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.
Viz Manga on iPad
Press release below for you manga reading tech lovers.
VIZ MEDIA DEBUTS NEW MANGA ON THE FREE-TO-DOWNLOAD VIZ MANGA APP FOR THE iPad
VAMPIRE KNIGHT, OTOMEN, OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB And RUROUNI KENSHIN Join Lineup of Legendary Manga Series Available
VIZ Media announces the launch of VAMPIRE KNIGHT (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB (rated ‘T’ for Teens), OTOMEN (rated ‘T’ for Teens), and RUROUNI KENSHIN (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), available now from the VIZ MANGA APP on the Apple® iPad™ mobile device. The VIZ MANGA APP is available for free download through the iTunes Store, and all manga volumes are available for purchase and download in the U.S. and Canada directly within the application for $4.99 per volume.
The recently launched VIZ MANGA APP is the leading application to read Japanese manga on the iPad, with a downloadable library of the most popular manga series in the world. Readers are encouraged to check the app regularly, as new additions to the store and free Chapter 1 previews of other forthcoming manga series for the iPad are featured.
Other series now available for download on the VIZ Manga App include volumes from BLEACH (rated ‘T’ for Teens), BAKUMAN｡ (rated ‘T’ for Teens), DEATH NOTE (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), DRAGON BALL (rated ‘T’ for Teens), NARUTO (rated ‘T’ for Teens), and ONE PIECE (rated ‘T’ for Teens).
In OTOMEN, a romantic comedy by creator Aya Kanno, Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things–sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to Ryo Miyakozuka, the girl that he’s falling for?
In the screwball romantic comedy OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB by Bisco Hatori, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids’ school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school’s swankiest, all-male club–as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else…
Action, romance, and historical intrigue help make Nobuhiro Watsuki’s RUROUNI KENSHIN, the tale of a wandering swordsman set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, one of the most popular Shonen Jump titles among fans to date! Himura Kenshin, once an assassin of ferocious power, is now a humble rurouni, a wandering swordsman fighting to protect the honor of those in need.
In fan favorite hit VAMPIRE KNIGHT, by Matsuri Hino, Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy’s dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!
For more information on the VIZ MANGA APP, please visit www.VIZ.com/apps/.
Comics Christmas Cards
I’m listening to Christmas carols as I write this. They always put me in a good mood. Anyway, here’s a snazzy gallery over at Broken Frontier featuring some new Christmas cards from a few publishers and artists. This one from Dark Horse is my fave.
Extra Sequential Podcast Episode Twenty
70 mins. Our Tron: Legacy special in which we dissect the 3D sequel to the classic 1982 film and the latest comic news and reviews. Also, sexy angst, inner beauty and the Star Wars planet naming method.
DOWNLOAD IT HERE, LISTEN TO IT BELOW OR ON ITUNES OR MIXCLOUD.
1:10 NEWS
Your chance to appear as an artist in Udon’s upcoming Mega Man tribute book, Japanses creators band together in protest against new ratings, Crossgen comics launch from Marvel in March, Mark Waid leaves BOOM! Studios, BOOM! to publish Michael Moorcock’s Elric series, the first Marvel TV series to focus on spy/mother Jessica Jones.
18:10 WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING
The bad Jonah Hex film, Dexter Season 5, Sandman: Book of Dreams short story collection, Magus #1 from 12 Gauge Comics and Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #513.
39:15 FEATURE REVIEW – TRON: LEGACY
Comic Wallets
Sometimes you just stumble upon something cool on the net. Today was one of those days. Now you can get wallets made from actual comic pages. Cool. Check out Comic Wallet’s site right here. There’s wallets made from Scott Pilgrim, Sandman, The Death of Superman and more. They’re all around $20-$30 and feature 6 card slots and a clear ID pocket.
Each Comic Wallet is made from a page of a real comic book and laminated front and back with a clear adhesive plastic. The interior is reinforced with a strong fabric adhesive.
Broken Frontier Awards 2010
You have until Sunday to vote for the best work in comics form the past 12 months, and it has been a good year for comics. Here’s all the details and the categories are below.
Broken Frontier Awards 2010: The Ballot
Best Writer – Mainstream
Bill Willingham (Fables, Jack of Fables)
Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Avengers)
Grant Morrison (Batman and Robin, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne)
J. Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One, Brave & The Bold)
Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors)
Best Writer – Independent
Dan Clowes (Wilson)
Jeff Smith (Rasl)
Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Incorruptible)
Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Shuddertown)
Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible)
Best Artist – Mainstream
Doug Mahnke (Green Lantern)
Frazer Irving (Batman and Robin, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne)
Jim Cheung (Avengers: The Children’s Crusade)
Olivier Coipel (Siege)
Steve Epting (Fantastic Four, The Marvel’s Project)
Best Artist – Independent
Charles Burns (X’ed Out)
Darick Robertson (The Boys)
Darwyn Cooke (The Outfit)
Jen Wang (Koko Be Good)
Nathan Fox (Fluorescent Black)
Best Ongoing Series
Batman and Robin (DC)
Scalped (DC/Vertigo)
The Unwritten (DC/Vertigo)
The Walking Dead (Image)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (Marvel)
Best Limited Series
Blackest Night (DC)
Daytripper (DC/Vertigo)
Hellboy: The Storm (Dark Horse)
Siege (Marvel)
Spider-Man: Fever (Marvel)
Best Debut Book
American Vampire (DC/Vertigo)
Morning Glories (Image)
The Sixth Gun (Oni Press)
Skullkickers (Image)
The Traveler (BOOM! Studios)
Best Graphic Novel
45 (Com.X)
Moving Pictures (Top Shelf)
Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
Wilson (Drawn + Quarterly)
X’ed Out (Pantheon)
Best Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Dark Horse
DC Comics
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
New Spider-Armor
Hmmm…looks like something from the Spidey musical.
