Conan The Barbarian Returns In January!
Look at this creative team. They join a legacy of giants, and no doubt in a few years, we’ll look back and consider them giants, […]
Comics
The Good Old Days… Of Doom
Back in 2003, Mark Hamill created “Commander Courage,” a beloved but non-existent superhero for his mockumentary Comic Book the Movie. When the production company asked me […]
Review: Planet Of The Apes Visionaries
As Dana Gould points out in his notes afterward, it’s impossible to hide the twist of Planet of the Apes, no matter what version of the […]
Defender Of The Southern Faith: When Walked The Reverend…
From the Once Upon A Dime archives…
The Beauty Queen Of The Crimefighting Set
A Once Upon a Dime classic: Who remembers the Cosmetic Crusader?
Liberty Wears Long Pants
Fears in the 1950s sends a beloved icon from trunks to trousers…
The Naked Censorship Of Liberty Lad
A special blast from the past — a classic article from OnceUponADime.com, covering real history for a fake comic book character!
Rediscovered: Once Upon A Dime
In 2003, Mark Hamill had a dream. We helped support it by creating a sister website, Once Upon A Dime.
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 519: The Lone Fanboy
The big red cheese stands alone as Derek updates hot news of the week and interviews “The Red King” writer Shaun Manning!
Fanboy Planet Podcast #518: Put Down Those Chips!
Continuing Comic-Con 2018 coverage featuring Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover, and George Mann! Plus comics, movie, and TV news!
What’s The Top-Selling Superhero? Did You Say Dog Man?
Right now he’s overshadowing Batman, Spider-Man, and anything that Animal Man has been in. You haven’t seen a movie about him, nor seen him on […]
Comic-Con 2018: Captain Action Attacks Mars!
Captain Action attacks Mars, and Mars attacks back! At least, that’s the promise from Atomic Toybox. But wait! There’s more!
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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: 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, […]
