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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Mania News Updates

Mania News Updates


5 Great Superhero Cartoon Intros

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Cartoons have long been an ally of comic books. Many of us got our first taste of superheroes through the television before we ever picked up a comic book and continue to pass on the tradition with our own children through programming like Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Marvel’s

Twilight Graphic Novel Set for March 2010

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Yen Press has had good luck with its work in releasing a graphic novel adaptation of the Maximum Ride works by James Patterson and is now set to try and expand on that by working with Stephenie Meyer by bringing out a Twilight graphic novel adaptation, but with a bit of a twist. With a planed 350,000 volume hardcover print run for its first run, Yen Press is certainly hoping to tap into that market with this book...

7 Futuristic Movies That Got It Right

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

 

 
Science fiction has been trying to predict what the future will look like and how it will come to be, since the days of Jules Verne. We still aren't wearing silver jumpsuits or flying around on jetpacks like some movies have suggested, nevertheless, sci-fi can sometimes give us a glimpse of the world of tomorrow--and, occasionally...

Ode to Kirihito

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Another Tezuka masterpiece that exposes the prejudices and petty politics of a society that thought it had moved on.

Creative Staff
Writer/Artist: Osamu Tezuka
Translation: Camellia Nieh
Adaptation: Camellia Nieh

What They Say
Kirihito combines medical melodrama and anguished debates about guilt and redemption. The hero, complacent Dr...

Demon Beast Invasion: Revival

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The only successful crossbreed of man and demon builds up its oedipal complex even more this time around.

What They Say
Kayo's demonic offspring lives and plots a diabolical family reunion with its otherworldly brethren! The Interplanetary Observation Agency dispatches a trio of beautiful female warriors to slay the invaders...

Minima! Vol. #04

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The touching conclusion to Minima...

WARM BODIES Zombie Up

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Zombies can love too. Zombies can love too. Genre fans who dug Fido will have a new zombie romance on their hands soon, with Variety reporting that Summit Entertainment has hired Jonathan Levine (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) to write and direct an adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie tale Warm Bodies. Check out a trailer, on the book...

Comics on Sale January 20th

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

A few weeks of year end/year beginning lists have led to some fun conversation (thanks to all involved last week) but a serious lapse in access to my advice on what loyal comic fans should be reading has surely lead many of you to stare bleakly at stocked shelves, not knowing what hidden gems should be brought home...

Burton Takes on MALEFICENT

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Apparently, Walt Disney Studios likes what they see from Tim Burton's upcoming 3D feature of Alice in Wonderland. Because AICN is reporting that Burton may move onward to another film based on a Disney character after...

New Clip from JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

To save our world and all those like it, Superman, Batman and their caped colleagues must go toe-to-toe with their evil mirror images in JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS, an all-new DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movie coming February 23, 2010 from Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation...

Webb to Direct SPIDER-MAN Trilogy

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

It's official! Marc Webb will direct Sony's rebooted 'Spider-Man' trilogy. Plus: 'Smallville: Absolute Justice' trailer, and a surprise guest returns. It's your Comics2Film 10.1.20...

NEWWAVE! THE UNDERGROUND MINI COMIX OF THE 1980s Review

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Inspired by the underground comix of the 1960’s and ‘70s, fanzines and Tijuana Bibles, an explosion of DIY cartoonists began to express themselves by self publishing their own works. Because the most popular format was an 8 ½ x 11” sheet, folded twice and printed on letter-sized paper, the name “mini comix” was an apt one...

Inu Yasha Final Act Episode #16

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Kagome comes close to discovering her true power by exploring her past.

What They Say

The priestess Hitomiko lost her life at Naraku's hands. But she comes back to life and locks Kagome within a barrier. Then...

Caruso is NUMBER FOUR

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

D.J. Caruso is on board to direct I Am Number Four, reports HR's Heat Vision. DreamWorks is handling the adaptation of the upcoming young-adult science fiction book by James Frey and Joby Hughes while HarperCollins Children&rsquo...

AVATAR Pandora Featurette

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Having grossed $504.8 million domestically and another $1.1 billion in foreign sales, most of you Maniacs have seen James Cameron's Avatar a good two or three times. And yet Yahoo Movies have now produced a 22-minute featurette on Pandora that most of you have not seen. Check it out below...

Black God Vol. #08

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

What They Say
In the heat of battle, Keita and Kuro learn that Shinobu is a minus rootâ"one who must absorb the tera of others lest she be overcome by the raw negative energy within her. With Shinobu latched on to Keita, Kuro is unable to summon her strength as Keitaâs power is drained away. As no one stands in his way, Hiyou destroys the Hiba familyâs soul stone...

Zombie Loan Vol. #08

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

What They Say


The Review!


Features
Writer/Artist: Peach-Pit
Translation: Christine Dashiell
Adaptation: Christine Dashiell

Review Equipment

Chuck: Chuck vs. Operation Awesome Review

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

 

This episode starts out with a bang. An agent for “The Ring” believes that Awesome is a super spy and she plans to coerce him into joining her gang. Rather than offer him money or women to join she gives him an explosive Bluetooth that will explode if he doesn’t do as he&rsquo...

24: 6:00pm – 7:00pm / 7:00 – 8:00pm Review

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

 

It’s tough to separate these two back-to-back episodes of 24. The biggest reason is that the second hour is loaded with all of the good stuff, similar to watching a movie building up to a climactic ending...

Human Target: Pilot Review

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

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