The five finalists — from Los Angeles, New York, New Hampshire and Australia — will each receive $2,000 to expand their motion comic into a full-length story. These five, plus one additional “Wildcard” finalist, will compete for the grand prize of $10,000 and the opportunity to showcase their work across Marvel’s digital network, according to the release.

The winner will be announced Nov. 16, after a week of voting at aniboom.com.

Click past the cut to see the five finalists’ videos.

- Matt Price

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

Broadcasting & Cable announces that News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey says “Hulu … needs to evolve to have a meaningful subscription model as part of its business.”  And Carey assumes that will happen by at least 2010.

Paying for a subscription to Hulu when you already pay for a cable subscription seems like double-dipping.  And if you’re using Hulu without cable, it’s possibly because you don’t want to spend a ton of money on your television viewing.

Hulu provided a way to get caught up on shows that you might be behind on in an easy, cleanly formatted way.  And I never had a problem watching a few ads to do that.  I’m not one who wants to pirate anything — I like obeying the law — so going to get illegal torrents just isn’t going to do it for me.  On the whole, if Hulu becomes a pay site, and the cost isn’t relatively negligible, my response will be to simply watch less TV.

Entertainment Weekly already has 200-plus comments on the story, with most promising to stop using Hulu if it becomes a pay site.

- Matt Price

Congratulations to former Oklahoma resident David Gallaher, whose “High Moon” was named Best Online Comics Work at this weekend’s Harvey Awards in Baltimore.

Check out the comic for yourself at http://www.zudacomics.com/high_moon or in the recent print collection.

The Beat has the full list of winners.

- Matt Price

Related posts:

Oklahoma among inspirations for High Moon series.

High Moon continues on Zuda.

Rather than spending her spare time playing online video games, actor/writer Felicia Day decided it would be more productive to write about them. Thus began “The Guild,” the popular online program now in its third season.

“Around the time I started writing ‘The Guild,’ I was very bored with what I was doing,” Day said in a recent phone interview. “I’m not necessarily your typical Hollywood girl. And I worked enough to keep the bills paid, but not enough to keep me occupied every day.”

She funneled that energy into “The Guild,” based on her experiences with online role-playing games. “The Guild” features the interactions of a group of gamers.

“If I make fun of the characters, it’s only because I’ve lived that or been that myself,” Day said. “So, hopefully there’s an authenticity to it because I am a gamer.”

Day, who plays Codex in “The Guild,” was in the cast of Joss Whedon’s Web series “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” The series, which starred Neil Patrick Harris as a singing supervillain, recently won an Emmy.

“It gave a huge boost to online content in general, as well as to ‘The Guild,’” Day said.

“The Guild” soon will make its debut in yet another medium. A comic-book series, to be written by Day and published by Dark Horse Comics, is in the works.

“I like to write very verbosely, so I have to be a lot more Spartan with the words, and also think more visually,” Day said. One thing the comic book will do that the Web show does not is visit the in-game world of “The Guild.”

“We are going to go in the game world. That was one of the reasons that I wanted to do it,” Day said. “Because I could kind of invent this fantasy world that the characters were living in.”

Meanwhile, the Web series continues. Wil Wheaton is a guest star on Season 3 of the series, and Seasons 1 and 2 recently were released on DVD.

“I think that’s a really cool story of empowerment and how you don’t have to wait for permission to make your art and be able to get your creation out there,” Day said. “I just love the idea of opening the door for other people, and also doing things outside the system. Because I’ve lived in the system for a while, and it can be very frustrating for someone who wants to create.”

- by Matthew Price
From Friday’s The Oklahoman

At www.twitter.com/robvollmar, Vollmar is tweeting one page each day.  The reading process is a little unusual – as it is, by the nature of the medium, backwards – but this is an experiment that bears watching.

- Matt Price

Olivia Munn and Jason Sudeikis host “Bingathon” at Hulu starting at 7 p.m. Central.

Other than promoting the new search engine Bing, I’m not sure entirely what the Bingathon will be — my best guess judging from Olivia Munn’s blog is that it’s some sort of variety show/telethon parody which will feature Fred Willard.  So, yeah, I’m in.

