While the ’90s were filled with acclaimed stories, surrounding A-list comic characters, including Batman and Spider-man, there was a lack of teenage heroes in the mainstream landscape. To fill that gap, Dwayne McDuffie created the teenage sensation Static Shock, who would go on to enjoy his own animated show in the 2000s, which would go on for 4 seasons.
Although originally created for Milestone Media, the comic-book company pioneered by McDuffie, the character was later incorporated into the Dcau through its animated series. According to McDuffie, the teenage hero took heavy inspiration from the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
Static Shock Was Influenced by the Late-Eighties Spider-Man
Static Shock | Milestone Media
During the ’90s, the Spider-Man comics featured an adult Peter Parker, which, while great in its own right, didn’t speak to McDuffie personally, as he was more leaned towards the teenage version. To fill that void, he created Static Shock for Milestone Media comics,...
Although originally created for Milestone Media, the comic-book company pioneered by McDuffie, the character was later incorporated into the Dcau through its animated series. According to McDuffie, the teenage hero took heavy inspiration from the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
Static Shock Was Influenced by the Late-Eighties Spider-Man
Static Shock | Milestone Media
During the ’90s, the Spider-Man comics featured an adult Peter Parker, which, while great in its own right, didn’t speak to McDuffie personally, as he was more leaned towards the teenage version. To fill that void, he created Static Shock for Milestone Media comics,...
- 4/6/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
Plot: After her foster mother is killed by the demonic jack-in-the-box Jack Attack, 16-year-old Lily is placed with another family… and then Jack Attack returns to wipe them out as well.
Review: Back in 1992, Full Moon introduced horror fans to the Demonic Toys. Four tiny terrors that look like something you’d find in a kid’s playroom, but are actually homicidal servants to demonic masters. There was Jack Attack, a clown jack-in-the-box with a maniacal laugh, sharp teeth, and a tentacle tail; Grizzly Teddy, a vicious teddy bear; Mister Static, a robot that rolls on tank treads and fires deadly lazers from its gun arms; and mouthy baby doll Baby Oopsie. The Demonic Toys never gained as much popularity as the puppets from Full Moon’s Puppet Master series, but they did get a franchise of their own. They battled a miniature Tim Thomerson in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys...
Review: Back in 1992, Full Moon introduced horror fans to the Demonic Toys. Four tiny terrors that look like something you’d find in a kid’s playroom, but are actually homicidal servants to demonic masters. There was Jack Attack, a clown jack-in-the-box with a maniacal laugh, sharp teeth, and a tentacle tail; Grizzly Teddy, a vicious teddy bear; Mister Static, a robot that rolls on tank treads and fires deadly lazers from its gun arms; and mouthy baby doll Baby Oopsie. The Demonic Toys never gained as much popularity as the puppets from Full Moon’s Puppet Master series, but they did get a franchise of their own. They battled a miniature Tim Thomerson in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys...
- 8/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Bryton James is a well-known actor in The Young and the Restless. The actor got into the entertainment industry quite early, with one of his earliest gigs being the widely successful sitcom Family Matters. James was acting on the show even before he knew how to read.
Bryton James | Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images Bryton James landed his ‘Family Matters’ role at age 4
James got into show business when he was only two years old, appearing in magazine ads and commercials. He landed the role of Richie Crawford in Family Matters when he was only three and a half years old. His character’s father died before he was born, explaining his mother Rachel’s move to the Winslow home.
Today on @mbstateofmind I'm joined by Bryton James. (@BrytonEjames)
While we talk about his success as an actor and recording artist, we get personal about his family, divorce and...
Bryton James | Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images Bryton James landed his ‘Family Matters’ role at age 4
James got into show business when he was only two years old, appearing in magazine ads and commercials. He landed the role of Richie Crawford in Family Matters when he was only three and a half years old. His character’s father died before he was born, explaining his mother Rachel’s move to the Winslow home.
Today on @mbstateofmind I'm joined by Bryton James. (@BrytonEjames)
While we talk about his success as an actor and recording artist, we get personal about his family, divorce and...
- 3/18/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Thirty years ago this month, Milestone Media launched and the comics world listened. Hardware #1 from legendary creators Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan was the company’s first book in February 1993. It was nothing less than a statement of purpose, a book about a Black genius fighting his white industrialist boss (who’s secretly a crime lord) to get pay and recognition for his inventions.
