Just over an hour ago, it was reported that Edgar Wright is leaving the director’s chair of Marvel’s phase 3 film: Ant-Man. The reason given is as follows from Deadline: Marvel and Edgar Wright jointly announced today that the studio and director have parted ways on ANT-MAN due to differences in their vision of the film….
Kickstarter of the Week: Strong Female Protagonist
This week, the Strong Female Protagonist (SFP) Kickstarter has hit the ground running. An existing webcomic updated twice weekly for the past two years, creators Molly Ostertag and Brennan Lee Mulligan aim to publish the first four chapters as a graphic novel.
Holding You Accountable: Goyer, Mazin, and A Giant Green Porn Star
Earlier this week, during the taping of a live-audience podcast named Scriptnotes, screenwriter David S. Goyer (Man of Steel) sat and talked with a number of other screenwriters (Andrea Berloff, Stephen McFeely, and Christopher Markus, to be exact) and the podcast hosts, John August and Craig Mazin, about writing superhero movies. A major point of…
Those Turtle Guys. Rebekah Issacs, and How it Feels to Sell Your Book to Total Strangers
Achem. Hi. My name is Kristi McDowell. You may remember me from such articles as I Am Captain Marvel, Code Monkey Steal Heart, and 0 Shades of Grey: Female Antiheroes on TV. I sort of fell off the face of the planet over the last few months as I’ve shifted some of my focus from…
Webcomics: balderdash!, Magic, Baking, Elk, and Friendship
balderdash! or, the Baker’s Apprentice is a comic created by Victoria Grace Elliott, whose work you can also find at House of Orr and Goog Friday. balderdash! (little B) follows the young witch Georgie, who leaves her family home to study a human-style, non-magical bakery in a town far away. It’s a story of big, blousy…
News Beat: Friday Round-Up!
It’s Friday! End of the working week, beginning of the weekend, official start date for when Robert Smith is in love (versus other days of the week). All week, we’ve been bringing you news tailored to a couple of individual topics—Marvel (with me!), Indie comics, games, books (without pictures! Can you believe it?), etc. So…