CC09 – Kevin Eastman Panel
It was upsetting to learn that the show that I thought of as my own in my formative years started as a joke. 25 years ago, Kevin Eastman co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a mockery of the ridiculous, over-the-top TV shows and comics of the day. Now a 47 year old father, he discussed the creation and legacy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as his current projects at his panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (which he has faithfully attended since 1986).
CC09: STARGATE UNIVERSE- Interviews (Parts 1 and 2 )
Stargate Universe, the newest incarnation of the Stargate franchise, is about to launch in October 2009, and fans were lucky enough to catch an extended glimpse at this new series in Ballroom 20 on Friday. A majority of the cast were on hand to talk about the new show and answer some questions from the fans. Following the panel, ComicsOnline was fortunate enough to speak with ALL of the attending cast and crew from Stargate Universe!
This first interview is with Robert Carlyle and Alaina Huffman:
The second interview is with Brad Wright and Robert Cooper:
CC09: Friday Photos
A little snapshot of some of the people we saw today.
John Dimaggio gets interviewed by Captain Caveman about Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons with son Nick Simmons, who was here to talk about his Comic "Incarnate" put out by Radical Comics.
CC09: The Middleman Interviews
Fans at Comic-Con were treated to something very special today: The FULL cast reunion of The Middleman TV Series for a once in a lifetime readthrough of the unaired series finale “The Middleman – The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse “. Following the readthrough ComicsOnline got to speak with Natalie Morales (Wendy Watson), Matt Keeslar (The Middleman), and director Javier Grillo-Marxuach to talk about some of the remaining unanswered questions.
The following video contains spoilers for The Middleman and the remaining 13th episode. Enjoy!
CC09: Photos from Thursday
Here are some photos from the convention.
From the movie Kick-Ass, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Clark Duke.
click read more for more photo’s from Thursday.
Kristen Bell and Freddie Highmore talked about their involvement with the movie Astro Boy.
Antje Traue and Ben Foster talked about the movie Pandorum.
CC09 – Daily Podcasts – Preview Night!
Check out the first of our daily Comic-Con 2009 podcasts at:
http://www.comicsonline.com/podcast.rss
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CC09: Preview night photos
To begin, a few of the Booth Babes that were there.
A few of the costumes.
CC09 – Waiting for the Con to Open
Chelsea Drew and Alexee don the ComicsOnline Comic Con 2009 colors and await the start of Preview night.
ComicsOnline has a TON of great coverage in store for you including:
-Interviews with the creators and stars of a vast array of comics, TV, and movies.
-Exclusive info on LOST
-Daily interview roundup Podcasts
-and Matt is Moderating the Spectacular Spider-Man Panel!
Keep checking back here for all the latest from Comic Con 2009!
Anime DVD Review: Baccano! Volume 4
A quick look back at Baccano! Volume 3, introduced the Rail-Tracer, Szilard Quates (an immortal alchemist who is searching for the recipe of Immortality) has appeared to have eliminated most of the Camorra group in the U.S, and Ladd Russo has been thrown off the train with his fiancée.
Anime DVD Review: Baccano! Volume 3
Explosions, pretty ladies, speakeasies, and the fresh smell of blood, what an immortal gangster dreams of! Oh, did I forget the knife in your back? There’s a couple of those, too. That’s what you’ll find in the world of Baccano!
Blu-Ray Review: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Edition
When You Wish Upon a Star
Walt Disney's 2nd animated feature-length film debuted 70 years ago, but only now do we have the technology to appreciate it better than it's ever been seen before. With Blu-ray, now we can watch it at home in the highest resolution to date, 1080p, and listen to its classic songs in DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 sound, which is likewise better than ever before. Like Bolt, which also was just released on DVD and Blu-ray, when you purchase the Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray, you also get it on DVD. So for those of you who don't want to buy it twice or maybe you want the DVD to put in the minivan for trips with the kids, now your wish has come true.
NYCC 09: DC Universe Online
DC Universe Online Panel
All weekend long players were allowed to play through a two part mission in the Metropolis area that revolved around working with or against Lex Luthor as he tries to steal DNA for Doomsday that would lead to a secondary mission to find and take Doomsday or as a hero to prevent the villains from doing so. Characters were pre-made to showcase different types of powers and character design types.
The graphics are pretty sweet and the game play looks good.
NYCC 09: Robot Chicken Panel
The Panel was made up of Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Kevin Shinick, and Geoff Johns. There was an audience member is a full Mad Scientist costume with Animated Robot Chicken Puppet that really smoked. Many attendees wanted to take photos with the costumed character. The panel emerged and Seth Green wanted to also get photos of the costume.
The panel was very funny but offered very few details about season four. They did reveal an opening sequence for the Full Assed Christmas Special that was a parody of the opening sequence of Casino Royale. Pretty funny.
They also showed a film of themselves goofing off around the office making a bet with Kevin Shinick that he couldn’t eat 12 donuts in under 30 minutes for $140.
They spent most of the panel speaking with audience members and answering questions.
NYCC09: Mattel’s DC Figures
Mattel’s DC Related Offerings look awesome. The DC Universe CRISIS figures look great and there is a wide variety of figures available ranging from Gotham City SWAT Officers to Thanagarian Warriors to many, many ,many DC characters.
They are also still producing plenty of Justice League Unlimited figures too. I am especially liking additions like Amanda Waller and General Eiling and a new Batman taken directly from one of my favorite episodes when Batman busts in on the two at the secret Project Cadmus base.
I was less interested in the figures based upon the Dark Knight film. Not much new and there were some real stretched that just looked silly.
NYCC09: Batman: The Brave & The Bold Panel
Batman Brave & The Bold Panel
The panel was fun and had a decent turnout of about 75-100 people. The creative team discussed the style of the show and said they were influenced by the late 50s and early 60s style and that when they accepted the project they wanted to make sure it was different then earlier incarnations of the character. The crowd generally seemed to like the tongue in cheek humor of the show and Phil Morris who will be voicing Jonah Hex in an upcoming episode was sporting an Alex Ross Martian Manhunter shirt and was enthusiastic about his involvement in the series and in DC Animation in general.