So many good titles in Dynamite Entertainment... what's next? [Archive]

Slave

08-05-2006, 09:53 PM

Red Sonja, Army of Darkness, Darkman, Re-animator, Highlander even Xena!

So good TV shows/movies from back when it there was good stuff on TV/Theatres :D

What is coming next from DE? Other Titles that are in the works for a DE comic adaptation?

What other TV/Movie you'd like to see in a DE line-up? Personally, I'd wish there was a CRITTERS (http://www.itsonlyamovie.co.uk/COVERS1/CRITTERS%20UK.jpg) comic (or even new movie lol). How about a Back to the future comic? LOL :D Bladerunner could be great! The Dark Crystal! hehe Max Max?

Tommy

08-05-2006, 10:09 PM

:)

Mad Max would get my vote! :D

Tommy. :cool:

KrAzYeTy

08-06-2006, 12:07 AM

I still think a Riddick Comic would be just wicked!

Player_1

09-16-2006, 02:51 PM

I would like to see, Have Gun, Will Travel. With all the renewed intrest in westerns going on right now, it could work.

Drifter39

09-16-2006, 03:36 PM

How about bringing back the X-files. I loved the Topps comics series.

Slave

09-16-2006, 06:23 PM

I jut started watching Brisco County Jr... That would be a great comic!

Hawkangel

09-17-2006, 01:20 AM

I'd buy a Riddick comic.

SpikeBad

09-21-2006, 10:57 PM

I'd love to see a Riddick comic.

Dr Nightmare

11-02-2006, 12:48 AM

I'd like to at least see a Herculean cameo in Xena, heh. He had the greatest pants ever!

How about a Highlander/Sonja crossover? Sonja thinks McCleoud is an interdimentional demon and tries to slay him, it could happen! (maybe? heh...)

MrHeroic

11-05-2006, 01:49 PM

Personally, I would like to see a PLANET OF THE APES comic by DE. Not the recent film, but the original movie series back in the 1970's. Another comic I would like to see is BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY (The late 70's-early 80's show). In fact, I would mind seeing a KNIGHT RIDER or SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN comic, also. (I know I'm showing my age with my opinions).

Dr Nightmare

11-05-2006, 07:20 PM

Heh, Knight Rider...

"Michael! Watch out! That killer cyborg is going to get you!"
"Aw put a sock in it KITT! I'm 63! Death would be a blessing!"

Red Tangent

11-10-2006, 03:20 AM

Since one of the creators of the reimagined Battlestar galactica Tv show is set on trying to bring a reimagined Bionic Woman Tv show, it would be cool to have both versions of the Bionic Woman (don't forget SMDM) if possible...

The question about the "classic" Bionic Woman/Six Million Dollar Man comic is would it include a "rejuiced?!?" Barney Miller and the new bionic people from the 2 reunion tv movies (Michael Austin and new bionic system Kate Mason, played by Sandra Bullock Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)?

carpster

11-10-2006, 11:17 AM

How about bringing back the X-files. I loved the Topps comics series.

I would be all over that! I loved both the comic and the T.V. show. So, how 'bout it guys...is there an X-Files in our future?

Red Tangent

11-10-2006, 06:24 PM

Something that might be interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPhcc1eLHtg

tonto

11-11-2006, 07:06 PM

Kung FU, MacGuyver, and if they could get the rights 007. They could adapt the novels and short stories tweaking them with a bit of the movie stuff like Q branch. I'd like to see the Prisoner, ISpy, or Man from UNCLE but barring tv/mpvie stuff I'd love to see DE adapt Midnight Son for younger readers. Also a serious Wild Wild West would be great. There's so many great ideas waiting to be made into comics.

Tommy

11-11-2006, 07:56 PM

:)

"Tour of Duty" would work well, if the art and writing team were good. ;)

Tommy. :cool:

Dr Nightmare

11-11-2006, 08:21 PM

You guys should give MacGuyver his own comic where he teaches super-heroes the tricks of the trade.

