On November 17th (the 37th anniversary of Life Day) Abrams ComicArts released Star Wars: The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Volume One, the first in a series of books reprinting all of the Topps trading cards for your perusal. We sat down and talked with the authors, Gary Gerani and Robert V. Conte, over their love of collecting, the historical value of preserving memorabilia, and where they think Star Wars will head in the future.
ComicMix: How was your experience working with Topps and Abrams ComicArts on this book?
Gary Gerani: Fine. The editors at Abrams were terrific. Most of the people connected with the project were fans, people who wanted this book as much as buyers did.
Robert V. Conte: Abrams didn’t have much of the content needed for this first volume. Surprisingly, neither did Topps. Fortunately, I have a massive Star Wars collection including the...
ComicMix: How was your experience working with Topps and Abrams ComicArts on this book?
Gary Gerani: Fine. The editors at Abrams were terrific. Most of the people connected with the project were fans, people who wanted this book as much as buyers did.
Robert V. Conte: Abrams didn’t have much of the content needed for this first volume. Surprisingly, neither did Topps. Fortunately, I have a massive Star Wars collection including the...
- 11/18/2015
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Upstart production company Cool People Productions LLC has acquired rights to Ronald H. Balson‘s bestselling WWII novel Once We Were Brothers. They are out to filmmakers and a new edition of the novel is being published internationally through St Martin’s Press. Balson, a Chicago trial attorney, self-published the fast paced thriller in 2010. Cool People president and producer Billy Asher Rosenfeld said the book has a strong online following. “Given the book’s devoted fanbase and the raw power of the material, our expectations for the film version could not be higher,” he said. Rosenfeld, formerly of Armory/Benderspink, and Svp Berenice Fugard, who segues from StudioCanal, will oversee the film’s development for Cool People. The company is currently planning to finance the film’s production in 2014 through a private film fund. Once We Were Brothers tells the compelling tale of a family that struggles to survive in WWII war-torn Poland,...
- 6/24/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
After a bit of a Cannes-related break, it's time for the return of Videodrome, our semi-regular showcase for the best music videos around. Since the form has given the world game-changing helmers in both the blockbuster and arthouse realms, it's always important to keep an eye on promos, and indeed, one could argue that there's more invention to be found in the short-form than there is in features. So, without further ado, the five best music videos we've seen in the last few weeks. As ever, any tips and suggestions are more than welcome.
"House" - Kindness
Thanks to "Moonrise Kingdom," Leonard Bernstein's exploration of music is back in the zeitgeist (that's his deconstruction of Britten, from "The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra" that opens the film), and coincidentally, director Daniel Brereton (who's worked with the likes of Django Django, Metronomy and Egyptian Hip-Hop) has taken a similar...
"House" - Kindness
Thanks to "Moonrise Kingdom," Leonard Bernstein's exploration of music is back in the zeitgeist (that's his deconstruction of Britten, from "The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra" that opens the film), and coincidentally, director Daniel Brereton (who's worked with the likes of Django Django, Metronomy and Egyptian Hip-Hop) has taken a similar...
- 6/1/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
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