Green Arrow Aims For The CW

The CW Aims For DC’s Emerald Archer

According to Deadline, The CW has ordered a pilot for a hour long superhero drama based on the Green Arrow comic book character from DC Comics. Green Lantern screenwriters Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, and Fringe writer Andrew Kreisberg will team-up to script the pilot. Smallville pilot director David Nutter will direct the Green Arrow pilot. Justin Hartley, who played Green Arrow on Smallville, is currently not associated with the upcoming pilot. And while the show is based on the comic book character, it is being said that the TV series will set the character “in a new world with an original story that is not based on the comics.”

Green Arrow, who first appeared in More Fun Comics in 1941, was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp. One time billionaire Oliver Queen became the crime fighting archer who is part Batman, part Robin Hood. During his history he took in the sidekick Speedy, became close friends of  Green Lantern, has had a long time love affair with Black Canary, and became a member of the Justice League.

Geek Of The Week : Lady Mechanika # 3

Blimey . . . Tha’ Is One Very Big Arse

In Lady Mechanika # 3 from Aspen, the title character continues on her quest to learn the secrets of her past. A mission that had brought a dead mechanical girl across her path. When the mechanical girl’s body is stolen, Lady Mechanika sets off to track her down.

The trail takes Mechanika to the Cirque du Romani. Once there she is confronted by several of the circus performers. Her questions to find the mechanical girl aren’t met well, and this leads to Mechanical scuffling wit ht he circus’s knife thrower and his big cat.

The owner of the circus, Madame Divinite, breaks up the fight and things calm down. With cooler heads thinking, it is discovered that the mechanical girl is Seraphina, the daughter of the knife thrower, and she isn’t dead. It is revealed that the promise of fame and fortune lured Seraphina and her boyfriend away to join another circus. Although the it is deduced that the two lost performers weren’t lured away by another circus, but rather they were tricked to follow a mercenary working for the Blackpool Armaments Company.

After learning the new information Lady Mechanika and her associate travel to Mechanicon, the Annual Mechanika City Convention of All Things Innovative, Scientific, and Industrial. It is here that they find Nathaniel Blackpool, the person that Lady Mechanika believes is holding Seraphina. At the opening ceremony for Mechanicon, Blackpool introduces his Helio Arx, a giant airship and fortress that Mechanika believes she will need to infiltrate if she is to find the mechanical girl.

Lady Mechanika is an interesting and enjoyable comic book set in a steampunk world. The characters, costumes, and environment are all amazing. There is a great style and flare to this comic. The comic is written and drawn by Joe Benitez, with Peter Steigerwald providing colors, and Josh Reed on lettering. The story and characters are engaging, and the artwork is beautiful. This is a comic book that you should be buying.

Ginger Bread Geekery

Ginger Bread AT-AT

Here are some awesome ginger bread creations from geeks who add some creativity to the usual holiday tradition.

Gingerbread Daleks

Gingerbread Hogwarts

Gingerbread Nightmare Before Christmas

Gingerbread Pelannor

Gingerbread Serenity

Gingerbread Star Destroyer

Gingerbread Super Heroes

Gingerbread Tardis

Gingerbread Wayne Manor

Amazing Spiderman Movie Site Is Active

Can He Swing, From A Thread

The official site for the upcoming Amazing Spiderman movie is now live. The site has photos and details on the production, plot, characters, and even sequels.

Sam Raimi’s Original Green Goblin Test Footage

The Green Goblin Rides Again

FX house, Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc., has released some old test footage of an early Green Goblin mask design for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man in 2002. This version of the Goblin would have a look closer to the comic book Goblin design, but ultimately it wasn’t used.