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A Boy and His Bird News December 2001 On January 13 in Los Angeles, Mark Dacascos will be appearing at the LA Comic Con at the Shrine near USC. He is promoting his new film "Brotherhood of the Wolf/Le Pacte Des Loups" and he will be speaking about the movie as well as signing autographs.
Thanks to CrowsAngel for passing on the news. Zuckerman Photo Available For A Worthy Cause Robert Zuckerman, still photographer for the first two CROW movies, contacted ABaHB recently to inform us of a personal tragedy that has affected his family. Outside of the movies, Robert's pictures are a major element of THE CROW. Many of us to this day use photos that he took during the making of THE CROW and COA on our sites. Robert's sister is gravely ill with Spinocerebeller Degeneration. To help defer the cost of her care, he is offering a signed print of the famous "Cathedral" picture for sale (picture of Brandon in full costume, seated on a large chair in a cathedral style room). It is a limited edition of 1,100 copies. The prints will be high-quality, lightfast archival 13"x19" size on watercolor paper, numbered and signed by Zuckerman. Each signature will be notarized for authenticity. As a bonus, each print will be accompanied by a signed copy of his poem "Brandon", printed on fine-art paper, suitable for framing. This is the first time since his pictures were made available 9 years ago, that Robert has offered one of them for a profit. His pictures have been used on countless t-shirts and other merchandise with no money going back to him. Only now, with his sister gravely ill, is he attempting to profit from the sale of his work. And in this case, it is not for personal gain, but to help out with the care of his sister. Go to his site, www.wonderhall.com . It is full of information detailing his sister's condition, the history behind the famous "Cathedral" picture, his decision to offer it for sale and how you can order the print. He will update the site with current information on his sister so everyone is kept abreast of her battle. We are asking if you have a local comic store, see if they will allow you to place an ad on their door promoting the site, as well as let you put some copies of the order form in their stores. There are a great many fans that do not go out on the net, so we need to reach all fans that would want to purchase this print. I personally will be going to my two local comic stores and placing order forms as well as promotion fliers. This is a worthy cause for us to get behind. Even if you're unable to purchase a print, by getting the word out, you will be helping Robert's family. Take care.....amf
A Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all Crow Fans out there from everyone here at ABaHB! Needless to say, we'll be updating only important Crow News between now and the New Year, so take care all!
John at John's Bruce Lee Page has decided to be generous this Christmas, and how can we benefit? As previously reported, there was only one CD-Rom up for grabs, but now there are plenty to go around! If that doesn't satisfy your Crow Christmas hunger, then he also has plenty of City of Angels games for the PC for sale for 30 dollars (US) a hit. Go over there and spend that Christmas money.
Live in New York and havbe nothing to do on January 5 and 6? Then why not stop by the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel (333 Adams Street) and see Mark Dacascos! This is for Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors that starts at noon to 7pm.
Robert Zuckerman, still photographer for the first two CROW movies, contacted ABaHB recently to inform us of a personal tragedy that has affected his family. Outside of the movies, Robert's pictures are a major element of THE CROW. Many of us to this day use photos that he took during the making of THE CROW and COA on our sites. Robert's sister is gravely ill with Spinocerebeller Degeneration. To help defer the cost of her care, he is offering a signed print of the famous "Cathedral" picture for sale (picture of Brandon in full costume, seated on a large chair in a cathedral style room). It is a limited edition of 1,100 copies. The prints will be high-quality, lightfast archival 13"x19" size on watercolor paper, numbered and signed by Zuckerman. Each signature will be notarized for authenticity. As a bonus, each print will be accompanied by a signed copy of his poem "Brandon", printed on fine-art paper, suitable for framing. This is the first time since his pictures were made available 9 years ago, that Robert has offered one of them for a profit. His pictures have been used on countless t-shirts and other merchandise with no money going back to him. Only now, with his sister gravely ill, is he attempting to profit from the sale of his work. And in this case, it is not for personal gain, but to help out with the care of his sister. Go to his site, www.wonderhall.com . It is full of information detailing his sister's condition, the history behind the famous "Cathedral" picture, his decision to offer it for sale and how you can order the print. He will update the site with current information on his sister so everyone is kept abreast of her battle. We are asking if you have a local comic store, see if they will allow you to place an ad on their door promoting the site, as well as let you put some copies of the order form in their stores. There are a great many fans that do not go out on the net, so we need to reach all fans that would want to purchase this print. I personally will be going to my two local comic stores and placing order forms as well as promotion fliers. This is a worthy cause for us to get behind. Even if you're unable to purchase a print, by getting the word out, you will be helping Robert's family. Take care.....amf
About a month ago we posted a contest that was forwarded to us by Machina that was going on at digital-burn. They create comic inspired wallpaper and were looking to see what comic genre wallpaper they should create next. Crow fans hit the poll and helped make THE CROW from the Image series number one. Go over and check out the wallpaper. Thanks to Machina for sending us the update. Take care.....amf Crow CD-Rom Available Over at John's Bruce Lee Page, you have your chance to grab the long out of print Crow CD-Rom! There's only one up for grabs, however, it's well worth the cash.
