SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2007
COMING SUNDAY
Wizard World Los Angeles news -- and much more!!!
WIZARD WORLD LOS ANGELES: X-MEN PANEL
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Marvel Comics staged an X-Men panel Saturday night at Wizard World Los Angeles.
For running highlights, CLICK HERE.
WIZARD WORLD LOS ANGELES: ASPEN COMICS PANEL
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Aspen Comics' Michael Turner announced that the Fathom live-action movie was dead, but there was plenty of optimism otherwise at the publisher's panel at Wizard World Los Angeles on Friday.
For a rundown, CLICK HERE.
WIZARD WORLD LOS ANGELES: DC UNIVERSE PANEL
Shortened because of a Heroes panel overrun, the DC Universe panel at Wizard World Los Angeles Saturday was mostly a lightning-quick question-and-answer session.
Panelists included Dan DiDio, Marv Wolfman, Bill Willingham, Adam Beechen, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Connor and Bob Wayne.
For highlights, CLICK HERE.
WIZARD WORLD LOS ANGELES: IDW PUBLISHING COLLECTS TERRY AND THE PIRATES
IDW Publishing announced at its Wizard World Los Angeles panel on Saturday that it will publish a fully authorized six-book series collecting the entirety of Milton Caniff 's groundbreaking newspaper adventure strip Terry and the Pirates.
The Sunday pages will be reproduced in their original color, alongside the daily black-and-white strips.
Terry and the Pirates provided the vehicle for Caniff's maturation both as an artist and as a storyteller. He set the strip in exotic China, where historic events then occurring in the region during the 1930s provided the raw material from which he blended fantasy and reality to create an extraordinary graphic narrative. Howard Chaykin, who has written the introduction to Volume One, said, "It's historically the first, and for my money, greatest example of what we do. The evolution of what Caniff did with Terry in his first year is unbelievable. It's pure core storytelling."
The story introduces young Terry Lee, his adult pal Pat Ryan, their sidekick Connie, as well as an array of unforgettable brigands such as Captains Judas and Blaze, and the two toughest women to ever sail on the China Seas: the alluring Burma and the inimitable Dragon Lady.
Volume One, to be published in July, contains more than 800 consecutive strips, from the series' beginning in October 1934 through the end of 1936. An informed essay provides biographical material, and places Caniff šs seminal work in the context of both comic strip history and of the real-world events reflected in the stories.
The Complete Terry and the Pirates also launches a new imprint for IDW: The Library of American Comics. "There's no better comic strip to inaugurate The Library of American Comics than Milton Caniff's masterpiece," said series editor and designer Dean Mullaney.
"This is the definitive edition of the definitive adventure series. The books will be oversized, 11 inches by 8.5 inches oblong. All Sunday pages have been restored from the original color pages culled from my private collection, and supplemented by the Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University."
Look for more from IDW's panel soon here in The Continuum.
JUNE SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
DC Comics is releasing its June solicitations on Monday at 5 p.m. Check for the full listings then and for previously published June solicitations, click on the publishers' names.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
BRIEFLY
* ZZ Top will guest-star on the Sunday, April 1 episode of Fox's King of the Hill.
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* According to sources, IDW Publishing is expected to announce an Angel: Season 6 series on Saturday at Wizard World Los Angeles.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Monday, March 12: Smallville,
Anita Blake and First Looks.
* Sunday, March 11: 300 sets box office record and Archie First Looks.
* Saturday, March 10: Dark Horse Comics for June and 300.
* Friday, March 9: Smallville, Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight and The Boys at Dynamite.
* Thursday, March 8: Fallen Son: Death of Captain America titles, Marvel First Looks, Family Guy and Ape Entertainment's new anthology.
* Wednesday, March 7: Mattel's Super Friends, Legion of Super Heroes, 300 and Image First Looks.
* Tuesday, March 6: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Marvel First Looks, Spider-Man 3 busts, DC First Looks, Dynamite First Looks, Avengers: The Initiative and Spider-Man: Back in Black.
* Monday, March 5: Wonder Con -- 300 panel, DC Universe panel and Boom! Studios panel.
* Sunday, March 4: Wonder Con -- Spider-Man 3 and Superman Doomsday.
* Saturday, March 3: Wonder Con -- DC Nation panel, Marvel First Looks and Smallville.
* Friday, March 2: Marvel First Looks, Devil's Due First Looks and Legion of Super Heroes.
* Thursday, March 1: Kyle McLauchlan in Justice League: The New Frontier, Spider-Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man on Kids' WB! and The Batman.
* Wednesday, February 28: Image Comics First Looks, TwoMorrows Publishing for June, Heroic Publishing for June, Legion of Super Heroes, Avengers/Transformers and Battlestar Galactica.
* Tuesday, February 27: Spider-Man: Black in Black, Marvel movies roundup, DC Comics roundup, 300's Queen Gorgo, Phil Hester talks The Darkness, The Batman, Cartoon Network's March movies, BlueWater Productions for June, Moonstone Books for June and Battlestar Galactica.
* Monday, February 26: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider box office, and New York Comic Con: The Spirit movie panel, Hellboy animated panel, Fox Atomic Comics panel, Brian K. Vaughan panel and Jhnonen Vasquez panel.
* Sunday, February 25: From New York Comic Con: Cup O' Joe panel, DC Universe panel, Virgin Comics teams with Sci Fi Channel.
* Saturday, February 24: Justice League: The New Frontier, Smallville and from New York Comic Con -- DC Nation, Vertigo, World War Hulk and Civil War: The Initiative panels.
* Friday, February 23: 300's Gerard Butler, Justice League movie, Avatar Press for May, Marvel First Looks and Top Cow First looks.
* Thursday, February 22: The Batman, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Marvel First Looks and Heroes.
* Wednesday, February 21: Legion of Super Heroes, Image First Looks and Marvel solicitations update.
* Tuesday, February 20: The Batman, DC Comics' Countdown, Oni Press for May, Dynamite First Looks and Marvel First Looks.
* Monday, February 19: Painkiller Jane, Mark Steven Johnson talks Ghost Rider box office, Marvel First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks and Inkworks.
* Sunday, February 18: Ghost Rider box office, and Marvel and DC panels at MegaCon.
* Saturday, February 17: Ghost Rider box office, George Perez at MegaCon, First Looks and January sales.
* Friday, February 16: Ghost Rider, The Dark Knight, Dynamite Entertainment for May, The Batman and Family Guy.
* Thursday, February 15: Image Comics for May, 300, Smallville, Image Comics First Looks, Legion of Super Heroes, Archie Comics for May and Zero-G.
* Wednesday, February 14: Ghost Rider's Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, Devil's Due Publishing for May, DC First Looks, Marvel First Looks and Red 5 Comics.
* Tuesday, February 13: Marvel Comics for May, Lynda Carter on Smallville, Battlestar Galactica renewed, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer toys, Fallen Angel, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Action Comics and Heroes.
* Monday, February 12: DC Comics for May, Smallville's Miles Millar and Al Gough, Zack Snyder talks Watchmen movie and Legion of Super Heroes.
* Sunday, February 11: DC Comics for May preview, The Simpsons Toys and Wanted movie.
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