Imperial #1
Written by Steven T. Seagle
Art by Mark Dos Santos
Published by Image Comics
In his Eisner winning graphic novel It’s a Bird, Steven T Seagle wrote about how he had trouble coming up with a Superman story that meant something to him while also coming to terms with his father’s Huntington’s Disease. Imperial #1 has a similar theme of “coming to terms”, but places it squarely in the superhero genre. In the opening pages, not the sharpest knife in the drawer Mark McDonnell finds out that his dead father was the superhero Imperial that he read about in comic books. But Seagle eschews the overseriousness of recent superhero origin stories and retellings (*cough* Man of Steel) and mines the genre for humor starting with Imperial having ashes coming off his costume when Mark accidentally dumps some on himself. Mark isn’t a particularly intelligent character, but...
Written by Steven T. Seagle
Art by Mark Dos Santos
Published by Image Comics
In his Eisner winning graphic novel It’s a Bird, Steven T Seagle wrote about how he had trouble coming up with a Superman story that meant something to him while also coming to terms with his father’s Huntington’s Disease. Imperial #1 has a similar theme of “coming to terms”, but places it squarely in the superhero genre. In the opening pages, not the sharpest knife in the drawer Mark McDonnell finds out that his dead father was the superhero Imperial that he read about in comic books. But Seagle eschews the overseriousness of recent superhero origin stories and retellings (*cough* Man of Steel) and mines the genre for humor starting with Imperial having ashes coming off his costume when Mark accidentally dumps some on himself. Mark isn’t a particularly intelligent character, but...
- 8/6/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Sydney – Australian investors reacted Thursday to Lachlan Murdoch’s elevation to the role of non-executive co-chairman of both News Corp and 21st Century Fox and his resignation from the board of Australia’s third ranked commercial broadcaster, Ten Network Holdings, by slightly driving down the stock of News Corp. Meanwhile, Ten shares held steady on the Australian Stock Exchange Thursday. Shares of News Corp closed down 2.3 percent at $16.48 (Aus$17.86). Analyst Mark McDonnell of Bby said it was “fascinating” that there was any market reaction, although stocks typically don't only move on a single news
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- 3/27/2014
- by Pip Bulbeck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The appointment of Lachlan Murdoch as non-executive chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox and Hamish McLennan.s elevation at Network Ten don.t seem to have impressed investors or some stock analysts.
News. share price fell by 2.2% to $17.88 while Ten declined by 0.75% to 26.7 cents on the Australian Stock Exchange this morning.
Analysts said investors had long expected the succession plan announced by Rupert Murdoch, which also sees James Murdoch taking the role of co-chief operating officer of Fox.
Lachlan resigned as non-executive chairman of Ten Network Holdings but is keeping his 8.8% stake. Some analysts have questioned the Ten board.s decision to elevate McLennan from CEO to executive chairman, noting it is unusual to combine the roles of CEO and chairman.
Bby analyst Mark McDonnell told If he did not see either announcement as .something that will ignite the share price of either company..
McDonnell, who has under-perform ratings on News and Ten,...
News. share price fell by 2.2% to $17.88 while Ten declined by 0.75% to 26.7 cents on the Australian Stock Exchange this morning.
Analysts said investors had long expected the succession plan announced by Rupert Murdoch, which also sees James Murdoch taking the role of co-chief operating officer of Fox.
Lachlan resigned as non-executive chairman of Ten Network Holdings but is keeping his 8.8% stake. Some analysts have questioned the Ten board.s decision to elevate McLennan from CEO to executive chairman, noting it is unusual to combine the roles of CEO and chairman.
Bby analyst Mark McDonnell told If he did not see either announcement as .something that will ignite the share price of either company..
McDonnell, who has under-perform ratings on News and Ten,...
- 3/27/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Electric Man
Written by Scott Mackay and David Barras
Directed by David Barras
Scotland, 2011
The opening credits sequence of Electric Man is structured as an animated comic, with panel shifts and camera manipulations aimed to recreate and enliven the experience of reading a comic. It’s a fun, kinetic sequence that actually seems to display some of the excitement of reading a comic. Unfortunately, it is one of the few moments in a film ostensibly populated with lifelong comic-book obsessives that feels even slightly enamored with the graphic medium. Electric Man often seems written from boilerplate, like someone took a Mad Lib of screenwriting clichés and mistakenly put it into production. The film is increasingly frustrating to watch, as missteps become missed opportunities and bad moves become bad habits.
The story is so standard, it’s rote at this point: Jazz (Toby Manley) and Wolf (Mark McKirdy) co-own a comic...
Written by Scott Mackay and David Barras
Directed by David Barras
Scotland, 2011
The opening credits sequence of Electric Man is structured as an animated comic, with panel shifts and camera manipulations aimed to recreate and enliven the experience of reading a comic. It’s a fun, kinetic sequence that actually seems to display some of the excitement of reading a comic. Unfortunately, it is one of the few moments in a film ostensibly populated with lifelong comic-book obsessives that feels even slightly enamored with the graphic medium. Electric Man often seems written from boilerplate, like someone took a Mad Lib of screenwriting clichés and mistakenly put it into production. The film is increasingly frustrating to watch, as missteps become missed opportunities and bad moves become bad habits.
The story is so standard, it’s rote at this point: Jazz (Toby Manley) and Wolf (Mark McKirdy) co-own a comic...
- 9/10/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
Sydney -- James Packer has resigned suddenly from the board of directors of Ten Network Holdings, which appointed rival Seven Network's chief digital and sales officer James Warburton as their new CEO. Packer’s departure from the board comes just four months after he became a shareholder and director. Packer retains a 9% stake in Ten alongside interim CEO Lachlan Murdoch –- combined they have 17.8% of the company. Separately, Packer holds 45% of Consolidated Media Holdings, which owns 25% of Foxtel and 50% of Fox Sports parent Premier Media Group. Seven Media’s executive chairman and major shareholder, nm3004547 autoKerry Stokes[/link], also has a 22% stake in Cons Media. At the same time, regional pay-tv player Austar said it is the target of a possible buyout by rival Foxtel. It gets better -- all these events may be connected. Ten Network Holdings’ statement simply “announced the resignation of James Packer as a director of the company,...
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