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“The End” for Write Now! » TwoMorrows Tune-In podcast and TNT blog
"Big announcement: After six years and soon-to-be 20 issues, we’ve decided to end Write Now! magazine. I’ve got to say, I’m really sorry to see it go; Danny Fingeroth has been absolutely professional and delightful to work with on it, and always managed to [...]

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Comic Book Resources > Preview: Elephantmen #13
(tags: free_comic comics)

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What Tina Fey Wants: About Us: vanityfair.com
(tags: television interview)

comicfoundry.com » The Future of The Foundry
Found via The Comics Reporter, the magazine Comic Foundry will cease publication with their fifth issue. It's a shame because I thought between this, The Comics Journal and Comics Now that there was a nice variety of comic magazines right [...]

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*Promethea — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading
"In addition to representing many readers’ fantasies, this sequence marks the transition from story to instruction manual; from this point forward, the book becomes Moore’s lecture about his ideas of how magic works, beginning with a walk through the Tarot as representative of human history."
I just read the series [...]

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Old Saws Revisited, and Hence Made Older Still - ARTicles
"My complaint is with reviewers whose hyperbolic verbiage is regularly deployed in ads to hype product, in particular films. This is not the same as the fly-by-night credits accorded raves from authors and organizations no one has ever heard of, and who may well be interns [...]

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'The Shield's' last episode: 'Family Meeting' | The Watcher
"I think what the last couple of episodes of “The Shield” have done rather brilliantly is show how complicit we all were in Vic’s sins."
(tags: television)

JeffBridges.com - Ironman book
A fantastic journal/photo book by Jeff Bridges about making the movie Iron Man.
(tags: movies film entertainment photography)

ATTN: Comic Creators [...]

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Criterion Puts Movies Online | SpoutBlog
(tags: criterion film dvd)

Newsarama.com : Midway Games Receives Delisting Warning
Hadn't seen this news.
(tags: videogames)

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S. Clay Wilson Out of ICU - Steve Duin - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
(tags: comics cartoonist)

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Sepinwall on TV: 'The Shield' creator Shawn Ryan looks back - TV and FILM - NJ.com
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11 tons of trade paperbacks on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Two questions– what Avatar trades are hidden in those pallets and how do I get them?
(tags: comics)

Golden Age of Comic Books
A new website for the Golden Age of Comics podcast.
(tags: podcasts)

Hayao Miyazaki Criticizes Manga Mad Prime Minister - G4tv.com
"Oscar-winning, Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki, recently made a [...]

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Comic Book Resources > Unfortunate Confluence of Words - 11-20-2008
"5) I never thought I'd say this, but enough with the "one punch" already. It was a throwaway bit. Move on. Please."
(tags: comics)

The Real O’Neal Puts His Cyber Foot Down - NYTimes.com
"Shaquille O’Neal had a problem. An Internet impostor using his name was sending messages to [...]

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The Ben Templesmith Blog Thing.: One more thing…Micronauts Acroyear
I love Acroyear.
(tags: comics toys art)

CHALLENGERS comics + conversation - JAMES ROBINSON signing
"Cancel Christmas, 'cause CHALLENGERS has your December event right here: James Robinson, December 12th. That's right, the co-creator of Starman and Leave It To Chance, the writer of Superman and the upcoming Justice League… [...]

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iPhone 100 apps you've got to try | RedEye | iPhone, Therefore I Blog
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Synecdoche, New York :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
"I think you have to see Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York" twice. I watched it the first time and knew it was a great film and that I had not mastered it."
I love the idea [...]

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Unreleased Beatles track: Y'all ready for this? | PopWatch Blog | EW.com
(tags: music)

Noozhawk.com - local news and information for Santa Barbara County - Local News - Severely Burned Couple Fights for Life
"Lance Hoffman, a 29-year-old security guard at Paseo Nuevo, and his wife, Carla, a manager at Metro Entertainment on West Anapamu Street, had been [...]

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Studio 28 to close its doors - Grand Rapids News - The Grand Rapids Press Online - Michigan Newspaper - MLive.com
"WYOMING — Studio 28, West Michigan's first multiplex cinema and at one point America's largest, is closing its doors after 43 years.
"Loeks Theatres Inc. was expected to make the announcement at a press conference today.
"No [...]

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Break Away From MobileMe: 7 Free Services to Help You Make the Move | TheAppleBlog
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Amazon.com: Christmas On Mars [Explicit]: MP3 Downloads: The Flaming Lips
A Flaming Lips' Christmas album?
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Diary of an Adoptive Comics Writer : www.cullenbunn.com
Now I really want to go back and reread THE DAMNED and try to figure out what's percolating in Cullen Bunn's head.
(tags: writing)

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WavePad Masters Edition
(tags: mp3 audio podcasting)

He-Man.org - Mini Comics - Masters of the Universe
"The first 11 minicomics that were produced (1982-83) were made by DC Comics, who later produced a 5-issue comic series. All other minicomics, from 1984 and on, were produced solely by Mattel (and, quite frankly, somewhat lacked the quality of the first [...]

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Roger's little rule book - Roger Ebert's Journal
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–= Sardinian Connection =–: Article: Mike Carey on Watchmen
Comic writer Mike Carey on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons WATCHMEN (found via iJournalista)
(tags: comics)

Festival International de la bd d'Angoulême - BD - Sélection officielle 2008 du festival BD - SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE
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Business Of Books: Should SF Writers Boycott Borders?
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Breaking the "manga" mold– Naoki Urasawa's newest serial
"I read the first chapter of Billy Bat last Thursday after my Vagabond fix (they are both serialized in Weekly Morning) and my first impression was Sin City meets Disney."
(tags: manga Naoki_Urasawa)

Superheroes return to Chicago for Windy City Comicon [...]

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Springfield Punx
Marvel comic characters if they were in The Simpsons.
(tags: television comics comic blog art)

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Book Review - Comics by the Hernandez Brothers - Review - NYTimes.com
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE ENDORSEMENT: Chicago Tribune endorses Barack Obama for president — chicagotribune.com
"The Tribune's decisions then were driven by outrage at inept and corrupt business and political leaders.
We see parallels today."
(tags: politics news)

Why The Shield Is So Awful, and Great - Tuned In - TV Blog - Television Reviews - James Poniewozik - TIME
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Kung Fu Panda - The Art of the Title Sequence
This is a great snapshot of the title and credit sequence for Kung Fu Panda, a stylistic and unique opening for a smart but uneven film.
(tags: movies film design)

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