (Tracy Yardley Regular Cover), $2.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #31, $3.99
Aspen Comics
Soulfire Volume 4 #6 (Cover A Mike DeBalfo), $3.99
Soulfire Volume 4 #6 (Cover B Nei Ruffino), $3.99
Asylum Press
Fearless Dawn In Outer Space (One Shot), $3.99
Avatar Press
Crossed Badlands #35 (Gabriel Andrade Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Crossed Badlands #35 (Michael Dipascale Torture Cover), $3.99
Crossed Badlands #35 (Miguel Ruiz Red Crossed Incentive Cover), Ar
Crossed Badlands #35 (Miguel Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #10 (German Erramousepe Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #10 (Jacen...
- 8/19/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Like many filmmakers who once worked within the studio system, producer Steven-Charles Jaffe has turned to crowdsourcing to raise money for his new film, a documentary on macabre cartoonist Gahan Wilson. But the producer of "Ghost" and four Kathryn Bigelow movies, including "Strange Days," isn't using the website to help shoot "Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird," or to finish its post-production. Instead, he's appealing to the Kickstarter community to help him launch an Academy Awards qualifying run and an Oscar campaign. "There's an undeclared revolution going on in Hollywood with crowdsourcing and...
- 8/7/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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The Absence, a sci-fi-tinged thriller written and directed by Alex DeMille, won the judges’ choice award at the 17th annual Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival The movie also won for best film in the science fiction/fantasy film category. The festival, now in its 17thyear, honors the best in indie genre movies, with entries this year coming from as far away as Israel and Chile. The judges included Steve Charles Jaffe, who won last best documentary last year for Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird), Fanboys director Kyle Newman and THR’s Borys Kit. Comic-con Video: 6 All-
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- 7/15/2012
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Diego’s Comic-Con International is the biggest event in the world devoted to genre pop culture. While the big Hollywood movies get the most mainstream press, there’s also a large, lesser known and promoted Independent Film Festival devoted to genre short films tucked away within the overall convention.
The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.
The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.
Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...
The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.
The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.
Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...
- 7/10/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Sunday July 15th is the last day of Comic-Con 2012, and most of us will be completely worn out looking like Spider-Man in the image above. Chances are he's asleep under that mask. Sunday has always been a cool down day for us, we kind of just try to relax a little bit more and enjoy it. That doesn't mean their isn't anything to see or do though!
We've got a Fringe screening and Q&A, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer 20th Anniversary, Sons of Anarchy, the annual Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical screening, and more! I've always wanted to go the Buffy musical sing-a-long, but am usually trying to leave San Diego before it starts.
Just a little reminder, we will be having our annual GeekTyrant meet up this year to meet our readers, which is something we always enjoy doing! That will take place on Wednesday night, and...
We've got a Fringe screening and Q&A, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer 20th Anniversary, Sons of Anarchy, the annual Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical screening, and more! I've always wanted to go the Buffy musical sing-a-long, but am usually trying to leave San Diego before it starts.
Just a little reminder, we will be having our annual GeekTyrant meet up this year to meet our readers, which is something we always enjoy doing! That will take place on Wednesday night, and...
- 7/1/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
The organizers of San Diego Comic-Con have released the official schedule of events for Sunday, July 15 which you can now view below.
San Diego Comic-Con – Sunday, July 15
10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-to: Publishing Industry: From Manuscript to Industry — So you have the desire to write a book and get it published, but what does that really mean? Agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, self-publishing, traditional publishing, print on demand, ebooks, foreign language-the list goes on. What does it mean to “write for profit,” and what are the pitfalls to watch out for? Award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake gives you some insights into the real world that is the Publishing Industry. Warning: this seminar is not for the weak of spirit. Room 2
10:00-11:00 Spotlight on Jason Shiga — Comic-Con special guest Jason Shiga is best known for his interactive comics, including Meanwhile and Knock Knock. He will present a career retrospective detailing...
San Diego Comic-Con – Sunday, July 15
10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-to: Publishing Industry: From Manuscript to Industry — So you have the desire to write a book and get it published, but what does that really mean? Agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, self-publishing, traditional publishing, print on demand, ebooks, foreign language-the list goes on. What does it mean to “write for profit,” and what are the pitfalls to watch out for? Award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake gives you some insights into the real world that is the Publishing Industry. Warning: this seminar is not for the weak of spirit. Room 2
10:00-11:00 Spotlight on Jason Shiga — Comic-Con special guest Jason Shiga is best known for his interactive comics, including Meanwhile and Knock Knock. He will present a career retrospective detailing...
