D.C. MOVIE GUYS

You may think you’re ready to survive Comic-Con International: San Diego, Gen Con Indy or any of the other numerous comic, Sci-Fi and gaming conventions this summer but are you ready to survive the airports? A bad travel experience can ruin your convention vacation but with the help of a few simple guidelines you can trek like a pro and avoid the black holes. (continue reading…)

DCMovieguys.com announces the following films Top 10 Movies of 2008:

10. “In Bruges”
9.   “Wall-E”
8.   “The Visitor”
7.   “The Dark Knight”
6.   “Milk”
5.   “Changling”
4.   “Rachel Getting Married”
3.   “Frost/Nixon”
2.   “Slumdog Millionaire”
1.   “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Join The DC Movie Guys, Joe Barber and Bill Henry,as they host the Washington DC Film Society’s Oscar Watching Party at the Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse in Arlington, Va. on Sunday, February 22, 2009.  For the seventh year in a row, the Guys will offer their thoughts on the proceedngs while you get to watch them on the theater’s big screen.  You’ll aso be able to enjoy all sorts of food and drinks at your seat.  The Drafthouse has expanded its menu and also has a sit down restaurant just off the lobby.

Attendees can win valuable movie related prizes in raffles and by answering trivia questions.  You can also participate in a silent auction for items like hotel stays and much more.  All funds raised go towards supporting FilmFest DC, the District’s annual International Film Festival, now in its third decade.

For more information, visit www.DCfilmsociety.org .  See you on
the red carpet!

You can talk with Joe and Bill face to face bout your favorite movies at “MovieWise with The Movie Guys” at Borders Books & Music in Silver Spring, Maryland. They’ll be there the fourth Thursday of the month from 8 to 9 p.m. from January to October in the store’s Events section. (continue reading…)

It does not take a comic book fan to recognize Bob Kane as the creator of Batman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as the brains behind Superman or Stan Lee as the spinner of Spider-Man’s first tales. The name Will Eisner has been lost in the archives of common knowledge despite the indelible mark he left on the comic book industry and the fact that he contributed more to the art form than any other comic writer or artist. Will Eisner is commonly accepted by comic fans and creators as the father of the graphic novel and a master of sequential art (a term Eisner invented for telling stories with static images on a page). In 1940, Eisner began publishing the adventures of a masked crime fighter called The Spirit. The stories of The Spirit contained mixed elements of noir, humor and romance and the original comics are still in print today as well as new adventures by some of the current industry’s best writers and artists. Just like Batman, Superman and Spider-Man before him, “The Spirit” is now fighting crime on the big screen. Sadly, Will Eisner’s creative spirit did not follow him there. (continue reading…)