Tuesday, May 10, 2005
DARK HORSE COMICS FOR AUGUST
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Dark Horse Comics has released its solicitations for August.
For a rundown, with cover images, CLICK HERE.
SIN CITY ON DVD
Buena Vista Home Video has announced that the Sin City movie will reach DVD on Aug. 16 from Dimension Home Video.
Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez and Sin City creator Frank Miller along guest director Quentin Tarantino, has brought in $72.2 million at the box office since bowing on April 1.
The film opened No. 1 at the box office with $29.1 million.
The DVD will have a suggested retail price of $29.99. Buena Vista did not release details of bonus features, although Rodriguez said at a convention appearance he planned on a "very, very extensive" DVD, with the film's three segments featured in longer versions.
FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Dark Horse Book of the Dead HC from Dark Horse Comics, Nightmares and Fairy Tales #3 from SLG Publishing and Flare #27 from Heroic Publishing.
JUGHEAD, BINGO RELATED
Classic character Bingo Wilkin and Jughead Jones share an Uncle Herman, it will be revealed in Jughead & Friends #5 in August from Archie Comics.
In a change only hardcore Archie fans might have noticed, Riverdale regular Jughead Jones had a jovial Uncle Herman. A few years later, Bingo Wilkin had his own Uncle Herman -- who was identical to Jughead's.
"It was just one of those things that we switched around at the time," said Victor Gorelick, Managing Editor for Archie Comic Publications. "Bingo needed an uncle, and we had already created Herman."
But in a rare move to bring two usually separate Archie properties together with a dash of continuity, Archie will reveal the true, previously unheard of link between Bingo and Hughead.
"The idea was something we just tossed around casually," said Nelson Ribeiro, ACP's Digest Editor. "But the more we talked about it, the more it seemed like a fun idea to try. Mainly to create a good story, but also as a wink to longtime fans."
Bingo Wilkin, "That Wilkin Boy," first appeared in That Wilkin Boy #1 in January 1969.
BRIEFLY
* X2 returns to Cinemax in July. Air dates include Saturday, July 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, July 13 at 5:45 p.m.; Sunday, July 17 at 10 p.m.; Friday, July 22 at 10:15 a.m.; and Thursday, July 28 at 2:45 p.m.
* Shannon Denton provided The Continuum a look at the cover to Common Foe #2. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
* Animation house MasterMinds Unlimited has optioned its first property, MasterMinds, as a feature to the Korean 3D animation studio DG Spot and its production arm, Morph Studio LLC. The deal marks DG Spot's move into original content production with Morph Studio's representation after
years as a production house for TV and video games. Capping the deal, Stan Lee has agreed to contribute a voice to the project.
MasterMinds is the story of five freakish felons who have only one thing standing between them and global domination each other! Led by The Maniacal Monocle, their ranks include: mad scientist Doktor
Pimento, giant robot CPU-571, mobster Vinnie DiThug and the mutant
monkey Gorilla Kang. Doomed by over-complicated plans and ridiculous
infighting, they're driven by the dream of being able to call the shots
for just one day.
"MasterMinds is a story for everyone who ever wished that Wylie E. Coyote would catch the Road Runner," said co-creator Aaron Sowd. "It's about five guys who stick to their dreams no matter how utterly misguided those dreams really are."
* To the left is a first look at Terry Dodson's cover to Witchblade #89.
* Ant will make its Image Comics debut in August.
*Winx Club, from 4 Kids Entertainment, will join Miguzi's Monday-Friday line-up, beginning Monday at 5 p.m. (ET, PT). Teenaged fairies and witches use magical powers for both good and evil in the action series, which will air as part of Cartoon Network¹s afternoon adventure block.
* Coming Wednesday: DC news -- and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Wednesday, May 4, including Smallville news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, May 3, including Batman news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, May 2, including The Crow: Wicked Prayer news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, April 30, including an interview with Man-Thing screenwriter Hans Rodionoff, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 29, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, April 28, including Aspen news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, April 27, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, April 26, including The Batman DVD news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, April 25, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, April 23, including Painkiller Jane television news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 22, including Superman Returns movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, April 21, including Smallville news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, April 20, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, April 19, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, April 18, including Marvel and Image solicitations for July, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 15, including Devil's Due solicitations for July, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, April 14, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, April 15, including Cindy Margolis promoting the Tenth Muse, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, April 12, including Batman Begins and Fantastic Four movie updates, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, April 11, including DC Comics' solicitations for July, CLICK HERE.
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