- 7/1/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
Comic-Con Sundays are typically light on horror, and this year is no exception although once again our favorite panel, "Supernatural", is heading to Hall H. Here are the genre highlights as well as info on the 36th annual Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive.
One thing we can't stress enough is to keep checking the Sdcc website for updates as nothing's set in stone until the event actually starts happening.
10:00-11:00 Emily the Strange— Be a part of the Emily the Strange panel experience, where you have the chance to prove your knowledge of Strange and win prizes, learn what's new in Emily's oddball universe (including a sneak peek at the new Emily and the Strangers comic book series), and Q&A with Emily's creator Rob Reger, artist Buzz Parker, and writer Jessica Gruner. Did we mention you will get some cool stuff just for showing up and being Strange?...
One thing we can't stress enough is to keep checking the Sdcc website for updates as nothing's set in stone until the event actually starts happening.
10:00-11:00 Emily the Strange— Be a part of the Emily the Strange panel experience, where you have the chance to prove your knowledge of Strange and win prizes, learn what's new in Emily's oddball universe (including a sneak peek at the new Emily and the Strangers comic book series), and Q&A with Emily's creator Rob Reger, artist Buzz Parker, and writer Jessica Gruner. Did we mention you will get some cool stuff just for showing up and being Strange?...
- 7/1/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Neil Gaiman and Jim Thompson bonded by Scam Fiction?
It’s all a scam, isn’t it?
My alarm goes off in the morning and I eat some cereal some marketer scammed me into thinking tastes good and is good for me. I wash myself with products I’ve been scammed into thinking will make me more pleasant company. I buy cigarettes I’ve scammed myself into thinking won’t really shorten my life from a convenience store clerk who scams me into thinking I’m paying a fair price. I go to my day-job and scam my boss into thinking I’m working hard just as he scams me into thinking my paycheck is as much as I deserve. Then I come home and attempt to scam you fine people into thinking I know what I’m talking about when it comes to crime fiction.
But of course, you’re too smart for that.
It’s all a scam, isn’t it?
My alarm goes off in the morning and I eat some cereal some marketer scammed me into thinking tastes good and is good for me. I wash myself with products I’ve been scammed into thinking will make me more pleasant company. I buy cigarettes I’ve scammed myself into thinking won’t really shorten my life from a convenience store clerk who scams me into thinking I’m paying a fair price. I go to my day-job and scam my boss into thinking I’m working hard just as he scams me into thinking my paycheck is as much as I deserve. Then I come home and attempt to scam you fine people into thinking I know what I’m talking about when it comes to crime fiction.
But of course, you’re too smart for that.
- 4/1/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
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In 1984, the first of legendary editor J.N. Williamson's five Masques anthologies presented "All New Works of Horror and the Supernatural." Williamson's "principal critical standard for any work included in Masques [was]: 'Scare me!'" Masques never disappointed. As the series progressed, the contents pages read like a guest list at the Stoker Awards: Robert B. McCammon, Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Gahan Wilson, William Nolan, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Dan Simmons, Ray Bradbury, and Stephen King (among many others) all contributed original short works. It was the first place to read horror high water marks like "Recall," by Ray Garton,...
- 9/22/2011
- FEARnet
Come and Get Me, directed by Chris Sun, is an Australian horror movie about a quartet of pretty young women who inadvertently hook up with a trio of serial killers for a night of torturous “kill or be killed” action.
The movie made a big splash earlier this year, taking home numerous awards at the inaugural Bloodfest Fantastique, a new genre-based film festival by the creators of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The awards Come and Get Me took home were for Best Actress (Kelsie McDonald) and Best Editor (Michael Gilbert); while director Sun won the Best Special Effects and Make-Up award and shared the Best Director award with Josh Reed for Primal.
Come and Get Me will next be screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in mid-August.
For more on the movie, please visit the official Come and Get Me website.
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The movie made a big splash earlier this year, taking home numerous awards at the inaugural Bloodfest Fantastique, a new genre-based film festival by the creators of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The awards Come and Get Me took home were for Best Actress (Kelsie McDonald) and Best Editor (Michael Gilbert); while director Sun won the Best Special Effects and Make-Up award and shared the Best Director award with Josh Reed for Primal.
