By Staff Reports The Image Comics programming for Comic-Con International have been announced! Six panels, ranging from an Eisner-nominated creative team’s conversation to star-packed discussions of genre and what’s next for Image Comics, will take place over the four-day convention taking place from July 18 through July 21. The first Image Comics panel of the convention is A Conversation with […]
JULY 11, Milwaukie, OR—Dark Horse Comics is hitting San Diego Comic-Con in style this year, with a jam-packed schedule featuring some of the industry’s best and most notable talent. #NotAtComicCon this year? Now you can follow @DarkHorseComics on Instagram as we take you backstage with creators like Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub), Joss Whedon (Buffy, Serenity), Felicia Day (The […]
NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2013) – Entertainment Weekly is exploding onto the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con scene with more elements than ever before to create the ultimate talent destination at the pop culture extravaganza. For the first time ever, Entertainment Weekly will team up with Entertainment Tonight, the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine and will also air interviews and live […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Well, it’s not the yellow and green suit I was hoping for, but still… Entertainment Weekly revealed an Amazing Spider-Man 2 cover that gives us our first look at Jamie Foxx’s Electro. Now, I know it’s not the classic suit, which I think is one of the best super-villain designs in comics, but this works […]
Review by Christopher Guzman-Pastrami Nation Writer: Joe Casey Artist: David Messina Publisher: Image Comics (www.imagecomics.com) The Bounce Book Two continues to please. Joe Casey and David Messina continue to bring the intrigue of their anti-hero Jasper Jenkins as more is revealed in another great issue. More is revealed about our building bouncing hero as we take a deeper look into […]
(VANCOUVER) – With a week to go until San Diego Comic Con, Arcana Comics (BOOTH 2415) is ready to unleash their list of SDCC Exclusives for 2013! See below for information on our exclusives, including Roddenberry Entertainment’s Worth Exclusive Preview, The Steam Engines of Oz Issue 2 Variant EJ Su Cover, HeadSmash Exclusive Joe Perez Variant Cover, and An Arcana […]
JUNE 25, 2013 —This summer marks the 10th Anniversary of UDON Entertainment’s original comics and graphic novels based on the world-famous Street Fighter® video game series, and we’re celebrating in a big way at San Diego Comic-Con International 2013! The UDON Booth #4529 will feature creative icons of the Street Fighter universe signing and sketching for fans, and three Comic-Con […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Ready to help Kickstart another amazing project? Great! Here’s Fang! I checked out the story, the artwork, and wow, this looks pretty amazing. With art by Gustavo Vazquez (fans may know him from his work at Marvel and DC) and a story by David Atchison (Occult Crime Taskforce), Fang looks to be a pretty solid […]
By Staff Reports Valiant is proud to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) with the Quantum and Woody #1 Liberty Variant with a cover by Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and underground icon Tony Millionaire – debuting this July exclusively at Comic Con International in San Diego, California! Following on the heels of the release of Quantum and Woody #1 […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Do you know who the Ultimo Dragon is? If you are a fan of pro wrestling, then you know damn well who he is. The masked wrestler has amazed crowds in WCW, WWF, and across the globe. I am a huge fan of Ultimo Dragon: he’s an amazingly talented, high flying legend in the squared […]
Seven days!!! You officially have a week to be a part of the amazing Kickstarter project known as Clan of the Vein. Written by Neo Edmund and with artwork by Neil D’Monte and Jason Walton, this looks like it will be a smash hit of a book! Check out the story straight from the Kickstarter page! “You were taught to […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Check out the press release for The Other Dead, an amazing new book coming out from IDW! By Joshua Ortega (Gears of War) and Digger T . Mesch (Agent 88 and WAY, way more)! It’s available for pre-order RIGHT NOW through Previews, so make sure to check it out! It’s zombie animals. ‘Nuff said! Here’s […]
(San Diego) – IDW Publishing is renowned for having great exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con International every year, but 2013 finds them taking it to the next level. See below for a complete list of SDCC exclusives, which promise to be the most sought after of the show! Some of the items will be available for pre-order from IDW’s web […]
Ready for more old school covers? Valiant is back with more 8-Bit covers this October, and this round is just as if not more impressive than June’s covers! I picked up all of the variants the first time around, and I will be sure to do the same with the second! Check out the Tertis-like X-O Manowar cover here, and […]
Review by Chris Guzman-Pastrami Nation Writer: Joe Casey Artist: David Messina Publisher: Image Comics (www.imagecomics.com) A whole new vibe is bubbling from the underground. Our drug fueled super hero is bouncing from one reality to the next in the new series brought to light by Image Comics, The Bounce. Seasoned veterans Joe Casey (Ben 10, Uncanny X-Men, Adventures of Superman) […]
