Comic Book Club: 1-Year Anniversary @ The PIT - 12.18.7

Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker
celebrated its 1-year anniversary at with a SOLD OUT show featuring comic book fans Bill Hader & Seth Meyers and three of the biggest writers at Marvel Comics, (Iron Fist, Punisher War Journal), (New Avengers, Ultimate Spiderman), and (Uncanny X-Men, Captain America, Criminal).
NOTES
--The writers were in town for a semi-annual event called the
, a continental congress for every writer and editor at Marvel to brainstorm and map out storylines for the upcoming year.
--When asked to reveal some details from the summit the audience guffawed when Bendis sarcastically said, "Alpha Flight is the new X-Men."
Seth Meyers
sat visibly befuddled through a couple nerdcore wisecracks such as this before saying, "I'm counting how many jokes will only get a laugh from this crowd."
--
Bill Hader's
impression of a dying Tauntaun was perhaps one of those jokes. We found it funny though.
--Seth and Bill revealed that when
Natalie Portman
was a guest on SNL, she stunned the writers' room during a read-through when she mispronounced the word
.
--According to the
, "[LePage, Tyler, and Zalben] have parlayed the show into a gig for
, a Web site devoted, of course, to comics. Their video version of 'The Stack' offers three in-depth reviews of comics and a seven-minute 'speed round' packed with topics.
Mr. Zalben recalled being in line to see 'Beowulf' when he met a man who said, 'Thank you for everything you do.'"
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Kimmy Gatewood sings The Comic Book Club theme song.
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