By Staff Reports Ryan Burton and John Bivens, debut creators who caught the eye of comics veteran J.H. Williams III (Sandman, Promethea, Batwoman) early on, bring to fruition an all-new ongoing series that blends elements of dark fantasy and action with mystery in DARK ENGINE. The project first came to Image Comics’ publisher, Eric Stephenson, with high praise from bestselling […]
By Staff Reports The biggest characters, the best stories, and the most iconic moments. Celebrate over seven decades of Marvel myth-making with September’s commemorative MARVEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE, a fitting tribute to the storied history of the House of Ideas! Featuring a look back at the comics that started it all, and a look forward at the universe they spawned, […]
By Staff Reports The critically acclaimed videogame series Borderlands, begins an epic new canonical chapter this July in the original comic mini-series The Fall of Fyrestone, from IDW Publishing. Returning to the strange and deadly world of Pandora are Roland, Mordecai, Lilith, and Brick, who embark on an adventure as bizarre as the planet itself! Following the footsteps of IDW’s […]
By Staff Reports The Walking Dead Escape tickets for Petco Park in San Diego are now on sale! This event takes place right across the street from San Diego Comic-Con International on July 25th and 26th. Run, jump, crawl, and dodge the dead to see if you can survive the apocalypse! Or become one of the undead and stalk the […]
By Staff Reports Announced today at Special Edition: NYC Comic book convention: Devil’s Due Entertainment continues its trend of acquiring creator-owned properties as it signs Ashley M Witter (Interview with a Vampire: Claudia’s Story) and Ash Maczko to bring their long anticipated saga of Squarriors to the printed page. Squarriors features the story of a small group of animals surviving […]
By Nolan P. Smith This project is in the final 7 days! Make sure to check it out and back it, they are so close and this project deserves to be made!!! New stretch goals, new add ons, now is the time!!! Check it out on Kickstarter at: http://bit.ly/ksonthecoastofdreams. Dreams are something that so many of us question, examine, and […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)— The X-Men franchise has had its ups and downs. With the first film, the world was introduced to Marvel Comic’s merry mutants, and the second one retained the momentum. Then came “X-Men: The Last Stand”, which seemingly buried the franchise with one film. With 2011’s “X-Men: First Class”, we got a new, younger cast […]
By Nolan P. Smith YES! Ben Templesmith, the man behind the visual side of 30 Days of Night, has returned to IDW with The Squidder! Templesmith has a one of a kind style: scratchy yet emotion packed. I have had the pleasure of meeting Templesmith on numerous occasions, and he is a class act! I even have a blank “Death […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– Check out the latest issues, coming soon from the Art of Fiction! I have had a chance to check out some of their previous books, and they are amazing! Very cool short stories, visually stunning, make sure to check these out! Both prestige format books are available for direct purchase from Art of […]
By Staff Reports On the heels of their hit video “Walter White vs. Rick Grimes,” which has received more than 10 million views since its debut on May 5, “Epic Rap Battles of History” (ERB), Maker Studios’ record-breaking series is back with its eighth battle of the season: Goku vs. Superman, featuring special guest Ray William Johnson. This battle is […]
By Nolan P. Smith “I am Groot!” The second trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is here, and it is amazing! The film, which follows a rag tag band of intergalactic misfits as they try to save the universe, has been questioned by many as the characters aren’t exactly Iron Man caliber. But this film is fully aware of […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville, CA)– “I hate sequels.” That is what I always hear from friends, acquaintances and random strangers. But why? Sequels have the opportunity to ramp up the quality since the first film. They can learn and adapt from mistakes and build off of the character development set forth in the initial film. So, with […]
By Nolan P. Smith By now, everyone has probably seen the pic of Ben Affleck as Batman for the new Superman/Batman movie, as well as his Batmobile. Now, from what I have seen, the reactions are mixed: some absolutely love the look, and some say the ears are too short, or the suit isn’t original enough. What do I think? […]
By Nolan P. Smith Friday nights are about to get a bit creepier this fall. NBC has announced that Constantine will not only be coming this fall, but will be on Fridays, sharing the night with Grimm. What’s Constantine? Many have seen the film starring Keanu Reeves, but this focuses more on the source material: that being the Hellblazer comic […]
By Nolan P. Smith Because the world of Kickstarter is so unpredictable, we have another project to spotlight already! This time, it is one that Kickstarter backers should know by now: it’s Devin Kraft’s Dragon Slayer. Check it out on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cheshirecatart/dragon-slayer-the-collected-edition Already a hit with volumes one and two, now Devin Kraft is back with not only the […]
