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The Amazing Animated Spider-man Script & Writer’s Guide

spider-man-animated-1994Spider-man: The Animated Series that aired on Fox from 1994-1998 was the best of all the animated Spider-man programs to date. Each episode actually consisted of a story and an attempt at character development.  As storytelling in live action television seems to have evolved over the years, many of these animated programs (not included the prime time ones) have de-evolved.  I feel as if the newer animated programs have really been dumbed-down and their target audience seems to be aimed at five year olds (which is fine if you’re a five year old). 

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How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way

I loved comic books as a kid.  I still sometimes enjoy them as an adult (and I use that word loosely).  I came across this fun little book a while back entitled “How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way.”  Now it’s not so much a lesson in how to draw.  It’s more of a lesson on how to draw characters in the style that Marvel does it, hence the title.  No one is going to become a great comic book artist from reading this book but it is informative.  It’s definitely an old one, but I think the styles probably still hold true today.  But then again, what do I know.  I can barely scratch two sticks together to form a stick figure. 

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Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” Trailer

guardians-of-the-galaxy-logo1I’ll admit that I know very little about this property. 

WIKI ON…

“Guardians of the Galaxy is an upcoming American science fiction superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film is intended to be the tenth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by James Gunn, with a story by Gunn and Nicole Perlman, and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro. In Guardians of the Galaxy, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan. In order to evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a group of misfits including Gamora, Rocket, Drax the Destroyer and Groot. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.”

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