WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
COMING THURSDAY
Spider-Man, First Looks -- and much more!
Daran Norris is providing the voice of J. Jonah Jameson in Kids' WB!'s upcoming The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series.
Norris, 43, played Cliff McCormack in Veronica Mars. His animation credits include The Replacements, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Codename: Kids Next Door.
Jameson will appear early in the first episode, "Survival of the Fittest," which will air on Saturday, March 8.
In other Spider-Man news:
* Victor Cook is the director of "Survival of the Fittest."
* In addition to Jean DeWolff, Grey Delisle is providing the voice of Sally Avril.
* The show's fourth episode, "Market Forces," will feature the Shocker.
* Look for more Spider-Man news soon here in The Continuum.
THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN'S J. JONAH JAMESON
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES FOR FEBRUARY
Fox has released descriptions for all four new episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for February.
For the rundown, CLICK HERE.
In other Terminator news, Lena Headey,who plays Sarah, will be a guest on CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday.
BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS TEAMS WITH LEGEND FILMS
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Bluewater Productions has announced it is developing a line of comics in conjunction with Legend Films. The line will begin this summer and consist of a variety of classic films updated for the comic-book and graphic-novel market.
"We are excited to be working with Bluewater Productions on the comic series," said Legend Films president Barry B. Sandrew "We have seen what they have done with the Ray Harryhausen brand and can't wait to see what they do with some of our films."
"Legend Films has some great and unique classics in their vault," said Bluewater president Darren Davis "Wait until you see what we plan on doing with Plan 9 From Outer Space! That book is going to be a trip."
A preview of some of the titles will be featured in the 99-cent Bluewater Presents #2 in May.
For a rundown of the Bluewater/Legend titles, with creators and descriptions, CLICK HERE.
FIRST LOOKS
For covers and three- to five-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Abe Sapien: The Drowning #1 from Dark Horse Comics and Witchblade Takeru Manga #12 from Image Comics.
MARKOSIA PUBLISHING FOR APRIL
Markosia Publishing has released its solicitations for April.
For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.
For previously posted April solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Ape Entertainment.
* Arcana Studio.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Big City Comics.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Digital Webbing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Red 5 Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Marvel Comics has released the cover images to Ultimates 3 #3, in stores on Feb. 20. The regular cover is by Joe Madureira and Christian Lichtner and the variant is by Frank Cho.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* LEGO Group on Wednesday announced an agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to secure construction toy rights for the Speed Racer movie.
Under the agreement, LEGO Group will produce four constructible racing playsets under its LEGO Racers brand, scheduled hit store shelves in April, and ranging in price from $19.99 to $59.99. Many of the Speed Racer characters also will come to life in LEGO minifigure form, including Speed, Racer X, Trixie, Spritle, Chim-Chim, Mom and Pops Racer, Taejo Togokhan, Snake Oiler, Gray Ghost and Cruncher Block.
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.
* Thursday, January 25: Marvel First Looks, The Simpsons, Image First Looks, Marvel/WGA deal, Digital Webbing for April, New Exiles, Dabel Brothers' Mercedes Thompson and Marvel/Soleil deal.
* Wednesday, January 24: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, X-Force, Devil's Due Publishing for April, Bongo Comics for April, Oni Press for April and Meet the Spartans.
* Tuesday, January 23: X-Men: Divided We Stand solicitations, Red 5 Comics for April, Smallville, Bluewater Productions' 2008 titles, The Stranded, First Looks and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Tuesday, January 22: The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger dies, DC Comics for April, Marvel Comics for April, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Archie Comics for April, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Boom Studios' Cthulhu Tales.
* Monday, January 21: IDW Publishing for April, Turok: Son of Stone, The Spectacular Spider-Man, First Looks and Cinemax's Month of 300.
* Sunday, January 20: Justice League of America and First Looks.
* Saturday, January 19: Smallville's Black Canary and First Looks.
* Friday, January 18: Flash Gordon, Fantastic Four, Marvel First Looks, Transformers Animated, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Image First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Thursday, January 17: Image Comics for April, Top Cow Productions for April, Viper Comics for April, Smallville, Dabel Brothers' Wild Cards and Marvel First Looks.
* Wednesday, January 16: Justice League movie on hold, Jeph Loeb press conference, Dark Horse First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Flash Gordon and The Spirit.
* Tuesday, January 15: The Simpsons, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Blade: The Series, Archiblad Saves Easter and First Looks.
* Monday, January 14: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Iron Man movie, Smallville, Perhapanauts and First Looks.
* Sunday, January 13: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Image Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, January 12: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and First Looks.
* Friday, January 11: Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, January 10: Bluewater Productions for May, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, IDW Publishing's children's division and Boomerang for February.
* Wednesday, January 9: Dark Horse Comics for April and First Looks.
* Tuesday, January 8: Incredible Hercules, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, World of Warcraft and The Blackbeard Legacy.
* Monday, January 7: X-Men: Legacy, Smallville, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Boom! Studios First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Sunday, January 6: Dark Horse First Looks.
* Saturday, January 5: First Looks and Zenescope's new Sinbad title.
* Friday, January 4: Marvel First Looks and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
* Thursday, January 3: Whiteout, DC Comics second printings, Red 5 First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Top Cow's First Born: Aftermath and NBM for 2008.
* Wednesday, January 2: IDW Publishing's Star Trek plans, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dark Horse First Looks, Marvel First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Tuesday, January 1: Incredible Hercules and First Looks.
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