Jeff Parker on Giant Size X-Men: First Class

Jeff Parker is a damn fine storyteller in my book. Well not my book, because I don’t have a book. But with Halloween fast approaching, Parker and company have put together Giant-Size X-Men: First Class #1 (set to hit your store this Wednesday) with a Halloween theme. As detailed by Marvel: ” Just in [...]

Weekend Box Office – 10/27/08

Rank    Title                                                                   Weekend          Gross
1.   HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3                            $42,000,000     $42,000,000
2.   SAW V                                                                 $30,500,000     $30,500,000
3.   MAX PAYNE                                                       $7,600,000       $29,664,000
4.   BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA                       $6,916,000       $78,142,000
5.   PRIDE AND GLORY                                         $6,325,000       $6,325,000
6.   SECRET LIFE OF BEES                                   $5,935,000       $19,208,000
7.   W                                                                           $5,330,000       $18,749,000
8.   EAGLE EYE                                                         $5,136,000       $87,987,000
9.   BODY OF LIES                                                    $4,065,000       [...]

Raicht & Cohn on Army of Darkness

This Wednesday will see the release of Dynamite’s Army of Darkness #14. To find out what’s going with the series, I caught up with series writer Mike Raicht and artist Scott Cohn. I had the pleasure of meeting the creators at the recent Baltimore Comic-Con and from that meeting we were able to conduct this [...]

Bill Kelter and Wayne Shellabarger on Veeps

Writer Bill Kelter and artist Wayne Shellabarger have brightened this election season with their new book, Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance (set for release in November). In a departure from Top Shelf’s typical publishing material, this non-fiction effort is described by the publishing house as follows:
“It’s a tired but true cliché that every American Vice President [...]

Weekend Box Office – 10/20/08

Rank    Title                                                                   Weekend          Gross
1.   MAX PAYNE                                                       $18,000,000     $18,000,000
2.   BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA                       $11,200,000     $69,067,000
3.   SECRET LIFE OF BEES                                   $11,050,000     $11,050,000
4.   W                                                                           $10,550,000     $10,550,000
5.   EAGLE EYE                                                         $7,343,000       $81,335,000
6.   BODY OF LIES                                                    $6,880,000       $24,481,000
7.   QUARANTINE                                                     $6,300,000       $24,687,000
8.   NICK AND NORA’S                                            $3,900,000       $26,707,000
9.   SEX DRIVE                                                          $3,566,000       $3,566,000
10.  NIGHTS IN RODANTHE                                   $2,680,000     [...]