Our Countdown to Comic Con giveaway rolls on with a special edition in honor of the upcoming E3 Expo! Check out the video, and leave a comment on this page, or on Facebook, to be entered for a chance to win one of 2 exclusive Funko POP figures: Gentleman Claptrap or Power Armor! Contest ends on Sunday, June 19th. Open […]
“I would have waited an eternity for this…” Transformers- The Movie : 30th Anniversary Edition is Coming this September from Shout! Factor and Hasbro Studios (By Staff Reports)– Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company, and Hasbro Studios announced a strategic distribution collaboration to bring the iconic animated feature, TRANSFORMERS – THE MOVIE to the home entertainment marketplace in the U.S. […]
The 2016 Japan Film Festival Returns With Premiere Screenings And Very Special Guests Of Honor Taking Place At NEW PEOPLE Cinema In Japantown (By Staff Reports)– The 2016 Japan Film Festival of San Francisco (JFFSF), the first and only fully-dedicated Japanese film celebration for the S.F. Bay Area, has announced a diverse roster of films that are set to screen […]
The Iconic Enchanted Tiki Room Springs to the Four Color Page this October (By Staff Reports) – The world famous attraction comes to Marvel Comics for an all-new adventure! Today, Marvel Entertainment and the minds at Walt Disney Imagineering are proud to announce ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM #1, the newest Disney Kingdoms limited series coming this October! Pack your sunscreen and […]
Cowabubga!! New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tamashii Nations Figures Debut This Fall And Join “Leonardo” And “Donatello” As Limited Edition Exclusive Releases For North America (By Staff Reports)– Bluefin, the leading North American distributor of toys, collectibles, and hobby merchandise from Japan, Hong Kong and more, makes itself synonymous with Tamashii Turtle Nations as it excites fans and collectors with […]
Fathom Events, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment Bring Acclaimed Graphic Novel, Batman: The Killing Joke, to Life (By Staff Reports)- The dark journey into insanity begins as “Batman: The Killing Joke” gets the big-screen treatment for one night on Monday, July 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. local time. Fathom Events, in partnership […]
Power Con Returned to So Cal By Nolan P. Smith Staff Reporter (Originally published at www.highdesertdaily.com) Power Con, the He-Man and She Ra: Princess of Power convention returned to Southern California this past weekend as fans of the storied franchises flocked to Torrance to feel the power firsthand. The convention took place at the Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach hotel on […]
The Rookies Take Center Stage in Green Lanterns Rebirth #1 By Nolan P. Smith Being the final of the four Rebirth books I checked out this week, we see where the Green Lantern universe is heading with the company wide shake up. But note the title of this book , Green Lanterns, plural. We don’t get Hal Jordan, or John […]
Superman Rebirth #1 Sets the Stage By Nolan P. Smith Out of all the Rebirth issue coming out, Superman is what I was most looking forward to. With the Superman now being THE Superman from past continuity after the New 52 Superman died during the excellent Final Days of Superman storyline that wrapped up before Rebirth, this truly marks a […]
Batman Rebirth Introduces a dark take on a familiar villain By Nolan P. Smith Batman has been one book that even through the New 52, continued to deliver entertaining stories with excellent creative teams. Now, with the Rebirth event spanning the DCU, we get Batman Rebirth, which introduces us to a new status quo for a certain character and turns […]
Green Arrow Rebirth is Exactly What Oliver Queen Needed By Nolan P. Smith With DC Comics Rebirth, we get a slew of new and relaunched titles, which is actually a great thing, as many of these characters are being somewhat returned to days reminiscent of their glory days. For the emerald archer, this means returning to aspects long missing from […]
Penny Dreadful Springs to Life with Comic Con Exclusive Spell Book Journal (By Staff Reports)– Tap into the spirits beyond this world with the Entertainment Earth Penny Dreadful Spell Book Journal – Convention Exclusive from Bif Bang Pow!. Inspired by the book used by Vanessa Ives from the hit TV series Penny Dreadful, this deluxe journal measures 9.5-inches tall x […]
Dark Horse Comic’s Nanjing: The Burning City Wins Prestigious Honor (By Staff Reports)– This past weekend, the National Cartoonists Society awarded the Reuben for Best Graphic Novel to Ethan Young for Nanjing: The Burning City, a brutal portrayal of a dark part of World War II history. “To receive the Silver Reuben has been such a proud moment for me. […]
Win a Doctor Who Pop Eleventh Doctor Summer Convention Exclusive By Nolan P. Smith Here goes week 2 of the Countdown to Comic-Con here at Pastrami Nation! Every week up right up to the San Diego Comic Con in July, we will be giving away something full of pop culture awesomeness! This week, we will be giving away a Funko […]
