The Second Venom Trailer
“The world has enough superheroes.” That’s what Sony marketing uses as the tagline for this movie, to be released a month and a half before […]
Month: July 2018
Comic-Con 2018: Captain Action Attacks Mars!
When I was a kid, the most magical of figures wasn’t one who could just change adventurous outfits. It was the one who could change […]
Comic-Con 2018: The Return Of Mego
When you talk about “the toys that made us,” it’s not just a documentary series on Netflix. Some kids knew about Action Jackson, Mego’s 8-inch […]
A Sneak Peek At The Furious Gospel Of Johnny Tan
After years of animating on nights and weekends with his collaborators Rob Wilson and Wilson Blades, Lon Lopez is almost ready to unveil the next […]
BOOM! Previews The Sons Of El Topo
This right here. I recently have had a lot of conversations about how comics have become so much more than what people think they remember. […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast #517: Conversations at Comic-Con 2018
Comic-Con interviews, spotlighting Max Allan Collins (Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer) and Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth (Instant), then Comic-Con news and What’s in the Bag?
Gail Simone’s Tribute To Bongo Comics
One of the best writers around, Gail Simone started as one of us, a comics fan turned internet writer. And then Bongo Comics accepted a […]
Comic-Con 2018: Roddenberry Entertainment’s Instant
Last Friday, I got to sit down with Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth to talk about this short film, “Instant.” Rod and Trevor kindly allowed […]
Junior Jr.’s Guns A’Blazin’ Music Video
You know a comic book has struck a chord when a rock band puts together a song AND a music video for it. After running […]
Comic-Con 2018: Guns A’Blazin’!
It’s odd to say this about a comic that comes out once a year, but one thing that stands out about Guns A’Blazin’ #6 is its […]
Comic-Con 2018: The Good Place
Though we’ve not gone too much into it on the podcast, The Good Place may be one of the best sci-fi/fantasy sitcoms ever produced. Need proof? […]
Even Weirdworld Needs Champions
All day long, Marvel had been sending out emails with the header “Change the World?” As it turns out, they meant Weirdworld, an other-dimensional planet […]
Comic-Con 2018: Batman The Animated Series Deluxe Edition
Even if there are superhero cartoons you like better than Batman: the Animated Series (there aren’t), they wouldn’t exist if not for this one. For the time, […]
Comic-Con 2018: Deadpool’s Super Duper Dance Party
File this under “you had my money already.” To raise awareness of this little indie film Deadpool 2, Fox turned a tiny out of the way […]
Comic-Con 2018: The DC Universe Experience
Whether under the streets of Gotham City or deep in the swamps of Louisiana, the DC Universe contains a lot of darkness. There’s a lot […]
Comic-Con 2018: We Always ThinkGeek
ThinkGeek has carved out an ever-larger corner of fandom, becoming a one-stop online shop for all the things you didn’t know you needed. For several […]
Comic-Con 2018: Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein Gets An Artist’s Edition
When Bernie Wrightson passed away last year, we lamented on the podcast that his illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein had gone out of print. Sure, […]
Comic-Con 2018: With One Magic Word…
He’s still the World’s Mightiest Mortal, though it looks like director David F. Sandberg has stripped him of the power of flight. And yes, actor […]
Comic-Con 2018: The Aquaman Trailer At Last!
Everything I could have hoped.
