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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1

by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

Co-Published By Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout

Top Shelf is proud to announce the all-new installment in the breathtaking series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill! In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1 ("1910" wink , our familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the brave new world of the 20th century!

CHAPTER ONE is set against a backdrop of London, 1910, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man upon the moon. In the bowels of the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create something called a Moonchild, while on London's dockside the most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has returned to carry on his grisly trade. Working for Mycroft Holmes' British Intelligence alongside a rejuvenated Allan Quartermain, the reformed thief Anthony Raffles and the eternal warrior Orlando, Miss Murray is drawn into a brutal opera acted out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mac the Knife. This one is not to be missed!

This book will be the first of three deluxe, 80-page, full-color, perfect-bound graphic novellas, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill -- with lettering by Todd Klein, and colors by Ben Dimagmaliw. Each self-contained narrative takes place in three distinct eras, building to an apocalyptic conclusion occurring in our own twenty-first century. -- 6 5/8" x 10 1/8"

SHIPPING APRIL 2009!

Annnd.. Part Two is reportedly due in September.

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Brian Wood announces ‘Channel Zero,’ ‘Jennie One’ rights reversion

Brian Wood announces the immediate and full reversion of publishing and all other rights for the critically-acclaimed Channel Zero and Channel Zero: Jennie One graphic novels.

First published in 1998 by Image Comics and later in 2000 by AIT/Planet Lar, Channel Zero is writer/artist Brian Wood’s first published comic, born out of a senior thesis project for Parsons School of Design. Critically acclaimed and hugely influential, the book went on to enjoy six editions in its collected form. Wired Magazine called it “surprising and fresh.” Famed comics creator Warren Ellis called it “one of the most uplifting comics of the 1990’s”.

I so want an oversized Absolute Channel Zero.

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Becky Cloonan seems to be hooking up with Dark Horse for some new projects...

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NYCC: Becky Cloonan on “Buffy” and “Pixu”

Dark Horse announced Friday at New York Comic Con that the international indie comic team of Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, and brothers Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon reunite for a very special one-shot titled “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires.” Written by Cloonan and illustrated by Lolos, with covers by Bá and Moon, this will be the first “Tales” feature since the Season 8 comic began. Dark Horse will also be offering a hardcover edition of “Pixu” (pronounced “pee-shu”) that the group had originally self-published.

She talks about these and East Coast Rising vol. 2 in a recent entry on her blog.

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Heroes Unite!

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Report: Tatsunoko, Marvel Aim for Joint TV Anime in 3 Years

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun paper reported on Tuesday that the toy giant Takara Tomy and the American comic entertainment company Marvel have agreed to work together on Marvel character toys for Japanese retail this fall. According to the report, Tatsunoko Production (the anime studio that became a subsidiary of Takara Tomy in 2005-2006) is producing a television anime with characters from both Tatsunoko's portfolio of anime titles and Marvel's library of comic series. The company aims to broadcast the anime in three years in Japan as well as in international markets.

Awe. Some!

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I wasn't expecting this..

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Marvel.com Streams Spider-Man Tokusatsu

The official website of Marvel Comics has begun streaming Toei's 1978-79 live-action special-effects (tokusatsu) version of Spider-Man on Thursday. Among other things, this version of Spider-Man, the alter-ego of Takuya Yamashiro, fights the evil Iron Cross Army with guns, a transformation bracelet, a Spidermachine GP-7 car and a transforming giant robot named Leopardon. More episodes will be added every Thursday.

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Good lord.. no wonder why Moore wants nothing to do with the movie industry.

From this weeks Lying in the Gutters...

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FOX FIGHTERS

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Years ago, 20th Century Fox was sued by movie producer Martin Poll and screenplay writer Larry Cohen over perceived similarities between the movie "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and the unproduced screenplay "Cast Of Characters."

It was this experience, including a ten hour deposition by lawyers, and the settlement of the suit by either Fox or Fox's insurance company that swore Alan Moore off allowing any of his comic book work to be translated into films, and his rejection of both credit and income from and movies that he didn't have copyright control over, such as the recent "Watchmen" adaptation by Zack Snyder.

The details of the suit have emerged in fits and bursts over the years, but last week I encountered a copy of the unexpurgated suit on producer Don Murphy’s website.

It reflects much of what has been reported, but has some rather hilarious details. Including the following;

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As set forth below, based upon evidence available thus far, Fox, in breach of its implicit agreement with plaintiffs, disclosed the concept behind COC to Moore with the intent to then falsely claim that LXG was based on the graphic novel and thereby conceal its theft of COC.

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Fox has had repeated prior dealings and direct contact with Moore at least since 1996.

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Upon information and belief, Rothman, or others at Fox under his direction, provided Moore with ideas from COC that are protected under state and federal law. Thus, Moore could write a graphic novel to provide a smokescreen behind which Fox could hide when plaintiffs inevitably saw COC being misappropriated as LXG.

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Indeed, while Fox hired screenwriters in 1998 (as reported in Variety) to base LXG on the graphic novel by Moore, the novel itself was not published or finished until the following year, in 1999.

Basically they accuse Alan Moore of willingly entering into a conspiracy with Fox studio heads, to deprive the plaintiffs of their ideas and create a comic book based on them.

