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| Archived Since: | February 26, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
'Lego Marvel Super Heroes' Will Let You Create Your Own Hero
I'm a big enough fan of Traveller's Tales' LEGO games that I was planning on picking up Lego Marvel Super Heroes already, but today they added an interesting new feature to the game that sounds like it's going to be a blast to goof around with.... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
'Flashpoint' Animated Movie's Cast List Includes Some Familiar Voices And A Few New Ones
Fan-favorites Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany and Nathan Fillion will reprise their roles as Batman, Lois Lane and Green Lantern, respectively, in DC's new animated feature Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, TV Guide reports, but some new voices... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
The Surprisingly Awesome Comics History of 'Masters Of The Universe'
Despite bearing the Masters of the Universe banner, He-Man, Skeletor, and their legion of barely-dressed companions have rarely been associated with capital "Q" quality. Mattel's 1981 toyline and Filmation's ensuing 1983 cartoon are beloved... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Set Pics Reveal First Look At Jamie Foxx's Glowy Electro
If you were as giddy at the prospect of seeing Oscar winner Jamie Foxx adorned with a lightning-bolt headpiece in his role as Electro in next year's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, brace yourself for disappointment. New photos from the Marc... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Greg Pak Talks 'Code Monkey Save World,' His New Kickstarter Funded Project With Jonathan Coulton and Takeshi Miyazawa
Yesterday, Greg Pak launched a new comics project called Code Monkey Save World with musician Jonathan Coulton, in which Pak and artist Takeshi Miyazawa take characters from Coulton's songs and put them into a grand supervillain team-up... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
'ThunderCats, Ho!' Minimates Box Set Coming This Fall
While the first three ThunderCats Minimates box sets focused on the original 1985-1989 animated series' best-known heroes and villains, it looks like the newest round of characters will be decidedly more... eclectic. This September Icon Heroes... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Brian Posehn & Gerry Duggan on the Trollish Psycho-Drama That is 'Deadpool' [Interview]
When I say that Deadpool -- which just wrapped up a six-issue arc in which a hideous, indestructible and relentlessly jocular assassin re-kills the supernaturally re-animated, bent-on-destruction corpses of long deceased U.S. Presidents -- is the... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 04.16.13
Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving communities of costuming that exist, such as Cosplay.com and the Superhero Costuming... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Link Ink: 'Iron Man 3' Action, Marvel Cosplay Mickey And Sailor Moon's Action Figure
Movies: New Iron Man 3 footage shown during this past weekend's MTV Movie Awards sees Tony Stark chuck a piano at the Mandarin. [MTV]... Read more
Parting Shot: Jack Davis' Cover For 'Jonathan Winters' 'Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' [Art]
Celebrated comedian and actor Jonathan Winters passed away last week at the age of 87. The extremely popular and versatile performer was perhaps best known for his role in the television series Mort and Mindy and the comedy film classic It's... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Topps Announces First New 'Mars Attacks' Story Card Series Since 1962
The last time the Topps trading card company released a new set of Mars Attacks story cards, John F. Kennedy was in the White House. To celebrate the 50th (technically the 51st) anniversary of the originals -- which were reprinted in the '80s... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
War Rocket Ajax #154: Brian Winkeler and Robert Wilson IV Talk 'Knuckleheads'
This week on War Rocket Ajax, we're pleased to welcome Brian Winkeler and Robert Wilson IV to the show! They sit down to chat with Chris and Matt about their all-new digital series Knuckleheads and the trials of writing a comic about a guy who's... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Microseries' #1: Krang Features A Runaway Brain [Preview]
Scanning all the different Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series over the years, the most prominent characters are usually pretty consistent. Krang, though? That dude is kind of all over the place! Is he from Dimension X? Is he an Utrom? Did he... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson on the 'Saga' App Store Fiasco [Interview]
Last Tuesday comics writer Brian K. Vaughan announced that Apple declined to sell the latest issue of his and Fiona Staples' hit Image Comics series Saga in its iOS App Store market on account of depictions of gay sex acts. The statement was affirmed... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
The Future Of The Past Is On Full Display In Frank R. Paul: The Dean Of Science Fiction Illustration
Legendary science fiction illustrator Frank R. Paul is probably not an instantly-recognizable name for every ComicsAlliance reader, but for generations of science fiction, fantasy and comic book enthusiasts, his work took the fantastic worlds... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Storyboards Reveal What J.J. Abrams and McG's Superman Film Would Have Looked Like
Before Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder teamed up for Man of Steel, even before Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, Warner Bros. had plans for a movie called Superman: Flyby. The 2003 script for that never-made film was written by none other than... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
ComicsAlliance Reviews 'Mortal Kombat' (1995), Part One
Chris Sims: Hello everyone, and welcome back to our series of movie reviews focusing on the cinematic classics based on fighting games. This week, it's time to TEST OUR MIGHT as we take on 1995's Mortal Kombat!
Matt Wilson: Congratulations,... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
'The Walking Dead' Series 4 Comic Minimates Coming In August
As if things weren't grim enough for the characters in Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys' The Walking Dead comic series Minimates line, the fourth wave will introduce all kinds of intensity from Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Dark Horse Collects Alex de Campi's Poli-Spy Kickstarter Hit 'Ashes' [Interview]
A sequel to the Eisner-nominated 2005 limited series Smoke (with artist Igor Kordey), writer Alex de Campi's graphic novel Ashes was one of comics' bigger Kickstarter successes, raising over $32,000 in 2011 via the increasingly influential... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Link Ink: 'The Wolverine' Samurai Poster, Ultraman Ginga And 'Tiger & Bunny' Manga
Movies: Wolverine adds another blade to his arsenal in the latest "Samurai" The Wolverine international movie poster. [SHH]... Read more