Fannish Items of Interest

John Severin has passed away at the age of 90. May he rest in peace. He worked as both penciler, as well as artist, throughout his years at EC Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics. His work included The Incredible Hulk, Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos, Conan The Barbarian, What The--?!, Mad Magazine, Cracked, as well as many others, and he was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2003.

Kevin Conroy discusses Justice League: Doom.

25 descriptions of the strange beast that won the Westminster Dog Show.

The role of Sherlock Holmes will be played by Jonny Lee Miller, in CBS’ Elementary.

From Newsarama: 10 Hook-Ups On Infinite Earths. My favorite on that list is Booster Gold/Squirrel Girl.

First look at the artwork for Darwyn Cooke’s Watchmen.

Tim Burton’s intro for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Kevin Czap describes his love for Bill Sienkiewicz’s 1980’s run on the New Mutants.

The AV Club discusses The Micronauts. I was only fleetingly familiar with them in the 80’s, thanks to their crossover with the X-Men.

Some new stills from Snow White And The Huntsman.

The international trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man.

For those that are interested, Terror Transmission’s latest podcast discusses everything about the 1979 version of Dracula. The one starring Frank Langella, not Louis Jordan or George Hamilton.

The latest episode of the We Hate Movies podcast discusses Wes Craven’s Deadly Friend.

Writer's Block: Tossing and Turning

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Last night I dreamed that Bruce Wayne had a psychotic break from reality...well, stranger than any he's previously had. Rather than swing around dressed as a bat...he stole Starfire's costume, and a short cloak that resembled Raven's. Alfred merely shook his head when Bruce climbed into the Batmobile like that, and went to mend the other suits--and, eventually, phone Dick.

My only excuse is I had a slight headache because it was about to rain.

It's that, or last week's dream inspired by the latest Priceline commercial. William Shatner gets into the bus that will go over the cliff--and sees James Spader (in character as whoever he played in Boston Legal) is sitting there waiting for him. As it begins to go over the edge a minute and a half later, (before taking off flying train from Back to the Future style) George Takei peers in and says "Oh, my!" In that way that only he can say it.

ETA: Okay, looks like the Writer's Block question of the day did not manage to make the transition when I imported. It was this: "Tell us your weirdest dream."

Writer's Block: Tossing and Turning

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Last night I dreamed that Bruce Wayne had a psychotic break from reality...well, stranger than any he's previously had. Rather than swing around dressed as a bat...he stole Starfire's costume, and a short cloak that resembled Raven's. Alfred merely shook his head when Bruce climbed into the Batmobile like that, and went to mend the other suits--and, eventually, phone Dick.

My only excuse is I had a slight headache because it was about to rain.

It's that, or last week's dream inspired by the latest Priceline commercial. William Shatner gets into the bus that will go over the cliff--and sees James Spader (in character as whoever he played in Boston Legal) is sitting there waiting for him. As it begins to go over the edge a minute and a half later, (before taking off flying train from Back to the Future style) George Takei peers in and says "Oh, my!" In that way that only he can say it.