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Brubaker & Phillips Go Hollywood Noir With 'The Fade Out'
Brubaker & Phillips Go Hollywood Noir With 'The Fade Out'
Brubaker & Phillips Go Hollywood Noir With 'The Fade Out'
Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips have collaborated on a number of different spins of the noir variety over the years: hard-luck stories (Criminal), supervillain parables (Incognito), even mixing in Lovecraftian on occasion  (Fatale). Now, the creative team is taking on another aspect of noir: old Hollywood's seedy underbelly. The first project announced since the two inked their five-ye
Ed Brubaker To Script 'Maniac Cop' Movie Remake
Ed Brubaker To Script 'Maniac Cop' Movie Remake
Ed Brubaker To Script 'Maniac Cop' Movie Remake
When you think of the film genres that have inspired comics writer Ed Brubaker's work, 1940s noir/crime and 1970s conspiracy movies are the ones that immediately spring to mind. Perhaps 1960s spy flicks. But 1980s slasher/exploitation movies aren't really part of the equation. But Brubaker is apparently branching out into the genre. ScreenRelish is reporting that he'll be penning the script for a
10 Essential Eras of Captain America Comic Books
10 Essential Eras of Captain America Comic Books
10 Essential Eras of Captain America Comic Books
You might have heard that there's a new Captain America movie coming out on April 4. If Marvel's marketing department has gotten its way, this news may very well be tattooed on the inside of your eyelids in phosphorescent ink. Let's say, however, you've never read any Captain America comics before, but now that he's been legitimized as a multi-million dollar film franchise, you're suddenly very in
Image Expo Roundup: New Titles From Brubaker, Morrison And More
Image Expo Roundup: New Titles From Brubaker, Morrison And More
Image Expo Roundup: New Titles From Brubaker, Morrison And More
  One of the most significant -- and to many readers, one of the most exciting -- developments in comics in the last few years has been the growth of Image Comics, with many of the most popular writers and artists in the industry currently producing much, if not all, of their creator owned work through the publisher. As such, Image Expo has become a highly anticipated event, as publisher Eric Step
Comics Alliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Writer [Poll]
Comics Alliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Writer [Poll]
Comics Alliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Writer [Poll]
2013 was a great year for comics. It feels like a similar statement is made after every year concludes, but 2013 unquestionably saw exceptional work from several creators, across multiple publishers and genres within the medium. To close out the year, we offered what we felt to be the best comics of the year, highlighting dozens of writers and artists whose creative output we felt deserved to be
Affleck And Damon To Adapt Phillips And Brubaker's 'Sleeper' For Film
Affleck And Damon To Adapt Phillips And Brubaker's 'Sleeper' For Film
Affleck And Damon To Adapt Phillips And Brubaker's 'Sleeper' For Film
The comic book series that kicked off a years-long collaboration between writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips is poised for a film adaptation produced by some recognizable names, among them Matt Damon and longtime collaborator Ben "Dardedevil/Batman" Affleck. The pair will produce a film version of the Wildstorm series Sleeper. No director has been attached yet, but the screenplay
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's 'Velvet' [Review]
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's 'Velvet' [Review]
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's 'Velvet' [Review]
When Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting relaunched Captain America in 2004, they came to the book eager to return the elements of espionage that had been largely absent from the title for years. While most of what we remember are the big events – Bucky’s return, Steve Rogers’ assassination – it was really the spy aspect that drove the story, the behind-the-scenes machinations that made the book so incr
Brubaker Talks Research, Collaboration, And The Cold War In 'Velvet' #1
Brubaker Talks Research, Collaboration, And The Cold War In 'Velvet' #1
Brubaker Talks Research, Collaboration, And The Cold War In 'Velvet' #1
In stores next month is Velvet #1, the newest spy tale from Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting, the team that spent years on arguably the most celebrated Captain America run in the character's history. Much of that run was driven by spy/espionage sensibilities, and the duo is bringing that aspect of their work to Velvet, the story of a veteran agent named Velvet Templeton who returns to the field to cl
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's New Espionage Thriller 'Velvet' [Preview]
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's New Espionage Thriller 'Velvet' [Preview]
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's New Espionage Thriller 'Velvet' [Preview]
The team that reinvented Sharon Carter's super-spy character in the pages of Captain America is getting back together to tell tales starring a female spy of their own creation. Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's new Image Comics series Velvet, originally revealed at this summer's Image Expo, is set to arrive in comic-shops and digitally on October 23, and it'll feature some really sharp-looking art in
The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
A new volume of Batman: Black and White kicked off last week, continuing the DC Comics anthology's tradition of high quality. Debuting in 1996, the original Batman: Black and White series quickly set the comics world ablaze with a collection of short, powerful tales told by some of the industry's finest. Edited by Mark Chiarello, the four issues gathered sixteen original eight-page black and white

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