Jul 24 2013
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 take a look at some of last week’s new releases: a new dawn for Red Sonja #1 (Dynamite), while another new twist on the …
Jul 23 2013
First introduced in 1974 in the pages of The Incredible Hulk, he was introduced to the X-Men in the pages of Giant X-Men #1 in 1975, and soon became a staple of Chris Claremont‘s historic run that followed. Now the character is quite literally everywhere, occupying several of his own monthly titles, along with various X-Men and Avengers …
Jul 23 2013
We are Jack’s happy amygdala. Appearing at the Comic-Con International at San Diego over the weekend to promote his new novel Doomed, author Chuck Palahniuk let slip that he was working on a graphic novel sequel to his most famous work, Fight Club. The 1996 novel, a commentary on the dissatisfaction with modern male ideals of masculinity, was …
Jul 22 2013
So another Comic-Con International in San Diego has come and gone, and whether you could be there or not, the Monday following such an event should be declared a geek public holiday. The sheer amount of news leading up to and coming out of the ‘Con is a little hard to digest, so we’ve made it …
Jul 22 2013
More comics news (shock horror!) emerged from the Comic-Con International in San Diego, as senior editor Nick Lowe, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Cornell, Gerry Duggan, Peter David, Sam Humphries, Chris Hastings, Terry Dodson and Brian Posehn took to the stage for the Marvel Comics X-Men panel. The two big announcements of the panel were the new series Amazing …
Jul 20 2013
One of the highlights of the annual Comic-Con International in San Diego is the announcement of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The winners of the 2013 Eisner Awards were announced at a gala ceremony held during Comic-Con International: San Diego, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, on Friday, July 19, and have been announced on the official …
Jul 20 2013
Did you know that there’s sometimes comic news at the Comic-Con International in San Diego? While we all patiently wait to see what the next Marvel film will be, or if there’s any news on Rocket Raccoon casting, a few bits of exciting comic book news have slipped out of the ‘con. Wolverine: Origin II …
Jul 18 2013
A short while ago, DC Entertainment announced the Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics documentary, highlighting the bad guys we love to hate. Now on the eve of Comic Con International in San Diego, a trailer has been released. Everybody loves a good villain, right? Indeed, we often root for them more than the heroes, …
Jul 17 2013
DC Comics (via an exclusive arrangement with CBR) has announced that the dynamic duo of a creative team that is Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner will be joining forces once again on Harley Quinn, a new series set to launch in November. The team will co-write their first ongoing with a yet-to-be-named artist. Palmiotti says …
Jul 17 2013
Dynamite has announced (via a press release) that not only have they acquired the rights to the anime Robotech, but via a sub-licensing arrangement with DC Entertainment and Harmony Gold USA, Dynamite will also publish a new comic series beginning with a Robotech / Voltron crossover event. Just in time for Voltron’s 30th anniversary, a Robotech series will …
Jul 16 2013
The final nominations for the 2013 Harvey Awards are now online, with our favourite series like Hawkeye and Saga already the big winners at 7 nominations a piece. Multiple nominations have also gone to titles like Revival (Image Comics), Batman (DC), Daredevil (Marvel), Archie, (Archie Comics), the strangely popular Adventure Time (KaBOOM ) and IDW’s Locke and Key (IDW). Some of these are hardly …