Come and Get Me will next be screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in mid-August.
For more on the movie, please visit the official Come and Get Me website.
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- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird, directed by Steven-Charles Jaffe, is a profile of the legendary cartoonist, who is renown for his ghoulish, twisted visions that combine horrific elements with comedy.
The documentary features interviews with famous Wilson fans, such as Stan Lee, Stephen Colbert, Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Lewis Black and more — many of whom are featured in the above trailer. Also included in the trailer are several examples of Wilson’s incredible artwork.
Most recently, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird won the Best Documentary award at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival.
Learn more about the film at its official website.
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The documentary features interviews with famous Wilson fans, such as Stan Lee, Stephen Colbert, Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Lewis Black and more — many of whom are featured in the above trailer. Also included in the trailer are several examples of Wilson’s incredible artwork.
Most recently, Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird won the Best Documentary award at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival.
Learn more about the film at its official website.
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- 7/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Swirled within the cacophony of major media news items coming out of the just wrapped-up annual San Diego Comic-Con, there is also the news of the winners of the convention’s Independent Film Festival. Nearly 50 films were screened over four days in an enormous screening room at the Marriott Marquis Hotel next door to San Diego’s convention center.
Awards were given out based upon the genre screening blocks that the film festival is organized into. Winner of the Best Action Adventure Film award was the first film screened at the festival, The Debt Collector, directed by Alan David Morgan, which was a Morgan’s thesis film produced at the American Film Institute.
In addition to the genre-based awards, there was one Judges Award, which was given to the Polish animated film Paths of Hate, directed by Damian Nenow. The film, which depicts a stunning aerial dogfight, also won the Best Animated Film award.
Awards were given out based upon the genre screening blocks that the film festival is organized into. Winner of the Best Action Adventure Film award was the first film screened at the festival, The Debt Collector, directed by Alan David Morgan, which was a Morgan’s thesis film produced at the American Film Institute.
In addition to the genre-based awards, there was one Judges Award, which was given to the Polish animated film Paths of Hate, directed by Damian Nenow. The film, which depicts a stunning aerial dogfight, also won the Best Animated Film award.
- 7/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
San Diego’s annual Comic-Con is mostly known for its major media spectacles, displays and panel discussions by major mainstream Hollywood studios and distributors. Lesser known is the Independent Film Festival that is hosted by and runs concurrently with the larger convention on July 21-24.
The film festival runs in a large meeting room at the Marriott Marquis Hotel and Marina, located right next door to the convention center. Each day kicks off with a “Film School” panel discussion at 10:00 a.m., then packs the late morning, all afternoon and night with independent films from all over the world.
Screenings are blocked by genre, such as Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Horror, Animation and Documentary. There’s also an awards presentation on the 24th, with repeat screenings of the winning films.
One of the highlights of this year’s Cci-iff is the screening of Waylon Bacon‘s fantastic and disturbing short film Help Wanted,...
The film festival runs in a large meeting room at the Marriott Marquis Hotel and Marina, located right next door to the convention center. Each day kicks off with a “Film School” panel discussion at 10:00 a.m., then packs the late morning, all afternoon and night with independent films from all over the world.
Screenings are blocked by genre, such as Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Horror, Animation and Documentary. There’s also an awards presentation on the 24th, with repeat screenings of the winning films.
One of the highlights of this year’s Cci-iff is the screening of Waylon Bacon‘s fantastic and disturbing short film Help Wanted,...
- 6/28/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
I spent several hours with Gene this morning. He wasn’t under the influence of any pain killers so he was lucid and jovial, but grew short of breath several times—and every now and again he’d grimace in pain. The attending nurse finally had no choice but to put him back on the morphine and that was it—Gene was fast asleep.
Despite his legendary optimism, Gene’s situation is tenuous. His family hopes he can undergo a procedure early this week that may alleviate his pain. Regardless, it’s unlikely that my pal will be drawing for anyone anytime soon.To continue generating what might become much-needed funds, we are selling off the last of Gene’s artwork, as well as some books and comics. Gene hopes to continue signing comics for the Cgc Signature Series. If you have comics that you would like to put through this process,...
