On October 8, IDW Publishing will release comic book biographies of Barack Obama and John McCain. The comic books can be preordered at presidentialcomics.com. The cover art for both books is done by J. Scott Campbell. Apparently, you’ll also be able to purchase the comic books for your mobile devices through Uclick; including your iPhone.
Wondering what Julie Gardner is doing while Doctor Who takes a break over the next year? According to TimesOnline she’s working on bringing Merlin to BBC One. Riding the success of Doctor Who the BBC is taking a unique approach to the well known British Legend by looking at Smallville. Much like Smallville shows Clark Kent before he becomes the legand, they plan to do the same for Arthur and Merlin. Showing the road to greatness by introducing both Arthur and Merlin as young adults (well before Arthur becomes king and Merlin a full-fledged wizard).
According to producer Johnny Capps, “Merlin is a boy who works as Arthur’s manservant and has to hide his abilities. Arthur is a young man, rather like Prince Harry, who likes to party, enjoys his status, but occasionally shows kingly qualities. That then gave us great possibilities for taking the story on. We could follow the two of them to see how Arthur unites the land of Albion and Merlin becomes the great wizard.”
Definitely something worth checking out. With the success of the Doctor they are obviously trying more scifi and/or fantasy based shows. Let’s hope is merits continued viewing.
Midway confirmed the final cast of characters for their new fall game; Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. Some of the major players were already announced, but this finalizes the round up. Mortal Kombat: Baraka, Jax, Kano, Kitana, Liu Kang, Raiden, Scorpion, Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, Sonya and Sub-Zero. DC Universe: Batman, Captain Marvel, Catwoman, Darkseid, Deathstroke, Flash, Green Lantern, Joker, Lex Luthor, Superman and Wonder Woman. I have to admit I haven’t been gaming much lately, but I’m a sucker for games based on comic book characters.
The Watchman court date has been set for January 6. This is earlier than either side was planning on. No change yet announced to the Watchman release date of March 6. Judge Gary Allen Feess indicated the case was too complicated to provide Fox with a preliminary injunction. So, we’ll have to wait at least a few more months to find out how all this will affect the release.
For anyone who missed it MacWorld reported that Adobe will host a webcast announcing Creative Suite 4, on September 23 at 9:00 am ET. Adobe offered CS4 beta versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth back in May. Wikipedia, of course, has a nice breakdown of potential updates with CS4.
This has been brewing for a while, but I ignored it until it hit the New York Times. 20th Century Fox filed a lawsuit against Warner Brothers back in February claiming they still own the rights to Watchmen. Basically, this means the release date for Watchmen could be pushed back while the two companies fight it out. With all the hype surrounding this movie it amazes me that 20th Century Fox didn’t intervene long ago. The fact that they didn’t step forward earlier is part of Warner Brothers defense argument.
I just love that Google announced it’s new browser, Chrome, with a 38 page comic book. The comic book is drawn by Scott McCloud. McCloud is probably best known as the creator of Zot!, a manga influenced 1980s comic book series based on a teenage hero from an alternate Earth.
I’ve seen some criticism about the Google comic book, calling too childish for such an announcement. Personally, I think it was an cleaver way to catch even more attention regarding the upcoming release. After all, the open source browser has been all over the web today. Chrome is based on WebKit, the same open source engine as Safari, but I’ll hold off on my opinion of the browser itself until I can download a beta version.
