Archive for August, 2010

The Harvey Awards honor WEDNESDAY COMICS

As our very own Ian Sattler reminded y’all, this weekend is the Baltimore Comic Con. Part of the festivities include The Harvey Awards, named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents. The Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art.
The 2010 edition of the Harveys just [...]

August 29, 2010: Heroic Ambition – DVD Review

Heroic Ambition is the new superhero entertainment documentary featuring Scott Cranford, founder of HeroicWorld.com and former official “Superman” of Metropolis, Illinois.
Scott was chosen as the city’s Superman in a nationwide contest in 2000 and for eight years, flew from Los Angeles to Metropolis to portray the Man of Steel for the annual Superman Celebration.
If you think you know all there is to know about the Superman Celebration, I can assure you that this documentary will open your eyes to so much more.
Although most of the documentary footage is from 2007, a few glimpses of Celebrations past are featured including Scott (in full Superman costume) and his fiance Marcella’s wedding in 2001 at Washington Park where the very first Superman Celebration was held.

August 28, 2010: Christopher Reeve Superman Figure Coming this Winter

Hot Toys have announced that they will release an all new Christopher Reeve figure in full Superman regalia this winter.
“Our dear fans, this Winter Hot Toys will be bringing you surprise from the highly anticipated SUPERMAN (1978) movie license! Long-awaited by fans from all over the world, we’ll launch the first-of-his kind 1/6th scale collectible figure of this American superhero acted by notable artist Christopher Reeve!”

August 27, 2010: From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast

Welcome to the 64th episode of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast! This podcast has a simple premise; examine just about every Superman comic published between Man of Steel #1 in 1986 to Adventures of Superman #649 in 2006 in an informative and hopefully entertaining format.

Part index. Part commentary. Part history lesson. All podcast.

This time out Mike and Jeff finally get around to covering the WORLD’S FINEST mini-series from 1990 and the final result is…well, the final result is a bit more casual than the usual episode of this show. Sure they talk about the story and the art and the whole Batman and Superman trading cities thing. They also discuss why they really didn’t like the series all that much. In between all of that, though, they go on a number of digressions that go all over the map and generally have more fun than should be allowed.

Next Week: The Sinbad Contract. Jeff and Mike have a lot of good things to say about this one.

You can subscribe to the show in two ways. First there is the RSS Feed and there is also the iTunes link. You can also download the episode directly.

If you want to comment on the show or contact the hosts you can always private message Mike and Jeff, leave comments here or email them at fromcrisistocrisis@gmail.com. All questions, concerns, fears, trepidations and cheap shots are welcome.

August 27, 2010: From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast

Welcome to the 64th episode of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast! This podcast has a simple premise; examine just about every Superman comic published between Man of Steel #1 in 1986 to Adventures of Superman #649 in 2006 in an informative and hopefully entertaining format.

Part index. Part commentary. Part history lesson. All podcast.

This time out Mike and Jeff finally get around to covering the WORLD’S FINEST mini-series from 1990 and the final result is…well, the final result is a bit more casual than the usual episode of this show. Sure they talk about the story and the art and the whole Batman and Superman trading cities thing. They also discuss why they really didn’t like the series all that much. In between all of that, though, they go on a number of digressions that go all over the map and generally have more fun than should be allowed.

Next Week: The Sinbad Contract. Jeff and Mike have a lot of good things to say about this one.

You can subscribe to the show in two ways. First there is the RSS Feed and there is also the iTunes link. You can also download the episode directly.

If you want to comment on the show or contact the hosts you can always private message Mike and Jeff, leave comments here or email them at fromcrisistocrisis@gmail.com. All questions, concerns, fears, trepidations and cheap shots are welcome.

August 27, 2010: New Smallville Final Season Images

Varying sites around the net have been posting two new pictures from upcoming Smallville episodes.

The Ausiello Files gets the exclusive, with pictures featuring another image harkening back to the first season of the show, along with a new Jonathan Kent picture:

August 27, 2010: New Smallville Final Season Images

Varying sites around the net have been posting two new pictures from upcoming Smallville episodes.

The Ausiello Files gets the exclusive, with pictures featuring another image harkening back to the first season of the show, along with a new Jonathan Kent picture:

August 27, 2010: Christopher Reeve Superman Action Figure Incoming

Hot Toys have unveiled a teaser for a new upcoming toy that just might interest readers of this site:

For more news on this upcoming Christopher Reeve action figure as it comes to pass, stay tuned. In the meanwhile, check out the facebook page for Hot Toys for more information.

August 27, 2010: Christopher Reeve Superman Action Figure Incoming

Hot Toys have unveiled a teaser for a new upcoming toy that just might interest readers of this site:

For more news on this upcoming Christopher Reeve action figure as it comes to pass, stay tuned. In the meanwhile, check out the facebook page for Hot Toys for more information.

Eddie Berganza says hello, goodbye to SUPERMAN/BATMAN with #75

Wow, can’t believe I’m saying goodbye to two of my babies at the same time.
My daughter Kim is going off to college and I’m leaving the editorial reigns of SUPERMAN/BATMAN.
Neither is easy.
But both got great going away parties.
For S/B#75 it was awesome putting together the list of attendees.
Paul Levitz and Jerry Ordway were the opening [...]