- Matt Price

Doug Hutchison’s web series “Vampire Killers” features a group of sexy vampires and those who hunt them. An edited version of episode 2 is embedded above from YouTube. To see the complete series, visit www.vampirekillers.tv. See my interview with Doug Hutchison, who currently stars as Horace Goodspeed in “Lost” and recently played Looney Bin Jim in “Punisher War Zone,” in Friday’s The Oklahoman or online at NewsOK.com.

– Matt Price

Marvel.com has posted the second episode of the Japanese Spider-Man television series.
From Marvel:
When a train suspiciously overturns, Takuya, aka Spider-Man, believes Professor Monster and the Iron Cross Army are responsible, while flashbacks reveal the tragic details surrounding Garia’s arrival on Earth and transfer of power to Takuya.

Marvel.com is streaming episodes of the Japanese “Spider-Man” television series. A new episode will be posted each Thursday.
The late 1970s TV show was produced by Japan’s TOEI Company. According to Marvel, the series follows the exploits of motorcycle racer turned super hero Takuya Yamashiro as he slings and swings, battling the evil Iron Cross Army along the way.

- Matt Price

The Mother Nature Network, www.mnn.com, has brought back “Captain Planet and the Planeteers.”

The world’s first eco-superhero is featured in classic online episodes, along with special bonus footage, trivia and photos.

“Captain Planet and the Planeteers” aired from 1990 to 1996 in more than 50 countries and featured voices including Whoopi Goldberg, Sting, Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen, Ed Asner, James Coburn, Ed Begley, Jr., LeVar Burton, Tim Curry, Dean Stockwell, Helen Hunt and Jeff Goldblum.

– Matt Price

– Matt Price

The new version is only 10.2 ounces and only 1/3 of an inch thick.  It seems like an improvement over the original Kindle, though its lack of color makes it still an unlikely format for comic books.  (Some black and white comics and graphic novels have been adapted to the Kindle.)  Still, it seems another positive move forward in the development of a light, handy e-reader.

The Kindle 2 will be released Feb. 24.

– Matt Price

AMC TV has launched a site dedicated to the 1967 series “The Prisoner,” and all 17 episodes can be viewed for free online.

AMC describes the show as follows:

A secret agent resigns, is abducted and then awakens in a strange town known simply as The Village. He’s been assigned a new name — No. 6. The man-in-charge of the place seems to be someone called No. 2. Why No. 6 has been brought to The Village is never made clear — except for No. 2’s vague demand for “information.” Which side No. 2 represents is also unclear, especially since the person holding the position is constantly changing. And who and where exactly is the omnipotent No. 1?

A recent e-mail alerted me to the existence of Nedor.net, which contains downloads of 14 public domain comics featuring the Black Terror, with more to come.   The Black Terror has been featured in comics from Dynamite, AC and DC Comics.

– Matt Price

comiXology + iPhone…Wednesdays just got better. 
 
comiXology today announced that its native iPhone application will be 
on sale from the iTunes App Store Friday, December 5th. It will sell 
for $1 off, at $3.99, for the first week only. 
 
See a video preview at http://comixology.com/iphoneapp 
 
Never again wonder which comics are coming out! comiXology provides you 
all the shipping information and artwork for comics and merchandise, 
including covers, creator and story info — and many preview pages! You 
can even save what you want to buy and review the list later. 
 
Browse all shipping comics (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, and all 
the other independents – comiXology.com has the most complete listings 
on the web) review descriptions and covers for this week, last week and 
next week preview pages from many comics each week “Pull” comic books 
(free comiXology.com account required) read comiXology’s insightful 
articles, listen to comiXology’s weekly interview podcast, It Came Out 
on Wednesday, discover new comics by checking out comics pulled by other 
people, keep comic listings, covers and your pull list on your iPhone, 
even without a network connection. 
 
“I’m thrilled to release this iPhone application to the public,” said 
Iconology CEO David Steinberger. “I knew when I got my hands on the 
iPhone that it’s the perfect vehicle for comiXology.com, and will be a 
great tool for preparing your Wednesday shopping list.” 
 
