http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 21:19:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Top Shelf recently launched it's new web comics initiative over at their site. Top Shelf 2.0 will initially feature 10 new strips by the likes of Jed McGowan, Lizz Lunney, Aaron Navrady, Steve Lafler, Kagan McLeod, Bart Johnson, John C. Ralston, Jessica McLeod and Edward J. Grug III, Chris Eliopoulos ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/16/top-shelf-20/ Bryan Lee O'Malley alerts everyone to the latest Scott Pilgrim casting news. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the cheerleader from Death Proof and John McLane's daughter in the last Die Hard, is in talks to play mysterious Amazon delivery girl, Ramona Flowers in Edgar Wrights forthcoming film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim. I hope she ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/16/scott-pilgrim-casting-news/ Hey, children! I don't know how many of you are spending your Wednesday afternoon's hanging out at the Big WU, but for those of you that have other priorities in life, you should totally check out the intrepid Robert Taylor's comprehensive coverage of Jeff Smith's "Bone & Beyond" art exhibit at ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/14/inside-bone-beyond/ This past Wednesday, Middle School Kiel's favorite comic book finally came to an end when Image Comics published Scud: The Disposable Assassin #24. With a completely subjective mindset, I have to say that it was awesome, and I highly recommend it to anyone who ever loved the series when creator ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/09/two-rob-schrab-interviews/ Over at his Livejournal, Corey "The Rey" Lewis offers up a small preview of Double Z, the upcoming sequel to his off-the-wall fight comic Sharknife from Oni. Lewis is working double time to get Double Z out in time for San Diego, which is awesome because we would LOVE to read ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/09/round-twofight/ In case you hadn't heard, there's a very in depth showcase of Bone creator Jeff Smith's comics work opening up this weekend at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio on the campus of The Ohio State University. I can't make it down for the opening, but luckily ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/09/please-go-read-kiel-talks-to-the-bone-curators/ Interesting things I learned from my google alerts this week: - There's a new Weezer album out in June (on the 24th to be exact), and it's a self-titled whose real title will be "The Red Album" in the classic Weezer tradition. The first single is called "Pork & Beans" ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/08/weezer-alec-longstreth-who-knew/ So last weekend when the rest of the comics world was getting reprints of DC and Marvel books they already paid for for free, I headed down to the School of Visual Arts' Fresh Meat mini comics fair to buy some rad minis from students on the super cheap. This ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/07/student-meat-market/ OK, that may be the stupidest title I've ever written for any post, but what do you really want from me? ANYWAY, after yesterday's call out to the new Zuda competiton, Brendan McGinley was nice enough to send a character sketch from his Zuda competing strip Hannibal Goes To Rome so ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/07/zuda-times-twoda/ So, I'll admit it, I've been a bit wary of posting a lot about Zuda Comics, DC's voter-driven webcomics initiative. There are a few reasons for this, chief amongst them that I'm not sure anything created, released and publicized by one of the biggest publishers in the history of North ... http://indiejones.wizarduniverse.com/2008/05/06/a-zuda-post/