the Lottery Party: Wild Agents of Timely!

Wild Agents of Timely!
By Richard Caldwell, Managing Editor/Columnist
A brief note to any and all creators, editors, publishers, etc.
Ought-eight is nigh dead and buried, and in light of the wonderful status levels the comic book industry has achieved in the eyes of Joe Q Public, please remember the roots.
Yes, thanks to the commercial notoriety of Iron [...]

Writer Michael Jelenic Talks ‘Wonder Woman’ Animated

Writer Michael Jelenic makes the leap from animated television to feature-length films with his script for Wonder Woman, the next entry in the series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 films, arriving on DVD & Blu-ray March 3.
Best known for his work on such animated titles as The Batman, Legion of Super Heroes and [...]

Get Ready For Lesbian Vampire Killers

The first teaser trailer for the upcoming horror comedy Lesbian Vampire Killers has been released on the official UK site. Although the official trailer doesn’t give you much insight into the film it looks like it’s going to be a raucous horror comedy that looks to be loads of fun. With a name like Lesbian [...]

First ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Photos Begin To Surface

Chalk it up to a slow news day but we are going to follow the zillion and so sites that are posting the photos that began appearing online yestersday for the upcoming Micheal Bay film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Several of these photos don’t offer much in the way of imagination, providing zilch [...]

A Conversation with Dave Olbrich, Founding Administrator of the Eisner Awards

Dave Olbrich, founding administrator of the Eisner Awards and publisher of Malibu Comics, was kind enough to share some history with our own Richard Caldwell.
Dave, your illustrious career in funny books- spanning two and a half decades now- has left you as an unsung megalith of the industry. You started early with [...]

DVD Review: Eagle Eye (2-Disc Special Edition)

Synopsis: Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan star in Disturbia director D.J. Caruso’s race-against-time thriller concerning two strangers thrust together by a mysterious telephone call, and their frantic efforts to discover why they have inexplicably become the nation’s most wanted fugitives. Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) were complete strangers at the beginning of the [...]

The Sunday Stroll for December 28, 2008

“The Sunday Stroll for December 28,2008”
By Gary Rodrigue, Editor-In-Chief
I’ve never been one to produce any best or worst end of the year list because in the end, unless it’s voted on by the readers it’s nothing more than just one man’s opinion. Well, this year I feel like sharing this mans opinion so [...]

Comic Book Review: The Walking Dead #55

The Walking Dead #55
Written by Robert Kirkman
Illustrated by Charlie Adlard w/ Cliff Rathburn
Published by Image Comics
Reviewed by Joseph Copeli
The Story: The dead walk again and they hunger for human flesh. The remnants of humanity go to extreme lengths to survive in this harsh new reality. Rick and his group struggle to survive in a [...]

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Fantastic Four- Galactus(1967)

Remember the good old days when Saturday mornings meant waking up to your favorite cartoons. Oh how times have changed. Although animated production is still present on most networks on Saturday mornings, there has been an evident reduction in quality cartoons. Where the networks fail us, we hope to deliver. Each and every Saturday we’ll [...]

Happy Holidays from ComicNews!

The ComicNews team would like to wish all of you Happy Holidays!
We’re headed over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house but we’ll be back tomorrow with latest and greatest news, sports, and weather. Oh, wait wrong site….urmmm we’ll be back tomorrow!
Whatever you celebrate on this day be sure to do it hard [...]

Comic Book Review: Drafted #12

Drafted #12
Written by Mark Powers
Illustrated by Chris Lie w/ Erfian Asafat
Cover Artist: Jean Paul Leon
Published by Devils Due Publishing
Reviewed by Joseph Copeli
The Story: Every man, woman and child on Earth has been drafted into war by a coalition of aliens fighting against the World-Eaters: ravenous alien worms who have destroyed countless planets. The coalition has [...]

Comic Book Review: The Cardboard Gods #1

Cardboard Gods #1
Written by Phil Stark & Ben Sheppard
Illustrated by Mat Startup
Reviewed by a guy who wishes he had anything to do with this
“What’s…ack…going on?”
“I don’t know.
But it’s about goddamn time.”
This fragment of dialogue, taken directly from the piece in question, sums up the affect this digital comic had on me.
The Cardboard Gods is the [...]

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