July, 2008

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Event: Naomi Novik


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ztgl-rAmc
Naomi Novik, author of the bestselling Temeraire series, flew into Seattle WA yesterday on tour for the release of her newest novel, Victory of Eagles. And she was caught on camera!
I am so lucky to live in such a bookie city as Seattle!

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“Home” is Where the Horror Is


One of my favorite horror novels of all time is THE OTHER by Thomas Tryon. A work of sheer genius (not to be confused with Shear Genius, the Bravo TV show that’s horrifying in a completely different way). That said, it was the only book by Tryon I had read. Until recently, when two authors [...]

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The Clone Wars


For all Star Wars fans! Lucas Film and Yahoo! Movies has released an extended action scene from the forthcoming animated feature, Star Wars: The Clone Wars!
Looking at the 2008 movie lineup, I did not expect many blockbusters from Hollywood this year, but after the fantastic Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Wall-E, and most recently [...]

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Hiro Mashima: A Manga Artist at Work


Hiro Mashima, creator of Fairy Tail and Del Rey Manga’s guest of honor at San Diego, treated the fans in attendance at his panel to something really special: a live demonstration of his drawing technique. One of our favorite manga journalists, Gia shot this video of this amazing moment (plus check out his awesome jewelry–in [...]

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Dark Horse Announces “Umbrella Academy” Sequel


As a follow-up to fellow Suvudu blogger Kyle’s terrific post on the infinite awesomeness of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba’s The Umbrella Academy, I must direct you to the Publishers Weekly announcement that Gerard and Gabriel will be re-teaming on a second Umbrella Academy miniseries, currently entitled “Scarecrow Blues.” PW has the details and an [...]

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Things go BOOM.


More was going on in San Diego last week than just Comic-Con! Here’s Del Rey author Marc Paoletti talking to Good Morning San Diego about his recent debut THE LAST VAMPIRE (with Patricia Rosemoor), the writing process, and his past career as a cinema pyrotechnician: yes, the person who blows stuff up for the movies.
Click-through [...]

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Now I get it… (Wherein I look back at the Eisners and Umbrella Academy)


Going in to this past weekend’s Eisner Awards, I was convinced that The Dark Tower would take home the award for Best Limited Series. I had read all but one of the competitors and believed that I had seen enough in The Dark Tower to know that it would stand up against the field.
Color me [...]

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Greg Bear Describes the First Comic Cons


Science fiction and fantasy author Greg Bear is no stranger to Comic Con. We chatted with him about his new book CITY AT THE END OF TIME (coming out August 5, 2008) and how Comic Con has changed over the years.
Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdLq4RRbFZs
For more info on Greg, check out his site: http://www.gregbear.com/ [...]

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Will Eisner’s The Spirit: Movie Trailers


While a lot of attention is being paid to the upcoming Watchmen movie, it isn’t the only highly influential comic being given the film treatment in the upcoming year.
Will Eisner’s The Spirit is also due to hit movie theaters at the end of 2009. As you can see from the trailers, The Spirit is [...]

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Link Roundup: Comic Con edition (plus Legos!)


Thanks to Cinematical for above image.

32 Star Portraits from Comic Con (EW.com)
Jamie Chung Talks Dragonball at Comic Con (via io9.com)
Comic Con Costumes! (ONTD)
13 Villains We Would Like to See in Batman 3 (2Snaps) – I want to know what you guys think! I would put Catwoman at the top of the list, but that’s [...]

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