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So if you guys recall a few weeks ago I mentioned a brand new Marvel Masterworks and that it was going to be BIG! Well, the beans can now be spilled..As announced by Marvel by way of their Marvel Masterworks website, it is Ant Man/Giant Man Volume 2 (Variant Volume 91). I’ll add more info as it comes out through Marvel. I told you it would be BIG. On with some links:

• The 2008 Motor_City Comic Con has been announced for May 16-18. So far the featured guest will be Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies). I’ll be posting and talking about this more in the upcoming months.
• Even SpongeBob is effected by the writers strike and it looks really, really ugly.
• My son Patrick, isn’t that much into Lego as I thought he would be (like I was when I was his age). Looks like I won’t have to get him a subscription to the new Lego Magazine BrickJournal from TwoMorrows.. And right now you can even get a free copy of the first issue in PDF form! I’ll download a copy and see if I can gett him into it.
• Gearing up for what seems to be the Year of Speed Racer, no less than three publishers will be getting involved in the windfall. Among the material coming out will be a ton of older books that will be getting reprinted for the US market for the very first time!
• Lastly, there has been a lot of discussion (and speculation) on various message boards on upcoming Showcase Presents. Here are some of them, I’ll add more information as warranted.
  • Showcase Presents: Phantom Stranger Volume 2
  • Showcase Presents: Booster Gold Volume 1
  • Showcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown 2
  • Showcase Presents: Legion of Super Heroes Volume 2
  • Showcase Presents: Haunted Tank Volume 2
  • Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Volume 3
  • Showcase Presents: Flash Volume 2
  • Showcase Presents: Batman Volume 3
  • Showcase Presents: Challengers Volume 2
  • Showcase Presents: House of Secrets Volume 1
  • Showcase Presents: Hawkman Volume 2

If I don’t get this post up now, I never will. Some of you are wondering what my kids will be for Halloween. Erin will be Dorothy, from The Wizard of Oz. Some adult friend of ours actually asked if she was going as Dorothy from Finding Nemo. Boy how times have changed. Patrick will be a hockey player. We’re still deciding on what sweater he should wear :Michigan State or Red Wings. I’ll post pictures Wednesday night. Also, some of you have asked what I’ll be reading Halloween night. I’m still undecided, but I am currently reading The Avengers/Defender War HC for the next podcast. My interview with IDW’s Chris Ryall is planned to be conducted next week. BTW, Chris has let me know that his house survived and he is on vacation on the Atlantic coast. On with the links:

• Hero Initiative Announces “Hero Library” Auction. I’m going to keep an eye on this and put it into a spreadsheet so we can all watch the progress. I’ll also have some cool Hero Initiative news myself during the holiday season.
• The 2007 Quill Award Winners have been announced. Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud won in the Graphic Novel category
• Press Release: IDW Reprints I Am Legend Adaptation In December. It is adapted from the original novel by Steve Niles with art from Elman Brown
• Do you deal in Rare Books? Read this: Rare Book Dealers of the World, Unite!
• Ahmet Zappa Writes Introduction for Zenescope’s SE7EN Hardcover. Zappa on the SE7EN project: “This is not just a comic book… this is a true graphic novel.” Thanks for the quote, Brainiac.
• ICv2.com interviews Top Cow’s President Matt Hawkins on the ‘Witchblade’ Trade Reboot and Program including the very popular Compendiums
• Ben Schwartz, The LA Times, on (the story of the year?) Schulz and Peanuts
• Review: Chris Allen on Avengers-Defenders War HC and Showcase Presents: Batman and the Outsiders Volume 1
• Review: Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin, on The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966

Collected Comics Library Podcast #143

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Not exactly the Spooky Halloween episode that I planned. I was to have Chris Ryall, IDW Editor, on my podcast to chat about 30 Days of Night and Beowulf, but thanks to the fires in San Diego, we have to reschedule. We are going to shoot for next week. I wanted to have him on this week while the movie is doing well and to discuss the Complete 30 Days of Night Trilogy Hardcover due out in a few days.

Chris let me know that he is doing fine, and in our e-mails he did have this to say:

Hey, Chris, can we do the call next week? I’m not going to be at the office long today due to concerns over the wildfires that are getting a bit too close for comfort now.

and…

Cool, thanks, man. It’s weird here–the air is all orange and filled with ash. It’s done wonders for freeway driving near me, though… as long as the fires don’t come any closer.

and…

…probably nothing I’ll be able to do today, actually. The fires have really thrown this week into whack, but at least so far, it isn’t getting any closer to us.

Freaky to say the least. Other then no interview I did manage to piece together everything else and do some rerecording of what I had planned. This will be my last podcast for October, but I’ll still be Blogging. See you next month.

Chris

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Today, I had the chance to go out and see 30 Days of Night. It was my first horror/scary movie that I’ve seen in the theater in a very long time. In fact I really can’t remember the last one. The only reason I went to go see it was because of the comic book, by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. I only read the first series, and that was a few years ago, but with the advent of the film, I brushed up on the story and was truly excited about it. I can tell you that I was not let down. Unlike many hacker/slasher films, that feature crazy whacko protagonists like Freddy, Jason or the more recent Jigsaw from the Saw series, I tho0ught the vampires in 30 Days were actually cool. Neatly dressed in black suits, or the like, and speaking in some foreign language (Russian?) Not that I was rooting for them or anything, but something about the mysterious band of bloodsucker made me snicker when they went for their human prey from time to time. Josh Hartnett as Eben, Barrow’s Sheriff, was right on the money and you can tell that he genuinely enjoyed the role. Hartnett is no stranger to the comic book movie after his all too brief, yet psychotic, appearance in the beginning and ending sequences in Sin City. If you’re a fan of the comic book-turned movie give this one a try. Bring the popcorn, but leave the kids at home.