EnglishTime for another recap of the week in SDCC news. Comic-Con announced their annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. This years winners are Bill Messner-Loebs and Jack Kirby (Jack Kirby also appears on the cover of the SDCC souvenir book, and is also being named as a Disney Legend during D23 story on D23 here, More information on the...
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Twentieth Century Fox Film today announced a strategic investment in award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios. This investment gives TCFF a significant minority stake in the largest independently-controlled comic book and graphic novel library. Differing from other major publishers in the space, BOOM! partners with creators to share ownership of original series.“Our industry’s soul is its storytelling and artistry, and as we continue...
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Emily Browning takes center stage once again this time as the Irish damsel Essie McGowen, who extends the normal vignette of “American Gods” into nearly the full hour for the second to last episode of the first season. As Laura (Emily Browning) travels with Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schrieber) in a stolen ice cream truck towards her resurrection all while the narrator Mr. Ibis, describes the tale of Essie. We follow Essie as she goes from a young child on the...
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Episode 6 has one of the shortest “Coming to America” vignettes but it still gets the message across that Jesus will help you along the way, yet in “American Gods” that does not necessarily mean you will make it all the way. This introduction by the narrator Mr. Ibis is the least impactful especially in comparison to previous ones like the pilot episode with the slaughtering vikings and the slave ship with Orlando Jones as Mr....
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The narrator begins with another “Coming to America” vignette that expressing the foreboding nature of Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) sentiments about his only fear of being forgotten. It starts with an ancient tribe crossing to America during the last ice age. The tribe carries a totem of their god, Nynyunnini which is the giant severed head of a mammoth. They struggle with starvation amongst other plights assumed but once they finally make it inland they...
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