Here’s something for the comics conspiracy theorists amongst you: DC Comics’ iPhone/iPad app no longer offers any titles from the Vertigo line, although they’re still available on ComiXology’s own app. More meat for those who’re convinced that new publishers Dan Didio and Jim Lee have a hidden agenda to take the mature readers imprint …
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Kick-Ass, X-Men Director: Hollywood Has Killed Superheroes
Hollywood has killed the superhero movie, and there’ll only be another couple of movies before the genre dies entirely – at least temporarily. Those aren’t my thoughts, but those of X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn, who didn’t shy away from telling the LA Times’ Hero Complex blog that he’s making his contribution to the genre …
Why The Star Wars Holiday Special Still Matters
There’s something oddly compelling for me to see something in its formative stages, before even those involved know exactly what it is that they’re dealing with; going back, later, to watch early Buffys where the tone isn’t quite there, or re-reading X-Mens where Wolverine is much more of an asshole and Storm seems to be eyeing up …
Watch While You Can: The Avengers Teaser Clip
In an internet version of Whack-A-Mole, Marvel’s been slapping down the Avengers teaser that showed at Comic-Con 2010 a few weeks ago whenever it pops up. If you haven’t seen it, here ’tis:
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Here’s hoping Samuel L. Jackson narrates the whole movie like that.
Emanata: Eight Comics That Demand to Be Reprinted
There have been rumors floating around for a few weeks that Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman’s long-out-of-print Marvelman/Miracleman comics are either closer to republication than they’ve been in a while, or further away. (Arguably, the recent kerfuffle over the “Medieval Spawn” case is just the latest set of aftershocks from the Marvelman …
Every Lightsaber Appearance From Episodes I-VI
YouTuber Landstrider spent six hours compiling every on-screen lightsaber ignition in order of each movie’s release. Retractions were cut in reverse order.
Kudos to you, Eric.
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Star Wars: Legacy To Get a Six-Issue Sequel
Those who have been lamenting the end of John Ostrander and Jan Duursema’s Star Wars: Legacy comics series with this month’s #50 need rend their garments no longer: MTV’s Splash Page has reported that Ostrander and Duursema are preparing a follow-up six-issue miniseries, Star Wars: Legacy–War. Duursema claims that they’ve conceived of …
Spot the Gadgets in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
In honor of Star Wars Month, I volunteered to painstakingly watch all six Star Wars movies and compile a list of gadget-like devices I spot in each one. I can promise you I will miss a few and I won’t know what some of them are supposed to be called, but I’ll be damned if I don’t watch all six episodes of one of the greatest film …
Is Green Lantern’s Third Movie Already Being Planned?
The first movie hasn’t even finished shooting yet, but already rumors are flying about that Warners are planning a Green Lantern trilogy, with each movie to be released a year apart, Lord Of The Rings (or Twilight)-style. Bleeding Cool is reporting that shooting for the second Green Lantern movie will begin before the first has been …
Panel of the Week 8/4/10
Welcome back to Panel of the Week where we choose some of the best scenes from this week’s comic books. This week we have monotone vigilantes, an angry Thing, a helicarrier precursor, big pun, and a new twist on ninja demon summoning. Let’s blow your hair back.
Daredevil Black and White
There are two flavors of Daredevil the …
The Clone Wars Gunship Nose Art
While watching “Landing at Point Rain” (Season 2 Episode 5) last week in one of the Lucasfilm Animation theaters at Big Rock, I noticed that all the Republic gunships had nose art reminiscent of the nose art on bomber planes during World War 2. Below are 20 different pieces used in The Clone Wars series.
The Comic Book Club: “Deadpool” and “Daredevil: Black and White”
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss Deadpool #1000 and Daredevil: Black and White.
DOUGLAS: I confess that I don’t entirely understand why Deadpool’s sizeable cult thinks he’s …