Despite his legendary optimism, Gene’s situation is tenuous. His family hopes he can undergo a procedure early this week that may alleviate his pain. Regardless, it’s unlikely that my pal will be drawing for anyone anytime soon.To continue generating what might become much-needed funds, we are selling off the last of Gene’s artwork, as well as some books and comics. Gene hopes to continue signing comics for the Cgc Signature Series. If you have comics that you would like to put through this process,...
- 4/25/2011
- by Clifford Meth
- Comicmix.com
Now that holidays are behind us; the leftover turkey all but gone from the fridge; the tinsel and wrapping paper stored and the pine needles swept...and the January blahs in full swing… But what's that? Why, there's one more present sitting in the dark under the Christmas tree, still waiting to be opened. Go ahead, see what's inside, go on…I dare you…
Every year around December, we are subjected to the same tired old Christmas staples over and over: It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Santa Clause, A Charlie Brown Christmas, blah blah blah blah blah… It's enough to make you spew rum-laced eggnog all over the living room carpet. But whilst each film is calculated to foster warm fuzzy feelings of goodwill and holiday cheer, few filmmakers seem to be interested in showing the cold clammy underbelly of the Santa mythology.
Every year around December, we are subjected to the same tired old Christmas staples over and over: It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Santa Clause, A Charlie Brown Christmas, blah blah blah blah blah… It's enough to make you spew rum-laced eggnog all over the living room carpet. But whilst each film is calculated to foster warm fuzzy feelings of goodwill and holiday cheer, few filmmakers seem to be interested in showing the cold clammy underbelly of the Santa mythology.
- 1/15/2011
- CinemaSpy
In homage to Jacques Tati, French animator Sylvain Chomet has crafted an exquisite, gently comic and elegiac film
Seven years ago, French animator Sylvain Chomet made a pleasing intervention into the world of bland, airbrushed, computer-animated American movies with his delightful Belleville Rendezvous (aka Les Triplettes de Belleville). A crucial element in his wildly inventive film was the Tour de France, and Chomet wanted to include a clip featuring the cycling postman from his great hero Jacques Tati's Jour de fête. He wrote to the director's daughter, Sophie Tatischeff, seeking permission, and she was so impressed she not only gave him the go-ahead but also drew his attention to an unfilmed screenplay her father had written in the late 1950s. Filed in the archives as "Film Tati No 4", it was dedicated to her. Tati had abandoned what has now become The Illusionist as being too serious and personal, embarking instead on the extravagant Playtime,...
Seven years ago, French animator Sylvain Chomet made a pleasing intervention into the world of bland, airbrushed, computer-animated American movies with his delightful Belleville Rendezvous (aka Les Triplettes de Belleville). A crucial element in his wildly inventive film was the Tour de France, and Chomet wanted to include a clip featuring the cycling postman from his great hero Jacques Tati's Jour de fête. He wrote to the director's daughter, Sophie Tatischeff, seeking permission, and she was so impressed she not only gave him the go-ahead but also drew his attention to an unfilmed screenplay her father had written in the late 1950s. Filed in the archives as "Film Tati No 4", it was dedicated to her. Tati had abandoned what has now become The Illusionist as being too serious and personal, embarking instead on the extravagant Playtime,...
- 8/21/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
I don't think it would surprise anyone to learn that Charles Addams was a major influence on the artistic style of a young Tim Burton. I'm sure Edward Gorey and Gahan Wilson were equally influential in terms of ghoulish silly sensibility, but when you look at the black and white line work of Charles Addams, you see the direct precursor to almost every one of Burton's signature quirks. That's cool. Burton wears his childhood influences like an open book, like many great visual stylists do, and in his case, he's always been partial to a mix of the morbid and the...
- 6/30/2010
- Hitfix
Today and tomorrow, you and your loved ones can have a mighty good time at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's annual festival! This year's festivities include an amazing array of panels and programs to tickle the fancy of plenty of comic, sci-fi, and cartoon fans alike. With a gaggle of exhibitors, and professionals there to sign all your ebay-able wares, there's plenty for you to do! Highlights include:
Saturday, April 10th
11:30 Am Titans of Comics: Living Cartooning Legends with Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Gahan Wilson and Danny Fingeroth!
