The Comic Book Greats, hosted by Stan Lee, was a documentary series produced by Stabur Home Video from 1991 to 1992. In each episode, Stan Lee interviewed a different comic book artist.
As far as I know, the series was only released in VHS format and has been unavailable for some time. The user iDraw has several episodes of The Comic Book Greats split into parts and posted on his YouTube page.
The Masters of Comic Book Art documentary, which was originally available on VHS in 1987, is now available in it’s entirety on YouTube. The hour long program is narrated by Harlan Ellison. Ellison also provides commentary in between the artist segments. This is a wonderful piece of comic book history as we get to hear the legendary artists talk about their creations.
The Masters of Comic Book Art features interviews with Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Neal Adams, Berni Wrightson, (Jean Giraud) Moebius, Frank Miller, David Sim, and Art Spiegelman.
Here we present a four page preview of The Goon #38 courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Eric Powell provides the story and art for this issue, while Dave Stewart masterfully colors it. Enjoy!
During his keynote speech at Image Expo 2012, Grant Morrison announced he’s working on a new series for Image Comics. Happy! by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Darick Robertson is due to ship sometime in December 2012.
No other information was provided yet at the convention, but iFanboy had a short conversation with Morrison after his speech.
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl, A new Phonogram series by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matt Wilson, was announced today at Image Expo 2012. On his blog, Kieron Gillen gave us a look at the teaser promo for the series along with some info:
It’s that time of year again when the sun feels just a little warmer, the days are longer, and the cosplayers begin to show up. Yep, it’s the start of the comic book convention season!
This past weekend Orlando, Florida hosted their annual MegaCon and, as usual, there was a strong showing of cosplayers in attendance. We’ve culled several sites for images and brought you a sampling of what we found.
I’ve been thinking about this for some time now and I’m going to throw this out there for the sake of argument.
With quickly progressing technology and the ever widening availability of high speed internet access, the means with which a person can become a media pirate is becoming easier. Just about anyone who is familiar with torrents can easily find and download pirated media. The question quickly changes from “Can I?” to “Should I?”
There’s no argument that downloading materials that you have not paid for and are not offered for free is illegal. Many would argue that it’s also immoral because you’re stealing from people who put in a lot of work and deserve to be compensated for it. Would you take money out of someone’s pocket or food off their table?
Writers: Paul Pope, Neal Adams, Brian Wood, Mike Mignola, M. J. Butler, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Steve Horton, Andrew Vachss, Tony Puryear
Artists: Paul Pope, Neal Adams, Michael Dialynas, Kristian Donaldson, Joe Querio, Mark Wheatley, Thomas Yeates, Steve Lieber, Geof Darrow, Tony Puryear
Cover Artists: Mike Mignola, Thomas Yeates
IDW Publishing is launching a new Star Trek / Doctor Who crossover 8 issue series in May 2012 entitled STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2. The series will be written by Scott and David Tipton with help from longtime Doctor Who writer Tony Lee, and the artwork will be fully painted by J.K. Woodward.
Press Release
In conjunction with BBC Worldwide Consumer Products and CBS Consumer Products, IDW Publishing will make history when two of the greatest science-fiction properties of all time come together in a comic book for the first time. The world’s most popular time traveler teams up with the U.S.S. Enterprise crew in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2, taking fans on an adventure where no man has gone before.
In April, Image Comics is releasing a new ongoing series by Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim called Secret. The series is “an espionage thriller that takes a deep look into the shadow world existing between the government and private security firms.”
Secret #1 written by by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Ryan Bodenheim is available in shops on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 with a cover price of $3.50 US.
Here is a four page preview of Secret #1 from Image Comics.