OMG buy this comic book and make him even happier!
Michael McMillian looks way happy to be at the Golden Apple Comics advance release party for his Lucid hardback comic yesterday (May 18, 2011) in Los Angeles. The guy looking all, “What the hell?” at Michael is Shawn Depasquale who did the lettering for the book.
Fan Expo Canada began with the launch of the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995 with only five guests and since then, it’s ballooned to thousands of people going every year. The Fan Expo Canada is one of the largest in Canada and they will be celebrating their 17th year in 2011. Our favorite Shape-shifter, Sam Trammell will be attending and we hope that our neighbors to the north get to visit him along with the long list of other stars. Check out who’s going to be there.
The Expo will take place for 4 big days! On August 25-28 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Check site for times and more info.
Sci-Fi Guest: Sam Trammell
Sam Trammell is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in the HBO vampire series, True Blood, which saw him nominated for a 2009 Scream Award for “Breakout Performance – Male.
Sam Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was a child, his family moved to Charleston, West Virginia. Trammell graduated from George Washington High School. He furthered his studies at Brown University and the University of Paris.
Sam Trammell has worked in theater, on-Broadway, off-Broadway, film and television. He is an accomplished New York stage actor whose credits include a Tony nominated performance in “Ah, Wilderness!” at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway, he starred in “Dealer’s Choice (play)”, “My Night With Reg”, “If Memory Serves”, “Ancestral Voices”, and most recently, “Kit Marlowe” at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, where he received outstanding reviews. Trammell’s big break came when he landed the role of “Sam Merlotte” on HBO series True Blood.
source: Fan Expo Canada
Listen Up! The True Blood boys are talking!
Denis O’Hare has confirmed (via Twitter) that he will be in Clint Eastwood’s new movie “J. Edgar” starring Leonardo DiCaprio. According to IMDb.com, there will be another True Blood alumnus in the movie, Stephen Root, who played Eddie in Season 1. ZZ and I were lucky enough to see some of the filming of J. Edgar while we were on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour earlier this month.
Logo TV tweeted today that Joe Manganiello will make a specal appearance at the “NewNowNextAwards” 2011 . The show tapes in front of a live audience at the legendary Avalon in Hollywood on Thursday, April 7th with a telecast premiere on Monday, April 11th at 10/9C on Logo. Check it out at the source.
Michael McMillian (Rev. Steve Newlin) reminds us that the new issue of Tainted Love #2 - the True Blood comic book that he co-wrote – is out in comic book stores today. If you aren’t following him, you should be. This guy is a riot. My favorite recent tweet of his (from yesterday), “Thank you, Donut-Muffin, for being there when I needed you the most.” Follow him @McMillzz.
Another funny guy on Twitter, Marshall Allman (Tommy Merlotte) offered a little True Blood Season 4 Spoiler yesterday, “sam and tommy merlotte at the hospital today. who and what for?” – Oh Marshall, you are making us crazy!
HBO aired a new video on The Buzz with Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley and Deborah Ann Woll. They were at a Barnes and Noble in Los Angeles last week to sign copies of the new hard-cover comic book compilation named “True Blood Volume 1: All Together Now” that contains all six of the comics from the first series. The video looks like it contains some behind-the-scenes filming of season 4, so check it out!
The True Blood hard cover comic book compilation, “All Together Now,” which comprises all six issues of the first series has made the sixth spot on the New York Times best seller list.
“To have our first comic compilation debut at number six on the best-seller list is amazing,” said James Costos, HBO’s VP of licensing and retail. “It is a true testament to the quality of the product and reach of the True Blood brand.”
The series was co-written by David Tischman and Mariah Huehner in collaboration with creator Alan Ball and screenwriters Elisabeth Finch and Kate Barnow. Artwork was provided by David Messina, J. Scott Campbell and Joe Corroney.
Oh my, I think I read about something like this in fanfiction once...
The second series of the True Blood comic book is currently being written by Marc Andreyko and Michael (Newlin!) McMillian, with Joe Corroney doing the illustrations. The folks over at CBR.com had the chance to interview McMillian and Andreyko recently and discussed the origins of the tainted Tru:Blood idea, Rev. Newlin and how sex is features in the comic books.
Andreyko told CBR that the story of “True Blood: Tainted” was inspired by the Tylenol poisonings in and around Chicago in 1982, when a still-unknown culprit added cyanide to Extra Strength Tylenol capsules, resulting in seven deaths. “Michael and I were coming up with stories to pitch, and the concept of someone poisoning Tru Blood was something that really intrigued us,” Andreyko said. “I mean, who would do that? Angry vampires? Vampire haters? Was it personal? Like any good mystery, there are dozens of feasible suspects.”
As to the nature of the “bad Blood,” McMillian told CBR, “It basically causes vampires that drink it to go into a feral bloodlust. They are conscious, but their moral center is completely vanished and they go wild. It basically acts as Vampire PCP.” Andreyko suggested there’s a special degree of nastiness inherent in such a potion. “When you see the art, you’ll understand,” he said.
Read the whole thing at CBR
Deborah Ann Woll, Rutina Wesley and Sam Trammell signed this evening “True Blood Volume 1 – All Together Now” comic book compilation at Barnes & Noble in The Grove in Los Angeles, California.
The True Blood comic series has become IDW Publishing’s best-selling title. Now, all six issues from the first series will be available together in a deluxe, hardcover compilation entitled “All Together Now.” In bookstores nationwide February 15, 2011.
Aren’t the girls completely stunning?
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