I'd like you all, knowing what you do of Alan Moore, to consider if that is in any way possible. Taking existing ideas, sure. He's generally transparent about that. But conspiring with studio heads to steal them?

And while the plaintiffs list many similarities/coincidences between the two scripts, the big elephant in the room is not addressed. That if Fox really, really wanted to produce a "Cast of Characters"-type film without paying for it, why pay the just-under-two-million dollars to buy the LXG rights and hire three screenwriters to create the LXG screenplay?

Also, the plaintiffs seem to think that Dr Frankenstein and Jack the Ripper were in the LXG movie. Not the one I watched.

Other good stuff in the column includes a bit about the defunct Sandman 20th Anniversary project and why it never happened.

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SDCC 09 will have the first glimpse at the Madhouse/Marvel collaboration as trailers of Wolverine and Iron Man will be run. But.. that's not all. Now, the writer of the four productions has been revealed..

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SD09: Marvel Anime toons preview with Warren Ellis

Marvel Entertainment Inc., has partnered with renowned Japanese animation studio Madhouse (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers) to create four all new anime versions of classic Marvel Super Heroes. Get an exciting first glimpse of two of the planned four series at this year’s Comic-Con International, the country’s leading comics and popular arts convention. The Marvel Animation Panel will be held on Friday, July 24, and will include an exclusive first look at official teaser trailers for two of these new series, hosted by writer and multiple-Eagle Award winner Warren Ellis, who will appear to discuss writing the all new adventures of these re-imagined Super Heroes.

These Marvel Anime TV series are being created as a way of merging the beloved Marvel Super Heroes of western culture with the bold animation tradition of Japan. The resulting product will be four visually groundbreaking anime series featuring popular Super Heroes redesigned and repurposed as emerging from the fabric of Japanese culture. The series is expected to begin appearing on the Animax channel in Japan in spring of 2010.

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This made me squeal like a little girl...

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Brian Wood and Rebekah Isaacs to DV8 at WildStorm

An Eisner-nominated writer and artist best known for an uncommonly large body of gritty, character-driven, violent and political creator-owned work including “Channel Zero,” “Demo,” “Local,” “Northlanders” and the long-running Vertigo series “DMZ,” Brian Wood is finally ready to take on his dream project:

A 1990s superhero book set in the WildStorm Universe! A little team you may have heard of called… DV8. Wait, what?

“This is the thing that is probably going to surprise a lot of people who read my work, and also make me sound a little dorky, but I've literally been trying to write this book for most of my career,” Wood confessed to CBR News. “I've pitched DV8 to WildtStorm easily a half-dozen times over the last decade, and even this version now wasn't the easiest sell in the world. I like to think it speaks to the quality of my story that it convinced WildStorm to re-launch this book despite not having any previous plans to do so.”

This the first time I've been interested in anything coming out of Wildstorm since the failed soft reboot!

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More Marvel/Madhouse titles confirmed at the panel today.

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Marvel Confirms Blade, X-Men, Planet Hulk Anime

The North American comic publisher Marvel has confirmed at its Marvel Animation panel at Comic-Con International on Saturday that Blade, X-Men, and Planet Hulk anime are being produced in Japan. The Planet Hulk project will be a direct-to-DVD movie produced by the Madhouse anime studio for a 2010 release. Marvel had previously revealed that Madhouse is animating the Iron Man and Wolverine characters in Japan for Japanese audiences.

Also... We have trailers! I dunno if they're supposed to be up yet, haven't seen them linked on any official news site, so get 'em while they're hot. Wolverine looks to be heavily re-imagined. Iron Man, not so much. Warren Ellis is confirmed as writing both of them.

Iron Man

Wolverine

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Courtesy of The Beat..

Grant Morrison and Clive Barker got together at Meltdown Comics and chatted for about a while. They cover various topics including how they like their eggs done, Final Crisis, Wonder Woman, the difference between Marvel and DC styles, a Q&A session and more.

Grant Morrison/Clive Barker part 1

I also compiled all the part into a lil' playlist.. Morrison/Barker at Meltdown Comics.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1

by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

Co-Published By Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout

Top Shelf is proud to announce the all-new installment in the breathtaking series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill! In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1 ("1910" wink , our familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the brave new world of the 20th century!

CHAPTER ONE is set against a backdrop of London, 1910, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man upon the moon. In the bowels of the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create something called a Moonchild, while on London's dockside the most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has returned to carry on his grisly trade. Working for Mycroft Holmes' British Intelligence alongside a rejuvenated Allan Quartermain, the reformed thief Anthony Raffles and the eternal warrior Orlando, Miss Murray is drawn into a brutal opera acted out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mac the Knife. This one is not to be missed!

This book will be the first of three deluxe, 80-page, full-color, perfect-bound graphic novellas, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill -- with lettering by Todd Klein, and colors by Ben Dimagmaliw. Each self-contained narrative takes place in three distinct eras, building to an apocalyptic conclusion occurring in our own twenty-first century. -- 6 5/8" x 10 1/8"

SHIPPING APRIL 2009!

Annnd.. Part Two is reportedly due in September.