Heroes of the North

At Calgary Expo this year I was thrilled to meet some of the talent behind HEROES OF THE NORTH. A Canadian production about Canadian superheroes. I've been following their web-isodes for awhile now and they do a great job.
Great to see you guys out west! Thanks for coming and for all you readers out there, check out the Heroes web link above.

Check out an interview from  http://www.comicbookbin.com they did while at the expo.

Cosplay Alive and Well at Calgary Expo

Here are some of my pics from this weekends Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo My fav? The Batman Animated series BANE! The man was freakin' huge! That ain't no body suit he's wearing.

TDKR Viral Campaigne? and site update

The Dark Knight Rises official website has been updated. The the viral marketing begin!

THIS JUST IN!
Check out the official website for the NEW trailer!! http://thedarkknightrises.warnerbros.com/

Calgary Expo Day 2

GONG SHOW!!! but what do you expect when you have so many A-list guests coming to one spot. The staff at the Expo were great!
Today was about Walter and Astrid of FRINGE!
I know this sounds cliche, but .... the nicest people you would want to meet!  Very pleasant to talk to and grounded and funny.

 

The panel session they had was great, good questions, intelligent answers,  Jasika doesn't like the cow on set, John's ability to "fake" being high is questionable.

Calgary Expo Day 1

First day was GREAT at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo today. I met the one and only Adam West, sat in the Batmobile and got autographs from some great creators/writers/artists;

George Perez

 Steve Rude

 Ty Templeton

 Whilce Portacio

Calgary Expo Fan Commercial

TOMORROW THE CALGARY COMIC & ENTERTAINMENT EXPO STARTS!!!!!!
and to celebrate here is a cool fan made commercial for it! Enjoy.

TDKR fan poster art

http://needledesign.bigcartel.com/product/dark-knight-rises

What if the Avengers movie was made in 1978?

Pop Culture Safari!: Today's Best Thing Ever: What if the Avengers movi...: This is pretty brilliant:

Superheroes at the MET!

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2008/superheroes

The statue featuring superheroes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman was displayed during a media preview for the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 The symbolic and metaphorical associations between fashion and the superhero are explored in this compelling exhibition. Featuring movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear, it reveals how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body. Objects are organized thematically around particular superheroes, whose movie costumes and superpowers are catalysts for the discussion of key concepts of superheroism and their expression in fashion.

Arkham City: Game of the Year!

Batman: Arkham City The Game of the Year Edition includes:

o Full Game with all Updates
o All new DLC (Harley Quinn's Revenge)
o All previously released DLC packs
o Movie Download: Batman Year One (USA and Canada only)

Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo !!!!!

it's only a week away!
I'm very excited to meet, the one and only.....Adam West!! AND get my pic with the famous 60's Batmobile.
I've mentioned this before...HERE
But this year's guest line up it off the charts! so many great people coming. It's going to be an exhausting weekend.

• Adam West
• David Prowse
• John Noble & Jasika Nicole from TV's Fringe
• Stan Lee
• Robert Englund
• and way to many comic creator's and artist to mention!

Check out the website for more details and a complete list of attendees. 

Comic Book Confidential

Made in 1988, Ron Mann’s classic Comic Book Confidential was way ahead of its time. Mann, a master of documenting alternative cultures, set his sights on the history of the comic book industry—an industry that once was reviled for its violent content or considered too mainstream. Mann sits down with more than 20 of the most significant comic artists and writers in North America (including heavyweights such as Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Harvey Kurtzman and Gary Panter) and examines how our current cultural fabric has quietly been influenced by this warts-and-all alternative art form. Robin Smith, Hot Docs

ONE: A Space Odyssey

Original Barnabas, Jonathan Frid, Passes Away

http://nerdbastards.com/2012/04/19/original-barnabis-jonathan-frid-passes-away/

Dark Shadows star and fellow Canadian Jonathan Frid has passed away at the age of 87.

 “The 87-year-old actor reportedly died of natural causes at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario,” says the website. “Frid also starred in 1973 television movie The Devil’s Daughter and 1974 film horror Seizure. He filmed a cameo appearance – his final acting credit – in Tim Burton’s forthcoming film remake of Dark Shadows, which stars Johnny Depp as Barnabas.”

Beware the Batman Teaser Clip

Cool Stop Motion Video

Iron Man vs. RoboCop vs. Terminator

Holy Musical B@man!

Some Fanboys got together and wrote a musical. Campy and creative, the  people behind StarKid theatre company, which has its roots firmly embedded in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater, and Dance.

Check out their video on YouTube.

Holy Musical B@man! was written and directed by Matt Lang & Nick Lang and features music & lyrics by Nick Gage, with additional music by Scott Lamps.

Download the song "HOLY MUSICAL B@TMAN" for free on Bandcamp!: http://teamstarkid.bandcamp.com/album/holy-musical-b-man

The Amazing Spider-Man Japanese Trailer

Captain Canada?

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/04/02/captaincanada-pic/

I don't see a problem with this.

I wonder what Captain Canuck thinks, though? 

Young Avengers

Pure Gotham

Thinking of taking a trip to Gotham?

Batman, 'Smallville' lead DC Comics' digital charge

Batman, 'Smallville' lead DC Comics' digital charge – USATODAY.com

The publisher's digital line ramps up its original content beginning today with the debut of Smallville: Season 11, a weekly continuation every Friday of the long-running TV series based on the Superman mythos penned by show writer Bryan Q. Miller.

Next month sees the launch of Ame-Comi Girls, a weekly series available on Mondays based on DC's product line featuring Japanese manga-style versions of Wonder Woman and other superheroines written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray.

And on Thursdays beginning in June, a new digital Batman series will showcase stories of the Dark Knight outside of regular DC Comics continuity and feature artists and writers such as Ben Templesmith, Steve Niles, B. Clay Moore, Nicola Scott and Joshua Hale Fialkov. One all-star issue teams writer — and Lost co-creator —Damon Lindelof with artist Jeff Lemire (Animal Man, Sweet Tooth).

Legends of the Knight film for fans

LEGENDS OF THE KNIGHT is a feature-length documentary film about this truth. And we are capturing it through the lens of one of the most popular myths of our time – The Batman. But this movie isn’t about Batman. It’s about us. It is about who we are as people & who we desire to become. The most important Batman tales are not in comic books, TV shows, or Hollywood movies. They are within the people for whom the Dark Knight has become a symbol.

Bats & SuperM goofin'

http://www.worldofsuperheroes.com/superheroes/superman/damn-it-clark-funnies/

Parade of the Batmobiles!

Apparently this event was part of the filming for a DVD special to accompany Dark Knight Rises DVD release.

DC Nation - S.B.F.F. Batgirl Clip

Adam West gets a star on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame

Batman named greatest comic hero

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/28/batman-greatest-comic-hero?INTCMP=SRCH

Like I didn't know this already, but it's nice to have some validation, right?

Batman ... knocking out the competition Photograph: Jerry Robinson/AP

Batman's utility belt doesn't really compare to the superpowers of Spider-Man and Superman, but Gotham City's caped crusader has nonetheless been named the greatest comic hero of all time.
The readers of Comic Heroes magazine voted for Batman, the alias of billionaire Bruce Wayne, as their top comic hero, ahead of the second-placed Spider-Man and the third-placed Superman. The magazine is not the first to rank heroes from the world of comics: in 2008 Empire magazine put Superman top, followed by Batman and John Constantine, the exorcist created by Alan Moore, while the Man of Steel also topped a list from IGN.