Boom! Studios Road to San Diego Annoucement #1 Hits the Mat
First Announcement by Boom! Studios Brings the WWE to the Comic Book World Our first announcement in the #RoadToSanDiego is out! We have partnered with WWE for new comics!
BOOM! Studios 2016 Road to San Diego Kicks Off
By Nolan P. Smith The Countdown to Comic Con is on! BOOM! Studios in known for announcing a plethora of new projects as we build up to the San Diego Comic Con, and 2016 is no different! Get ready for Boom! Studios Road to San Diego, bringing announcements galore as we get 10 announcements in 10 days! Here’s a teaser […]
Semiautomagic Review: Magic, Monsters, and Mayhem.
De Campi and Ordway Bring Terror to Comics the Right Way By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer Recently, Virtual Reality (VR) video games took the spotlight at the E3 trade show because of their immersive experience. Imagine a video game that not only immersed the user into the fictional world, but also stole their soul from their body as well! […]
Frank Cho- Apes & Babes Book One Review- Dinosaurs + Beautiful Women + Cho= A Hit
Cho’s amazing artwork showcased Review by Nolan P. Smith Frank Cho is outstanding, in case you didn’t know. The comic book creator has worked on projects all across the board: from Shanna the She Devil, Savage Wolverine and Mighty Avengers with Marvel to Jungle Girl, Red Sonja, Liberty Meadows and more. With Apes & Babes, we get a sampling of […]
Mouse Guard: Art & Bricks Review: Bricktastic
Mouse Guard springs to life in brick form with new art book Review by Nolan P. Smith Who loves Mouse Guard? The critically acclaimed series by David Petersen from Boom! Studios/Archaia has been a favorite of mine since it first hit the scene. But what could make Mouse Guard even better? How about brick versions of the rodent heroes, villains […]
Hillbilly #1 Review- Powell’s Back with Another Supernatural Hit
Eric Powell Creates Another Likeable Loner with Hillbilly Review by Nolan P. Smith Eric Powell is one of my favorite comic book creators. If you don’t know who the man is, then stop what you are doing and go check out his amazing series The Goon from Dark Horse Comics. So when I saw he was putting out a new […]
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank #2 Review- Business Picked Up
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank Continues to Walk with Greatness Review by Nolan P. Smith With the sophomore issue for Black Mask Studios’ 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, we get more superb characterization, dialogue, and some major occurrences that put this book passed the speed limit before you know it. From writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Tyler Boss, […]
Green Valley Will Enchant You- Check out a Preview
Screenwriter Max Landis and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli embark to Green Valley from Image Comics Beloved screenwriter and creator Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra, Superman: American Alien) teams up with penciler Giuseppe Camuncoli (Amazing Spider-Man), inker Cliff Rathburn, colorist Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and letterer Pat Brosseau for an all-new miniseries from Image/Skybound Entertainment called GREEN VALLEY. It will launch this October. The knights of Kelodia […]
Dark Horse Announces San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Exclusives
Dark Horse is proud to announce its selection of exclusive merchandise for San Diego Comic-Con International 2016! From the anticipated Game of Thrones Night King bust to variant covers by some of the most talented artists in the comics industry, Dark Horse has fans covered! All exclusive merchandise will be available at the Dark Horse booth (#2615) for all of […]
Watertower Music to Release the Music of DC Comics: Volume 2 Celebrating the Musical History of DC Comics from 1940 to 2016
Celebrate the Musical Landscape of DC Comics with this release By Staff Reports WaterTower Music announced today the July 15, 2016 release of The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2 on CD and Digital formats, with Double Vinyl coming soon. A follow-up companion piece to 2010’s critically acclaimed The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection, Volume 2 of the […]
BOOM! Studios to Publish Spanish-Language Version of Sombra
Spanish version of Sombra to hit on the same date as the English language version By Staff Reports To reach a wider audience for its upcoming limited series Sombra, BOOM! Studios announced it will publish a Spanish-language version day and date alongside the English-language version. In addition, BOOM! has partnered with publisher Editorial Kamite to publish Spanish-language editions of the […]
Lucas Stand #1 Review- Taking a Stand
By Art Macias Contributing Guest Reviewer This week’s comic book review for me came in the form of Kurt Sutter’s Lucas Stand from Boom Studios. This series comes from the mind of Kurt Sutter, from a little TV show known as Sons of Anarchy. As we first meet the main character Lucas, we see him battling his own demons, as […]
Divinity II #3 Review: Battle of the Gods
