Illusive Comics Moves To Franklin Mall
It was already big, and like a Marvel crossover event, it just got bigger. Unlike a Marvel crossover event, however, Illusive Comics & Games actually […]
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Comic-Con 2016: Another Saturday Night…
Actually, the day started pretty well, though probably extremely well for Dan Mora. The artist was still buzzing from his win the night before as Most […]
Willem Dafoe Joins ‘Deathnote’
Many, many months ago we talked on the podcast about a planned American film adaptation of the manga [amazon text=Death Note&asin=142152581X]. Adapted a few times […]
Comic-Con 2016: The Robots Are Coming!
Actually, the robots were part of an art installation at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, the hotel adjacent to the Marriott which is adjacent to the […]
Comic-Con 2016: When’s The Weekend Again?
Leave it to Nintendo to be responsible for the two most apt images of Comic-Con. This is what it’s like to move from place to […]
‘The Tick’ Returns August 19
When Amazon announced they would be reviving The Tick, there was much rejoicing. The short-lived Fox sitcom, created by Ben Edlund from his comic, produced by Barry […]
The End Of Infinity Revisited
On May 10, Disney announced that their popular toys-to-life video game Disney Infinity would be shutting down. We reported it; we mourned it. We held out […]
Comic-Con 2016: Friday Cosplay
I could never do it. I have to run around too much, and I’ll admit my Bag of Holding would likely ruin the effect of […]
Comic-Con 2016 Cosplay: Beauty And The…
If you kept a tally of cosplay at Comic-Con — and maybe somebody did — it sure seemed like the character with the most imitators […]
Comic-Con 2016: Of ‘ROM’ and Revolution…
When IDW announced they had the rights to do a new Rom comic book, I had my doubts. The cool-looking Spaceknight toy of the 1970s looked cool, […]
Comic-Con 2016: To Boldly Drink Where No Beer Has Gone Before…
Even before Comic-Con officially started, the party had begun. At least, the responsible and moderate partaking of a beverage made from triticale — not quadro-triticale, […]
‘Justice League Dark’ Comes To Animation
It’s the next direct-to-video feature from DC Entertainment, set in their main animated universe. You know, the one with Jason O’Mara as Batman, not the […]
Going Beyond With ‘Star Trek’ And Barco Escape
Two years ago at Cinequest, one of the screens was adapted to show Barco Escape, a three-screen projection method that reminded me a lot of […]
Comic-Con 2016: Wild Dog Joins ‘Arrow’ To Face…
Near the end of Season 4, Arrow introduced Evelyn Sharp, an Arrowverse version of Evelyn Crawford. Crawford had been part of the New 52’s Birds of […]
Comic-Con 2016: Recapping ‘Lucifer’
Despite my hopes last year, Lucifer isn’t really that close to the original Vertigo comics series by Mike Carey. Instead, it borrows the basic characters and […]
Comic-Con 2016: A Quick Interview With Ethan Castillo
We met Ethan three years ago at Big Wow! Comics Fest, and the then-8-year-old artist already wowed us – Ric, Nate, and myself. My son […]
Comic-Con 2016: Marvel Confirms The Villains Of ‘Black Panther’
UPDATE from Comic-Con 2016: Kevin Feige confirmed what Jaimel Hemphill had speculated for us — that Michael B. Jordan will be playing Killmonger, sort of the […]
Comic-Con 2016: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Is Partly ‘Planet Hulk’?
On the Marvel stage yesterday, a set of props appeared, “direct” from the set of Thor: Ragnarok. Marvel Vice President Ryan Penagos instagrammed a photo of those […]
Comic-Con 2016: Marvel Reveals Secrets Of ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
If you had doubts about the future of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Marvel Studios panel put them to rest. Maybe. Because the […]
Comic-Con 2016: Final ‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer
Oh, sure, it’s almost here anyway, but as part of the DC Films presentation in Hall H, we got a new Suicide Squad trailer. It gives […]
