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Ike Perlmutter Thinks Female-Led Films Bomb
Ike Perlmutter Thinks Female-Led Films Bomb
Ike Perlmutter Thinks Female-Led Films Bomb
In a leaked email between Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter and Sony CEO Michael Lynton, Perlmutter offered up three examples of terrible female-led super hero films - Elektra, Catwoman, and Supergirl - as part of what some have theorized was a conversation about why not to do more female-led super hero films. There's a lot of speculation involved, but nonetheless it's an interesting email from Perlmutter that has a few possible interpretations.
The Great Super-Costume Poll: Spider-Man And Friends
The Great Super-Costume Poll: Spider-Man And Friends
The Great Super-Costume Poll: Spider-Man And Friends
We're into the last days of our poll series, so if you have any last minute nominations that absolutely, positively, must be included in the poll for it to have any legitimacy at all, you can add your suggestions in the comments. In the meantime, today we're looking at the classic Spider-Man costume, and the outfits worn by a few of his peers. No, not Iceman and Firestar, but the other big name street-level heroes of the Marvel Universe.
Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): November 2014
Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): November 2014
Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): November 2014
A great comic book cover is an advertisement, a work of art, a statement, and an invitation. A great comic book cover is a glimpse of another world through a canvas no bigger than a window pane. In Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month), we look back over some of the most eye-catching, original and exceptional covers of the past month November's covers include some superb compositions, some new twists on familiar iconography, a Catwoman, a Batgirl, and an enormous killer whale. Check out some excellent comic covers from familiar names like Michael Del Mundo and David Nakayama, and some new names for this column, like Butch Guice and David Rapoza.
Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): September 2014
Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): September 2014
Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month): September 2014
A great comic book cover is an advertisement, a work of art, a statement, and an invitation. A great comic book cover is a glimpse of another world through a canvas no bigger than a window pane. In Best Comic Book Covers Ever (This Month), we look back over some of the most eye-catching, original and exceptional covers of the past month. September's covers include masterclass composition from Genndy Tarkakovsky and Noelle Stevenson, some beautiful uses of light, color, and contrast, and some very different portraits of gods, old and new.
The Marvel/DC Rivalry Finally Extends To Winning Female Fans
The Marvel/DC Rivalry Finally Extends To Winning Female Fans
The Marvel/DC Rivalry Finally Extends To Winning Female Fans
Marvel launches the eighth of its nine solo titles with a female lead in November with Spider-Woman #1, and the book sadly already has a cloud over it. A variant cover by master erotic artist Milo Manara stirred enough controversy last week to garner mainstream attention. The cover featured Spider-Woman with her apple-shaped butt raised high in decidedly unheroic manner. It was exactly what one would expect from Manara, who has created a number of superheroine illustrations for Marvel, but the image suggested a particularly overt tone of sexual objectification that could alienate the sort of readers who attended the Women In Marvel panel at San Diego where the series was announced. As far as I can recall, Marvel has more female solo titles now than ever before, with a ninth title, Angela: Asgard's Assassin, launching in December. On paper, that suggests a laudable effort to reach out to superhero comics' growing and under-served audience of female readers. Yet the Manara incident serves to remind us that books about women can very easily be targeted to a male audience. There's currently an unspoken contest between Marvel and DC to see who can produce more comics aimed at a female audience. It's possible the contest only exists in my head, as I've been keeping a tally of solo titles with female leads for the past several months -- but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that editors at the two publishers have also been keeping track.
Mondo Offers Gorgeous Elektra Print By Craig Drake
Mondo Offers Gorgeous Elektra Print By Craig Drake
Mondo Offers Gorgeous Elektra Print By Craig Drake
Following its successful gallery exhibition and sale of excellent Marvel Comics portraits by Mike MItchell, the Mondo crew is back with more Marvel artwork in the form of this gorgeous Elektra illustration by Craig Drake. Like most Mondo offerings, Drake's Elektra print will go on sale at a random time and be available only while extremely limited supplies last.
'Elektra' #1 Hits The Bullseye [Review]
'Elektra' #1 Hits The Bullseye [Review]
'Elektra' #1 Hits The Bullseye [Review]
Constructing a comic to be a direct reference to something else is always a tricky proposition. When it's done sloppily, it can take the reader right out of the story, like one of my least favorite Batman comics, The Cult, which is trying so hard to be the next Dark Knight Returns that you can see it straining with effort on every page. Even in the best case, if you're attempting to echo one of th
So Mike Del Mundo's 'Elektra' #1 Looks Pretty Damn Pretty!
So Mike Del Mundo's 'Elektra' #1 Looks Pretty Damn Pretty!
So Mike Del Mundo's 'Elektra' #1 Looks Pretty Damn Pretty!
  Listeners of the ComicsAlliance Podcast will know that the other staffers and I have been particularly impressed with the variety of visuals currently offered by Marvel Comics. In the best way possible, it's become practically impossible to describe "Marvel house style," with the publisher staffing books with artists as talented and diverse as David Aja, Adrian Alphona, Michael Allred
New Warriors Return And 'Captain Marvel' Relaunched
New Warriors Return And 'Captain Marvel' Relaunched
New Warriors Return And 'Captain Marvel' Relaunched
Marvel's final panel at New York Comic-Con this year was billed as “Superior Spider-Man & Friends," which does not mean Iceman and Firestar, but rather all the books coming out of the Spider-office led by line editor Steve Wacker – which include the last new "teased" titles to be unveiled at the show. Wacker was on hand to lead the panel, joined by writers Dan Slott, Kelly Sue
‘LEGO Marvel Super Heroes’ Adds Doctor Doom, Howard The Duck, Elektra, More
‘LEGO Marvel Super Heroes’ Adds Doctor Doom, Howard The Duck, Elektra, More
‘LEGO Marvel Super Heroes’ Adds Doctor Doom, Howard The Duck, Elektra, More
The ink is barely dry on all the reviews of the new Lego Marvel Super Heroes game coming out of Comic-Con International in San Diego, but developer TT Games isn't letting that stop them from announcing a slew of new characters that will be appearing: Beast, Curt Connors, Doctor Doom, Elektra, Gambit, Green Goblin, Howard the Duck, the Invisible Woman, Juggernaut, Kingpin, Magneto, the Punisher, th

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