By Nolan P. Smith The first Divinity series by Valiant was simply amazing. Having Russian cosmonaut Abram Adams come back to Earth decades later and with the powers of a God was enough to put not only the Valiant Universe on notice, but the comic book industry as well. With Divinity II, we saw that another cosmonaut that traveled with […]
Superman: Action Comics #958 Review: Here Comes Doomsday
By Nolan P. Smith Last issue’s Rebirth kick off was full of reveals and surprises: Superman is dead, Lex Luthor takes up the S shield to defend Metropolis, the old Superman reveals himself, a new Clark Kent is revealed, and the murderous monster Doomsday is back and ready to fight. That’s a great way for this storyline to kick off. […]
The Unbelievable Gwenpool #3 Review: Breaking the Wall
By Nolan P. Smith Gwenpool could have been an utter disaster. The idea, spawned from a variant cover featuring Gwen Stacy dressed in a pink Deadpool suit (sans pants), this book could have easily been written off as a cash grab to the Deadpool popularity. Instead, for the first three issues, this book has been fun, funny and a joy […]
Dept H #3 Review: The Plot Rises
By Nolan P. Smith In the last issue of Dept H, we saw siblings Mia and Raj, as part for a three man team, going down into the depths of the sea only to be attacked by what appeared to be a giant squid. With Raj missing and Mia knocked out of the loop, the danger only gets greater with […]
Wonder Woman #1 Review: A New Way Home
By Nolan P. Smith As her Rebirth Special laid the groundwork, this beginning to the new series starring Wonder Woman shows the Amazonian Princess trying to sort through her past to see what’s real and what isn’t, which leads her down a path to a very familiar face. Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp deliver an outstanding debut issue here: not […]
Jade Street Protection Services #1 is magically appearing in comic shops next week
Black Mask Releases First All Ages Comic with Jade Street Protection Services Next Wednesday sees the release of JADE STREET PROTECTION SERVICES #1- the story of 5 bad girls at a school for young witches. JADE STREET PROTECTION SERVICES is our first All Ages book, but it’s All Ages done the Black Mask way. In this new series that mashes The Breakfast […]
QC Entertainment to Finance Michael Sheen’s Feature Film Directorial Debut “Green River Killer”
Green River Killer Moves Forward to the Silver Screen, Dark Horse Entertainment and Sheen To Produce QC Entertainment announced today the company will produce and finance the true crime thriller “Green River Killer,” which marks the feature film directorial debut of acclaimed actor Michael Sheen who will also star in the film. The screenplay written by Sheen made the coveted […]
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank and comic shops next week
By Nolan P. Smith Next Wednesday sees the release of the dramatic-ish second issue of breakout hit 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK, brought to you by the number 4 and Black Mask Studios! 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK #2 Written by: Matthew Rosenberg Art by: Tyler Boss Lettered by: Thomas Mauer In Stores: June 29th What’s 4 Kids Walk Into […]
HORROR FANS BE-A-WARE! Dark Horse’s “Harrow County” in Halloween ComicFest 2016
Harrow County to be a part of the fifth Halloween ComicFest celebration Dark Horse is proud to announce that Harrow County #1 is being offered as part of the fifth Halloween ComicFest celebration. The heart-stopping thriller from the creative minds of Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook is one of 32 titles — 19 full-sized comics and 13 minicomics — available […]
Plutona Fans Will Enjoy a Limited Edition Hardcover This July
Lemire and Lenox’s Plutona Gets Collected in July Master storyteller Jeff Lemire (Descender, Sweet Tooth) and critically-acclaimed artist Emi Lenox (EmiTown) bring readers a heartfelt and heartbreaking coming-of-age tale exploring friendship and loss in PLUTONA. Image Comics is pleased to announce that PLUTONA will be available as a limited edition hardcover as well as in trade paperback this July. In PLUTONA, five […]
Injustice 2- Brings Grodd and the Red Lanterns to Fighting Game Lore
Injustice 2 Officially Announced, Gameplay Shows Off New Characters By Nolan P. Smith Fans of Netherrealm Studios Injustice: Gods Among Us have been having a great week as Injustice 2 was officially announced. The fighting game, taking mechanics from the Mortal Kombat series, puts the cast of the DC Comics universe against each other in a very bleak future. The […]
4001 A.D. Bloodshot #1 Review: Can’t Keep a Soldier Down
4001 A.D. Bloodshot Brings the Anti-Hero to the Future By Nolan P. Smith Valiant Entertainment’s 4001 A.D. has been an outstanding series so far. The one shots, like this one centering around Bloodshot, give us more of a history and background to the legacies the characters we know from the Valiant Universe will leave behind, especially when fast forwarding to […]
Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 Review: Nothing is Real
Wonder Woman Rebirth has the Amazonian Warrior Questioning Her Own Past By Nolan P. Smith With DC’s Rebirth comes change, and change is definitely in the air for one of DC’s big three, Wonder Woman. With this Rebirth special, we get to see what Diana’s life is life during the seismic shift of Rebirth, and where that might take her […]