About Comixology Comixology is the premiere website where comic book 
fans can review upcoming comic books, trade paperbacks, toys and 
related merchandise. Users can browse the best listings of comics on 
the Web, create virtual pull lists, rate and discuss comic books, and 
use Comixology’s tools to post covers and descriptions of comics to 
their blogs and websites. Comixology aims to transform the relationship 
between comic book readers, retailers and publishers. Comixology is 
owned by Iconology, Inc. 

Sadie Mattox, at Extremely Graphic, a manga and graphic novel focused blog here at NewsOK, takes a look at “Stardust Kid,” by the creative team of J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog.

From the review:

“The full color, bright and even *sparkly* illustrations are enchanting.  Most of the story takes place in an underground world where plant life comes to life and the creatures who inhabit this land are lush.  If you have a child who’s into fantasy, this may be a good pick.”

Over at TheWB.com, all nine of the Thanksgiving-themed “Friends” episodes are available to watch for free.  From Joey’s maternity pants, to the trifle, to the turkey on the head, check out the holiday-themed humor.  (Most of the Thanksgiving episodes hold up pretty well.)

– Matt Price

DELETED: THE GAME is a web TV show that promises to blur the lines between fantasy and reality by drawing viewers into an interactive game. The show revolves around Tyler who is struggling to piece together her life after a traumatic incident left her with a memory failure condition. During the show’s first season, she finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy. Finding herself overwhelmed, Tyler seeks help from her online friends. The producers have hidden a trail of clues in each episode, all over the internet and selected real locations, setting up a massive search for clues. For their participation, viewers earn points towards prizes including an all-expenses paid trip to meet the cast at the end of the season. 

Four episodes have been released so far.  While I don’t have time to keep up with the gameplay aspects of it, it seems pretty innovative, and I could see something like this happening more in the future. The show’s pretty good, as well.

– Matt Price

The Guardian UK is reporting that “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin is writing a film about how Facebook was developed.  As part of the process, he’s started a group page on Facebook called “Aaron Sorkin and the Facebook Movie.”

“I’ve just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented,” Sorkin wrote in his introduction.

“I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I’ve started this page.”

 – Matt Price

Look for episodes of “Firefly,” “Friends” and more at TheWB.com, moving to an open, public beta starting today.  But that’s not all — TheWB.com will have original series as well.

Premiering today are the web series “Blue Water High,” “A Boy Wearing Makeup,” and “Whatever Hollywood.”

The McG-produced “Sorority Forever” launches Sept. 8.  “Downers Grove” will debut on September 29, and “High Drama” will bow on October 6.

Full release after the cut.

BURBANK, Calif. (August 27, 2008) – The WB is back in business, with the official public launch today of TheWB.com – a premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network – to the public. Announced in April, TheWB.com had previously been in private beta and now transitions to an open, public beta.

            TheWB.com will debut original series from such creative talent as director/producer McG (the upcoming “Terminator Salvation,” “Supernatural,” the “Charlie’s Angels” films) and writer/producer Josh Schwartz (“Gossip Girl,” “Chuck,” “The O.C.”), among many others.  A selection of both fan-favorite and original series will be available at launch today, and others will roll out in coming weeks and months.

            Two previously announced original series – “Downers Grove” and “High Drama: Against All Oz” – now have premiere dates. “Downers Grove” will debut on September 29, and “High Drama” will bow on October 6.

            TheWB.com will also feature full episodes of fan-favorite series that have shaped popular culture and inspired devoted followings over the past decade, including “Angel,”  “Babylon 5,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Everwood,” “Firefly,” “Friends,” “Gilmore Girls,” “In Living Color,” “The Loop” “MADtv,” “The O.C.,” “One Tree Hill,” “Roswell,” “Smallville” and “Veronica Mars.”

