Podcast Alert! SDCC Giveaways!

This is a podcast alert, letting you know that today at 6 p.m. on our Facebook page (facebook.com/pastramination), we will be having our Comic Con podcast LIVE! We will be giving away convention exclusives as well! Once the podcast is over, leave a comment here with the answer to this week’s question to be entered for a chance to win! […]

SDCC 2017- Mezco One 12 Collective

Mezco Once Again Wowed At SDCC By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Jason T. Smith One of the best lines of action figures going right now has to be the Mezco One 12 Collective. 1/12 scale figures with detailed, cloth costumes, it’s like taking the awesomeness of a Hot Toys figure and bringing it down to a more manageable scale […]

SDCC 2017- Cosplay Round 1!

Cosplayers took center stage at the San Diego Comic Con By Nolan P. Smith When you think of conventions, you think of long lines, autographs, and, of course, cosplay. The cosplayers were out in full effect in San Diego, this is a mere sampling of the amazing cosplay around the convention floor. More photos coming soon!

SDCC 2017: Bluefin Tamashii Nations

Tamashii Nations Shows Off New Goku Black, Warrior Monk Darth Maul and More By Nolan P. Smith Bluefin Tamashii Nations has brought us so many great action figures in the past from Bandai. At the San Diego Comic Con, the company showed off the latest figures ready to invade stateside, including the much anticipated Goku Black, Warrior Monk Darth Maul, […]

SDCC 2017: Check out the trailer for ABC’s Inhumans

Inhumans Hits IMAX September 1 By Nolan P. Smith At the San Diego Comic Con, ABC showed the world a brand new trailer for their upcoming series, Inhumans. The hotly anticipated new Marvel series follows Marvel’s own royal family in an adventure that crosses from the silver screen to the TV screen. The first two episodes will debut on September […]

Advance Review: Redlands #1

By Amie Macias I don’t know about you, but I have been waiting for this book to come out since I first heard mention of it months ago. Let me tell you, it does not disappoint. Image Comics brings us another astounding debut with Redlands #1, which is set to be released on August 9th.

San Diego Comic Con Kicks Off This Week

Comic Con Brings Plenty to the Convention Center and Downtown San Diego By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—In Southern California, the summer means vacation, beach visits, and the return of the San Diego Comic Con. Pastrami Nation will once again be covering the show all week, bringing you a ton of photos and information throughout the week.

Grant Morrison featured on Nerdist Writer’s Panel LIVE at Black Mask Pre-Comic Con Bash in Hollywood

Join the Pre Comic Con Bash This Monday with The Nerdist Writers Panel and Black Mask By Staff Reports THE NERDIST WRITERS PANEL has teamed with BLACK MASK for a special event this Monday, July 17th in Hollywood at THE HOTEL CAFE: a live performance of The Writers Panel with special guest GRANT MORRISON and a murderer’s row of some of Black […]

Spencer & Locke Optioned By Prime Universe Films

Action Lab series Spencer & Locke Makes the Leap from the Comic Page By Staff Reports Action Lab Entertainment is pleased to announce SPENCER & LOCKE, Action Lab’s critically acclaimed new crime series from writer David Pepose and artist Jorge Santiago, Jr., has been optioned for film by Hitman film producer Adrian Askarieh and his company Prime Universe Films. You can […]

Image Comics Exclusives at San Diego Comic Con

Image Comics Brings Hardcovers, Comics, Statues and More to San Diego By Staff Reports Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego this year for San Diego Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 19th through Sunday, July 23rd. Please note: updates to the schedule may appear online during the show. Please refer to the www.imagecomics.com post for the most up-to-date information.

Spider-Man: Homecoming Review- Welcome Home

The latest Spider-Man film brings the web slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in style By Nolan P. Smith It’s been a long road for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. From his big screen debut in 2002 to fast forwarding to 2017, the wall crawler has had five solo films, all apart from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Captain America: Civil […]

Secret Weapons #1 Review: Not All Powers Are Super

Valiant unleashes the extremely entertaining Secret Weapons By Nolan P. Smith We have all wondered about it: what if you had a super power? What would you pick? Flight? Invincibility? X-ray vision? With Secret Weapons, we get to see some of the powers no one would ever hope for, and yet, we root for these “heroes” to succeed.

Beautiful Canvas #1 Review: The Art of Killing

Black Mask starts a master class in killing with Beautiful Canvas By Nolan P. Smith It’s no secret: I have been a fan of Black Mask Studio since their inception. From Space Riders to We Can Never Go Home, Black Mask has created a number of astounding and creative titles. With their latest title, Beautiful Canvas, we get a book […]

Babyteeth #1 Review

By Amie Macias AfterShock Comics has brought the world a variety of books: from a legendary historic hero team up to a world overran by talking animals. Now, AfterShock brings us the beginning of the end with Babyteeth. When earthquakes announce the arrival of little baby Clark, his naive mother of 16, Sadie, has no idea what she’s unleashed. She […]

Doctor Who Review: A Tale of Two Masters

By Daniel Schwartz Warning: Spoilers below for the episode “World Enough and Time”. Any Whovian that watched social media knew John Simm would be reprising his fan-favorite role as The Master. Who knew he would do it so dramatically? Beginning the episode with a hilarious scene where Missy assumes the role of Doctor Who and tries to see how she […]