Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2016. While the Marvel NOW! relaunch helped propel Marvel ahead of DC following three months of Rebirth leading the way, it was Boom! Studios’ Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1 which came out on top in terms […]
IDW and IM Global teaming up for action drama LD50
IDW Entertainment and IM Global Television have announced that they are partnering up to co-develop and co-produce LD50, a new action drama from writer and executive producer Scott Dacko. The project will incorporate a TV series, along with a series of comic books. LD50 is described as “an expansive, thought-provoking character-drama set in a world […]
Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #23
Mark Allen reviews The Wicked + The Divine #23… NEW STORY ARC: “IMPERIAL PHASE I,” Part One Welcome to the November 2014 issue of Pantheon Monthly. Exclusive interviews with all your favorite gods. Plus! The first photographs of the Morrigan ever! The creative team behind The Wicked + The Divine are never ones to rest on their […]
Comic Book Review – Wonder Woman #10
Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman #10… “YEAR ONE” part five! The world is finally introduced to the Wonder Woman, and adversaries—both ancient and new—take note. SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Wonder Woman #10 here Throughout the ‘Year One’ story, Greg Rucka has really taken the time to examine Diana’s place among Amazonian society, […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk Gently has returned to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have […]
Marvel announces Monsters Unleashed tie-ins for Doctor Strange, Champions, Uncanny Inhumans and All-New X-Men
Marvel has already announced Spider-Man/Deadpool and Avengers tie-ins for its upcoming event Monsters Unleashed, and now the publisher has unveiled four more titles in Doctor Strange #1.MU from Chip Zdarsky and Julian Lopez, Champions #1.MU from Jeremy Whitley, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, Uncanny Inhumans #1.MU from Paul Allor and Brian Level and All-New X-Men […]
Chris Claremont blames the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the decline of the X-Men
During his 17 year stint as writer on X-Men, Chris Claremont was responsible for penning some of the most iconic and acclaimed stories in Marvel’s history, as well as co-writing 1991’s X-Men #1, which remains the biggest selling comic book of all time. This paved the way for X-Men: The Animated Series the following year, with […]
Image to release new English translation of Beowulf
Image Comics has announced that Santiago García and David Rubín have teamed up to put a fresh—and wholly blood-soaked—spin on the violent and savage tale of Beowulf in a new English translation of the 1,000-year-old myth, which will be released in a lush, full-colour hardcover this December. BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian […]
Comic Book Review – Geek-Girl #1
Tai Freligh reviews Geek-Girl #1… Trying to be a super-hero, Ruby Kaye stumbles across a mysterious and extremely dangerous new villain taking down her town’s Numero Uno heroine – and is forced to step up and use her powers for more than just accidentally knocking drinks over her friends… Geek-Girl is entering the Super-Hero Big […]
Comic Book Review – Giant Days #20
Mark Allen reviews Giant Days #20… The second year begins! When Esther, Daisy and Susan discover that every piece of furniture in their new home was destroyed by the previous occupants, they head to IKEA, where things get complicated. As a chronicle of contemporary British student life, Giant Days is as close to the real […]
