By Staff Reports VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, has announced the launch of the official NARUTO online store for the U.S. and Canada in partnership with digital marketing and eCommerce solutions provider, GENERATOR, a division of Sony DADC. The NARUTO online store at shop.naruto.com is a comprehensive […]
By Staff Reports The San Diego Comic Art Gallery (SDCAG) is proud to announce the Comic Book Art of Star Wars exhibition, which will run from November 21st through January 31st, 2016. The exhibit will feature 30 pieces of rare Star Wars original art from the very first comic book series that was released by Marvel Comics in 1977. The […]
By Staff Reports Moving from the pages of comics’ greatest anthology, Dark Horse Presents, Peter Hogan (Resident Alien, Sandman Presents, The Dreaming) returns to fantasy to deliver a three-issue miniseries of King’s Road. Artist Staz Johnson (Judge Dredd) and colorist Douglas Sirois (The 7th Sword) join Hogan to continue this tale of a family on the run from magical, other-dimensional […]
By Staff Reports (X-Box Wire)– To the community of 100 million players around the world, Minecraft represents many things – creativity, strategy, collaboration and survival, just to name a few. What many may not realize is that Minecraft has the power to transform learning on a global scale. By creating a virtual world and then advancing in it, students learn […]
By Nolan P. Smith With this edition of the Cosplayer Spotlight on Pastrami Nation, we are excited to once again spotlight an international cosplayer! From the United Kingdom, we are proud to spotlight Ivy Tenebrae from the United Kingdom! All photos provided by Ivy Tenebrae. What are some cosplays that you have done? “I have done so many!! The list […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– When Marvel launched their successful “Spider-Verse” storyline, we got to see various incarnations of the web slinger from different universes- including the Noir Spider-Man, a female Spider-Man who’s the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane, Spider-Man India, the spectacular Spider-Ham, the ultra popular Spider-Gwen and more. When that storyline ended, I know […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– Spinning out of Marvel’s crossover event, Secret Wars, the world is still spinning. With some many different spin offs from the Avengers, it is revealed that there is no one, definitive Avengers team right now. This book aims to change that with the All-New, All-Different Avengers. By looking at the cover, that’s an […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– When ordering The Goddamned, I did so by glancing at the art and checking to see who the creators were. With Jason Aaron writing and R.M. Guera providing the visuals, I felt confident that I could order it without knowing much of the premise and be in for a treat. This is the […]
By Staff Reports Comics legend Rob Liefeld returns to Marvel alongside fan-favorite X-Men ’92 writers Chris Sims & Chad Bowers for an explosive new adventure starring the Merc With a Mouth. Today, Marvel is pleased to Deadpool: Bad Blood – the newest Original Graphic Novel hitting stores worldwide next year! Debuting in a high-end, oversized format, Deadpool: Bad Blood marks […]
By Nolan P. Smith For months, fans of Nintendo’s trademark brawler have been waiting to see who would be the next fighter to enter the ring in Super Smash Bros. I don’t think many saw this coming, as Final Fantasy VII’s Cloud will be the next fighter in the game, for both the Wii U and 3DS platforms. Check out […]
By Staff Reports Writer Ed Brisson (SHELTERED) and Adam Gorham (Dead Drop) come together for an all-new ongoing series in THE VIOLENT—set to launch from Image Comics this December. In THE VIOLENT #1, readers meet Mason, an ex-con and former drug addict who’s trying hard to give up his old life. He’s got more important things to live for now: […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—The build up to this episode began with the season’s first episode, when Atom Smasher uttered the name “Zoom”. With a couple “breachers” coming through from Earth-2 all determined to end The Flash’s life, all sent by the mysterious speedster Zoom. This episode, the scarlet speedster comes face to face with Zoom, and it does […]
By Staff Reports VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers fun new POKÉMON animated adventures to audiences as it announces the DVD release of POKÉMON: THE JOHTO JOURNEYS on November 10th. The complete 41-episode series constitutes the third season of the venerable anime adventure property and will be […]
By Staff Reports Eisner-award nominated artist Jason Shawn Alexander (Abe Sapien: The Drowning, The Escapists) weaves the unsettling, dystopian saga of Corinne White in THE EMPTY ZONE, VOL. 1: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD. This collects issues #1-5 into trade paperback and will be available in December. THE EMPTY ZONE, VOL. 1 introduces readers to a bleak future, eighty years after […]
