5. Fables

The first trade of the by Bill Willingham instantly hooks you on a common CSI seeming murder investigation of Rose Red. The series features all of our beloved storybook characters…seen in a completely different light. The Big Bad Wolf has become a chain-smoking detective, and after being exiled from their world, these fable characters must live amongst us and try to blend in. This comic at one point was in the market to become a ABC television series, however I haven’t heard anything on it being developed in the last few years. For ABC I don’t know if it could have the harsher elements that Willingham portrays in the book and is vital to the story. HBO is the place for it.

4. Irredeemable

With the exception of The Walking Dead, Irredeemable is one of the darkest comics I’ve read in while. Mark Waid, who’s spent a great deal of time in the superhero world, writing everything from The Flash to Captain America, scribes this melancholy tale. Irredeemable is the story of The Plutonian, a Superman type hero, who goes rouge and destroys the city he’s protected for so long. Why would this work as a TV series? The first trade seems to follow the supporting heroes who worked alongside The Plutonian during their crime fighting days. Each episode might be able to center around one of these characters and their relationship with the fallen hero. Another aspect that could be woven well in the television show is the questions you encounter when reading it. Why did he turn?  What is his origin? All these are potential plot points for a television series.

3. Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex really could be the next big period drama for HBO. In comics Hex generally lends itself to a one-and-done type of format. So far pretty much every issue of the new Jonah Hex run written by Jimmy Palmiotti allows the reader to easily access a story that doesn’t get bogged down by continuity. Hex as an HBO series could be spellbinding as it’s a gritty and sometimes heart wrenching tale includes very dark elements. A few subplot characters in each season and an over-arching story coupled with the accessibility could make Hex a frontrunner.

2. Gotham Central

This series could just be your typical crime drama (a la Law and Order and CSI), but ads a twist to it. What if these cops had to take down the arguably fiercest rouges in the DC Universe. Gotham Central gives readers a look on what would happen if real world police had larger than life crime. This series would allow for everything that viewers love about the crime drama harmoniously tied in with the DC Universe. Batman’s rouges cameos could be endless, not to mention a possible appearance by the Caped Crusader himself.

1. Y: The Last Man

Y: The Last Man possibly fueled my desire to read more books that didn’t involve the capes, cowls, and muscles. This series is centered around a plague that kills all the men off the earth, except for one, Yorick Brown. After the plague hits, Yorick, incognito, sets off with his partners trying to find why he’s still alive. The Brian K. Vaughn scribed series has the most character evolution of any comic I have ever read. The changes throughout the series would allow for an engaging television run. Filled with shocking season finale like moments, Y: The Last Man needs a series.

Am I wrong? What are you’re top 5? Discuss Below!!!!!

-Reid Ackerman

• Tron Uprising animated series is coming in 2012. Featuring: Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen, Bruce Boxleitner, and Emmanuelle Chriqui
• After considering a Bruce Springsteen or Michael Jackson post-Super Bowl episode, Glee may go with a regular episode instead
• The Walking Dead is picked up for a 13 episode Season 2
• The replacement Spartacus choice is down to three actors: Stephen Amell, Aiden Turner, and Liam McIntyre

• Ron Moore’s Wild Wild West ends up at CBS
• Conan tops all competition in first episode
• AMC has its first cancellation: Rubicon
• Casting News/Rumors:
  • Arlene Tur has been cast as Vera Juarez in American Torchwood
  • Darren Criss is in talks to become a series regular on Glee

• Highlander Reboot is happening. Jason Lin is directing, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are writing
• Louis Leterrier wants to direct Y the Last Man, studio is unsure of how to proceed
• John Stevenson to direct Alien Rock Band for Vanguard

