GUYS! This has been a week weirdly full of comic book news, so I’m doing a whole post of news round-up! There will be something here to get everyone excited! (I clearly am, judging by the number of exclamation points and times I use the word “awesome” in the following.)

–First up: Ed Brubaker (author of many awesome series mentioned here many times) has two tv shows in the works. They both sound interesting and I have no worries about his creative input—but it’s the kicker of that article that has me psyched—there’s going to be a movie of Coward! Coward is part of Brubaker’s series Criminal—each volume is basically a stand-alone story, but the characters and plotlines all intersect, so all are worth reading.  Coward is volume 1 of the noir-ish series, focusing on a thief involved in a very crazy heist.  Highly recommended reading and I can’t wait to see the movie version.

 
–Good news for fans of comics and awesome animated tv shows—Boom Studios, who does the Adventure Time comic book, is going to put out a Fionna and Cake miniseries! If you don’t know why that is great news, you need to start watching Adventure Time, stat.  There is also going to be a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book, which apparently has the highest number of pre-orders EVER. I kind of love that a tv show about pony friends is so beloved by basically everyone.

–And for those into the underground comics scene, R Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb has put out a book of their collaborative comics . I’m way more a fan of hers—she was one of the pioneers of ladies doing autobiographical comics, which is basically a cottage industry these day (not that I am complaining about that!), but obviously he has a huuuuuge fanbase. That link has an excerpt that’s worth checking out—they’re very funny and touching together.

–SHIELD tv show news! Spoilers! He’s ALIVEEEEEEEE.

—Why should you love romance comics? Sequential Crush is really one of the best comic book blogs out there—fascinating social commentary on some very silly stuff sometimes.

–A bunch of Vertigo news, blah blah whatever, OHMYGOD UNWRITTEN/FABLES CROSSOVER. This idea is PERFECT. Unwritten is amazing, why aren’t you reading it?

—Archie meets Glee, because of course. Archie can always be counted on to be slightly behind the times with its pop culture references! But is Brittany supposed to look like a cardboard cutout?

—More  legal wrangling between Warner Brothers and the estate of Joe Shuster. And here is a legal view about it. I don’t really understand this, but it makes me sad. Doesn’t Warner make enough money off of Superman without ownership? But like I said, I don’t really get the details.

— Finally , on a cooler note, I will admit to not being a huge Chris Ware fan (his stuff is tooooo depressing), but I am so intrigued by Building Stories — or is that my latent love of dollhouses coming out? Look at this AMAZING model! The details! I mean, I am literally amazed. I need this as a Hanukkah present, ok?

Related Stories
‹
Talk Derby To Me
My favorite spring sporting event has to be the Kentucky Derby.  What stands out most during this historic horse race is difficult to decide…the sleek and athletic thoroughbreds, the diminutive yet wiry jockeys in their colorful silks, the thrill of the race itself or the chance for a long-shot filly to come from behind and […]
Parenting Page: It Takes a Village - Of Perspectives
This is a parenting page, about parenting Page. I am a child psychologist and a mother. So I specialize in children, yet I am human, thus I am full of knowledge and yet as full of emotions as any other parent. So I decided to write this Parenting Page since it might be informative and […]
Cabaret at PlayMakers
The crowd laughs, but […]
Political Power Grabs in 1875 and 2013
Republican Party. We need more moderate voices.” One of my longtime friends was tempting me, noting that his political party was in charge now. If I wanted to participate in the new regime in North Carolina, I should change my registration. “And,” he said, “we could use some […]
TABLE Celebrates its 5th Birthday
TABLE celebrated its 5th birthday with children of the South Estes Family Resource Center with a delicious and healthy carrot cake — made with carrots, whole grain flower, white flour and cream cheese icing. TABLE is a nonprofit providing hunger relief to at-risk kids in the Chapel Hill Carrboro area. They will be celebrating their […]
Sleep On It
Some mornings I wake up, check Twitter, and see the following: “The struggle is live today” or “I’m captain of the struggle bus this morning.” Did you ever think about what is the cause of the struggle? I’ll tell you: insufficient sleep. College students are probably the worst offenders when it comes to not getting […]
A Dangerous Eight Seed
Anyone who was channel surfing last Sunday had to stop and marvel at the Carolina-Miami game and how great that first half was. Even if they didn’t know the teams. That’s how good, and at such a high level, the ACC championship game was played. Both teams scored better than a point per possession, shooting […]
Light Sensitive at Nasher
Immediately upon entering the exhibit, one is greeted by images at once recognizable and disorienting. The photographs in “Light Sensitive” are not merely beautifully captured or distilled moments in time. Rather, they are hyper-consciously manufactured artistic works. In this exhibit the idea of photography as an unbiased portal into reality interacts powerfully with the more […]
The Luck of the Draw
Roy Williams wasn’t thrilled with the ACC's NCAA Tournament draw on Sunday night.
ACCT 2013: This Matters.
Who would say this tournament doesn’t matter? Try finding someone in the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday afternoon who would tell you this is all just a big “cocktail party.” Not only was Saturday’s content potentially Maryland’s last ACC game ever, but every member of this particular UNC team was fighting to win their first tournament—of […]
›