Case, Dezago, Kemple, Rousseau, Woodall, & Yates Come to Baltimore Comic-Con
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - Buy your tickets now for the 2015 Baltimore Comic-Con, taking place the weekend of September 25-27, 2015 at the Baltimore Comic-Con. This year, the Baltimore Comic-Con welcomes back Richard Case, Todd Dezago, Chris Kemple, Craig Rousseau, Rich Woodall, and Kelly Yates.
Richard Case got his start at Marvel Comics, working on Strange Tales, but got his first real run on Doom Patrol at DC Comics. He has also contributed to numerous other noteworthy, acclaimed titles at DC, including Sandman, Shade, the Changing Man, Preacher, and Hunter: The Age of Magic. He is also a contributor to the Artist Alley Comics digital initiative. His recent work can be seen on DC Comics' Batman '66, Dynamite Entertainment's Flash Gordon and King: Jungle Jim, and variant covers from Action Lab Entertainment's Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess.
Comics writer Todd Dezago has been a contributed noteworthy story lines to many Image, DC, and Marvel comic books. At Marvel Comics, he has scribed runs on Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man, Super Hero Squad, Marvel Adventures, Marvel Age: Spider-Man, Marvel Age: Spider-Man Team-Up, Cable, and X-Factor. For DC Comics, he has worked on Impulse, Teen Titans, JLA: World Without Grownups, Legends of the DC Universe, and Young Justice. Dezago's creator-owned titles, Tellos and Perhapanauts, are published through Image Comics, and have garnered much attention and kudos. Along with his co-creator, Craig Rousseau, Dezago is in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign for their newest work, The Perhapanauts: Into Hollow Earth.
Chris Kemple is one of the contributors to the digital comics effort, Artist Alley Comics, and his work can be found in G.T. Labs' Fallout. After graduating with a BFA in Painting and Drawing from East Carolina University, Kemple worked as an assistant at Artamus Studios with Richard Case, Mike Wieringo, Jeff Parker, Casey Jones, and Scott Hampton, among others. Currently a teacher and freelance artist, Chris was a founding member of and texture artist and 3D object modeler at video game development studio, Red Storm Entertainment.
Craig Rousseau has spent his career as an artist working on numerous noteworthy titles and runs. He has provided art on DC Comics' Batman Beyond, Harley Quinn, and Impulse, Marvel's Captain America & the Korvac Saga, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Season 2, and Iron Man & the Iron Wars, and he can be seen lately working on DC Comics' Batman '66, Image Comics' Perhapanauts: Danger Down Under, Dark Horse Comics' Dark Horse Presents, and Dynamite Entertainment's Pathfinder: Goblins! as well as Teen Titans Go! variant covers for DC Comics' Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Justice League of America. He currently has an active Kickstarter campaign for his newest work with co-creator Todd Dezago, The Perhapanauts: Into Hollow Earth.
Rich Woodall, also an Artist Alley Comics contributor, is known for his creator-owned titles, Johnny Rayguy, the Zombie Bomb! Comic Anthology, and Kyrra Alien Jungle Girl, the latter of which has appeared recently in Dark Horse Comics' Dark Horse Presents. He has also worked on Image Comics' Savage Dragon, The Perhapanauts, and more recently worked on a variant cover for IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Kelly Yates has provided artwork for Amber Atoms, Tales of Tellos, and The Perhapanauts at Image Comics, numerous Doctor Who titles at IDW, including Doctor Who: A Fairytale Life and Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, Fear Agent at Dark Horse Comics, and JLA-Z at DC Comics. He also wrote Image's Amber Atoms, and can lately be found contributing to Artist Alley Comics as well.
"We're excited to welcome all six of these gentlemen back to the show," said Marc Nathan, promoter of the Baltimore Comic-Con. "Each is a great creator, and we're sure our fans are excited at the opportunity to spend some face time with each of them!"
TICKETS
General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as the Harvey Awards, are now on sale! Visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com/tickets/ for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now, and as always, kids 10 and under get into the show free with a paid adult General Admission!
In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Harvey Awards, industry exclusives, and programming. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, and Facebook pages.
Contact Information
Please use the following e-mail addresses to contact the Baltimore Comic-Con:
press@baltimorecomiccon.com - for any general press inquiries or to be added to our PR distribution
promoter@baltimorecomiccon.com - for requesting exhibitor, publisher, and Artist Alley applications
registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com - for inquiries about submitted registrations
harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com- for the Harvey Awards ceremony and banquet
general@baltimorecomiccon.com- for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries
About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 15th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.
About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book industry's oldest and most respected awards. With a history of over 20 years, the last 10 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit www.harveyawards.org.
