SubscribeElsewhere on Loyal Minions: Marvel Comics | X-Men | Captain America | Fantastic Four | Thor | Avengers | Wolverine | Hulk | Daredevil |
# 7 Blogger
Newsarama
Newsarama (blog.newsarama.com) has great Spider-Man news, photos, videos and more
Monday, Jan 11
Spider-Man 4 officially scrapped and reboot planned
According to Deadline, Comicbook Movie, and now mentioned on our front page, Spider-Man 4 is officially deader than Uncle Ben. Here is a sample of the official Sony press release: Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today they are moving forward with a film based on a script...
Malkovich is the Vulture AND in Red?
Being John Malkovich must be nice, since he's being talked up in not one, but THREE different comic book films. [image:12281:c] In addition to doing extra shoots for Jonah Hex, the big rumor going around is that Malkovich might take flight -- as a bad guy in Spider-Man 4. According to ComingS...
Thursday, Jan 7
Thor movie date surges ahead
Talk about a save worthy of Avengers history -- with Spider-Man 4 delayed, Paramount and Marvel Studios are filling the void by bumping up the release date of the Thor film! [image:12256:c] Variety has reported that the Kenneth Branagh-helmed picture starring Chris Hemsworth as the Go...
Wednesday, Jan 6
Spider-Man 4’s Tangled Web
Production sense, tingling! That's the word from the Hollywood Reporter, who says that Spider-Man 4 has been delayed, due to Sam Raimi and Sony not being able to agree on who should play the villain or villains in the movie. (John Malkovich as the Vulture? Okay -- Anne Hathaway as Felicia Ha...
Saturday, Jan 2
Review: Spider-Man 2099
image:12230:r] Spider-Man 2099 Written by Peter David Penciled by Rick Leonardi, with Kelley Jones Inked by Al Williamson, with Mark McKenna Colored by Steve Buccellato & Noelle Giddings Lettered by Rick Parker Only 89 more years until this becomes the Spider-Man of today! Years...
Sunday, Dec 27
Linkarama@Newsarama
Spider-Man spins web at Gov Isle": The New York Post’s Rich Calder has a short blog article about the real-world setting of Spider-Man’s most recent adventure, and talks to writer Fred Van Lente about the two-part “Keemia’s Castle” story in Amazing Spider-Man #615 and #616. It couldn’t h...
Monday, Dec 21
Linkarama@Newsarama - Newsarama
Linkarama@Newsarama Newsarama (blog) But what about Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Commissioner Gordon #1 and Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom—New Ways to Die #1? ... and more »
Monday, Dec 14
AVENGERS REASSEMBLED 3: Brian Bendis - The Flagship Captain
And then I yelled out the thing I've been thinking since I was 8 years old: "Why aren't Spider-Man and Wolverine on the Avengers?" And a verbal fight broke ...
Writer MARC GUGGENHEIM Springs Into ACTION (COMICS)
The series' new writer is Marc Guggenheim, who's been on Amazing Spider-Man most recently, although most DC readers probably know him for his run on The ...
Friday, Dec 11
AVENGERS REASSEMBLED 2: The Anatomy of a Relaunch
While the move was controversial – particularly the addition of Spider-Man and Wolverine to the team – Marvel took the team in a whole new direction, ... Marvel publisher acknowledges price hike may affect 'bottom third' of titlesComic Book Resources
Wednesday, Dec 9
Outlook 2010: Comic Books in the Next 365 - pt. 1, Retailers
Retailers have to become more welcoming to parents of young readers wanting Star Wars and Spider-Man comics as well as casual customers. ...
Tuesday, Dec 8
WEEKLY WEBBING with WELLS: Anti-Venom, Punisher, Lizard
One of the most well-received character revamps in the Amazing Spider-Man run of the last two years has been Eddie Brock as Anti-Venom, ...
Monday, Dec 7
Best Shots: JONAH HEX, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, More
Brian Michael Bendis keeps Peter Parker's friends close and his enemies closer in this issue of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, as our hero gains another ...
Thursday, Dec 3
Best Shots Extra: SPIDER-MAN NOIR: EYES WITHOUT A FACE #1
Peter Parker, the Spider-Man Three months after the events in first Spider-Man Noir and the death of the Goblin left a void of a crime boss and there is a ...
Wednesday, Dec 2
Best Shots Advance: DARK AVENGERS ANNUAL #1
While I find his Ultimate Comics Spider-Man some superlative stuff, in many other books -- including the main Dark Avengers title, and New Avengers, ... and more »
Monday, Nov 30
Best Shots: BLACKEST NIGHT, GIANT SIZE THOR
Amazing Spider-Man #613 (Marvel Comics; Review by George Marston) I cannot express my love for the current run of Spider-Man strongly enough. ... and more »
Sunday, Nov 29
Bringing up Spider-Baby?
