It Came from Chicago! Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Many people think that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a classic fairy tale originated in Europe, like so many other Yuletide stories.Nope!Rudolph was created right here in Chicago in 1939, less...
View ArticleMeet comic book pros 1-on-1 over snacks and drinks at Comic Art Show 2 (Photos)
What if...instead of going to a huge hall and sitting with hundreds of other fans listening to comic book professionals lecturing up on a stage, you could sit down at a table, have some snacks and...
View ArticleIt Came from Chicago! "To My Valentine!" (Photos)
While most of the world celebrates true love on February 14th, the holiday has a more sinister meaning in Chicago since 1929.Gangsters dominated the city during the era of Prohibition (1920-1933). The...
View ArticleIt Came from Chicago! John Carter and the Princess of Mars (Photos)
"...although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines."--Edgar Rice...
View ArticleThe 'John Carter' movie you could have seen, and probably didn't. (Photos)
You thought the John Carter movie currently in theatres was the first one?Wrong.Three years ago, another group of actors brought Carter, Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkas, and the rest of the characters...
View ArticleThe 'John Carter' movie you almost saw! (Photos)
The idea of doing a movie with almost total CGI sets and effects was unheard-of before 2004. Remember, this was before Sin City or Avatar.But, when Kerry Conran actually made the first major studio...
View ArticleThe animated 'John Carter' movie you almost saw! (Photos)
Yesterday we showed you a proposed John Carter movie from 2004-2005 that never got produced.Today, we'll present what could have been not only the very first John Carter feature film, but the first...
View Article"We'll always have Chicago!" at a special screening of 'Casablanca' on March 21
That's not what Rick said to Ilsa in Casablanca, but it is what you'll be saying next week after you see the Turner Classic Movies Presents Casablanca 70th Anniversary Event on Wednesday, March 21st...
View ArticleIt Came from Chicago! Danai Gurira: performer and playwright
The newest cast member of The Walking Dead tv series is a Chicago theatre scene regular, one who's active behind the scenes as often as in front of the footlights!We're talking about Danai Gurira,...
View ArticleCelebrating a century of Edgar Rice Burroughs at Windy City Pulp & Paper Con.
100 years ago, Chicago writer Edgar Rice Burroughs changed popular fiction with the publication of two novels that redefined the concept of high adventure; A Princess of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes,...
View ArticleIt Came From Chicago! C-M-O Comics. (Photos)
If you drive by the 500 block of S Paulina, you'll see the futuristic structures of the Rush University Medical Center.But, before the medical complex was built, another long-established Chicago...
View ArticleSee the new ...and previous... 'Dark Knight' on a dark night this Thursday
You might think it odd to come to Regal Theatres' City North Stadium 14, Webster Place 11, or any of nine other Chicagoland venues before 6 pm on July 19th for the midnight show of the new Batman...
View ArticleBatman, Rush Limbaugh, and the Bane of Bain (Photos)
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of the Evil Left-Wing Conspiracy?Rush Limbaugh does! He asks...Do you think it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire-breathing, four-eyed...
View ArticleIt Came from Chicago! Revolution (Photos)
Several new TV series set in Chicago are debuting over the next couple of weeks.All of them are filming on location in the Second City...except for Revolution which debuts Monday, the same night as...
View ArticleIt Came from Chicago! 'Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing'
50 years ago today, several unearthly beings rampaged in and around the O'Hare Inn, panicking the guests and creating havoc.What's that? You never heard about it?Surprising, since it was covered on...
View ArticleThe mystery of Indiana Jones and the University of Chicago (Photos)
Did you know the famed archaeologist Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. attended the University of Chicago?Do you even know who Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. is?Perhaps you know him by his nickname; Indiana...
View Article'Lights Out, Everybody' returns dramatic radio to Chicago
Back in the 1930s, the Merchandise Mart was more than just a glorified showroom.It was Chicago's equivalent to New York's Radio City. And, it had the world's largest live broadcast radio studio, from...
View ArticleIs Barbara Byrd-Bennett the new Fredric Wertham? (Photos)
There are pictures for children who know how to look--Dr Fredric WerthamIn 1954, book burnings became commonplace in the United States as a psychiatrist proclaimed that comic books caused juvenile...
View Article'Archer: the Animated Series' goes 'Live' at the Chicago Theatre (Photos)
Archer Live!, featuring the cast and producers of FX’s hit animated series Archer, is coming to The Chicago Theatre on Friday April 5.The show features a live reading of classic scenes enhanced with...
View ArticleWhere to go in Chicago to celebrate Free Comic Book Day (Photos)
Tomorrow, May 4th, is Free Comic Book Day.A number of comic book stores throughout Chicago will host signings and sketches by artists and writers, contests, and giveaways of free comics, buttons, and...
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