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Monday, March 8, 2004

TONY BEDARD TALKS EXILES

Maybe he's not as big of a name as Joss Whedon, but the announcement of Tony Bedard as part of Marvel's X-Men "Reload" certainly raised a few eyebrows.

Bedard, who has gained a following with his work at CrossGen, takes over as writer of Exiles with #46, which, along with #47, reaches stands in May.

The Continuum caught up with Bedard at the CrossGen booth at MegaCon over the weekend, where he talked about his new book and plans for his old ones, too.

To read the interview, CLICK HERE.

DARK HORSE COMICS FOR JUNE

Dark Horse Comics has released its solicitation information for June.

For a rundown, with cover images, CLICK HERE.

HELLBOY MOVIE UPDATE

Ron Perlman, who stars in the upcoming Hellboy movie, said that he used a similar approach to Hellboy that he did in the Beauty and the Beast television series.

"The only other time where I have not worked out a character in advance was Hellboy," Perlman said during a video-taped presentation at MegaCon last weekend. "Because on an instinctive level there's this connection that if I began to think about him or work on him or manufacture him, it'd only be about compromise.

"So when I think about a day where I have to play a scene, I'll spend enough time to learn my lines but no other thought would go into it. It comes purely from the heart."

In other Hellboy news:

* DreamCon has announced that Perlman will be its guest of honor. The convention is June 11-13 in Jacksonville, Fla., and Perlman will be appearing on June 12.

* BestBuy.com has posted the 10-minute featurette. It can also be picked upin DVD format at Best Buy stores.

* Below are more images from Inkworks' display at MegaCon, including Hellboy products and props from the film. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.

FIRST LOOKS

For covers and three-to-five-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Conan #2 from Dark Horse Comics, Adventures of Superman #627 and Green Lantern #176 from DC Comics and Ghost Spy #1 from Image Comics.

BRIEFLY

Colossus is the next character featured in Hard Hero's line of X-Men: Evolution maquettes, available in June. Click on the thumbnails above for a closer look at the maquette, which stands approximately 12.5 inches.

Tarot Witch of the Black Rose Trade Paperback Vol.2 will be released by BroadSword Comics in June. The 128-page trade paperback collects #7-11 and features the story arcs "Raven Hex: Return of the Dark Witch" and Tarot's Journey," written and drawn by Jim Balent. It will also include all published covers, a litho gallery and never-seen-before art.

UPN's CGI comedy, Game Over, debuts Wednesday with the episode title "Meet the Smashenberns." Realizing his family is in desperate need of bonding, patriarch Rip Smashenburn (voiced by Patrick Warburton of The Tick and Men in Black II) decides that a pet will bring them closer together, but in his attempt to find the perfect pet, the family instead ends up with Turbo (voiced by Artie Lange), a 300-pound talking creature with a penchant for mayhem and an attitude to match.

Meanwhile, since her mother Raquel (voiced by Lucy Liu) is back at work in search of the Golden Monkey, 15-year-old Alice (voiced by Rachel Dratch) must buy her first bra with the assistance of her father, Rip, and her 13-year-old brother, Billy (voiced E.G. Daily).

John Rice directed from a script by David Goetsch, David Sacks, Jason Venokur and Ross Venokur.

The episode will be rebroadcast Friday at 9 p.m.

The Wednesday, March 17 episode is "Basic Win-Stincts." When Rip discovers that his wife Raquel makes four times as much as he does, he becomes extremely jealous and insecure about his job, forcing him to see a sports psychologist. Rice directed from a script by Sacks.

Click on the thumbnails below for larger images from the episodes.