Earlier in the month Udon released SF20: The Art of Street Fighter. You can probably guess what it’s all about, but here’s what Udon say about it. This is the most complete collection of Street Fighter artwork ever, and is loaded with roughs sketches, promo art, character designs, and detailed artist commentary. There’s the complete [...]
Irredeemable On Your iPhone
Digital comics shop comiXology keep pulling out all the stops. Not only do they offer a free app for your iPhone, and dozens of free comics to go with it, but now they have a new “push notification,” which basically alerts subscribers to new releases of their fave comics. You can also post a Tweet [...]
Dark Reign Hulk Preview
Here’s a look at a few text-free pages from Dark Reign: The List-Hulk by writer Greg Pak and artist Ben Oliver. It hit shelves on October 21, and here’s what Marvel have to say about the rather nice looking tie-in issue starring Bruce Banner and his son. Norman Osborn knows making The Hulk angry probably [...]
Hero Initiative 2010 Memberships
Last year was the first time the noble charity, Hero Initiative had a membership drive. Now they’re doing it again. It’s a great chance to support creators in need and get a few goodies in the process. Details below. It’s that time of year— to renew your Hero Initiative membership! 2009 marked the first year [...]
This Week’s Winners
Blackest Night is the best DC event since, well, ever. Infinite Crisis was too convoluted to be enjoyable but Geoff Johns excels at the kind of straight forward storytelling approach that is an unfortunate rarity in comics today. Even the few mini-series tying in to Blackest Night, such as those involving Superman and Batman are [...]
Robert Venditti Is Everywhere
Not surprisingly, Robert Venditti is a popular guy these days. The film based on the writer’s first work, Surrogates is out now starring Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames. The Surrogates is a great book from Top Shelf, and the prequel, Flesh and Bone was also released recently. The Surroagtes’ future tale tells of a world [...]
Hotwire Collected
Hotwire, the grand sci-fi mini-series from writer/artist Steve Pugh is now collected in Trade form. It’s by far Radical’s best series and is one of the best looking books of recent times. If you like tough, pale heroines with Blade Runner-like visuals, techno-ghosts and a superb sense of design, just grab this book. Trust me. [...]
Top Cow’s Pilot Season 2009
Below is the press release, (and Marc Silvestri designs) about the latest Pilot Season special from Top Cow. Pilot Season is a grand idea – the Cow give readers a few different one-shots, fans vote and the most popular one gets its own mini-series. FROM THE TOP SECRET FILES OF ROBERT KIRKMAN AND MARC SILVESTRI PILOT [...]
Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut Out November 3
I really enjoyed Watchmen. I saw it once at the cinema, twice on DVD, and also liked the Motion Comic and Tales of the Black Freighter. Now the whole mammoth experience is coming together in the ultimate edition. All the details below. The limited quantity multi-disc set includes a whole new movie: Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut, [...]
Drawn And Quarterly Sale
For all you penny pinchers out there (which I assume is all of us these days) diverse indie publisher Drawn and Quarterly is having a sale. The guys are cleaning out their warehouse and so a lot of stuff is discounted by 30-50%. It’s an online sale only and you can check out their impressive [...]
Stephenie Meyer Bio Comic Preview
Before the Twilight sequel, New Moon hits the screens in mid-November, here’s a preview of the biographical comic about the novelist behind the magic – Stephenie Meyer. I’m one of the few fanboys who didn’t mind Twilight and I certainly don’t think the stars and its many fans, “ruined Comic-Con,” this year. The more people [...]
Marvel/Aniboom Competition
Here is just one example from the new Aniboom competition, in which creative types download a bunch of pages and effects and get to work on creating their own Marvel motion comics. Prizes include cash and 50 12 month subscriptions. Check out more videos here and get involved yourself if you feel suitably challenged and/or [...]
Nola #1 Preview
Thanks to BOOM! Studios, here’s a preview of the first issue of a new series debuting in December. Details and random preview pages below. Interesting concept. Great covers too. An epic journey of blood-thirsty revenge in a decimated land by the acclaimed writer/director of RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR. Post-Katrina New Orleans comes alive this December when BOOM! [...]
Mark Waid Was Evil
I just ran across this site recently and it appears that perhaps a prequel to BOOM! Studios’ successful Irredeemable Series is forthcoming. The series launched with the simple tagline, and associated site with only the words, Mark Waid Is Evil. It certainly got people talking about the dark superhero ongoing series by legendary writer Mark [...]