"Listen up Batman, I'm only going to say this once! Wrap the tube socks around the pencil and then pour maple syrup on it. One wrong move and you'll blow us all to kingdom come! We'll blow harder than a hurricane blowing out it's birthday candles! Blow harder than that stupid Batman and Robin movie you made!"

"Alright! I get the point already!...Wait, you said put the pencil in the syrup right?"

BOOM!

Slave

11-11-2006, 09:46 PM

A Mission Impossible comic would be great... BUT NOT with the Tom Cruise bullcrap... I Mean the ORIGINAL MIssion Impossible Task Force... with Dan Briggs, Rollin Hand, Jim Phelps, Barney Collier, Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis... :D That Show ROCKED!
http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/hercules/peterlupus7.jpg

OH SHI-... huge flashback... how about a comic of THE MUNSTERS? :D LOL
http://www.scifilm.org/tv/tvgraphics/munsters-main.jpg

That Rogers Guy

11-12-2006, 03:32 AM

my favourite sci fi show when I was growing up.....would make an awesome comic series.

http://www.patriotresource.com/tv/scifi/graphics/v_end.gif

I have another idea for a spin off from a licensed property, but I'm hoping to be able to do that one myself!

Lone Ranger

11-12-2006, 08:38 AM

How about Buck Rogers in the 25th Century? Buck was super cool around all those ultra modern elitists. :cool:

Of course I can't see Dynamite Entertainment doing this, but it sure would be a trip to do H.R. Pufnstuf. :p

Amelia

11-12-2006, 01:22 PM

How about the Dark Castle Films universe? (Consisting of House on Haunted Hill, 13 Ghosts, Ghost Ship, Gothika and House of Wax, so far.) Their oeuvre constitutes one of my favourite guilty pleasures - particularly House on Haunted Hill - and it'd be a kick to see it in comic form.

Tommy

11-12-2006, 11:19 PM

:)

Of course I can't see Dynamite Entertainment doing this, but it sure would be a trip to do H.R. Pufnstuf.

Only if they do him to be like The Doughboys from "Johnny The Homicidal Maniac"... :D

Tommy. :cool:

KenaiMike

11-12-2006, 11:38 PM

A Riddick comic sounds like a great idea, you know Vin would be into it.

I'd like to see the Bubba Ho-Tep character continue (here we go with another Bruce Campbell movie) and a Brisco comic would be cool too.

KenaiMike

KenaiMike

11-16-2006, 10:02 PM

I was thinking about this last night, and I'm a big fan of old time radio (on the old iPod of course) and a comic of the classic radio show "The Shadow" would be at the tops of my list. In my opinion it's such a cool concept and great character that it could be kept in the old days or brought to the modern age without any problems.

KenaiMike

MadMikeyD

11-17-2006, 04:46 PM

Yeah, the Shadow could be good. Alot of those great old characters don't get enough recognition and respect these days. The Shadow is a good example, along with The Phantom (though I believe he has a current comic series), The Green Hornet, and I would have said The Lone Ranger until DE's series came out. From what I was able to deduce, the Shadow has had many short-lived comic runs over the years, with the longest consecutive run lasting 12 issues. He seems to be a character that hasn't really translated well into visual media (how many people remember the Alec Baldwin movie? - not dissing it, I liked it - just saying it didn't do very well), and it's too bad because it's a great character.

Dr Nightmare

11-17-2006, 04:50 PM

I only saw The Shadow character a few times (toys, movie, artwork) and all I could think of was Batman crossed with Lone Ranger :p

KenaiMike

11-17-2006, 07:39 PM

Yeah,

The Shadow has a long history though and between the long runs of the radio show and print stories there is a lot of material. The Shadow is Lamont Cranston (sp) who is a rich guy and amature detective who spends his free time fighting crime. Yeah, I guess it's easy to see the similarity with Batman. The Shadow's big gig on the radio series was turning invisible (through hypnotism) so that the baddies couldn't see him. Although I haven't read any of the print stories I think that he carried pistols as seen in the Alec Baldwin movie (at least I think he did, I liked the movie but haven't seen it in years). Delving into his background and training to become The Shadow would be an interesting story all on it's own. Hey DE, how about a mini-series to test the waters?