(San Francisco, CA) – The Cartoon Art Museum, The WorkJuice Corporation, Quixotic Transmedia, and Archaia Entertainment are pleased to present artwork from the much-anticipated The Thrilling Adventure Hour graphic novel at the Cartoon Art Museum from June 29 – October 20, 2013. Featuring artwork from all 10 stories, the Thrilling Adventure Hour graphic novel explores brand-new material from series creators Ben Acker & Ben […]
The Marvel booth at San Diego Comic Con International is back! (Booth #2329) Marvel will be taking the event by storm and aims to make this year one to remember! Along with all of the great on-stage panels, creator signings, and special events, Marvel is offering some fantastic new and exclusive merchandise that will be for sale at the booth […]
By Staff Reports Shut up, Daniel-San! Get ready for more fun than a crane kick to the head as Ralph Macchio is headed to Wizard World! That, and colorist Jeff Balke! Check out the info direct from Wizard World: Ralph Macchio, known to millions for roles in The Karate Kid, My Cousin Vinny and Crossroads, will make rare appearances at […]
(TORONTO, ON)– Todd McFarlane, McFarlane Toys founder and Spawn Creator, comes to Fan Expo Canada™, hitting the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from August 22-25, to launch his company’s newest Ubisoft figures and toys. As previously announced, McFarlane Toys will create a wide range of products, including figures, statues, playsets and novelty toys based on the successful Assassin’s Creed® franchise and […]
(New York, NY)—This summer, Dark Horse is proud to publish CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices, an authoritative yet accessible handbook designed to help librarians, educators, and parents navigate the vast and popular field of manga. Prepared by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the freedom to read, CBLDF Presents Manga provides […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Get ready to geek out! MTV has announced their plans for the pop culture phenom known as the San Diego Comic Con, which takes place in July. From panels about Teen Wolf, to an MTV2 Party in the Park, to the release of the graphic novel The Gloom, it looks like MTV is bringing the […]
(Los Angeles) – BOOM! Studios, the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher and two-time winner of Diamond Comics Distributors’ prestigious “Best Publisher” Gem Award, has merged with Eisner and Harvey Award-winning Archaia Entertainment, the publisher of graphic novels including Mouse Guard, A Tale of Sand, Rust, Spera, Cowboy, and Gunnerkrigg Court. BOOM! Studios will be the […]
Kneel before Zod! Today, Warner Bros Interactive announced that General Zod will be making his way to the fighting game, Injustice Gods Among Us. It will be Neatherrealm Studio’s design of the character, not the movie version currently in Man of Steel. Which is odd since a skin for Superman from the movie Man of Steel will be released as […]
(Milwaukie, OR)– Dark Horse Comics is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the beloved series Bloodhound, from writer Dan Jolley (Prototype 2) and artist Leonard Kirk (X-Factor)! Previously published by DC, Bloodhound begins a new five-issue series, Crowbar Medicine, that will take our hero, Travis Clevenger, to new intensities the Big Two would have never allowed—establishing Clev as the […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith Publisher: Self-Published Release May 2013 Website: http://www.godhatesastronauts.com/ You might notice that there is a publisher missing above: well, that’s because this amazing hardcover collection of God Hates Astronauts: The Completely Complete Edition, is self-published by the writer/artist/creator Ryan Browne (his work on Image Comic’s Bedlam is pretty amazing). Though the website Kickstarter, Browne collected his […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation You’ll believe a man can fly: that was the tagline to the now classic 1978 Superman film starring the late, great Christopher Reeve. Bringing the iconic DC Comics character to life is no easy feat, as the weight of the DC Universe’s cinematic fate rests on his cape. The 2006 Superman Returns tried to capture […]
By Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith-PASTRAMI NATION Day one of the 2013 E3 Expo brought in the crowds. Many flocked to Sony and Microsoft to check out their new systems, but the show has so much more. At the Micorsoft booth was a legendary comic book artist and Image Comic’s Co-Founder Todd McFarlane, signing an exclusive Halo print. […]
That was faster…than a speeding bullet! Deadline is reporting that a sequel to Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel is already in the works and fast tracked, with Snyder and David S. Goyer attached. This doesn’t really surprise me given the hype behind this film, as well as all of the positive test screenings so far. Snyder is signed on […]
Writer: Various Artists: Various Publisher: Black Mask Studios Remember when the whole “Occupy Wall Street” stuff was all plastered across the television? The 99% against the 1%? I’m not big on politics, but I remember the argument, I remember what both sides were saying. So, now let’s take a literary and visual look at the situation through the Occupy Comics […]
Review by Jason T. Smith Written and drawn by: Ricardo Delgado Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Books brings us a true masterpiece with it’s Age of Reptiles Omnibus Volume 1 by the master of all things dinosaur related in comics, Ricardo Delgado. This collection collects the first two Age of Reptiles mini series from the 90’s as well as […]