Greg Bennett

Laika’s 50th Anniversary
Seeing as today is the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 2 launch, it seemed to be a good time to check in with Nick Abadzis, creator of the Laika graphic novel. I caught up with him last night, as he was preparing for today's Laika presentation, including a new animation and a toast to the late great Soviet space dog herself, at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) in London...

Simon Oliver Branches Out to Gen-13…and Hellblazer!
Simon Oliver, best known for his work on Exterminators, is expanding his horizons--taking on a 6-issue arc of Wildstorm's Gen-13 (as revealed in San Diego), and just announced--writing a Hellblazer spinoff mini-series featuring Chas, John Constantine's long-suffering cab-driver friend...

War Comics 101
So it's Memorial Day. Time to reflect on past wars...and past war comics. But since all the continuing war comics ceased publication over a generation ago, I figured a few of you might need a little primer on the war comics of yester-year.....

Tintin Goes Hollywood (Revisited)
If you read my previous post on the subject, you know I was a bit skeptical of Steven Spielberg's plans to make a (presumably) live-action Tintin movie. But now it looks like I'm gonna have to eat some crow because both Comics2Film and Variety are reporting that not only will the forthcoming trilogy of Tintin movies be animated, but they will be animated in 3-D by Peter Jackson's own WETA Digital,

Nick Abadzis from Hugo Tate to Laika
These next posts were supposed to be done "live", from on the road, but my wi-fi had other plans. So pretend I'm writing this from Nick Abadzis' London studio....
Back in the glory days of the early 1990s, there was an awesome British magazine called Deadline...

Blistering Barnacles! Tintin on the Big Screen!
Dunno how I missed this one (actually I do, I was on vacation and having wi-fi problems), but did anyone see the Tintin movie article on AOL Money & Finance? I briefly got all excited, envisioning an early-1980s Spielberg spectacle along the lines of Raiders of the Lost Ark, adapting Flight 714 or Tintin in Tibet, with fantastic location shots and killer action. Bu...

Don’t Speculate On Comics. Read ’em And Love ’em.
Now don't get me wrong. We were very happy with all the business we did last week, thanks to the "death" of Captain America. I was actually pretty pleased with myself for having ordered a bunch of extra copies. Marvel had hinted that something big was going to happen in Cap #25 (which I took with a grain of salt), but when I saw that there was no solicitation for Cap #26 in April, I fig

Fun at NYCC, but…
Well I had an absolute blast at the New York Comic Con. I got to catch up with some old friends, eat some great food, and generally enjoy the energy and excitement that goes with a good con. I probably should have slept some more and drank some more water, but whatever...