By Staff Reports With more than two hundred issues and counting, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is among comics’ most monumental achievements. In celebration of thirty years of the marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo is set to return in an all-new six-issue miniseries, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, followed by the debut of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga collection! Twenty years in his […]
By Staff Reports (Burbank, CA)– Batman, one of the world’s most valiant super heroes, faces a villainous squad of criminals in an epic battle of good vs. evil in the DC Universe Original Movie, Batman: Assault on Arkham. Set in the world of the best-selling Batman: Arkham video game series, this action-packed film takes place between the Batman: Arkham Origins […]
By Staff Reports This August, the burning question of what happened to one of the greatest heroes of in the Marvel Universe finally gets answered in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #18 – an Original Sin tie-in! New York Times Bestselling creators Brian Michael Bendis and Ed McGuinness bring you the blockbuster answer to the question on everyone’s mind: What happened […]
By Staff Reports Join Kyle Higgins (Batman, Nightwing), Alec Siegel (Captain America, Avengers), and Rod Reis (Justice League) in their all-new ongoing Image Comics series C.O.W.L., set in 1960s Chicago. In C.O.W.L., a labor union of superheroes must work together to regain the confidence of the public and ferret out threats inside and outside their offices… and the comics industry […]
By Staff Reports Hot on the heels of its most successful anniversary sale to date, Dark Horse Digital announces a very special limited offer for Star Wars Day! Starting today, get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star […]
By Staff Reports While many comics fans are headed to their local comic shop to get their free goodies this weekend, Dark Horse launches the hottest web comic of the year at ProjectBlackSky.net! Intrigued by the investigations of the conspiracy blog IWatchTheSky.com, Dark Horse Comics has done some digging and uncovered some of the mysterious Project Black Sky’s secret files. […]
By Nolan P. Smith When I saw this come across my email, I knew Marvel had another genius idea. Much like the 2099 series, we get to see a glimpse of the Marvel Universe in the year 2061, which will be the 100th year anniversary for the House of Ideas. Looking at the info and the artwork… I am psyched!!!! […]
By Staff Reports Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed miniseries Buzzkill, Donny Cates is set to release a twelve-issue series blending big rigs and conspiracies in Ghost Fleet! Written by Cates, with art by Daniel Warren Johnson (Space-Mullet) and colors by Lauren Affe, Ghost Fleet is sure to be one hell of a wild ride! For the world’s […]
By Nolan P. Smith You still have time! Tomorrow, the Kickstarter campaign for the The Dark Tales of the Brothers Harrow comes to a close! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1511147434/the-dark-tales-of-the-brothers-harrow-volume-i) Thanks to the support of everyone, they have reached their goal, but it’s not done yet… tt is stretch goal time, and I am hoping to unlock the art book… it could happen! Just […]
By Staff Reports (Burbank)– Marvel Television is proud to announce acclaimed artist Stephanie Hans (Journey Into Mystery, Young Avengers) as the newest recruit for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Art of Level 7, a new initiative uniting top artists from around the world to celebrate the final six episodes of the series’ inaugural season (airing Tuesdays, 8|7c on the ABC […]
By Staff Reports (New York)– You already know All-New Marvel NOW! has everyone buzzing – and today Marvel is proud to announce that even more red-hot titles have sold out at the distributor level and will immediately return to press! Missed out on great titles like ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER #2, IRON FIST: THE LIVING WEAPON #1, CAPTAIN MARVEL #2, DEADPOOL […]
By Staff Reports These are dark times in Strakhelm, but almost none of the realm’s subjects know that they are living under a shadow. The royal family has been slaughtered by shapeshifting nightmare creatures called the Umbral, and the only witness is a young girl — a thief named Rascal. In UMBRAL VOLUME ONE: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, coming from […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photographs by Jason T. Smith (Victor Valley)—This past weekend, the Anaheim Convention Center became the hub for super heroes, zombies, villains, monsters, fans and more as WonderCon once again rolled into Southern California. The pop culture convention is known for its extraordinary cosplayers and magnet for anything in the pop culture universe: comic book publishers, […]
By Staff Reports (Anaheim)—Dark Horse Comics is pleased to debut Dark Ages, another cosmic thrill ride from Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dan Abnett! The creators of Vertigo’s The New Deadwardians, Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard, deliver medieval sci-fi action in Dark Ages! The medieval world is locked in war. As a godless mercenary company slogs across Europe in search of […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Jason T. Smith Pastrami Nation (Anaheim)– WonderCon will be coming to a close soon, but it has been an amazing time! The convention once again took place at the Anaheim Convention Center, and had something for everyone. From comic publishers, indie publishers, artists, writers, video game companies, all sorts of vendors, food trucks, and […]