Posted in: Comics, Recent Updates | Tagged: frank miller, Mark Millar, occupy wall street

Tuesday Trending Topics: Millar, Miller

Published Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:07:55 -0600

Last updated Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:08:07 -0600

Reactions to Frank Miller's blog post on the Occupy movement continue to echo around the comics internet, an industry-centric slice of the larger discussion on the issues involved. There's also a pretty interesting subtext here about the blurred distinctions between art, speech, and action which may be just as valuable as the central discussion.

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Mark Millar Responds To Frank Miller – Or Rather The Reaction To Frank Miller

It's strange to watch your favourite writer getting strips torn off him for a couple of days.

Ann Nocenti On Occupy Wall Street

As part of a larger interview on her upcoming work on Green Arrow, and a larger look at her career as a while, I had the opportunity to ask Ann Nocenti about Occupy Wall Street.

Claimbusters: Who Is Chuck Dixon?

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Steven Moffat Vs David Yates

This is the only tweet Steven Moffat has issued since the news broke that David Yates is directing a Doctor Who movie for the BBC, even as another part of the BBC says there is no script, cast or production team for such a project – and there's basically no new news.

Prepare To Be Surprised By The Doctor Who Children In Need Minisode

The official Doctor Who Twitter feed has been buzzing away today feeding us tidbits about the Steven Moffat-penned minisode of Doctor Who written for this Friday's Children in Need fundraising drive. With three days left before it gets aired, the episode still hasn't actually been filmed. The scripts were delivered only yesterday and the sets are being built today. As of one hour ago…

Doctor Who Movie Story Met With Denials From Some Corners Of The BBC

Nothing in their statements really contradict anything David Yates was saying, not really, but it seems like certain parties at the BBC are keen to underplay all this talk of a Doctor Who movie. Why? I suppose they fear that it will dent the appeal of the TV show.