At Broken Frontier you can check out my review of next week’s art book for the popular Mass Effect games. Review here, and preview below.
The Sixth Gun Sale
Until Thursday you can get issues 2 to 17 of the hugely popular supernatural western series, The Sixth Gun for only 99c each from ComiXology. Plus, the first issue of the Oni Press series is free, so for newbies to the title, now’s the time to see what all the fuss is about.
Extra Sequential Podcast #76-Creative Differences
38 mins. Yes, it’s a short one, but it’s jam packed with writer/ artist teams that for various reasons have fallen out with one another and no longer work together. On the flip side, we also yak about great collaborative partnerships that work splendidly and just show is the Michael Bay of comics. LISTEN TO [...]
Batman Pics
Here’s come cool Caped Crusader-centric fan art. Filip Acovic’s Dark Knight Returns piece. A nice, quotable piece from Pawel Durczok and finally, some cool superhero silhouettes.
Batman and Star Wars Fan Films
Batman seems to get more fan films than any other comics character. Here’s the latest one. It’s called Death Wish (no, Charles Bronson isn’t in it) and is just over 12 minutes long. It’s not too bad and stars Batman and Robin (both in their Batman Forever costumes), Nightwing (the adult former Robin), Oracle (the [...]
Avengers Art Appreciation Variant Covers
If you like superheroes and art history, Marvel has you covered. Literally. My fave is the second one, by Mike Del Mundo. Marvel Unveils AVENGERS ART APPRECIATION VARIANTS! Ever imagine what the Avengers would look like if they existed throughout the ages? Well here’s your chance as Marvel is proud to unveil Avengers Art Appreciation Variants available [...]
Steed and Mrs Peel #1 Review
Back in 1990 Grant Morrison wrote this series for Eclipse Comics based on the classic spy TV series, The Avengers. Thanks to BOOM! Studios it’s back in print and here’s my review of the first issue. Preview below.
Three Free First Issues
At Newsarama you can read three debut issues from Image Comics and Top Cow. There’s the ever popular zombie series Walking Dead #1, sci-fi Red Spike #1 and crime drama Last Mortal #1. Check them all out right here.
Remember Last Action Hero?
It should’ve been awesome. It wasn’t. Now free online is this great article about the troubled Arnie actioner/parody of 1993. It recently appeared in an issue of Empire, my favourite magazine and now you can read about the whole mess behind the film’s production. Die Hard’s director. Lethal Weapon’s writer. And The Terminator himself. Last [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #75-Young Romance Review
46 mins. Legendary creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby effectively created the romance comics genre which was surprisingly dominant during the 1940s and 50s. We look at Fantagraphics’ entertaining new collection of some of their work. Also, the awesomeness of The Golden Girls. Yes, you heard me. LISTEN TO IT HERE DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET [...]
Two Different Videos
Both are comics related though. First up is a trailer for Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) great new OGN, Any Empire. Now here’s something a lot of us can relate to.
2011 Broken Frontier Awards
The comics site I sometimes write for, Broken Frontier has been doing its own industry awards for a few years now, and the winners for 2011 including Best Writer, Publisher, etc can now be seen right here.
Marksmen TPB in March
Here’s another acclaimed mini-series that I missed out on that I may need to look at. Thankfully the collection of the 6 ish min is out in March. BENAROYA AND IMAGE TAKE AIM WITH MARKSMEN Image Comics Collects The 6-Issue Sci-Fi Miniseries Image Comics is proud to announce the March release of MARKSMEN VOL. 1 [...]
Randomveus Volume 1 Review
From talented Aussie artist Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz, comes this wild and whacky OGN, the first from publisher Udon Studios. Udon are mainly known for their many Street Fighter comics, of which Cruz is a regular artist. Here he works his mad visual skills and co-writes with Leonard Bermingham. Firstly, this is a beautifully presented book, [...]
