No, really. He looks dumb. Take a look: DC’s big twist for this guy – it’s been the center of the buzz, anyway – is that this guy is Arab instead of white, just like Earth 2′s Green Lantern is gay. Let me make this clear. To me, saying a character is Arab is as [...]
I didn’t know what I was getting into when I took on this preview. This is a wacky, adult comic, full of off-camera BJs, on-camera boob fondlings, implied hardcore spanking with government property, and so on. Also, they say bad words :O It’s also full of Charlie’s Angels spoofs, insane CEOs, a parody of the [...]
Who knows what evil lies in the hearts of men? My money’s on Garth Ennis. For years he’s been writing comics featuring despicable villains and the heroes that put them down, from the Punisher to The Boys to Jennifer Blood. And now he’s back, writing one of modern fiction’s original criminal-hunting badasses, The Shadow. Issue [...]
Kickstarter has proven itself to be a wonderful means of getting original products and ideas in front of an audience. If marketed well, the most unlikely idea might catch fire and find its market. Comics projects are no exception. The Monarchy Kickstarter project, created by Tyler Kirkham, is ambitious: a goal of $20,000 to create [...]
I met up with Steven Sanders during March’s Planet Comicon. A personal friend and decent fellow, he’s one of a growing cabal of Kansas City comics creators that includes Jason Aaron, Jai Nitz, Nathan Fox and others. He sat behind a table of his works: inks from the Aaron’s Wolverine series and other prints, as [...]
Riding the wave of a triumphant Kickstarter campaign, Hoang Nguyen’s Carbon Grey is entering its second volume, printed by Image. The operatic, steampunk war epic reappears in June with Carbon Grey Volume Two: Daughters of Stone #1. These previews show off the loving detail that goes into the artwork. Look further into the project: [...]
Perhaps you are aware of Hack/Slash‘s beginnings as a series of one-shots for Devil’s Due Publications in 2004. After 32 issues with Devil’s Due and 15 for Image, the series seems very, very different. Sure, even back then, the slasher-movie-turned-on-its-head theme made a few sorties into other areas of the horror genre. But the one-shots [...]
How cool is that? On Tuesday it was confirmed that Google, backed by super-huge director James Cameron, will be taking to the stars to mine near-Earth asteroids. No blue-skinned cat people here: the expedition expects to find large amounts of water, platinum, gold and other resources to haul back to Earth. Their venture, Planetary Resources, [...]
Daniel Johnston, long-celebrated musician, will showcase his comic SPACE DUCKS: AN INFINITE COMIC OF MUSICAL GREATNESS at Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Fest‘s afterparty. This is Johnston’s first foray into comics, and he employs a simple colored pencil/watercolor style that speaks of light-hearted fun and innocence. Johnston is an interesting guy. He has [...]
Wizard of Oz remakes are a dime a dozen – a testament to the strength of the source material, surely. Some really reach for a high-concept reinterpretation of the story, and others champion an oft-maligned character. There’s something about Big Dog Ink’s Legend of OZ: The Wicked West that really makes you want to [...]
It’s the universe-spanning team-up you’ve been waiting for! In the upcoming series Spider-Men, Peter Parker stumbles into a reality where he is long-dead, and the young Miles Morales has taken his place. Here’s what Marvel has to say about the upcoming series: This June, it’s time for Peter Parker, better known as the Amazing Spider-Man, [...]
That’s right – The Ragin’ Cajun has dealt himself a new series, due to release this April! And here’s the oh-so-revealing image they released to us: That’s right. The series about Gambit… will be called Gambit. One hopes for something a little more substantial, non? Oh, look – I’m already talking like him. My wife’s [...]
“Whimsy” is the word of the day for issue 2 of Image’s Saga. The question now seems to be: how far is too far for Brian K. Vaughan? In this project especially, it seems like every wild idea that came to mind was thrown into the mix. Here’s an example. The first page is a [...]
Red Sonja and Witchblade. Two cult classic heroines with a lot of fire. But some things just aren’t meant to go together, no matter how good they are apart – sardines and dark chocolate, for example. That’s how I feel about this series. There’s nothing lacking in the art, and writing tells the story well [...]
For me, Blair Butler was one of the most pleasant surprises of Planet Comicon. I’d seen her briefly on Attack of the Show!, but being one of those odd-balls that doesn’t own cable, I didn’t know much about her. After attending a wonderful Creator-Owned Comics panel that Butler moderated, I’m a fan. To be fair, [...]
‘Merica! Marvel has this to say about the upcoming Captain America #10: Marvel is proud to present your first look at Captain America #10 from the acclaimed creative team of Ed Brubaker & Alan Davis. Captain America is still bearing the devastating effects of losing his Super-Soldier serum! As Steve lies powerless, Sharon Carter [...]
Marvel gears up for their next big event: Avengers vs. X-Men! Here’s the cover for AvX #2. First off: you notice Iron Man and Magneto facing off in the foreground there? That’s a clear reference to the AvX Versus tie-in series. Each issue is dedicated to an epic, cinematic, drag-out fight between two of the [...]
I hope you’ve been enjoying Brian Azzarello‘s Wonder Woman run so far! If you’re just tuning in… well, you have bad timing. Last month’s issue culminated in an end of a story arc of sorts and a fateful plot twist, sending Diana on a mission to Hell to rescue her friend Zola. The world tour [...]
Have you seen the covers for the upcoming Idolized title from Aspen Comics? Here’s what Aspen has to say about the upcoming series: “IDOLIZED is Aspen’s first-ever superhero series, so they’re pulling out all the stops. It tells the story of girl with super-powers and a tortured past, who seeks revenge, and ultimately finds [...]
I’d like to call to your attention a little comic called Feeding Ground, published by Archaia last year. For a small publisher, this comic is a great feat in both art and writing. The story revolves around a coyote – a human trafficker along the “Devil’s Highway” – and his family. The mysterious Blackwell corporation [...]
