Comics News Post: June 22, 2007
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is urgently looking for help with the Gordon Lee trial, which is slated to start on the week of August 13. County prosecutors in Georgia have sought to convict Lee on two felony counts and five misdemeanors. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has successfully knocked out all but two of the remaining misdemeanor counts of Distribution of Harmful to Minors Material and is hoping to take care of the rest in short order.
Said a spokesperson: "We've not seen local law enforcement vigorously pursue such a minor charge since 1977's Coors smuggling incident."
In Marvel news, Fruit of the Loom will soon be making its own line of Underoos-styled underwear. A warning to some of you looking to relive your youth and thinking you could probably squeeze into the kid's XL...
Fox picked up a fourth season of American Dad on Thursday, along with two new creations by Seth MacFarlane: The Shimpsons and Guy With A Family. In related news, a large envelope of negatives was couriered to Fox TV president Ed Wilson's office this morning.
A 13-year-old girl in Kentucky was severely injured while riding on Six Flags' Superman: Tower of Power ride. The ride will be shut down while park officials investigate. Also closed for inspection are Batman: The Beating and Aquaman's Wet T-Shirt Adventure.
Rumors are swirling that Samuel L Jackson will be playing Nick Fury in the upcoming Iron Man movie. With Iron Man being the first of the superhero comic films produced independently by Marvel, may be establishing the Nick Fury role for a future movie, using the Ultimate version of the character as a template.
In further casting news, Greg Land has been contacted in order to sort out which models he's used as "reference" for a forthcoming direct-to-DVD coproduction the comics publisher has lined up with Larry Flynt's Hustler Studios. Ultimate Penetration will hit shelves in "book stores" near airports across America next spring.
And now, your quote of the week, and it comes from Forbidden Planet's Richard Bruton, talking about The Eternals:
But enough of first impressions; the actual book itself was one of those things I just wasn't sure about because to me the very idea of Gaiman at Marvel is slightly jarring, like listening to Kraftwerk cover a Kylie song.
We'll be back Monday; let's just hope something happens this weekend worthy of coverage. As stated in previous post about The Rack, I'll be at MoCCA fest with Birdie and a stack of brand-new postcards that will certainly set hearts aflutter.
