Guest raptor Report post Posted July 23, 2002 SmartMarks News Report (week of 7/22) Soundtrack: American Hi-Fi, American Hi-Fi. I have become a connoisseur of the best of all musical genres, and American Hi-Fi is certainly the best pop/punk band since Green Day. Sorry for the rather abbreviated form, but a lack of time and actual news to report has limited this week’s edition. Marvel/ Crossgen continue to bicker like fourteen year old girls From Silver Bullet Comics.com: A couple of people from the Marvel offices have been trying to discourage creative talent to pitching to CrossGen’s new imprints. They have been telling freelancers that CrossGen requires freelancers to sign a contract before pitching that would give CrossGen exclusive rights to the idea for a period of 30 days. Another rumor also making the rounds is that CrossGen has 30 days to pitch the idea to Hollywood. If they can sell the project in the 30-day timeframe, creators don’t see a dime. It is only after 30 days their royalties kick in. Ultimate Rumors Rich Johnston of Lying in the Gutters at CBR.cc has this to say about a rumored December “Ultimate Month”: Well, "Ultimate Venom" is scheduled to debut then. And classic Marvel Universe readers will remember exactly where Traditional Marvel Venom came from - Spider-Man's alien costume discovered on the patchwork planet as part of the Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars series. I hear that we'll be getting an "Ultimate Secret War" project. Building on the common conspiracy running through the Ultimate books about over who runs SHIELD, the extent of their operations and who is above even them. "Ultimate Secret War" will let this all play out with the characters from the Ultimate universe. And rather than being an "evil twin", Venom may well tie into whatever it was Peter Parker's father was working on in conjunction with his webbing formula. Or is it to be a SHIELD combat suit, designed to combat Spider-Man? G.I. Joe Rumors Word has it that the proposed G.I. Joe/X-Men crossover rumor was born out of a story proposed long ago. Larry Hama wrote a proposal for a Wolverine/Snake Eyes miniseries in the early nineties. Rob Lefield and Todd McFarlane got involved, and it was hoped that Marvel could relaunch G.I. Joe from said miniseries. It was all for naught, as the Marvel license fell through. The cool thing though: new G.I. Joe/Cobra operatives were going to debut in this miniseries. Their were: a cold blooded uber-killer named Chapel, a an operative with a conscience named Al Simmons, a mercenary who never shut up named Deadpool and a enigmatic masked killer named Grifter. Birds of Prey TPB The first Birds of Prey TPB will be reprinted to be released in conjunction with the new television show. Featuring a new cover by Matt Haley & Wade Von Grawbadger, the 208-page trade feature stories written by Chuck Dixon (with Jordan B. Gorfinkel), and illustrated by Gary Frank & John Dell, Haley & Von Grawbadger, Stefano Raffaele & Bob McLeod, and Jennifer Graves & Stan Woch and reprints the Black Canary/Oracle: Birds Of Prey one-shot, the four-issue Birds Of Prey: Manhunt miniseries, and the Birds Of Prey: Revolution one-shot. Plus, the BoP story from Showcase '96 #3 is also included. Rumor Mill/Quick Bits -DC is set to launch a new anthology series called Solo. The book will feature a new creator each issue, who will get to tell whatever story they like, in whatever format they prefer. Ranging from full-length 48-page stories, to a series of shorts. Walt Simonson has already been selected as one of the creators who will help to launch the anthology. -Spider-Man & Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do is now a 5 issue limited series, as opposed to a 4 issue miniseries. - Max Collins will write two sequels to Road to Perdition, called Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. - When Mark Millar leaves Ultimate X-Men, he will begin writing The Punisher. - Keanu Reeves has signed on to play John Constantine in the Hellblazer movies. - Bruce Jones has signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted July 23, 2002 Ah, the first imprint-wide Ultimate crossover. Delicious. Wait...Keanu as Constantine?? You have got to be kidding me. I have to let this sink in... