Movies: Kevin Donofrio spots a Metropolis police car from Chicago's current Man of Steel shoots. [Thanks to CA reader Joseph Pekula]
Manga: Though Tokyopop is no more, Hetalia may live on with the help of a third party. [Comics Worth Reading]
Creators: Steve Bissette breaks down why a writer asking a professional artist to draw their graphic novel (or storyboard their screenplay) for free isn't cool. [srbissette]
Movies: Shout! Factory will release the Captain America 1979 TV movies, Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon in one convenient double feature set on DVD October 18. [SF]
Awesome Things: It's not exactly comics, but LeVar Burton is launching the RRKidz app for iOS and Android devices. That's right, Reading Rainbow is (sort of) back, baby! [Venturebeat]
Food: This One Piece bento cook book will teach readers how to put Luffy's face on food. Also, it comes with a character molds for jiggly edibles. [Japanator]
Sculpture: One hairy Transformers fan has made his allegiance to the Autobots spectacularly clear. [Neatorama]
Video:Stripped: The Comics Documentary has posted a new Kickstarter update with a reel of rough cuts from its upcoming release. [The Comics Reporter]
Kickstarting: If you're considering using Kickstarter or similar sites to raise funds for a project, consider Shaenon Garrity's "16 steps" for success. [TCJ]
RE: Creators (Steve Bisette) : What I always find is that, even in this day and age, going back even beyond Kirby to even the Renaissance era, artists are always perceived as "disposable" or along the lines of, "Well, he's just drawing and that's what kids do in their spare-time, so it shouldn't take much to have someone drawing this for lil' ol' me!"
Comicbook publishers of the 1940's (and others) seemed, IMO, to really have this in their head. Shakespeare does writing. Faulkner does writing. They get all the accolades. While we remember Rembrandt and DaVinci, even in their day and age, the rich art patrons would give them a hard time doing certain jobs.
It's gotten better in public perception, but not really. Public Society at large still doesn't give Artist's their due, especially in America.
When I read "Transformers Chest Hair" I thought that it would be Transformers with chest hair. I am very disappointed now that someone didn't draw Optimus Prime with Razor Ramon's chest now.
I thought the same thing. I'm kind of grossed out by that pic, actually. I can't help thinking that guy has got to be single and will remain so until the hair grows back or he shaves it all off.
I guess I am just used to things being super on-the-nose because of Smallville
"Gee Clark, you look really good in red and blue!" "Gee Clark, you look really good with giant letters on your chest" "Gee Clark, you look really good with a cape tucked under your suit"
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