What’s SHOOT THE MESSENGER?
Well, AICN COMICS: SHOOT THE MESSENGER is your weekly one stop shop for comic book -EWS. What’s comic book –EWS? Well, it’s our hodge podge of everything not reviews here at AICN Comics. Sure you can find out the @$$Holes’ critical opinions of your favorite books every Wednesday at AICN Comics. But here, you’ll find special reports such as previews, interviews, special features, and occasionally news gathered here from our online brethren at Newsarama, CBR, Wizard, etc. Sure those guys are the best at reporting news as it breaks. Click on the links for the original stories. This column cuts the crap to run down all the vital information for those of you who don’t follow it as it comes in, and serves it all up with that special ingredient of @$$y goodness.
Wassup folks! Welcome to a special Tuesday edition of Shoot the Messenger. Before we dive into the @$$ie goodness, be sure to check out the interviews posted here of Geoff Johns and J. Michael Straczynski on their upcoming DC EARTH ONE graphic novel series and then pop over here to read the Roman Dirge LENORE interview as well as a cool behind the scenes bit about THE DARKNESS/DARKCHYLDE One Shot! Then come back and check out all the cool shit we’ve got going on below!
AVATAR Contest!
Hey all, Ambush Bug here with another exclusive contest you guys are going to want to check out. A low budget indie flick called AVATAR is going to be in theaters this weekend. To give this flick a some much needed advertising (I mean, I haven’t heard anything about this flick at all…), we’re going to hold a pretty cool contest in its honor.
OK, all sarcasm aside. I can’t wait to see AVATAR and I know you can’t either. So the kind folks at Harper Collins Publishers have given me five copies of their movie tie in book, AVATAR: A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF PANDORA, to pass on to five lucky readers. Check out a few pages of this slick read here. This book is from the same company that gave you the HEADS ON AND WE SHOOT: THE MAKING OF WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE movie book, so you know it’ll be good. It offers a detailed look at the alien world of Panora and all of the creatures that inhabit it.
All I ask is that the five lucky winners promise me to send me a one paragraph/Cheap Shot sized review of the book after receiving it. All of the reviews will be compiled into a single review to be posted in a future AICN Comics column. So send me an email (subject line AICN AVATAR Contest) with your name, full address, and a promise set in stone to write up a paragraph review of the thing once you get it. Emails lacking any of these three things will not be considered for the contest. Best of luck to all and see you in line for AVATAR!
Another contest of a sort is being held by the hilarious Patrick Wensink who wrote a book that piques my interest from the title alone. His book SEX DUNGEON FOR SALE! is about to be released and to celebrate, he has a coloring contest going on which can be found here. Check out this truly unique contest. Looks to be a lot of fun. The contest ends December 14th so crack open those Crayola boxes, click the link, and have at it!
