In my new book on the history and future of fan films, Homemade Hollywood, I profile “Comics To Film,” a cool class at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, NY. Every time it’s offered, Professor Dan Galiardi takes his class through the process of adapting a comic book character to the big screen, assigning the students to make their own films as final projects.
The latest class just concluded in December with an ad-hoc film festival where everyone showed their wares. According to Galiardi, the students’ favorite flick was about the Peanuts gang in their college years, sitting around getting drunk and cursing a lot (I have to admit, I’d be at least curious to see that). One that he recommended in particular is , DC Comics’ popular comic book character (no, not the Neil Gaiman one; the one from the 1930s created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman). Read More
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Michael O’Hearn, the actor who portrayed Superman in 
The Golden State has contributed many things to modern society—the personal computer, John Steinbeck, a vast array of supple wines, and of course, the . Now you can add “a Dr. Who fan film contest” to that illustrious list, thanks to San Jose, CA’s PBS station, KTEH.
Boy, the year just flew by, didn’t it? In April, Fan Cinema Today came back to life after a year in slumber, and it’s been a 5-days-a-week postathon every since. This week, FCT is taking a look at some of the bigger stories it covered throughout the year, and since people make fan films about Star Wars more than any other franchise, that’s the best place to start—with a chronological rundown of almost all the FCT stories related to A Galaxy Far, Far Away™ that ran in 2008.