2:00 Pm The Art of the Superhero: When Singular Vision Meets Popular Mythology with Paul Pope, Jaime Hernandez, Frank Miller, Kyle Baker and Dean Haspiel!
5:15 Pm The MoCCA Live Strip Show: Actors Perform Indie Funnies Featuring the art of: R. Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman, Kim Deitch, Gabrielle Bell, and Emily Flake with the voice talents of Sam Seder, Sara Benincasa and Jon Glaser!
Saturday, April 10th
11:30 Am Titans of Comics: Living Cartooning Legends with Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, Gahan Wilson and Danny Fingeroth!
2:00 Pm The Art of the Superhero: When Singular Vision Meets Popular Mythology with Paul Pope, Jaime Hernandez, Frank Miller, Kyle Baker and Dean Haspiel!
5:15 Pm The MoCCA Live Strip Show: Actors Perform Indie Funnies Featuring the art of: R. Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman, Kim Deitch, Gabrielle Bell, and Emily Flake with the voice talents of Sam Seder, Sara Benincasa and Jon Glaser!
- 4/10/2010
- by Marc Alan Fishman
- Comicmix.com
ComicCon.org have revealed the full list of nominees for this years Eisner Awards, or to give them their full name: The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Considered by many to be the premiere comic awards (think the comic equivalent of the Oscars), the Eisner Award winners will be announced at this years San Diego Comic-Con in July.
The Nominees:
Best Short Story
“Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium(Fantagraphics/Aben maler) “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno, in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger) “How and Why to Bale Hay,” by Nick Bertozzi, in Syncopated (Villard) “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited(Norton) “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Brave & the Bold #28: “Blackhawk and the Flash: Firing Line,...
The Nominees:
Best Short Story
“Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium(Fantagraphics/Aben maler) “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno, in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger) “How and Why to Bale Hay,” by Nick Bertozzi, in Syncopated (Villard) “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited(Norton) “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Brave & the Bold #28: “Blackhawk and the Flash: Firing Line,...
- 4/9/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Fantagraphics Books will combine the work of cartoonist Gahan Wilson in a new collection. Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons will feature every piece of work Wilson has done for Hugh Hefner's magazine in the last five decades, reports Cbr. This will include his cartoons and also the handful of short stories he has written for Playboy. "It's a very friendly, pleasant relationship with Hef," Wilson told Cbr. "That's what it boils down to. "He's an excellent editor and very (more)...
- 4/9/2010
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
The list is out. Pretty straightforward, with a few surprises (No Todd Klein or John Workman for lettering? And was Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader not eligible?)
Our congratulations to all the nominees. We'll be starting the betting pools in 3... 2...
Best Short Story
• “Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben malen)
• “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno, in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger)
• “How and Why to Bale Hay,” by Nick Bertozzi, in Syncopated (Villard)
• “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited (Norton)
• “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
• Brave & the Bold #28: “Blackhawk and the Flash: Firing Line,” by J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz (DC)
• Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by...
Our congratulations to all the nominees. We'll be starting the betting pools in 3... 2...
Best Short Story
• “Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben malen)
• “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno, in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger)
• “How and Why to Bale Hay,” by Nick Bertozzi, in Syncopated (Villard)
• “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited (Norton)
• “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
• Brave & the Bold #28: “Blackhawk and the Flash: Firing Line,” by J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz (DC)
• Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by...
- 4/8/2010
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Indie production company Helix Films has formed an exclusive partnership with the Meccano Toy Co. to develop an original 3D feature film based upon the Erector Set line of construction toys.
Invented in England by Frank Hornby in 1901, Meccano was conceived as a model toy construction system comprising reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. The toy has sold under the Erector Set brand in the U.S. since 1913, and Meccano/Erector set toy products are currently sold in more than 90 companies.
Santa Monica-based Helix is developing a script for a family fantasy/adventure franchise built around the nuts-and-bolts brand that could also be extended to other platforms like TV and video games.
The deal, for undisclosed terms, represents the first time Meccano has licensed film rights to its toys.
Helix was founded in 2008 by film producers and business execs Steven-Charles Jaffe,...
Invented in England by Frank Hornby in 1901, Meccano was conceived as a model toy construction system comprising reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. The toy has sold under the Erector Set brand in the U.S. since 1913, and Meccano/Erector set toy products are currently sold in more than 90 companies.
