Looks like I missed this news on Monday, but Variety are reporting that vfx company Rhythm & Hues Studios is planning to adapt the first volume of Jeff Lemire’s Essex County trilogy, Tales From the Farm, into a feature film. The movie will be filmed under the working title of “Super Zero”, and is set to [...]
This morning, DC Comics announced another eight titles from their line-wide Universe reboot (see here). The titles announced this morning all had a supernatural theme, including: Swamp Thing, Justice League Dark, Animal Man, Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Resurrection Man, I, Vampire, and Voodoo. You can find out more on the titles below, including their creative teams, [...]
In May, Vertigo will be releasing Strange Adventures #1, a book that I’m really looking forward to! When they first solicited the title, they would only say that the one-shot would contain contain eight 10-page science-fiction short stories written by the likes of Peter Milligan, Scott Snyder, and Jeff Lemire. Along with the first chapter [...]
Vertigo has announced that this May they will be publishing a Strange Adventures One-Shot, which will feature new tales from some of their top creators. The one-shot will contain eight 10-page science-fiction short stories written by the likes of Peter Milligan, Scott Snyder, and Jeff Lemire. The issue will also feature the debut of Spacemen, [...]
If you’ve been following the news on here, you’ll know that Jeff Lemire’s Essex County was nominated as one of the top five books, in CBC’s Canada Reads campaign, which aimed to find the greatest Canadian novel of the decade. On Monday, during the first of a series of celebrity panelist debates, Essex County was [...]
If you’ve been following the news on here, you’ll know that Jeff Lemire’s Essex County was nominated as one of the top five books, in CBC’s Canada Reads campaign, which aimed to find the greatest Canadian novel of the decade. On Monday, during the first of a series of celebrity panelist debates, Essex County was [...]
The first round of CBC’s Canada Reads debates were held today, to see which of the top 5 nominated novels would be picked as the greatest Canadian novel of the decade. I’m sad to report that Jeff Lemire’s Essex County was eliminated from the competition with a vote of 4 to 1 against. Here’s how [...]
You may, or may not, aware of the fact that Canadian writer/artist Leff Lemire’s Essex County has been picked as one of CBC‘s Canada Reads’ essential Top 5 Canadian novels of the decade. The Top 10 list was voted for by CBC readers and viewers, from a list of 40 novels, which were picked from [...]
At 2 p.m. EST today, CBC.ca hosted a live chat with Canadian writer/artist, Jeff Lemire. The chat was held in support of CBC’s Canada Reads event, for which Lemire’s Essex County has been picked as one of the final five books (see here). If you missed the chat, I have pasted the transcript below for [...]
If you are in Montreal today, make sure to stop by the Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore where Jeff Lemire will be making an appearance, in support of CBC’s Canada Reads event. Find the details below. CBC will also be holding a live chat event with Lemire at 2 pm EST Click here for more details. [...]
