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News Corp. Gives a “Wolverine” Review a Thumbs Down. Way, Way Down.

in Media on April 6, 2009 at 4:18 am PT

Fox News columnist Roger Friedman loves the new “X-Men” movie with Hugh Jackson. But his employers hate his review, which is based on an unfinished version that leaked to the Web last week. It may cost him his job.
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Pass Me the Giggle Water, Old Chap. These Motion Comics Are the Cat's Meow…

in News on February 11, 2009 at 8:23 am PT

There’s “a new form of interactive storytelling” emerging on iTunes: motion comics. Treading water somewhere between comic strips and animated cartoons, they add spoken dialogue and Ken-Burns-effect-style animation to comic book panels, and comics icon Marvel Entertainment is about to get into them in a big way. Later this spring, the company will begin peddling Spider-Woman and Astonishing X-Men motion comics on iTunes.

Pass Me the Giggle Water, Old Chap. These Motion Comics Are the Cat’s Meow…

in News on February 11, 2009 at 8:23 am PT

There’s “a new form of interactive storytelling” emerging on iTunes: motion comics. Treading water somewhere between comic strips and animated cartoons, they add spoken dialogue and Ken-Burns-effect-style animation to comic book panels, and comics icon Marvel Entertainment is about to get into them in a big way. Later this spring, the company will begin peddling Spider-Woman and Astonishing X-Men motion comics on iTunes.