Fans of Marvel’s Hercules please take note: an alternative universe version of the Lion of Olympus has joined the team of dimension-hopping adventurers in Greg Pak’s “X-Treme X-Men” series. And he’s in love with Howlett, an alternate-reality Wolverine! That’s the two heroes in the image above, reunited in issue #8, which just hit stores last week.
Big moments are coming up for Herc and Howlett in issues #9 and #10 as well, so ask your local retailer to hold “X-Treme X-Men” #8 and beyond for you.
Or buy a digital copy of issue #8 right now at Comixology!
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Instagram fiasco: Hey, We Predicted That In VISION MACHINE!
In honor of Instagram claiming the right to sell your pictures, I’ve launched the new “Hey, We Predicted That in VISION MACHINE” tumblr.
Check it out!
2013.01.22 – “Vision Machine” goes to Sundance – Greg Pak on the “Tablet Storytelling Takes Off” panel
The “Vision Machine” iPad app, written and directed by Greg Pak, is one of the featured projects that will be discussed at the Tablet Storytelling Takes Off New Frontier panel at the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, January 22. Pak will attend the panel, along with Scott Snibbe (Björk’s Biophilia, Beck’s Rework: Philip Glass Remixed), Eli Horowitz (Silent History), and Loc Dao (Circa 1948).
Click here for all the details!
Talking Comics loves “X-Treme X-Men” #7.1
An excerpt:
… the book is hilarious, over-the-top silly (in the best way possible), full of action and ends on a heartfelt but somber note.
Read the whole thing here.
Buy the issue now at Comixology or ask your local store to hold one for you today!
Greg Pak’s Pakcast 009: Artist Tak Miyazawa talks “Los Robos, Arizona”
Check out the latest Pakcast, featuring Tak Miyazawa, the amazing artist of the “Los Robos, Arizona” giant robot story written by Greg Pak for the “SHATTERED” Asian American comics anthology.
Click here to buy the anthology from Amazon.
Greg Pak and Tak Miyazawa’s “Los Robos” now on sale in the “SHATTERED” anthology!
Writer Greg Pak and artist Tak Miyazawa have collaborated on a 10 page story about a kid and his giant robot for the “SHATTERED” Asian American comics anthology.
Read a review of the book, which taps “Los Robos” as “possibly [the reviewer’s] most favorite tale in this masterful monochrome compilation.”
And buy the book from Amazon!
I love this “X-Treme X-Men” #12 cover!
By Greg Pak
Yes. I love it. Kalman Andrasofszky drew it, and you should probably go follow him on Twitter right now.
The book comes out in March. Preorder it with your local retailer today!
Marvel announces “X-Termination” event, which includes Greg Pak’s “X-Treme X-Men”
Greg Pak’s reality hopping comic book “X-Treme X-Men” joins Marjorie Liu’s “Astonishing X-Men” and David Lapham’s “Age of Apocalypse” for a 2013 crossover story called “X-Termination.” Check out an excerpt of the Marvel.com interview:
Marvel.com: Greg, picking up things in X-TREME X-MEN #12, how do alternative Charles Xaviers figure into this story?
Greg Pak: Dazzler and her X-Treme team have been on an insane mission to kill 10 evil alterna-Xaviers before they bring ruin upon the multiverse. In this storyline, we’ll finally find out exactly what threat the Xaviers represent and whether the Xavier Head in a Bottle who’s been guiding the team is a villain or a hero. Most importantly, we’re going to find out whether Dazzler’s finally going to cross that line and risk her own soul in order to fulfill her responsibilities as a leader.
Read the whole thing at Marvel.com.
Filmmaker Magazine interview with Greg Pak and Karim Ahmad about the “Vision Machine” app
ITVS’s Karim Ahmad interviewed “Vision Machine” writer and director Greg Pak about the “Vision Machine” project. Here’s an excerpt:
Ahmad: But what I love about the Vision Machine app is that it’s really testing the limits of what is usually considered “acceptable” functionality for a digital comic. Like the fact that you include a complete voice and music soundtrack!
Pak: Yes! That was key for me. Many digital comics have musical scores, but we might actually be the first out of the gate with a full voice soundtrack.
We also wanted to include some really substantial extras and a social media interactive element. So throughout the story, there are “IRL” buttons that you can tap to bring up videos of real world luminaries (including internet superstar Jonathan Coulton) talking about the ramifications of the story’s themes and ideas. And you can enable a Twitter stream that shows you tweets that use the #visionmachine hashtag. We’re planning to use that Twitter stream to do virtual events, like panels or Q&As, that you can follow live in the app.
Greg Pak talks about being Asian American and how it affects his work
By Greg Pak
A few months ago, I participated in a panel discussion organized by CYJO, the creator of the Kyopo Project, a series of portraits of Korean Americans. CYJO has posted a clip from the panel discussion in which I talk for a while about being Asian American and how it affects my writing and filmmaking.
Enjoy — and click here for more about the Kyopo Project.