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more about #rosariodawson lazlopink: "What do Tyrese Gibson, Brea Grant, and Rashida Jones all have in common?" I've never heard of any of them. What are these individuals to be celebrat... more » CodeBlue40: I have to play devil's advocate here. Who among us HASN'T wanted to write or draw a comic? Just because someone is famous, it doesn't mean they should... more » Starwatcher: Alright, well when "reality TV" hosts or whatnot start penning "reality comics" I'm giving up on the genre for good, on principle. more » Presidentpez: Great article. Gibson, to put it lightly is a douchebag. One of my favorite moments of San Diego Comic Con was seeing Gibson standing on a chair with ... more » bookling: No shit. All these years working in bookstores and I never realized that that Gerard Way wrote Umbrella Academy. more » gods-n-clods: Oh Hell Yes, writing comics is the toss-away famewhore moneygrab we imagine it as. Example. J. Love Hewitt's book is about to drop too, and all she ha... more » MrFlake: Hey, since everyone who clicked on this likes comics, can I take this opportunity to pimp "Transient". This guy is kinda good at the drawing, some o... more » schrodingers-katana: Well, these are all almost certainly vanity projects (except for Brea Grant's perhaps, as she lacks the fame to pull this off, so it's likely to be mo... more » Grey_Area: Just like to point out that Gerard Way went to the School of Visual Arts to study comic books and cartooning before the band thing. SVA has a great pr... more » omgwtflolbbqbye: Cause they see it as an easy way to make a potentially marketable new license me thinks... more » ♠ Final ♠: I'd much rather see celebrities writing comic books then comic book writers trying to be celebrities (see: Frank Miller, Satn Lee, Mark Millar.) Umbr... more » F3st3r: I find any trend where you use your fame to muscle your way into another field pretty weak and lazy. If you are famous and you wish to "break into" s... more » Dash_Stryker: Tyrese Gibson, Brea Grant, and Rashida Jones? the term celebrity must be getting used very loosly cuz' I have no idea who these people are. more » twDarkflame: "I'd love to do what Ron Moore did with Battlestar Galactica, which is redefine an existing franchise, knock down certain barriers of perception and m... more » Gann: I also would do wonderful, wonderful (dirty) things to her. I think though that it is quite a stretch calling her 'black'. She is 1/4 Afro-Cuban, 1/4... more » Roklimber: Like I've said before here on io9, after the movie there will be a new old-ST show, with Quinto as Spock, establishing new canon for the franchise. Af... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: I want Rosario Dawson ... as a starship captain. I think she would play the part well. The idea of a Star Trek reboot that isn't just "younger, sexi... more » -
#celebritycomics
Is Writing Comics the Latest Celebrity Trend?
What do Tyrese Gibson, Brea Grant, and Rashida Jones all have in common? They're all writing comic books; and they're not the only celebrities to do so. Why are so many performers now trying their hands at comics? More » -
#startrek
Women In Control In Fuller's Hoped-For Star Trek
Rosario Dawson as Star Trek's newest recruit? A black female hard-ass Starfleet captain? Two reasons why we wish that Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller's Star Trek dream could come true. More »