Santa Monica-based Helix is developing a script for a family fantasy/adventure franchise built around the nuts-and-bolts brand that could also be extended to other platforms like TV and video games.
The deal, for undisclosed terms, represents the first time Meccano has licensed film rights to its toys.
Helix was founded in 2008 by film producers and business execs Steven-Charles Jaffe,...
- 2/17/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Helix Films continues working on the 3D animated feature "Eddy Deco", based on the 1980's illustrated novel, "Eddy Deco's Last Caper", by master macabre cartoonist Gahan Wilson, whose illustrations have appeared in Playboy, The New Yorker and National Lampoon.
In "Last Caper'', dedicated "...to all of us trying to be the good guys..." 'Detective 'Eddy Deco', a 1940's private investigator is hired by 'Tracy McEstings' to find her missing husband.
Deco's search leads him to underground caverns and wicked aliens called the 'Badgize', that can transform inanimate objects into life.
While buildings fly and vengeful elevators chase people across hotel lobbies, characters emerge including 'The Colonel', a large beaker full of brains and eyes who likes his bourbon poured directly into his beaker top...
In "Last Caper'', dedicated "...to all of us trying to be the good guys..." 'Detective 'Eddy Deco', a 1940's private investigator is hired by 'Tracy McEstings' to find her missing husband.
Deco's search leads him to underground caverns and wicked aliens called the 'Badgize', that can transform inanimate objects into life.
While buildings fly and vengeful elevators chase people across hotel lobbies, characters emerge including 'The Colonel', a large beaker full of brains and eyes who likes his bourbon poured directly into his beaker top...
- 2/17/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Comics don’t have to be bad for you, you know. They can be edifying and uplifting, partaking of the greatest glories of the finest books even written. At least, that’s what the purveyors of various adaptations of “the great books” – curiously, nearly all of which were conveniently out of copyright and thus didn’t require any licensing fees – have claimed for the past fifty-some years. I have before me three very different books that all adapt mostly old and out of copyright works for a modern audience, so let’s take a look at what’s going on these days…
Classics Illustrated: The Raven & Other Poems
By Edgar Allan Poe; Illustrated by Gahan Wilson
Nbm/Papercutz, May 2009, $9.95
Classics Illustrated is the longest-running brand-name in the adapting-old-books space, dating back to 1941 (when the line was launched as Classic Comics), and was the educational comic of choice for an entire...
Classics Illustrated: The Raven & Other Poems
By Edgar Allan Poe; Illustrated by Gahan Wilson
Nbm/Papercutz, May 2009, $9.95
Classics Illustrated is the longest-running brand-name in the adapting-old-books space, dating back to 1941 (when the line was launched as Classic Comics), and was the educational comic of choice for an entire...
- 12/7/2009
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
In the wake of Playboy Enterprises promoting Alex L. Vaickus to the newly created position of president, with responsibility for all of Playboy.s business operations, including print, television, digital media properties and licensing comes a new look for Playboy Magazine's November 2009 cover, featuring creator Matt Groening's 'Marge Simpson' character from the Fox cartoon TV series The Simpsons. The showcase of the blue-haired wife of 'Homer Simpson' is the first time Playboy Magazine has given the cover spot to a cartoon character. Marge will also receive a 2-page magazine centerfold. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has always been a huge fan of cartoon illustrators including Playboy's own "Little Annie Fanny" from Harvey Kutzman, Bill Elder and Frank Frazetta and the morbidly amusing works of Gahan Wilson...
- 10/11/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Wow, that was an awkward title. Yes, Gahan Wilson's Eddy Deco, the 1940s style private eye battiling people who turn into giant squids and crab, is getting adapted. Mix a touch of Jonathan Lethem with colorful weirdness and we will hopefully get something pretty amazing, because I'm really not impressed with this first image, which looks like a kiddie animation.
Here's a little description of what we might expect:
Eddy Deco is a '40s type P.I. in the Sam Spade tradition, who is hired by Tracy McEstings to find her missing husbanda minor hoodand finds himself involved in a ludicrous caper that gets zanier as the story develops. Eddy's search leads him to underground caverns and Chinese torturers, Damon Runyonesque hoods and villains who have a disconcerting habit of turning into giant crabs or squids.
Concept still and some artwork after the break.
Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.