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
"Rasputin" Comic Book Gets First Trade Collection in July 2015
The historical fantasy series will be collected into trade paperback
New York Times bestselling author of novels The Yard and The Devil's Workshop, Alex Grecian, and the fan-favorite artist of Proof and Cowboy Ninja Viking, Riley Rossmo team up for an all-new twist on the tale of the infamous monk in RASPUTIN, VOL. 1. The first five issues of the series will be collected into trade paperback and available this July.
In one night Rasputin was poisoned, beaten, stabbed, shot in the head, and drowned, then tied up and thrown in a frozen river. But how did he get from Siberia to the Winter Palace? And why did it take so much hard work to kill him? RASPUTIN, VOL. 1 is a supernatural reimagining of the "mad monk."
RASPUTIN, VOL. 1 (ISBN: 978-1-63215-267-1) hits comic book stores on June 24, 2015 and bookstores on July 7, 2015, and will be available for $9.99. It can be ordered by retailers from Diamond Book Distributors with Diamond Code APR150546.
More praise for RASPUTIN:
“With intensely interesting subject matter, a strong story, deep and well wrought characters and a fantastically talented team firing on all cylinders, this book is a gem.” —Multiversity Comics
“Such a monumental idea could have easily fallen apart with the wrong artist, but Rossmo's talents help RASPUTIN move stunningly from page to page.” —Fangoria
“A really enjoyable read.” —Bloody Disgusting
“Some lovely art and very cool storytelling at play here.” —IGN
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Saturday, June 13, 2015
"ODY-C" Comic Book Gets First Trade Paperback Collection
The sci-fi series will be collected into trade paperback
New York Times bestselling writer Matt Fraction (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) teams up with Christian Ward (INFINITE VACATION, Olympus) for an expansive, immersive, retelling of Homer’s classic epic in ODY-C. The first five issues of the series has been collected into trade paperback and is available this month (June).
An epic 26 centuries in the making, ODY-C, VOL. 1 is set in the aftermath of a galactic war a hundred years long. Odyssia the Clever Champion and her compatriots begin their longest, strangest trip yet: the one home. ODY-C—the gender-bent, eye-popping, psychedelic, science fiction odyssey—begins here.
ODY-C, VOL. 1 (ISBN: 978-1-63215-376-0) hit comic book stores on June 10, 2015 and will be in bookstores on June 23, 2015, and will be available for $9.99. It can be ordered by retailers from Diamond Book Distributors with Diamond Code MAR150539.
More praise for ODY-C:
"A trippy, gender-flipped version of Homer's Odyssey hurtling through space on psychedelic, science fiction wings." —WIRED
“According to the letters page, they were going for a mix of Barbarella and a Cirque de Soleil show, and they hit the nail on the f*cking head. It's a kinetic, psychedelic, trippy journey through this new universe, this new history, with innovative panel layouts, action, and a musical quality to the whole thing. It's a helluva comic, unlike anything I've read in awhile” —Comic Bastards
“One of the best new series of 2014. Its the kind of Sci-Fi I want to see more of in the future: mature, adventurous and challenging.” —Nerds Unchained
“Despite the fact that the Odyssey is a very familiar story, Matt Fraction and Christian Ward play on audience expectations to craft a story that stands apart from the many adaptations of Homer's work. The abstract art creates a singular look for this world, which simultaneously appears futuristic and classic, and is rich in detail and subtle symbolism that elevates the story's themes. Fraction's decision to flip the genders is an interesting enough choice on its own, but he takes it one step further by playing against the contrasting warrior/mother sides of Odyssia. This team has singular creative vision, and they work together perfectly to execute it.” —Multiversity Comics
“The weird sci-fi Odyssey fever dream you didn't know you wanted… ODY-C gives new life to an old legend in a daring, profound way.” —Comic Book Resources
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Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of June 7th to 13th, 2015 - Update #8
Posted by Leroy Douresseaux; you can support him on Patreon.
NEWS:
From YahooTV: Jurassic World is apparently about to take over the world... box office.
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From Collider: Pixar has apparently replaced the entire voice cast (except maybe one actor) of The Good Dinosaur, which is due in December 2015.
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From Variety: The great British actor, Christopher Lee, died on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at the age of 93. He is probably best known as the actor who revitalized Dracula in the 1958, Horror of Dracula. He was the 20th Century's second most famous screen Dracula.
Young fans will know him for his appearances in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. He was a James Bond villain in The Man with the Golden Gun. He was "Count Dooku" in the second and third films of Star Wars prequel trilogy. He was a close friend of one of my favorite actors, Peter Cushing (who died in 1994). I believe that they are reunited.
From IMDb: Christopher Lee: A Life in Pictures.
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From THR: Apparently, Sony still wants "Bad Boys 3." Joe Carnahan is circling to work on the script and to direct. Michael Bay directed the first two films in the series.
