Month: March 2011

  • Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne TPB Review

    Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne TPB Review

    2011, DC Comics Story: Grant Morrison Art: Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Yanick Paquette, Cameron Stewart, Ryan Sook, Lee Garbett Like Superman and Captain America before him, Batman was always going to best the Grim Reaper and return to the DCU – even though technically he was never dead. It was more a question of when…

  • New Thor Movie Posters are Epically Fugly

    New Thor Movie Posters are Epically Fugly

    Following the release of 20th Century Fox’s promising X-Men: First Class posters last week, Paramount and Marvel Studios have decided to take a less inspired approach to promoting that other impending Marvel movie, Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (source: IGN). Yup, they’re bland, inappropriately Gothic, and unlikely to appeal to a) those clued into the Thor comics,…

  • X-Men: First Class & Thor Writers at London Expo

    X-Men: First Class & Thor Writers at London Expo

    Where: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock When: 27-29th May MCM Expo Reveals First Class Panel   Press Release: X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are to appear on a panel at the next MCM Expo London Comic Con, which takes place at ExCel London on 27-29 May, show organisers have announced. A…

  • Will Eisner Receives Google Doodle

    Will Eisner Receives Google Doodle

    March 6th marked the late Will Eisner’s birthday, and yesterday US Googlers were welcomed by a rather splendid “doodle” – the logo above Google’s search bar that changes to mark events and anniversaries. The logo even linked to further information on the seminal comic creator when clicked. Eisner died in 2005, but his legacy continues…

  • Zonad DVD Review

    Zonad DVD Review

    2009 Written and directed by: John Carney, Kieran Carney Cast: Simon Delaney, David Pearse, Janice Byrne Extraterrestrial invaders battle for the quaint town of Ballymoran in this low budget Irish comedy. Only, Zonad and his archnemesis Bonad aren’t aliens but two escaped lunatics – unlike “prot” in K-Pax, there’s no question as to whether these…

  • In Between Days in ‘The Floundering Time’

    In Between Days in ‘The Floundering Time’

    New Graphic Novel from SLG in May Press Release: It’s graduation week, and Emma is having to move forward whether she wants to or not. There are crushes to confess, sexuality to sort out, and a few (or maybe more than a few) last drinks to down with her best friend Joey. In her debut…

  • First Image of Captain America’s Red Skull

    First Image of Captain America’s Red Skull

    Entertainment Weekly has posted the first image of Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull – actually, an image of Weaving sans hideous makeup debuted several months ago, but that’s not quite the same – and he looks every bit the part. Perhaps the two surprises here (albeit minor ones) are just how sci-fi influenced the…

  • Daomu #1 Comic Book Review

    Daomu #1 Comic Book Review

    Image Comics, $2.99 Writer: Kennedy Xu Art: Ken Chou “Based on the best-selling Tomb Robber’s Journal,” boasts the cover to Daomu #1. Those suddenly feeling excluded for never having heard of the series can be forgiven; the novels are allegedly a big hit in China, and writer Kennedy Xu has adapted his work into comics…