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C2E2 2011: Marvel Announces New Creative Teams for ‘The Punisher’ and ‘Daredevil’
Rumors have been getting passed around about these two titles for the last few days, but Marvel officially announced the new creative teams for The Punisher and Daredevil during Saturday’s Cup o’ Joe panel at C2E2 2011.
Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Marcos Martin will be taking over on Daredevil, while Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto will be taking over The Punisher. (See Checchetto’s Punisher promo art here above.) The two new series will be released in July and August respectively, with new #1 issues for each series.
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Tags: Alex Maleev, Andy Diggle, Brian Michael Bendis, C2E2, Daredevil, Greg Rucka, Marco Checchetto, Marcos Martin, Mark Waid, Marvel, Paolo Rivera, The Punisher
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Khepri Comics Thanksgiving Appetizers Sale
It’s a sad thing to say, but it will be Christmas before you know it, and if you’re looking to get a jump on your gift buying for that comic book fan in your life, or if you just want to buy something for yourself, Khepri Comics is running a sale you will want to check out.
Go to Khepri Comics to their “Thanksgiving Appetizers” section between now and November 24th, and you can get a 40% discount on a number of trades and single issues.
Standouts of the sale are both volumes of Greg Rucka‘s Whiteout for $8.37 each; Brian K. Vaughn‘s Ex Machina hardcover and softcover editions; and Andy Diggle and Jock‘s The Losers Book 1 for $11.99 and Book 2 for $14.99.
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Blu-ray Review: The Losers
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By Three-D
| August 5th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
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The Losers
DVD | Blu-ray
Directed by Sylvain White
Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric
Warner Bros Home Video
Release date: July 20, 2010
The Losers, based on a DC comic, isn’t merely hell-bent on expressing violence like recent comic book adaptations (Jonah Hex). There is a method behind its outrageous madness. Externally The Losers and violence are mutually inseparable, finding pleasure in things that go BOOM, but internally is where it separates itself from the Jonah Hexes out there and undergoes an operation that is primarily inspired by one emotion: revenge. This intense sense of emotion is precisely what the picture needs because it has an actor in Jeffrey Dean Morgan who can construct a character who is riddled with guilt to perfection. We have seen him do it before in Watchmen, a film in some instances The Losers represents.
The similarities that can be found in both films have to do with the idea of abandonment and betrayal. Extending beyond violence, director Sylvain White finds a potent force that can withstand the over excessive amount of violence the picture contains. That force deals with humane elements. In Watchmen the heroes are depressed due to authorities and citizens questioning their true colors. The heroes are then wounded by the abandonment of such people. In The Losers a group of five highly trained Special Ops workmen led by Clay (Morgan) are stained with the same kind of abandonment.
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Spoiler Talk: The Losers
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By Guy_Jen
| April 28th, 2010 at 10:15 am
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The Losers is one of my favorite comics that showed me that not all comics have to be complicated and bogged down by continuity and details. Sometimes comics can be just an enjoyable, action-packed thrill ride. So, needless to say, I was extremely excited when I saw that this was coming to the big screen — I was overjoyed! I still strongly believe that this movie could have been marketed so much better and made so much more money, but that is a different story all together.
I definitely enjoyed this movie more than any other movie I have watched this entire year. I’ve already watched it twice and will probably see it again. It had that great popcorn action flick feel just like the comic did. It was a fun action movie that just kept on going all the way through the end and didn’t drag even for a second.
Unlike Kick-Ass, The Losers is a very close adaptation of the first volume of the comic and can people will easily see where the story is coming from. In fact, the casting in this movie was near perfect and Cougar, who is my favorite in the comic, is also my favorite in the movie. I really hope this movie does well because I would love to see the sequel be made because of its success. Anyways, enough of the small talk let’s get to the SPOILER TALK!
Below are my spoilerific thoughts on the movie The Losers. Don’t forget to add your spoiler-laden musings at the end in the comments section.
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Tags: Andy Diggle, Óscar Jaenada, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Idris Elba, Jason Patric, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jock, The Losers, Vertigo Comics, Warner Bros, Zoe Saldana
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New Movie Promo Image From ‘The Losers’; Free Download Of First Comic Book Issue
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On Friday, the trailer was released for The Losers, the film adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic book series of the same name, which opens in theaters April 9, 2010 [Read: Watch Now: First Trailer For Comic Book Adaptation “˜The Losers’].
In an article interviewing the film’s director Sylvain White, the LA Times Hero Complex blog unveiled a new promo image, which spotlights the film’s main characters. The image is reminiscent of The Losers graphic novel cover [see The Losers Vol. 1 & 2] and features Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Clay, Chris Evans as Jensen, Zoë Saldana as Aisha, Óscar Jaenada as Cougar, Idris Elba as Rogue, and Columbus Short as Pooch.
Check out the image here at right and click for larger, full view.
For those of you not familiar with The Losers comic book, by Andy Diggle and Jock, Issue #1 of the series is available now as a FREE download [link opens up 8.7 MB PDF]: Download Issue #1.
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