The FFOW! series takes a look at that vast library created by the proud and the passionate: fan films. Whether the budget and talent is astronomical or amateur, FFOW! celebrates the filmmakers whose love of comics, books, movies, video games, and TV shows inspires them to join the great conversation with their own homemade masterpieces.
This week, I decided to man up and watch the Y: The Last Man fan adaptation that has created waves online this summer. Best. Decision. Ever.
The comic book event of the summer is nigh! Before Watchmen, the much-anticipated prequel series to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen, will consist of seven limited series and an epilogue one-shot. Stay tuned, as the Fanboy Comics crew will be reviewing each title as it is released. Hurm.
I made an executive decision recently to not expect the Before Watchmen books to be Watchmen. I will look at them in the context of today, and not expect them to be the same as the original. This is somewhere between generosity towards the books and self preservation.
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At the 2012 Saturn Awards, actor Lance Reddick (The Wire, Fringe) talks with Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon about his work on Tron: Uprising, how voice acting stacks up to being in front of a camera, and his upcoming projects!
At Emerald Knights - Comics and Games in Burbank, CA, Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon talks with Jason Enright about his upcoming RPG events at Clockwork Couture, based on a modified Pathfinder. He talks about the evolution of the store into the Clockwork Gaming Laboratory and about the games he'll be running there!
At Emerald Knights - Comics and Games in Burbank, CA, Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon talks with writer Mairghread Scott about her new creator-owned comic, Triage, from WE Comics. Mairghread gives us the scoop on why she wanted to work with artist Candace Ellis (Womanthology) and what you can expect from the first issue, available now digitally and in print!
At the 2012 Saturn Awards, actress Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island) talks with Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon about her work with the actors' boot camp that she founded, as well as the myriad of upcoming projects on which she is currently working.
At the 2012 Saturn Awards, the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy, Frank Oz, talks with Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon about becoming a legend and being a part of a character that has become immortal.
On August 3rd, Sony Pictures Classics released Celeste and Jesse Forever to limited audiences in LA and NYC. The film, directed by Lee Toland Krieger (The Vicious Kind), follows the lives of two amicable exes, and soon-to-be divorcees, Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg). After six years of marriage, Celeste, a marketing executive who studies trends, separated from sweet but career-stunted Jesse, a struggling artist. Although they have ended the marriage, they still get along as best friends do, and they spend an inordinate amount of time together. It seems the couple is unwilling to let go of their bond.
The ‘To Read’ List:
Moriarty: the Dark Chamber by Daniel Corey, Anthony Diecidue, Perry Freeze, and Dave Lanphear
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba
The Light by Nathan Edmondson and Brett Weldele
The Re(a)d Diary by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen
Read This Week:
Lost Dogs by Jeff Lemire
The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire
At the 2012 Saturn Awards, actor Craig Parker (Lord of the Rings, Spartacus: Vengeance) talks with Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon about why he prefers sci-fi over fantasy, his work on Spartacus, and how it feels to have crucifixion be an average part of a great day!