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- 8/11/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Did that just happen?!
I think we need a minute to process this and breathe. There's no way she's dead! After everything that happened in the first season, I'm not ready to say goodbye.
On Shadowhunters Season 2 Episode 4, a powerful smoke demon came into the picture and killed almost anyone who got in its way. Luckily, most of our core group lived to see another day from the rampage within the Institute. But a few familiar faces didn't make it out alive.
I can't believe Jocelyn is dead! Did you see this murder coming? I sure didn't...
When the show and commercials were teasing that one of the Shadowhunters we knew was going to die, I had guessed Lydia.
She seemed like the obvious choice. In retrospect, however, she was Too obvious. It was all there, though: She's big enough that we got to know her and be emotionally invested,...
I think we need a minute to process this and breathe. There's no way she's dead! After everything that happened in the first season, I'm not ready to say goodbye.
On Shadowhunters Season 2 Episode 4, a powerful smoke demon came into the picture and killed almost anyone who got in its way. Luckily, most of our core group lived to see another day from the rampage within the Institute. But a few familiar faces didn't make it out alive.
I can't believe Jocelyn is dead! Did you see this murder coming? I sure didn't...
When the show and commercials were teasing that one of the Shadowhunters we knew was going to die, I had guessed Lydia.
She seemed like the obvious choice. In retrospect, however, she was Too obvious. It was all there, though: She's big enough that we got to know her and be emotionally invested,...
- 1/24/2017
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
Last night's Gloria Awards and Gala, hosted by the Ms. Foundation for Women at Cipriani 42nd Street, doubled as a public 80th birthday party for the great Gloria Steinem, meaning that things got extra festive. In addition to the awards (given to Marissa Nuncio, director of the Garment Worker Center in Los Angeles, and Cathy Raphael, the outgoing chair of the Ms. Foundation board), there were speeches from Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, and Gabourey Sidibe, among others. (Also: a cake.) Sidibe's long, wonderful speech — about baking cookies, confidence, and feminism — is transcribed in full below. It is worth your time!I'm so excited to be here. Really, really excited. Okay, I'll get to it. Hi. One of the first things people usually ask me is, "Gabourey, how are you so confident?" I hate that. I always wonder if that's the first thing they ask Rihanna when they meet her.
- 5/2/2014
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
Above you'll find the first comic that artist Bill Watterson has created since he retired Calvin & Hobbes in 1995. It is actually a poster that he created for a documentary film called Stripped. The doc explores the creation of these comic strips and their transition from newspapers to digital. It features interviews with the creators of Garfield, Cathy, For Better or For Worse, The Oatmeal, Penny Arcade, and even Watterson himself, who rarely gives interviews.
Watterson spoke to The Washington Post and explained the poster he did for the movie:
“Given the movie’s title and the fact that there are few things funnier than human nudity, the idea popped into my head largely intact. The film is a big valentine to comics, so I tried to do something really cartoon-y. I had thought of having it colored with off-registered printing dots like newspaper comics, but Dave asked if I’d paint it instead,...
Watterson spoke to The Washington Post and explained the poster he did for the movie:
“Given the movie’s title and the fact that there are few things funnier than human nudity, the idea popped into my head largely intact. The film is a big valentine to comics, so I tried to do something really cartoon-y. I had thought of having it colored with off-registered printing dots like newspaper comics, but Dave asked if I’d paint it instead,...
- 2/27/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Last year, Calvin & Hobbes and the comic strip's creator Bill Watterson got their own documentary called Dear Mr. Watterson. Now a new documentary called Stripped goes a little more broad by focusing on Jim Davis, Cathy Guisewite, Mort Walker, Mike & Jerry, Matt Inman and Jeff Keane, the names behind comic strips like Garfield, Cathy, Beetle Bailey, Penny Arcade, The Oatmeal and Family Circus respectively. And there's plenty more cartoonists interviewed in this documentary looking into the art of comic strips. We love how it spans from the oldest newspaper strips to today's online comics. In addition, the poster below is the first comic strip illustration Watterson has made in 18 years. Check it out! Here's the first trailer for Dave Kellett and Frederick Schroeder's Stripped via The Film Stage: And here's the poster for the documentary, created and illustrated by Bill Watterson: Stripped is written and directed by Dave Kellett and Frederick Schroeder.
- 2/27/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
2012 will be the first year that GeekTrant will invade WonderCon, mostly due to the fact that it was moved down to Anaheim, CA this year which is right in our backyard. We're all pretty excited about attending this year, as we've heard it's a much smaller more intimate version of San Diego Comic Con.
WonderCon is set to open on Friday, March 16th and run through Sunday, March 18th at the Anaheim Convention Center. If you plan on attending let us know, and maybe we can meet up and hang out for a bit!
I've put stars next to the panels we are interested in attending. Check out the schedule, and let us know what you are looking forward to seeing most!
Friday March 16th
12:30-1:30 Idw Presents: The Idw Panel!— Chief creative officer Chris Ryall and sergeant of marketing Dirk Wood, give out prizes, make announcements, and evade questions!
WonderCon is set to open on Friday, March 16th and run through Sunday, March 18th at the Anaheim Convention Center. If you plan on attending let us know, and maybe we can meet up and hang out for a bit!
