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TheManFrowns

Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut

Disaster Year: 20XX | November 24th 2009 by Chris Ready

A compromised pirate themed draft of that bloodied, iconic smiley; key art that proudly and inaccurately boasts 'The Complete Story'; a four disc added-value Blu-Ray box set heaving with various re-edits and flash glide stagings of the original Alan read more

damasiojr

Mark Millar diz que vai dirigir filme de super-herói

HQ news | November 7th 2009 by Júnior

Mark Millar Mark Millar vai seguir os passos de Frank Miller e pular dos roteiros de quadrinhos para a direção de cinema. E, pelo que diz no seu próprio fórum, vai dirigir um filme de super-herói. Se é de um personagem conhecido ou algo criado read more

xxnapoleonsolo

Top 30 science fiction Twitter tweeters to follow – and William…

Scyfi Love | November 6th 2009 by Neil Macdonald

IT is now almost two years and 4000 tweets since I first gave Twitter a go. Despite the initial “huh?” and a few weeks of getting used to it, I can’t imagine not using it now. However, just like University you seem to spend most of read more

acephalou

On informing your students that they're murderers

Acephalous | October 26th 2009

(Being another post in this vein.)In a famous (and surprisingly controversial, for reasons I will tackle later in the week) section of Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud defines the act of moving from one panel, through the gutter (the white space b read more

acephalou

On informing your students that they're murderers

Acephalous | October 26th 2009

(Being another post in this vein.)In a famous (and surprisingly controversial, for reasons I will tackle later in the week) section of Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud defines the act of moving from one panel, through the gutter (the white space b read more

HTAndEverywhere

Game Review: Beneath A Steel Sky – Remastered

iPhone Kung Fu | October 13th 2009

Developer: Revolution Pocket
 Category: Games
 Price: £2.99 It says rather a lot about the classic game, Beneath A Steel Sky, that, 15 years on, it is not only fondly remembered but is still able to generate a buzz among gamers. After all, it read more

johnfreeman

Tube Surfing: Doctor Who, Gnasher and Dave Gibbons

Down the Tubes Blog | October 7th 2009 by John Freeman

• Ace media site Den of Geek has the latest pics from BBC TV's Sarah Jane Adventures here. Panini, publishers of Doctor Who Magazine, have just put out a great special on the show, featuring a full rundown of episodes and a terrific interview with read more

HTAndEverywhere

Interview – Revolution Software’s Charles Cecil

iPhone Kung Fu | October 7th 2009

Over the past couple of years, there has been a point-and-click adventure revival. The iPhone is already blessed with the Secret of Monkey Island, but now Revolution Software is getting in on the act with a remastered version of Beneath a Steel Sky s read more

justinsluss

Warner officially announces a “Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut” 4-…

HighDefDiscNews.com | September 22nd 2009 by Justin Sluss

Warner has just sent out an e-mail to press (pictured HERE) announcing the upcoming release of “Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut” for Blu-ray Disc on November 3rd. The 4-Disc set will include the previous releases “Watchmen: The Complete read more

thegroovyagent

Famous First Fridays: Dave Gibbons' U.S. Color Comicbook Debut

Diversions of the Groovy Kind | September 18th 2009 by The Groovy Agent

Award-winning Watchmen artist/co-creator Dave Gibbons had to start his color comicbook career somewhere on this side of the pond (according to his bio, he started working circa 1973 in British comics). It looks like he crossed over during the Groovy read more

monsura

Doris Danger Is Back

Welcome to Hell | September 15th 2009 by Glenn Walker

SLG, formerly Slave Labor Graphics, will be publishing Chris Wisnia's 96-page digest-sized comic, "Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures," this November (Diamond Previews #SEP090572). It features a cover by Shag, inks by Dick Ayers, and pin-ups of g read more

darioalvarez

Watchmen - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Ciencia Ficción | September 8th 2009 by Dario Alvarez

Watchmen - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre:Watchmen («Vigilantes» en español) es un cómic de superhéroes escrito por Alan Moore y dibujado por Dave Gibbons, ambos de nacionalidad británica, y publicado por primera vez por la compañía estadou read more

simoncolumb

Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)

Entertain Me! | September 5th 2009 by Simon

" I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pi read more

andrewwickliffe

Watchmen (2009, Zach Snyder), the director’s cut

The Stop Button | August 23rd 2009 by Andrew Wickliffe

This response will be double length. Well, double length minus ten words. Wait, twelve. No, fifteen. Well, you get the idea. Watchmen doesn’t get a double post because it’s good. It gets a double post because it is, as far as I can tell, the firs read more

johnfreeman

Tube Surfing: Dave Gibbons, Digital Awards and Zombies!