            “TheWB.com is a new digital destination built from the ground up for the same 16–34 year-old audience that embraced The WB when it was a television phenomenon,” said Brent Poer, GM, TheWB.com. “We have loaded the site with their favorite classic series like ‘Friends’ and ‘The O.C.,’ high-quality original programming and a wide array of sharing features, mash-up tools, and interactivity options to fit their lifestyle.”

            Original and acquired series will include:

            “Sorority Forever” (premieres September 8): Director/producer McG, through his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, teams up with Big Fantastic – producers of the hit digital series “Prom Queen” – on an innovative mystery/drama which peeks behind the walls of one of the most intriguing secret societies in the world: the sorority. With a mystery around every corner, “Sorority Forever” will provide viewers with a sexy, immersive experience that is simultaneously realistic and voyeuristic:  Think “Prom Queen” meets “The O.C.,” but set in college.  The series stars Jessica Rose (“lonelygirl15”), Mikaela Hoover, Taryn Southern, Anabella Casanova, Candice Patton, Annemarie Pazmino, Jessica Morris, Cary Hungerford, Angie Cole, David Loren and Joaquin Pastor. McG will executive produce, along with Big Fantastic creators/executive producers Douglas Cheney, Chris Hampel, Chris McCaleb and Ryan Wise. Producing alongside McG at Wonderland Sound and Vision are Peter Johnson, Matthew King and Jeff Grosvenor.

            “Blue Water High” (premieres today, August 27): The ultimate adventure comes to life for six Australian teenagers in this drama set at an exclusive, ultra-competitive surf academy where they live, study, surf and socialize together. At the end of the grueling 12-month residential athletic and academic program, two surfers – one male and one female – will win the prize they’ve all been fighting for: admission to the professional surfing circuit and a sponsorship contract. Series stars include Adam Saunders, Chris Foy, Kate Bell, Khan Chittenden, Sophie Luck and Tahyna Tozzi.

            “A Boy Wearing Makeup” (premieres today, August 27): Mathieu Francis is a boy … who wears makeup … and looks fabulous.  In this highly personal online video diary, Mathieu dispenses makeup advice and fashion tips while taking viewers along on his own personal journey.  Imagine what a boy this pretty can teach you.

            “Whatever Hollywood” (premieres today, August 27):  Suri, Apple and Shiloh are three best friends who are taking Hollywood by storm and playing by their own rules. Tune in to their self-described fun and silly short films (many featuring their own original music), as well as the reality-style “Whatever Show.” As smart as they are beautiful, this talented trio hates waiting for Hollywood to answer their calls … so they decided to do it for themselves.  Whatever, Hollywood! “Whatever Hollywood” stars Ellyn Ruschak as Suri, Alyssa Ruschak as Shiloh and Jenny Alden as Apple.

            “Downers Grove” (premieres September 29): Alden, Brett, Pudge, and Jodi never grew up. When everyone their age went away to college, they stayed in the suburbs, always on the prowl for the next party and never far from disturbing the peace. In Downers Grove, you can never go home again. So they never left. “Downers Grove” stars David Horwitz, Michael Blaiklock, Justin Becker, Elisha Yaffe, Anne Gregory, Heidi Heaslet, Ashton Grant and Kasia Szarek.

            “High Drama: Against All Oz” (premieres October 6): Created by James Percelay (“Snaps,” “Saturday Night Live”), this unscripted series documents the production of a big-budget high school musical version of “The Wizard of Oz” at Barnstable High School in Hyannis, Mass., bringing viewers all the real and imagined behind-the-scenes drama on and off the stage. The series is from Bombo Sports & Entertainment in association with Studio 2.0. The executive producers are Percelay, Bombo’s Paul Doyle, Jr. and Studio 2.0’s Rich Rosenthal.

            Additional original and acquired series launching throughout 2008 and first quarter 2009 include:

            Untitled Josh Schwartz Music Project: Created by Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.,” “Chuck,” “Gossip Girl”) and executive produced with Alexandra Patsavas (music supervisor for “The O.C.,” “Gossip Girl,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Mad Men”), this new, web-exclusive series is set in the music world, taking viewers to the front of the line and behind the soundboard of a fictional Hollywood rock club and chronicling the lives and loves of the club’s employees, patrons and musicians.  The series, from Schwartz’s College Hill Pictures, will also feature on-camera performances by bands both established and unknown. Written in part by some of the music industry’s most original voices – rock critics and musicians alike – and married to a dynamic music networking website, this series will be the place to discover a new generation of stars and the next great bands.

