“Robot Stories,” written and directed by Greg Pak, has made io9.com’s “20 Greatest SF Movies of the Past Decade” list, joining such modern classics as “Star Trek,” “The Incredibles,” “The Host,” “Wall-E,” and “Iron Man.”
Check out the whole list here.
2009.12.15 – Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente at Comic Book Club in NYC
LAST MINUTE UPDATE!
“Incredible Hercules” co-writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente will be the guests at the live talk/comedy show known as Comic Book Club on Tuesday, December 14, in New York City. The show starts at 8 pm at the Peoples Improv Theater, 154 W. 29th St. between 6th and 7th Avenues — tickets are just $5.
Dontcha dare miss it!
Comic Book Club LOVES “Incredible Hulk” #605 and “War Machine” #12
The Comic Book Club’s Alex Zalben has posted a rave review of “Incredible Hulk” #605, written by Greg Pak with art by Ariel Olivetti and Paul Pelletier. Here’s the blurb:
I’m going to pretend that Greg Pak coming back on this title a few issues ago was a reboot (which, essentially, it was, but without the new number one), and say that this issue is easily the best of an already excellent title. For those of you who haven’t been picking it up, a de-powered Banner is traveling around with his son, Skaar, who wants to kill the Hulk. Banner is (supposedly) training Skaar to kill the Hulk… Except maybe he’s not. Layered, textured, and tons of fun, not only does Greg Pak have perfect mastery of the Hulk and all his supporting characters, but he knows how to craft an issue of a comic that continues a story, but feels complete in and of itself. That takes skill. Oh, and Ariel Olivetti’s art is ridiculously good.
And if that’s not enough for you, here’s the rave review for “War Machine” #12, also written by Greg Pak:
Greg Pak gives James Rhodes a new status quo, and a gangbusters ending, just in time for his series to end. Too bad, too, as it felt like it was just getting started. For those of you who missed it, all twelve issues read as one mega-story, and this’ll read great in the trade.
Click here for the full article.
“Incredible Hulk” #605 and “War Machine” #12 hit comic book stores tomorrow, December 9.
“Planet Hulk” makes Comics Should Be Good’s “Top 100 Storylines” list
“Planet Hulk,” written by Greg Pak, has made the Top 100 Comic Book Storylines list at Comics Should Be Good.
2009.12.08 – “Magneto Testament” event with Pak and Simons at Simon Wiesenthal Center in NYC
From the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s official announcement:
Please join us for a conversation with
GREG PAK and WARREN SIMONS
Author and Editor of
X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT
Moderated by Mark Weitzman
(SWC Director of Government Affairs and Historical Consultant to X-Men: Magneto Testament)
Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that the world has ever seen. But in 1935, he was just another schoolboy – who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel’s greatest icons begins with a silver chain and a crush on a girl – and quickly turns into a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler’s Final Solution.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
6:30 pm
New York Tolerance Center
(226 East 42nd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
$20 per person
The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing
(books will be available for purchase)
Space is limited: reservations must be made in advance.
Please respond no later than December 7
To RSVP or for more information, please contact Carly Sorscher at 212-370-0320 or via email at csorscher@swcny.com
2009.12.09 – “Incredible Hulk” #605
“Incredible Hulk” #605, written by Greg Pak with art by Ariel Olivetti and Paul Pelletier, hits comic book stores on December 9.
Click here to view a six page preview at ComicBookResources.com.
Here’s the solicitation information from Marvel:
Tyrannus returns! Manhattan crumbles! Moloids attack! And only Bruce Banner and the Son of Hulk can save the day! Unless, of course, Skaar decides to join the monsters…The first big storyline in the all-new “Incredible Hulk” comes to a senses-shattering climax as Bruce Banner discovers whether his take-your-savage-barbarian-son-to-work program has been a rousing success — or the biggest disaster visited upon the Marvel Universe since “World War Hulk”! Plus: the All-New Savage She-Hulk’s quest to find Jennifer Walters reaches its conclusion — with a stunning twist!
2009.12.09 – “War Machine” #12
“War Machine” #12, the last issue of the series from writer Greg Pak, hits comic book stores on December 9. Comic Book Resources has posted a colored, lettered preview of the first six pages.
Check it out!
UPDATE: Newsarama has the preview as well.
CBR interviews Pak, Parker, and Loeb about “Fall of the Hulks”
Kiel Phegley of Comic Book Resources has interviewed writers Greg Pak, Jeph Loeb, and Jeff Parker about their upcoming “Fall of the Hulks” storyline. Here’s an excerpt:
We’ve all been hearing about how the Intelligencia will kick off what will become the battle of “Fall of the Hulks,” but what does this first phase of the event hold for the titular behemoth – whoever he may be – as the story rolls on?
Jeph Loeb: What’s equally important about all of this is, as you guys know, at the heart of our story, both Red Hulk and Skaar are of questionable moral character and can in some ways also be seen as the villains of the piece. The challenge that was put before us was to have us care about them as well, and really the key of the summit was that ultimately, this was a story about Bruce Banner and what he has to face. Part of the reason why it was important in #600 for the Green Hulk to go away was so that we could really put Banner in a world where the alliances that he would have to form and the choices he’d have to make – particularly with Skaar – were going to be completely unpredictable. We got to see a Banner, in what Greg’s been doing in “Incredible Hulk,” that we’ve never really seen before. He’s extremely cunning and very dangerous and, in some ways, more dangerous than when he is the Hulk. It’s dangerous in a different kind of way.
Greg Pak: I’ve really had a ton of fun playing with this storyline and this direction with the character. It was a total blast being able to go to “Planet Hulk” with just the Hulk and have Banner be there on the periphery. Now we’re kind of doing the flip of that, and it’s just as fun for me to write. Hopefully it’ll be just as revelatory for the character in the end. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: “Fall of the Hulks” and “World War Hulks” together, I think, will be the biggest emotional story that has ever been told about Bruce Banner. It really will rock his world to its foundations in multiple ways. It’s big, big, big. It’s Hulk-sized!
Preview of “Incredible Hercules” #139
Newsarama has colored preview pages from “Incredible Hercules” #139, written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by Rodney Buchemi and Reilly Brown.
Click here to check it out.
Newsarama loves “Incredible Hulk” #604
David Pepose, writing for Newsarama’s Best Shots crew, has given “Incredible Hulk” #604 a rave review. Here’s an excerpt:
What do you call two exceedingly divergent tastes coming together for one delightful result? Incredible Hulk #604, whose unlikely alliance between Bruce Banner and Skaar — as well as two mish-mashed but surprisingly complementary art styles — makes for the most entertaining Hulk series I’ve seen in the history of… well, ever.
Click here to read the whole thing.
“Incredible Hulk” #604 was written by Greg Pak with art by Ariel Olivetti and Guiseppe Camuncoli. The book hit comic shops last Wednesday.