At the premiere of the documentary chronicling the life of comic book legend Stan Lee, actor Maxim Knight talks to the FBC crew about his love of comics, what we can expect from Season 2 of Spielberg's Falling Skies, and why young Maxim is psyched about learning about the legend himself, Stan Lee!
Visit www.withgreatpower.biz for more info on this amazing documentary!
Prolific voice actor James Arnold Taylor reads questions written by Fanboy Comics Contributor Sean Foster and then answers them in this unique, self-imposed audio interview. He lays bare Celebration VI, touring with his one man show, Talking to Myself, and all you wanted to know about what it is like playing Obi-Wan Kenobi (among other characters) on Star Wars: The Clone Wars!
Click here to download the interview. Find out more about James Arnold Taylor here, and check out the below trailer for his one man show, Talking to Myself!
Not to start off with this old cliche, but how many times has this happened to you? You're traversing the corridors of a hotel when you turn a corner and see a man wearing only dance pants and a very well-made Elmo mask, either practicing dance moves or having a seizure. I can use the word seizure, because I have a brain tumor. That's our word.
As I sit here on a randomly snowy April morning listening to The Blues Brothers soundtrack, my mind drifts to the likes of The Nerima Daikon Brothers. Like Hideki and Ichiro trying to desperately save their precious daikon field by any means necessary, I'm reminded of two hardworking women scrambling to keep a huge anime convention together. Those two gracious ladies are Jeanie Rabatsky and Allison Milwid, since President/CEO Jim Gogol was rather sick during the pre-production portion of putting on Tekkoshocon X, which took place from March 21-25. A four-day con is a rare thing, but so wise it boggles the four brain cells I have left. The first night of the con was actually held at approximately 6 p.m. at the Hollywood Theatre in Dormont, PA. The genius of this, besides giving anime and manga fans an early start to collect their weekend passes, was to cut down on the lines for the following day, when hordes of preteens bombarded the hotel in which the convention was held. Atlas may have been able to shrug, but Jeanie and Allison had to wait until the con was over, packed up, and ready to go for the next one. Besides having to wrangle guests, volunteers, staff, and myself, they had their hands full. I must say, ladies, you did a hell of a job.
By Michael Fitzgerald Troy
Let me begin this by saying that I am a contrarian and often disagree with what satiates most of the spoon-fed populace. Imagine my horror when I discovered the latest sensation to terrorize the country in the form of a 3-part novel series, Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James. What started as Twilight fanfic and was later reworked into the smut d'jour has exploded into viral popularity in the age of mediocrity. With titillating bondage and other cornball fantasies to roll your bean to, it is evidently "revolutionizing" life in the bedroom for women everywhere, igniting dormant flames of fire left and right. Even Dr. Oz (that big hornball!) and 20/20 are on the Shades tip.
Greetings, Scoobies! The Comic Book Slayer is back with another review of Angel & Faith, as writer Christos Gage and artist Rebekah Isaacs deliver their final chapter of the ‘Daddy Issues’ story arc. Most fans have been eating up this current arc, which features the return of the utterly insane Drusilla and a special appearance by Faith’s deadbeat dad, and the dream team of Gage and Isaac delivers an appropriately morose and tragic ending to an arc that has been full of regrets from our heroes.
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You're invited to join Something Animal writers Bryant Dillon and Sam Rhodes for a creator signing on Wednesday, May 2, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Brave New World Comics in Newhall, CA!
The writers will be signing copies of Fanboy Comics‘ first graphic novel, Something Animal. In addition, they will be promoting FBC’s next graphic novel, Identity Thief (www.identitythiefcomic.com), which will premiere in Fall of 2012.
Something Animal is an 80-page graphic novel written by FBC founders Bryant Dillon and Sam Rhodes, with vivid, full-color art by Robert Burrows. Created as a response to the current romantic view of the vampire motif, Something Animal is a dark and gritty tale of psychological terror that is sure to satisfy any fan of the horror genre.
THE DETAILS:
WHAT: Something Animal signing
WHEN: Wednesday, May 2, from 4:00-8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Brave New World Comics
22722 Lyons Avenue, #6
Newhall, CA 91321
www.bravenewworldcomics.com
At the premiere of the documentary chronicling the life of comic book legend Stan Lee, writer/director/producers Nikki Frakes and Will Hess talk about the project that was five years in the making, what they found most interesting about working with Stan "The Man" Lee, and who their favorite super heroes are!
Visit www.withgreatpower.biz for more info on this amazing documentary!
As the subject of the new documentary With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, comic book legend Stan Lee talks with Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Barbra Dillon about who inspires him as a creator and his new online project, World of Heroes!
Visit www.withgreatpower.biz for more info on this amazing documentary!
For those of you in the know, my last article was a shocking exposé on the link between vaccines and autism, wherein all of my collated data irrefutably proved---oh, wait. This is for Fanboy Comics…ok, right, then, my last article was If Superheroes Were More Realistic. I was recently reprimanded by a reader for not including any Marvel characters, but I assure you, I had my reasons:
1. I’m not as knowledgeable about the Marvel universe.
2. Marvel is already so much about covering all of the minutiae and the petty, everyday issues that their characters are faced with.
However, since I’ve never been someone who let my own ignorance or a simple numbered list keep me from running my mouth, I present the article that at least one of you has been waiting for: If Superheroes Were More Realistic---The Marvel Edition.
Hi, Fanboys and Fangirls!
My name is Jason Enright, and I’m a contributor here at Fanboy Comics. Beyond being a total geek for all things comic book related, I am an also an avid fan of tabletop roleplaying games. I’ve played various games from Dungeons & Dragons to Call of Cthulhu to the Marvel Heroes RPG. Recently, I had a chance to sit down with Christian Lindke, who is currently working on Dice Chuckers, a documentary about tabletop roleplaying games.
Here’s my interview...