By Nolan P. Smith As our three day weekend for Memorial Day comes to a close, I would like to thank all those men and women who died serving our country. Freedom is not free, and for many, they paid the ultimate price so that we could enjoy the freedom that we seem to take for granted far too often. […]
The Issue That Lit The Internet Ablaze is Here with Steve Rogers: Captain America #1 By Nolan P. Smith With the latest Marvel event, Stand Off, coming to an end, we saw the once decrepit, old Steve Rogers get rejuvenated back to his Captain America self. So with this issue, we get a full-fledged Captain America series starring the man […]
Divinity II Continues to Shock and Awe By Nolan P. Smith The return of Valiant Entertainment’s hit series Divinity was nothing short of fascinating and shocking at the same time. With the second issue to this new series, we get the moment we wanted to see happen since the series was announced: the soviet super soldier Mishka versus the star […]
X-Men: Apocalypse Puts the Merry Mutants Against the First Mutant By Nolan P. Smith Being the third in the new wave of X-Men films, X-Men: Apocalypse carries a lot of weight on its shoulders. The best-selling merry mutants at Marvel have been on a roll as of late, so with the introduction of the mega-villain Apocalypse to the big screen, […]
DC Universe Rebirth Will Make You Believe Again in the DCU By Nolan P. Smith With the media storm surrounding the release of DC Comic’s DC Universe Rebirth, fans across the globe held their collective breath as we all hoped that the DC Universe would be saved from itself. Well, a hero has emerged, and his name isn’t Batman or […]
By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer Hot on the heels of the amazing first story arc of the groundbreaking series The Beauty, Jeremy Haun, Jason Hurley, and Mike Huddleston introduce fans to new characters and new corners of The Beauty universe. With agents Foster and Vaughn (who featured prominently in the first arc) nowhere in sight, fans are introduced to […]
Fan Favorite Blue Monday Gets a Full Color Release from Image Comics Chynna Clugston Flores (IT GIRL & THE ATOMICS, Scooter Girl) will release the fan-favorite first volume of BLUE MONDAY, with all-new colors from Jordie Bellaire, this July. Experience the Pepsi-fueled misadventures of Bleu L. Finnegan, comics’ favorite blue-haired, Buster Keaton-obsessed, Adam Ant-worshipping teenager from the very beginning! Featuring […]
50 epic issues. 50 superstar artists. 50 X-O Manowars. One colossal cover for X-O Manowar #50 (By Staff Reports)– Valiant is proud to announce the X-O MANOWAR #50 All-Star Jam Cover – the biggest-ever jam cover in comics history, featuring 50 major comics talents in celebration of 50 earthshaking issues for Valiant’s flagship series! Debuting as the standard shelf cover […]
Dark Horse Day is June 4th, Find Your Participating Comic Shop Here! 2016 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Dark Horse Comics, and it’s time to party! Earlier this year, Dark Horse announced that Saturday, June 4, would be Dark Horse Day, and invited retailers and fans across the world to join in the fun! Now we are proud to announce […]
Want to win a Funko Deadpool Pop! Mystery Figure? Enter Now! By Nolan P. Smith This week marks the kick-off of Pastrami Nation’s Countdown to Comic Con Giveaway! Every week up right up to the San Diego Comic Con in July, we will be giving away something full of pop culture awesomeness! This week, we kick things off with giving […]
Nancy in Hell Heads to the Small Screen with Your Help (By Staff Reports)– Good girls go to heaven, right? But it seems like there are no good girls anymore. After her death, Nancy awakens in a creepy landscape to find decomposing lost souls, demons lurking in the shadows, outcasts, chainsaws, booze, and certain doom. Can Nancy escape from Hell? […]
Sword Art Online Festival will Feature All-Star English Cast and Exclusive Entertainment to Celebrate the Upcoming Movie in 2017 (By Staff Reports)– Aniplex of America is proud to announce that they will be hosting the Sword Art Online Festival at this year’s Anime Expo to celebrate the worldwide release of Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- in 2017. This […]
Marvel’s Merry Mutants Take Center Stage in Civil War II: X-Men #1 (By Staff Reports)– As the heroes of the Marvel Universe stand against one another, the Mutants will face their own war. Today, Marvel presents your first look inside Civil War II: X-Men #1 – a new Civil War II series from writer Cullen Bunn (Uncanny X-Men) and artist Andrea […]
With The Final Days of Superman, the Man of Steel Bids Farewell By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—When I was a kid, I remember seeing the impossible: the death of Superman. In 1992, DC Comics did the unthinkable and killed the Man of Steel with Superman #75. I remember the black, polybagged issue with the red, blood dripping S-Shield emblemized […]
Seven New Series Usher in The Future of Valiant As revealed today during the #ValiantSummit 2016 event live from New York City’s renowned UCB Theatre, Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce “THE FUTURE OF VALIANT” – an all-new wave of ongoing series, prestige format projects and standalone events from a star-studded roster of some of comics’ most visionary talents. Beginning in […]
