The Idiots’ Guide to Publishing
A Q. and A. with Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr, founders of the independent press Idiots' Books, who recently signed a contract to create an installment of the children’s series “Marvel Super Hero...
View ArticleThe Life, Death and Life of Superheroes
Comic book stories, like soap operas, are a never-ending series of twists and turns. And fans of super-heroes have learned that seemingly no death is permanent.
View ArticleIt’s Collaboratin’ Time: Spider-Man to Join the Fantastic Four
The Marvel Comics web slinger will become a member of the Fantastic Four - or, more precisely, join with the surviving teammates of that superhero group to form a new team - whose exploits will be...
View ArticleA Second Spider-Man Musical Swings Into Town
Frustrated by the delays that have engulfed “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” an improv comedian and composer has decided to open his own show about that comic-book wall-crawler one day earlier.
View ArticleDarren Aronofsky Withdraws from ‘The Wolverine’
Darren Aronofsky, the filmmaker behind "Black Swan" and "Requiem for a Dream," said he could not direct the comic-book movie because it would keep him out of the United States for more than a year, and...
View ArticleSpider-Man Spins a New Secret Identity
The Marvel Comics hero, at least as he exists in the Ultimate universe, has a new alter ego: Miles Morales, a teenager who is of black and Hispanic descent, and a rare person of color playing a major...
View ArticleOut With the New, In With the Newer at DC Comics
A few months after restarting its superhero story lines at issue No. 1, DC Comics is canceling six series and introducing six new ones, including titles written by Grant Morrison and China Miéville.
View Article‘Fantastic Four’ Gets a Reboot, and the Critics Weigh In
"Fantastic Four: Season One" is the first in a series of graphic novels that chronicle the beginnings of Marvel's heroes like Spider-Man and the X-Men. George Gene Gustines and Adam W. Kepler review...
View ArticleJoss Whedon on Assembling ‘The Avengers’
In a season that will see the near-simultaneous release of “The Avengers” and “The Cabin in the Woods,” a signature, smaller-scale horror movie, Joss Whedon talks about how he was recruited to “The...
View Article‘Avengers’ Director Joss Whedon on His Creative Setbacks
Joss Whedon talks about difficulties he's faced on projects like "Firefly," "Dollhouse" and "The Cabin in the Woods," and what he plans to do after "The Avengers."
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