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New Paula Peril Flick Crystalizes on the Web

March 25th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Author, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Writing,

As mentioned a few weeks ago, the latest fan film-inspired opus from Atlantis Studios, Paula Peril and the Mystery of the Crystal Falcon, hit the web last week. What does “fan film-inspired” mean? Well, comic book creator James Watson was looking for a new way to publicize his character when realized that fan filmmakers were [...]

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Fan Cinema Today Picks for New York Comic Con 2009

February 5th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Superheroes, TV, Watchmen, Writing, friday the 13th, marvel comics

The 2009 New York Comic Con is upon us, so as Fan Cinema Today has done in the past, here’s FCT‘s top fan film-related choices for the weekend. The overall offerings at the convention are a little underwhelming compared to previous years, however, and the business panels in particular have been severely pruned back; gone [...]

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September 9th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Comic Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, Public Screening, Star Wars, Superheroes,

Way back in the Dark Ages—OK, April—I hosted a panel of some of the brightest stars in the fan film universe at the New York Comic Con. We got nearly 300 people in audience for the event, and despite technical glitches, it went so well that I was inspired to bring this blog back from [...]

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Fan Film Podcast Debuts Episode 11

May 15th, 2008 | Posted in Batman, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Dan Poole, Fan Film, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, News, Public Screening, Spider-Man, Superheroes, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Uncategorized

Until a month ago, FCT was flying well below the radar. I spent about a year only posting once a month with updates on how writing Homemade Hollywood was going—and that was it. While FCT was MIA, however, a new source of fan film news came along—The Fan Film Podcast—and it’s a lot of fun. [...]

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DC Comics Officially OKs Fan Films

April 24th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Blinky Productions, Comic Books, Education, Fan Film, Gray Areas, History, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Superheroes, Superman

DC Comics and its parent company Warner Brothers have had a mixed history with fan films over the years, from shutting down one of the first Superman fan flicks to hit the web, to requesting that San Diego Comic Con respect its copyrights by not presenting fan films featuring its characters—a move that ended the [...]

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New York Comic Con 2008 Fan Film Panel Wrap-Up

April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Star Wars, Superheroes, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Uncategorized, Writing

This was my third visit to the New York Comic Con, which, gee, is in its third year. As always, it was a blast. All of New York City decided to fly its proverbial freak flag and jam into the Javits Center. I read that they were expecting 60,000 people this weekend, and I think [...]

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BIG FAN FILM Panel at NY Comic Con This Weekend!

April 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Writing,

Going to New York Comic Con in New York City this coming weekend? Make sure you check out the fan film panel! I set this up a while back and roped in a bunch of folks–it’s a real ‘who’s who’ of the East Coast fan film world. In fact, the only drawback is that halfway [...]

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Analysis: Fan Films Leading To Comic Crackdown?

February 28th, 2007 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, Publishing, Star Wars, Superheroes, Watchmen, Writing,

One of the more interesting panels this past weekend at the New York Comic Con was closed to the public. Friday’s “Comics Publishing: Review and Outlook” featured some truly heavy-hitters, including: Paul Levitz (President & Publisher, DC Comics), whose low-key demeanor belied the fact that he was surprisingly candid with numbers (for instance, the Watchmen [...]

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News: New York Comic Con 2007 Wrap-Up

February 26th, 2007 | Posted in Analysis, Blinky Productions, Comic Books, Fan Film, Gray Areas, Housekeeping, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Review, Star Wars, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion

The second NY Comic Convention was a hit this past weekend, sloughing off the bad planning and extreme crowd control that marred the inaugural 2006 edition. Instead, this year’s event gave fans what they’d wanted all along–a great con with lots to do, whether you were a collector, gamer, cosplay enthusiast or even a fan [...]

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Gray Areas: New York Comic Con Top Picks

February 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Batman, Fan Film, Gray Areas, Housekeeping, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Star Wars, Superheroes

Last year saw the debut of the New York Comic Con, and it was the biggest thing to hit NYC since King Kong punched a few picture windows in the side of the Empire State Building. The city that never sleeps hadn’t had a proper, full-on con in years, and it was greeted with great [...]

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Tag Archives: New York Comic Con

New Paula Peril Flick Crystalizes on the Web

Fan Cinema Today Picks for New York Comic Con 2009

Fan Film Podcast Debuts Episode 11

DC Comics Officially OKs Fan Films

New York Comic Con 2008 Fan Film Panel Wrap-Up

BIG FAN FILM Panel at NY Comic Con This Weekend!

Analysis: Fan Films Leading To Comic Crackdown?

News: New York Comic Con 2007 Wrap-Up

Gray Areas: New York Comic Con Top Picks

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