Showing posts with label The 99. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The 99. Show all posts
Friday, July 04, 2014
ISIL calls for killing of The 99 creator
arabianbusiness.com, ISIL calls for killing of The 99 creator, 4 Jul 2014 "In response, Al Mutawa tweeted: “My work has glorified Islam from the US to China for the past ten years. I really do not believe in ISIL and Qaeda…I don’t care about them”."
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
‘THE 99’
alarabiya.net, ‘THE 99’ to premiere exclusively on MBC3 and Yahoo! Maktoob in Ramadan hope they make it onto UK TV
Monday, September 12, 2011
The 99 - update
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
New JLA/The 99 comic
I've been following this for a while, as The 99 has a presence online, with comics available to download.
Also see last weekend's Carole Cadwalladr, Observer, The 99: the Islamic superheroes fighting side by side with Batman, 24 Oct 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The 99
Eleanor A. Smith, The Atlantic, Comic Belief: When Islam Inspires Superheroes, 13 Apr 2010 interview with Naif al-Mutawa
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Muslim women in comic books
altmuslimah.com, Female, Muslim and Mutant: Muslim women in comic books, 5 Aug 09 "Naif Al-Mutawa's The 99 offers us arguably the best depictions of Muslim female characters to have ever appeared in comic books. One would hope that its realistic portrayals of Muslim women will help inspire more positive depictions of women in mainstream comic books."
OK, so this is non-tech in nature (although you can read The 99 online), but I thought this was an interesting piece that would appeal to readers of this blog (some of whom may peruse comic books from time to time!).
OK, so this is non-tech in nature (although you can read The 99 online), but I thought this was an interesting piece that would appeal to readers of this blog (some of whom may peruse comic books from time to time!).
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The 99
Telegraph, World's first Muslim superheroes, the 99, are headed for British television screens, 20 Aug 09 "They have proved a hit from Morocco to Indonesia and were recently named as one of the top 20 trends sweeping the world by Forbes magazine.
"Now they are being brought to British television by Endemol, the production company behind Big Brother, with a mission to instill Islamic values in children across all faiths."
Times Online, World’s first Muslim superheroes, the 99, out to conquer the West, 20 Aug 09 "Dr al-Mutawa said that the idea came to him while he was riding in a black cab in London from Edgware Road to Harrods, but its seed was sown years before when he worked at the survivors of political torture unit in Bellevue Hospital, New York. Many of the young men he treated were Iraqis who had fled after being tortured under Saddam Hussein’s regime."
The Times' article has more background detail on al-Mutawa, and the rationale for The 99. I've previously blogged about them, and their comics (including samples) can be found online. Should give Ben 10 a run for his money.
"Now they are being brought to British television by Endemol, the production company behind Big Brother, with a mission to instill Islamic values in children across all faiths."
Times Online, World’s first Muslim superheroes, the 99, out to conquer the West, 20 Aug 09 "Dr al-Mutawa said that the idea came to him while he was riding in a black cab in London from Edgware Road to Harrods, but its seed was sown years before when he worked at the survivors of political torture unit in Bellevue Hospital, New York. Many of the young men he treated were Iraqis who had fled after being tortured under Saddam Hussein’s regime."
The Times' article has more background detail on al-Mutawa, and the rationale for The 99. I've previously blogged about them, and their comics (including samples) can be found online. Should give Ben 10 a run for his money.
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