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Farmhand #2 cover by Rob Guillory
The comic tries to fill some of these voids with some comedy and even a little slapstick How well that works for you will vary I was left a little bored. We don't learn a lot more about Jedidiah's farm or their inner workings beyond a stinger at the end of the book. We meet one particularly[...]
Paul Rudd Is His Own Worst Enemy in Netflix Comedy Series 'Living With Yourself'
Marvel Studios Paul Rudd is about to go to war with himself – literally – in Netflix's new scripted comedy Living With Yourself from Emmy and Peabody award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Likely Story and Jax Media. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Battle of the Sexes) are set to[...]
Plastic Man #3 cover by Alex Ross
Elsewhere, Sammy tries to solve his woes, and the girls who work with Eel O'Brian work to prove his innocence. Plastic Man #3 cover by Alex Ross Whenever I worry that maybe I just have a thing against superhero comedy stories, I remind myself that Gail Simone and Adriano Melo's Plastic Man just might be one of[...]
Adult Swim Adds Surreal Comedy 'The Shivering Truth', Fantasy Satire 'Tigtone'
Adult Swim is adding two new original animated comedy projects to their twistedly original programming slate: Vernon Chatman's surreal stop-motion series The Shivering Truth; and Andrew Koehler and Benjamin Martin's medieval fantasy series Tigtone Although dramatically different series on just about every front, you can see from the series' synopses below that both projects clearly[...]
The Long Con #1 cover by Ea Denich
Victoria Robado The Long Con #1 is a comedy sci-fi post-apocalypse tale centering on a journalist (that throws in another subgenre into the mix technically) centering on parodied geek culture. The issue keeps some of its cards to its chest, as you get the impression something else is going on, but the other shoe doesn't drop in[...]
21 Jump Street's Rob Riggle Joins Fox's Kaitlin Olson, Leah Remini Comedy Pilot
Credit: Cage Skidmore, WikiCommons At today's Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press event, Fox announced that It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Kaitlin Olson and Leah Remini (The King of Queens) would be starring in a new comedy pilot from Sunny star/co-creator Rob McElhenney, Rob Rosell (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Mick) and 20th Century Fox[...]
It's Always Sunny's Kaitlin Olson Set for Fox Comedy Pilot from 'Sunny' Team
With Sunny returning to FXX for a 13th season on September 5, Olson will also serve as the co-lead opposite Leah Remini in Fox's half-hour comedy pilot from her Sunny co-star/co-creator Rob McElhenney, Rob Rosell (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Mick) and 20th Century Fox TV Joining Olson as executive producers on the pilot are[...]
Farmhand #1 cover by Rob Guillory
Plus, Jedidiah is known to keep secrets, and there are dark ones lurking inside his farm. Farmhand #1 cover by Rob Guillory Farmhand #1 is something of a comedy horror story It opens with Zeke having an especially grim nightmare, but the tone changes drastically with the introduction of his family. The humor is a bit juvenile, but[...]