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Annotations to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969

[Jess Nevins’ annotations add so much to every book he does them for that I consider feel sorry for every book without any of his annotations available][link]. I first came across his work with [Neil Gaiman’s limited series 1602][1602] and I’m glad I did.

[1602]: http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Jess%20Nevins/1602/16021.html “Jess Nevin’s 1602 annotations”

If you haven’t bought any of the books yet, now is as good a time as any to buy them on Amazon, and give me a small kickback in the process.

[link]: http://jessnevins.com/annotations/1969annotations.html “Annotations to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume III Chapter Two”

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BERG announces SVK, “An Experimental Publication”

[The comic book and artifact Special Viewing Kit][link] will be written by Warren Ellis, drawn by Matt “D’Israeli” Brooker, and birthed into the world by BERG London. Warren refers to it as “Franz Kafka’s Bourne Identity.”

[Bleeding Cool has more info and some photos.][bc]

[link]: http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/12/17/announcing-svk/ “Announcing SVK: an experimental publication by Warren Ellis, D’Israeli & BERG – Blog – BERG”
[bc]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/03/01/details-on-svk-from-warren-ellis-and-disraeli/ “Bleeding Cool: Details On SVK from Warren Ellis and D’Israeli (UPDATE)”

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Magnus, Robot Fighter Cover Archive

[Recommend for enthusiasts of the Man-Punching-Robot genre][link].

[link]: http://www.comics.org/series/1600/covers/ “GCD :: Covers :: Magnus, Robot Fighter”

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Digital Comic Museum

[A growing collection of Golden Age comics who has come into the public domain.][link] The covers alone are worth it.

via [Andy Baio][waxy]

[link]: http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ “Digital Comic Museum”
[waxy]: http://waxy.org “Waxy.org: Andy Baio Lives Here”

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$3.99

[Warren Ellis’ afternoon ramble is about the cost of (print) comics][link], and where do you go from $3.99?

[link]: http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8065&page=1#Item_0 “Whitechapel – Notes From Warren 16apr10”

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Who Sent The Sentinels?

[Andrew Rilstone takes a long look at fandom, comics, WATCHMEN, Idea Space, adaptations, and much more][link]. It’s a PDF, and for some reason there is no HTML version, but it is completely worth it.

This guy is good.

[link]: http://andrewrilstone.blogspot.com/2009/08/to-download-right-click-on-image-and.html “The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone”

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Warren Ellis’ BLACK SUMMER In Development As A Film

[Congratulations, Internet Jesus][link]. BLACK SUMMER’s main story is a super hero killing the President of the United States due to his implicit and explicit approval of various crimes against humanity. I’ll be surprised if this actually gets made, but I look forward to it. More: [The official Black Summer comic site][site]. Amazon has the [Black Summer Trade Paperback for $16.95][amz].

[link]: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010712.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564 “Vigilante loads its Guns – Entertainment News, Film News, Media – Variety”
[site]: http://www.avatarpress.com/titles/warren-ellis-black-summer/ “Black Summer on Avatar Press”
[amz]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592910521?ie=UTF8&tag=philnelson-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1592910521 “Black Summer on Amazon.com”

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Do Anything 021 by Warren Ellis

[It’s Tuesday][link]:

>This is where the robot head of Jack Kirby has been taking you too, all this time. This is a universe that abuts our own, a vast space of cometary ideoplasm and speaking atomic structure.

[link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/20/do-anything-021-by-warren-ellis/ “Do Anything 021 by Warren Ellis | Bleeding Cool Comic News & Rumors”

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Warren Ellis Writing New Motion Picture Based on “Gravel”

[Legendary Pictures has picked up the rights][link] with Ellis serving as an Executive Producer. I’ve read the first 12 or so issues of Gravel, and it could make a fun movie. England, magic, detective grit. All good things.

[link]: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009750.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 “Legendary digs ‘Gravel’ – Entertainment News, Film News, Media – Variety”

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Jack Kirby’s Heirs File To Regain Copyrights

[The author assumes that Kirby’s heirs will probably just end up with rights to royalties][link], which I can’t say I give a shit about it. Jack’s long gone.

[link]: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/in-wake-of-disney-marvel-deal-cartoonists-heirs-seek-to-reclaim-rights/?hp “After Disney-Marvel Deal, Cartoonist’s Heirs Seek to Reclaim Rights – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com”

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Von Sholly’s STAR SPANGLED DINOSAURS

[Very authentic-looking spoofs][link] of DC’s “[STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES][star]” from the 1960s, which did feature the odd dinosaur.

[link]: http://vonshollywood.blogspot.com/2009/02/tales-from-pto-prehistoric-theatre-of.html “VONSHOLLYWOOD: Tales from the PTO Prehistoric Theatre of Operations”
[star]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Spangled_War_Stories “Star Spangled War Stories on Wikipedia”

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Warner Bros. Creates DC ENTERTAINMENT

[DC is now it’s own company, again, but still owned by Warner][link]. I wonder if this is a response to the Disney/Marvel deal or if it was in motion before that went down?

**Update**: [Warren Ellis says][warren], no, in fact, neither company knew what the other was doing.

[link]: http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2009/09/09/warner-bros-creates-dc-entertainment/ “Vertigo: Graphic Content » Blog Archive » WARNER BROS. CREATES DC ENTERTAINMENT”
[warren]: http://twitter.com/warrenellis/status/3867800876 “Twitter post”

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comix4sight

[Comics writer John Ostrander][link] has been fighting glaucoma for years, and needs your help.

[link]: http://www.comix4sight.com/ “comix4sight.com”

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X-Men Relationship Map

As my friend Kate Dickson says, “[ooooh, which X-Men have snogged each other?][link]”

[link]: http://www.uncannyxmen.net/images/article/relationship/relationshipmapv1.htm “relationshipmapv1”

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Darkseid Minus New Gods

[In the grand tradition of Garfield Minus Garfield][link].

[link]: http://www.4thletter.net/2009/06/and-now-darkseid-minus-new-gods/ “4thletter! » Blog Archive » Darkseid Minus New Gods”

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Bleeding Cool

[New comics blogsite by Rich Johnson and friends, featuring a column by Warren Ellis][link].

[link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/ “Bleeding Cool”

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Handley, Comics and Obscenity

[Newsarama’s Jeff Trexler on what the recent guilty plea][link] of Christopher Handley in his “possessing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children and mailing obscene material.” case. Handley could be in jail for 15 years for owning some Manga. This is beyond not good.

[link]: http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/05/22/handley-comics-and-obscenity/ “Blog@Newsarama » Blog Archive » Handley, Comics and Obscenity”

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The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009

[… is going on right now][link], and you should go if at all possible. [Jeffrey Rowland][rowland] is here! [R Stevens][rstevens] is here! [Kate Beaton][kate] and [Ryan North][ryan] are here, but they almost never leave.

[link]: http://www.torontocomics.com/tcaf/ “The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009”
[rowland]: http://overcompensating.com “Overcompensating”
[rstevens]: http://dieselsweeties.com “Diesel Sweeties”
[kate]: http://harkavagrant.com “History Comics”
[ryan]: http://quantz.com “Dinosaur Comics”