The TECHLAND comics crew was mighty enthusiastic about the first issue of I, Zombie–also known as iZombie–Chris Roberson and Michael Allred’s new Vertigo series about a perky girl detective (who has to eat brains to survive) and her monstrous pals. We’ve got an exclusive preview of the first few pages of #2, along with its cover; the …
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Emanata: A Prospective Reader’s Guide to “Final Crisis”
Final Crisis, whose paperback edition comes out next Thursday, was as divisive a superhero comic as there’s been in years. The range of reactions to Grant Morrison’s (and a zillion artists’) massive DC-universe epic wasn’t just along the axis of readers who loved it and readers who hated it (and there were plenty at both extremes), but …
The Comic Book Club: Wednesday Comics and Bruce Wayne #2
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, Graeme McMillan, Mike Williams and Evan Narcisse discuss the Wednesday Comics hardcover collection and the second issue of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne.
DOUGLAS: I was excited about Wednesday Comics …
Preview: Alan Moore and Alan Davis’s D.R. & Quinch
Back in 1983, Alan Moore and Alan Davis created a one-off, six-page story for the British weekly comic book 2000 A.D.: “D.R. & Quinch Have Fun On Earth,” in which a pair of alien juvenile delinquents (who bore a certain resemblance to National Lampoon‘s “O.C. & Stiggs”) wreak havoc with time travel. (You can read that original story at …
The Daily Dose
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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Heavy Rain, The Movie?: The magic eight ball says yes. Apparently, New Line guys Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are optioning the rights to turn the PS3 game into a feature-length film.
[via Slash Film]
You mean you actually built an Iron Man suit? …
10 Badass Archers
The Hive Mind has very little faith in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, which opens this Friday. There’s something about it that just seems off. Maybe it’s Russell Crowe. Or maybe it’s the fact that this looks exactly like Gladiator. Also, Robin of the Hood sounds wrong and he never once steals from the rich and gives to the poor. This …
Political Superheroes? The Bio Comics of Capital Hill
I’m not sure the world needs Al Gore: The Comic Book. But you know what, world? You’ve got it anyway.
Yesterday, Bluewater Productions rolled out more politically-themed titles of their new biography comic book series that feature political big-wigs Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi, Sonia Sotomayor and Al Gore.
(More …
Photo Essay: In Praise of Classic Comics
LIFE.com posted a nice photo story chronicling the history of comics from newspaper funnies to Adam West. Click here to check it out. It’s a nice read, though it focuses only on children (and one monkey.)
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The Daily Dose
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the Web:
Happy Star Wars Day: Watch the saga be retold in two-minutes, stop motion LEGO-style, and May the Forth Be With You.
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[via The Daily What]
New awesome Iron Man 2 posters by Tyler Stout & Mike …
New Comics for 5/5/10
This is going to be a great week for DC and its imprints. Brightest Day officially kicks off. Batman and Robin is promising some big reveals. Oh, and Superman goes to war. I’ve spaded (♠) what I’m guess will be my personal pull list for the week but things could get out of hand, there’s a lot to like here. Check back tomorrow for the …
Comics on Our Pull List 4/28/10
Here’s a few of the books that I’ll be picking up for sure this week. As I mentioned yesterday this is a great week for crime comics and Stumptown and Last Days are not to be missed. There’s some Asgardian on Robot action as well as some of the Ultimate in Avengers drama. Check back later in the week to see if any of this makes the cut …
New Comics for 4/28/10
I hope everyone out there loves crime comics because we’ve got some great titles out this week. Between Stumptown, Shuddertown, and the Last Days your creeping felony itch is covered. I’ve marked my pull list with spades (♠) for now but come back tomorrow for a more in-depth look at the featured pull list.
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Amazing Spider-Man …