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mikeywayarchive · 6 months ago

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Electric Century: My Chemical Romance's Mikey Way on Blending Music and Comics

The My Chemical Romance bassist reveals the inspiration for his new graphic novel.

BY MIKE AVILA

UPDATED: APR 28, 2021 2:06 PM

POSTED: APR 28, 2021 1:53 PM

Full interview under the cut:

Mikey Way is busier than ever.

Despite having many 2020 plans derailed by the pandemic, the former bassist for My Chemical Romance (and brother of lead singer Gerard Way) revived his musical project, Electric Century, and turned it into a multimedia outlet for his creative energies. The result is EC’s self-titled sophomore album which reunites Way with singer David Debiak, as well as a new companion graphic novel written by Way and Shaun Simon and illustrated by Toby Cypress, and published by Z2 Comics.

In an exclusive interview with IGN, Way opens up about the personal inspirations behind the GN, which tells the tale of a burnt-out former TV star who winds up trapped inside a hypnotic fever dream in mid-'80s Atlantic City. Way describes talked how his childhood in New Jersey and the immense fame he experienced during the My Chem era informed key aspects of the story.

The Origins of Electric Century

EC in many ways has been a lifeline for Way ever since MCR broke up in 2013. Meant to be the outlet for his and Debiak’s love of new wave and Britpop music, the first album came out just as Way checked into rehab in 2014. That scuttled any plans for touring with the album.

Now this one is out, and Way had some big ideas for taking the new record out on the road, in a way that would bridge the worlds of music and comics he’s constantly traveling between. Except, COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill.

“There were cool plans at San Diego Comic Con [in 2020] for this graphic novel,” Way says. “We were going to play at Comic-Con, too, and then, bam! The pandemic happened. This is maybe the second time that happened where we were planning to do an Electric Century show and it didn't happened. So it was like someone was telling me, “Am I not supposed to play a show?”

The writer-musician did like everyone else did; He adjusted to the restrictions of pandemic life. After discussions with Z2 Comics, it was decided to take a more organic and less calendar-timed approach to the release of the Electric Century GN. Available directly through Z2’s website , fans can either order the book separately or as part of a package with the album and other merchandise. It’s also available through other retail outlets.

"But we pivoted and we're going to do other different, cool stuff with it," Way adds. "And the cool thing about this project is there's no timeline. We’re just going to let this organically grow.”

Of course, 2020 was also when Way was supposed to be rejoining his brother Gerard and the rest of My Chemical Romance for the highly anticipated reunion tour. Like nearly all other musical tours, those plans have been put on hold while the world recovers from COVID, so there is no practical update for MCR’s return. Given the nature of such mega-band tours, lots of I’s must be dotted and T’s crossed before things can happen, so Way politely steers clear of tour talk.

With regards to Electric Century, however, he’s an open book. The graphic novel came into play as recording for the album was nearly complete. It was conceived to be a parallel creative journey to the music that exist independently of each other. Way credits some of the inspiration for the dual project to the hitmaking virtual band Gorillaz.

“I have a lot of respect for [Gorillaz co-creator] Damon Albarn, I'm a huge fan of all of his musical projects. He always thinks outside the box, and it was brilliant what he did with Gorillaz, where it was this fictional band and video projections and screens. So basically, my mind just went from there. I started listening to the album over and over and an old idea I had for a story kind of peeked out.”

The seeds for the story that would eventually see print in the graphic novel were planted in 2014, after Way had exited rehab for drug and alcohol abuse. Seeking different types of therapy to help with his recovery, he attempted hypnotherapy, where hypnosis is used to create a state of focused attention during which positive suggestions and guided imagery are used to help people deal with issues. That experience made a lasting impression on him, especially as a potential story.

“I kind of had the idea of writing a story where somebody goes through hypnotherapy but they actually get transported somewhere and they can't get back,” he says.

Who Is Johnny Ashford?

That’s how Johnny Ashford came to be.

Ashford is the alcoholic former sitcom-star who is the main character of EC. He sees a hypnotherapist who transports him to his “happy place,” which turns out to be the Electric Century casino in Atlantic City in the 1980s. The visits to the Boardwalk spark new obsessions and before long he realizes his life depends on figuring out how to escape the Electric Century.

Having grown up in the Garden State and visited Atlantic City often, Electric Century afforded Way the chance spend quality fictional time at a place he visited often as a kid. It also gave him a chance to tap into his familiarity with the pitfalls and pressures of immense fame, having experienced it during MCR’s halcyon days.

“I used some of my personal experience [for the book],” he admits. “But I also had a fascination with eighties child stars since I grew up in that time. You know, back in the eighties, celebrity was different. If you were famous, you were like, legit famous. Everyone knew who you were, but there was intrigue. The only information was what was in magazines or on television. There was no social media, nobody was willingly giving any information about their lives on a daily basis. So these people seemed larger than life.”

For young Mikey Way, the young stars of shows like Diff’rent Strokes and Charles in Charge seemed to be kids you'd hang out with after school. Which is what he did, coming home from school to watch reruns daily.

