Blog: THE FIRE WIRE

Stephen King and his son Joe Hill will release their first graphic work as a duo next week. Road Rage, published by IDW as a comic-book series will be available in comic shops next Wednesday. The book follows The Tribe, a gang of grungy, infighting motorcycle outlaws who run afoul of a relentless homicidal trucker. The series will also feature an adaptation of the work Throttle was based on, Richard Matheson's story Duel. Read more HERE .

McSweeney's first issue of 2012 features all kinds of amazing stuff so much, from so many good people, that they turned it into two beautiful little books. McSweeney's # 40 ($28) contains new stories from Neil Gaiman and Etgar Keret and David Vann, there is Saïd Sayrafiezadeh awaiting the uprising at Occupy Wall Street and a special compendium of the incredible writing that inspired the Egyptian Revolution, and, in its own volume and finally there is Rick Bass's extraordinary account of a week in Rwanda. The issue will be [...]

For a mere $10,010, Pizza Hut will provide you with all the trimmings necessary for a classy engagement : A ruby engagement ring, a bouquet of flowers, a personal fireworks display, a professional photographer and videographer, and, of course, a $10 Pizza Hut Dinner Box complete with a one-topping pan pizza, five breadsticks with marinara sauce, and 10 cinnamon sticks with icing plus a limo to bring you to the Pizza Hut of your choice. Act now beacause Pizza Hut only has 10 Perfect Proposal packages available! Who says romance is dead?

John Paczkowski of AllThingsD is claiming that Apple will hold a press event in the beginning of March to announce the new iPad, which he calls "iPad 33. Paczkowski expects the announcement to take place in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where Apple has held several other similar events. Read more HERE .

Marvel Comics has unveiled a first look at Avengers Vs. X-Men #1. Written by John Romita Jr., the issue kicks off Marvel's long-simmering event as the publisher's two top super-teams come to blows over how to handle the coming of the Phoenix Force and its apparent targeting of Hope Summers as its next avatar. "In the past, the typical Marvel thing when two groups of heroes cross paths was: They would meet, there would be some kind of misunderstanding, and they would fight," writer Jason Aaron told Entertainment Weekly. "Then they would make their peace, and team up [...]

The Bourne Legacy is the first Bourne film in the franchise without Matt Damon. The film expands the "Bourne" universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Stacy Keach, and Albert Finney, the film hits theaters August 3rd.

Check out these whimsical Star Wars Trilogy posters created by Christopher Lee. He created the tribute entirely in Photoshop. No vectors were used (with the exception of the logo artwork). What you see is 150 hours of hand-drawn and hand-colored work. The giclees measure 16″ x 20″ and will cost $35 each. You can order the prints at TheBeastIsBack.com .

The wait is almost over for Disney's latest Southern California attraction. The company announced Cars Land at California Adventure will open in June. Cars Land is being called the largest and most exciting part of a five-year, $1 billion expansion project. It includes 12 acres of fun, three rides, stores and restaurants, all set in Radiator Springs, a fictional town from the Disney-Pixar movie "Cars." The new Buena Vista Street entry into California Adventure, featuring red car trolleys and the Carthay Circle Theatre, will also be unveiled in June. The Carthay Circle Theatre, modeled after the [...]

Today I was checking out one of my favorite blogs, Blurppy , and I stumbled across an great article about an amazing artist, Tracie Ching . The gracious DC based graphic designer took the time to talk to Blurppy about her passion for Star Wars, favorite ethnic foods and her busy schedule. Read the full enlightening interview HERE .

Mondo will release another great poster by Tom Whalen tomorrow, this time for the classic Disney short, "Lonesome Ghosts". It's an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, has an edition of 390, and will cost $45. It goes up tomorrow (Thursday, February 9th) at a random time. Visit Mondotees.com .

Despite some production delays, the highly-anticipated franchise sequel, The Wolverine, appears to be back on track and now has an official release date of July 26, 2013. To be directed by James Mangold, The Wolverine will follow up 20092s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and finds Logan beginning a forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is, unfortunately, promised to another man. Since Logan won't take "no" for an answer, it puts him into battle with her father and her samurai-sword-wielding brothers and Silver Samurai.

PPW Toys is releasing a new Mr. Potato Head figure in June named "Dark Knight Spud" based on the upcoming movie 'The Dark Knight Rises'. The toy will retail for $20. Mr. Potato Head is ready to leap into the role of one of his favorite superheros; Batman! Mr. Potato Head has donned the cape and cowl and even has a mini-batarang to fight mini-crime.

Columbia Pictures has revealed the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man ! The July 3 release stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents [...]

Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment will bring Young Adult to Blu-ray on March 13. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) and written by Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody (Juno), this dark comedy stars Charlize Theron (Monster) as Mavis Gary, a semi-successful author of young adult fiction who returns to her hometown in order to romantically reconnect with Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson, Watchmen), her high-school sweetheart. As Mavis attempts to lure Buddy away from his wife (Elizabeth Reaser, Twilight), she starts receiving unwanted advice from former classmate Matt Freehauf (Patton Oswalt, Ratatouille), who forces Mavis to confront [...]

Dave Perillo can do no wrong. Prepare yourselves for his amazing Alice in Wonderland silkscreen. Alice screenprints goe on sale via @AcmeArchives on Thursday, Feb 9th. Please follow them on Facebook and Twitter for the sale announcement. 250 piece signed silk screen edition 12″ x 36″ $60.00 each

Following the 2011 world-record sale of the original Issue #3, Page #10 splash page art from Frank Miller's iconic Dark Knight for $448,125, Heritage Auctions is offering two more original pieces of Frank Miller Dark Knight artwork, this time consigned by Miller himself. They will be offered as part of Heritage's Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction. The first, the Absolute Dark Knight Book Cover Original Art (DC, 2006), is an immensely popular, bone-jarring image that brings together the elements that made Miller's vision of the Batman such [...]

Fast food chain Jack in the Box, which has 2100 locations in 19 states, is adding a bacon milkshake ($4) to its menu as part of its new " Marry Bacon " ad campaign. The vanilla shake is flavored with bacon-flavored syrup and topped with a cherry. According to a Jack In The Box spokesperson, "The shake is not listed on our menus in the restaurants, so it's more of a 'secret item' that people can order. Each restaurant is getting a very limited quantity, so we don't know how long they [...]

Below is the new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument array with the car. The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording. There are no ringers or stand-ins; Damian took stunt driving lessons. Each piano had the lowest octaves tuned to the same note so that they'd [...]

Marvel Studios has released the extended Super Bowl spot for Marvel's The Avengers which you can watch using the player below! Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on May 4, the Joss Whedon film stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson. The Avengers is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and [...]

Coming off the heels of the 1960's Film Alphabet , the 1970′s Film Alphabet , the 1980's Film Alphabet , the 1990's Film Alphabet , and the the 2000's Film Alphabet designer Stephen Wildish now challenges our 1950s pop culture movie knowledge with the 1950's Film Alphabet . Prints, cards and posters of all the Film Alphabets [...]