Tag: Thor

  • Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn Review

    Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn Review

    Will Sliney, the Cork-based artist of Fearless Defenders, illustrates the legendary Irish hero Cú Chulainn in this vivid graphic novel adaptation.

  • 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…

  • Iron Man 2 Movie Review

    Iron Man 2 Movie Review

    2010 Director: Jon Favreau Script: Justin Theroux Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson The finer superhero movie franchises have so far followed a pretty rigid formula. The first instalment acts as an origin story, the superior sequel throws a greater and/or more personal threat…

  • Marvel’s Siege #2 Review

    Marvel’s Siege #2 Review

    Marvel, 3.99 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: Olivier Coipel Inks: Mark Morales Colours: Laura Martin Now that Siege is halfway through, is it an epic “seven years in the making” or yet another oversized crossover that is more likely to bore me off the Marvel Universe for good than lengthen my pull list? A return…

  • Siege: Embedded #2 Review

    Siege: Embedded #2 Review

    Marvel, $3.99 Writer: Brian Reed Artist: Chris Samnee Colours: Matthew Wilson While the Civil War crossover event a few years back turned out to be a big fuss over nothing, one of several highlights was the Front Line miniseries, which detailed the unfolding events post-Stamford from journalist Ben Urich’s perspective. And with Siege looking to…

  • God Complex #1 Comic Review

    God Complex #1 Comic Review

    Image, $2.99 Story: Mike Oeming Script: Dan Berman, Mike Oeming Art: John Broglia Colours: Dan Berman You only have to glance at the first issue of God Complex, the new series by Oemin, Berman and Broglia, to appreciate who the series’ target market is. From the TV animation inspired artwork to Oeming’s dialogue-heavy script, God…

  • Comic Artist Arne Starr Envisions Kevin Mckidd as Thor

    Comic artist and actor Arne Starr, currently seen as “Arne the attending physician” on Grey’s Anatomy, has produced several concept pieces of TV stars he’s worked alongside as several Hollywood bound Marvel and DC characters, including: Several images of Kevin McKidd (Journeyman, Grey’s Anatomy) as the Mighty Thor. Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy) as the Sorcerer…