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By Periscope Studio, on April 26, 2007, 9:48 am in: Jeff Parker, whiteout movie /
Comments are closed Scans Daily looks in at the Grendel miniseries I did many years ago. They also had an epic thread appreciating the latest issue of Jeff Parker and Juan Santacruz’s Marvel Adventures Avengers #12. (Though they do manage to get through sixty-some posts without ever mentioning Juan or Jeff. Hey Scans people, these stories don’t just happen. If you like the stuff enough to scan and upload it, why not take that extra second and mention the names of the people responsible? (My mock-outrage is purely on Jeff and Juan’s behalf- the Grendel piece credited both me and the writer Jeff Lang.)
Ahem, sorry. Actually, a lot of people are talking about that particular issue of Marvel Adventures Avengers. It’s the “Ego the Loving Planet” story: M C Sheffrey | Progressive Ruin | CBR | Eye on Comics | Warren Peace | Those Wednesdays | Every day is like Wednesday | HC Realms
Sam Hobart’s Free Comic Book Day analysis says that getting behind Whiteout is “a no-brainer” and hopes that the movie will continue its development. For more on that, we check in at Greg Rucka’s livejournal.
And finally, lets all take a moment and contemplate the existence of a comics-themed bed and breakfast.This place could’ve been AWESOME, in the mode of the Sylvia Beach Hotel but it looks to me like they didn’t push the concept anywhere near as far as they should’ve.
By Periscope Studio, on March 26, 2007, 5:00 am in: David Hahn, whiteout movie /
Comments are closed Call this a David Hahn kind of day: First, a couple of great reviews of his first issue of Spider-man Loves Mary Jane at Comixtreme and Living Between Wednesdays.
And then, from somewhere in Manitoba, a Whiteout filming update that focuses entirely on airplanes.
By Periscope Studio, on March 14, 2007, 10:12 pm in: whiteout movie /
Comments are closed “Gabriel Macht will star opposite Kate Beckinsale in action-thriller “Whiteout,” the first pic from Joel Silver’s Warners-based Dark Castle Entertainment banner. Tom Skerritt and Columbus Short also will star.”
Read the rest at Variety.
By Periscope Studio, on February 21, 2007, 7:58 pm in: whiteout movie /
Comments are closed The word comes down from Manitoba:
“Everyone in town here is getting flyers in the mail that ask for extras. They’re looking for ‘people who look like scientists that have been working in harsh, cold weather for a long period of time’. Which means I can’t be one, since I stay inside most of the time and don’t have the wind burnt face. Plus they ask for flexible hours between March 5th-18th, and I can’t take days off of work to go. Oh well. I’ll just keep selling them insane amounts of canned soups and orange juice.”
By Steve Lieber, on February 5, 2007, 10:00 pm in: art supplies, David Hahn, Dylan Meconis, Jeff Parker, Steve Lieber, whiteout movie /
Comments are closed Doritos and Feet
So, we’ve had this vexing question that’s annoyed and puzzled us for years. Yesterday, we decided to take action and see if there’s an answer. We wrote a letter to the customer service manager of Alvin & Company.
Hi. First, I should note that I realize this might sound like a prank question, but honestly, it isn’t.
I’m part of a studio of comic book artists and we all use Alvin ellipse templates. We all bought them at different times, from different retailers, but they *all* have the same cheesey mildew smell, even the set that someone just bought this week.
It’s finally sunk in that we might be able to do something about this. Before we risk ruining an expensive set of templates by washing them in a bleach solution, we were hoping you’d have a suggestion. Is there a recommended way to clean them (and the clear plastic envelopes they came in) that would get rid of that unpleasant smell?
Steve Lieber
Periscope Studio
http://periscopestudio.com
And no, this wasn’t a prank. The templates are great. They’re lightweight, strong, and well-marked, but they smell like a bowl of doritos and feet. So anyway, the reply came today.
We know this is not a prank question.
See?
Unfortunately this is a line of product that we have this issue with.
We do not recommend a bleach solution. They can be washed with a mild soap to clean them, but that may not do anything for the smell. The only remedy for the smell is time. Eventually the smell should subside.
(name withheld)
Customer Service Manager
Alvin & Co.
www.alvinco.com
So that’s that. The only solution is time.
Whiteout Movie
Some nice news in Variety today:
Sena to direct ‘Whiteout’
Action-thriller is first Dark Castle film
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
Dominic Sena will direct Kate Beckinsale in action-thriller “Whiteout,” the first movie to go into production under Joel Silver’s new Dark Castle Entertainment genre label.
Warner Bros. will distribute the pic, based on Greg Rucka’s 1999 comicbook miniseries of the same name. Scribes Jon and Erich Hoeber are adapting for the bigscreen.
