Viz Film Company
Viz Media is launching a Hollywood based film company, Viz Productions. Viz Productions will license and produce live action feature films based on graphic novel properties. The company will also act as a liaison between Japanese creative licensor’s and Hollywood production houses, studios, and agents.
Attack of the Show SDCC Panel
G4TV's technology and pop culture variety show Attack of the Show will be giving a behind the scenes look at the G4 series on the panel “Behind the Scenes of a Tech show — Attack of the Show,” at San Diego Comic Con. The panel will be held Saturday July 26from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 3. The panel will feature the show's hosts Olivia Munn, Kevin Pereira, Blair Butler, and the AOTS producers. There will be a signing will Munn, Pereira, and Butler before the panel in Autograph Alley from 12 to 1 PM.
Vertigo Creators Blog
Seven Vertigo creators have formed a group blog and forum, Standard Attrition. The creators include Jason Aaron, Brian Wood, Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, David Lapham, Jock, and G. Willow Wilson. The bog was originally started by Jason Aaron and was expanded to include the other creators. The group will also be live blogging at San Diego Comic Con from panels, signings, after hours events, and while at the booth.
Foreign GN’s on NPR
NPR’s All Things Considered featured a segment on the large amount of foreign graphic novels published in the U.S. The story discussed the growth of Manga, Persepolis, and Dupuy and Berberian’s Monsieur Jean. The segment can be listened to at the NPR website
Paul Sizer Online Comic
Paul Sizer has a new graphic novel being serialized online, B.P.M. (Beats Per Minute), which follows an aspiring New York City DJ. It is a multimedia comic, featuring playlists to go along with story. The 96 page graphic novel is scheduled to be released in November of 2008. More information can be found at the B.P.M. website.
New A.D. Chapter
Chapter 13 of Josh Neufeld’s online comic A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is now up at the Smith Magazine website. A.D. is the true story of six people after Hurricane Katrina.
Vertigo Myspace Spotlight
A profile of Blythe Cameron, the main character in the new Vertigo series Air, is available through the Myspace comics page. Another character, Benjamin Lancaster will be spotlighted on July 29. The series Air will be releasedAugust 20.