I agree with MadMikeyD about the old characters. They seem to get half-a**ed attempts to revive them every few years but if someone did it right they could be big again. I came across some other comics company (can't recall the name right now) that was doing comics based on some of the old radio shows like Boston Blackie and what not. Haven't checked any of them out though.

Later,
KenaiMike

tonto

11-18-2006, 12:02 AM

...other Shadow fans ot there. The longest and best comics run for the character is The Shadow Strikes by DC from around 1989 it ran for about 3 years. The first story arc kicks butt. Other highlights of the series are the Doc Savage cross-over and the re-intro of Shiwan Khan. As for the pulp Shadow he makes Batman look like a wimp (though in the 70's he did "team-up" with Batman I'm told his 2 appearances are really good considering in the first one he isn't shown only heard). A very different guy than the radio character and much harder edged than the Lone Ranger actually most of the pulp guys were more Bond or Punisher-like types. oh and I think its Moonstone comics that are doing some of the radio stuff and a mean Cisco Kid to boot.

That Rogers Guy

11-18-2006, 02:42 AM

Army of Darkness - check
Darkman - check

If Dynamite is working its way through Sam Raimi's back catalogue (love to see him guest write something in a Donner/Singer way) then I have another suggestion.

With the likes of Jonah Hex, Loveless and of course The Lone Ranger being popular.....how about The Quick & The Dead.

It's a great film, and there are plenty of colourful characters that could spin out into an ongoing or prequel. And it has Lance Henriksen in it who pushes Bruce Campbell in the coolness stakes.

Must go and add it to the...I'd like to write this one day list!

SpikeBad

11-18-2006, 08:45 PM

Here's another thing to add to that list.

Xena - Check.

Sam Raimi Produced it. Dynamite appears to be doing everything that man touches. Too bad for them Marvel owns Spider-Man.

And I very much want to see a Jack of All Trades comic. That was also produced by Sam Raimi and it starred, you guessed it, Bruce Campbell. That would fit perfectly with what Dynamite produces. When it has a Bruce Campell character in it you can do no wrong. Groovy.

KenaiMike

11-18-2006, 11:51 PM

...other Shadow fans out there. The longest and best comics run for the character is The Shadow Strikes by DC from around 1989 it ran for about 3 years. The first story arc kicks butt.

Thanks for the info on that, I'll have to look around for them.

KenaiMike

KenaiMike

11-19-2006, 12:15 AM

oh and I think its Moonstone comics that are doing some of the radio stuff and a mean Cisco Kid to boot.

Good catch on that, I haven't actually checked any of their stuff out but it's nice to see someone doing it. Are all these old characters in the public domain?

KenaiMike

That Rogers Guy

11-19-2006, 05:34 AM

Amelia

11-19-2006, 07:03 AM

Good catch on that, I haven't actually checked any of their stuff out but it's nice to see someone doing it. Are all these old characters in the public domain?

Good question. I believe that, in the US, the rule is basically that any work of fiction created prior to 1923 is fair game (though there's been some controversy about this vis-a-vis HP Lovecraft's work - although it's worth remembering that HPL himself actively encouraged others to do whatever they liked with his Mythos, stating that it would lend it "verisimilitude". Dude would've been all over the fanfic community had he been alive today).

Interestingly, though, there is one public domain superheroine - Octobriana (http://www.alchemytexts.com/Oct/Oct.html), a kind of immortal Communist Wonder Woman, supposedly created by a bunch of students behind the Iron Curtain in the Sixties. I think it'd be a blast to see her show up in Red Sonja or Highlander or some such - and it wouldn't cost you a dime, DE!

