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 […]
By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer As if one shocking moment at the end of the season premiere was not enough (Quentin Lance working with Damien Darhk), fans were treated to a shocking flash forward as well. Taking place 6 months after the end of the season premiere, Oliver is seen standing over the grave of an unknown person. When […]
Review by Kevin Hoskinson Contributing Guest Reviewer It’s about time Baby got her own episode! At least once every other season, there is an episode that doesn’t take itself too seriously. There are times when the writers of Supernatural go off and do something completely out of left field. Much like “The X-Files”, it’s clear that the creative team likes […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photographs by MrandMrsSmith, DimSumHottie, Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith (Victor Valley)– This past weekend, thousands of resident from across Southern California and even across other states came together to celebrate their love of pop culture as Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo made true believers out of the attendees that flocked to the Los Angeles Convention […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by the Pastrami Nation team (Jason T. Smith, MrandMrsSmith, DimSumHottie and Nolan P. Smith) One of the attractions to this past weekend’s Comikaze Expo was the Stan Lee Museum a space devoted to the father of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee. The museum featured just about anything Stan Lee- from original comic book pages he wrote, […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith, Jason T. Smith, MrandMrsSmith and DimSumHottie To continue the cosplay coverage, we are proud to bring you more directly from the Comikaze Expo floor! From a female M. Bison, a peaceful Deadpool, the deadly Foot Clan, Minions, Dr. Strange and more, there was so much to see at the Expo! All […]
By DimSumHottie Photos by MrandMrsSmith and DimSumHottie Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo came to a close on Sunday, but what a way to go out! For the last day of the convention, cosplayers were out in full effect, from Hawkman to Star Wars, to some amazing Dia De Los Muertos inspired cosplay, there was no shortage on cosplay creativity. This is […]
By Nolan P. Smith Today marks Dia De Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. On this today, people across the world pay their respects to the ones we have lost. We wanted to share with you all this amazing Dia De Los Muertos cosplay that we saw today at the Comikaze Expo today, as we remember all those that […]
Let’s Kickstart This! The Appex Effect : A Prologue to Chaos Theory Let’s Kickstart This! The Appex Effect : A Prologue to Chaos Theory Let’s Kickstart This! The Appex Effect : A Prologue to Chaos Theory Let’s Kickstart This! The Appex Effect : A Prologue to Chaos Theory By Nolan P. Smith It is time once again to shine the […]
Let’s Kickstart This! The Appex Effect : A Prologue to Chaos Theory Let’s Kickstart This! The Appex Effect : A Prologue to Chaos Theory By Nolan P. Smith It is time once again to shine the internet spotlight down on another stand out project on Kickstarter, so let’s Kickstart The Appex Effect! Written and illustrated by Joseph Falade, who is […]
Comic Book Store Drought in the High Desert Ends as Two Shops Emerge Comic Book Store Drought in the High Desert Ends as Two Shops Emerge Comic Book Store Drought in the High Desert Ends as Two Shops Emerge Comic Book Store Drought in the High Desert Ends as Two Shops Emerge Top- Robert Lamphere from QBC Toys and MoreBottom- […]
Comic Book Store Drought in the High Desert Ends as Two Shops Emerge Comic Book Store Drought in the High Desert Ends as Two Shops Emerge Top- Robert Lamphere from QBC Toys and MoreBottom- Henry and Cathy Henrich from Comic Cult HD By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith and Phillip Gutierrez (Victor Valley)—It has been years since […]
Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural — “The Bad Seed” — Image SN1101B_0107.jpg – Photo: Diyah Pera /The CW –© 2015 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. By Kevin Hoskinson Contributing Guest Reviewer It is three episodes in its newest season, and already the […]
Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural — “The Bad Seed” — Image SN1101B_0107.jpg – Photo: Diyah Pera /The CW –© 2015 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. By Kevin Hoskinson Contributing Guest Reviewer It is three episodes in its newest season, and already the Winchester boys are right where we expect them to be. […]
Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural Review- “The Bad Seed” Supernatural — “The Bad Seed” — Image SN1101B_0107.jpg – Photo: Diyah Pera /The CW –© 2015 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. By Kevin Hoskinson Contributing Guest Reviewer It is three episodes in its newest season, and already the Winchester boys are right where we expect them to be. […]
The Walking Dead Review- Thank You The Walking Dead Review- Thank You The Walking Dead Review- Thank You The Walking Dead Review- Thank You Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—This week’s episode of The Walking Dead is the most shocking episode this season- and dare I say, more shocking than […]
The Walking Dead Review- Thank You The Walking Dead Review- Thank You Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—This week’s episode of The Walking Dead is the most shocking episode this season- and dare I say, more shocking than any episode last season either. Titled “Thank You”, this episode tugs at […]
The Walking Dead Review- Thank You The Walking Dead Review- Thank You Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—This week’s episode of The Walking Dead is the most shocking episode this season- and dare I say, more shocking than any episode last season either. Titled “Thank You”, this episode tugs at […]
Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay By Nolan P. Smith Cosplay fanatics of the world, rejoice! We are back once again with another Cosplayer Spotlight! Want to be considered to be featured? Shoot us an email at nolan@pastramination.com with a few photos of your cosplay, we would love to see […]
Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay By Nolan P. Smith Cosplay fanatics of the world, rejoice! We are back once again with another Cosplayer Spotlight! Want to be considered to be featured? Shoot us an email at nolan@pastramination.com with a few photos of your cosplay, we would love to see your creativity shine! Now, onto this time’s spotlight: […]
Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay Cosplayer Spotlight: Peachy-Hime Cosplay By Nolan P. Smith Cosplay fanatics of the world, rejoice! We are back once again with another Cosplayer Spotlight! Want to be considered to be featured? Shoot us an email at nolan@pastramination.com with a few photos of your cosplay, we would love to see your creativity shine! Now, onto this time’s spotlight: […]
Valiant to Supply Retailers with Customized Battle Axes for Launch of WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 – On Sale November 18th! Valiant to Supply Retailers with Customized Battle Axes for Launch of WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 – On Sale November 18th! By Staff Reports In honor of the launch of Valiant’s latest tentpole ongoing series – WRATH […]
Valiant to Supply Retailers with Customized Battle Axes for Launch of WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 – On Sale November 18th! Valiant to Supply Retailers with Customized Battle Axes for Launch of WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 – On Sale November 18th! By Staff Reports In honor of the launch of Valiant’s latest tentpole ongoing series – WRATH […]
STAR WARS meets BLADE RUNNER in new animated excerpt from Poet Anderson …Of Nightmares Animated Novel Teaser STAR WARS meets BLADE RUNNER in new animated excerpt from Poet Anderson …Of Nightmares Animated Novel Teaser By Staff Reports Check out the animated novel teaser for Poet Anderson …Of Nightmares (Simon & Schuster), the new YA sci-fi thriller from multi-platinum artist Tom […]
STAR WARS meets BLADE RUNNER in new animated excerpt from Poet Anderson …Of Nightmares Animated Novel Teaser STAR WARS meets BLADE RUNNER in new animated excerpt from Poet Anderson …Of Nightmares Animated Novel Teaser By Staff Reports Check out the animated novel teaser for Poet Anderson …Of Nightmares (Simon & Schuster), the new YA sci-fi thriller from multi-platinum artist Tom […]
