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April 22, 2008:
CWN and the Grand Finale! -

February 4, 2008:
In Conclusion - David ends his CWN run with Tezuka's MW from Vertical

February 2, 2008:
Acting Like You Have Nothing to Prove -

February 2, 2008:
The Shoegazer Returns - A New Year Begins, And Our Narrator Makes A Pledge

January 30, 2008:
Tim's Reviews -

September 13, 2007:
Wizard World Chicago Loot, Part One - Stykman, Empty Chamber, the Ztarian Saga, and yes, Little Bunny Foo Foo

February 15, 2007:
I Come Not to Bury Nick Cage... - But to mourn the death of my punchline

November 20, 2006:
The End - Rich's last Chicks & Romance

November 8, 2006:
Joann Sfar's Klezmer - And a Front Racks Hiatus

October 4, 2006:
This Month's Guest: Dave Gibbons - From the pages of Elephantmen!

September 18, 2006:
Back in Berlin - or How I spent my summer

July 29, 2006:
KICKING UP A STORM - An interview with David Lloyd

June 19, 2006:
You Ain't Never Had A Friend Like Me. - Graeme looks at Spidey's "genies"

December 18, 2005:
Disappointed - Sad news for fans of Busiek's CONAN, Stephen King, and others

December 13, 2004:
JUSTICE UNPLUGGED 2 at last !!! - By Fabrice Sapolsky & Xavier Fournier

December 2, 2004:
THE TWELFTH AND FINAL STEP - Say it ain't so, Dan.

November 23, 2004:
The importance of editing -

September 29, 2004:
Mystery and Conundrum indeed! - Where in the world is Jason Pomerantz?

September 13, 2004:
Hello and Goodbye and Hello Again - Change is in the air at CWN and it smells sweet.

August 12, 2004:
The Rise of the Web Toon - New Business Model or Dumb Luck?

July 30, 2004:
The Name Says it All... - Spin Doctors revamp Boomerang.

July 27, 2004:
Bigger Isn't Always Better -

June 8, 2004:
Pre-emptive Strike: MoCCA Arts Festival - Looking forward to the con, rather than looking back at it

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Surrogates movie ready to start production

Bruce Willis to star

Here's some cool news. Disney is making a movie based on Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele's The Surrogates. If you aren't familiar with it, The Surrogates was an excellent scifi mini-series from Top Shelf. Here's what I wrote about it at the time:

"This is some damn good speculative science fiction. We live in a world where anyone can log on to the Internet and pretend to be anyone they want to be. Even people who don�t use fake screen names still benefit from the fact that we aren�t pre-judged based on our appearances. It�s comforting to have that distance from the rest of the online world. Now, what if real life was like that too?

"What if you could buy a machine that could stand in as your surrogate when you went to work, on a date, or to the grocery store? The machine could look like whatever you wanted: any race, either gender, any body type. It could look like Angelina Jolie or Bono if you choose. And you�d control it, just like you control your online persona now. It would be you, just the version of you that you want to project to the world. No one would ever have to see the real version. That�s the world of The Surrogates. Only now, someone is 'killing' the Surrogates; destroying them with a powerful electrical discharge while uttering a single command: 'Live.'

"With dark, moody art inspired by the likes of Ash Wood and Ben Templesmith (so not a bad thing, in my opinion), The Surrogates follows police detective Harvey Greer who�s been assigned to the case. We see him begin to question the very idea of the surrogates and you�ll likely do that too and end up rooting for the 'bad guy.' After all, he�s not really hurting people; just damaging property. While you�re doing that though, you�ll probably also start thinking about yourself some. And that�s what the best science fiction does."

Shawn Hoke also reviewed it here.

The movie will be directed by Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3) and scripted by Michael Ferris and John Brancato (also of Terminator 3). I never saw T3, so that parts not terribly exciting to me. The best news is that it'll star Bruce Willis, who's an excellent choice to play Detective Harvey Greer.