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AMC's Walking Dead Creator Steps Down

Tim Karan — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:09:12 CDT

Can the Walking Dead survive without its head? Frank Darabont—creator, executive producer, and director of the critically acclaimed AMC hit series—has stepped down as its head honcho, reports Deadline Hollywood . It's unclear whether Darabont will depart the zombie show entirely or remain in another role.

Pentagon Plans ‘Comic Book Therapy’ for Troops

Kevin Spak — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:05:43 CDT

The Pentagon is looking to invest in the healing power of comic books. Convinced that creating graphic novels about their wartime exploits could help veterans deal with the mental scars of combat, military officials have launched an initiative asking software companies to create a web-based program that will allow troops...

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: a Hip, Inventive Blast

John Johnson — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:31:00 CDT

Critics generally love the inventive storytelling of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , a very modern romance that stars Michael Cera. It's based on a graphic novel, and it shows. Joe Neumaier, Daily News : "Plugged into some kind of mental electrical socket by director Edgar Wright, this is a romantic adventure...

American Splendor Auteur Harvey Pekar Dead at 70

Kevin Spak — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:50:00 CDT

Comic book legend Harvey Pekar, writer of the long-running American Splendor series, was found dead early this morning, PopEater reports. Wife and occasional collaborator Joyce Brabner found him dead in their Cleveland Heights home at about 1am this morning. The cause of death will be determined in an autopsy, but...

Stephen King Bites Into Vampire Comic

Kevin Spak — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:12:26 CDT

Stephen King is truly sinking his teeth into his official comic book debut, writing half of the first five issues of Vertigo’s upcoming American Vampire . The brainchild of King buddy Scott Snyder, the series tells the stories of a line of uniquely American blood suckers. King will be writing the...

After Watchmen , Bring On Next 'Unfilmables'

Kevin Spak — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:45:45 CDT

Alan Moore’s Watchmen was supposed to be unfilmable. But with the director’s cut hitting stores today, that pretty obviously wasn’t the case. Scott Thill lists some supposedly unfilmable geek bibles for Wired : Sandman: “It’s not film-shaped,” says creator Neil Gaiman. “What I got was, ‘Does The Sandman have a clearly...

Watchmen Just Watchable

Matt Cantor — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:54:53 CST

The task of putting graphic-novel classic Watchmen onscreen may be more than any filmmaker can handle, critics say—though director Zack Snyder did win over Roger Ebert. Some impressions: "Stumbles and sometimes falls on its top-heavy ambitions. But there are also flashes of visual brilliance and performances that drill deep...

Blind Comic Artist Battles On, Like Daredevil

Drew Nelles — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:40:58 CST

Life as an independent comic artist is never easy. It's even harder when you’re legally blind, the Washington Post reports. Baltimore's Andre Campbell, vision-impaired since birth with a retinal-degeneration condition, has only sold about 100 copies of his company’s comics since the mid-'90s. But the artist, who idolizes the sightless...

A 'Prose Guy' Explores the Comics Boom

Kevin Spak — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:44:42 CDT

Bob Thompson is a self-professed “prose guy,” but still can’t ignore the biggest trend in publishing: graphic novels. Thompson sets out for the Washington Post to discover how literature that uses word balloons can be book world's sole growing sector. He discovers that many “little see-saws” tipped at once to...