“And then at some point, as I got older, I saw the sad side of show business and how a lot of [child stars] get discarded. That always made me sad because they were so important to people.”

Nostalgia plays an important role in Electric Century. New Jersey landmarks like Lucy the Elephant, the oldest surviving roadside attraction in America, show up in the book. But the the remembrances are soaked in melancholy.

“I wanted to play upon everyone's natural inclination to be nostalgic about something,” Way says. “That concept fascinates me because I often think if you could walk through a tunnel and be in some other time in your past, would you love it still? Or would your perspective now be, “I'm not into this anymore.” I'm a 40 year old man now; how would I process Atlantic city in 1988? No idea.”

Even though the two Electric Century projects were designed to exist separately, the track “Alive” is a seamless fit to accompany the graphic novel. It’s a song that Way wrote about five years ago – it was originally meant to be on the first Electric Century record – and he considers it one of his best compositions. “It's kind of reminding you to be alive and be in the moment,” Way says of the song. “And I think that's something I'm guilty of not doing, I think everyone in the world is guilty of not doing. I like to think about that when I hear that song to, you know, snap out of it, live in the now and stop worrying about where you've been.”

What's Next After Electric Century?

Way has several comics-related assignments in various stages of development. Up next is a story he’s writing with his big brother Gerard for the graphic novel tribute to the Anthrax album Among The Living, which Z2 is releasing on May 12. He also couldn’t contain his excitement over one project. “I’ve got something that I'm very excited about that I'm working on right now,” he says. “I don't know where it's going to end up. We're talking to some places, but it will be very cool.”

Finding himself at this stage in life where writing comics is such a big part of his life isn’t some fluke. Way doesn’t view comics as just a fun side project to do in-between albums and tours. Like his brother, comics have been a part of his life longer than music.

“I’ve been a fan almost the entirety of my life,” he says. “When I was three, four years old, I was thumbing through comic books at the barber shop, learning how to read from comic books, because I wanted to know what they were saying instead of just asking, “Gerard, what does this say?””

The Way Brothers became hooked on comics with titles like Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America and other superhero series. But for Mikey, G.I. Joe was a major influence. He not only enjoyed the stories but studied the format and how the story unfolded over 22 pages. When it came time to do his first full-length comic, Collapser for DC Comics’ Young Animal imprint, he took the same approach he had when MCR was formed. And he’s continuing to work at the craft.

“I was a super amateur guitar player-turned-bassist for My Chemical Romance and it was something I just had to practice,” Way says. “That's kind of what is going on with me and comic books now. I'm learning from all my peers that are top-tier professionals.”

Some of the comics pros Way reaches out to for advice include DC’s Chief Creative Officer and comics legend Jim Lee.

“Jim was somebody who was very instrumental in my comics career. He'd come to me numerous times and be like, 'When are you going to write a comic?' That's kind of how Collapser came about.”

He admits to being afraid to make that jump into comics, for a number of reasons.

“I was busy a lot and I'm a bad multitasker, so I always just kind of pushed comics to the side,” he says. “I would write stuff out. But when My Chemical Romance broke up, Jim had mentioned to me, 'When are you going to do this?' And then I pitched him something, which turned out to be Collapser.”

As he continues to sharpen his comic book storytelling chops, Mikey Way is also trying his hand at yet another skill: Cooking. Being on lockdown during the pandemic motivated Way to apply his creativity to the kitchen.

“Cooking is a new thing for me. For the whole duration of My Chemical Romance, I think I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at a restaurant. Even when I was home, I would just eat out, or I would order takeout.”

“It’s definitely fun, but it's difficult. It's very, it's very difficult,” he continues. “There's a learning curve, but my family is very encouraging to me in my endeavors. But yeah, I'm a novice. A true novice.”

Electric Century is available in bookstores now.

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d-criss-news · 2 years ago

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'Justice League: Warworld' Gets Brutal Blood-Thirsty Rating

The live-action DC universe has been in a transition period as fans wait for The Flash and James Gunn’s grand vision for the DCU to come to fruition. However, over the last decade, what has united many comic book readers has been DC’s animated universe of films. Now the latest film in the line, Justice League: Warworld, has been given an R-rating.

The edgy rating is pretty straightforward with the only reason given being “some bloody violence.” The animated DCU has loved getting its hands dirty for a while now as Warworld is the 13th R-rated animated film for the brand. This includes Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, Justice League Dark, and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. This is also the second R-rated film in the “Tomorrowverse” continuity that was started with 2020’s Superman: Man of Tomorrow — with Batman: The Long Halloween - Part 2 being the other film. While it’s hard to expect Warworld to get any bloodier than Apokolips War which was DC’s own messed-up Avengers: Endgame-style story, the source material definitely has the potential to warrant such a rating.

What’s Justice League: Warworld About?

