Jack Plotnik’s vision of mundane human life in an unrealized Buck Rogers’ style future, Space Station 76, is a weird creature, no two ways about it. The film, which premiered at SXSW this year, was based on a stage play of the same name and Read More …
At last weekend’s Small Press Expo, Deadshirt comics editor Max Robinson sat down with writer-artist Tom Scioli (AdHouse Books’ American Barbarian, Image’s Gødland) to discuss his latest project, Transformers vs. G.I. Joe from IDW. MR: Before you got started on the book, I would see Read More …
Cartoon Network’s recent wave of original series, including Adventure Time and Regular Show, feels like a real sea change in American animation. These shows demonstrate a willingness to experiment, both in terms of animation style and bold storytelling choices. Debuting last year, Rebecca Sugar’s Steven Read More …
Sylvester Stallone’s “Grumpy Old Men-with-Napalm” action franchise was initially an attempt to do an Avengers-style team-up of your favorite action stars–Stallone! Statham! Jet Li! Lundgren! uhhh Randy Couture? Oh, Terry Crews? Alright, yeah!–before Marvel’s actual Avengers movie came out. The first and second installments’ big Read More …
Since breaking into the comics scene with 2007’s Annihilation: Conquest – Starlord mini-series, colorist Nathan Fairbairn has worked as something of a silent partner with artists such as Chris Burnham on Batman Incorporated and Yanick Paquette on Swamp Thing (to say nothing of a host of upcoming Grant Read More …
The original Planet of the Apes franchise is never truly given its due as a crucial evolutionary link in the history of the blockbuster. In many ways, Apes was the first true science fiction film franchise dynasty. The original 1968 film spawned four sequels and Read More …
From their perch in Sharkatraz atop the tallest apartment building in Astoria, Max Robinson and Mike Pfeiffer are The Trash Boys. In The Trashford Files, they investigate and review foods that are normally best eaten alone drunk in the dark after a breakup. THE YEAR IS 2069. THE INTERNET CONTENT WARS Read More …
Inter-company crossovers are something of a hallowed tradition in comics. Publishers like Marvel and DC would temporarily put aside their winking sniping and publish high page count, low continuity one-shots like Superman Vs. The Amazing Spider-Man: The Battle of the Century or The Uncanny X-Men and The New Read More …
Wednesday, June 25th, marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Prince and The Revolution’s Purple Rain. In honor of this, Deadshirt presents an entire week of art and essays that explore and celebrate one of the greatest albums of all time. Dig, if you will. The spiritual Read More …
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial from Chuck Dixon, whose 80-issue run on Detective Comics and nearly 100 issues of Nightwing (just to name a few titles) made up a substantive chunk of DC’s output in the 1990s. Dixon and his co-writer, artist Read More …