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Comic book writer/artist Al Davison on what was wrong with The Dark Knight, Superman Returns and Watchmen

15 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

We're seeing more and more comic books and graphic novels being adapted for the big screen and, even with varied results at the box office, the trend shows no sign of stopping.

This is largely because established titles come with a devoted fanbase while newer publications are akin to film storyboards that give studios a clear visual idea of the project.

Only recently I have twice reported on a number of comics that are being picked up by film bosses, and you can see those round-ups here and here.

I talked about the craze to comic book writer and artist Al Davison, who runs The Astral Gypsy graphic novels shop and art studio in the Canal Basin here in Coventry.

Al's been writing and drawing comics for 25 years. He is working on the Doctor Who comic (as seen in the image pictured right), which was launched in July, and recently »

- David Bentley

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Comic book writer/artist Al Davison on what was wrong with The Dark Knight, Superman Returns and Watchmen

16 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

We're seeing more and more comic books and graphic novels being adapted for the big screen and, even with varied results at the box office, the trend shows no sign of stopping.

This is largely because established titles come with a devoted fanbase while newer publications are akin to film storyboards that give studios a clear visual idea of the project.

Only recently I have twice reported on a number of comics that are being picked up by film bosses, and you can see those round-ups here and here.

I talked about the craze to comic book writer and artist Al Davison, who runs The Astral Gypsy graphic novels shop and art studio in the Canal Basin here in Coventry.

Al's been writing and drawing comics for 25 years. He is working on the Doctor Who comic (as seen in the image pictured right), which was launched in July, and recently »

- David Bentley

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Christophe Gans Writing and Directing Fantomas

13 May 2009 9:50 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

I don’t dabble much in French cinema, except for the occasional action movie like “The Nest”, “The Empire of the Wolves”, etc, but this certainly sounds like something that could break big: Christophe Gans, of “Silent Hill” and “Crying Freeman” fame, will be writing and directing a big-screen adaptation of “Fantomas”, based on the series of popular French novels. The film, says the movie’s producer, will be heavily influenced by Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”. So what’s it all about? I haven’t an idea, but luckily Variety has done all the legwork: Written by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, and first published in 1911, the 43 “Fantomas” novels follow Fantomas, an ingenious but amoral master of disguise and sadistic killer. The literary franchise is also a Gallic national crime fiction treasure, having yielded multiple big- and smallscreen and comic-book adaptations. Influenced by “The Dark Knight,” Langmann said, »

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2009 | 2008

3 articles from 2009

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