Here's a little description of what we might expect:
Eddy Deco is a '40s type P.I. in the Sam Spade tradition, who is hired by Tracy McEstings to find her missing husbanda minor hoodand finds himself involved in a ludicrous caper that gets zanier as the story develops. Eddy's search leads him to underground caverns and Chinese torturers, Damon Runyonesque hoods and villains who have a disconcerting habit of turning into giant crabs or squids.
Concept still and some artwork after the break.
Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.
- 9/15/2009
- QuietEarth.us
According to Variety, famous illustrator Gahan Wilson's Eddy Deco will be getting an animated adaptation. From what I can find, Deco is about a 1940 styles detective who lives in a weird universe inhabited with evil elevators, mobsters, aliens, opium dens, and all sorts of other insanity. I'm already sold.
Here's a description of Eddy Deco's Last Caper from Amazon:
Wilson is celebrated for his work in the New Yorker and elsewhere, particularly his cartoons. In this latest effort, he opts for broad farce that, like his cartoon style, is reminiscent of the Marx Brothers or Monty Python. He interweaves text and cartoons, which are used to good effect, not just as illustrations of what the reader already knows but as an extension of the text. Eddy Deco is a '40s type P.I. in the Sam Spade tradition, who is hired by Tracy McEstings to find her missing...
Here's a description of Eddy Deco's Last Caper from Amazon:
Wilson is celebrated for his work in the New Yorker and elsewhere, particularly his cartoons. In this latest effort, he opts for broad farce that, like his cartoon style, is reminiscent of the Marx Brothers or Monty Python. He interweaves text and cartoons, which are used to good effect, not just as illustrations of what the reader already knows but as an extension of the text. Eddy Deco is a '40s type P.I. in the Sam Spade tradition, who is hired by Tracy McEstings to find her missing...
- 9/8/2009
- QuietEarth.us
This is an apology, and a cause for celebration. First, I want to apologize to the reader John B. In the previous version of this entry, I announced that his caption entry had won our contest in a landslide, and then went on to lament that he had left no e-mail address, and that a similar caption had appeared earlier on another website. Therefore, the implication was that he had "borrowed" it.
Some fair-minded readers wrote to argue that the difference between the two captions--John used the word "omniscient," and the other blog used "omnipotent"--was significant, and that in fact John's caption was funnier. This is true. I began to doubt my rush to judgement. Who, after all, would cheat just to win shiny new dime? On the other hand, where was John to step forward and claim his prize?
John, or "John B.," has now stepped forward. Today he posted this,...
Some fair-minded readers wrote to argue that the difference between the two captions--John used the word "omniscient," and the other blog used "omnipotent"--was significant, and that in fact John's caption was funnier. This is true. I began to doubt my rush to judgement. Who, after all, would cheat just to win shiny new dime? On the other hand, where was John to step forward and claim his prize?
John, or "John B.," has now stepped forward. Today he posted this,...
- 8/11/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
ShockTillYouDrop.com and the New Beverly Cinema (7165 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles) want you to find out what kind of critters make Farmer Vincent Fritters! On June 12th, we're holding our second "Midnight Shock" screening in conjunction with the Beverly's Phil Blankenship. Beginning at 11:59pm, we're screening a print of Kevin Connor's Motel Hell . Even better, I've called in screenwriters Steven-Charles Jaffe and Robert Jaffe to talk about the film during a pre-show Q&A! They'll also fill us in on their new documentary Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird (see art below). So come early. Come caffeinated. And come hungry. There just might be some jerky treats for you!
- 6/4/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 After the hundreds of pages I have written and edited about Richard Matheson, it’s tough to sum up his significance to film and television in a few sentences, but here goes. Start with the movies that would never have been made if he hadn’t written the novels or stories—and in many cases the scripts—first: the Hugo Award-winning The Incredible Shrinking Man, the Emmy Award-winning Duel (Steven Spielberg’s feature-length debut), The Legend of Hell House, Trilogy of Terror (with Karen Black’s Zuni-doll smackdown), the Oscar-nominated Somewhere in Time, the Oscar-winning What Dreams May Come, Stir of Echoes, and a little half-billion-dollar hit called I Am Legend (plus its two previous incarnations, The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man).
Now add his adaptations of works by Edgar Allan Poe (House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum,...
Now add his adaptations of works by Edgar Allan Poe (House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum,...
- 2/22/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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