By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer (Victor Valley)– “My name is Jay Garrick and your world is in danger”. With that fantastic and telling line, fans of The Flash were introduced to Earth 2 and the DC multiverse. Earth 2 is an alternate universe in which Jay Garrick is The Flash and Harrison Wells is not a future villain in […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– As we draw closer to the release of the latest chapter in the Star Wars franchise, YouTube channel Next Lvl, partnering with other local organizations, brings the High Desert community a cosplay contest that features a grand prize tied to one of the newest local comic book shops as well as to the new […]
By Nolan P. Smith Get your senzu beans ready, Z Warriors, as the world of Dragon Ball Z is once again brought to life in live action with the fan fiction, Dragon Ball Z- The Fall of Men. The film, which debuted at the Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles, is now on YouTube for your viewing pleasure- view the entire […]
By Staff Reports Family ties run deep, but sometimes family secrets run deeper still. In the tradition of unconventional crime thrillers like Criminal, Scalped, and 100 Bullets, acclaimed writer Ollie Masters (The Kitchen) and artist Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust) don’t pull any punches in Snow Blind, a new original mini-series from award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios that Warren Ellis calls, “An […]
Pastrami Nation is back with another exciting podcast! This time, we talk about the Comikaze Expo and the amazing cosplayers we saw, we talk about Rock Band and the problems plaguing it, how the latest season of American Horror Story is shaping up, and even about some cool Star Wars: The Force Awakens souvenirs that you can get right now. […]
By Jason R. Smith (MrandMrsSmith) With this edition of our Cosplayer Spotlight, we look internationally to a cosplayer who is making a name by crafting some of the best armored cosplay we have seen. This spotlight, we take a look at CraftAccess! (All photos provided by CraftAccess) To connect with CraftAccess, as well to see more cosplays, check out the […]
By Staff Reports VIZ Media delivers an extensive digital manga update for November that features a wide variety of new series launches and digital exclusives. Several new digital manga bundles are also offered this month, as well as a special 24-hour Cyber-Monday sale planned for November 30th. Fans will not want to miss the launch today of PLATINUM END, the […]
By Nolan P. Smith The fine folks at BBC Worldwide North America sent us over a holiday gift guide for fans of two of the biggest shows in pop culture- Sherlock and Doctor Who. So whether you know a fan of Holmes and the good Dr. Watson, or you have that Whovian in your life that needs a little more […]
By Staff Reports This Historic Auction Features 80 Works By Frazetta-Arguably The Most Influential Fantasy Artist Of Our Time-Including 3 Iconic Oil Paintings, 20 Mixed Media Color Works, Plus Dozens Of His finest Pen & Ink Drawings, Highlighted By The Very Best Of His Canaveral Press Illustrations Featuring “The Lion Queen,” “Tarzan,” “Conan The Barbarian,” “Flash Gordon” & “Buck Rogers” […]
By Staff Reports From Jim Henson’s classic television show to the comic series, The Storyteller and his faithful dog have delighted and thrilled us with myths, legends, and stories from all over the world. Last year, Archaia, an imprint of award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios, teamed up with The Jim Henson Company to explore four different stories about powerful witches, both […]
By Staff Reports From Jim Henson’s classic television show to the comic series, The Storyteller and his faithful dog have delighted and thrilled us with myths, legends, and stories from all over the world. Last year, Archaia, an imprint of award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios, teamed up with The Jim Henson Company to explore four different stories about powerful witches, both […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– The CW has provided first look at photos from next week’s episode of The Flash, with an episode aptly titled “Enter Zoom”. We see the dark speedster in Central City, going face to face with The Flash, Dr. Wells, and the rest of the gang. With Zoom poised to be a major player this […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—This week’s episode of Arrow is one fans have been waiting for, as we saw the small screen return of everyone’s favorite “Master of the Dark Arts”, John Constantine (Matt Ryan). The Constantine television series only lasted one season, despite its huge following, creative writing and likable lead character. But it will take more […]
Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—This season of The Flash has brought about a ton of new faces- heroes, villains, supporting characters, and more. This episode, we get a bit of all those with The Darkness and the Light. Another breacher, as Earth-2 metahumans breaking through to our world are called, has made an appearance- Dr. Light (Malese Jow). […]
By Nolan P. Smith We are back once again to shine the massive spotlight called the internet on an outstanding project that needs YOUR help to get funded on the crowdfunding site, Kickstarter. This time, we take a look at a book that visually blew me away at first glance- are you ready for Anima? The amazing graphic novel by […]