Dark Castle Prods., a unit launched last fall within Warners-based Silver Pictures, is backed by more than $240 million from 15 different investment firms. Coin will be used to finance 15 pics over the next six years, with Warners distribbing the entire slate.
Silver has sole greenlight authority under the terms of the deal. He also has full creative control. Film budgets are expected to be in the $15 million-$40 million range.
“Whiteout” is set to begin lensing March 5 in Montreal.
I’d like to say I’m starting to believe this might actually happen, but my brain doesn’t work that way. Truth is, I won’t fully believe any of this is real until I see the DVDs on the blowout rack at Blockbuster.
Jeff Parker continues to bask in the admiration of people who think the comics medium can delever “entertainment.”
Rack Raids | The ISB | Lone Star Comics | Jonny Bacardi | Don MacPeherson’s Eye on Comics.
Meeting David Hahn
Just found this. It’s a bloggers con storystory of how he met the artist of Bite Club and Private Beach.
Family Man
Dylan Meconis has posted page 49 of her ongoing serial Family Man, which means, she notes, that “the comic has officially covered 24 hours in the life of the unusual and imperfect Levy family. Phew.” Go Dylan!
By Periscope Studio, on January 31, 2007, 10:05 am in: Jeff Parker, Jesse Hamm, library, Linda Medley, whiteout movie /
Comments are closed Looks like the news about the Whiteout movie has gone public:
In the unsure world of moving comics to the screen, Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber’s Whiteout appears to have taken a large and definitive one, as Production Weekly has confirmed rumors that Kate Beckinsale will play US Marshal Carrie Stetko in the film version of the story, with Dominic (Gone in 60 Seconds) Sena directing.
Filming is slated to begin the first week in March in Montreal (presumably on sets) and Manitoba (presumably exteriors). Erich and Jon Hoeber wrote the screenplay adaptation of the story. For those unfamiliar with it, the comic, Rucka’s first major foray into comics, followed Stetko as she must solve the first murder on the Antarctic ice. Stetko is in a race against time to find and apprehend the killer before he leaves for the winter, or be trapped with him for six months.
More at Newsarama
There are a lot of blogs and message boards talking about it. I think my favorite is this one: “British lass Kate Beckinsale is currently in negotiations to star in the Alaska thriller “Whiteout”, based on a graphic novel (i.e. comic book). Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber and drawn by Gerg Rucka.” You go, Gerg!
To answer the question I’ve received in email a couple dozen times this morning, I’m just plain excited. This is a window on a new world for me, and I really hope that comics retailers and booksellers can use this to build a new audience for the Whiteout books and for Greg’s wonderful Queen and Country collections. That said, my #1 goal today is the same as it was yesterday: sit my ass down and get some work done. These things don’t draw themselves.
Castle Waiting has its roots in classic fairy tales (Sleeping Beauty shapes the beginning of the story) but the completely original cast of characters drives this book into new and very creative territory. You get bearded nuns, a horse knight, poltersprites, a green baby, an Opinicus, and plenty of other odd and amusing characters, but it’s the depth and complexity of the main characters that is so appealing.
Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting reviewed at Newsarama on the heels of being named one of the American Library Association’s 2007 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
“I think the rest of the country really doesn’t know where Oregon is, they don’t know what Portland is. They’ve got this vague idea and if you ask them to put it on the map, they don’t even know Oregon’s at the coast.”
Kristian Williams interviews Jeff Parker
“Cartooning isn’t about drawing well, it’s about telling a story. We all tell stories (such as anecdotes about things that happened to us, or to people we know); this lesson is about learning to do that with pictures, even the simplest pictures. Later we’ll learn drawing techniques, which will help our stories look better, but we’ll begin with the more important task of learning to tell stories. A well-told story will hold the reader’s attention even if the art isn’t great. None of the instruction below requires any special drawing skill to implement.”
Jesse Hamm teaches the craft at his livejournal.
By Periscope Studio, on January 23, 2007, 3:40 pm in: Colleen Coover, Jeff Parker, library, Marvel Adventures, Speedball, Steve Lieber, whiteout movie /
Comments are closed Nostalgia for vanished integrity time! Oni’s just announced that there’ll be a new edition of WHITEOUT. This might be the new cover.
Speaking of vanished, looks like Speedball’s gone forever. Paul Jenkins responds to intense fan reaction here.
Equally intense but less beligerent: more response to Parker’s all-Modok issue of Marvel Adventures- The Avengers:
Comix Experience | Comic Book Resources
And this just in: big congrats to Colleen Coover and Paul “Root Nibot” Tobin for making the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list at the American Library Association!
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