The story of Warworld will see the Justice League in a classic comic scenario of being kidnapped and transported to the brutal title planet that's known for its gladiatorial combat. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman must unite to form a resistance and lead the entire planet to freedom. This was something that was teased in the post-credit scene in the last film Legion of Super-Heroes. While this film’s not based on any specific DC storyline, Warworld, and the dreaded Mongal are major cornerstones in the universe. Outside the comics, the planet has appeared in many TV shows, movies, and games including the iconic Justice League animated series. Also, given that this is centered around Warworld, DC fans should expect our favorite heroes to be forced to fight each other at some point in the film.

When Will Justice League: Warworld Be Released?

There’s no confirmed release date for Justice League: Warworld yet, but the film is expected to debut sometime this summer. It’s safe to assume the movie will arrive around San Diego Comic-Con which takes place at the end of July. Warworld will star Jensen Ackles, Stana Katic, Darren Criss, Ike Amadi, Troy Baker, Matt Bomer, and Frank Grillo. You can read about the full cast listing here. The film was directed by Legion of Super-Heroes’ Jeff Wamester from a screenplay by Supernatural’s Jeremy Adams. While DC fans wait for more information about Warworld’s bloody antics, you can view the trailer for Legion of Super-Heroes down below.

#darren criss #collider #justice league: warworld #tomorrowverse #press #may 2023 #sorry forgot to post this

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milligramspoison · 8 months ago

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since u couldn’t elaborate further in tags abt the mike thing can u elaborate further here?

Ofc! Putting a cut cause this got long lol

Let’s head back to the 2000s, 2008 specifically -> Gerard was working on the Killjoys as early as 2008, you can find some of the early artwork of Mike and his gang (minus Red who didn’t exist at this point in time) here

(Also, fun fact: Mike was named after Mikey!)

Anyways, Gerard and Shaun Simon (who is a close friend of MCR and worked with Gerard on some of their comics) announced the comic at SDCC (San Diego Comic Con) in 2009 for a release date of 2010. Not any month or day, just 2010

But sometime after that, Gerard took a trip to the desert with Lindsey and after having a talk with her (I think he said in an interview he spoke to her about it all, someone correct me if I’m wrong), he scrapped National Anthem and Conventional Weapons as MCR’s 4th album

National Anthem eventually became what we know today as Danger Days with a whole different story and a set of new characters. It went from being a Gerard project to a MCR project. The og National Anthem was placed on the back burner for many years (the og National Anthem became a comic finally in 2020)

Poison is pretty much based off of Mike- they’ve got the exact mask, their outfits are pretty similar, and they’ve got very vibrant hair (Poison’s got iconic red hair while Mike has his iconic magenta hair)

Mike was the building ground for Poison. But how does Val get involved in this equation?

Val was also pretty much based off of Poison. Yes, he’s got very little similarities to Poison. He’s pretty much a self insert for Gerard

Yeah, no similarities in appearance. But he tries to be Poison in the comics, hence being a self insert for Gerard and being based off of Poison themself in that sense

Anyways, without Mike there would be no Poison. And without Poison there would be no Val

Mike is pretty much the sole reason why Poison and Val exist, he was the building ground for the both of them (especially Poison)

Anyways, that’s pretty much how Mike is responsible for the creation of both Poison and Val. If I’m wrong on any information, pls feel free to correct me 🫶

#ahhhhh the killjoys lore #party poison #mike milligram #val velocity #killjoys california #killjoys: california #killjoys national anthem #killjoys: national anthem #the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #asks

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kylesvariouslistsandstuff · 1 year ago

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Why Can't They Get TRON Right?

Perhaps we fans of the 1982 Steve Lisberger-directed sci-fi adventure TRON were lucky to even get a belated sequel in the first place...

TRON: LEGACY was greenlit by Disney after many years of the original film garnering a massive cult following after its so-so box office run during a summer where E.T. ruled the roost. Contrary to popular belief, TRON was not really a "flop". It just wasn't the blockbuster Disney had wanted it to be, its okay $50m gross against a $17m budget did not put it in the echelon of STAR WARS and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Its many video game spin-offs, such as the arcade game from Bally Midway, fared way better... As did the home video sales over the years. The film got a fantastic 2-disc DVD in 2002, followed by a new game called TRON 2.0. A second life well-lived, so far...

Disney got Joseph Kosinski, who had directed multiple video game commercials including those for HALO 3 and GEARS OF WAR, to helm the picture, and brought back Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner from the original. After a whole 2 1/2 years of hyping this picture up, beginning all the way back in 2008 at San Diego Comic Con (that "TR2N" teaser that was later slightly redone as the film's theatrical teaser in late 2009), TRON: LEGACY bowed in Christmas 2010 to mixed reviews but fairly impressive box office.

I mean, impressive for a movie that was a belated sequel to a cult classic sci-fi movie that wasn't for everybody! I mean, really, $400m worldwide for that kind of thing is nothing to scoff. But for Disney, it wasn't enough. An animated series called TRON: UPRISING debuted on Disney's various channels - namely Disney XD - to solid ratings, but then Disney moved the show to a timeslot where few could stay up and watch it. They straight up murdered it, ratings sunk, no second season...

