Earlier this month, Marvel Comics anti-hero the Punisher made his way back to theaters for the third time in “Punisher: War Zone,” an ultraviolent film focused on the one-man death squad Frank Castle and his nemesis, Jigsaw. With a new “Punisher” comic book series set to launch in January, Splash Page talked with former “Punisher: War Journal” writer Rick Remender about what makes the man behind the mayhem tick, and why readers will be ready for his relaunch.
“I think the great thing about Frank Castle is his purity and simplicity of concept. Gangsters murdered his family; and he went nuts and began hunting criminals. He’s Batman -- with one very fun difference -- Frank Castle will kill you,” laughed Remender. “That said, I think the uninitiated fan of the film or any new reader can get onboard fairly quickly… He’s a cold-hearted killer and you aren’t sure if you’re supposed to like him or root for him some of the time, but that reptilian part of our brains is a big fan of bloody revenge and capital punishment.”
(After the jump, read more of Remender's thoughts on Punisher and check out a 5-page preview of "Punisher" #1.) Read More...
For fans of the cult favorite sci-fi television show "Farscape," which ended its four-year run on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003, the adventure is about to begin again -- or rather, pick up where it left off. Series creator Rockne O’Bannon has returned to world of “Farscape” to continue the story, not as a television series, but as a four-issue comic book miniseries due out December 24 from Boom Studios.
When Rob Venditti was still in the process of writing the comic book script that would become "The Surrogates", he and his wife daydreamed one night about who might star in a hypothetic film adaptation. Although it was the first comic he’d ever written -– and didn’t even have a publisher attached -– comic book movies were scoring big at the box office, and they couldn’t help but daydream. Bruce Willis, they both decided, would be the perfect choice: tough enough for the action scenes, but still vulnerable enough for the more human moments.
In superhero comics, secret identities have always let people transform from something ordinary into something extraordinary; just stepping into spandex can turn the mild-mannered Clark Kent into Superman, or dorky Peter Parker into a wise-cracking web-swinger. But for one new Marvel Comics hero, the Blue Marvel, becoming a superhero means something even more: transcending the color of his skin during the Jim Crow era in America.
The first day of shooting for "Kick-Ass" began Saturday in London, where Mark Millar -- writer of the "Kick-Ass" comic book -- said initial scenes were filmed at a sewage factory. “I was expecting a lot of glamor, and now I smell of poo,” laughed Millar. “We were shooting from early this morning till [after midnight]… I’m too tired to have a shower, but I must have a shower.”
After numerous delays, the new Bruce Campbell movie, "My Name Is Bruce," has finally announced an October release date, but for comic book fans, the first taste of the long-awaited film will come a month earlier. A one-shot comic book companion to the movie, written by Milton Freewater, Jr. and penciled by Cliff Richards, is due out on September 24th from Dark Horse Comics.
Comic Book Industry Celebrates Barack Obama's Historic Presidential Win
Posted 11/5/08 6:20 pm EST by Laura Hudson in Commentary, News
“Incredible Hercules” and “Marvel Zombies 3” writer Fred Van Lente and his wife got personally involved in the election process, working at a phone bank in Brooklyn, New York on the night of the election to help get out the vote for Obama. Read More...
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