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Dec 21 2007

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.'"
-- RELATED: . PREVIOUSLY:


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Kimmy Gatewood sings The Comic Book Club theme song.

Reader Comments (2)

Nice shirt, Bill Hader!
December 21, 2007 |
LOL! Amazing. Check out this funny site while you're bored and tv-less during the strike.

December 23, 2007 |

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