TweetAfter the success of their first graphic novel, the Cow Boy team of Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos have announced that September will see a follow-up to the story called Cow Boy: Unconquerable. Hurrah!
Poisoned Chalice Part 14: Back to Marvelman
05/19/2013 by 37 Comments
Tweet[Previous chapters: 1 to 8 - 1953 – 1985 Roundup, 9 - The Dawn of Eclipse, 10 - Alan Moore at Eclipse, 11 - The Twilight of Eclipse, 12 - All About Angela, 13 - More Angela, More Courtrooms, and Much More Todd] In Prince of Stories, towards the end of the chapter on Neil [...]
If The Rock wants to be Luke Cage, are YOU going to tell him no?
05/17/2013 by 34 Comments
TweetThe Rock’s been making suggestions on Twitter again.
UPDATE: Avengers Assemble Cancelled — OR IS IT!?
05/14/2013 by 5 Comments
TweetIt’s reported that Kelly Sue DeConnick’s much-loved but low-selling ‘Avengers Assemble’ will be ending. A release in the most recent Marvel subscription newsletter informs customers that the series is cancelled, and all subscriptions will transfer across to Jonathan Hickman’s ‘Avengers’ title.
Poisoned Chalice Part 13: More Angela, More Courtrooms, and Much More Todd
05/12/2013 by 15 Comments
Tweet[Previous chapters: 1 to 8 - 1953 – 1985 Roundup, 9 - The Dawn of Eclipse, 10 - Alan Moore at Eclipse, 11 - The Twilight of Eclipse, 12 - All About Angela] Despite having lost both the original Angela court case with Neil Gaiman in 2002 and then the appeal in 2004, Todd McFarlane [...]
Vertigo Announce ‘American Vampire Anthology’ with Amazing Line Up of Creators
05/10/2013 by 7 Comments
TweetRight, it’s Friday, you’re buzzing on whatever it is you kids buzz on, and you’re ready for the weekend to kick in. But! Allow me to make you just that little bit buzzier, courtesy of the announcement of a new one-off called ‘American Vampire Anthology’. An 80-page special from Vertigo Comics, with the following SPECTACULAR [...]
Bloodshot Changes to Bloodshot & H.A.R.D. Corps in September
05/09/2013 by 6 Comments
TweetAll belts looks small in hindsight now we’ve met Angela, but Valiant’s news of the day – as part of their ‘Summer of Valiant’ campaign – reveals that Bloodshot will be getting a makeover later in the year. Following on from the current Harbinger Wars crossover, the series will be renamed Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps [...]
Review: Muse: The reason for boobs
05/09/2013 by 21 Comments
TweetMuse by Denis-Pierre Filippi, Terry Dodson, Rebecca Rendon Humanoids Here’s the thing: I enjoyed Muse. It’s daft and silly, and while it’s not going to win any writing awards anytime soon, it’s diverting and engaging enough to retain interest, thanks largely to some glorious art, lovingly rendered steampunk elements and button-pushing literary allusions. Hired as a [...]
Cos Play Casting Call for Long Beach Expo This Weekend
05/09/2013 by 1 Comment
Tweetby Pam Auditore According to Long Beach Comic Expo Event Manager Martha Donato, Casting Directors for “the Quest,” a new reality television from the Executive Producer of “The Lord of the Rings Trilogy” and “the Amazing Race” show will be on hand looking for qualified contestants. If you have questions you can e-mail the show [...]
Big Interview: L Nichols- ‘Autobiography is terrifying’
05/07/2013 by 4 Comments
Tweet I first came across L Nichols work via her comic for Retrofit: Flocks. To date, Flocks is one of the most powerful works I’ve read, and one which, to be perfectly honest, I’d most likely avoid on paper. It charts Nichols’ own experiences of growing up in a Christian household and community and realising she’s [...]
INTERVIEW: The Code Monkey Team Expand with “The Princess Who Saved Herself’
05/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
TweetThe creative team behind the Code Monkey Save World Kickstarter – Greg Pak, Jonathan Coulton, Takeshi Miyazawa, Jessica Kholinne and Simon Bowland – have seen their project rocket wildly beyond the $30000 target they set for themselves. But rather than pocket the $200000 and change that they’ve raised so far, the team have been solidly [...]
Poisoned Chalice Part 12: All About Angela
05/05/2013 by 28 Comments
Tweet[Previous chapters: 1 to 8 - 1953 – 1985 Roundup, 9 - The Dawn of Eclipse, 10 - Alan Moore at Eclipse, 11 - The Twilight of Eclipse] In February 1992 Todd McFarlane, along with six others, announced the founding of Image Comics, after having failed to negotiate more favourable terms for themselves at Marvel [...]
What You Should Read, What You Should Leave, During Free Comic Book Day, Part Three
05/04/2013 by 5 Comments
TweetAnd here’s the last of the Free Comic Book Day titles for 2013! Hard to believe the first FCBD in 2002 had only four titles! ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— KELLERMAN L’AMOUR SAMPLER Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE (W) Jonathan Kellerman & Various (A) Tom Yeates, Michael Gaydos Kellerman / L’Amour features thrilling excerpts from 2 of the Random House Publishing Group’s [...]
Happy Birthday, Zainab Akhtar!
05/03/2013 by 5 Comments
TweetHappy Birthday to The Beat’s one and only (we hope) Zainab Akhtar! On this most special of days, I ask you all to go spam her with messages over at her blog and on her twitter.
Review: Destination X: obsession and illicit alien sex
05/02/2013 by 2 Comments
TweetDestination X by John Martz Nobrow I would just like to take a moment to squee a little over the pairing of Nobrow and John Martz: if the dream-teaming up of one of of the best comics publishers and one of your favourite comics creators doesn’t merit a squee, I don’t know what does. Destination [...]
Matt Fraction Says Iron Man 3 is as Big as The Avengers!
05/02/2013 by 9 Comments
Tweet Matt Fraction skyped in to celebrate Iron Man’s 50th anniversary at a Comic Book Round Table event held at John Ordover’s Soho Gallery for Digital Art in New York on Wednesday night, and provided some heartfelt insights into the way in which the armored playboy has drastically changed Fraction’s own life. Along the way, [...]
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