67 mins. This week we talk about body image in superhero comics, plus the Spice Girls, the Royal Wedding and sagging shelves. DOWNLOAD IT HERE, LISTEN TO IT BELOW OR ON ITUNES 2:45 NEWS Dark Horse Comics’ Digital Store Shannon Wheeler ‘s I Thought You Would Be Funnier can now be read for free online [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #36-Rombies and Peanuts
54 mins. Some DC reviews and a discussion about Rombies #1 and the new Peanuts OGN. Also Joss Whedon’s apparent foot fetish, Snoopy’s cousins and Mladen plays Kris’ former sidekick. It’ll make sense once you listen to the ep. LISTEN TO IT BELOW, DOWNLOAD IT HERE OR ON ITUNES 1:50 NEWS Green Lantern’s toes (yes, [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #32-Comics Are Cool
67 mins. Joined by our buddy Gianni we discuss the how, why and when of the coolness of comics and their popular acceptance. Also, the correct pronunciation of Ben Affleck, replacing beer with soda pop and the differing meanings of the word jocks. Plus, as an added bonus after the end song, hear some Skype [...]
Batman: Arkham City Trailer
Last year’s first teaser for this highly anticipated sequel dropped a few hints, such as Joker’s sickness and the fact that the Arkham inmates are now running the asylum, or rather, Gotham City. This new trailer shows the first gameplay footage of the world that looks even bigger than the first one, and reveals Hugo [...]
Comics Games Galore
It’s a good week for comics inspired games, with the release of Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. I’ve never been a huge fighting game fan, but the roster of characters is impressive, as are the special moves. Deadpool, for example, uses his own health bar as a weapon in his typical, fourth [...]
DC’s Stars of the Screen
Bleeding Cool managed to get a draft of the back-on-again live action Wonder Woman TV show by David E. Kelley, creator of Ally McBeal. The more I read of it, the queasier I got. Please let this be a really early April Fool’s joke. See their major spoiler free analysis here and a snippet below. [...]
Superman is Back (and Front and Centre)
DC Comics have rejigged their website somewhat and their blog, The Source has has a generous few days focused on Superman. The final season of Smallville premieres on Jan 29. This teaser image shows the Superman Returns (ugh) symbol and yay, look at that reflection at Tom Welling’s feet! Action Comics #896 has just been [...]
Green Lantern Toy and Game
Details of the first of the upcoming figures tying into June’s Green Lantern film are now out. There’s 2814 of these made (because that’s the number of the sector Hal patrols), showing actor Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, with a wearable ring, from Mattel. Also at the same site you can discover more details of the [...]
Third Marvel vs Capcom 3 Trailer
The game arrives on PS3 and Xbox 360 next year, and here’s the latest trailer featuring Hulk, Magneto, X-23, M.O.D.O.K , and some Capcom characters.
Your Art in Mega Man Tribute Book
Udon have released a few great tribute books recently, dedicated to different artistic interpretations of classic video game characters such as those from Street Fighter and Darkstalkers and now it’s Mega Man’s turn, and your trun to get your own artwork featured in its pages. Check out all the official details below. UDON is sending [...]
New Batman: Arkham City and Thor Trailers
Just shown at the Video Game Awards were a bunch of new trailers including Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3, but of most interest to us comics readers are brand new ones for two cool looking games that are both due out next year. Obviously Batman looks much more intriguing.
Extra Sequential Podcast Episode Nineteen
61 mins. It’s Christmas time! Well, almost. Mladen and I throw out a few suggestions for present buying. Let’s call it our Generous Geek Goodies Giving Guidelines. Or something. We also yak about the manga 2001 Nights, two titles from GG studio and a lesser known character from the creator of Conan. LISTEN TO IT [...]
Transformers 3 and Batman: Arkham City Teasers
The 2:30 long teaser for the third (and now Megan Fox-less) Transformers film has just been released. Apparently Soundwave is in it. Yay! The trailer doesn’t show much, apart from the 1969 moon landing and a probably ancient Transformer. I recall they used a similar NASA approach to the teaser for the first film. Also, [...]
Smurfs, Shrapnel and The Traveler Games
Want something to distract you in between bouts of reading comics? How about games based on comics, then? Three different comic publishers have all made launches within days of each other. First up is Papercutz with their first of many games based on The Smurfs. Smurftastic news! Papercutz, the premier publisher of such popular graphic [...]