I've put stars next to the panels we are interested in attending. Check out the schedule, and let us know what you are looking forward to seeing most!
Friday March 16th
12:30-1:30 Idw Presents: The Idw Panel!— Chief creative officer Chris Ryall and sergeant of marketing Dirk Wood, give out prizes, make announcements, and evade questions!
- 2/28/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
As I arrived at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles for the 2010 Emmy Awards, the first thing I saw stepping out of the car was Dr. Horrible. There he was, bigger than life, soundlessly sermonizing above the Emmys red carpet on one of the several dozen jumbo-screens populating the L.A. Live complex that plays home to the Nokia. The moment turned out not to be a fortuitous prognostication of Neil Patrick Harris’ Emmy fortunes; it was simply part of a replay of last year’s Emmys, when Dr. Horrible (Nph) and Capt. Hammer (Nathan Fillion) did a little...
- 8/30/2010
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
Everyone loves the comic strip Cathy, right? No? Well, if that’s the case then you won’t be too upset to hear that after 34 years the series is coming to an end. Your mom might be upset about it, so be nice in these trying times.
"After almost 34 years of meeting newspaper deadlines," series creator Cathy Guisewite said in a statement. "I'm facing some personal deadlines whose requirements simply exceed my ability to procrastinate any longer.”
If you happen to be a member of our readership that actually enjoyed the strip, I suggest you familiarize yourself with the real-life, funnier version of Cathy that is 30 Rock’s Liz Lemon. No one does that shtick quite as well as Tiny Fey.
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"After almost 34 years of meeting newspaper deadlines," series creator Cathy Guisewite said in a statement. "I'm facing some personal deadlines whose requirements simply exceed my ability to procrastinate any longer.”
If you happen to be a member of our readership that actually enjoyed the strip, I suggest you familiarize yourself with the real-life, funnier version of Cathy that is 30 Rock’s Liz Lemon. No one does that shtick quite as well as Tiny Fey.
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- 8/12/2010
- by Wejo
- GeekTyrant
Reports CNN: Creator Cathy Guisewite says she is ending the comic strip in October in order to spend more time with her family and pursue new creative ventures . Too bad! I don’t necessarily keep up with my Cathy (it’s no Gil Thorp or Rex Morgan, MD!), but it is near and dear to me in that I read it every day as a child, not really understanding why this woman would be so upset by bathing suit shopping. And now that I finally get it, she is leaving us. No matter how many people might maybe mock it, the strip has definitely been an important part of the cultural landscape, most recently inspiring an SNL impression and a shout out on 30 Rock. And, with all of those books and merch purchased either sincerely or ironically, money is money and Cathy Guisewite’s laughing all the way to the...
- 8/12/2010
- by Sarah Walker
- BestWeekEver
Comic strip queen Cathy Guisewite has announced that she’ll end her iconic Cathy strip this October after 34 years, reports CNN. Somebody pass the chocolate! The strip — which spawned over 30 books and an Emmy winning animated TV special in the ’80 — was never really a big part of my life. But I have enjoyed seeing it spoofed by some of my favorite comedians. Remember when Andy Samberg did Cathy as a Weekend Update character with an occasional assist from Justin Timberlake? (If you don’t, check out the clip below.) Or on 30 Rock, when Wesley (Michael Sheen) tells Liz (Tina Fey...
- 8/12/2010
- by Adam Markovitz
- EW.com - PopWatch
When Wil Wheaton first appeared on The Big Bang Theory last fall as an odiously underhanded version of himself, I predicted the former Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation would return to the show as Sheldon Cooper's official Worst Enemy. I had no idea, however, that Evil Wil Wheaton would be this evil, widening his path of destruction to include not just Sheldon, but Penny and Leonard's fragile romance as well. Yes, it's official: Penny and Leonard's season-long courtship is seriously on the rocks. After Penny managed to pull off an unambiguous, post-coital reference to The Empire Strikes Back...
- 4/13/2010
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
Bill Melendez, best known for bringing the Peanuts characters to life with such classics as "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," died Tuesday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. He was 91.
Melendez, the only animator permitted by Charles M. Schulz to work with the Peanuts characters, earned eight Emmy Awards, 17 Emmy nominations, one Oscar nomination and two Peabody Awards. He began his career at Disney and Warner Bros., working on classic characters at those studios, and spent more than 70 years in the entertainment industry.
In 1948, the Mexican native left Warner Bros. and for more than a decade served as a director and producer on more than 1,000 commercials and films for United Productions of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Prods.
It was at UPA that Melendez started doing work for the New York-based J. Walter Thompson ad agency, whose client included Ford. The carmaker...
Melendez, the only animator permitted by Charles M. Schulz to work with the Peanuts characters, earned eight Emmy Awards, 17 Emmy nominations, one Oscar nomination and two Peabody Awards. He began his career at Disney and Warner Bros., working on classic characters at those studios, and spent more than 70 years in the entertainment industry.
In 1948, the Mexican native left Warner Bros. and for more than a decade served as a director and producer on more than 1,000 commercials and films for United Productions of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Prods.
It was at UPA that Melendez started doing work for the New York-based J. Walter Thompson ad agency, whose client included Ford. The carmaker...
- 9/3/2008
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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