Aztek, regular visitor to the ChambeRoom, recently posted some fantastic James O'Barr artwork (non-Crow) that he has on his site. The first page has two Batman pictures that O'Barr had drawn. If you remember from our update last Friday, during DragonCon 2000, James had talked about doing a Batman project. These were his early interpretations of how he would do the character. So go give them, along with the other stuff a look. Take care.....amf
In a conversation that took place during the July 2000 Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia, Crescent Blues has posted some comments that O'Barr made in an interview during the convention. Very interesting comments, some, contradictory to what other online groups have reported. O'Barr talks about everything from the first movie, to Salvation and the TV series. So go give it a look. Again, remember, the information is over a year and a half old, so there are references to things that had not yet taken place, or were just taking place at the time of the interview, to include Pressman trying to retain the rights to STH. Thanks to SugarRatt over at the ROOM for posting this site. Take care.....amf Proyas' "Garage Days" Report Garage Days: "The Crow" Director Alex Proyas is doing his own "Almost Famous" style flick next and one crucial scene was shot at the rock festival Homebake in Sydney over the weekend. 'Sam' was amongst the moshers and has this report: "Standing near the front of a crowd of hundreds in front of the main stage at Sydney's rock festival Homebake I was present at the shooting of the upcoming Alex Proyas film Garage Days, consequently I was an extra for the film. The shooting took place in between a fifteen minute break after the band Gerling had finished. The stars from the SBS program 'Pizza' came out to tell us what to do during the shoot, they explained that the actors would come out and play as if they were a normal band and we just had to stand there and watch and then later they would take specific shots of the crowd. There was a camera right at the back of the stage, a camera on a crane swooping over the audience and various camera men coming out on to the stage at different points. There was supposed to be a helicopter coming over with a camera shooting film however at no point did I hear or see one. The four band members came out, I only recognized to Pia Miranda and Kick Curry (both from 'Looking for Alabrandi'), looking as they have in all the publicity stills. Then as the cameras rolled fake security guards came out and took the band away, Kick Curry kicked and struggled, I believe the premise was that they had snuck on stage. They then came back out and played three songs. The songs were bland and very forgettable. One had the chorus of 'squeeze me' and another something about 'something sweet', the other I have no recollection of. One of the songs had been dedicated to a person so perhaps a character in the film. They then the left the stage and there was no big fuss. Then came the specific crowd shots which compromised of us looking bored, being excited, applauding and then finally chanting out FREDDY (Kick Curry's character I believe or could be the band name but I doubt it). During this the crowd was pretty uncooperative which was very funny, they began to chant Bodyjar (the next band due to come on) and this did not please the people up on the stage. An interesting experience" Take care.....amf
For all you Canadian CROW fans out there, the Canadian channel Space Television will be airing THE CROW immediately followed by THE CROW: City of Angels, on Saturday, December 15th starting at 9pm EST. It will be interesting to see how COA is presented. Any fans who catch this showing of the movies, let us know of any extra or different scenes shown. You can send me an email at LLcruize@yahoo.com . I would suggest those in Canada who will be able to catch the films, set your VCR. Who knows, you might get to see a version of COA that none of us have seen before! Major thanks to October Midnight for the information. Take care.....amf
Justin H Sends along this update for those of you with money to burn: There is a new Crow lunchbox now available. It is similiar to the first release, but has different of images of Brandon from the first movie and this one also comes with a thermos. Hot Topic stores are also carrying some new stuff. The coolest of which is the Crow waterglobe. It features Eric Draven sitting next to Shelly's tombstone with "Love Never Dies" written below him. When you shake it up, little peices of silver glitter and crows float around. It retails for $35.00. Hot Topic also has an etched ID case and lighter, journals, and a new T-Shirt. Check their website for more info. 2 Flash promotions have been uploaded to the C3 (Collective Crow Comics) website, for projects that will be released before or on X-Mas day! Check them both out below. Flash Promo: my wings are black too : crow short Flash Promo: Coven of Souls : a comic Also, be on the lookout for a SPECIAL Crow X-Mas image that will blow your mind, to be released ONLY through C3 on the 17th of December!! C3 - Collective Crow Comics Website
