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Steven S. DeKnight would like to make Moon Knight...this would be cool.

Moon Knight TV Show?

Did you happened to obtain any of the GI Joe 250 Wondercon sketch variant (netho diaz cover)?

On ‎3‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 4:11 PM, Ryan. said:

I don't know what you collect but it stinks.

Very well might be the Post Of The Year

So what I get out of all of this is no one knows why Rob is no longer signing books that will be subbed for CGC

I'm not understanding the resistance to what's generally accepted as true, at this point?

Ask google the production budget of Justice League...Google even tells you its estimated at $300M.

I use IMDb for allot of my movie info...and they have listed the same number:

Box Office

1 hour ago, Silver Surfer said:

Yeah but who cares about those people? 

Disney

I'm excited for this...Looks like cool casting.

Truly has the chance to be a light-hearted and uplifting DC / WB film.

Orson Krennic to be cast as the main villain in Captain Marvel

Just had this commission finished.  I thought you guys in this thread would appreciate.

Pencils were done by Hama at the Camden Comic Con last year.

I handed it right over to Mark Morales who was also at the convention and he just completed the inks this week.

Hope to have this back from Mark by the end of the week.

Snake Eyes Vs. Storm Shadow

I'm going to guess Matt Slay

Yup Feb 2018 for the Black Panther.

So the MCU has got a Skrull infestation sometime in the 90's...while NicK Fury still has 20/20 vision.

On ‎7‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 8:39 PM, Bosco685 said:

‘Spawn’: Blumhouse Productions Sign on for R-Rated Adaptation

 

I'm both surprised and cautiously excited for this

Well this is good news.  Hopefully puts the negative rumor mill to rest for a couple minutes anyway.

41 minutes ago, Drummy said:

I saw WW a couple weeks back and think it's easily the DCU's most complete film -- acting good, direction solid, plot made sense based on the characters.  I haven't been a fan of Snyder's DC style apart from the visuals, so WW was a nice change of pace.

Best of it:

Gal Gadot's acting (a nice surprise) and WW's arc from determined naivete to sad understanding

Chemistry between Gadot and Pine

Origin story

Welcome humor to balance the tone

Worst of it:

Dull or lackluster villains (as much as Marvel has a villain problem, DC's is worse thus far except for Michael Shannon's take on Zod)

Some rather pedestrian CGI work

Underwhelming 'final battle' with Ares

Overall, I'd say 7.5/10 and a fine start to Gadot's career in the role.

Dan

 

Great and concise review. 

I personally bump it up to an 8 as I enjoyed David Thewlis. 

I also thought the final battle/cgi was imperfect, but I enjoyed seeing ARES finally don the armor I remember (almost a nod back to George Perez).

... and I enjoyed some of David's subtleties inhabiting the role for a bit.

21 hours ago, MedicAR said:

Two more which really surprised me.  I thought these covers were a no brainer for a Steranko CGC SS, but then I understand my point of view is unique at times.  As a result I've got a pair of one-of-a-kinds! 

Theres a story with these, too.  

I met Mr. Steranko in Kansas City at Planet Comicon this past April. Before I get going, let preface the story with this: I apparently have some of the absolute worst luck in meeting creators. I first met Mr. Steranko at SDCC in 2006. I thought he was arrogant and stand-offish as he (supposedly) would only come forward and speak if you bought an item from the Vanguard Publishing table. I seem to be the only person ever to have been told this or to have had this experience. I had the same experience with Jim Lee at KC a few years later and was the only one to have a negative experience there as well. By all accounts, both are fun an friendly guys, meaning that I either exude some negative vibe or managed to catch both at the worst second of their day. I prefer the second option but whatever.  

So, in KC it was a three day show and I only made the second two. I got there early Saturday but didn't get in early and he already had a significant line. I just kept an eye on things and went about my business but his line never seemed to shorten. He even took lunch (or went to a panel, I don't recall any panels with him but who knows?) and the line actually grew while he was gone. Sunday, I made him my #1 priority and got in early and made a bee line to his table. I was about sixth in line and had to wait more than an hour to get my turn with him.  

