By Nolan P. Smith Today Image Comics made a ton of exciting creator-owned announcements at Image Expo. Out of the titles announced, quite a few caught my eye; like the hardcover edition of the online hit, Private Eye, the Invincible reboot, Mark Millar’s Huck, and the pro wrestling book Ringside. Check out the news from Image Comics below: “I’m so […]
By Staff Reports Blooming out of the worldwide success—over one million copies sold!—of Plants vs. Zombies™: Lawnmageddon, Plants vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse, and the new Plants vs. Zombies ongoing series comes a new comic masterpiece, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare! In the first Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare video game from Electronic Arts, Dr. Zomboss and his legions of zombie minions […]
By Staff Reports Join comiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform, at this year’s Comic-Con International for panels, giveaways, signings, sales and more at their booth, panels and online from July 8th to July 12th at the San Diego Convention Center! ComiXology (booth #2547) will be hosting ten panels this year at the show and during every panel a limited supply […]
By Staff Reports FOX International Studios (FIS) today announced that Atticus Ross, Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning composer, producer and electronic musician is on board to score Robert Kirkman’s upcoming exorcism drama, Outcast, produced for Cinemax by FOX International Studios (FIS). This marks Ross’ television series score debut. Ross’ acclaimed film work includes the score for David Fincher’s The […]
By Staff Reports This November legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novelist Christopher Golden and Dark Horse Comics will unleash the first ever comic book appearance of their character Joe Golem from their novel Joe Golem and the Drowning City. A five issue Joe Golem: Occult Detective mini-series will be co-written by frequent collaborators Mignola and Golden, […]
By Staff Reports Bestselling writer Ales Kot (ZERO, MATERIAL) and artist Matt Taylor (ZERO) team up to launch an all-new fantasy crime-noir series with WOLF #1, coming this July. In an in-depth interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kot detailed his inspiration for the new epic: “… if I go to where the inspiration really came from…it could be simply the image […]
By Nolan P. Smith Marvel Comics announced a new #1 today, and this time its with an all new, all different jade giant in The Totally Awesome Hulk #1, set to hit this fall by one of the Hulk’s most impactful writers, Greg Pak (Planet Hulk, anyone?) and one of my favorite artists, Frank Cho (Savage Wolverine!). “For decades, Dr. […]
By Staff Reports (Los Angeles, CA)— As announced on The Hollywood Reporter, award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is excited to reveal that Michael Keaton (Birdman, Batman) will star in and produce a film adaptation at 20th Century Fox of the comic series Imagine Agents, created by Brian Joines. Written by Joines (Krampus) and illustrated by Bachan (Rocket Salvage), Imagine Agents is […]
By Staff Reports The Sorcerer Supreme returns for his first ongoing series in nearly twenty years! And he’s making house calls! Today, Marvel is pleased to announce DOCTOR STRANGE #1 – a new ongoing series from blockbuster creators Jason Aaron (Star Wars, Thor) and Chris Bachalo (Uncanny X-Men, Avengers)! Prepare for a side of the Marvel Universe you’ve never […]
By Jason T. Smith This summer definitely belongs to the dinosaurs. First you have a mega blockbuster in Jurassic World, which is just smashing all the box office records at the theaters. Then you have something truly special hitting comic stores in Age of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians by Ricardo Delgado. Dark Horse Comics has once again graced us with the […]
By Nolan P. Smith Bruce Timm, the man behind some of the most iconic animated series of all time (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited) is back with another animated project with DC Comics. This time, its an alternate take on the universe that’s for a mature audience with Justice League: Gods and Monsters. The animated film hits stores […]
By Nolan P. Smith Bruce Timm, the man behind some of the most iconic animated series of all time (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited) is back with another animated project with DC Comics. This time, its an alternate take on the universe that’s for a mature audience with Justice League: Gods and Monsters. The animated film hits stores […]
By Nolan P. Smith Bruce Timm, the man behind some of the most iconic animated series of all time (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited) is back with another animated project with DC Comics. This time, its an alternate take on the universe that’s for a mature audience with Justice League: Gods and Monsters. The animated film hits stores […]
By Staff Reports New York Times bestselling writer Matt Fraction (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) teams up with Christian Ward (INFINITE VACATION, Olympus) for an expansive, immersive, retelling of Homer’s classic epic in ODY-C. The first five issues of the series will be collected into trade paperback and available this June. An epic 26 centuries in the making, ODY-C, VOL. 1 is […]
By Staff Reports With an average of 9.6 million viewers per week, Gotham has captured and held the attention of audiences since the premiere episode which delivered FOX’s highest-rated fall drama debut in 14 years with Adults 18–49. Before the series returns to FOX for a second season this fall, fans can now enjoy all 22 episodes – plus nearly […]
