10 of the Most Dangerous Space Walks Ever

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In honor of the release of Gravity, Popular Mechanics posted 10 of the Most Dangerous Space Walks Ever Done.  Here are just a three of tidbits…

#10. Hubble Repair: …Had anything gone wrong, the astronauts would have had no refuge or hope of rescue…

#9.  Gonna Need a Bigger Door:  In the early days of the space race, no one knew for sure what was required for space walks beyond a spacesuit. One thing that’s nice to have: a hatch that’s big enough to accommodate a suit that expands when no longer being squeezed by outside air pressure. In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov almost paid for that oversight with his life when he couldn’t get back inside his Voskhod spacecraft after his historic first space walk…

#7: Sasha, I Don’t Think…: Decompression is a space station astronaut’s worst nightmare. The nightmare came true in 1997 when an out-of-control Progress cargo ship slammed into space station Mir, punching a hole in the module it struck. With alarms blaring, cosmonauts Michael Foale and Sasha Lazutkin had to use the only tool they had at hand—a kitchen knife…

Steranko Artist Editions Coming!

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The big news for Steranko fans (and fans of classic comics) is that two Artist Editions featuring the work of the legendary Jim Steranko are planned.  

The first Steranko Artist Edition will be Steranko Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the first twelve Steranko stories that appeared in Strange Tales (#151 – 162).  

The second Steranko Artist Edition will be Steranko Nick Fury and Captain America, and will package the remaining Steranko Nick Fury stories from Strange Tales (#163-168), Nick Fury: Agent of S..H.I.E.L.D. (#1, 3, and 5) and Steranko’s three issues of Captain America (#110, #111, and #113).

Thanks to Sequential Highway

10 of the Best Twilight Zone Episodes

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In honor of The Twilight Zone’s 54th anniversary, Flavorwire presents their choices for 10 of the Best “Twilight Zone” Episodes.

The Flavorwire list isn’t bad.  My top two favorite TZ episodes align with Flavorwire’s first two picks (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and To Serve Man) and The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and The Invaders would also make my top ten.

Well played, Flavorwire, well played.

Frank Bill & Drew Moss Have Something to Crow About

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There’s a new Crow mini-series coming in 2014 and it won’t be for the faint-of-heart.   

The Crow: Pestilence will be written by novelist Frank Bill, the author who exploded on the crime fiction scene with a brutal one-two punch: his short-story collection, Crimes in Southern Indiana followed by his debut novel, Donnybrook.  Bill will be joined by artist Drew Moss (interior art) and Crow creator, J. O’Barr (providing covers).

For the full story check out CBR.com’s The Crow Rises Again…

 

Matt Wagner Creates Grendel & Shadow Crossover!

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Matt Wagner fans are going to be excited to hear that Wagner is writing and drawing a three issue (48 pages per) prestige mini-series featuring a cross-over between The Shadow and Wagner’s creation, Grendel.  

As excited as his fans may be, Wagner may be even more excited…

“Ever since the smash success of my two previous crossover events (with Batman), I’ve had many offers over the years to see Grendel cross blades with a varied host of other characters,” comments Grendel creator, Matt Wagner. “But none of those opportunities ever excited me as much as this possibility.  I’ve been a huge fan ofThe Shadow for many, many years and my love of the character finally saw fruition when I got the chance to literally re-define his origins by writing The Shadow: Year One for Dynamite. To have the chance to both write and draw The Shadow facing my own creation is something of a dream come true! It’s also adds yet another instant classic to my long legacy of Grendel projects with Dark Horse Comics.”

Click over to Sequential Highway for the full report.

 

George Romero Brings “Empire of the Dead” to Marvel Comics

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Zombie fans are gonna love this.

Starting in January 2014,  Marvel Comics is going to publish Empire of the Dead, a 15 issue series written by George “Night of the Living Dead” Romero with art by Alex “Batman” Maleev.

Romero likes that comics have no budget restrictions on special effects…

“It’s a comic book, which means we don’t have to go out and shoot the stuff,” says the Night of the Living Dead filmmaker, who wrote a 300-page Empire screenplay that is being put to page by Marvel and artist Alex Maleev. “You can let your imagination run wild and do pretty much anything you want, assuming it’s within the bounds of decency.”

Thanks and an extra “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” to USAToday and CBR.com.

‘Breaking Bad’ Creator Vince Gilligan Explains Series Finale

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I believe that Breaking Bad is probably the best television series ever.

There have been other great series, but Breaking Bad was the most consistently good series that did exactly what it set out to accomplish.

Unfortunately all good bad things must come to an end.  If you’re like me, you like to speculate about what happened to the characters after the final fade to black.  Breaking Bad series creator, Vince Gilligan and the show’s writers have their own ideas about what happened next and they shared them with Entertainment Weekly.

Lost 3 Stooges Film Found!

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Pictured above is a frame from Hello Pop an early two-color short that featured Ted Healy and The Three Stooges.  No prints of Hello Pop exist. 

Hello Pop along with other early films (the most famous being Todd Browning’s London After Midnight starring Lon Chaney) were lost forever because of a vault fire at the Culver City studio.  

Hello Pop was the only film featuring The Three Stooges that no longer existed.

That is until a private film collector in Australia turned up a copy!  Soon collectors worldwide will be able to see and add Hello Pop to their movie collections.

Now if someone could just find a print of London After Midnight.

Thanks and a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk to the NY Daily Post.