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LB: Comic Books on the Newsstand When I was Born

Because what could be more important for any writer than this:

To be precise, these are just some of the comics on the sales racks in the month/year I was born. But the reason it’s only some is because this is all I could screen capture. Every single other comic also popped right up on the page. read article

Anil Sees DREDD 3D

You know, the comic-based film that croaked at the box office. Here’s our Ace Saskatchewan Observer’s short (because he knows how to edit, dammit) take:

It’s half good. read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 10/19/12

“Luv me, luv me, say that you love me…” (preferably w/dollars, not flowers)
  •  Aseem Batra (ANIMAL PRACTICE, SCRUBS) is writing the pilot for an NBC sitcom based on the life of reality star Rachel Zoe, who, of course, will produce (because the dullest known quantity is more interesting to NBC than the most exciting fresh idea).
  • Annie Hendy (THE CATHOLIC GIRL’S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY) is writing the pilot for THE GEORGE CLOONEY MANIFESTO, a Fox sitcom about a young woman who tries to live her life to the fullest after being unlucky at love (because George Clooney’s name can sell even the oldest, tritest concept…as we’re seeing right now).
  • Kayli Stollak (creator of the blog GrannyIsMyWingman.Com) & Donald Todd (SAMANTHA WHO?) are writing the pilot for a CBS sitcom based on Stollak’s blog (because the most inane semi-known quantity is more exciting to CBS than the freshest unknown concept).
  • David Rosen (I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK) is writing the pilot for GAVIN & STACY, Fox’s version of the BBC sitcom of the same name (because even a cancelled BBC series is more attractive to Fox than something nobody else has bought yet).

Congratulations, kids. (Um, can you e-mail us later about how to get in touch with you in time for staffing?)

Warner Brothers is Still Trying to Screw Superman’s Family

Warner Brothers has been fighting tooth and nail against a court-ordered award requiring them to pay the family of the late Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman for their use of the character after 50% of the rights reverted to the Siegels. Here, thanks to Deadline.Com, is the latest update, from Laura Siegel Larson, Siegel’s daughter:

October 11, 2012 read article

Investors Are Abandoning Television

To which we can only say, “Thank you, Jesus!” Does this presage a time when TV will be as concerned about entertainment as it is about profits? (We’re only asking for a 50-50 split here, not a complete abandonment of greed.)

Why Wall Street Is Becoming Uneasy About Television – by David Lieberman (Deadline.Com)

Wall Street investors are becoming uncomfortable about television…and it has everything to do with the fall season’s lower ratings. read article