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You heard Johnny Depp and Tim Burton had hooked up again to produce a feature film version of the classic 1966-71 gothic horror soap opera, Dark Shadows. Well, looks like there a trailer up for it and it just might not be quite what you were expecting.
Steve Gerber died in 2008. Four years later, his final Man-Thing story is coming out. Doubtless, this would have gotten a sardonic retort from Gerber, so let’s all pause a moment and let you imagine it.
Felt good imagining that, didn’t it?
Not really, but here’s a video of the great comics creator, artist and designer Gary Panter‘s recent illustrated Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) talk on his life and art.
This is a pretty good deal: you get a free digital copy of THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 1 just for showing up at the booth.
I know I said no more John Carter, but the appearance in my inbox of an email from Disney marketing announcing the existence of a clip and a poster for Woola, the faithful Martian Calot who steals every scene he’s in in the the film, is just so odd!
What really happened in Jakarta???
Hey there, The Beat will officially be appearing on Saturday at WonderCon on this panel:
Rather than flood your Twitter with a ton of postings, we’ve just dumped it all in one place—scan for your faves! Never a dull moment.
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