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted July 23, 2002 -DC is set to launch a new anthology series called Solo. The book will feature a new creator each issue, who will get to tell whatever story they like, in whatever format they prefer. Ranging from full-length 48-page stories, to a series of shorts. Walt Simonson has already been selected as one of the creators who will help to launch the anthology. If they enforce the "one creator per issue" rule, it might last longer than say, Legends of the DC Universe, which I got out of the habit of buying when some creator I didn't care about would write a 3-issue story arc about a character I didn't care about. It would be fun if they had certain creators work on characters that they didn't normally work on, the way Marvel sometimes does in Tangled Web. -Spider-Man & Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do is now a 5 issue limited series, as opposed to a 4 issue miniseries. Cool beans. Well, I have two weeks worth of new comics sitting in my bag, so let me get started on those. BTW, you have quotes from my two all-time favorite shows in your sig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted July 23, 2002 >Word has it that the proposed G.I. Joe/X-Men crossover rumor was born out of a story proposed long ago. Larry Hama wrote a proposal for a Wolverine/Snake Eyes miniseries in the early nineties. Rob Lefield and Todd McFarlane got involved, and it was hoped that Marvel could relaunch G.I. Joe from said miniseries. It was all for naught, as the Marvel license fell through. The cool thing though: new G.I. Joe/Cobra operatives were going to debut in this miniseries. Their were: a cold blooded uber-killer named Chapel, a an operative with a conscience named Al Simmons, a mercenary who never shut up named Deadpool and a enigmatic masked killer named Grifter. I thought Grifter was a Jim Lee creation? Speaking of Rob Liefeld, Newsarama has an article which states that Liefeld's Youngblood relaunch will be (naturally) late. They also have some pix of the artwork. Which, of course looks exactly like all of Rob's other stuff. You know, all they really need to do is take a bunch of Liefeld's old stuff and cut 'n' paste it into a four-issue miniseries, and noone will notice. AND it would be a true test of Mark Millar's writing skills. >-DC is set to launch a new anthology series called Solo. The book will feature a new creator each issue, who will get to tell whatever story they like, in whatever format they prefer. Ranging from full-length 48-page stories, to a series of shorts. Walt Simonson has already been selected as one of the creators who will help to launch the anthology. Do kids nowadays even KNOW who Walt Simonson is? >- Keanu Reeves has signed on to play John Constantine in the Hellblazer movies. Whoa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted July 23, 2002 >Word has it that the proposed G.I. Joe/X-Men crossover rumor was born out of a story proposed long ago. Larry Hama wrote a proposal for a Wolverine/Snake Eyes miniseries in the early nineties. Rob Lefield and Todd McFarlane got involved, and it was hoped that Marvel could relaunch G.I. Joe from said miniseries. It was all for naught, as the Marvel license fell through. The cool thing though: new G.I. Joe/Cobra operatives were going to debut in this miniseries. Their were: a cold blooded uber-killer named Chapel, a an operative with a conscience named Al Simmons, a mercenary who never shut up named Deadpool and a enigmatic masked killer named Grifter. I thought Grifter was a Jim Lee creation? Also, wasn't Deadpool created by Fabian Nicieza? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest raptor Report post Posted July 23, 2002 I got that info on G.I. Joe from Lying in the Gutters, so I suppose it may not be totally accurate. I thought the characters mentioned were odd, as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted July 23, 2002 >Also, wasn't Deadpool created by Fabian Nicieza Co-created, I think. Liefeld came up with the basic concept and design, and Nicieza came up with the backstory. However, Deadpool as we know him is probably more due to Fab than Rob. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted July 24, 2002 - Keanu Reeves has signed on to play John Constantine in the Hellblazer movies. Oh dear God no. What, was Ben Affleck too busy for the part? Can't WAIT to see him try and pull off the accent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest raptor Report post Posted July 24, 2002 Can't WAIT to see him try and pull off the accent. Bad News... Constantine is American in the movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted July 24, 2002 Can't WAIT to see him try and pull off the accent. Bad News... Constantine is American in the movie. And what makes you think Keanu can pull off an American accent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
