I’m Going to Comic-Con 2008!

All the details are finally worked out, i’m going to my first San Diego Comic-Con International tomorrow.

The schedule is a little daunting, all the panels on the latest TV shows and Movies!  I’m going to try to see as much as possible.

Here is a link to the schedule

I am going to be using Twitter to post blog updates during the entire convention, if you already use Twitter just follow mbnewman.  If you don’t use Twitter, you can just follow the messages athttp://www.twitter.com/mbnewman .

We do hope to have shows again soon, I need to get back in touch with the guys.  It’s been a really hectic year.  Maybe my Comic-Con report will be the perfect excuse.

Server Problems

I’m having server problems with the site, my web host is complaining that the site is using too much CPU on the shared hosting, i’m disabling the news component for right now until I can figure it out.  I apologize if you come here for your Superhero Movie News.  Here are the sites that the news feed uses:

http://www.comics2film.com

http://www.superherohype.com

http://www.superheroflix.com

http://www.comicbookresources.com

Starfest 2008 Schedule Update

I’ve swapped around the 11am and Noon program slots on both Saturday and Sunday, I don’t want my stuff to have to compete with Masi Oka and Nana Visitor.

The Trailers are now on Saturday at 11:00am.  The Movie News (Live Podcast) is now on Sunday at 11:00am.

I won’t have time to change the schedule on the website here, but it will be correct in the main program guide.

Starfest 2008 Video Room Schedule

Here is the schedule for Starfest 2008 (subject to change based on guest schedules)

Superhero Cinema Starfest 2008
Marriott DTC – Denver CO

For more detais on the Convention go to http://www.starland.com

Starfest 2008 Flyer

Superhero Cinema’s quest to show the best, the brightest, and yes even the "cheesiest" examples of Superheroes in Movies and TV continues. We’re going to have some fun this year, with a Mystery Men Party, Marvel Movie Video Trivia Game, Movie News and more. Featuring TV and Movie appearances by Starfest in person guests Zachary Quinto (Heroes), Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek), Nana Visitor (Deep Space Nine), Anne Lockhart (Battlestar Galactica) and Adam Baldwin (Chuck and Firefly).

Starfest – April 18-20 2008

Podcast Issue #18 – Who’s Your Showrunner?

Comics pick of the week: Gutsville #2

One of the many things I love about the world of comic books is its acceptance, both as a publishing industry and a reading audience, of bizarre ideas.  This remark may sound strange in reference to an entertainment medium so completely dominated to a single genre, but even within the superhero genre comic book publishers have shown much more willingness to explore unusual themes and ideas, from Alan Moore’s thought-provoking reworking of Swamp Thing to Walter Simonson’s “Frog of Thunder” story in Thor, which saw Marvel’s God of Thunder transformed into a frog for three issues.

Which brings us to Gutsville, a story with a setting so bizarre you will only find it in a comic book.

The premise of Gutsville is that in 1850 the SS Daphne, a British ship bound for Australia, is swallowed whole by a giant sea monster.  But instead of being digested, the crew and passengers survive and build a permanent settlement in the beast’s stomach, surviving by fishing for salvage every time the monster swallows.  The story opens 157 years later, with the descendents of the Daphne‘s original survivors led by a religious sect who believe they must purify their spirits before they will be allowed to return to “the dryplaces of the Earth.”  The main character is Albert Oliphant, who has just inherited his recently deceased father’s job of catching the giant mutant rats that prowl the fleshy passageways of Gutsville. The plot thickens when Albert finds that his father has drawn a detailed map of the maze of passageways, which may just show a way out of the beast.

This entirely original set-up is accompanied by some sharp writing and an intricate plot by British novelist Simon Spurrier, and gorgeous, atmospheric painted artwork by Frazer Irving.  It is set to be a six issue limited series, but with a setting this rich and complex that hardly seems like enough issues to do the idea justice.  It seems like there is a lot of Gutsville to explore, so here’s hoping Albert won’t find his way out too soon…

Podcast Issue #17 – The Short One

Beginning of September 2007

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Podcast Issue #16 – Those Blogging Directors

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Podcast Issue #15 – Comic-Con, Comic-Con, Comic-Con

Beginning of August 2007

Emails and corrections

1.    Timelord from Jonja.net asks about Green Hornet
2.    Linnie G about Cillian Murphy in The Dark Knight
3.    USPS Marvel Stamps
4.    Ray Stevenson was Titus Pullo in Rome.
5.    Last day of Comic-Con sold out

Comic Con Discussion

You’ll have to listen to get the details.

Rumors

None this time, it’s all part of the Comic-Con discussion.

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