But, it still seemed like a third movie could happen, after an executive shake-up or two. Kosinski would be back, along with Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, and LEGACY newcomers Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, and Cillian Murphy. By spring 2015, TRON: ASCENSION was locked and ready to go for a fall shoot... But Disney got cold feet, after the release of a similarly big-budget sci-fi film of theirs - Brad Bird's TOMORROWLAND - bombed at the box office. Typical capitalist nonsense, a slightly similar movie fails? Boom, your project's dead. TRON: ASCENSION did not move forward...

Shortly thereafter, Disney began developing a spin-off film called TRON: ARES. A TRON movie in name only, if you ask me, starring Jared Leto. Said to be a creep that somehow dodged Me Too, and also... Uh, his erratic behavior? All that "method acting"? And his resume hasn't been too hot, either... And yet, the years have gone by, Disney keeps trying to make Fetch, I mean- TRON: ARES happen. Even after proposing and then shelving a Disney+ series based on the property.

By 2020, it seemed to be going full speed ahead with a director attached, Garth Davis. He exited the project a little while ago, now it has KON-TIKI, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5, and MALEFICENT 2 director Joachim Ronning as director. It was supposed to shoot this month... But because The Walt Disney Company and all the other big studios just can't pay actors and writers what they need to keep roofs over their heads... Production has stalled...

And the other day, you had Ronning saying, "This is Hollywood. We close deals for breakfast. Why do we suddenly have all the time in the world when every day is so precious? These tactics are extremely frustrating. It’s time for diplomacy so we can get back to work – under conditions that are fair to everybody"...

Really? Like... Really??

It's like this TRON spin-off is cursed, infected with a virus if you will:

Stalled and stalled for years, went through more than one director, evolved out of a cancelled true sequel to the previous TRON film (which will turn 13 in December), has freakin' Jared Leto super-glued to this thing (as lead actor and producer, like what's his stake in TRON?), and now its director is being a dingus about the strikes...

And here I am, saying... Disney, you could've just greenlit TRON 3 from director Joseph Kosinski, filmed it in 2015, released it in 2017/18-ish... And called it a day.

Hell, you could've landed Kosinski after he went and directed 2022's megablockbuster juggernaut TOP GUN: MAVERICK! But ya didn't!

Disney just doesn't know what to do with TRON, it seems. They seem to keep going back to it for aesthetic reasons, but can't somehow make the story itself work in order to get Marvel movie grosses out of it. (Not that it should be doing that in the first place, it's freakin' TRON.) As a friend of mine put it, Disney looks at it and says, "The one with the highlighter bikes, yeah let's do that!" The story itself really isn't out of reach in a post-MATRIX world anyways.

Ex out TRON: LEGACY's budget and how Disney bean counters expected it to do, and you have a movie that quite a few people went to go see in a theater! $170m+ domestically, $400m worldwide. Again, that was fantastic for a TRON sequel! Reportedly, Disney hoped that this December 2010 release would be the next AVATAR, which was a December 2009 release. They hoped that the digital world spectacle and 3D would be their ticket to having a piece of that pie, but they guessed wrong... They missed the forest for the trees. Plus, the 3D craze evaporated at the speed of sound after AVATAR came out. And that was because a ton of movies that didn't do what James Cameron did to deliver a truly immersive experience soured audiences on 3D. Most of the time, you essentially paid to watch a movie with sunglasses on.

But all those TRON woes go back to their difficulties making sci-fi pictures that become hits, or franchises. All the way back to 1979's ill-fated THE BLACK HOLE, and plenty more, from ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE to JOHN CARTER OF MARS to TOMORROWLAND to LIGHTYEAR to STRANGE WORLD.

It's especially strange to me because science fiction and futurism and space travel are a big part of Disney... I mean, Tomorrowland itself in the Disney theme parks, it was there since the day Disneyland itself opened in 1955. Walt Disney's DISNEYLAND anthology TV series had whole programs dedicated to space and the cosmos: MAN IN SPACE, MARS AND BEYOND, etc. And of course, the big one... EPCOT! Both EPCOT the city concept and EPCOT Center/Epcot, the theme park in Walt Disney World.

I should shut up, probably, and just be happy that Disney is doing *anything* with TRON in the film world. We have the two rollercoasters, yes, the one in WDW Florida and the one in Shanghai. I'd love to ride it, but Florida ain't the place for a person like me at the moment, so that's gonna have to wait.

Anyways, I've been very iffy about this TRON-without-Tron movie since we started hearing about it right around this time in 2016... I just find it kind of fascinating that it has stalled for so long, and right as it was about to get shootin'... The strikes happened (and of course had to/needed to). The reports say that it's still on once the studio heads stop being dinguses, but we shall see...

But for me personally? I just want the actual TRON 3... Maybe, if this movie happens first and does okay for itself... Then we get TRON 3? A sort-of two mainline movies, a spin-off, and a threequel situation? I'll take whatever I can get.

End of line.

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rottingrard · 1 year ago

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Tags (Part one because there is A LOT)

People

Although this blog is primarily about Gerard, other people show up too sometimes

Gerard Way

Frank Iero

Frerard

Ray Toro

Rayrard

Mikey Way

Alicia Way

Andy Hurley

Bert McCracken

Another tag for Bert McCracken cuz I kept spelling his last name wrong and I'm too lazy to edit it lol sorry Bert

Gerbert

Adam Lazzara

Gerard's mom Donna

Grant Morrison

Bandit

Lola

Mario

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party poison

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the black parade is dead!

