ZERO PUNCTUATION’S YAHTZEE CROSHAW COMES TO DARK HORSE
October 26, 2009 by Press Release
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Coming soon from Dark Horse Books: Critical sensation Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw (The Escapist’s Zero Punctuation Reviews) brings his signature acerbic wit to his debut novel, Mogworld.
Mogworld, a comedic fantasy novel with a twist, is the story of Jim, who, sixty years after dying in a magic-school mishap, is wrenched back to life by a renegade [...]
Robot 13’s Unique Journey Continues in Issue Two
October 13, 2009 by Steven Surman
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The beginning pages of “Robot 13” #2 are the strongest in the issue: they capture the raw imagination and creativity that writer Thomas Hall and artist Daniel Bradford bring to the table in their creator-owned title. The pages reveal a richly illustrated and colored flashback of ancient Greece; heroes rise and fall before the [...]
NBM in December
October 7, 2009 by Press Release
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This December, NBM will be bringing three books to comic shop shelves, making spirits bright and cash registers sing! Please see the attached release for full solicitation information and book details. Here’s a preview of what you’ll find:
MALEFIC by Luis Royo! One of the greats of fantasty art sees a classic volume returned to print [...]
Comics & Cinema: A Wish List
Welcome to another edition of Comics & Cinema. This week we’re going to focus on my wish list. Maybe you’ll agree with some of my wishes, maybe you won’t, but let’s all have fun with the fantasy of maybe one day seeing *your* wish comic hero/villain on the silver screen. To break it down into [...]
Episode 4 of “Spider-Woman” Picks up Needed Pace
October 6, 2009 by Philip J. Eaves
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You may remember from my review of the first episode of “Spider-Woman” my lack of confidence in this new animal known as the ‘the motion comic.’ That initial episode of “Spider-Woman: Agent of SWORD” didn’t seem to know its place. The art was nothing short of Maleev’s best, but the characters were awkward. The [...]
Twice Bitten by “Incarnate”
October 6, 2009 by Ben Simkins
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Oh, how the world has changed since “Incarnate” #1. “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” has become just “Kate Plus Eight” (refresh your memory with my review of the first issue, and Joel McHale has his own show on network television. But, has “Incarnate,” the vampire comic by Gene Simmons’ son, Nick Simmons, shed some of [...]
Image Comics Returns to Baltimore Comic Con with Massive Lineup
October 6, 2009 by Press Release
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This upcoming weekend the world’s greatest creator-owned and operated publisher, Image Comics, makes a big return to the Baltimore Comic Con including their biggest guest list yet and a very special IMAGE UNITED preview book variant available only at the show!
“It’s good to be back in Baltimore,” Image Comics Chief Operating Officer and [...]
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Superman- The Mad Scientist (1941)
October 3, 2009 by Gary Rodrigue
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Superman- The Mad Scientist(1941)
Presenting the very first Superman cartoon from Fleischer Studios, released on September 26, 1941.
Did you know that this episode was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, only to come up short in its bid, losing out to Walt Disney’s, Lend a Paw.
Dark Reign: The List – X-Men Sells Out & Returns With New Printing
October 2, 2009 by Press Release
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Marvel is pleased to announce Dark Reign: The List – X-Men has sold out at Diamond (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will return with Dark Reign: The List – X-Men Second Printing Variant! Superstar Matt Fraction and legendary artist Alan Davis present the X-Men, including new member Namor, defending the [...]
Super Hero Squad Show (and Hulk) Smash Saturday Morning!
October 2, 2009 by Press Release
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This Saturday, September 26th, at 8:30 AM, the Hulk gets Gray (and smart) in the third episode of the critically acclaimed Super Hero Squad Show on Cartoon Network! After a battle with Klaw and Screaming Mimi, the Incredible Hulk is now the Intelligent Hulk! As the Squad battles the Legion for the fate of Super [...]
“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – The Complete Second Season” Reviewed
October 2, 2009 by Gary Rodrigue
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The time: today. The stakes: all our tomorrows. A nascent AI, assisted by droids, continues to edge toward world domination and the ruin of humankind. It accepts no limits. It fears no one. Except John Connor. The machines know John, now 16, is the future head of the resistance. They know he is growing [...]
Red 5 // Atomic Robo Trades this December
October 1, 2009 by Press Release
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This December, the third volume of Atomic Robo debuts with the trade paperback Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time. It collects the acclaimed five-issue mini-series, with bonus stories and art… and the web-short “Atomic Robo vs The Yonkers Devil” in print for the first time.
To celebrate, the completely-sold-out first volume of Atomic Robo [...]





