When this book was first announced at Comic Con International last summer I nearly flipped at this idea. When I got the book in my hands six weeks before the release I flipped again. If […]
John Parker had a great little piece over at Comics Alliance yesterday regarding solutions to those of us not going to Comic Con, and Mark Batty Publishing‘s own Adri Cowan and I went ahead and […]
io9’s Graeme McMillan has done this thing for years: steps to surviving Comic Con. Frankly it would be presumptuous for me to tell you how to survive the convention, considering I’ve never gone and I’m […]
Yet another graphic novel tie-in to a movie with an all star cast of artists attached. I swear, this is too good to be true. Heidi over at the Beat says, Cameron Stewart (“Seaguy”), Tommy […]
Marvel and DC Comics have released their latest animation endeavors with the “Spider-Woman” motion comic, and the first four minutes of “Green Lantern: First Flight”. We would embed the clips to the body of this […]
Little tidbits of news popped up over the course of the day, including more photographs from the first episode of Matt Smith as the new Doctor Who. Probably my favorite line of the day regarding […]
Shocktillyoudrop.com has an exclusive preview of the comic adaptation of Diablo Cody’s next film starring Megan Fox, “Jennifer’s Body.” Published by Boom! Studios, the book will be written by Rick Spears (Black Metal) and drawn […]
“Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.” — Buzz Aldrin And to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the original […]
An interesting piece from the Hollywood Reporter creeped up yesterday, and it seems like no one has written a thing about it. Apparently, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, and Marv Wolfman have been hired by Warner […]
Like I’ve mentioned before I’m a huge fan of “Doctor Who.” So when they announced that someone two years younger than me will be taking over the role from David Tennant, I was curiously cautious. […]
Enjoy the cover to the final issue of “Planetary” by John Cassaday [Click to get the full size version, and trust me you’ll find yourself lost in it for a good ten minutes]. Over the […]
Rockin’ new print Jordan’s put together of Jaime’s cover to L&R #24. It’s ginormous, measuring 26″ x 40″, limited to 87 pcs., and available from Jordan’s site. Man alive, is this thing not beautiful?
Twitter is the new favorite thing that everyone uses, it can often be mundane, stalker-y and hilarious. Below is a list of some our favorite Twitter users who also happen to be comic creators. A […]
While having my morning coffee Today did a story on how Bill Gates seems to think he can control hurricanes. They also made a reference to him as the Weather Wizard. Five U.S. Patent and […]
I shot this idea at Jeff earlier this week of doing a Basement Tapes-like weekly column where he and I talk about this Wednesday’s comics and other comic related events the morning after. Hence, “Thursday’s […]
This week’s Village Voice has a review by cartoonist Ward Sutton of the highly touted new documentary “Died Young, Stayed Pretty.” The film premiers Friday the 17th in New York at the IFC Center and […]
Well, I guess last night. People are lining up for “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” by the thousands. Its already shattered the overnight Box Office Record previously held by “The Dark Knight”. And […]
Okay, so maybe I could only will myself a week break from a “Shining” reference. I can’t stop myself, I’m a creature of habit. Regardless, its that time again, and that means some comics coming […]
A couple of weeks ago I posted about comic book writer Mark Sable’s troubles with the TSA over a script of his excellent “Unthinkable” comic. What happened was Sable was detained by the authority because […]
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