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oh (collection of photos that make me hard)

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spinelthethespian · 1 year ago

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Back in June I went to the Mark Taper Forum’s Performance of “A Transparent Musical”(in downtown LA). I’ve been a huge fan of Steven Universe/Spinel and Sarah Stiles since Feb 2020, and I remember watching the SUF finale when it aired, listening to Sarah’s album the day it dropped, watching “The Crew” the day it released on Netflix, etc. Previously in May I had seen Sarah’s post on Instagram about her role in A Transparent Musical, and since I only live about less than 2 hours away from LA, once my junior year of high school wrapped up my mom and I decided to go see it.

Anyways, getting to the point, one of the actors (MAJOR shout-out to Murphy Taylor Smith; she’s the reason why all of this happened🫶🏻) was doing a pre-show performance/talking to audience members when she noticed my Spinel pin (from San Diego Comic-Con), and a pride pin I had also been wearing (a rainbow heart that said “Love is love on it; since the show was about LGBTQ+ themes). She complemented both of my pins and asked me if I was a fan of Sarah (which ofc I said yes). She then asked if I’d like to meet her backstage after the show concluded, to which I ofc agreed!

To say that the moment I got to meet Sarah Stiles was the best moment of my life is a MASSIVE understatement, oh my god. My dreams came true in front of my eyes in the matter of a few minutes.

NOT only that, but later the next day, Sarah posted both the drawing I had made a couple days prior (in case I was able to give it to either her or a theatre employee), and the picture she and I had taken the previous night, and posted it onto her story😭

She honestly was such an incredibly nice person; probably the nicest person I’ve ever met, and I wish I could truly articulate how truly impactful this moment was. Thank you Sarah and Murphy <33

#sarah stiles #steven universe #a transparent musical #Broadway #theatre #spinel #spinel su #spinel Steven universe #dtla #mark taper forum #center theatre group

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letteratitudine · 1 year ago

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33° NOIR IN FESTIVAL - il manifesto di MANUELE FIOR e l'invito alla CONFERENZA STAMPA - martedì 21 novembre, ore 10 - Palazzo Marino, MILANO

Fuggevole Milano

Manuele Fior tinge di notte il manifesto del 33° Noir in Festival

Il Noir in Festival torna a Milano dal 1 al 7 dicembre 2023 con un programma poliedrico che attraversa secoli e generi, autori e visioni, finendo per specchiarsi nel cinema e nella letteratura contemporanei. Un’inquietudine di fondo risuona tra le pieghe della 33a edizione del festival, che trova il suo ideale baricentro a metà strada tra l’agitazione di un autore milanese doc come Andrea G. Pinketts, storico frequentatore del Noir scomparso esattamente cinque anni fa, e il manifesto malinconico e allo stesso tempo proiettato verso il futuro firmato da un maestro del fumetto nostrano, Manuele Fior.

Tra i più apprezzati artisti di graphic novel e illustratori, recentemente uscito in libreria con le graphic novel Celestia (Oblomov edizioni, 2019-2020) e Hypericon (Coconino Press, 2022), Fior ha all’attivo collaborazioni con i più importanti nomi dell’editoria italiana e internazionale: Coconino Press, Oblomov, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Internazionale, Einaudi, Feltrinelli, Mondadori, La nave di Teseo, Dargaud, Futuropolis, L’école des loisirs, Gallimard, Le Monde, The New Yorker, Dark Horse, etc. Negli anni la sua opera è stata premiata con alcuni tra i massimi riconoscimenti del settore: il Fauve d’or al festival di Angoulême, il Micheluzzi Award del Napoli Comicon, il Gran Guinigi e il Yellow Kid di Lucca Comics & Games e l’Inkpot award al San Diego Comic-Con. Il Noir in Festival l’ha scelto per firmare l’immagine della 33° edizione, unendosi alla galleria di artisti eccellenti che ha visto sfilare, dal 1991 ad oggi, nomi come Paolo Bacilieri, Gigi Cavenago, Lorenzo De Felici, Mario Alberti, Hugo Pratt, Lorenzo Mattotti, Bill Plympton, Charles Schultz, Mojmir Jezek e molti altri.

Una collaborazione, quella tra Manuele Fior e il Noir in Festival, che ha il sapore della predestinazione. Sue, infatti, sono le recenti copertine dei romanzi editi da La Nave di Teseo di Giorgio Scerbanenco, autore al quale il festival intesta dal 1997 il premio per la miglior opera di narrativa italiana dell’anno di genere noir. Il segno magico e onirico di Fior, sospeso tra il blu notte di Eyes Wide Shut e le fascinazioni cyberpunk di Ghost in the Shell, ci trasporta nello scenario misterioso di una Piazza Duomo insolita e immersa nel silenzio, dove si aggira una figura enigmatica: un detective ? Un assassino? O il riflesso delle angosce di cui è portatore sano l’uomo contemporaneo?

