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AICN COMICS NEWS: SHOOT THE MESSENGER! NEWS & GAMEKEEPER CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
What’s SHOOT THE MESSENGER? Well, AICN COMICS: SHOOT THE MESSENGER is your weekly one stop shop for comic book news that’s dropped in the previous week. Thanks to Newsarama, CBR, Wizard, etc. for reporting it as it breaks. Click on the links for the original stories. This column cuts the crap to run down all the vital information for those of you who don’t follow it as it comes in, and serves it all up with that special ingredient of @$$y goodness. It’s also the place for interviews, previews, and special reports.
You know the drill by now. I’m Stones Throw, and here are some more bullet point rundowns of the week’s biggest and best comic book news. This week we’ve got updates from the MegaCon in Florida, new series announcements galore, and maybe a few surprises!!?? But we’re kicking off on a melancholy note…
@ …with Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson paying tribute to ROCKETEER creator Dave Stevens here.
@ MEGA-CON NEWS…Hey, ONE MORE DAY haters! Why not go to Orlando on March 8th and commit an act of civil disobedience? Why the hell would I do that, you ask? Well, it’s just been named “Joe Quesada Day” by the mayor of Orange County…
@ Joey Q was also presented with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Sun Award for achievements within the Hispanic community at this year’s MegaCon…
@ More news from the MegaCon… a new DEADPOOL series is apparently in the works at Marvel…
@ The issue of WHAT IF…? that Mike Wieringo was working on prior to his death last year will be completed by several artists before being auctioned off for the Hero Initiative charity…
@ Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Amanda Conner’s TERRA should see the light of day soonish…
@ Meanwhile, Darwyn Cooke, J.H. Williams III and David Michael Beck will offer up their renditions of JONAH HEX in upcoming issues…
@ UPCOMING SERIES RUN-DOWN…Colossus gets time in the spotlight in May’s X-MEN ORIGINS: COLOSSUS, by Chris Yost and Trevor Hairsine…
@ Huntress gets the YEAR ONE treatment in, you guessed it, HUNTRESS: YEAR ONE from DC this May. Ivory Madison writes and Cliff Richards draws…
@ Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn’s FIREBREATHER, about the son of Godzilla and a human woman, returns at Image…
@ BUFFY’s Spike is on the receiving end of a four-issue miniseries from IDW in July…
@ Dynamite has secured the comic book license to BUCK ROGERS, with Alex Ross and John Cassaday attached as cover artists and character designers…
@ NEW WRITER ALERT!... Rick Remender joins the over-worked Matt Fraction as co-writer of PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL in May…
@ AND FINALLY… Remember that FANTASTIC FOUR: THE LOST ADVENTURE issue that came out a few weeks back, heralding all-new Kirby art originally intended to run in FF # 108? And how not enough of it was available, leading to Ron Frenz being called in to fill a few panels? Well, according to Marvel editor Tom Brevoort, the missing page was just sent to JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR by a fan who picked it up off Ebay. I find this extremely funny for some reason…
That’s it, ladies and gents. Drive safely and remember to shoot your messenger. Or, y’know, whatever.
Hey folks, Your Friendly Neighborhood Ambush Bug here. One last thing before we go, AICN Comics & Virgin Comics would like to congratulate the following winners in our “Cast the GAMEKEEPER Movie” Contest, which coincides with the release of GAMEKEEPER VOLUME 2 #1 (reviewed here and previewed in last week’s STM column). Congratulations:
John Brophy
Jonathan Soweidy
Matthew Bensen
Personally, I agree with John Brophy and think Jason Statham from THE TRANSPORTER is perfect for the part. Winners, expect some very nice prizes from Virgin Comics in your mailbox very soon.
Thanks to all for participating in the contest. Be sure to pop back here next week for an interview with the GAMEKEEPER V2 crew (Jeff Parker, Ron Chan, and Ron Randall).
Jonathan Soweidy
Matthew Bensen
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I've never read the Gamekeeper, but you guys must sure hate it to want to cast that talent vacuum in it.
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I'm glad I was able to keep this talkback free of them.
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Sounds OK. Buck Rogers with covers by Ross? Sounds good.
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...for keeping the Talkbacks real. First posters indeed do suck. And Statham's got some talent, just not a lot of luck choosing good projects that are not helmed by Guy Ritchie. THE BANK JOB has been said to be pretty good though. But if GAMEKEEPER is being directed by Ritchie a rumored, Statham may get a chance to shine as a star.
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Those "second" posters, tho...
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Congratulations, sir - you have arrived.
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and i feel sick!
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But seriously, let's not start this.
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Ok one more.
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A one hundred and thirty year old John Rambo, maxed to the brain on steroids, kills every last muthafucka with his compound bow which doubles as a walking stick before makign a deal with Mephisto...no, wait. That would be fucking stupid. However, due to artistic delays and getting trapped under a mountain of varaint covers the story never ends.
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...or at least he appears to. See fakestanlee at blogspot.com.
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He is a Guy Ritchie favorite after all.
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i aint giving those fucks any part of my money...just wondering if any reports will end up here
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Fellow @$$Holes Sleazy G, Humphrey Lee, and myself always hit Wizard World Chicago. This year it's scheduled earlier, so more news is bound to drop and there definitely be a report from the con.
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First posters don't suck. Habitual first posters might. All I know is, when I was a green noob I followed the trend and pursued a FIRST post, and through trial and error (lots of FIRST!s in third, fifth and fourteenth postings)I finally nailed one...and felt nothing. So I quit trying. I think it's something you have to get over when you're young, like chicken pox.
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...will be on the next Live Wire!
(livewireradio.org for details)
Matt Wagner is scheduled to appear this fall to talk about the release of his volume of Grendel. Date TBA.
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not that it matters
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