Aurora Rise Benefit Event-August 25th and 26th

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, […]

The Hobbit Becomes Three Films

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. […]

E3 Expo to Stay in Los Angeles At Least Through 2015

(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 […]

Chopping Block Review: Beasts of Burden-Neighborhood Watch

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 […]

Chopping Block Review- Chew: Secret Agent Poyo #1

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 […]

Funimation Annouces a Slew of New Licenses at Otakon 2012

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 […]

The Cost of Being Iron Man

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…