The Library of American Comics and IDW will release Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, the first volume in a planned three-volume opus on the life and work of Alex Toth, next year. The three volumes will cover Toth’s groundbreaking and influential career in comics and animation in the depth and detail that it deserves.
Written by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell, this definitive biography is being created with the full cooperation of Toth’s children and complete access to the family archives. Mullaney and Canwell have conducted dozens of interviews with Toth’s peers, friends, and family members. In addition, Toth’s fans and friends have loaned original artwork reproduced in the series.
"Genius Isolated" will cover Toth’s life and work through the early 1960s, a period that includes his early comics work and his move into animated cartoons. It will include a previously unknown, unfinished and unpublished penciled story from the early 1950s. A special section will collect, for the first time, the Jon Fury pages that Toth produced while in the army. It will feature an introduction by Mark Chiarello.
"Genius, Illustrated," the second volume, will cover Toth’s development into one of the leading character designers in TV animation, as well as his renewed career in comics with Warren, DC, and his creator-owned properties of the 70s and beyond, along with an examination of his final years.
"Genius, Animated," the third volume, will be an art book with hundreds of Toth’s model sheets and storyboards for shows such as Space Ghost and Dino Boy, Jonny Quest, Space Angel, Super Friends, The Fantastic Four, Hot Wheels, Thundarr, and Shazzan, as well as many full-color presentation pieces for selling new series to the networks.
A slipcase for the full set will be available with the third book.
Trio of books focuses on comcis great Alex Toth
This sounds good to me:
Old time radio, with pictures!
Classic TV Showbiz takes a detour into the pre-television days when radio was king. Unfortunately, there's no identifying on the folks depicted in these behind-the-scenes pics, but they're fun to see nevertheless.
Trailer: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Here's a trailer for the BBC's adaptation of the Douglas Adams' character:
Music new releases Dec. 7, 2010: Duffy, Narnia, Sujan Stevens, Dylan Mono vinyl, Yardbirds
Endlessly
Duffy
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
All Delighted People
Sufjan Stevens
The Original Mono Recordings (Vinyl) (Amazon.com Exclusive Bonus Edition)
Bod Dylan
Little Games
The Yardbirds
DVD new releases Dec. 7, 2010: Inception, Shrek, Bonanza, Dragnet, Yogi Bear
Duane Eddy teams with Richard Hawley for new album
The awesome guitar twanger Duane Eddy has a new album coming out produced by British singer/guitarist Richard Hawley, who's pretty good himself. Could be an interesting listen.
Rare photos of Spider-Man creator Steve Ditko in yearbook
An eBay listing for a 1944 Johnstown, Pa., high school yearbook includes some images of a young Steve Ditko, reclusive co-creator of Spider-Man.
The book also includes this illustration, which the seller believes may be by Ditko. Don't know. Looks to me like it could be.
At any rate, the listing also includes a number of photos of the young artist. There are very few public photos of Ditko around, so this is interesting -- although the seller goes to somewhat hyperbolic lengths to tout the book's historical significance.
The book also includes this illustration, which the seller believes may be by Ditko. Don't know. Looks to me like it could be.
At any rate, the listing also includes a number of photos of the young artist. There are very few public photos of Ditko around, so this is interesting -- although the seller goes to somewhat hyperbolic lengths to tout the book's historical significance.
Clash biopic in the works
The creation of London Calling is the basis of a new biopic about the Clash, reports the BBC.
Former Clash members Paul Simonon and Mick Jones will executive produce the film, named after the 1979 record.
Playwright Jez Butterworth will pen the script, which will tell how producer Guy Stevens worked with the band to create their most celebrated disc.
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