            “Rich Girl, Poor Girl”:  From Gary Auerbach, the executive producer and creator of “Laguna Beach” and “Newport Harbor,” this reality series takes a wealthy Orange County, Calif., girl and swaps her life with that of a low-income teen from Los Angeles. It’s a comedic experiment in what makes us different – while also pointing out what we have in common.

            “Exposed”: Through his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, McG executive produces a thriller about a college student, haunted by a hidden past, trying desperately to remain undercover when former associates hunt him down and threaten to expose the truth about who he really is. Blake Calhoun and Mike Maden (creators of the hit Internet series “Pink”) are co-executive producers for Alternative Fuel, LLC. Calhoun directs from a story and screenplay by Maden.

            “Chadam”: Cutting-edge artist Alex Pardee and producer Jason Hall of HDFILMS Inc. are teaming up on a 3D animation project based upon Pardee’s character of the same name. Initially introduced as a character icon for the popular rock band The Used, Chadam has become an Internet phenomenon. An action-horror-adventure story filled with self-discovery, “Chadam” will come to full 3D animated life via the magic of Unreal Engine 3, the leading technology and development framework that powers cutting-edge games such as “Gears of War” and “BioShock” on today’s popular platforms, including PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

            “Joni & Susanna”: This series follows two best friends/frenemies in their 20s who redefine codependent and love to hate each other. They do everything together, know everything about each other and talk exclusively about everyone around them. Each episode tracks the couple in a different setting as they call out each other’s insecurities and try and maintain the upper hand at all times. “Joni & Susanna” stars Joni Lefkowitz and Susanna Fogel.

            TheWB.com features state-of-the-art community and social networking tools as well as editing and mixing capabilities that allow visitors to take ownership of their favorite characters and relationships. Viewers can control, customize, reorder, re-edit and reinterpret shows in a very personal way.

            In support of the launch, TheWB.com has created a new application on Facebook® Platform that will allow seamless integration of Facebook’s social utility on TheWB.com, and TheWB.com’s entertainment content on Facebook. Facebook users will have the ability to move, mix-up and share the content on TheWB.com from within their own Facebook environment, which is in keeping with WBTVG’s goal of delivering programming to viewers wherever they may be. Facebook users will be able to add TheWB.com-created application and feature video, photos and more on their profile page; watch full-length episodes or clips from their favorite series, as well as new original series created exclusively for the TheWB.com; and discuss favorite moments, story lines or characters with their network of friends within Facebook.

            Additionally, Warner Bros. Television Group has secured distribution agreements with Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks to feature TheWB.com programming.

            About Warner Bros. Television Group

            The Warner Bros. Television Group oversees the entire portfolio of Warner Bros. television businesses, including worldwide production, traditional and digital distribution and broadcasting. WBTVG is committed to creating, producing and distributing content across all traditional, emerging digital and future platforms in the evolving entertainment and media landscape. In the traditional television arena, WBTVG produces primetime, first-run, cable and animation series which are distributed worldwide. WBTVG is also an innovative leader in developing new business models for the evolving digital television marketplace, including ad-supported video-on-demand as well as broadband and wireless destinations featuring original content produced by WBTVG. The Group provides unmatched digital media sales opportunities tailored to clients seeking multiplatform campaigns across broadcast, cable, broadband and wireless outlets. Warner Bros. Entertainment is also a partner with CBS in The CW Television Network.

Rosario Dawson, AP 

A new science-fiction online-only TV series is being launched today with high hopes on nbc.com, scifi.com, GeminiDivision.com and several video on demand services.

Rosario Dawson stars in “Gemini Division,” and you can see the first two webisodes at this link.  

