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Offworld Report - Comics & Anime: November 2003
X-Men scribe Mark Millar interviewed, the return of the Micronauts,
more flipping anthropomorphic animals, plus new G-Saviour, Cowboy
Bebop and Melty Lancer. Don't you just love those odd anime titles?
 November's
news and content roundup of all that is worthy and good in the world
of comics, manga and anime, found living offworld the 'Nest.
COMICS
Mark
Millar Interview
Ultimate X-Men writer Mark Millar chats about his new imprint for
creator-owned projects.
'Alpha
Flight' Fly Again
The Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight is set to return in early
2004. Eh?
Jettisoning
Jemas
Why Marvel Comics bigwig Bill Jemas had to go, and what the heck's
in store for the company now?
Making
Like a Micronaut
The hoary old classic 'Micronauts' returns, along with an interview
with the new series' inker, Barb Schulz.
Thor
Goes Wild
Are Thor and Captain America really becoming WildStorm characters
this month? Looks like it.
EPIC
Submissions Shut
Marvel Comics have told the world that they will no longer be accepting
submissions for their EPIC line of comics. Crikes … trouble at the
mill?
New
Mutants
Preview of Marvel Comics' 'New Mutants' artwork.
Comics
on Film
Rumour round up for all those comics about to become movies, including
Hellboy, The Punisher, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, et al.
Brian
Michael Bendis Interviewed
Interview with the canny BMB.
Virtex
How about a comic book featuring a cybernetic cowboy who hunts dinosaur-riding
baddies?
Malkovich
in Batman
Will John Malkovich play the baddie in the new Batman movie? Perish
the thought.
Walking
Like A Human
What is it with illustrator David Goodman and his massive cast of
anthropomorphic animals?
Cat
Napped
Gossip on Keanu Reeves as 'Constantine', 'Catwoman' news, and more
developments on the'King Conan' movie.
Jaime
Mendoza Interviewed
Interview with the creator of Moon Rush.
Desperate
Times for Desperate Times?
Desperate Times returns to Image Comics in 2004.
Nicole
Lauria Interviewed
Fortress
of Solitude
Author Jonathan Lethem on his novel 'Fortress of Solitude' about
two boys growing up in a bad part of New York - before finding a
ring that grants them the power of flight.
Human
Target
Is there room for a comic book about a man addicted to professional
impersonations?
The
Wonder of the Woman
Is Wonder Woman going to splash as a new comic-to-film hit?
Karl
Bollers Interview
Miaow
It seems that photos of Halle Berry as the new Catwoman are leaping
up all over the place. Well, miaow.
Growing
up with Stan Lee
A tale of growing up with Captain Marvel, the Fantastic Four and
Spider-Man.
Tips
for the Top
The largest comics distributor, Diamond Comics, sales numbers overall
market share, the Top 300 Comics and the Top 50 Graphic Novels.
Josh
Howard Interviewed
Interview with the creator of 'A Conversation With Dead@17'.
ANIME & MANGA
Pain
at IC Entertainment?
Article about the alleged mass staff resignation from Anime firm
IC Entertainment over non-payment of salary. Three former IC employees
are interviewed by the ANN.
Cowboy
Bebop
Shinichiro Watanabe's Cowboy Bebop gets reviewed. In 2071, the final
frontier is littered with starships, but there's no shiny Star Trek
future to be found.
G-Saviour
Combining live-action actors and CGI-rendered war suits, this review
of the G-Saviour film finds a pleasurable mix of science fiction
and adventure.
Infinite
Ryvius 1: Lost in Space
Space cadets about the interstellar escape vessel Ryvius try to
survive in this animed-up tale of SF hokum.
Swimming
with Sealab 2021
Look at Adult Swim's new line-up of cartoons including episodes
of Space Ghost, Futurama, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Sealab 2021.
Starship
Girl
Yamamoto Yohko's tale of how far future conflicts between civilisations
are settled by gladiatorial combat between starship pilots.
Ninja
Scroll
Review ofYoshiaki Kawajiri's classic 'Ninja Scroll' - now out as
a 10th Anniversary Special Edition thingy.
The
Animatrix
Review of the nine short films based on the Wachowski brothers’
SF trilogy, The Matrix.
Witch
Hunter Robin
A teenage girl with Human Torch-like super powers is drafted in
to capture rogue mutants for government experiments.
Banner
of the Stars
Two space officer chums are thrown into the middle of a potential
intergalactic war.
A
Little Manga Magic
What Japan's love affair with their odd cartoon TV series and comic
books really says about the state of the nation's culture.
Melty
Lancer
MeltyLancer is SWAT-like team of all female space cops, and - now
sadly disbanded by their enemies - they come across a gang of interstellar
privateers jacking DNA from aliens on the galactic endangered species
list.
'My
Beautiful Girl, Mari'
ADV Films announces their acquisition of one of Korea's more well-known
animated feature films.
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