“L’essenza del genere noir”, dichiarano i direttori Giorgio Gosetti e Marina Fabbri, “è quella di rimescolare le carte in tavola, rifuggire lo status quo, evadere dalle consuetudini. E quale modo migliore di rappresentare la sua anima più moderna se non giocare sul contrasto che Manuele Fior, potentemente, rappresenta nell’immagine di quest’anno: la Milano del Duomo, quella da cartolina che tutti conosciamo, si scontra con la Milano del futuro, un groviglio di grattacieli luminescenti che rappresenta la finanza, il virtuale, le intelligenze artificiali. Da questo attrito tra vecchio e nuovo nascono non rovine ma dubbio, curiosità, dibattito e conoscenza. Questo è esattamente lo spirito che anima l’edizione 2023 e ringraziamo Manuele per averlo affrescato in modo così preciso e appassionato.”

Manuele Fior è uno dei più noti e apprezzati fumettisti e illustratori contemporanei. Con le sue graphic novel, tradotte in più di 10 lingue, si è aggiudicato i più importanti premi internazionali e prestigiose mostre. Quotidiani, riviste e case editrici gli commissionano regolarmente illustrazioni di articoli e copertine, in Italia e all'estero. Le sue indimenticabili gouache e la crescente notorietà gli hanno portato lavori come manifesti per il cinema e importanti manifestazioni culturali, uniform edition per le opere di Pavese, Scerbanenco, Ballard e Louise Penny.

Il Noir in Festival è diretto da: Giorgio Gosetti, Marina Fabbri e Gianni Canova (Delegato IULM). Una realizzazione: Studio Coop. Con il patrocinio di: Comune di Milano. Promosso da: DGCA - MiC. In collaborazione e con il sostegno di: IULM.

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Uncertain Future Of Batman Beyond

In Ep. 571, Sam and I discuss Xbox Game Pass prices increasing, the live-action Batman Beyond film’s possible cancellation, Netflix skipping San Diego Comic-Con, and more!

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Xbox Game Pass prices are increasing, with the base subscription going from $9.99 to $10.99 per month and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate rising from $14.99 to $16.99.

New evidence in the court case regarding Microsoft's potential acquisition of Activision Blizzard shows Xbox's interest in bolstering Game Pass through the acquisition of other game studios, such as Sega, Bungie, Niantic, IO Interactive, and Zynga.

The Jack Kirby Estate criticizes the recent Stan Lee documentary on Disney+ for neglecting Kirby's contributions and calls for a documentary that presents both sides of the story.

Marvel Studios' Secret Invasion series on Disney+ faces backlash for using artificial intelligence (AI) in the show's opening credits, sparking controversy among artists and fans.

Sony removes the release date for the movie "El Muerto," an obscure Marvel character adaptation, and its fate is uncertain.

Troubles and management issues arise during the production of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, potentially affecting the release of its sequel, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

Warner Bros. considers a live-action Batman Beyond movie with Michael Keaton if The Flash is successful, but the project's future is uncertain due to The Flash underperforming at the box office.

Netflix joins Marvel Studios and HBO in skipping San Diego Comic-Con after holding its own fan event, TUDUM.

Warner Bros. Discovery is in talks to sell half of its film and TV music publishing assets for around $500 million, with Sony as the front-runner.

The casting of David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan as Superman and Lois Lane in James Gunn's Superman: Legacy reboot film generates controversy among fans.

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Marvel Pitstop: A Look Back at the MCU’s Phase Four - Movies

Before we see the start of the middle part of the Multiverse Saga in MCU’s Phase Five first film Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, we take a pitstop of sorts. A look back at Phase Four.

It has felt like a lifetime since the conclusion of Marvel’s Infinity Saga in 2019 with the finale Avengers: Endgame and its epilogue Spider-Man: Far From Home. Marvel took an unplanned break in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, pausing some productions and leading to a packed slate. It seemed like from the release of WandaVision in mid-January 2021 all the way to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November 2022, there was an almost non-stop stream of Marvel content, to varying results.

It was revealed back in July at the San Diego Comic Con that Phase Four would end with Wakanda Forever and Phases Five and Six will all run through 2025 and culminate in back to back Avengers movies: Avengers: Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. So this will be a two part post going over Phase Four, first the feature films and then the Disney+ television series's.

SPOILER WARNING, I probably won’t spoil the whole thing but since I’ll be going over all of the releases there will be some degree of spoilers. I’ll go over a little synopsis, best performances, and best episode of the series for the shows or best scene for the movies.

We’ll start with the movies.

MOVIES

There are a few I already reviewed here. I won’t copy those, I’ll just let you know if I did or not under the movie. There were a couple of great ones here and then the rest of mixed results.