“Gemini Division” is about a New York City detective (Dawson) who unearths a conspiracy involving simulated life forms.   Also, after the jump, I put last year’s Rolling Stone cover of Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan promoting “Grindhouse.”  No real reason, except to see if it spikes traffic. 

– Matt Price

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, Gilmore Girls and more will be available online as part of the new Web site www.thewb.com.   There will also be new online content added to the site. Good news for Joss Whedon fans: Firefly and Angel will also be available on www.thewb.com.  Full press release and list of programming after the break.

- Matt Price

Press release: 

BURBANK, Calif.– The WB is back, starting August 27, when the Warner Bros. Television Group officially launches TheWB.com – a premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network – to the public.  Announced in April, TheWB.com had previously been in private beta. 

TheWB.com will feature full episodes of fan-favorite series that have shaped popular culture and inspired devoted followings over the past decade, including the previously announced “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Everwood,” “Friends,” “Gilmore Girls,” “The O.C.,” “One Tree Hill,” “Roswell,” “Smallville” and “Veronica Mars.”  Additional series newly acquired for TheWB.com and not previously announced include “Angel,” “Babylon 5,” “Firefly,” “In Living Color,” “The Loop” and “MADtv.” 

TheWB.com will also debut original series from such creative talent as director/producer McG (the upcoming “Terminator Salvation,” “Supernatural,” the “Charlie’s Angels” films) and writer/producer Josh Schwartz (“Gossip Girl,” “Chuck,” “The O.C.”), among many others.  A selection of both fan-favorite and original series will be available at launch and others will roll out in coming weeks and months. 

“TheWB.com is a new digital destination built from the ground up for the same 16-34 year-old audience that embraced The WB when it was a television phenomenon,” said Brent Poer, GM, TheWB.com. “We have loaded the site with their favorite classic series like ‘Friends’ and ‘The O.C.,’ high-quality original programming and a wide array of sharing features, mash-up tools, and interactivity options to fit their lifestyle.”

Original and acquired series will include:

            “Sorority Forever” (premieres September 8): Director/producer McG, through his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, teams up with Big Fantastic – producers of the hit digital series “Prom Queen” – on an innovative mystery/drama which peeks behind the walls of one of the most intriguing secret societies in the world: the sorority. With a mystery around every corner, “Sorority Forever” will provide viewers with a sexy, immersive experience that is simultaneously realistic and voyeuristic:  Think “Prom Queen” meets “The O.C.,” but set in college.  The series stars Jessica Rose (“lonelygirl15”), Mikaela Hoover, Taryn Southern, Anabella Casanova, Candice Patton, Annemarie Pazmino, Jessica Morris, Cary Hungerford, Angie Cole, David Loren and Joaquin Pastor.  McG will executive produce, along with Big Fantastic creators/executive producers Douglas Cheney, Chris Hampel, Chris McCaleb and Ryan Wise.

            “Blue Water High” (premieres August 27):  The ultimate adventure comes to life for six Australian teenagers in this drama set at an exclusive, ultra-competitive surf academy where they live, study, surf and socialize together.  At the end of the grueling 12-month residential athletic and academic program, two surfers – one male and one female – will win the prize they’ve all been fighting for: admission to the professional surfing circuit and a sponsorship contract.  Series stars include Adam Saunders, Chris Foy, Kate Bell, Khan Chittenden, Sophie Luck and Tahyna Tozzi.

            “A Boy Wearing Makeup” (premieres August 27):  Mathieu Francis is a boy … who wears makeup … and looks fabulous.  In this highly personal online video diary, Mathieu dispenses makeup advice and fashion tips while taking viewers along on his own personal journey.  Imagine what a boy this pretty can teach you.

            “Whatever Hollywood” (premieres August 27):  Suri, Apple and

            Additional original and acquired series launching throughout 2008 and first quarter 2009 include:

            Untitled Josh Schwartz Music Project:  Created by Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.,” “Chuck,” “Gossip Girl”) and executive produced with Alexandra Patsavas (music supervisor for “The O.C.,” “Gossip Girl,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Mad Men”), this new, web-exclusive series is set in the music world, taking viewers to the front of the line and behind the soundboard of a fictional Hollywood rock club and chronicling the lives and loves of the club’s employees, patrons and musicians.  The series, from Schwartz’s College Hill Pictures, will also feature on-camera performances by bands both established and unknown. Written in part by some of the music industry’s most original voices – rock critics and musicians alike – and married to a dynamic music networking website, this series will be the place to discover a new generation of stars and the next great bands. 

