An epic is now animated. The Dark Knight Returns, the modern day classic Batman tale by Frank Miller, is now a two part animated film from DC Entertainment. Released today was the first trailer, and from what I saw, I’m impressed! Hardcore Bat-fans will know all too well the story of The Dark Knight Returns, but for those that don’t, […]
Beautiful Music. Hans Zimmer, the world renowned musician/composer, created an exclusive track to help benefit those affected by the Batman Movie Massacre. Aurora is a beautiful, haunting track, and it can be yours for as low as 10 cents. That’s right, 10 cents. By donating anywhere from 10 cents all the way to a $1,000 dollars, you can download the […]
Through tragedy, we shall rise. I wanted to pass this along, as I have heard many artists and writers pledging their support to help the families affected by the Aurora, CO tragedy. I have seen tweets and emails with various Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics creators all doing their part to help. This is the latest that I saw, […]
Time is, as they say, fleeting. Digger, the founder of Art Asylum and the creator of the most amazing mini-figures out there, Minimates, is down to 9 days to fund his awesome new project, Agent 88. What’s Agent 88? Agent 88 is the world’s deadliest assassin, who also happens to be an 88 year old British woman who is one […]
Who really is the best there is at what they do? The people over at Super Power Beat Down (http://superpowerbeatdown.com/SPBD.html) have made an amazing live action battle between the Dark Knight and the Astonishing X-Man. VERY high production quality, the actors give a SPOT ON performance: this is something comic fans NEED to see! Take a look, check out their […]
Three is better than two. Today, on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page, the word broke that the two film The Hobbit franchise will now become a three film series. Great news for fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as it looks like Jackson and his team will be able to tell even more of the stories we clamor for. […]
(Photo by Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation) Living in a gamer’s paradise. Today, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, officially announced that it will stay in Los Angeles at least to 2015. Word going around was that the expo might be leaving the city of angels, so this is great news for west coasters who crave the biggest stage […]
Whoever that man is…good character or bad… is gonna change the world… Those are the words of Pa Kent, played by Kevin Costner in next year’s Man of Steel, and from the trailer many of us saw before The Dark Knight Rises. However, have you heard the Jor-El version? Check out the video below, as it has both trailers in […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith Writer: Evan Dorkin Artist: Jill Thompson Release Date: August 1st, 2012 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Website: www.darkhorse.com Back in 2005, Beasts of Burden took home a prestigious Will Eisner Industry Award for Best Short Story. In 2010, it received another for Best Publication for Teens. If you are reading this and still have no clue […]
The best things in life are free. Starting today and running until next Sunday, August 5th, 2012, Pastrami Nation will be holding a contest as we giveaway from SDCC 2012 swag! We will be giving away ONE SDCC 2012 Battle Beast Clear Blue Vorin, ONE SDCC 2012 WWE The Rock Rumbler and ONE SDCC 2012 Sideshow Collectibles Gift Card (which […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Writer: Malachai Nicolle Artist: Ethan Nicolle Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Website: www.darkhorse.com I first heard about Axe Cop in late 2010, and wow, was I blown away. Created by brothers Malachai and Ethan Nicolle, the book did something I had never seen: it put a child in the writer’s chair. You see, Malachai was […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Writer: John Layman Artist: Rob Guillory Publisher: Image Comics Website: www.imagecomics.com FOR MATURE READERS A death defying, tough as nails, secret agent rooster; if that premise doesn’t scream about the originality in comics, then I don’t know what does. Spinning out of one of Image Comic’s critically acclaimed titles, Chew, we now get a […]
Here comes a new challenger! Playstation All Stars, Sony’s answer to the mega popular Super Smash Brothers, brings a very diverse mix of characters into the fray, and so far it looks pretty awesome. At SDCC, a trailer was revealed that showed quite a few fighters, including God of War’s Kratos, Uncharted’s Nathan Drake, Tekken’s Heihachi, Bioshock’s Big Daddy, Jak […]
A fitting tribute to an amazing manga. Manji, the violent anti-hero to the hit manga, Blade of the Immortal, will become immortalized in plastic this year as he becomes a 30 centimeter tall (about a foot tall) action figure from Medicom. I mean, take a look at that head sculpt: it’s a dead on likeness to the master killer. Plus, […]
You got knocked the F’ out!!! Here it is, the first poster for the newest film in the Friday series, Last Friday. Reuniting Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, the film also stars Mike Epps and Katt Williams. I don’t know much more about the film, but being a fan of the Friday films, I am excited and optimistic.
