July 2013 archive

Behind the Panels One-Shot – The Phil Jimenez Interview

Phil Jimenez - Behind the Panels Interview Banner

Phil Jimenez is a writer/artist best known for his work on Wonder Woman from 2003-2006, and his collaborations with Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles. In addition to his own creator-owned work on Otherworld for Vertigo, Phil was one of the artists on Infinite Crisis, and has more recently contributed to Fairest. Phil …

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Photo confirms Lucas Till as Havok in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

Alex Summers/Havok (Lucas Till) in X-Men: Days of Future Past

Habitual tweeter and X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer has confirmed the presence of actor Lucas Till in the next X-Men film when he posted a photo of the character this morning. With a caption that simply reads “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind”, attributed to …

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SDCC 2013: Marvel reveals new concept art for ‘Thor: The Dark World’

Thor: The Dark World concept art poster (SDCC 2013)

Along with the Captain America: The Winter Soldier concept art released last week, Marvel (via their official site) has announced they will be releasing this Thor: The Dark World concept art as a poster for guests at the San Diego Comic-Con International this week. Get yourself along to the Marvel Booth (#2329) to grab two new posters …

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SDCC 2013: Comic-Con posters for ‘I, Frankenstein’, ‘The Walking Dead: Season 4’ and ‘300: Rise of an Empire’

The Walking Dead - Alex Ross poster (SDCC 2013)

With the San Diego Comic-Con International kicking off this week, we’re going to see a stack of posters coming out of the US west coast camp. Hitting the interwebs this morning are some fine one-sheets for several upcoming comic book adaptations. The 300: Rise of an Empire poster features Lena Heady, who fixes her steely …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Daredevil #28, East of West #4, Hawkeye #12 and The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #2

Daredevil #28 panel - Javier Rodriguez

Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (10 July 2013) take a look at the start of the next arc in Daredevil #28 (Marvel), find out what woman has power over death …

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Video: ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’ adds Martian Manhunter and John Stewart DLC

Injustice: Gods Amongst Us - Martian Manhunter DLC

No longer content to be that guy floating and watching creepily from the background, Martian Manhunter a.k.a. J’onn J’onzz has been announced as the latest new downloadable player for active duty in the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us. The video below shows us the character in action, along with one hell of a special move. No date …

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Robert Kirkman details ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 4

The Walking Dead - Season 4 banner

Series creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman has laid out some of the plans for the fourth season of AMC’s The Walking Dead for THR this weekend. Be warned, as this post contains some spoilers for the third season. With incoming showrunner Scott Gimple, the show’s third in as many years, Kirkman speaks of a …

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Watch the first clip from ‘Beware the Batman’ online

Beware the Batman

DC Entertainment (via their DC Comics YouTube channel) has released the first clip from their new DC Nation series Beware the Batman, premiering this weekend and to play Saturday mornings at 10/9c only on Cartoon Network in the US. While we will find out soon enough whether this animated series is any good, the stylised animation …

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Review: Thor: The Dark World Prelude #2

Thor: The Dark World Prelude #2 - Ron Lim

Filling in some of the gaps of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, our second taste of the Thor sequel comes in this comic prelude. In the first half of this prelude comic, writers Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle appeared to be hampered by their inability to be able to give away too much story ahead of …

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SDCC 2013: Green Arrow LEGO mini figure and more at Comic-Con

LEGO - Comic-Con 2013 Exclusive - Green Arrow minifigure

Those of you heading to San Diego Comic-Con International this year have another reason to make your friends jealous, or at the very least make a profit on eBay. LEGO will be handing out four exclusive minifigures at the ‘Con between July 18-21 at the San Diego Convention Center, reports USA Today. Green Arrow, Spider-man, …

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Jeff Wadlow tapped for ‘X-Force’ film for Fox

X-Force - Rob Liefeld

Amidst a flurry of rumours that an X-Force film announcement is forthcoming at next week’s Comic-Con, THR is reporting that Kick Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow is writing a screenplay for an X-Force film with an eye to also direct. The rumours began with various sites reporting the website X-ForceMovie.com being registered by 20th Century Fox …

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