            “Rich Girl, Poor Girl”:  From Gary Auerbach, the executive producer and creator of “

            “Exposed”: Through his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, McG executive produces a thriller about a college student, haunted by a hidden past, trying desperately to remain undercover when former associates hunt him down and threaten to expose the truth about who he really is.  Blake Calhoun and Mike Maden (creators of the hit Internet series “Pink”) are co-executive producers for Alternative Fuel, LLC. Calhoun directs from a story and screenplay by Maden.

            “High Drama: Against All Oz”: Created by James Percelay (“Snaps,” “Saturday Night Live”), this unscripted series documents the

            “Chadam”:  Cutting-edge artist Alex Pardee and producer Jason Hall of HDFILMS Inc. are teaming up on a 3D animation project based upon Pardee’s character of the same name.  Initially introduced as a character icon for the popular rock band The Used, Chadam has become an Internet phenomenon.  An action-horror-adventure story filled with self-discovery, “Chadam” will come to full 3D animated life via the magic of Unreal Engine 3, the leading technology and development framework that powers cutting-edge games such as “Gears of War” and “BioShock” on today’s popular platforms, including PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

            “

            “Joni & Susanna”:  This series follows two best friends/frenemies in their 20s who redefine codependent and love to hate each other.  They do everything together, know everything about each other and talk exclusively about everyone around them.  Each episode tracks the couple in a different setting as they call out each other’s insecurities and try and maintain the upper hand at all times.  “Joni & Susanna” stars Joni Lefkowitz and Susanna Fogel.

            TheWB.com will feature state-of-the-art community and social networking tools as well as editing and mixing capabilities that allow visitors to take ownership of their favorite characters and relationships.  Viewers can control, customize, reorder, re-edit and reinterpret shows in a very personal way. 

            In support of the launch, TheWB.com has created a new application on Facebook® Platform that will allow seamless integration of Facebook’s social utility on TheWB.com, and TheWB.com’s entertainment content on Facebook.  Facebook users will have the ability to move, mix-up and share the content on TheWB.com from within their own Facebook environment, which is in keeping with WBTVG’s goal of delivering programming to viewers wherever they may be.  Facebook users will be able to add TheWB.com-created application and feature video, photos and more on their profile page; watch full-length episodes or clips from their favorite series, as well as new original series created exclusively for the TheWB.com; and discuss favorite moments, story lines or characters with their network of friends within Facebook.

            Additionally, Warner Bros. Television Group has secured distribution agreements with Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks to feature TheWB.com programming.

As pointed out at Comics Should Be Good, the company 80sTees.com will produce an “Aquaman” hoodie if 200 people pledge to order them.

From the pledge site:

Aquaman fans represent! Although 80sTees.com promised us an Aquaman hoodie (along with a Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and Flash hoodie) they have pulled the Aquaman hoodie from their site, and it is no longer available for pre-order.

But there is hope! 80sTees president Kevin Stecko has promised to make it available for pre-order again if we can get 200 people to promise to order an Aquaman hoodie. If those 200 orders go through he’ll put the hoodie into production. Then we can all stand proud in the colors of our hero Aquaman!

So, if you, too, like the 40 already pledged, would like to walk around in public with an Aquaman-style hoodie, now is the time.  Stand proud.  I completely want to see pictures of people wearing this if it happens.

– Matt Price

The comic book, limited to 10,000 copies, will be distributed at FEARNet’s booth #4313 during Comic-Con. 

Part 1 of the Web series “30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust” is available now on FEARNet.com.

– Matt Price

- Matt Price

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– Matt Price

First episode coming online at http://www.drhorrible.com on July 15 from Joss Whedon.