Green Lantern release date changed
After four successful DC Universe releases, the fifth is coming down the pipeline, and coming fast. "Green Lantern: First Flight" has now had its street date listed as July 28th 2009, almost exactly 50 years s...
Susan Boyle Goes Gangsta
Susan Boyle was an instant internet success the second she shared her dulcet tones with Simon Cowell and the rest of "Britain's Got Talent," so it's only fair that she's earned a parody video.
Eric Schwa...
Transformers 2 contest can send a Bostonian to L.A.
At tomorrow's screening of Michael Bay's 2007 hit "Transformers" at the Boston Common Loews, one lucky fan will have the chance to win a free trip to the "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" premiere in Los An...
Twilighters know what lurks the halls of Boston Latin
Something pale white and ice cold has allegedly been lurking the halls of Boston Latin, a prestigious Massachusetts exam school, and it's not just the Bostonian students and faculty. In attempts to quell rumors...
Overhyping it! ‘Watchmen’ companion books… better than the movie?
Okay, so I went to see that little movie based on some four-color funny book that just hit theaters, "Watchmen," and maybe it was the inundation that comes along with every big-budget movie like this, but when ...
Watchmen is not as weird as it should be
The deconstructionist middle finger of Alan Moore's "Watchmen" showed an industry built around taking masked heroes seriously just how silly it was.
It was the punk kid in the back of the classroom who knew...
Interview: Lauren Montgomery of “Wonder Woman”
NEW YORK -- The highly-anticipated Wonder Woman animated feature will be released March 3 on DVD. The movie tells an updated version of Wonder Woman's origins and her first big showdown.
The feature stars Ke...
“Wonder Woman” is, well, a wonder
The animated masterpiece we would see at NYCC or our TV.
Interview: Michael Uslan
Blast had the chance to sit down with New York City Comic Con Guest of Honor Michael Uslan, an executive producer for all of the Batman movies and the foremost authority on comic book history and legacy toda...
Time well spent: Jim Lee and Marv Wolfman
NEW YORK -- From commercial cover artist to rogue to video game director, Jim Lee's signature is synonymous with modern comics' culture.
Lee is the executive creative director for Sony's upcoming DC Univer...
Tony Stark at New York Comic-con?
There's nothing more obvious than a pack of security guards wrapped around someone who is trying to be seen, so these two tried a different approach to roaming unnoticed through the artist gallery.
Cosplayers in the Big Apple
NEW YORK -- The 2009 New York Comic Con wrapped up yesterday evening after three days of fan insanity. And while there are many divides between the Star Wars fans and the anime fans and the Halo fans and everyo...
A chaste discussion of the first 18 minutes of Watchmen
The 18 minutes of "Watchmen" footage reaffirmed what I already anticipated - "Watchmen" is brilliant. Dave Gibbons, co-creator and illustrator of the "Watchmen" graphic novel, discussed with the audience how director Zack Snyder incorporated a combination of scenes both in and outside of the comic book to create a better visual picture for all audiences to appreciate. I was awed how, within the first 10 minutes of footage, "Watchmen" had managed to establish the idea of "the Doomsday clock is always five minutes to midnight" and the fact the film takes place in an alternate time where Nixon is still president.
Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories
This is the first of a new line of articles about old-school comic books. [...]
Obama’s hot as lava
Lava lamps have commemorated popular characters like Elvis or Superman through the years. But in the 45 year history of the original company, Lava Lamp LLC., they never got involved like this. That is, until Ob...
Watching the fate of Watchmen
Everyone is watching the Watchmen--or rather, everyone is watching the dueling studios 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers as the fate of the highly-anticipated film is gradually shrouded in uncertainty and confusion. With Rorschach, the Comedian, Silk Specter, Nite Owl, and the rest of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' brilliant cast so tantalizingly close to the silver screen, fans and film-lovers alike are anxious over the conflict. Will there be "Watchmen" on the night of March 6th, the day of the film's scheduled release? Or will the conflict remain unresolved, as many fear, and result in postponement or even cancellation?
6 or 7 Popes?
The Sunday comics have always been the best, though in an increasingly paperless world, we often forget that the comic section even exists.
Now there's a new comic strip to look forward to every Sunday witho...
Comic-con 2008: All eyes watching “Watchmen”
Director Zack Snyder tried to stay as true to the original story as a two-and-a-half-hour movie can to a 416 page novel.
"Making a movie about the war on terror and [modern politics] seemed really wrong in a lot of ways to me," said Snyder. "It's cooler if people go, 'Oh hey, this makes me think,' instead of me telling people what to think."