Fan rage sense, tingling!! [image:12029:c] While many of us were either eating turkey, traveling, or both, I saw an interesting statement made by Joe Quesada over at his Cup O' Joe column at the end of last week, when asked about stage three of the Brand New Day revamp of Amazing Spider-Man...
Monday, Nov 23
Anatomy of a Spider-Weekly
Comics are always a bit of a circus behind the scenes, with writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists, letterers, reviewing proofs, sending stuff to production, pre-press, handling interviews with news outlets... [image:12014:c] But imagine what Amazing Spider-Man has to go through. Pri...
Thursday, Nov 12
Spider-Man: Threat or Menace?
Gosh darn that Parker luck! [image:11921:c] The L.A. Times has reported that Ol' Spidey has gotten himself into a little bit of a tangled web -- with the LAPD. What happened? 39-year-old Spider-Man impersonator Christopher Loomis was arrested by police, after calls came in of Spider-Man a...
Tuesday, Nov 10
WEEKLY WEBBING Goes Digital
Comic Book Resources Subscribers to Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited will get an extra peek into Spidey's world as new, in-continuity Spider-Man comics by writer Bob Gale and ... Scott's Classic Comics Corner: 1967 - A Year in ReviewComic Book Resources
The Best and Worst Villains of BND Spidey
Love it or hate it, one of the touchstones of the thrice-monthly Amazing Spider-Man books has been the amount of new villains brought to the series. Topless Robot has a great post up, listing their all-time, top five Best and Worst of these new villains. A highlight: 4) Overdrive [image:119...
Monday, Nov 2
Happy birthday, Steve Ditko!
image:11822:c] Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Hawk and Dove, turned 82 today. Congratulations, Steve! [Via HiFi]
Saturday, Oct 31
Happy Halloween From Spider-Man
image:11809:c] Spider-Man: The Short Halloween Written by Bill Hader and Seth Meyers Art by Kevin Maguire Published by Marvel Comics This one passed me by when it first came out earlier this year. As a special Halloween treat, let's look back at this delightful one-shot. How often is it tha...
Thursday, Oct 29
Blog@Ween: What Would Spider-Man Think?
It's time again to interview one of the heroic icons of comicdom regarding their representation in the land of Halloween costumes. With a little help from Daily Bugle photog Peter Parker, we were able to round-up some time with our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. NRAMA: Thanks, Spidey...
Wednesday, Oct 7
“Venom” script finds writer AND director?
According to the blog Heat Vision, an offshoot of The Hollywood Reporter, Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) is handling yet another Spider-Man-related production (he's currently writing Spider-Man 4): Venom and also possibly directing it. Ross, who is a three-time Academy Awa...
Thursday, Sep 3
Is the Spidey musical back on track?
The New York Post has reported that despite some "cash-flow" problems that have sent their leads scrambling for discarded movie deals, the Spider-Man musical may have found its hero... [image:11438:c] ...Bono. According to the Post, the musician-cum-fundraising-mogul has gotten some of h...
Wednesday, Sep 2
Batman named UK’s most popular superhero
I chalk it up to prep time. The Telegraph reports that Batman has nudged past Spider-Man and Superman to be the most popular superhero in the UK. The results were tabulated by the sci-fi site SFX.co.uk. "No matter how often he's reinvented - a noir detective in the 40s, a camp icon ...
Tuesday, Aug 18
Stan Lee to hit Long Beach Comic Con
Stan "The Man" Lee will be opening this year's Long Beach Comic Con, organizers have announced! The creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Hulk will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at this year's convention, taking place on Friday, October 2nd. In addition, five fans who buy thei...
Monday, Aug 17
Spidey returns to Macy’s Parade
Spider-Man will be zooming down New York City as he makes his larger-than-life return to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year! [image:11334:c] The New York Post announced that Ol' Webhead will be returning after a decade's hiatus. " 'When is Spider-Man coming back?' is a questio...
Wednesday, Jul 29
Rachelle Lefevre dumped from Twilight sequel
image:11213:r]Yesterday, Summit Entertainment took another step to piss off fangirls nationwide. They announced that Bryce Dallas Howard (best known to comic fans as Spider-Man 3's Gwen Stacy, or perhaps as Ron Howard's daughter) would be replacing Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria, th...
Thursday, Jun 4
Opinion: I've got your Ultimate Spider-Man requiem right here: The ...
