The Global Film Village

First Glimpse of New Spider-man, Steve Ditko Would Be Proud

// January 13th, 2011 // Comments Off // Comic Books

Columbia Pictures releases the first image of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. Photo Credit: John Schwartzman

by Marc Halperin

The first shot of Andrew Garfield sends the message that director Mark Web gets it. The gutsy decision by Amy Pascal and her team at Columbia looks to have delivered the goods and we only have to wait until July 3, 2012 to know for sure.

Marvel continues to dominate the super-hero market on both the comic book and movie front. This summer we will have The Mighty Thor, Captain America and X-Men: First Class and then Spider-Man, The Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and The Avengers next year.

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The Shadow knows!

// September 2nd, 2010 // Comments Off // Comic Books

by Marc Halperin

The Shadow was one of the first great pulp magazine heroes.  The one night performance of The Shadow at the Sierra Madre Playhouse commemorates its 80th anniversary of premiering on radio having originally debuted on July 31, 1930.

From its days in the pulp magazines to radio, comic strips, comic books, movies and a television series the character has captured the imagination of generations and millions of fans. The mysterious detective also known as Lamont Cranston had the power to “cloud men’s minds.” (more…)

Rough Justice a behind the scenes look at the DC Comics artwork of Alex Ross

// July 28th, 2010 // Comments Off // Comic Books

(c) 2010 All rights reserved DC Comics and Pantheon Books.

By Marc Halperin

One of the things I love about San Diego Comic-Con is the opportunity to talk with the creators of comic books first hand. I have been attending this show since 1984. I try to attend every chance I get because for me it is like going to a high school reunion. I have been a serious comic book collector since before the debut of the Fantastic Four and Spider-man. I got started in this because my grandfather used to pick up returns from stores in the late 1950′s and 1960s and would let me have one or two books from the pile he had in the rear of his station wagon. (more…)