AVENGERS ... BREAKS MOVIE RECORDS!
by Frankie Rodriguez
Okay. Months and months and even years of speculation came to an end on May 4th as the Avengers finally hit theaters. And by Primus, civilization lost its collective minds in fanboy & fangirl Nirvana in ways we haven't seen since The Dark Knight. Scratch that, it SURPASSED IT! I am not kidding.In less than 24 hours of it's release here in the United States, about 1:00pm on Friday afternoon, myself and CBC staff writer Jeremias de Leon noticed that the movie had already made 18.7 MILLION dollars on its opening night. That is just from possibly 2, maybe 3 screens in the movie in the states cause most theaters had a midnight showing.
Over the course of the weekend, it had topped Dark Knight's opening weekend with a solid $226.4 million in North America over the weekend. Just this past Monday, the movie made another $18.9 million. THIS IS ON A MONDAY!!! When most people are still in school or work. Internationally, the movie had made 475.8 million during the weekend and overall since the movie opened internationally till now has made over $702.2 million dollars in less than 13 days. It has been confirmed that Avengers now holds the record of the biggest opening weekend of ALL TIME; surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to become the third highest grossing move of all time. What I would love to see is the movie become the highest grossing movie of all time, beating out James Cameron's Avatar by making more than 2.7 billion dollars. Will this happen ... time will tell but it is pretty adamant that people LOVE this movie. We'll be keeping a closer eye on this as time moves on.
More on this and more Avengers related stuff all this month here on CBC. It's Avengers Month so remember: AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE!!!!
LEMIRE NO LONGER CRAVES SWEET TOOTH
by Frankie Rodriguez
After the last few years of readers being on the edge of their seats with the cult hit Sweet Tooth, writer Jeff Lemire has decided that it's time for the book to come to a conclusion. Jeff explains on the Vertigo Blog the whys to the ending of the series and why not to blame DC:
"The decision to end it at #40 is entirely my choice," Lemire said via the Vertigo blog. "Truth is, I always knew what the ending of 'Sweet Tooth' would be. It was one of the first ideas I came up with when writing the pitch for the book. The beginning and the end of this story were always pretty much written in stone, it was the middle bit that was fluid, and grew and changed as I went along. So, for me it’s incredibly gratifying to finally get to the end of the journey with Gus and Jepperd. Everything I’ve done with the series so far, everything I’ve built month after month, has all been about this, the final story."
The final arc in Sweet Tooth, "Wild Kingdom" begins with issue #36 and the double-sized final issue, #40 will be released by Lemire and longtime artist Jose Villarrubia this December.
SISTERS BOUND IN BLOOD IN CARBON GREY SEQUEL
from Image Comics Website
"Daughters of Stone" hits stores in JuneThe dieselpunk world of Hoang Nguyen's CARBON GREY first dazzled comic book readers with its beautiful painted art, intrigue-fueled action, and compelling heroines in August 2011 with the "Sisters at War" story arc. Now, Nguyen has assembled his creative team once more to continue the story of the Sisters Grey with the publication of CARBON GREY VOLUME TWO: DAUGHTERS OF STONE #1 in June.
At the close of volume one, the sisters' relationship was torn apart by the murder of the Kaiser of Mitteleuropa, the man whom they were sworn to protect. Now, with Eva and Giselle in exile and the vicious Anna on the hunt for conspirators, the fourth Grey, Mathilde, is on a quest to discover the truth about the source of her family's power.
A Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of the new volume of CARBON GREY reached its funding goal on April 14. Nguyen explained that both the intensity of the artistic process, with each page meticulously hand-painted, and the depth of research behind the creation of CARBON GREY necessitated the campaign.
"A lot of research goes into every page, whether it's a costume designs or different settings," said Nguyen. "I want to make sure that it's believable. My inspirations comes from looking at fashion, photography, architecture, industrial and set design. I like to go beyond the norm and bring something new and different to my drawings."CARBON GREY VOLUME TWO: DAUGHTERS OF STONE is a three-issue monthly mini series, co-written by Nguyen, Paul Gardner, and Khari Evans, with art by Nguyen, Evans, and Kinsun Loh. The first issue (APR120424) is available for pre-order in the April issue of Previews and will be in stores on June 6.
The three issues of CARBON GREY VOLUME ONE have sold out, but a trade paperback (ISBN 978-1-60706-448-0) is available. A two-issue mini-series CARBON GREY: ORIGINS, about the childhoods of the Sisters Grey and their family history, wrapped up in March 2012. THE ART OF CARBON GREY (ISBN 978-1-60706-474-9), an oversized hardcover book featuring an array of artwork from the series and a look at the artists' process, was released in February 2012.
NOW AVAILABLE
CBC's very own Jeremias de Leon is not just a writer but an artist and is currently taking commissions:
Go here for his deviant art. And this is his paypal.
Michael Turner Wizard World Hulk # 1 Variant
Iron Man, Ultimate Extinction, Ultimate Origins
Spiderman Books including first Black Costume appearance
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: Including Avengers (Volume 1) # 16, 1st Wonder Man & More
Action Comics # 1 & 2 SIGNED WITH VARIANTS
Death In Comics SET
Yugioh Lightsworn Cards
X- Saber Cards
Yugioh DESTINY Hero DECK!!!
Wind Up Rabbit Cards
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