By Nolan P. Smith It is time once again to shine the spotlight down on a well deserving Kickstarter project: this time, its the graphic novel, Reach. So, without further adieu… Let’s Kickstart This! What is Reach? Here’s straight from their Kickstarter page: Reach is a three-part adventure that follows a family line over three distinctly different time periods as […]
By Staff Reports Holy Mae Jemison! BOOM! Studios is thrilled to announce that the first four printings of the Lumberjanes Volume 1 trade paperback have sold out at the distributor level in just seven weeks of release. The publisher is rushing back to press for a fifth printing of the collection that debuted at #7 on The New York Times […]
By Staff Reports BiblioBoard announced a new partnership with Valiant Entertainment to bring the publisher’s award-winning library to BiblioBoard’s Comics and Graphic Novels catalog for digital consumption in libraries nationwide. Spanning nearly one thousand titles, from Bloodshot to Divinity to Quantum and Woody and X-O Manowar, Valiant’s beloved universe of superhero characters are now available at the click of a button on BiblioBoard Library with […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith Writers: Paul Jenkins and Matthew Daley Art by Carlos Magno Created by Trevor Crafts (Victor Valley)—When Archaia Entertainment/ Boom! Studios announced Lantern City a few months ago, I was stoked. I love the Steampunk genre and all it entails, and the promo art I saw looked amazing. So how is the first issue of Lantern […]
By Nolan P. Smith We just got the first look of the Supergirl trailer from CBS, and now we get the first look at CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow! The spin off of Arrow and the Flash, Legends takes a rag tag group of heroes and villains and puts them in a fight for all of time itself. The team […]
By Staff Reports What happens when you cross Star Trek’s Holodeck with the wacky irreverence of Frederator’s Bravest Warriors? You get Bravest Warriors: Tales from the Holo John, courtesy of BOOM! Studios. (Yes, the Holo John is exactly what you think it is.) And what better way to enjoy this fun, oversized comic adventure than to receive an exclusive variant […]
By Staff Reports Following the critically acclaimed release of The Art of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Dark Horse and Mattel have teamed up once again to deliver another must-have book in 2015: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Minicomic Collection. The toy juggernaut Masters of the Universe and its subsequent action figure lines featured memorable pack-in […]
By Nolan P. Smith Let’s shine the light on another amazing Kickstarter project and help make it a reality! This time, we look at a comic book anthology with some of the best creators in the business: let’s check out Broken Frontier. Here’s from the Kickstarter page: The book has everything: The last man in the galaxy? Check! An immortal […]
By Staff Reports Award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios is excited to announce it will be exhibiting at the first-ever Atlantic City Boardwalk Con (ACBC), a new East Coast-based “Comic/Geek/Cosplay convention” that will take place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the weekend of May 14-17. Bruce Boxleitner (Tron, Babylon 5), co-creator of the new Archaia […]
By Nolan P. Smith Ready for another Kickstarter spotlight? How about a Viking woman and Norse Gods? Welcome to Heathen. But hurry, the Kickstarter campaign ends May 8th! Here’s the low down on it straight from Kickstarter: A young Viking woman is on a mission to end the tyrannical reign of god-king Odin during a time of warfare, slavery, and […]
By Nolan P. Smith David Ayer, director of the upcoming Suicide Squad, tweeted out two photos today: one of a group shot of Task Force X (AKA Suicide Squad), and one of Will Smith all decked out in his Deadshot attire. What do you think? I think… wow. What a great looking group. Here’s the breakdown of who’s who: Margot […]
By Nolan P. Smith That first week of May usually means two things: one, the big Marvel movie of the year has just hit the silver screen, and two: Free Comic Book Day is here! What’s Free Comic Book Day? It’s one day a year where participating comic book stores receive special free edition comic books and give them to […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—In 2012, the world was given the cinematic juggernaut known as the Avengers. A film featuring Marvel Comics elite mega team is something comic book fans have wished would happen for years, and it didn’t disappoint. The sequel is now here, the Age of Ultron is upon us. But how do you top what […]
By Staff Reports It was the series that changed comics forever. And at long last – it will be completed. This September, a tale that began 25 years ago will finally be told in MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN & BUCKINGHAM #1! Visionary comic legends Neil Gaiman (Sandman, 1602) & Mark Buckingham (Fables) bring you a new Age of Miracles and a story of […]
By Staff Reports It was the series that changed comics forever. And at long last – it will be completed. This September, a tale that began 25 years ago will finally be told in MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN & BUCKINGHAM #1! Visionary comic legends Neil Gaiman (Sandman, 1602) & Mark Buckingham (Fables) bring you a new Age of Miracles and a story of […]