Since we're quickly approaching the release of Joss Whedon's Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, I've put myself on an official Dr. Horrible Watch.

Today I bring you two bits.


First, official release dates where announced for the web-musical (wusical?) starring Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible) and Nathan Fillion (Capt. Hammer). Part 1 will air on Tuesday, July 15th, with Part 2 & 3 to appear on July 17th & 19th respectively. Yes, they're online only...but they'll go OFFLINE July 20th.

Following that they will be made available for download at a “nominal fee” and in the near future available to buy on a very special DVD “with the finest and bravest extras in all the land”.
[Source]


Second, Dark Horse Comics have released a Capt. Hammer comic entitled "Be Like Me" on their Dark Horse Presents Myspace site. The comic was written by Joss' brother Zack Whedon and drawn by Eric Canete.

[Dr. Horrible's First Story Is Now Online via I09]

It's almost like comparing apples to oranges, isn't it? Perhaps it is, considering how both of them employ completely different methods and narrating styles. But I'm getting ahead of myself... Pablo Hidalgo over at starwars.com provided an in depth study on the disparity between the comic adaptations of the first Star Wars trilogy done by Marvel and the ones done by Japanese Manga artists. However, he does mention that the study is not meant to be a competition:

it's a contrast at how different cultures approach the same subject matter in graphically illustrated form. What follows are key moments of the Star Wars trilogy as presented in Japanese manga by Media Works in 1997, placed next to moments as already interpreted by Marvel writers and artists.

One advantage the Japanese artists have over the Marvel artists is the fact that they didn't have to deal with the page and printing constraints that Marvel had to deal with back in the late 70s. Another advantage is time - the manga version was published in the late 90s, which meant that they had more time to plan the sequences. According to Hidalgo, the Marvel artists have not even seen the films when they drew the comic and they had to work directly from the script. With all these facts, it is true that it should not even be compared due to the unfair advantage the Manga version has. Instead, the side by side comparison is a good way to see how the comic adaptations have evolved over the years.


Hit the jump for some of my favorite samples>>

Hey everybody! Chan here.

As Andy stated before, I have news on the Sullengrey Trade, so shall we get down to it?

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Well I have some good news for you fine folks who pre-ordered The Sullengrey Trade back in September- you should be receiving it in the mail sometime next week*!



We apologize for the delay, but it was out of our hands. There was some issues with the printers that delayed it for 3 months!!! Trust me- we've been bitting our nails in anticipation for as long as you. :O


So all of you who ordered through DCBS will indeed get a HAND DRAWN sketch by Drew [Rausch]!!! He slaved over them for many a-day so you could have that extra goodie with your book! [isn't that sweet?]


And if any of you missed out the first time around, it can now be ordered at Amazon.com - Sullengrey Trade. Currently it says the item is "temporarily out of stock" because it hasn't been received yet. In time it will change as the book is sent out to carriers, such as Amazon.


Anyways, there's the heads up folks. I can't wait til I get my copy too!


Thanks for helping us out with the pre-order, and being patient. We can't begin to tell you how much we appreciate it, and how much we love you guys!

Again sorry for the wait-

yours,

Chan and The Sullengrey Team



_{*assuming if everything gets sent out this week. It should be sometime within the next couple of weeks at latest.}

Since we've been "off the air" for a LONG while, some of you probably missed out on some big news about each of us. Since MY biggest news is "I got a girlfriend"--and that's really not interesting to anyone but ME--I thought I'd fill everyone in on the big news with Chan (which I'm sure she'd post here herself if she wasn't so very busy lately).

From her DeviantART blog (Originally posted December 19, 2007):
So you've probably waited for me to say this for sometime [me too!], and it's been a long time coming-

So here goes.

'The God Machine,' my comic, was picked up by the very cool Archaia Studio Press (ASP). I sent off my final contract on Friday, so it's pretty much official now.

Oh-my-gosh!


If everything goes according to schedule we'll see the first issue of 'The God Machine,' come out this summer, and will be in full color. It'll be a bi-monthly as well.
How awesome is that?




So some of you are probably asking what Archaia Studio Press (ASP) publishes.


Well it's the home to my good buddy Alex Eckman-Lawn, who illustrates the fabulous "Awakening" with the writing talents of Nick Tapalansky. (which book 3 of Awakening is out today!) They also publish the very hot 'Killing Pickman' written by my friend Jason Becker and art by Jon Rea. They also publish the much talked about, 'Mouse Guard', a book which i have yet to really read, but my cousin, Lindsay, got the hardback edition for her birthday... and it certainly looks beautiful! Actually a lot of their titles are beautiful and really have great character to them. I've probably read up on all the titles, and nearly all of them intrigue me. 'The God Machine,' really fits in with the other titles that have deities, the super natural, epics, fantasy and horror.


Anyways,
I originally met ASP back at NY Comic-con in February of this year. We hit it off really well, and probably would have had a contract sooner if i hadn't been an idiot* about it. (*we won't get into that.) It took up to September when my friend Doc told me to get back out there and search again for a publisher. Shortly after I got in contact with Alex, and he said ASP had been asking about me. So i got in contact with ASP- and well, here we are now. :)


So this was like a nice early birthday present (my birthday [was] on the 25th.) So i can grow another year older (age 26) knowing that I'm finally achieving something that I've waited my whole life for. (this probably makes me a sad human, but whatever.)

So there it is. I'm excited! Are you?

For those wondering about her work with Sullengrey:
To let you guys know, i'm still coloring/painting for Sullengrey. That's very important to me.
Which to any of you who pre-ordered your copy of the graphic novel, it's running late on being printed. There was some issues with the printers that pushed back it's street date. It was circumstances that were beyond our control, and we apologize for the inconvenience. You'll still get it, no doubt about that.



As far as the Sullengrey pre-order news, Chan said she'll have an update for us later today.

tags: Chandra, Free, Comics, God, Machine, Sullengrey, Indie