Dr Nightmare

11-19-2006, 06:14 PM

Good ol' Autolycus...a finer man in green never did walk the earth :]

SpikeBad

11-22-2006, 10:20 PM

Good ol' Autolycus...a finer man in green never did walk the earth :]

That reminds me, who made the decision to make his shirt red in the new Xena comic? Autolycus is supposed to have a green shirt! That, and Xena's super chakram with Gabby with long hair, better be explained in the future.

But alas I forget, Xena has no linear time. At least according to the disclaimer in the credits for the episode You Are There in season 6. You got to love those disclaimers.

enik

01-30-2007, 11:26 PM

I agree with some of the ideas listed previously by others, Brisco County, V. Maybe a Back to the Future story or two (part of the profits could be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for fighting Parkinson's Disease).

Another good idea for DE, I think, would be to produce mini-series licensed from whatever new DVD set is coming out at a given time. For example, when the Surface complete series set came out late last year, DE could have produced a mini-series that "concluded" the unfinished storyline.

I would also like to see some more unorthodox types of licenses pursued. Stories of The Man With No Name from the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns; a continuation of the old Saturday morning series, Land of the Lost (see my website, Tyrannosaurus lex (http://personal.linkline.com/enik1138/)).

Also, how about Snake Plissken? And a series set in the universe of Babylon 5?

s8zaphod

02-23-2007, 01:54 AM

How about a Weird Science comic? Based on the TV Series exploits, not directly the movie. Maybe that is a license Dynamite could pick up?

I also agree with The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. or Re-Animator.

Amelia

02-24-2007, 12:21 AM

I also agree with [...] Re-Animator.

Oh my, yes. Particularly if I get to be the one who writes it. (Yes, hope springs eternal. Or is that delusion? One of the two.)

suckputch

02-25-2007, 05:26 PM

somebody here mentioned "V" and that would be an awesome sci-fi companion to the BattleStar Galactica series. I heard they are making a new "V" mini series and a comic would be a great Dynamite title.

I'd also like to see these licenses under the Dynamite banner these:

Robocop
The Transporter
Kill Bill
Alias
James Bond
Indiana Jones
Lost
Heroes
Tron
Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
Gremlins
Goonies

A "Willow" movie ongoing comic would be awesome too. An adaptation of the George Lucas Sequel novels to Willow that were released and written by Chris Claremont. These are very dark sequels and they were planned as movies but Lucas has been busy with the Star Wars prequels and now Indy 4. They were called Shadow Moon, Shadow Dawn and Shadow Star. There aren't any "Lord of the Rings" style comics out there and "Willow" is a great untapped universe to turn into comic form.

Amelia

02-25-2007, 09:52 PM

Labyrinth
Dark Crystal

Actually, these two are already being continued in manga form (published, I believe, by Tokyopop). The first volume of Return to Labyrinth is already out, and the Dark Crystal one's coming soon.

Tommy

02-26-2007, 06:29 AM

:)

Actually, these two are already being continued in manga form (published, I believe, by Tokyopop). The first volume of Return to Labyrinth is already out, and the Dark Crystal one's coming soon.

If the art & writing is good, they'll be on my list for sure! :D

Tommy. :cool:

spiderkenn

02-27-2007, 12:06 PM

Actually, these two are already being continued in manga form (published, I believe, by Tokyopop). The first volume of Return to Labyrinth is already out, and the Dark Crystal one's coming soon.

No kidding...Do you have a link?

Amelia

02-28-2007, 01:44 AM

Sure do; here's an interview (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=79367) with Jake Forbes, the writer of Return to Labyrinth (with sample pages), and here's a brief blurb (http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Legends_of_the_Dark_Crystal) for Legends of the Dark Crystal (which, sadly, isn't due out until November).