Down the Tubes Blog | August 19th 2009 by John Freeman

downthetubes has been having some behind-the-scenes computer woes: we apologize for the lack of posts in recent days. We're grateful to Jeremy Briggs for his review of Cinebooks' Rameses' Revenge.Digital Artist 2009 Masterclass #1 - Dave Gibbons from read more

marlo

Pastor and Author Dave Gibbons and the Pain Principle

The Joyful Christian Wife | August 17th 2009 by Marlo

If you have followed my blog for any length of time or if you have read the occasional post here and there, it won't be any surprise to you that I have a messed up past. God has really used it to... Visit The Joyful Christian Wife to get nourished read more

aaronstrongarm

Up the (Willow) Creek: Dave Gibbons

Blogging Theologically | August 12th 2009 by Aaron Armstrong

Dave Gibbons is the founding pastor of Newsong Church, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-site, multi-continent church based out of Irvine, California, and the author of The Monkey and the Fish. His session, Thinking Forward: Third Culture Le read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] closing thoughts

BibleDude.net | August 11th 2009 by Dan King

by Dave Gibbons I started writing The Monkey and the Fish about five years ago. It’s beautiful to see how the nomenclature and some of the ideas are starting to take root in the streams of American evangelicalism. Third culture is not just a fad, read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter 7: ripples

BibleDude.net | August 10th 2009 by Dan King

by Mike Fullerton Gibbons segues into this chapter from cWoWs with a quote from John F. Kennedy. It’s worth repeating a bit of it here, “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustic read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter six: cWoWs: everyone plays

BibleDude.net | August 9th 2009 by Dan King

by Jesse Giglio This chapter repeatedly gave me goosebumps in the way only an encounter with complete resonance can.  Every other page had me thinking “yes, yes, yeah, right” almost to a fault as was difficult at times to actually slow d read more

Animerated

News shout

Animerated – anime reviews, news and information | August 8th 2009 by Andrei

Bookmark It read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter 5: three questions that become…

BibleDude.net | August 8th 2009 by Dan King

by Tom Wilhoit My assignment was to read Chapter 5 of the book The Monkey and the Fish by Dave Gibbons.  The title of the chapter is “Three Questions that Become the Answers”.  I could relate to Dave as he shared about his excitement of hearing read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter 4: liquid bruce lee

BibleDude.net | August 7th 2009 by Dan King

by Doug Goodrich Black and white, sweet and sour, wet and dry, hot and cold, all are opposites but they also fit together in a strange bedfellow way. What I mean is that when you see them listed on the page together, you don’t think it’s odd. How read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter 3: neighbor

BibleDude.net | August 6th 2009 by Dan King

by Greg Glatz Chapter 3 of The Monkey and the Fish opens with Kierkegaard’s searing indictment of Christians as “scheming swindlers” who pretend not to understand what God expects of them. KAPOW! Next, Gibbons sweetens the tone with Desmond Tu read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter 2: wardrobe

BibleDude.net | August 5th 2009 by Dan King

by robyn blaikie collins So… the majority of this chapter is spent telling us why it shouldn’t be the only focus of the church to increase numbers. As someone on a creative team at a mega-church I found it interesting to be confronted and, then e read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] chapter 1: liquid

BibleDude.net | August 4th 2009 by Dan King

by Shane Waldrop I must admit that being asked to do a blogging project on a book that I had not touched yet was a little daunting.  Maybe I’m a cheater, but I like to have super-duper extra knowledge about something before I write about it.  But read more

danbelieves

[the monkey and the fish] introduction

BibleDude.net | August 3rd 2009 by Dan King

I’ve always felt like it’s important that Christians should have their thinking challenged regularly. I don’t think that it’s ever wise for a Christian to get too comfortable with where they are in their faith-walk. The church read more

danbelieves

group blogging project: the monkey and the fish

BibleDude.net | July 31st 2009 by Dan King

One question that I ask myself regularly is whether I am actually living God’s will for my life. And if you are a typical Christian, then you probably ask yourself that or similar questions from time-to-time as well. I believe that not only is read more

inhand

Beneath a Steel Sky na iPhone’a

Blog.Inhand.pl | July 31st 2009 by Wojciech Kucha

Revolution Software wyda swojego klasyka wśród gier przygodowych “Beneath a Steal Sky” na iPhone’a. Firma jednocześnie ogłosiła stworzenie oddziału swojej firmy zwanej “Revolution Pocket”, która będzie odpowiedzi read more

ruswornom

Who Watches the Watchmen?

Take Another Road to Another Time | July 29th 2009 by Rus Wornom

Well, I finally did. And I ignored all the fluff, the hyperbole, the critics, the fans, and all the b.s. that came with its theatrical release about nine months ago.And I think Watchmen is arguably the best comic book adaptation ever made.There are read more