• J.J. Abrams says they “we” are working on the Star Trek 2 script, and it is “cool”
• Jon Favreau may direct Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” next
• War Machine spin-off movie being pitched
• New big screen “Winnie the Pooh” coming to theaters in 2011
• Zack Snyder says General Zod rumors are “completely wrong”
• Dredd will be shot in 3d
• Oren Peli to direct “Eliza Graves”
• Zombieland writers to adapt “Cowboy Ninja Viking”
• Steve Pink to write/direct The Toxic Avenger
• Jason Segal-penned Muppet movie will be called “The Muppets” and will hit theaters Dec 25, 2011
• Tim Burton’s next will be the long rumored “Dark Shadows” with Johnny Depp, filming begins in April
• Casting News/Rumors:
  • Sally Field as Aunt May in Spider-Man Reboot
  • Zooey Deschanel as Betty Brant in Spider-Man Reboot
  • If Rachel McAdams returns for Sherlock Holmes 2, it will be a glorified Cameo

• Disney Imagineers working on Tron ride
• JMS quits monthly Superman and Wonder Woman comics to focus on Earth One sequel

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As mentioned in this episode, Six Flags New Orleans video:

By Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra

This deluxe edition hardcover collects the first 10 issues of the award winning series by writer Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways, Lost) and Pia Guerra (Doctor Who: The Forgotten).

Yorick Brown is an escape artist; has a fabulous girlfriend who’s traveling in Australia; and possesses a genetic make-up that’s allowed him to survive a plague that killed every male being on the planet except for him and his pet monkey. Yorick is the last man on earth, and in the resulting chaos, he must find a way to help save the human race. At least that’s what the (now all-female) government thinks. Yorick would prefer to find his girlfriend, but it’s hard to get a flight halfway around the world when almost all the pilots and mechanics are gone.  Furthermore, the entire social fabric has gone to hell, with gun-wielding wives of Republican representatives insisting on getting their husbands’ seats and tribes of latter-day Amazons claiming males were meant to die. Meanwhile, who are the mysterious Israeli soldiers who seem so gratified by the situation, and why is Yorick’s sister so intent on joining the Amazons? With clean lines and muted colors, Guerra and Marz n invoke a frighteningly believable future; their vision of the surprise and horror to come is so beautifully ordinary, it’s entirely convincing-and addictive.

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SRP: $29.99
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“You take Sam and you put a monkey on his shoulder,” said LaBeouf . “I don’t know if it’s that big a differential. It seems like he’s the ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation again.” Much like the character of Sam in the Transformers films. He added, “I’m not willing to make that movie currently, and may be too old to play the role by the time it does come around.”

What do you guys think? Does Labeouf- after two Transformers, Eagle Eye and  Disturbia- have reason to not want to be the “young guy trying to stay alive in crazy situation” anymore? Will this hurt the movie’s chances of getting made? Who should take over for Shia as Yorrick Brown

True Believer’s Best of 2008
•    Y-The Last Man
•    All Star Superman
•    Joker
•    Echo
•    Ex Machina
•    Invincible
•    Astounding Wolf-Man
•    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
•    Umbrella Academy
•    KICK-ASS
•    Astonishing X-Men

In an interview at comingsoon.net Caruso was asked what was up with Y: The Last Man…

“Yeah, it’s been a while. I think it’s one of those that the source material is fantastic stuff, it’s great, but it’s a tough one to lick into getting into a screenplay. I’ve tried to feel like it’s a trilogy of movies and I think everyone sort of agrees, but at the same time, just getting the first movie right and getting the right beats and knowing what to put in, it’s been really tough. You have great minds like David Goyer and you’ve got Carl Ellsworth and you’ve got Brian K. Vaughn, and I’m working with them to just kind of crack it and get it down. And we’re almost there. I know it’s a slow process, but I think eventually we’ll get it. We’re going to get it and we’ll get it right, but we had a pretty good breakthrough a couple weeks ago in the final act, and hopefully we’ll get there.”

This month my selection is, EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01 written by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Tony Harris & Tom Feister. More details after the break.

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EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01

Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, Y: THE LAST MAN) uniquely combines big city politics and superheroes in this much-lauded series. Set in our modern-day world, EX MACHINA tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America’s first living, breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines. Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, retires from masked crime fighting and runs for mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide. This deluxe edition collects the first 10 issues of EX MACHINA in hardcover for the first time, along with several special bonus features. MATURE READERS

SRP: $29.99

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Discount: 37%

Writer: Brian K. Vaughan

Artist: Tony Harris & Tom Feister