The 90s were a rough time for superheroes. Comics were unnecessarily turned gritty and EXTREME without any reason, and the success of Image breaking away from the big publishers sent everyone scurrying to redesign their characters in the currently popular way — with shoulder pads, pouches, scars and scowls…Here are the 16 most hideous redesigns from this dark decade.
Month: June 2012
Judge Dredd Movie Poster
Alien – The Illustrated Story
Vacant. Two space helmets resting on chairs. Electronic hum. Lights on the helmets begin to signal one another. Moments of silence. A yellow light goes on. Electronic hum. A green light goes on in front of one helmet. Electronic pulsing sounds. A red light goes on in front of the other helmet. An electronic conversation ensues. Reaches a cresendo. Then silence.
And when the silence is broken… the crew of the Nostromo must grapple with a terrifying life force they cannot leash, nor even comprehend – the Alien!
The stunning color graphic novel of Ridley Scott’s legendary sci-fi thriller!
Darwyn Cooke goes past the darkness of ‘Watchmen’
…I married the idea of exploring them as characters with my fundamental approach to all of this stuff, which is you communicate all this stuff in action you don’t do it at a kitchen table.
Why Television Is Trouncing Film at Major Media Companies
Movies are fast becoming the ugly stepchild for major media companies, while television continues to be the cash cow that drives profits.That’s the message that emerges from an analysis conducted by TheWrap of the annual reports of five major media companies in 2011. And it’s a dramatic change from the way things used to be, when movies were the straw that stirred Hollywood’s drink.
via Why Television Is Trouncing Film at Major Media Companies – Yahoo! Movies.