Black Widow - Released July 9, 2021 the Meat Life Rating - 7/10

I didn’t review this one fully. I feel like this was a solid entry but was released too late. If this were release around the time when the story actually takes place (sometime between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War), it probably would have hit different and been more effective. But since we know she survives the events of the movie and dies later on in the MCU timeline, the stakes are impacted and kind of muted. Still a pretty entertaining movie. It takes a look at Natasha Romanov on the run while dealing with her past as a Russian spy-weapon and the fake family of spies she grew up with in America. Probably the weakest part of the movie was Natasha and her found family taking down the airborne Red Room and villain head of the Red Room Dreykov. The ending scenes seemed too reminiscent of the ending scenes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I also rerated this slightly down from 7.5 to 7 from my initial review.

Best Performance - Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova This was Pugh’s debut in the MCU. As stated in Hawkeye, Pugh steals the show. And that’s hard to do because of solid performances from Scarlet Johannson’s lead character, David Harbour’s hilarious performance of Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz’s performance of Melina Vostokoff. Pugh’s charm electrifies the movie, especially when she makes fun of the Black Widow stance.

Best Scene - The Vostokoff Farm After Belova and Romanov break the Red Guardian out of jail and their plane runs out of fuel, the three head to find Vostokoff at her farm outside St Petersburg. We see the dysfunctional family dynamic of the four while they have dinner. Although they were put together and weren’t blood family, you could tell by the banter and emotional argument that they were a found-family that were heartbreakingly broken apart years before.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Released September 3, 2021 the Meat Life Rating - 8/10

Briefly reviewed here.

Best Performance - Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu This cast is stacked with relative newcomer Simu Liu as the title character, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s BFF Katy, Michelle Yeoh as Shang-Chi’s aunt Ying Nan, and Ben Kingsley reprieving his role as actor Trevor Slattery. But the Hong Kong film legend Leung is the best. He makes his villain character Wenwu - Shang-Chi

Best Scene - The Skyscraper Fight There’s lots to choose from here. I love the interaction between Shawn and Katy so whenever it is just them cooking I love watching it. There are also a lot of really good set pieces here from the Jackie Chan tribute bus fight to the end showdown in Ta Lo. But the best scene is the skyscraper fight in Macau. The running and tumbling in the scaffolding and the sparing off the side of the building are awesome.

Eternals - Released November 5, 2021 the Meat Life Rating - 6/10

From Academy Award winning director Chloe Zhao staring the likes of Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Selma Hayek, Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani and Brian Tyree Henry among others, this seems like it sets up to be a slam dunk, right? Maybe a prestigy spin on Marvel? Well, although it was the lowest domestic grossing MCU movie since 2008′s The Incredible Hulk and mostly panned by critics, this one isn’t as bad as they say it is. What didn’t help a lot of these Phase Four movies is that Marvel’s standard was raised coming out of Infinity War/Endgame in the Infinity Saga. But people soon forget about Captain Marvel and how out of place that film felt coming out between the big Avengers movies. Anyway, as for as this movie, the Eternals follows a group of immortal alien beings as they protect the Earth since ancient times against threats from other alien creatures known as Deviants. There is a twist in the middle of the film that I’ll leave you to experience. The vibe of the film felt more closer to the DC’s SnyderVerse, maybe because this film’s approach felt more serious than typical MCU fare (there are even references to DC characters Batman and Superman in a couple instances in the film). If you have an open couple hours you aren’t doing anything, worth a look at this movie. It’s not great but not as bad as people made it out to be upon its initial release. But I don’t think this will end up being vital to the MCU experience and overall storyline going forward.

Best Performance - Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos A lot of the acting in this movie is a little uneven, but probably because of the uneven material. But I do enjoy a lot of the comic relief that Brian Tyree Henry provides in a couple of his scenes and being in Marvel’s first same sex couple. And being the tech guy on the Eternals crew talks to me.

Best Scene - The London Deviant Sighting The Amazon scene is also a solid. But the first Deviant sighting in London was great. You get suspense/horror vibes when the Deviant is in the water following Sersi, Dane, and Sprite. And then when it comes out and fights Ikaris, we get to see the reveal of Sersi’s powers. Sersi turning a double-decker bus into rose petals as it is about to fall on her looks spectacular.

Spider-Man: No Way Home - Released December 17, 2021 the Meat Life Rating - 8/10

Briefly reviewed here. I originally rated this movie 9/10. But I adjusted it down to an 8. Still a great and enjoyable film, but I think probably an overreaction a bit when I first watched.

Best Performance - Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin Some great performances from Tom Holland, Jacob Batalon, Zendaya, and Marisa Tomei. But Dafoe steals the movie and becomes a great Big Bad in the movie. Psycho Osborn builds off of his original Spider-Man performance and gives a chilling villain.