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From THR: The new comedy, Spy, wins the 6/5 to 6/7/2015 weekend box office with an estimated take of $30 million. The Paul Reig film stars Melissa McCarthy.
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From CinemaBlend: J.K. Rowling offers clues about an American wizarding school.
COMICS - Films and Books
From Collider: Marvel and Sony at odds over which actor will be the next Spider-Man, apparently, my fave, Asa Butterfield, is out.
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From Vulture: Someone else takes a shot at writing a screenplay adaptation of one of the greatest manga and comic books of all time, Akira.
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From YahooTech: Joseph Gordon-Levitt says his "Sandman" film won't be a typical superhero film.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: The new trailer for Ridley Scott's "The Martian."
OBIT:
From Variety via YahooMovies: The actress, Mary Ellen Trainor, died May 20, 2015 at the age of 62. She appeared in numerous movies, including The Goonies, Die Hard, and all four Lethal Weapon movies, among many.
Friday, June 12, 2015
"Twin Star Exorcists" Manga Arrives in July 2015
Series About A Pair Of Mystical Warriors With Intertwined Destinies Launches In Print And Digital In July!
San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, unleashes the supernatural action manga (graphic novel) series – TWIN STAR EXORCISTS – on July 7th, 2015.
Created by Yoshiaki Sukeno, TWIN STAR EXORCISTS is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will be published in print with an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. The series also launches digitally on July 7th via VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App, as well as from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, and GooglePlay stores. Future volumes of the series, which is ongoing in Japan, will be published domestically twice a year under VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump imprint.
In TWIN STAR EXORCISTS, Rokuro is from a family of exorcists who exorcise the evil Kegare, but he’d rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but! He’s forced to own up to his own incredible potential when new arrival Benio stirs his competitive spirit—and is in need of rescue. But their rivalry gets a twist when they learn they are the “Twin Star Exorcists” – two supreme fighters fated to marry and birth the prophesied child who will eliminate all the Kegare in the world. Too bad they can barely stand each other!
“TWIN STAR EXORCISTS is an electrifying and hilarious new manga series about a pair of unlikely mystical partners and their intertwined destinies that drew significant acclaim from fans and readers during its initial serialization in Japan in Jump Square magazine,” says Annette Roman, Editor. “Will these rivals fall in love? English readers now have the opportunity to dive into the action as the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance!”
Manga creator Yoshiaki Sukeno was born in 1981 in Wakayama, Japan and graduated from Kyoto Seika University’s School of Manga. In 2006, he was selected for a Tezuka Newcomer Award. In 2008, he began the supernatural manga comedy Binbougami ga!, which was later adapted into the anime series Good Luck Girl in 2012.
For more information on TWIN STAR EXORCISTS or other manga titles published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.
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Review: Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz Shine in "Big Eyes"
Big Eyes (2014)
Running time: 106 minutes (1 hour, 46 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language
DIRECTOR: Tim Burton
WRITERS: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
PRODUCERS: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Tim Burton, and Lynette Howell
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bruno Delbonnel
EDITOR: JC Bond
COMPOSER: Danny Elfman
Golden Globe winner
DRAMA/BIOPIC
Starring: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp, Jon Polito, Delaney Raye, Madeleine Arthur, and James Saito
Big Eyes is a 2014 biographical drama from director Tim Burton. The film is a dramatization of the complicated relationship between American pop-art painter, Margaret Keane, and her husband, Walter Keane. Brothers Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein are executive producers on the film.
Margaret Keane is famous for her “big eyes” paintings, which are paintings featuring children as waifs with big doe eyes. For a decade, Margaret's second husband, Walter Keane, took credit for the paintings because, as he told Margaret, people would take her paintings seriously if they were credited to a man. Margaret's paintings became hugely popular in the 1960s and earned the couple a large fortune, but Walter became more domineering the more prominence “big eyes” art attained.
Big Eyes opens in 1958 in Northern California. Margaret Ulbrich (Amy Adams), a painter, leaves her husband and takes her young daughter, Jane (Delaney Raye), with her. Mother and child arrive in North Beach, San Francisco where Margaret's friend, DeAnn (Krysten Ritter), lives. One day, Margaret in selling drawings in a local park when she catches the attention of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), a painter who is also selling his art in the park.
Margaret and Walter marry, and Walter begins to try to sell both their paintings. People ignore Walter's paintings, but the “big eyes” paintings of his new wife, Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), soon become a sensation. Walter lies when people ask him and claims to be the creator of the “big eyes” art, and Margaret goes along with him. The “big eyes” become a sensation, but Margaret cannot truly find peace of mind. Can she ever break away from Walter and take credit for her work?
When director Tim Burton's 2003 film, Big Fish, debuted, some critics said that Burton had finally made an adult film instead of his usual, a fantasy film. Big Fish actually had its share of surrealism and eccentricity, like practically all Burton's work. I think Burton's first adult film was the fanciful biopic, Ed Wood, which was more humorous than dramatic.
