• Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons talks about catching Alan Moore’s typos, the miniseries’ colors, the movie adaptation, and audience reaction to seeing a naked Dr. Manhattan on the big screen: “He’s somebody who, by the force of his will, has reconstructed his body, so you’re not looking really at a naked man; you’re looking at a model of a naked man. I know that’s a rather fine distinction.” [Vulture]
• Cairo and Air writer G. Willow Wilson discusses those titles, superheroes, the Standard Attrition message board and group blog, and guerilla marketing. [Heavy Ink]
• The Dresden Files author Jim Butcher chats about bringing wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden to comics. [Sci Fi Wire]
• Best-selling author Stephenie Meyer rattles off some of the inspirations for her insanely popular Twilight vampire epic. Who would’ve guessed X-Men cartoons and and the Iron Man movie would be on the list alongside Jane Eyre and Anne of Green Gables? [EW.com]
• Ned Beauman celebrates Garth Ennis’ reinvention of Marvel’s Punisher. [Guardian]
• FEARnet profiles Devil’s Due Publishing, focusing on the company’s horror titles. [FEARnet]
November 6th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Wait, the Iron Man movie? Just how old is Twilight (the book series)?
November 6th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
So let me get this straight, she refuses to credit Ann Rice or even Joss Whedon for inspiration with her Twilight series, but she credits the movies Baby Mama and Iron Man? These movies weren’t even out yet when she started the Twilight series.