"Alien" screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's death was the trending topic of the Twitter Report feed this morning. The writer, who also penned "The Return of the Living Dead," made his way into memorial tweets from Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Dave McKean and many others who took O'Bannon's contributions to sci-fi, horror and film to heart.
Elsewhere in the overlap between comics and film, Brian Michael Bendis tweeted some optimism about the film adaptation of his graphic novel "Fire," which now has a mystery actor attached. Warren Ellis accused him quickly thereafter of having had his Twitter account hacked by Mark Millar.
It's all there, along with Chris Ryall's thoughts on the IDW holiday party, Jock's gift from DC and some wisdom from Popeye the Sailor Man in the Twitter Report for December 18, 2009.
@simonpegg Dan O'Bannon the BRAINS behind making zombies funny but keeping them cool (also lest we forget Alien, Darkstar, Total Recall etc) R.I.P.
-Simon Pegg, Actor ("The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn," "Star Trek")
@edgarwright I only just watched Dan O'Bannon on the making of Alien documentary. His story about crying with happiness on opening night was very sweet.
-Edgar Wright, Director ("Scott Pilgrim vs. The World")
@DaveMcKean Sad to hear that Dan O'Bannon has died. I like Alien, but Dark Star is wonderful. A brilliant, funny sci-fi film make with £2.50 + ideas.
-Dave McKean, Writer/Artist ("The Sandman," "Cages")
@andykuhn RIP dan o'bannon, very sad...i met o'bannon briefly at SDCC a few years ago. now he's gone to that great pitch meeting in the sky.
-Andy Kuhn, Writer/Artist ("Firebreather," "Freak Force")
@BRIANMBENDIS In la with big horkin movie star who just attached himself to my gn fire. Fiy-ah!!! Will tell u who and when when it's all done!!
-Brian Michael Bendis, Writer ("New Avengers," "Ultimate Spider-Man")
@warrenellis @BRIANMBENDIS When did Mark Millar take over your twitter account?
-Warren Ellis, Writer ("Transmetropolitan," "Planetary")
@chris_ryall IDW holiday party tonight, where spouses get to dress up and then get turned off watching us all talk for hours about nothing but comics.
-Chris Ryall, Publisher (IDW)
@jock4twenty i love my editor-just got fedexed thehardcover case to HELLBLAZER:PANDEMONIUM,with embossed bullet pentangle design.it's the little things..
-Jock, Artist ("The Losers," "Green Arrow: Year One")
Parting Wisdom for the Day:
@andeparks Popeye is dead on about cartoonists! http://yfrog.com/4furij
-Ande Parks, Writer/Artist ("Green Arrow," "Capote")
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