By Staff Reports Dark Horse Comics is rocking Black Friday madness with a very exclusive limited offer for its digital-comics readers . . . Feast your eyes on this year’s Black Friday MegaBundles. For one weekend only, you can load up on comics from your favorite creative universes for the crazy-low price of $99.99 each only on Digital.Darkhorse.com! Star Wars […]
By Nolan P. Smith All Photos by Jason T. Smith and Nolan P. Smith Even though the San Diego Comic Con has came and went, that doesn’t mean the photos have to stop. Pastrami Nation would like to proudly share with everyone our gallery of the Women of Comic Con 2014! Take a look, comment on your favorites, and enjoy! […]
By Staff Reports San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 is nearly upon us, and WeLoveFine have just released our blog update on all the fantastic exclusives we’ll be featuring at the convention! We also have a sneak-peek at some of the new products we are showcasing in our booth locations this year: http://www.welovefine.com/blog/posts/26-welovefine-at-san-diego-comic-con-exclusives-and-more.html Among our t-shirt exclusives are Star Trek, Bee […]
By Dimsumhottie Mark Hamill seems to be a bit worried of what will be said of Star Wars Episode 7. When speaking to The Orlando Sentinel Hamill said that “I have this feeling that no matter what we do there’s going to be a faction that really is disappointed. You just can’t live up to that.” I am sure that we […]
Fanboys across the world rejoice! The first pictures from the set of Star Wars Episode VII are here, courtesy of TMZ! Check out the mammoth beasts, hood figures, and what looks to be somewhere on the desert planet of Tatooine! These are just a few of the pics, head over to TMZ for all of them!!!
Pastrami Nation is back with an all new podcast!!! This time, we talk about all things Star Wars! The Force is strong with this one, check it out, and check it out on iTunes!!!
By Staff Reports WHAT: Today on May 8th, the announcement was made that coming in 2015, the non-profit New Starship Foundation is opening the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum, the world’s first dedicated science fiction museum that will celebrate sci-fi in film, TV, art and literature and teach all ages about space and science through science fiction. The museum with have […]
By Staff Reports Hot on the heels of its most successful anniversary sale to date, Dark Horse Digital announces a very special limited offer for Star Wars Day! Starting today, get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Jason T. Smith Pastrami Nation (Anaheim)– WonderCon will be coming to a close soon, but it has been an amazing time! The convention once again took place at the Anaheim Convention Center, and had something for everyone. From comic publishers, indie publishers, artists, writers, video game companies, all sorts of vendors, food trucks, and […]
By Staff Reports (NEW YORK)– During an action-packed event on Monday, February 17, at the 2014 American International Toy Fair, Disney Consumer Products unveiled its dynamic product lines that will dominate boys toy aisles this year with offerings inspired by highly anticipated content: Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue, Star Wars Rebels, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and The Amazing Spider-Man […]
Review by Jason R. Smith-Pastrami Nation Writer: Tim Siedel Artist: Gabriel Guzman Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Released: December 2013 Website: www.darkhorse.com The first issue to Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows takes place a few months before and a few months after the events we know as Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith. It is a story […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville)– There is a disturbance in the force. Today, both Disney/Marvel and Dark Horse announced that the Star Wars franchise of comics will be leaving Dark Horse in 2015, and going back to Marvel Comics. This move was anticipated when Disney purchased Marvel, and now we know the official time frame of when it […]
By Nolan P. Smith Photographs by Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith Pastrami Nation (Los Angeles)– Last weekend’s Comikaze Expo once again took over the Staples Center in Los Angeles, bringing together zombies, movie stars, super heroes and fans alike in celebration of what makes pop culture pop. The event, a fairly new convention as it has existed for […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation There are always imaginative, creative projects on Kickstarter, but this one is of importance to the pop culture universe, as well as a way to see the triumph of the human spirit. This Kickstarter is about the mighty Chewbacca himself, Peter Mayhew. The 7′ 3 man that brought Han Solo’s right hand man to life […]
By Staff Reports (New York)– Lucasfilm, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and its publishing partners announced today the second annual Star Wars Reads Day to be held this October 5, 2013. Last year, 30 authors and 1,500 costumed volunteers participated in over 1,200 Star Wars Reads Day events across North America. On October 5 of this year, Star Wars fans, authors, and […]
The fourth is strong with this one… This is it! Today is Free Comic Book Day, as well as May the Fourth be With You! This is a pop culture dream day right here! Make sure to head to your local participating comic shop (ours is Four Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga, CA) and get some free books! Marvel, DC, […]
By Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation The force is clearly with him. J.J. Abrams, the director that brought the world Super 8 and the Star Trek remakes, is reportedly set to take the directing reigns of the new Star Wars film, Episode VII. That’s the word from reports coming in (like HERE), which sounds like great news for fans of the […]
It’s a bittersweet day. Today, on the Blue Sky Disney blog, it was announced that due to Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, Star Wars comics will be coming to Marvel in 2014. This is due to Disney now owning both Lucasfilm and Marvel, so it doesn’t come as a surprise. The good part of this is that, cool, Marvel will once […]
Another mega purchase by the House of Mouse. It seems like just yesterday that Disney bought Marvel Comics, and now they are in the news again, buying another giant in the entertainment industry, Lucasfilm. Here is the official word from the Associated Press: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney says it is buying ‘Star Wars’ maker Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion from […]
If you’re a fan of Disney’s very popular Vinylmation figures,then like myself, you can’t wait for August 25th to hurry up and get here. That being the release date for Star Wars Vinylmation Series 2 at Disney theme parks and Downtown Disney locations only. Now we’ve already shown you the character line up in our July SDCC post,but thanks to […]