Wednesday, March 23, 2005
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on April 13, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Hercules #1, Exiles #62, Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13, Toxin #1 and Iron Man #3.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on March 30, CLICK HERE.
Titles include DC Countdown #1, Batgirl #62, The Legion of Super-Heroes #4 and Otherworld #1.
SIN CITY MOVIE UPDATE
Jessica Alba, who plays Nancy in Sin City, talked about her character Tuesday night on CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman.
"In the comics, my character is topless and bottomless, and I thought that it would definitely be distracting to be topless and bottomless," Alba said. "It was an option."
And how did she become a erotic dancer for the film?
"Robert (Rodriguez, who directed with Frank Miller) told me to to feel it like Selma (Hayek) did in the From Dusk 'til Dawn. It was terrifying.
"I practiced in my hotel room with my underwear and my lasso. I walked around with my lasso for seven days, lassoing everything I could, from trash cans to traffic cones."
In other Sin City news:
Elijah Wood, who plays Kevin, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday morning, and talked about doing wire work for the film.
"I do all these jump-kick kinds of things, and I had no idea I was going to be on wires," Wood said. "The funny thing is I got there on set, I had no preparation and I had two days of work. And we started doing these scenes and they were like, "Are you good with wire work?" And I said, "What? Sure, I'm up for anything."
"So I just kind went for it. And midway through the day of doing all this work, Robert Rodriguez, the director, said, 'I didn't quite realize how physical this was going to be.' Because it's all frames from the comic book. And then actually doing it and making those frames move, you realize actually what a physical role this was."
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED UPDATE
Morena Boccarin told The Continuum she enjoyed playing the Black Canary in Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited.
"Tons of fun! Tons of fun!" Boccarin told The Continuum during a signing for the Serenity movie at Wizard World Los Angeles on Sunday.
Baccarin, 26, who also mentioned Justice League during the Serenity panel, voiced Black Canary in "The Cat and the Canary," which debuted on Feb. 5, and the as-yet-unscheduled "Double Date."
"She was splendid," voice director Andrea Romano said of Baccarin. "We're so lucky to get people like her to come in and play."
Baccarin is one of several Serenity cast members to lend their voices to Justice League Unlimited.
Nathan Fillion is voicing Vigilante and Gina Torres is voicing Vixen in upcoming episodes, and Adam Baldwin did the voices of Jonah Hex and Bonk.
SMALLVILLE UPDATE
The WB has released a description and image from "Onyx," the Wednesday, April 13 episode of Smallville.
Here's how the network describes the episode:
"A glimpse of the future Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is revealed after a kryptonite explosion splits Lex in two and his evil side - Alexander - is released. Alexander immediately imprisons Lex in the mansion and begins his rampage by trying to kill Clark (Tom Welling) and Chloe (Allison Mack) in the lab, jousting with Lionel (John Glover) and convincing him to return to the dark side and finally, threatening to close the Talon unless Lana (Kristin Kreuk) moves in with him."
Click on the thumbnail for a larger image and look for more on Smallville soon here in The Continuum.
IDENTITY CRISIS COVERS
DC Comics' Identity Crisis #1-7 Final Printings will arrive in stores next month with specially recolored covers featuring the original cover art by Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald. The new coloring adds a red background to each image.
These new printings of the explosive miniseries written by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, with art by Rags Morales & Michael Bair, arrive in stores next month, giving readers one more chance to experience this stunning tale in comic book form.
"These new covers make the Final Printings stand out from any previous printings," said Bob Wayne, VP -- Sales. "Readers will know instantly that these are new, so we recommend that retailers make sure they have enough copies in stock to meet demand."
The schedule includes #1 and #2 on April 6, #3 and #4 on April 13, #5 and #6 on April 20 and #7 on April 27. Each issue will cost $3.99.
According to DC, no collected edition of Identity Crisis will be published before September.
CLAYPOOL COMICS FOR JULY
Claypool Comics has released its solications for July.
For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.
BRIEFLY
* Top Cow Productions editor-in-chief Jim McLauchlin will be holding a talent search at Atomic Comics Mesa in Phoenix on Saturday, April 2, from 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. McLauchlin will be doing portfolio reviews.
All submissions must be accompanied by a signed Top Cow Productions submissions form. For more information on this event, visit www.topcow.com or www.atomiccomics.com.
* Majesco has announced it will publish the video game adaptation of Top Cow's The Darkness for the next generation of consoles. Scheduled for release in 2006, The Darkness is being developed by Starbreeze, the development studio behind the The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.
Union Entertainment, a feature film and video game production company, packaged the deal which includes Paul Jenkins, a seminal writer in The Darkness comic-book series, who will provide game story and dialogue.
* Coming Thursday: DC news and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
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In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Friday, March 18, including Marvel Comics' solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 17, including Image Comics' solicitations for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 16, including a first look at Victoria's Secret Service from Alias Enterprises CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 15, including Jessica Alba talking about Sin City, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 14, including DC Comics' solicitations for June news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 12, including movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 11, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 10, including Cartoon Network schedules for April, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 9, including Krypto the Superdog animated news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 8, including Dark Horse's solicitaitons for June, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, March 7, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, March 5, including V for Vendetta movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, March 4, including Catwoman news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, March 3, including a look at Toy Biz's Marvel Legends lines for 2005, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, March 2, including Justice League Unlimited news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, March 1, including a rundown of Fantastic Four movie toys, CLICK HERE.
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