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Monday Runaround, Walking With Stan Lee

Published Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:00:12 -0600

Last updated Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:15:11 -0600

ConWatch: The first annual Indian Comic Con starts this weekend. In years to come folks, this has the potential to be the biggest in the world…

"There is a lot of raw talent in India that needs to be honed. Artists and writers often don't get the access to publishers and distributors that they want. We hope we can provide a platform for this."

International giants like Marvel (which already has a presence in India) and DC are expected to showcase their latest products alongside a clutch of local comics publishers like Vimanika, Level 10 and Campfire – all recent entrants to the Indian market. The more serious readers can look forward to the latest graphic novels

ConWatch2: Angouleme inspires an Irish press profile on the whole matter of translating French comics to English.

Acknowledging that slapdash and careless translation can easily alienate readers and leave even the most complex and mature texts looking naive and nonsensical, Cadic has established a relatively sophisticated chain. "We have a team of three translators," he says. "First a British translator, who translates the text into a British idiom. Then that translation is reviewed in the US to check that the English also makes sense to an American market, and then finally a French translator who checks that the previous two translators' work is consistent with the intention of the original author."

GlobeWatch:

"USA TODAY is my favorite paper!" Stan Lee declared to USA TODAY's Andrea Mandell on the Globe red carpet. "I love talking to you."

He was at the Globes with a musician from Japan named Yoshiki. "We're going to make comics together," said Lee. "I'm going to make a superhero out of him."

This is The Bleeding Cool ComicChron Robot speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.

Wills'n'Kate: the comic book | Books | The Guardian

Johnston, bearded, with unkempt red hair and slightly wonky glasses, is the cartoonist for the controversial Westminster blogger Guido Fawkes, as well as being the founder of the comics website Bleeding Cool. He knows the idea will strike some as tawdry, but he describes Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story as a modern-day romance. "There is a kitschness to it. But I love doing things that sound ridiculously kitsch, then surprising the audience with something deeper."

New Spider-Man Costume Has 'A Device' To Shoot Webs, Says Emma Stone

"It's a device," Emma Stone told MTV News during the Golden Globe Awards when asked about the silver discs on Garfield's costume.

Sneak Peek: X-Men: Legacy #245 | X-Men

X-MEN: LEGACY #245, from writer Mike Carey and artist Clay Mann

Sneak Peek: New Avengers #9 | Avengers

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at NEW AVENGERS #9, from the creative team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artists Mike Deodato and Howard Chaykin!

Batmobile goes up for sale on eBay – Drive On: A conversation about the cars and trucks we drive – USATODAY.com

One of them, the third of the series from the 1989 Tim Burton era of Batman movies, is up for auction on eBay. Starting bid is $299,000, but if you want to skip all that bidding bother, you can skip right away to the buy-it-now price of $499,000.

DCUO Sells Out, SOE Sending More Units to Retail | PlayStation LifeStyle

With Sony Online Entertainment having predicted big things for the apparently $50 million blockbuster game, sales must have been truly incredible to beat their expectations.

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