NerdGasm made it to last weekend’s screening at Jim Hanley’s Universe in New York City, and really enjoyed our documentary Dig Comics!
Dig Comics is very informative and makes you think about the comic book industry and how it will survive the years to come. This is something every comic book fan should be interested in and as fans we should all take up the cause along with Miguel.
Read the whole review by clicking in this general vicinity here!
Dig Comics director/writer/host Miguel Cima speaks with Tim O’Shea of Comic Book Resources’ Robot 6 blog for Tim’s excellent interview series “Talking Comics with Tim”. Read the interview here.
In other Dig Comics news, Heidi McDonald of the Publisher’s Weekly comics blog The Beat has been added to our list of panelists for this Saturday’s screening at Jim Hanley’s Universe. We’re very excited to have her voice added to our already impressive panel of comic industry experts.
Hey New York! Here’s your chance to see the documentary Dig Comics!
This Saturday, November 14, 3 PM, at Jim Hanley’s Universe, 4 West 33rd Street, New York, 10001.
Stay for an exclusive panel with director/writer/host Miguel Cima, Marvel Comics executive editor Tom Brevoort, writer/editor Andy Helfer, writer/editor Danny Fingeroth, Graphic NYC‘s Christopher Irving, and more!
Dig Comics Screening at Meltdown Comics
Special Appearance by Edward James Olmos
More Screenings at International Film Festivals
LOS ANGELES – Actor Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner) will make a special appearance for the screening of the documentary short Dig Comics at Los Angeles’ premiere comic book store Meltdown Comics.
Also joining Olmos for a post-screening Q & A will be Miguel Cima, the writer/director/host of Dig Comics along with members of the cast and crew.
Both a love letter to the American art form of comics and a call to arms to increase the dwindling audience, Dig Comics has already won the attention of Edward James Olmos’ company Olmos Productions, which has agreed to produce a long-form full-length Dig Comics. Olmos believes that as a medium, comic books not only increase literacy but also serves as an inspirational learning tool for both students and teachers.
Dig Comics won Best Documentary at the San Diego Comic-Con International: Independent Film Festival, and has been selected for screenings at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Tucson Film and Music Festival, and the Royal Flush Film Festival in New York City. It also recently screened at the Downtown Film Festival: Los Angeles.
Complimentary alcoholic and soft beverages!
Visit http://www.DigComics.com for more information on Dig Comics.
Visit http://www.meltcomics.com for more information on Meltdown Comics.
What: Dig Comics screening and discussion panel with Edward James Olmos
Where: Meltdown Comics, 7522 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046
When: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 7:00 PM
RSVP: Seating will be limited, you must RSVP to attend.
RSVP@meltcomics.com. You plus 1 (one) only.
Electric Playground aired a segment on Dig Comics on G4 in Canada on August 14. They interview Dig Comics host Miguel Cima from the floor of Comic-Con and preview the short documentary. Great segment!
To keep up to date on all of the exciting developments with Dig Comics, be sure to become a fan on Facebook.
Quick reminder that Dig Comics is screening tonight at 9:30 PM. Tickets are $12. Host Miguel Cima and I will both be there.
It is playing at the AT&T Center. Google Maps link: 1150 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, CA 90015.
For more information about the Downtown Film Festival – Los Angeles, check out dffla.com.
Hope to see you there!
The illegal bootlegger and hardened criminal DaneInLA has posted two more videos to his YouTube account. The two videos capture the entire Q&A panel that immediately followed the screening of Dig Comics at Comic-Con International: Independent Film Festival this past weekend.
So now thanks to modern technology, it’s almost like you were there! Except with poor sound quality and a small yet erratic earthquake no one else but you seems to notice.
The panel consisted of Miguel Cima (host/writer/director), Scott Shaw! (animator and interviewee) and myself (associate producer). Also seen is producer and editor Dirk Van Fleet.
And in case you missed it, here’s the introduction from the panel with a special appearance by Edward James Olmos:
Yesterday’s Comic-Con Film Festival Awards were passed out. Dig Comics won for Best Documentary!
ScreenCrave.com live-blogged the awards show and has a picture of host/creator/writer Miguel Cima giving his acceptance speech. Behind him is Tiina Teal (who played the challenging role of Miguel’s “actual girlfriend” in the movie) and my cybernetic eye.
The screening of Dig Comics was a big success! Thank you to everyone who attended!
We had a special surprise for those that made it*. Edward James Olmos helped us introduce the film. Our friend and audience member Dane Hill was there with his fancy flip camera to record the excitement. So here’s some endorsed bootleg video for you:
If you haven’t heard, Edward James Olmos’ Olmos Productions is partnering with us to expand this into a long-form piece. So, his appearance wasn’t entirely random.
In case you’re among the few that have never heard of him, Edward James Olmos is mostly known for being an incredible actor. Most people know him either from the recent “Battlestar Galactica” TV series on the Sci-Fi Channel or from the classic Blade Runner movie. He’s been nothing but immensely supportive and enthusiastic about Miguel Cima (our host/creator of Dig Comics) and our work.
More about Dig Comics.
*Well, OK we ended up having 2 surprises. Stan Lee (spokesman for Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man) strolled by with a huge mob behind him just minutes before our start time.
Dig Comics host and creator Miguel Cima was interviewed this morning about the documentary, comics and this year’s Comic-Con. San Diego’s NPR affiliate KPBS Radio 89.5 FM broadcast the program “These Days” hosted by Maureen Cavanaugh. The episode also includes interviews with Comic-Con’s Director of Marketing David Glanzer, film critic Beth Accomando and Prof. Rocco Versaci (author of This Book Contains Graphic Language: Comics As Literature).
You can listen to the entire interview online at KPBS.org. Miguel comes in just before the 9-minute mark.
Corey Blake 