NJ Looking at the numbers available to those of us who don't work for Marvel, I don't know how well it worked. Perhaps not as well as Marvel might have hoped (That is, it's not like one-in-three people who saw the Spider-Man movies bought a subscription ... Ultimate Spider-Man #133 Review IGN
Saturday, Jan 3
Linkarama@Newsarama
I didn’t even realize half of these guys had died: “Top Ten Character Deaths of 2008” A question for British readers: Is Spider-Man hyphenated on your side of the Atlantic, or is it spelled “Spiderman” like “Batman?” I assume the former, but this piece on the favorite superheroes of the ca...
Saturday, Dec 27
Yahoo’s Top 10 Superheroes
Yahoo.com just released a list of its 10 most popular superheroes of the year. The rankings are based on the number of hits through their search engine. You can probably guess most of the names on the list: 1. Batman 2. Iron Man 3. Spider-Man 4. Hulk 5. Superman 6. X-Men 7. Hellboy 8. Wolverine 9. Wonder Wom...
Tuesday, Dec 23
NYCC: Bash of the Titans
Carmine Infantino: The man who help found the Silver Age. An artist at DC Comics, Infantino was called upon to help redesign the Flash. Carmine came up with the red-and-yellow blur that is famous today, and the series’ popularity spawned a new era for superheroics. After working on series su...
Wednesday, Sep 24
The Fifth Color - Burying Caesar
Man, what a day for comics, guys. Today, live and in person at your local comic shop is not only All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #10, but Ultimates 3 #5 and Hulk #6. For me at least, this is the equivalent of a new Mystery Science Theater box set coming out; long, dipped in snark and funny...
Friday, Sep 12
How a Wonder Man pitch became a Spider-Man classic
A lot of fans still fondly remember J.M. DeMatteis’ “Kraven’s Last Hunt” story that ran in the Spider-Man titles back in the 1980s. In fact, several people commenting on Kevin’s post about the next two Spider-Man films brought up the story when suggesting plot ideas for the film franchise.
Tuesday, Aug 19
Can’t Wait for Wednesday
For Marvel it’s all about collections: Mighty Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Punisher: War Journal Classic, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and X-Men: Divided We Stand, for starters. Air #1 The Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Vol. 2, hardcover
Wednesday, Aug 6
The Fifth Color - Ultimate Distance
It may be a change but it’s one that’s couched in familiarity and a certain amount of sincerity towards the original origins, so to speak. It was new and fresh but didn’t exactly move from the rock solid ideals we all loved about the Marvel U. The Ultimates line had just enough of this to keep t...
Saturday, Jul 19
Grumpy Old Fan Extra: We can’t stop here. This is bat country.
That’s not really saying much, mind you — each of the others, including Batman Begins and the animated Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, has its own set of flaws. However, The Dark Knight is also among the best superhero films ever made. The only others in its class are Superman* and Spider-Man 2 –...
Tuesday, Jul 1
WW Chicago: No, wait! Comics ARE for kids!
The Comics Are for Kids Too! panel was made up of Art Baltazar and Franco from Tiny Titans, Peter David (mostly because of his work on Marvel Adventures Spider-Man), Josh Elder and Russel Lissau from The Batman Strikes, and Owly’s Andy Runton.
Thursday, May 29
Opinion: Screen Bites
Sony says it’s not searching for a new Peter Parker Sony Pictures representatives deny this week’s Big Internet Rumor that the studio is considering a replacement for Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 4. The Ticker • Eight superheroes who deserve a shot at a movie franchise reboot. [IGN]
Tuesday, May 27
Screen Bites
Rumor mill: Fugit, Angarano top list for Spider-Man 4 Another day, another Spider-Man 4 casting rumor … Last week it was confirmed that Sony Pictures has renewed its film rights to the Spider-Man franchise, which may account for the latest rounds of gossip about who may play Peter Parker.
Sunday, May 25
Quote, Unquote
“I finally caught “Iron Man” Friday night and found it just as entertaining as advertised. But an hour or so after getting home, I stumbled upon “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” on HBO, a fitting reminder of the raging inconsistency at Marvel Entertainment.”
Wednesday, May 14
Screen Bites
In the piece, writer Boris Kit zeros in on that shared-universe aspect, which he describes as one of Marvel’s hallmarks, dating back to 1961: “… What happened in one book impacted another. If Spider-Man injured his arm helping the Fantastic Four fight Paste Pot Pete in an issue of Fantasti...
Wednesday, May 7
Opinion: Does Whatever A Spider Can. If that involves being shunned a lot, apparently.
“When it went from being part of the Marvel Universe to very high-grade fan-fic I lost what little interest I had in the character. And I still think they way they turned it from part of the Marvel Universe to high-grade fan-fic is one of the most insultingly stupid plot devices in comic book h...
