So Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is available now, in the US at least. Here in Oz we have to wait a little longer, but by all accounts it’ll be worth it. The 7th animated DC film has been getting great praise for its epic story and dazzling fight scenes, and the 70s-flavoured bonus [...]
February 24, 2010
Categories: Cartoons, Interviews, Movies . Tags: DC comics, Gina Torres . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
The famous creator of Spawn and writer/artist on Spider-Man, and so much more is now a regular contributor to comics site Broken Frontier. The Image co-founder speaks about his gig on the Image series Haunt, the absence of long-term creative runs these days, and more in his first column right here. Here’s a snippet that’s [...]
February 13, 2010
Categories: Interviews, News . Tags: Haunt, Image, Todd McFarlane . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Thanks to Warner Bros. for their interview with actor Bruce Davison, who plays President Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke in Feb 23’s animated film, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. Having one of the meanest hombres in the DC Universe as President in an alternate earth is an awesome move.
VETERAN ACTOR BRUCE DAVISON MAKES ANIMATION VOICEOVER DEBUT [...]
January 7, 2010
Categories: Cartoons, Interviews, New To Comics? . Tags: DC, Justice League . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Arcana #1, the new full colour quarterly mag that’s a print extension of the Extra Sequential on-line mag I co-created, goes on sale at comic book shops on January 27. Here’s a preview of our 96 page first issue! You can also see it here.
December 31, 2009
Categories: Comics, Interviews, New To Comics?, News . Tags: Arcana magazine . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
The fine folks at davidmackguide.com have a preview of our 8 page David Mack interview from next month’s Arcana #1 magazine. Go here and click on the pics to see them nice and large.
December 30, 2009
Categories: Comic Art, Interviews . Tags: Arcana #1, David Mack . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Now up at Broken Frontier are two new interviews of mine. One is with writer Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade) primarily about his new mini-series from Top Cow, Angelus. The other interview is with writer Jesse Blaze Snider (Dead Romeo) about his new gig writing Toy Story for BOOM! Studios.
Also up at Broken Frontier is [...]
December 24, 2009
Categories: Interviews, Reviews . Tags: Boom Studios, Top Cow . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: 1 Comment
Up now at Broken Frontier is my interview with Nathan Edmondson, writer of the excellent Image series Olympus. The TPB of the series exploring Greek mythology in the context of a modern action film is now out. Check out my interview here.
December 23, 2009
Categories: Interviews, New To Comics? . Tags: Image . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Now up at Broken Frontier is my interview with Steve Mannion, from Asylum Press’ Fearless Dawn series, for which words like “cheesecake,” “romp” and “madcap” would be suitable descriptions. He’s a great artist too.
His The Bomb TPB is out now and the Fearless Dawn mini-series has just begun. If you like Tank Girl-like heroines fighting [...]
December 19, 2009
Categories: Interviews . Tags: Asylum Press, Steve Mannion . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
I can’t really conceal my excitement for this film. It’s a great time to be a DC fan! The latest in DC’s growing line of animated films involves the Justice League and their evil counterparts from an alternate earth. I’ve chosen this film as one of the must haves for the first quarter of 2010 [...]
December 16, 2009
Categories: Cartoons, Interviews, Movies, New To Comics? . Tags: Batman, DC comics, Justice League . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Or “gods,” actually. Seeing as I rarely mention the Jesus of this blog’s title, here goes….CBR have just uploaded their latest interview with Marvel’s head honcho Joe Quesada in which he answers fan questions as part of his regular Cup O’ Joe feature. Most comic publishers have various gods, demi-gods, and supreme beings all mixed [...]
December 13, 2009
Categories: Interviews, News . Tags: Joe Quesada, Marvel . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
The 7th entry in DC’s excellent animated films is focused on 2 things near and dear to any true DC fan’s heart – the Justice League and multiple earths. We’re featuring February’s Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as one of our so-called Objects of Desire for the first quarter of 2010 in the debut [...]
December 11, 2009
Categories: Interviews, New To Comics? . Tags: DC comics, Justice League . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Awesome artist David Mack was kind enough to send me these two links relating to his work. Last Saturday he gave a talk at the Salt Lake Library. There’s some beautifully massive pics and two great videos right here.
There’s also an insightful interview with the man himself here. Mack is always generous with his interviews and are [...]
December 10, 2009
Categories: Comic Art, Interviews . Tags: David Mack . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Not that fanboys would necessarily be familiar with the actor’s portrayal of Mr. Big from Sex and the City (though that does sound like a Warren Ellis superhero name, doesn’t it?) but actor Chris Noth’s geek stakes are improved thanks to his voice acting of the good Lex Luthor from February 23’s animated DVD, Justice [...]
December 3, 2009
Categories: Interviews, Movies, New To Comics? . Tags: Justice League, Lex Luthor . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment
Up at Broken Frontier now is my interview with writer David Tischman. He’s responsible for series such as Bite Club, and the current Red Herring from Wildstorm. Also released this week is his new series from 12 Gauge Comics, called Luke McBain,with artists Kody Chamberlain and Brian Stelfreeze. It’s a 4 ish mini based on [...]
November 15, 2009
Categories: Interviews, New To Comics? . Tags: 12 Gauge Comics, David Tischman . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a Comment