By Nolan P. Smith This weekend, the Inland Empire will see the return of Comic Con Revolution, the comic book and pop culture convention that debuted their Ontario show last year. This year aims to be bigger and better as the show has expanded to two days, running from May 19th-20th at the Ontario Convention Center. At the debut show […]
By Jesse Ramirez Image Comics’ The Gravediggers Union series continues on its enthralling journey of both excellence and wickedness! There are a lot of things that work about this series, and I find that the overall tone and scope of these comics are among the principal points of enjoyment for me. Everything comes together to form a cohesive experience for […]
By Daniel Schwartz Publisher: IDW Writers: David and Scott Tipton Artist: Marcus To If you are a fan of the Star Trek multi-verse, IDW has you covered with great stories from the Prime, Kelvin, and Mirror universes. Through the Mirror is the latest venture into the multi-verse that sends the Next Generation crew on a collision course with their Mirror […]
By Nolan P. Smith What would you do to save the one person that has been there for you since you were a kid? Would you pull off a dangerous heist? Go toe to toe with a man armed with a liquid nitrogen gun? Would you face your crazy ex-husband? If so, then you are a lot like Glory, the […]
By Adrienne Smith This year I had the opportunity to make it out to Seattle for CryptiCon 2018. For those of you who don’t know, it’s the “Largest gathering of fans of the macabre in the Pacific Northwest”! This convention is one of THE ABSOLUTE BEST I have ever attended. There is something for everyone who loves anything from Special […]
By Staff Reports New York Times bestselling writer Rick Remender (DEADLY CLASS, SEVEN TO ETERNITY, LOW, BLACK SCIENCE, FEAR AGENT) and legendary superstar artist Bengal’s high-octane new series—DEATH OR GLORY—is headed at high speed back to print in order to keep up with massive customer demand. In DEATH OR GLORY, readers meet Glory, raised off the grid in a convoy […]
By Staff Reports BOOM! Studios is proud to announce BLACK BADGE #1, beginning a new monthly series reuniting Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins, the Eisner Award-nominated dream team behind Grass Kings, in August 2018. Meet the Black Badges, a top-secret, elite branch of boy scouts tasked by the government to take on covert missions that no adult ever could. Among […]
By Nolan P. Smith One of the most iconic film franchises from the 1980’s has to be the Karate Kid. Seeing a young upstart take on the world with a wise mentor by his side was the ultimate underdog story. When the franchise was rebooted with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, it lost its magic, its sense of belonging. With […]
By Project C28 So the most anticipated Dragonball Super figure this year has finally hit: enter Goku Black. Check out my review of the S.H. Figuarts Goku Black, and let us know your thoughts on it!
By Ralph Simbulan It is through a beheaded horse’s trachea that Barrier #1 begins, a book by Brian K. Vaughn, Marcos Martin, and Munsta Vicente. Originally offered as a digital-only book via Panel Syndicate, the first issue is now available through Image Comics. Given the serious climate of recent days (that kind of “World War” serious), this is fitting. It […]
By Jesse Ramirez This first issue from IDW Publishing, written by Jim Zub and illustrated by Dean Kotz, chronicles a return to Baldur’s Gate by a group of heroes led by Minsc the Mighty and his thirst for justice! The issue strikes me as something a non comic reader would expect from a comic, in a good way! Comics have […]
By Nolan P. Smith This is it, Marvel fans. The film we have been waiting for. The one that unites our heroes from the past ten years of cinematic heroics to combat a threat they have never faced. Enter the turning point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: enter the Infinity War. This is a spoiler-filled review, if you haven’t seen […]
By Nolan P. Smith As I was going through my local comic shop, trying to catch up on weeks of missed books, I realized that AfterShock Comics’ Her Infernal Descent had been released. I immediately picked it up, as I have been waiting on this book since it was first announced. Let me say right off the bat, I am […]
By Nolan P. Smith It’s the biggest game to come out so far this year, and it’s exceeding all expectations. Santa Monica Studio brought back Kratos in a brand new God of War game for the PlayStation 4. With this art book from Dark Horse, we get to see the detail and beauty that went into making this modern-day epic. […]
By Nolan P. Smith With these last two episodes, we reach the end of the epic miniseries, Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe. The product of a partnership between Valiant Entertainment and Bat in the Sun, the series spanned six mini-episodes and showed the MI-6 operative Ninjak (Michael Rowe) take on the heroes of the Valiant Universe with the fate of […]
By Kevin Hoskinson One of the latest offerings in the modern Hollywood reboot craze is a Netflix reimagining of the 1965 series Lost in Space. For those unfamiliar with the series, it follows the adventures of the Robinson family, who are, well, lost in space. In the year 2046, an object known as “The Christmas Star” crashes into earth and […]
