Eric Larnick

Aaron McGruder of 'Boondocks' on Working with George Lucas and His Future In Comics

Red Tails, the George Lucas action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen, opens this weekend after twenty years in development. The project features a cast and crew of notable black talent, and one of the names on the project that has drawn the most eyebrows is co-writer Aaron McGruder, creator of the popular comic and cartoon The Boondocks, which courted acclaim and controversy with McGruder's ...

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Counterpoint: 'Super 8' is The Best Comic Book Movie of the Year

But how can that be?! 'Super 8' isn't based off a comic book. Article FAIL! You're right, 'Super 8' has nothing in common with a comic book. In 'Super 8,' lovable outcast Joe Lamb (Joel Courteney) is caught up in an amazing adventure where an other-worldly threat descends upon his neighborhood; armed with his wits and a few limited resources, he fights to save the life of the girl of his ...

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The Animated Oscars: What If the Academy Truly Honored Cartoons?

From Moviefone: There's still a weird, ignorant stigma that animation is just kids' stuff, but oftentimes, it is just as captivating, impressive and entertaining as any live-action movie. You want proof? Check out what we named as the best movie of 2010. This year, three movies will compete for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. And while all three movies are worthy of praise, we ...

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The Rutland Halloween Parade: Where Marvel and DC First Collided

This Saturday October 30, Rutland, Vermont will host its 51st Annual Halloween Parade. The attraction is the largest and longest-running Halloween parade in the United States -- and it owes its birth to comic books. The parade got off its feet thanks to Tom Fagan, a local reporter and super-fan of comics. With each year that he ran the parade, more comic creators got involved, creating an ...

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