What could go wrong here?
Gun owners should store a gun in their kids’ room, according to a ‘Home Defense Concepts’ seminar offered at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting, comments that came just days after the fatal shooting of a two-year-old at the hands of her five-year-old brother.
via NRA ‘Home Defense’ Course Instructs Audience To Store Guns In Kids’ Room | ThinkProgress.
No one reads more prospective novel beginnings than literary agents. They’re the ones on the front lines — sifting through inboxes and slush piles. And they’re the ones who can tell us which Chapter 1 approaches are overused and cliche, as well as which techniques just plain don’t work. Below find a smattering of feedback from experienced literary agents on what they hate to see the first pages of a writer’s submission. Avoid these problems and tighten your submission!
FALSE BEGINNINGS
“I don’t like it when the main character dies at the end of Chapter 1. Why did I just spend all this time with this character? I feel cheated.”
– Cricket Freeman, The August Agency“I dislike opening scenes that you think are real, then the protagonist wakes up. It makes me feel cheated.”
– Laurie McLean, Foreword Literary
Go read them all. Via Writer Unboxed » What NOT to Do When Beginning Your Novel: Advice from Literary Agents.
ABBOTT: Well Costello, I’m going to New York to start my new job as coach for the New York Yankees.
COSTELLO: Look Abbott, if you’re the coach, you must know everything about the players.
ABBOTT: I certainly do.
COSTELLO: You know I’ve never met the guys so you’ll have to tell me who’s playing on the team.
ABBOTT: Well, let’s see, our first baseman is coming out.
COSTELLO: He’s not staying on the team?
ABBOTT: No, he’s on the team but he’s coming out.
COSTELLO: Well, then who’s in the game?
ABBOTT: He is.
COSTELLO: But he’s coming out.
ABBOTT: Exactly.
COSTELLO: When?
ABBOTT: Before the next game.
COSTELLO: He’s coming out before the start of the game?
ABBOTT: Yes.
If you are a comics creator, you are eligible to nominate works and vote for the Harvey Awards
. And this year, you can nominate online
! The deadline for nominations is midnight tonight. If you think there is a piece of work, including yours, that deserves the votes of others, please spread the word– e-mail, blog, tweet, and otherwise promote works that deserve recognition.
Nominate now, and we’ll see you here when the final ballot is announced– and we’ll see you in Baltimore in September for the awards ceremony!
If you are a comics creator, you are eligible to nominate works and vote for the Harvey Awards
. And this year, you can nominate online
! The deadline for nominations is midnight tonight. If you think there is a piece of work, including yours, that deserves the votes of others, please spread the word– e-mail, blog, tweet, and otherwise promote works that deserve recognition.
Nominate now, and we’ll see you here when the final ballot is announced– and we’ll see you in Baltimore in September for the awards ceremony!
We’re getting to convention season, and it seems like there’s a demand for finding out how to get the sort of… proportions that superhero costumes can require. In other words, how can a woman with normal breasts look like she was drawn by J. Scott Campbell?
We’re happy to help. Go take a look at this cosplay cleavage tutorial, and with the help of bras, wires, and socks, you too can be spathic.*
* Yes, spathic is a real word. Look it up. Who said comics never taught you anything?
Ach, nein! Gott in himmel! And all the other phrases I learned from reading 70′s Invaders comics.
This video, summing up a lot of our feelings on the matter, was put together by Zack Smith of Newsarama and MTV Geek– waitaminute– didn’t Valerie Gallaher just leave MTV Geek ? Weird times are coming, folks…
Click here to view the embedded video.
Just in time for Iron Man 3, we have trailers for Thor: The Dark World, hitting UK theaters on October 30 and US theaters on November 8. Of course, it’s the sequel to Marvel’s Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Christopher Eccleston.
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s Avengers Assemble,Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
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Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and is based on Marvel’s classic super hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book “Journey into Mystery ” #83 in August, 1962 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Robert Morales, the comic book writer best known for 2002′s Truth: Red, White and Black which introduced Isaiah Bradley, the black Captain America, has died at the age of 54.
Morales also had a run on the main Captain America title in 2004, and contributed text pieces to Heavy Metal.
This was completely unexpected, we’re all in a bit of shock here at the moment. We will update with more details as they become available.
