If you’re a Gen X geek like me, you’ll fondly recall the glory days of the Commodore 64, the NES, and the Sega Mega Drive. Street Fighter II was king and Mario was just beginning his never ending barrage of titles. If you want to relive those days, then this new screen saver is for [...]
Superhero Scoreboard
For those who are curious about which superheroes are popular by items sold associated with that character rather than the arguments at your LCS, there’s now a funky widget that is essentially a superhero scoreboard. You can check it out here. It’s updated weekly and tracks all manner of weird and wonderful products sold on [...]
Cavern Of Comics
There are so many podcasts and assorted blogs all offering their unique voices on comics and pop culture, but the guys from eerietube.com seem to be embracing horror, with original webisodes, and now funky videos about about comics with relish, thanks to comics fan Cooper Barnes. I’ve seen quite a few similar approaches where a [...]
Stephen Dixon At Fantagraphics
Time to get literary. Press release below about indie comics publisher Fantagraphics and their publication in May next year of author Stephen Dixon’s short stories. I can’t say I’ve heard of Dixon, but he seems to be well admired. Details below. FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF STEPHEN DIXON’S WHAT IS ALL THIS?, A COLLECTION [...]
This Week’s Marvel Comics
How about a look at a diverse line-up of covers from Marvel this week, followed by their full list of releases? OK, here goes.
Sales Galore
It’s not only the indie publishers that are having a sale but Marvel too. Until December 1 Marvel are having a sale at their on-line store. You can grab items such as bags, shirts, prints, and iTunes passes to the Astonishing X-Men and Spider-Woman motion comics, from 15% to 75% off. Bargain! See all the goodies [...]
Smallville Season 9 Trailer
For the last few seasons Smallville has been like a live action version of the Justice League Unlimited cartoon, with all its nods to DC lore and fan fave cameos. Season 9 of the series begins next year and below is a trailer, focused on the much hyped Justice Society of America two parter in [...]
Worthington In Last Days Of American Crime Film
The comics not even out yet and the film adaptation is already in its early stages. Radical’s forthcoming series The Last Days of American Crime has a premise begging for a film to spring from it, and the premise is this: In the near future the US government broadcast a signal to the public, making [...]
NBM Goodies
Last week I received a box of great books from NBM’s recent sale. Apparently NBM are the second largest indie publisher (after Fantagraphics) with sales of over $3 mil a year. That’s impressive. They specialise in non-spandex adventures and translations of European books, as well as American and Canadian works. I took the opportunity [...]
Swap Your DVDs For Blu-Ray
Warner Bros. are offering a unique opportunity for those who believe Blu-Ray is the best way to see films, or for those who just want to watch movies on their PS3. You can send in certain Warner Bros. titles and they’ll send you the Blu-Ray equivalent. Go here for the full lowdown, but basically it’s [...]
The Dreamland Chronicles Hits 1000 Pages
Press release below about a milestone for Scott Christian Sava’s great all ages webcomic. 1000 pages on-line is an impressive accomplishment for a series that already has over 13 000 000 readers. Sava has found a real niche and there’s not enough series like The Dreamland Chronicles out there, with its CGI look and universal [...]
We Kill Monsters #5 Review
I got the 3rd season of 30 Rock tonight and I’m strongly tempted to watch all 22 episodes, and wake up late tomorrow for work. However, I have a copy of Red 5′s great series We Kill Monsters and I’m choosing to read and review that instead. That should tell you how good it is. [...]
Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #3 Preview
Being released tomorrow is the third issue of Top Cow’s Cyberforce/ Hunter-Killer mini-series. Here’s what the Cow have to say about the issue, plus a few perty pics from artist Kenneth Rocafort. Looks good, hey? Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #3 (W) Mark Waid (A) Kenneth Rocafort (Cov) Rocafort, Whilce Portacio The reason for Morningstar’s alliance with Cyberdata becomes [...]
DC’s February Goodies
So DC Comics have just released their full solicitations for February. As always, there’s some great goodies including comics and TPBs but its the statues and action figures that often catch my eye, such as… The Batman Reborn figures being released in July, which include the new Azarel and Batgirl, as well as Two-Face and [...]
