Steve Rogers, Captain America, And Outrage
To go by the so-called Mainstream Media, Marvel stole DC’s thunder this week. While DC released the mostly good DC Rebirth #1, Marvel brought Steve Rogers […]
Comics
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 439: SpaghettiOs Alfredo
The Fanboys and guests Budiak (Cheap Game Reviews) and Brett (The Enabler) celebrate Star Wars’ 39th birthday by discussing DC Rebirth, Marvel NOW!, Captain America, Comixology Digital, Daniel Craig’s escape from Bondage, DC Films, casting in Thor: Ragnarok and Ghost in the Shell, the evolution of the CW superheroes, Mirror’s Edge from game to TV show, and providing absolutely no Game of Thrones spoilers.
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 438: Klingon Law
Klingon lawsuits, fan verification, Worldcon, DC Logos and Rebirths, Doc Savage speculation, Buckaroo Banzai, the BBC and so much more!
Marvel Suggests ‘Vote Loki’ For 2016
There are days this seems the sensible option. From Marvel: God, trickster, brother, liar, son, villain, even hero. Loki wears many faces. But now he’s […]
All-Star Artists Covering ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ #1
How times have changed. Back in 1977, Star Wars #1 from Marvel came out three months before the movie. Granted, the finished product had some […]
‘Mouse Guard’ Creator David Peterson Goes Back To His Inspiration
It’s a magical and influential book, which creators have adapted to film a few times over the decades — most famously, perhaps, Walt Disney. If […]
The Rebirth Of The DC Logo
DC Entertainment released a new logo this morning. Definitely better than the band-aid look and a throwback (though not quite) to the 1970s look, this […]
Marvel Gets A Tsum Tsum Takeover In August!
You may have resisted up until now. But if you haven’t seen the explosive popularity of stackable Tsum Tsums over the past few months, you […]
Exploring The Work Of Darwyn Cooke
The comics industry has been rocked this weekend — and really, that’s not hyperbole — by the unexpected death of creator Darwyn Cooke. Friday morning […]
DVD Review:
‘Justice League: The New Frontier’
originally posted on Fanboy Planet 2/25/2008 Almost instantly upon release, [amazon text=Darwyn Cooke’s mini-series The New Frontier&asin=1401248888] became a classic of the superhero genre. So when […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 437:
To the End of Infinity
Leeroy Jenkins Day, the end of Disney Infinity, Comic-Con HQ, Kamandi Challenge, Justice League movie, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, and so much more…
‘Marvel Tsum-Tsum’ #1 Is Coming – And It’s IN CONTINUITY!
In continuity? I guess if Bamfs (little magical versions of Nightcrawler) can become part of accepted continuity and not just out of a bedtime story […]
Comics Creator and Animator Darwyn Cooke Has Passed
UPDATE: Though we have yet to find a primary source on this, many comics professionals have tweeted this evening that Darwyn Cooke has passed away. […]
Bringing The Con Man To Illusive Comics
Alan Tudyk may be one of the nicest guys in movies and television. He’s moving in on that title for comics with the release of Spectrum, […]
‘Civil War II’ Lets Slip The Gods Of War…
Hercules takes arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing… doesn’t end them. He only increases sales. It’s always a fine line when gods […]
Marvel Introduces Key Civil War II Character Digital First
Sure, Ulysses will appear in print eventually. But Marvel has been playing with the possibilities of digital comics with their Infinite Comics line. You can […]
‘Locke & Key’ Being Developed For Television… Again
It looks like this time, IDW is just doing it for themselves. Today the entertainment company (not just comics) announced they’re developing a “straight to […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 436: Three-Eyed Ravens
Is this the end of Comic-Con? Changes at Thrillbent, the Deadpool experiment, ROM, an unexpected Doc Savage Update, Universal Monsters, Captain America: Civil War, Game of Thrones, The Flash, Supergirl, and so much more…
‘Con Man’ Coming To Comic-Con HQ
Back at Silicon Valley Comic-Con, we had the chance to interview PJ Haarsma, who collaborated with Alan Tudyk on the upcoming comic Spectrum, and whose [amazon […]
Celebrating The Return Of ROM
As you may be aware, Saturday May 7 is Free Comic Book Day. One of the titles we’re looking forward to most is IDW’s preview […]