One might call Big Fish an adult film, but I found it dull and stiff. Burton's 2014 movie, Big Eyes, is a drama, and it is similar to Ed Wood in that both movies focus on an outside or cult artist. Big Eyes simply plays the biographical matter in a straighter fashion than Ed Wood. In that movie, Ed Wood and his band of merry filmmakers were weirdos (and I'm not saying this in a pejorative manner). Margaret Keane's art may be weird, but the screenwriters, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and even director Tim Burton take her life seriously. Their movie is a fictional account of Keane's life that details the path she took to independence and to an awakening.
Since her coming-out-party in the indie film, Junebug, Amy Adams has been one of the best American actresses of the last decade. As Margaret Keane, she gives one of her best performances, if not her best. She embodies in herself and shows the struggle of a woman who is trying to break free of everything that holds her back – including herself. In her face and in her emotions, Adams conveys the trials of the artist trying to claim her own work and of a woman living in an era when the wife must be “the little wifey” and little more.
It is a testament to Christoph Waltz's skill as an actor and a performer that he keeps Walter Keane from being burned in the radiance of Adams' performance. Waltz makes it impossible to believe much of what Walter says, but he also keeps the fraudulent painter from becoming a caricature. In his hands, Walter is a fully realized character, which I realized when I noticed that I was sympathetic to him (just a little) by the end of the film.
Big Eyes, which is essentially a low-budget independent film, is Tim Burton's first good movie in a few years. With Ed Wood 20 years ago and with Big Eyes now, he shows that he sympathizes and identifies with artists who are off the beaten path, but who take their art as seriously as the “elite” artists. Burton does indeed know how to let the best dramatic actors do some of their best work. While I like a “serious” film (or Burton's version of it) such as Big Eyes, I do want more Tim Burton movies like Beetlejuice and Sleepy Hollow, which are both Oscar-winners, by the way.
8 of 10
A
Thursday, June 11, 2015
NOTES:
2015 Golden Globes, USA: 1 win: “Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: (Amy Adams); 2 nominations: “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical” (Christoph Waltz) and “Best Original Song - Motion Picture” (Lana Del Rey and Daniel Heath for "Big Eyes")
2015 BAFTA Awards: 2 nominations: “Best Leading Actress” (Amy Adams) and “Best Production Design” (Rick Heinrichs and Shane Vieau)
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Famed Inker, Klaus Janson, Guest of Honor at 2015 Inkwell Awards
“It's exciting and rewarding to celebrate with fans in recognizing the industry’s best ink artists,” said Bob Almond, the non-profit organization’s founder and director. “Since one of the major awards organizations dropped their 'best inker' category years ago and later began awarding 'best penciller/inker team' to individuals, we've been proud to pick up the slack and show the world the vital and varied contributions made by inkers.”
Rather than just “Favorite Inker,” the Inkwells have five categories, including the “Props” award for under-recognized professionals, and the S.P.A.M.I., for favorite Small Press And Mainstream-Independent work. Thousands of voters visited and voted during May at the group’s web site to show their support.
The awards ceremony is scheduled this year for Friday (not Saturday as in the past), June 19 at 5:00 PM in room 209-210. In addition to past Hall of Fame award-winner and guest of honor Klaus Janson, other speakers include host Almond, presenters Mike McKone (Inkwell special ambassador) and Mark McKenna (2012 Sinnott Hall of Fame winner), plus Steve Hampton, Craig Yoe and Orion Zangara. Announced with the award-winners will be the two recipients of the annual Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award and the first recipient of the Special Recognition Award.
Other attendees include Inkwell ambassadors Mark Brooks, Cully Hamner, Laura Martin and Mike McKone, contributors Randy Green, Enrica Jang and Dan Panosian, and more. Also appearing will be the Ms. Inkwell spokesperson character, portrayed this time by Massachusetts model, Holly Black.
As an added bonus, the first 20 non-member attendees will receive a raffle ticket for an automatic door prize. After the event, every ticket holder will win a prize as explained at the ceremony.
The Inkwells will be set up in Artists Alley at table 307, offering for donations their new, 4th annual Joe Sinnott Inking Challenge book and plenty of other Inkwells merchandise to help raise much-needed funds. “We’re immensely grateful to Shelton Drum and the Heroes Con staff for supporting the community and giving fans an opportunity to learn more about and appreciate this often overlooked industry craft.”
The Inkwell Awards is an official 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public and promote the art form of comic-book inking, as well as annually recognize and award the best ink artists and their work. Now in its 8th year, the organization is overseen by a committee of industry professionals and assisted by various professional ambassadors and numerous contributors. They sponsor the Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Kubert School and host the Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award.
Web site: inkwellawards.com
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