Colleen Doran Adapting Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”
That’s the thing about Neil Gaiman. A great artist attracts other great artists, and the result is (hopefully) great comics. Why shouldn’t it be? Gaiman’s […]
Comics
Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion Launch ‘Spectrum’ for Free Comic Book Day
We talked about this on the podcast last night, but not a lot of information was available — we’d just picked it up on the […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 421: May the Allspark Be With You!
More Hollywood attempts at dredging up more properties from our childhood. Good? Bad? Listen in and decide for yourself. Plus… everything else that happened this week.
Get Ready for the Hasbro Cinematic Universe
In a move that should surprise no one, Hasbro has announced that they will create a cohesive cinematic universe based on several of their toy […]
DC’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Comic Will Not Be Based On ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ on The CW
DC announced today a $7.99 anthology coming on March 9, 2016 called Legends of Tomorrow. If there weren’t a hugely hyped television series coming from the […]
Use The Force With Marvel Unlimited
Flat out – this is a great deal. Aside from Marvel’s recent books, this catalog also includes titles from the Dark Horse runs, which are […]
The Return of Rom the Space Knight
Comics fans (and toy fans) have hoped for this to happen for years. And at last, IDW is able to deliver the return of Rom. […]
Nothing Like a Hot Cup o’… Krampus?
Maybe it’s because I haven’t had my coffee yet this morning, but this announcement from Zenescope sounded delicious. It also makes me wonder why other […]
Red Suits. Big White Eyes. Overdue Marvel Team-Up.
Whether this was Rob Liefeld’s intention or not oh so long ago, there are a lot of similarities between Deadpool and Spider-Man. To those who […]
The Haunted Mansion Comes To Marvel
I’ve enjoyed all the Disney Kingdoms books so far, though as a Disney nut I would love more supplemental material about the ride development. But […]
‘Rocket Raccoon and Groot’ Invade in January!
The pre-Secret Wars series Groot was fun. So was Skottie Young’s Rocket Raccoon, though not quite as “cute” as his artwork would imply. Combine these two best […]
Review: ‘Robin War’ #1
Bad timing undercuts what was meant as a gritty but fun redefinition of the Bat-Family.
The Fanboy Planet 2015 Holiday Gift Guide!
Tonight we recorded our latest podcast episode, filled with recommendations for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and beyond! What do you get for someone who wants […]
Paul Dini to Tell a “True” Batman Story from Vertigo Comics
Even before writer Paul Dini compared this to Play It Again, Sam, the concept had me hooked. The Hollywood Reporter today broke the story that Dini […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Gets Another Trailer…
January 21, 2016. That’s when we get DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on the CW. First, though, next week we get “Legends of Yesterday” and “Legends of […]
Mockingbird Flying Solo in March
This is one of those cases of press release hype being likely true. This book exists because you demanded it. Mockingbird’s popularity has shot up […]
Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven
At various times in his life, Andre Roussimoff was larger than life. Better known to the world as Andre the Giant, he was a wrestler, he […]
Marvel Killing Off Their Firstborn
It’s hard to consider this a spoiler, when it was right in the solicitation for Squadron Supreme #1. These Secret Wars survivors are determined to protect the main […]
Comics Review: ‘Huck’
This is my hope for Huck: that it will turn out to be the superhero story that Frank Capra never got to tell. Co-creators Mark Millar […]
Johnny Knoxville To Be ‘Hawaiian Dick’ For NBC
Variety reports that NBC has commissioned a script for B. Clay Moore and Steven Griffin’s graphic novel series Hawaiian Dick, published by Image Comics. Johnny Knoxville […]
