Tag: comic books

  • Marvel vs Capcom 3 DLC List is Fake. For Now…

    Marvel vs Capcom 3 DLC List is Fake. For Now…

    Since releasing Shuma Gorath and Jill Valentine for MvC3, Capcom have kept rather schtum on exactly who will be filling in those two additional DLC slots – though the current crisis in Japan is probably of more concern to the game’s developers. But this hasn’t  stopped one beaver from spreading a 14-strong roster of new…

  • Michael Jai White at Black Dynamite Comic Panel

    Michael Jai White at Black Dynamite Comic Panel

    Where: Meltdown Comics, 7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca 90046 When: Monday, April 4th 6:30 PM Screening 8:00 PM LIVE Podcast 9:00 PM Comic Book Signing and Live Music Chris Hardwick will lead a panel that includes Michael Jai White (“Black Dynamite”, co-writer), Byron Minns (“Bullhorn”, co-writer), Scott Sanders (director, co-writer), Brian Ash (comic author,…

  • Venom #1 Comic Book Review

    Venom #1 Comic Book Review

    Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Tony Moore, Sandu Florea, Karl Kesel, John Rauch With Mac Gargan no longer hosting the symbiote, there’s a certain desperation in the way Marvel have been so quick to reinvent Spider-man’s erstwhile antithesis. Flash Thompson, the former Peter Parker bully turned paraplegic war hero, is now in the black;…

  • Black Dynamite Explodes in Your Face

    Black Dynamite Explodes in Your Face

    First issue of the BLACK DYNAMITE Comic Book to release April 2011 Press Release: Ape Entertainment, in partnership with Ars Nova, is proud to announce the release of the original 48 page one-shot Black Dynamite: Slave Island, inspired by the major motion picture Black Dynamite. “Between the streets, Vietnam and the C.I.A., Black Dynamite thought he…

  • 2011 Eagle Awards Voting Opens

    2011 Eagle Awards Voting Opens

    Due to my ongoing technical problems this is going up a little late, but nevertheless: the voting selection for the 2011 Eagle Awards is now up. It’s a vast and varied list, too, comprising 29 categories. Voting will close at midnight BST on Monday 11 April, and the winners will be announced at the MCM…

  • Indie Comics Magazine #1 in Comic Shops Today

    Indie Comics Magazine #1 in Comic Shops Today

    Press Release: Comic book readers who are interested in Aazurn Publishing’s Indie Comics Magazine and did not preorder #1 need to buy today at their local comic shop, said Editor Gary Scott Beatty. “We have no huge overprint, no digital version and no back issue sales,” Beatty explained. “Indie Comics Magazine #1 is an instant…

  • Daomu #1 Comic Book Review

    Daomu #1 Comic Book Review

    Image Comics, $2.99 Writer: Kennedy Xu Art: Ken Chou “Based on the best-selling Tomb Robber’s Journal,” boasts the cover to Daomu #1. Those suddenly feeling excluded for never having heard of the series can be forgiven; the novels are allegedly a big hit in China, and writer Kennedy Xu has adapted his work into comics…

  • DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review

    DC Universe Online: Legends #1 Comic Review

    DC Comics, $2.99 Story: Marv Wolfman, Tony Bedard Art: Howard Porter, Livesay, Adriana Melo, Norman Lee Colours: Carrie Strachan DC Universe Online: Legends sits in the rather unenviable position of being a comic book based on a video game based on a comic book. However, DCUO is no ordinary video game but an MMO; an…