But it wasn’t until the Static Shock cartoon launched on TV in 2004 that Milestone made a broad cultural impact. “For so many of us in that generation, Static [Shock], the cartoon, was the door that opened a lot of things up,” Jordan Clark, a member of the Milestone Initiative’s inaugural class, tells Den of Geek magazine.
Milestone Media and the superheroes it developed—Static and Hardware, Icon and Rocket,...
Thirty years ago this month, Milestone Media launched and the comics world listened. Hardware #1 from legendary creators Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan was the company’s first book in February 1993. It was nothing less than a statement of purpose, a book about a Black genius fighting his white industrialist boss (who’s secretly a crime lord) to get pay and recognition for his inventions.
But it wasn’t until the Static Shock cartoon launched on TV in 2004 that Milestone made a broad cultural impact. “For so many of us in that generation, Static [Shock], the cartoon, was the door that opened a lot of things up,” Jordan Clark, a member of the Milestone Initiative’s inaugural class, tells Den of Geek magazine.
Milestone Media and the superheroes it developed—Static and Hardware, Icon and Rocket,...
- 2/17/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The second day of LA3C started with morning rain that thankfully gave way to clear skies, as thousands poured into Los Angeles State Historic Park to check out the Latin-centered lineup set to close out the festival’s inaugural weekend. Between watching heavy hitters perform, attendees also explored food vendors — including Lil Bobacita and Cena Vegan — and installations from celebrated L.A. artists like Patrick Martinez and Tiffany Alfonseca. (LA3C, which celebrates the city’s cultural diversity, is owned and promoted by Rolling Stone’s parent company, Penske Media Corp.
- 12/12/2022
- by Charisma Madarang and Jeanette Diaz
- Rollingstone.com
Playback singer Mellow D has released a new Punjbai song titled ‘Gadbadi Na Na Na Na Na’ in collaboration with Akull of ‘Laal Bindi’ fame and Lisa Mishra. The track is a reinterpreted version of the global hit ‘Further Up’, which was released in 2020, and featured international artists such as Static, Pitbull, and Ben El.
‘Gadbadi’ fuses hip-hop and breakbeat genres with traditional Indian.
Talking about the song, Mellow D said: “‘Gadbadi’ is a reinterpreted version of the global smash hit ‘Further up’ and I am elated to be a part of the international collaboration where I got to work with international artists Static and Ben El alongside my friends Akull and Lisa. The Indian version of the song has all the elements to make it the next party anthem of the year. It’s a fun track with slick visuals and I’m really looking forward to the response from the audience.
‘Gadbadi’ fuses hip-hop and breakbeat genres with traditional Indian.
Talking about the song, Mellow D said: “‘Gadbadi’ is a reinterpreted version of the global smash hit ‘Further up’ and I am elated to be a part of the international collaboration where I got to work with international artists Static and Ben El alongside my friends Akull and Lisa. The Indian version of the song has all the elements to make it the next party anthem of the year. It’s a fun track with slick visuals and I’m really looking forward to the response from the audience.
- 11/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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Warner Bros. isn’t in the business of making bad movies. At least, that’s the common refrain on social media now that David Zaslav, chief executive of the newly combined Warner Bros. Discovery, is in charge. What seems to be a more accurate assessment is that Warner Bros. isn’t in the business of making movies that aren’t guaranteed to line company coffers.
The cancellations of Batgirl and Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, which until Tuesday were both in postproduction, have sent shock waves through Hollywood. In the case of Batgirl, social media pundits claimed the film was shelved because it was so bad it couldn’t be released. This, of course, operates under the assumption that Warners hasn’t released plenty of bad movies before — bad movies that made money. And it suggests that a regime change at Warners means we should...
Warner Bros. isn’t in the business of making bad movies. At least, that’s the common refrain on social media now that David Zaslav, chief executive of the newly combined Warner Bros. Discovery, is in charge. What seems to be a more accurate assessment is that Warner Bros. isn’t in the business of making movies that aren’t guaranteed to line company coffers.
The cancellations of Batgirl and Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, which until Tuesday were both in postproduction, have sent shock waves through Hollywood. In the case of Batgirl, social media pundits claimed the film was shelved because it was so bad it couldn’t be released. This, of course, operates under the assumption that Warners hasn’t released plenty of bad movies before — bad movies that made money. And it suggests that a regime change at Warners means we should...
- 8/4/2022
- by Richard Newby
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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