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Says the uploader:The first ever documented Spider-Man fan film, and the first (unofficial) live action appearance of Spider-Man from 1969! This was produced by Donald F. Glut and was his last amateur film (he had produced many other Marvel fan films before this) before moving on to write for classic cartoons like Transformers and Spider-Man and ( Read more... )

It has now been so long since I went to New York that it’s only the same amount of time again that I’ll be back in New York, but damnit, I wrote this trip write-up and so you’re gonna get it whether you like it or not. Well, not that you actually have to read it or anything.

NEW YORK
( Hurricane Irene, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark (incl. spoilers, not that anyone cares), and meeting friends. )

So it looks like sporadic updates every few days to a fortnight is about par for the course for me, which is a far cry from the days when I was posting up to multiple times daily ... but then again, earlier this year, I wasn't posting at all ... so that's good, right?

Recent Accomplishments
» Made an octopus, a half and a smidge, a baby seahorse, ( Read more... )

I understand there's a fair amount of scuttlebutt running around based on a two word phrase (as quoted in the subject) that I used in reference to cissie_king's most recent noscans_daily post, the final one before her banning. Since I'm also under the impression that many of the people commenting on what I've said didn't see my words in context, I thought I'd reproduce ( Read more... )

So, we're still working on our official mod statement - press release, if you could call it that - but in the meantime, stubbleupdate and I (with some behind the scenes input from schmevil) did an interview with comicmix.com. So if you don't want to wait to read about our account of the 28th, s_d's official position on fair use, and some hints of where we plan to take ( Read more... )

Because I've been distracted by various RL and online dramas, I forgot to check up properly on the videos I coudn't return to the library before visiting my brother and make sure to renew them when their week was up ( Read more... )

Some of you who read my lj are also scans_daily fans, and you may be wondering where the hell the comm's gone. Yes, it has been suspended. Yes, we the mods are looking into our options. In the meantime, we do have a few backups in place. Please check out my fellow mod schmevil's post on the subject for more details, and refer all questions there ( Read more... )

Stan Lee was born on December 28th, 1922. You probably know him (if you know him) as the creator of characters like Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and of course many of their supporting cast members - like Spider-Man's girlfriend and later wife, Mary Jane Watson-Parker ( Read more... )

As covered here.

Today at the New York Anime Festival, Marvel and Del Rey announced a joint project which will see their most popular properties produced as Original English Language manga: X-Men and Wolverine - the manga ( Read more... )

This is why I love comics. Seriously, if you hadn't been told, would you have known that was from 1955? Me neither.