#June2011

James Cameron Says ‘Avatar’ Sequels Ain’t A Trilogy. K.

In more recent news, James Cameron doesn’t know what a trilogy happens to be. He’s currently writing the two sequels to his industry-ruining, emo-kid-inspiring Monolith. But these three flicks? Won’t form a trilogy.

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PS3 Hacker Going To Jail After He Goes Broke. Crime Doesn’t Pay!

Here’s another hit to George ‘I Totally Believe In Things…Like Plea Bargins’ Hotz’ street credentials. He is walking free these days after cutting a deal with Sony and their Robotic Ninja Deathsquad, while another PS3 hacker is about to serve some time.

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Frank Miller’s ‘Holy Terror, Batman!’ Coming Out In September. Sans Batman.

Back when Frank Miller announced  Holy Terror, Batman!, it seemed like it was too ludicrous of an idea to exist. Impossible, even. Time passed, nothing was said, and that only concretized that notion. Eventually Frank Miller announced it was going to happen, just without the Batman part of it. Which made it infinitely less cool, since Batman fighting Al Qaeda…without Batman is just some dude whupping terrorist ass. Even after that, not much was said regarding the title.

Like the One Ring, years passed and it was largely forgotten.

Until now. This pig is coming out in September.

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Variant Covers: Only Assholes Think Superheroes Really Die.

As I type this, I’m sipping some cold suds. Non-alcoholic mind you, it’s a work night. Birdies blather from green trees outside the window, and I perspire from the warm Summer air. It’s a bit of a pleasant time to be inhabiting Spaceship Earth, alongside the Eastern seaboard of the Northern Americas. Life is good. To compliment all of that, the installment of this week’s funny books drops tomorrow.

Here’s what I find interesting hittin’ shelves.

Let me know what you’re feigning for.

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Phil Harrison Sees Apple Ruling The Gaming Market. Well, Duh.

Phil Harrison has held impressive positions at Atari and Sony and is now at David ‘Earthworm Jim’ Perry’s cloud gaming service  Gankai. Harrison recently commented that he thought that Apple was going to eventually rule the gaming market.

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David Goyer Is Bringing ‘100 Bullets’ To Showtime.

100 Bullets used to be a favorite comic series of mine. Then I fell out of the funny book swag for a good three or four years and when I returned I never caught up. Shame, damn shame. Even with this gulf between the series and myself, I’m pretty excited that it’s being adapted into a television show for Showtime.

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Saturn’s Moon Helene Is A Shy One!

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A couple of days ago, Cassini zipped past Helene. It was a relatively close to this moon of Saturn, and it snapped this sexy picture. Relatively close being 4,300 miles, which is like nothing in cosmic-universeo-wunder-terms.

Robin Unveiled As Playable In ‘Batman: Arkham City.’ Via Pre-Order, Blegh.

The pre-order wars continue, scorching the ass of gamers everywhere who just want to be able to buy a game packed with loot. If you pre-ordered Arkham City somewhere other than Best Buy, you may want to reconsider that decision. They got the Robin. The Robin guy. Despite looking like an extreme shaven-head asshole, they got him.

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Christina Hendricks As Wonder Woman? Jesus. Lord. Yes. Priapism.

If there’s a good lord in Heaven, he’ll make this rumor into concrete. Christina Hendricks as Wonder Woman? That’s what Danish filmmaker  Nicolas Winding Refn has been saying, should he get to make a flick based on the comics.

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USA Today Totally Ruins Ending To ‘Ultimate Death of Spider-Man’ [Spoilers]

USA Today totally ruined the end of Ultimate Spider-Man, continuing the Marvel tradition of giving away endings early in hopes of boosting sales over reveals.

Spoilers ahead, mateys.

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