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Saturday-Sunday, February 7-8, 2004JULIUS SCHWARTZ DIESLongtime comics editor Julius Schwartz, an architect for DC Comics' Silver Age, died Sunday morning at 2:30 at Winthrop Hospital in New York. He was 89 years old. For an appreciatition from Mark Evanier, CLICK HERE.
DARK HORSE FIRST LOOKSFor covers and four-page previews of Dark Horse Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE. Titles include Hellboy: Weird Tales #7, Oh My Goddess! #105 and Tales of the Vampires #3.
MINISTRY OF SPACE CONCLUDESImage Comics on Friday announced that following a long delay, Warren Ellis and Chris Weston's Ministry of Space mini-series will conclude on April 14. "Ministry of Space #3 is completely finished," said Image Comics' director of marketing, Eric Stephenson. "Since signing on with Image at the end of 2001, we've received literally hundreds of e-mails and phone calls about this book, so believe me when I say we couldn't be more pleased to finally get this book out. "Best of all, it's gorgeous. Chris has done a brilliant job with this issue, bringing the whole series to an absolutely magnificent close. And Laura Martin's (formerly DePuy) coloring is nothing short of perfect." Written by Warren Ellis with art by Chris Weston, Ministry of Space #3 concludes the story of how the world might have gone into space had Britain led the way following World War II. The British are in orbit, on the Moon and on Mars as issue #3 opens, but it took a lot of blood to get them there, and the dark secrets of the Ministry of Space may see the sun finally set on their grand and glorious empire. Originally solicited in 2001, the first two issues of Ministry of Space were instant sell-outs. The third issue was delayed, first due to Ellis' health problems, and then due to Weston's commitment to the Vertigo series, The Filth. Completing the mini-series has been a priority for both Ellis and Weston, however, although they were adamant not to resolicit it until the book was complete. Prior to the release of Ministry of Space #3, Image is also releasing a 56-page collected edition of issues #1 and 2 in March. "Considering the fact Ministry of Space #1-2 sold out so quickly, but
were never reprinted, we felt it would be irresponsible not to make the
earlier chapters of the story available in some format," said
Stephenson. "The main thing is to make sure everyone interested in
reading this story has an opportunity to do so. Warren's crafted a
truly fantastic tale, and I think with #3 finally out, there's going to
be a high level of interest in it."
HELLBOY MOVIE UPDATEDark Horse Comics has released a four-page preview to Hellboy: The Art of the Movie, a 200-page book due in stores on March 3. The book features director Guillermo del Toro's complete screenplay, production art by Mike Mignola, Wayne Barlowe and Ty Ellingson, as well as commentary by Mignola and excerpts from del Torošs on-set diary. The book will cost $24.99. Click on the thumbnails for larger images. In other Hellboy news, sources told The Continuum that the first television commercials for the film might air as early as March 1.
BRIEFLYCOMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUESIn case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links: * For Monday, Feb. 2, including CrossGen news, CLICK HERE. * For Saturday, Jan. 31, including X-Men: Evolution news, CLICK HERE. * For Friday, Jan. 30, including Punisher movie news, CLICK HERE. * For Thursday, Jan. 29, including Justice League animated news, CLICK HERE. * For Wednesday, Jan. 28, including Marvel solicitations for April, CLICK HERE. * For Tuesday, Jan. 27, including Kevin Nash talking about The Punisher movie, CLICK HERE. * For Monday, Jan. 26, including movie news, CLICK HERE. * For Saturday, Jan. 24, including IDW Publishing's solicitations for April, CLICK HERE. * For Friday, Jan. 23, including Blade: Trinity and Hulk movie news, CLICK HERE. * For Thursday, Jan. 22, including Daredevil movie news, CLICK HERE. * For Wednesday, Jan. 21, including CrossGen Entertainment and Devil's Due solicitations for April, CLICK HERE. * For Tuesday, Jan. 20, including DC Comics' solicitations for April, CLICK HERE. * For Monday, Jan. 19, including Spider-Man 2 news, CLICK HERE. * For Saturday, Jan. 17, including Smallville news, CLICK HERE. * For Friday, Jan. 16, including Dark Horse solicitations for April, CLICK HERE. * For Thursday, Jan. 15, including Elektra movie news, CLICK HERE. * For Wednesday, Jan. 14, including Image Comics' solicitations for April, CLICK HERE. * For Tuesday, Jan. 13, including DC news, CLICK HERE. * For Monday, Jan. 12, including DC news, CLICK HERE. * For Saturday, Jan. 11, including DC news, CLICK HERE. * For Friday, Jan. 10, including Marvel news, CLICK HERE. * For Thursday, Jan. 9, including a feature on Image Comics' Patient Zero, as well as Marvel news, CLICK HERE. * For Wednesday, Jan. 8, including Punisher movie news, CLICK HERE. * For Tuesday, Jan. 6, including Smallville news, CLICK HERE. * For Monday, Jan. 5, including Mutant X, Smallville and Justice League news, CLICK HERE. * For Saturday, Jan. 3, including Transformers news, CLICK HERE. * For Friday, Jan. 2, including Justice League animated news, CLICK HERE. * For Thursday, Jan. 1, including Mutant X news, CLICK HERE.
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