My time came and I approached slowly and with great reverence. I had a couple of books for him to sign, both the recent SHIELD books with the Kirby/Steranko covers, one in color one in black and white. We spoke briefly, he asked about what color to sign in and I told him that he was the artist so I trusted his judgement. We had a little banter about it and he signed them then asked if I knew the story behind the covers. I told him that I did (I honestly thought that I did), that the cover had been one of a few pages from an unused story. He just beamed and said, "No, that's not it." He proceeded to tell me how he had approached Stan Lee at Marvel Comics in the 60s and he had sat in a waiting area with a few other artists, all of who had "fancy $400 leather portfolios." He said that he had arrived with his art wrapped in newspapers because he "didn't need to spend that kind of money to show that I knew what I was doing." He said that he got his turn with Stan and that Stan immediately loved it but expressed concern about accountability. He recalled that Stan spun in his chair and rifled through some original art pages, finally snagging what would become this cover and another page, both penciled by Jack Kirby. He told Mr. Steranko to ink them and bring them back next Thursday at 2:00. Mr. Steranko kind of scoffed at this point, grinning and saying, "I didn't need a week for that, I could have had them done that night but I wanted to show that I could follow orders." He said he returned with the pages the next Thursday at 2 and Stan was blown away, and offered him work on any book he wanted. He took Strange Tales and the rest his history.  

This all reads like it only took a minute or two but this was close to a 20 minute story with all kinds of flourishes and embellishments. Mr. Steranko was clearly holding court and it was truly a sight to behold. He somehow managed to work in that it was his first time in KC....ever! I had to ask the obligatory, "did you have any barbecue?" to which he rolled his eyes and said, "YES! I tried the barbecue, I'm going to go find some sauce to spill on my shirt so everyone will quit asking!" With this, I grinned and asked how he felt about Italian food. He smiled and leaned in close like it was all suddenly a big secret. He said, "is there good Italian here?" I told him it was some great Italian and suggested Cascones restaurant. He straightened back up and asked the guy behind me, "does he know what he's talking about? Is there good Italian food here?" I cut him off, asking, "Really? You think a fat guy doesn't know good Italian food?" We laughed and carried on a bit more. He said that he wanted to try it and I told him I would gladly take him the next time he came to town. He told me to talk to the promoter and I said I'd put in a word about coming again next year. He said we'd go then.  

I don't imagine that we will actually have dinner, even if he does return, but that's what happened and it makes a great story.  

Fantastic stuff!  Stories like these are the reason I enjoy coming back to the Signature Room.  Thanks man.

On ‎6‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 4:53 PM, A-DONIS said:

It's back!!!!!!!!!!!

This looks amazing.  Even George Perez posted this (w/out the case) on his Twitter a few days ago.  He mentioned your name too.

Went to see it this week...had a free voucher from buying the old Mummy Blu-Ray set at Best Buy.

I enjoyed it for what it was...summer popcorn flick.

Great...no

Entertaining...yes

I'm more in line with the USA Today review than most of what's been written on Rotten Tomatoes.

Positives: Endeavored to be more in line with a horror theme than what we saw with some of the Frasier films, set-up the larger universe integrating it into the main story without senselessly plugging it in, didn't seem as forced to me as other critics have mentioned.  Better than decent performance from Cruise and Crowe.  I thought Crowe was especially fun and entertaining.  Nice blend of CGI and practical effects (didn't overly rely on CGI).  Good back story for 'The Mummy' and the curse, providing motive for the plot.  Well paced movie.

Drawbacks: -script had its issues, was uneven to put it kindly, and failed the actors in certain areas.  'Romantic interest' aspect of the story felt at times lacking, forced, & at the same time created unnecessarily exaggerated motives in key scenes.  I can't say more here without spoilers.

Overall, I'm a sucker for monster movies, so I still enjoyed it and I'm excited to see where Russell Crowe's character takes this in the future.

I'm more excited for this than Spider-man Homecoming, which really surprises me.

Enjoyed the trailer, and I thought seeing Klaw in the interrogation teases the beginning of the story well.

Great sketches, will definitely check it out!

I'm still a big fan of Spiderman 1 and 2.

Re-watched Spiderman just last year, and I was surprised how well it held up for me.

Really enjoyed Toby McGuire and Kristen Dunst, thought their awkward chemistry jumped off the screen and you could feel the emotion in Dunst's performance particularly.

I'll admit I agree with most of the criticisms in this thread...  But, I still like these two movies allot.

I also agree with Stan in that part of my nostalgia is that they are what really got the ball moving for the MCU it made the vision and possibilities seem viable for the first time on the big screen.

That said I'm not a fan of the 2.1 cut.  Just seemed unnecessarily long for me.  I usually love directors cuts and the like, but 2.1 just didn't do it for me, thought it was edited properly the first time.

They look great, large figures too.

23 hours ago, bluehorseshoe said:

Outstanding.  Nice nod to IH 340.  Beautiful piece.

Thanks!  Its just on a small piece of tracing paper but...I'll take it. 

Marat does some hyper detailed prelims, so they come out great. 

I think I'll get it framed up with the full comic to show the comparison.

Picked this up earlier this year, from the new GI Joe series.

Nice prelim by Marat Michaels on his variant cover for issue 1.