Your First Look At The NEW SPIDER-ARMOR!
Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Spider-Man’s all new Spider-Armor, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #656, from the superstar creative team of Dan Slott and Marcos Martin. Peter Parker may have hit the Big Time, but that hasn’t stopped new villains from terrorizing Manhattan. What kind of foe would prompt Spider-Man to suit up in this high-powered costume? Find out in Amazing Spider-Man #656!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #656
Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled & Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Captain America 70th Anniversary Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA
Rated A …$3.99
ON SALE IN MARCH!
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 out a call to comic artists, video game artists, freelance illustrators, and fan artists all around the world to show us your artistic tribute to Mega Man! Give us your best artwork featuring the cast of Mega Man®, Mega Man® X, Mega Man® Zero, Mega Man® ZX, and Mega Man® Legends. All styles are welcome – anime, western comic style, cartoon, pixel-based, sculptures – whatever you can come up with as your tribute to the blue bomber!
The best pieces submitted will be included in Mega Man Tribute, which will premiere as a special 300-page limited-edition hardcover book at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con. UDON’s past tribute books have had a huge artist turnout, with Street Fighter™ Tribute andDarkstalkers™ Tribute each receiving thousands of entries. As one of the most beloved characters in video game history, and with hundreds of characters to work with from across the Mega Man franchise, Mega Man Tribute is poised to be UDON’s most diverse and exciting art book yet!
Help make Capcom® history as part of the Mega Man Tribute art book and have your artwork showcased alongside top names in the industry! It’s time to show UDON and Capcom your unique vision of Mega Man!
For full contest rules and to submit your artwork head to: www.MegaManTribute.com
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is Next DCU Toon
Thanks to the Superman Homepage sharing the just released back cover of the All-Star Superman animated film we know that next in line is Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. Apparently this snippet has been released before, but it doesn’t ring any bells. What we do know is that’s supposed to be released in June, with the live action film and will be an animated anthology showing other members of the GL Corps. Awesome.
The first animated film Green Lantern: First Flight introduced Hal Jordan to a new audience, so hopefully this and the Ryan Reynolds-starring film will make a lot more people aware of Hal and co.
All-Star Superman arrives on February 22.
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.
Potential Superman Sequel and Costume
There’s no mention of where the writers got this info from, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless. Essentially it’s what Bryan Singer’s plans were for the sequel to Superman Returns. It certainly seems much more action packed and features Brainiac and removes (if harshly) the whole bad idea of Superman’s son, but I’m still glad this film wasn’t made. Read the article here.
Also on the net are more costume concepts from another Supes film attempt, this time for the J.J Abrams version, though they may have carried over to Singer’s film too in the early stages. Steve Johnson released those Nic Cage/Tim Burton costume test pics a while ago and now you can see them and more recent ones at his Facebook page.
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 BELOW, DOWNLOAD IT HERE, ON ITUNES OR MIXCLOUD.
1:35 NEWS
No Two-Face or Joker in The Dark Knight Rises, Tron: Legacy soundtrack is now available, the trailer for Transformers 3, Anthrax’s Scott Ian is writing The Demon for DC Comics, superheroes become samurai in Marvel’s 5 Ronin mini-series due in March.
17:20 WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING
Twilight: Eclipse, Hard Candy, the original Spartacus film, Kull: The Hate Witch #1 from Robert E. Howard, manga 2001 Nights from Viz Media, A Skeleton Story and The One from Italian publisher GG Studio.
42:34 GEEK CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Mladen and I give you some guidelines for Christmas purchases. If you want to buy something for the fanboy/fangirl in your life, or if you’re a fanboy/girl who wants to get something for the comics curious person in your life, then have we got some great tips for you?! Yes, yes we do.
First Thor Poster and Trailer
Yes, it’s pretty bland and the character’s name/film title is miniscule, but fans already know what the film version of Thor looks like. I’d expect the posters that are released closer to the May 6, 2011 release date to play up the fantasy angle and the Marvel angle. Really this one-sheet could be of any action movie, but as directed by Kenneth Branagh and tying in to the Iron Man/Avengers film continuity we know it won’t be.
The trailer has also just been released. Some of the footage has been seen in the Comic-Con footage form July this year, but it also shows Thor’s winged helmet, his hammer Mjolnir and the evil Destroyer in action. Oh, and it’s 3D too. Looks pretty awesome.
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, just been released is this teaser for the follow-up to the best comic video game ever, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Again, it doesn’t reveal a lot, apart from some brief Jason Bourne styled beatings. Both the TF film and Batman: Arkham City are out next year.
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