Mad Stan has confirmed the existence of a new CROW snow globe that KrOw over at the ChambeRoom had reported about a month ago. The snow globe can be found at Hot Topic. The globe is described as having a carving of Eric leaning against Shelly's headstone. When you shake it, tiny black crows float through the water, making it look like they are flying around Eric. The base is carved to look like stone and has the raised CROW logo. According to sources we have contacted, it is not an officially licensed product. But for the CROW collector that is looking for items based on the movie, it could be something worth picking up. Mad Stan also reported that Hot Topic had journals with Brandon's picture on them and a couple of T-shirts. If you have a Hot Topic in your area, may be worth a trip down there to check out these items. Thanks to Mad Stan for the update and KrOw for his initial report. Take care…..amf
In news related to the CROW, it seems the epic Edgar Allan Poe poem "The Raven" is going to see a big screen adaptation. As fans of the CROW movie and comic know, Poe's poem was an influence on O'Barr as well as the movie script. Dark Horizons has received word from The Guardian and Ananova that the movie is set to be directed by Ron Howard. Kim Basinger & Tracey Ullman have signed on to star with Greg Kinnear, Linda Hunt and Richard E. Grant close to signing on as well. The story is said to revolve around two women fighting for the love of a TV producer in modern day LA. It is set to start production next summer. Not real sure how this is going to be connected to the poem, but we will keep an eye on Dark Horizons for more news on this. Take care…..amf  December 7th-9th, 2001 Back around 4 years ago, a Crow fan named Jeanette Barcroft completed a fan fiction novelization of THE CROW. She has received widespread praise for the novel, to include compliments from James O'Barr. Recently, on the Community Forum at thecrow.com, Kristin posted a link to this novel. It is a fantastic piece of fan fiction and we highly recommend you give it a look. Thanks to Kristin for posting the link to the novel. Take care.....amf Another Month In the usual ABaHB tradition, the news for the month has been pushed back! Oddly enough, the past month has been one of our largest, and with the future looking good for The Crow, things can only get better!
Sugar Rat sends along this amazing update from Dynamic Forces that is sure to breathe some new life into The Crow: Runnemede, NJ-Dynamic Forces is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive licensing deal with Pressman to produce products and collectibles based on both The Crow comic book and successful series of movies. A cult hit when creator James O'Barr brought it to life as a comic in 1989, The Crow gained phenomenal popularity following the movie version of the comic in 1994 that spawned two sequels and a syndicated television series. A timeless story of revenge spawned from love, The Crow has become a part of pop culture. Dynamic plans to kick off The Crow product line in November with a six-card preview set of April, 2002's Crow: The Legacy trading card set. The preview card set will be followed in January of 2002 by a five-inch bust of the original Crow, Eric Draven. Sculpted by artist extraordinaire Martin Canale, this bust will feature the detail and grace fans have come to expect from Dynamic Forces' growing line of high quality busts. April, 2002 will see the release of the Crow: The Legacy card set, which will feature interpretations and images of the many different incarnations of The Crow, from the comic book version of Eric Draven to the movie version as played by Brandon Lee, and every twist in between, The Crow will be graphically represented as never before. Also coming in 2002 will be exclusive lithographs and wall scrolls featuring classic images of The Crow from some of the finest illustrators the world over, both continuing in Dynamic Forces' line of high quality wall art. Whether your favorite is the comic version, the movie version, or the television version, Dynamic Forces is your source for The Crow collectibles. For more information on Dynamic Forces specialty merchandise, product art, exclusive creator interviews and upcoming releases, please visit the Dynamic Forces website at www.dynamicforces.com.
Our last poll was one of our closest yet. We wanted to know which of the Crow novels you most wanted to see made into Crow 4. A total of 500 visitors voted. The winner was "Quoth The Crow", with 28% of the vote. But close behind was "Clash By Night" with 27% . "Hellbound" came in with 14%, followed by "Lazarus Heart" with 12%. "Wicked Prayer" with 10% and "Temple Of Night" garnering 9% rounded out the voting . Now, the next poll is up. Thanks to DJM171 for sending in the idea. We want to know what you think is the most important theme connected to The Crow movies. Is it love? Or maybe revenge. Could it be justice? Whatever you feel is the most important theme, let us know by voting. Take care.....amf Updates Sorry for the lack of updates, we've had some server problems! Expect all to be back to usual soon |
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