Category Archives: comic books
Nate Simpson’s NONPLAYER Picked Up by Warner Bros.
The rights to Image Comics’ Nonplayer, the critically-acclaimed new comic miniseries from artist/writer Nate Simpson, has been optioned and picked up by Warner Bros. according to Variety magazine. The comic is about online gamer Dana, who tops and defeats a … Continue reading
On the new Ultimate Spider-Man
In an article in USA Today, Marvel’s revealed the hidden identity of the new Spider-Man in their Ultimates line title Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man. A “re-imagining” of the regular storylines and characters of the classic Marvel comics, the Ultimate books have … Continue reading
random comic review – “SCUD the Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang”
I don’t ever want anyone to ever say anything bad about comic books from the 1990’s ever again. Seriously. I will punch you in the face. Now, that being said…wow. Rob Schrab’s mind is a strange, strange place, one that … Continue reading
random movie review – “The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE, and the Changing Face of Comics”
I love BONE. Jeff Smith is one of my heroes and probably one of the greatest American cartoonists of the “modern” comic era. BONE‘s story of the three Bone cousins lost in the Valley and getting wrapped up in an … Continue reading
random comic review – Scenes From an Impending Marriage
Autobiographical comics are a really weird case. An indie comics staple ever since the 1970’s when the burgeoning “comix” scene began to grow and foster itself as a reaction to not only mainstream superhero comics but also large-scale newspaper syndicated … Continue reading
A brand-new GREEN LANTERN poster and trailer!
At this past weekend’s WonderCon, WB premiered a new poster and some new footage of the upcoming “Green Lantern”, starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan. The new poster (above, courtesy of the very professional iFanboy), is pretty standard for an … Continue reading