A great example of classic film-making. Studio Ghibli and Neon Genesis Evangelion’s Hideaki Anno have made quite the short film. “Kyoshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru” (Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo), is made with no computer animations. Instead, it relies on the classic film techniques of old, like using miniatures and model sized sets. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo […]
Anime lovers, be ready. Funimation, the company that brought the US some of the best animes to date, such as Dragonball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, and more, has announced more great titles coming stateside. Announced at this weekend’s Otakon. Here is the press release straight from Funimation’s blog: Flower Mound, TX –July 28, 2012- FUNimation Entertainment announced today at Otakon […]
Words can’t really describe my shock. I just saw that the Insane Clown Posse are putting out a new album in August. That isn’t the shocking part: their lead single and video is titled Chris Benoit. Yeah. As a huge fan of the Canadian Crippler Chris Benoit, I was in complete shock like everyone else over the murder/suicide incident involving […]
If looks could kill… Director Robert Rodriguez announced via Twitter today that Lady Gaga will be in his next film, Machete Kills. Here is what Rodriguez tweeted: I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills, she kicked SO MUCH ASS! Holy Smokes. Blown away!” Gaga joins an all star cast, which includes Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, […]
That’s A LOT of money! In the same vein as the Cost of Being Batman post (which was posted days ago right here on Pastrami Nation), MoneySuperMarket.com has made a cool visual about what the cost would be to be a real life armored Avenger. Take a look…and let’s see who’s Tony Stark rich…
Change is a good thing. WWE officially announced a few names for the upcoming WWE 13 from THQ. They also provided a new trailer which shows some of the improvements in this newest WWE game. Check out the names below, as well as the new trailer: CM Punk John Cena Sheamus Mark Henry Steve Austin Mike Tyson Chris Jericho Mankind […]
His name is in the records book…or at least the souvenir book. We almost forgot to post up that Pastrami Nation Co-Founder Jason “The 40 Pound Voice” Smith made it into this year’s San Diego Comic Con Souvenir Book! Check out his Iron Man above! In the future, be on the look out for giveaways, such as sketch covers done […]
The Warrior returns! Today, Big Time Wrestling had a major announcement, and the image above is just that. Looks like iconic Warrior (Ultimate Warrior in his WWF days) will be along for BTW’s fall tour. Big Time Wrestling has garnered some of the biggest names in wrestling: from Bobby Lashley, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, The Franchise Shane Douglas, and more. I […]
Damn, do I love a good fighting game. August 7th marks the North American release of anime fighter Persona 4 Arena. Based on the Persona game worlds and from the makers of the fantastic Blazblue series…well, I’m not going to lie, that’s really all I know about it. I did get my hands on it at E3 this year, and […]
It’s the most anticipated film of the summer, maybe even of the year. This is director Christopher Nolan’s swan song to DC Comic’s Dark Knight, Batman. He gave us a great new beginning, and an unforgettable Dark Knight, so how does the third film in the trilogy measure up to the unbelievably high level of expectations? Does the Dark Knight […]
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Image Comics announced today that fan favorite writer Jay Faerber (Near Death, Dynamo 5) is unleashing a new miniseries this fall, alongside Koray Kuranel, who I am not too familiar with, but after doing some research I am very impressed. Point of Impact shows how little we really know about the ones […]
It takes the big bucks to be the Dark Knight. Moneysupermarket.com put up an amazingly well done breakdown of the cost of being Batman, as set in Christopher Nolan’s bat-verse. Very cool, now who has the money to do this???
Now this is worth a look. Digger, the founder of Art Asylum, the company that brought the world the best mini figures in the world, Minimates, has an awesomely cool Kickstarter project running, which includes producing a web series and exclusive Minimates. Check out the Kickstarter project at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1460783231/agent-88-the-web-series, and look at all the different levels of donations and what […]
Photo: DENVERCHANNEL It’s times like this that make real heroes. Christian Bale, the star of the mega hit The Dark Knight Rises, paid a visit to Aurora, CO today to visit with the victims of the Batman Movie Massacre. I have always been a fan of Bale’s, this just make me, and the rest of the world, like him even […]
All good things must come to an end…lets hope just not now. Mattel’s Scott Neitlich, aka Toy Guru, has posted another video addressing the price increase for the Masters of the Universe Classics figures for 2013, how the game plan has changed to finishing in 2016 to trying to tie up loose ends for 2014, and more. Check it out. […]