Electric Man: A Call to Arms

Back in the summer of 2011, at the LFCC, you may recall we did an interview with the creators of Electric Man - an independent & crowd sourced UK film, which was nearing the end of production. This week, director David Barras sent out the following call to arms:

"In March we plan to tour Electric Man around some independent cinemas in Scotland and from May onwards we plan to do the same across the rest of the UK but we need to know where to come to. If you live near an independent cinema and would like us to come with Electric Man, e mail us back and let us know about it - where it is, who to contact, how many people you think you could get along.

And if you blog or have Facebook or Twitter, please mention us. Spread the word. It's not everyday a film you had a hand in is shown in cinemas up and down the country. Please share and spread the links below, join our Facebook or Twitter groups and watch the material we have on YouTube, but most importantly tell people. The more people know about it, the more people will demand it and the more cinemas we can visit.

Hope to see some of you at Hi-Ex, Kapow and the London Film and Comic Con and hopefully see a few more of you at some screenings - Sparks Will Fly."

Here at Liberation Frequency, we are keen supporters of the film and this style of movie making in general, so help us give the guys our support. For more info, see the links below!

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Electric-Man/149372189649

Twitter - http://twitter.com/electricmanfilm

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJoODvucOc

Opening Titles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgXvCvop_Y&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Behind the Scenes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnshgiab29E&feature=related

Action Comics No. 1 Sells for $2.16m

An original copy of Action Comics No.1, the 1938 comic that features the first ever appearance of Superman, has broken previous records and sold for $2.16m In an online auction. The orgins of the comic are unknown, but it is widely believed that this is the copy that once belonged to Nicholas Cage, was stolen several years ago, and recently found again in a storage locker.

This is the first comic book to break the $2m sales barrier, and one of only a handful that are estimated to have this value. other comics considered to be of extremely value include Detective Comics No. 27 (first appearance of Batman), Superman No. 1, Batman No. 1 & Amazing Fantasy 15 (first appearance of Spiderman).

Marvel Lays Off Staff

While DC may be experiencing record sales as a result of their re-launch Marvel bosses have apparently decided it’s time to tighten the proverbial belt.

Those in the direct line of fire come mostly from among the editorial staff as 11 employees have been let go. Rumour suggests that these unfortunate souls may not be the last to receive unfortunate news either. Those let go include editors Alejandro Arbona and Jody LeHeup.

The decision to let staff go is apparently part if cost cutting efforts at the famous comic book publisher. Parent company, Marvel Entertainment LCC, is a part of the much larger Walt Disney Co.

CLiNT Magazine begins search for new artists & wirters

Mark Millar's Clint Magazine has begun a very open search for artist and writer teams. By 'Open' we mean they have made the proces very clear and accesable, by outlining what they are looking for and how to go about getting work in front of them. (Surprisingly, other comic publishers make this quite hard!). Seems to us that the guy's at Clint & Titan are trying very hard to breathe new life into the UK comics industry... and it's about time someone did, so they have our full support!

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The Amazing Spiderman trailer gives us first look at the re-boot...

So, if you haven't seen it yet, here it is:

Here at LF, we are... well, frankly of mixed opinion. If there hadn't already been a great spiderman origin movie in the last 10 years, then we'd say, Can't Wait! But alas, there has been. So despite the fact that this looks like it's well made (and arguably closer to the comic books - note the webshooters!), we find ourselves saying... 'Is this neccesary?' We'd have been much happier with a continuation, even with a change in cast. There was still a lot of scope for the zillions of spiderman storylines begging to be told: Electro, Black Cat, Kingpin, The Lizard. You be the judge: http://www.theamazingspiderman.com/