Reporter's Notebook

spaceshiprocket: Catwoman by Darwyn Cooke

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:23 -0500

spaceshiprocket:

Catwoman by Darwyn Cooke

(via Photo by drmanolis • Instagram)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:32:53 -0500

(via Photo by drmanolis • Instagram)

highway62: Reblogging this especially for sandiego1978. This...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:08:02 -0500

highway62:

Reblogging this especially for sandiego1978.

This goes with Deckard’s replica PKD pistol and the M-41A pulse rifle I always wanted.

fuckyeahdirectors: Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese on-set of...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:34:25 -0500

fuckyeahdirectors:

Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese on-set of Raging Bull (1980)

"The truth of it is that a work isn’t merely written by an author or collective creators. All the..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:16:09 -0500

“The truth of it is that a work isn’t merely written by an author or collective creators. All...

My dad—who I’m named after and who is named after his...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:27:14 -0500

My dad—who I’m named after and who is named after his father, my grandfather—never stops being the person I admire and respect the most in my life. He’s the mold they use for dads who other kids listen to as if he were their own dad. And one of the most important things he taught me was having the courage of your convictions isn’t nearly as admirable as having the courage to admit when you’re wrong and the bravery to change your mind because you’ve grown as a person. (He also taught me that while a finely polish hardwood floor looks classy, it can be a hazard when trying to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night in socked feet.)

I’m glad my son (seen here in both photos some 14 or 15 years ago) has such a great role model in his life that he is so close to. I love both of them dearly and count myself lucky for having them in my life.

brianmichaelbendis: Paul Pope

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:39:01 -0500

brianmichaelbendis:

Paul Pope

5feet12inches: Goldfinger Publicity Photo - Honor Blackman as...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:08:25 -0500

5feet12inches:

Goldfinger Publicity Photo - Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore

"A homemade Max Headroom background rocked back and forth as he talked. The video ended with a pair..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:52:28 -0500

“A homemade Max Headroom background rocked back and forth as he talked. The video ended with a...

popgunwar: the comedian a denver comic con sketch made last...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:01:28 -0500

popgunwar:

the comedian a denver comic con sketch made last sunday for terry. thanks wayne and everyone at timewarp.

Farel Dalrymple

mkupperman: Oscar and Felix and Twain & Einstein as “The...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:34:45 -0500

mkupperman:

Oscar and Felix and Twain & Einstein as “The Awkward Quartet”

(from Mark Twain’s Autobiography 1910-2010)

mkupperman: The cover of my 18-page Quincey adaptation...

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:36:26 -0500

mkupperman:

The cover of my 18-page Quincey adaptation Quinception, which you can read here.

It’s Movie Binge Weekend! TCM has been hitting it out of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:52:00 -0500

It’s Movie Binge Weekend!

TCM has been hitting it out of the park this month (which isn’t unusual). Besides Ace in the Hole and (inexplicably) The Killer, the network also has shown Point Blank, The 400 Blows, Dog Day Afternoon, Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 and Spanish versions of Laurel and Hardy shorts that they filmed by saying their lines phonetically. Coming up: The Outfit with Robert Duvall, which I don’t think is even on DVD.

Plus, HBO premiered Moonrise Kingdom, which is such a sweet, beautiful film (and Ed Norton does an interesting Stan Laurel riff that I’ve never noticed in his other performances), and Rushmore was on this morning on one of the ancillary HBO channels, I guess as a teaser for Moonrise Kingdom. For whatever reason, those led me to re-watch GoodFellas and Royal Tenenbaums.

Good times.

spaceshiprocket: Batman by David Mazzuchelli

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:45:22 -0500

spaceshiprocket:

Batman by David Mazzuchelli

supervillain: Scorsese on the set of Taxi Driver.

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:48 -0500

supervillain:

Scorsese on the set of Taxi Driver.

supervillain: Phil Spector on how John Lennon talked him into...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:07 -0500

supervillain:

Phil Spector on how John Lennon talked him into not killing Mean Streets over using “Be My Baby” without permission.

I’m guessing this is from the Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector, which I’ve only seen clips of. So much in just this one excerpt (and the tags on this file pretty much highlight Spector’s wittiest remarks), but it makes me think what a perfect marriage Spector’s songs are with Scorsese’s films.

Spector isn’t overstating the power of that song at the beginning of Mean Streets. It’s nothing without “Be My Baby,” but I can’t hear that song now without immediately thinking of the movie. Same with The Crystals’ “And Then He Kissed Me.” GoodFellas and the Copacabana entrance scene pretty much own that song forever—while still being completely at its mercy. In both these cases, it’s like immovable object meeting irresistible force.

I’m sure an argument could be made that this same alchemy works for Scorsese with “Gimme Shelter” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (or just about any other Rolling Stones song he’s used), but I’ve always felt that the Stones are too big for any movie to corral (Wes Anderson’s come close a couple times). And Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London,” Nilsson’s “Jump Into the Fire” and the piano instrumental from “Layla” just aren’t in the same league with Skeezy’s filmmaking (more than 20 years after its release, I bet people still think the Lufthansa job body count scene is the only part of the movie that has an original score).

One of my favorite bits from 30 Rock. Up there with...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:59:47 -0500

One of my favorite bits from 30 Rock. Up there with Conan’s appearances.

It’s hilarious, the problems that arise when you’re on the set....

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:43:20 -0500

It’s hilarious, the problems that arise when you’re on the set. It’s really funny because you make a complete fool of yourself. I think I know how to use dissolves, the grammar of cinema. But there’s only one place for the camera. That’s the right place. Where is the right place? I don’t know. You get there somehow. - Martin Scorsese

destroycomics: Some Grendel by Paul Pope

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:57:50 -0500

destroycomics:

Some Grendel by Paul Pope

cartoonistsattheirdesks: Wally Wood

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:54:31 -0500

cartoonistsattheirdesks:

Wally Wood