Best Scene - Happy’s Apartment Showdown As cool as it is when the Tobey and Andrew Spider-Men come in and as cool as it is to see them fight together, the MCU Spidey taking on the snapped Green Goblin takes the trophy. Just Dafoe’s still face laughing as Holland’s Spider-Man is pummeling him is so creepy. And then, as controversial as it is, Aunt May’s death is very impactful and gives stakes to this movie.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - Released May 6, 2022 the Meat Life Rating - 7/10

It is interesting to think that this was actually originally slated before Wandavision and Spider-Man: No Way Home and had to be reworked a ton due to shifts in the scheduling caused by the pandemic. It would be interesting to see what this movie would have been before they had to rework. Instead we got a movie that changed directors midway through production from the first Doctor Strange director Scott Dickerson to cult horror film legend Sam Raimi. And you can kind of tell a bit by the vibe and style of some of the scenes who directed what. In any event, this was an entertaining entry. Doctor Strange has to protect America Chavez from Wanda Maximoff. America has a special power to jump between multiverses and Wanda is wanting to take that power in order to reunite with her two sons who were disappeared at the end of Wandavision. I love Elizabeth Olsen, and I think Marvel did her Wanda character dirty. While she started as a villain of sorts in Avengers: Age of Ultron, she had become a hero over the years through Avengers: Endgame. And while she was a bit of a character on edge in Wandavision, I didn’t really like that she was turned full villain in this one.

Best Performance - Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez As against the villain turn as I am, Elizabeth Olsen was solid in her Wanda role. Benedict Cumberbatch is always solid. I wish we got more out of Chiwetel Ejoifor. While it was cool to briefly see John Krasinski as Reed Richards and Patrick Stewart as a version of Professor Xavier (both probably trolling fans) as well as seeing Hayley Atwell as Captain Carter, I think the best performance is from Xochiti Gomez as America Chavez. She was the best part of this movie and gave that teenage wonder and injected it in this movie.

Best Scene - Zombie Strange in the Climax Fight Scene The opening scene where America and a version of Strange is being chased between universes by a demon was cool. Obviously the Illuminati scene on Earth-838 was cool to see with Wanda mowing down each of them. But probably the chaos of the last act was probably the best. From the music note fight between Strange Prime and Apocalypse Strange was cool and then Strange tapping into Dead Strange from the beginning to fight Wanda to save America was great. Solid Raimi stuff.

Thor: Love and Thunder - Released July 8, 2022 the Meat Life Rating - 7/10

I think the best way to describe this entry of Thor is Ragnarok off the rails. This is director Taika Waititi throwing everything at the screen. While most lands, some are a little over the top. This is a fun movie but can we really believe Thor to grow dumber and more dude-bro-y after the trauma and emotional weight of Avengers: Infinity War/Endgame? In any event, we follow Thor Odonson as he navigates to stop Gorr, the God Butcher from killing Gods across the realms. Along the way he teams up with the now King Valkyrie and Jane Foster wielding Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. While some of the comic scenes go on a bit longer than they probably should to still be funny, this is a fun ride.

Best Performance - Christian Bale as Gorr, the God Butcher It was great to see Natalie Portman (always great to see Portman in ANYTHING), and it was a nice cameo for the Guardians. I like Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth is funny for the most part. You also get a scene-stealing performance from Russell Crowe as Zeus. But I got to give this to Christian Bale, who is performing almost like he’s in a different movie. He gives the emotional weight and places Gorr in one of the better villains in the MCU.

Best Scene - Omnipotence City There are some touching Jane Foster scenes where you see her character’s struggle with cancer. There is also an awesome monochromatic scene where our heroes chase down Gorr in the Shadow Realm. But my favorite scene is probably on Omnipotence City and their interaction and ultimately fight with Zeus and the other Gods. I know I said some of the comedic scenes in this movie go on longer than they probably should, but I could watch more of Omnipotence City.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Released November 11, 2022 the Meat Life Rating - 8/10

It was pretty hard for me to rate this film. On the one side, it is a poignant and touching tribute to their fallen friend in Chadwick Boseman-T’Challa and a story about loss and how to process that while moving forward with life. Those aspects were among the best in the MCU as a whole and probably some of the best moments of the year in cinema. On the other hand, some things felt out of place - but in the larger MCU sense are necessary to propel the larger storyline outside of this movie. The Everett Ross and Valentina portions of the film in particular feel largely out of place, especially since most of the storyline was between the nations of Wakanda and Talokan and the power struggle between Shuri and Namor. I will say, standard MCU stuff aside, this is a great and moving film. It is beautiful and hard to watch at the same time. Very emotionally heavy and effective movie. And stay for the mid-credits for probably the best credit scene that could have come from the MCU. If we remove the Ross/Valentina stuff, this movie is probably closer to a 9.

Best Performance - Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda There is a reason why Angela Bassett is honored with the MCU’s first Oscar acting nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Bassett kills it. The quality of the material behind dealing with loss and trying to help her daughter get through that same loss does help. There are other great performances including Tenoch Huerta’s portrayal of Namor and Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther. But Bassett’s performance takes the film to another level emotionally.

Best Scene - The Mid-Credit Scene There are a lot of great scenes from the film from the Okoye bridge fight, the talking scenes between Shuri and Namor, and anything Angela Bassett is in are all great. But this movie is about loss and moving forward from that loss, and nothing is more poignant in this than the mid-credit scene. Nakia reveals to Shuri that Nakia and T’Challa had a child before his untimely death, a child that they also named T’Challa. The scene is so touching and had me weeping in the theater. Kind of wish they just had this as the primary ending to the movie rather than a mid-credit scene, it’s that good.

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