Comics Playground 6: Horton Hears a New Frontier of Tiny Titans

The title pretty much says it all for our episode this week. We also have some news to share and our first ever kid review- from Eric's daughter!

Required Reading spoiler time stamp for Tiny Titans #1: 31:02 - 46:56

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Links:
http://www.newsarama.com
http://www.kunkelshazam.blogspot.com
http://www.wexarts.org/ex/?eventid=2371 - Info about Jeff Smith exhibit
http://www.freelunchcomics.com

"Next Avengers" trailer released

From Newsarama article by Matt Brady on March 26, 2008

Marvel has released the trailer for Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (previously known as Teen Avengers and Avengers Reborn), its next upcoming direct to DVD animated movie distributed by Lionsgate.

The trailer features the basics of the story's premise, that is, the children of the Avengers must unite to face Ultron who has defeated their parents. The young heroes are mentored by Tony Stark. The DVD is scheduled for release this summer.

Comics Playground 5- The Need for Speed

The guys are back in the driver's seat with more Playground fun! Out of the gate, we discuss the new Spidey cartoon, have a Hulk review (but not from who you expect!) and talk about a fear of... chalk? Around the first turn, there's some Independent Reading reviews and down the stretch we speed into our Required Reading review of Speed Racer: Chronicles of the Racer #1. Adventure's waitin' just ahead!

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Required Reading spoiler time stamp:
Starts - 45:58
Ends - 59:26

Links:
http://www.ape-entertainment.com
http://www.bizarrenewworld.com
http://www.dcbservice.com
http://coffeejunkeescafe.podcastpeople.com

Jeff Smith's "Bone" movie in the works.

From The Hollywood Reporter website. Story by Borys Kit March 8, 2008

Warner Bros. has picked up rights to "Bone," the acclaimed independent comic book series from artist Jeff Smith. Dan Lin will produce.

The fantasy series followed three cousins from the Bone family who are small, white and bald humanlike creatures with big noses. The trio are run out of their hometown and find themselves in a mysterious valley where they are separated and hunted by other creatures. They are taken in by a girl named Thorn and her grandmother, and find out that the valley is threatened by an evil force called the Lord of the Locusts.

The series ran irregularly from 1991-2004. Scholastic has been publishing the collected stories in graphic novel format since 2005, selling more than 1 million copies so far.

Smith, who will executive produce, was influenced by classic cartoonists Walt Kelly, Charles Schultz and Will Eisner on the series, which won several comic awards. Smith went on to become a noted artist whose work will be exhibited in the spring at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Ohio. A decision on what kind of format "Bone" should take -- live-action or animated or both -- will be based on filmmaker meetings.

An animated version was in development at Nickelodeon Films but fell through, partly because Smith was displeased that the studio was aiming it for kids and wanted the film to include pop songs.

Jon Silk at Lin Pictures brought the project in and is a co-producer. Jessica Goodman is the studio executive. Smith is repped by Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Harris Literary Agency.