By Kevin Hoskinson Almost 20 years ago, Super Troopers was released in theaters. The comedy, starring members of the Broken Lizard comedy team, wasn’t initially a hit, but it eventually found its audience when it was released on VHS and DVD, becoming a cult classic. The troopers finally return to theaters this year in Super Troopers 2, a crowd funded […]
By Kevin Hoskinson Even after all these years, the X-Files still knows how to do it. Whether it’s hunting down mysterious monsters, unraveling government cover-ups, or going after aliens, it still knows how to bring humanity and humor into the mix. On those fronts, this first issue of Mulder and Scully’s latest adventure does not disappoint. Agents Dana Scully and […]
By Daniel Schwartz Publisher: BOOM! Studios Writer: Kyle Higgins Artist: Daniele Nicuolo The epic crossover event “Shattered Grid” continues in Power Rangers #26 from BOOM! Studios. A comic event so big Jason David Frank starred in an online trailer as the fallen Ranger Lord Drakkon. Warning: Spoilers for issues 25 and 26 below. Issue 25 (the first in the Shattered […]
By Nolan P. Smith With the next two episodes of NInjak Vs the Valiant Universe now online, we get to see one of the coolest fight scenes in the series and the introduction of a popular supernatural hero. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Thanks to Valiant Entertainment and Bat in the Sun, the Valiant heroes and villains have made […]
By Nolan P. Smith I know, nobody was impressed with the Venom teaser that hit awhile back. But it was just a teaser. This? This is the trailer we wanted. Sony brings the lethal protector to the big screen in an all-new way, with a new Eddie Brock, this time being Tom Hardy. Hardy, no stranger to the world of […]
By Nolan P. Smith What if gravity just stopped existing? How would everyday life be? That’s the premise of Image Comics latest hit debut, Skyward. From Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela, Simon Bowland, and Rick Lopez Jr, this is one heck of a first issue. The story focuses on Willa, who lost her mom the day gravity went away, […]
By Nolan P. Smith It’s been awhile since we visited the team in the Black Hammer universe, as we have seen the world from Sherlock Frankenstein’s view, and we have seen what the forgotten hero Doctor Star has been struggling with, but what about Abraham Slam? Col. Weird? Golden Gail and the rest? And the new Black Hammer we saw […]
By Nolan P. Smith You know Ainsel, right? Mike Ainsel? Quiet guy, big guy, stays to himself. No? Well, you might know him as another name: Shadow Moon. The second issue of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods: My Ainsel rolls on, and Shadow continues his “new life” in Lakeside. Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, the series is by Gaiman, […]
By Nolan P. Smith It is time once again to shine the light down on another amazing project on Kickstarter. With this project, it is from a company we have spotlighted in the past and has delivered an amazing product via the popular crowdfunding site. Get ready to ride, as Boss Fight Studio brings Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S. 1:18 scale horses to […]
By Nolan P. Smith I have been waiting for this project to debut for quite some time now. Valiant Entertainment, home to such comics as X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Ninjak, and more, is officially in the ring of live action superhero antics. With Ninjak Vs The Valiant Universe, we get to see super spy Ninjak take on some of Valiant’s most […]
By Staff Reports IDW Publishing is proud to announce that the first three issues of the new Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series has sold out at the Distributor level and will receive further printings. In addition to the complete sell-out of issue #2 and #3, each within a week of their release, issue #1’s second printing sold out only […]
By Staff Reports As first announced at the 2018 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), NINJAK VS. THE VALIANT UNIVERSE will begin streaming on Comicbook.com on April 21st, starting with the first of six episodes! Each subsequent episode will debut one per day thereafter, culminating in the finale on April 26th. The bone-shattering series will pit MI6’s master assassin, Ninjak, […]
By Staff Reports Ōkami HD, one of the most visually breathtaking action video games ever made, is coming to Nintendo Switch with high definition graphics updated for modern HD televisions. Originally released in 2006, Ōkami brought the Japanese Sumi-e ink style art to video games, marrying art with action and an epic tale, making it one of the most unique […]
By Staff Reports The Emmy®-winning drama series WESTWORLD returns for its ten-episode second season SUNDAY, APRIL 22 (9:00-10:10 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the birth of a new form of life on Earth, the show was created for television by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy, who are also executive producers. […]