* First look at the upcoming, anime-style Iron Man cartoon series...

Jarvis Awards

* Bob Wolniak contributes a massive undertaking: the Avengers chronology in real-world release order [in PDF].
  
It goes well with Bob Fronczak's updated Avengers Chronology in Marvel-time [now in PDF, too].  Enjoy!

* The COMPLETE AVENGERS 1963-PRESENT Trading Card Set is now available, created by Rittenhouse Archives, with tons of new, original art-- and card text written by Van!
    *  Order it here or learn more
 

Avengers Comics News

Sentinels

* Jack Kirby: King of Comics -- an awesome-looking biography from his longtime assistant, Mark Evanier.
   

Interviews

#3:  Tom Brevoort

#2:  Kurt Busiek
  
#1:  Fabian Nicieza
  

* ComicBookResources has a Fabian Nicieza interview.  And: Discuss the 'Bolts and Civil War on the AA Message Board.

* Kurt Busiek has a podcast interview up on Newsarama, that includes talk of Avengers/JLA...
* An interview with George Perez at ComicsContinuum.

 
* The Avengers DVD-ROM contains PDFs of every issue and annual, covering 40+ years of Avengers history, in a nice, well-produced package on one disk.  Highly recommended.

* The Featured Cover of the Month is back, thanks to DefDave!

* Ultimate Avengers: The Movie DVD and Ultimate Avengers 2:  Read my first thoughts about it-- or read my full-blown review article for RevolutionSF.com-- with no real spoilers.
 

*  I was a Guest of Dragon*Con in Atlanta from Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2008.  I hope some of you were able to come down for a great weekend of Avengers talk and fun! Sadly, the 10th anniversary of Marvel vs DC Jeopardy did not go as well as I'd hoped... but we'll be back in regular form next year!

* HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC in June of 2008 was a great time.  I presented the HERO Initiative with a check for $1200.00 from the profits from ASSEMBLED!

* Photos from DragonCon:  Marvel vs DC Jeopardy and the Avengers / Assembled panel here. 

* Van reviews the Iron Man animated DVD for RevolutionSF.com and you can read it here on their site. (Or read it in our Forums and Talkback.) There's also a "Teen Avengers" DVD...

* Now on sale! Super Comics Trivia!
The answers/questions from all ten years of our Jeopardy tourneys at DragonCon!
 

 

* BIG NEWS ON THE AVENGERS-RELATED MOVIE FRONT!
From the Hollywood Reporter:

Marvel Entertainment said Thursday it was pushing back by a year a pair of key properties in its comic book franchises "Thor" and "Avengers."

"Thor" will now come out on June 17, 2011 (it had previously been scheduled for July 16, 2010), while "Avengers" will hit theaters May 4, 2012 (it had been slotted for July 15, 2011).

Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel said the move "maximizes the visibility of our single character-focused films, leading to the highly anticipated release of the multicharacter 'The Avengers' film in 2012."

It's likely, however, that the studio wanted to ensure at least one tentpole in as many years as possible. Under the previous schedule, it had nothing slated for 2012.

Also, as Maisel suggested, the move gives maximum runway for the characters leading up to "Avengers," which will wrap in roles for many of its top-tier characters.
Had it let the previous dates stand, it would have seen the bunching of two properties (Iron Man and Thor) in 2010 and then three (Captain America, Spider-Man and the multicharacter Avengers) in 2011.

Under the new schedule, it will space out the characters more: just one (Iron Man) in 2010, Spider-Man, Thor and Captain America in 2011, and Avengers in 2012.

The studio also announced that it was pushing the release of the Captain America picture, titled "The First Avenger: Captain America," back several months, from May 6, 2011, to July 22, 2011.

That move was not unexpected given that Sony, which is releasing "Spider-Man 4" via its licensing deal with Marvel, is bringing out its picture in May of that year.

Marvel clarified on Thursday that that pic will come out on May 6, 2011. It had previously given the month of May but no exact date.

Marvel is pursuing a strategy similar to that of its classic comic books, in which characters frequently cross over between properties. Samuel Jackson recently signed a nine-picture deal to play superhero Nick Fury, who will appear in many of its upcoming pics.

The studio's current priority is "Iron Man 2." Casting is coming together for the project, with Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson recently signing on for the project, which will shoot this year.

* 26-episode animated Avengers series coming in 2011! Read more at icv2.com.

* If you like Dan Abnett's writing on Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy, check out  WAR OF KINGS. Same Marvel cosmic goodness, new big saga!

The (second?) best reviewed comics movie ever?!
Discuss on the Message Board HERE!

    *  RevolutionSF.com gives it a
        9/10 starred review.

    *  TONS of GREAT reviews at
        RottenTomatoes.com!

    *  Joe Crowe on the best moments
        in Iron Man history.

    * 10 "Classically Cool" Iron Man toys

ASSEMBLED!

* Silver Bullet Comics interviews Van about ASSEMBLED!
 

"A fine read for any Avengers aficionado, and an overall handsome package."
--Tom Brevoort, Executive Editor, Marvel Comics

This is the brand new, definitive, unauthorized guide to the Avengers--written by the Jarvis Heads of AvengersAssemble.net! 

Chapters cover and analyze every major "era" of the book's history, plus everything from the Ultimates to the Thunderbolts to those bad '80s Captain America movies!

Includes a look at the "Civil War" and the death of Captain America, as well as "What Makes a Great Avengers Villain," "The Kree-Skrull War" retrospective, and much more!

Available now from Amazon.com! 

All publisher profits are going to the HERO Initiative.  ($1,200.00 presented so far!)

Oversized trade paperback-- 248 pgs.--
only $19.95 -- ORDER HERE!

(Then talk about it on the AA! Message Board!)

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