Yesterday during the DC Entertainment: Meet the Co-Publishers panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International, Jim Lee and Dan DiDio announced that The Flash and Aquaman are both set to receive the Earth One graphic novel treatment next year. Flash: Earth One is set to be penned by J. Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One), while […]
SDCC: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero faces a Cobra World Order this September
G.I. Joe has been fighting the evil forces of Cobra for decades, but this September will see the terrorist organisation unleash its master plan on the unsuspecting Joes with Cobra World Order! Written by G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama and with art from S.L. Gallant, the mammoth 8 part event gets underway in G.I. Joe: […]
SDCC: Marvel announces Darth Vader crossover Star Wars: Vader Down
During Marvel’s Cup o’ Joe panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the publisher has announced a new crossover between its ongoing Star Wars and Star Wars: Darth Vader series entitled Vader Down from writers Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen and artist Mike Deodato and Salvador Larroca, which will see Vader taking on the entire […]
SDCC: Full list of winners from the 2015 Eisner Awards
Last night the Indigo Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront played host to the 27th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and thanks to Bleeding Cool we’ve got a full list of all the winners… Best Short Story “Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com “Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #26: The Sandman Vol.1 Preludes & Nocturnes
In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at The Sandman Vol.1 Preludes & Nocturnes… Created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith & Mike Dringenberg. Released 1989. This isn’t going to be so much a review, as an awakening. Comic books have been around for many decades, but comic books […]
Action Lab announces Actionverse shared superhero universe
Action Labs has announced that it is launching a brand new imprint for its creator owned superhero titles under the banner of Actionverse, which will also include a crossover miniseries featuring its top superhero characters. Things will get underway with Halloween Comicfest: Actionverse, which offers a preview of the Actionverse universe from Jamal Ingle (Molly […]
IDW announces new Back to the Future comic series
IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to release a new Back to the Future comic book series subtitled ‘Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines’, which will be steered by screenwriter Bob Gale. Each issue will feature two stories from writers John Barber (Transformers) and Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters). “We’ve subtitled this ‘Untold Tales and Alternate […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #144
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #144… (There are big spoilers in this issue, so I’m putting up an especially big red flag). Well, this issue of The Walking Dead ends on a predictably bleak note. I think the best thing that can be said is that things didn’t go nearly as badly as they […]
Comic Book Review – Rebels #4
Zeb Larson reviews Rebels #4… With Mercy pushed to the back of his mind, Seth is free to commit one hundred percent to the war for independence and to the special assignment General George Washington has in mind for him. Rebels #4 takes Seth Abbott to a familiar battle in the lore of American history: […]
Dark Horse Comics teams with Universal for TV adaptations
Dark Horse Comics has struck a deal with Universal Cable Productions to bring a selection of its comic book titles to the small screen, with adaptations of The Umbrella Academy, Harrow County, Concrete and Back-Up are in the works. “Dark Horse Entertainment has an incredible roster of fantastical, witty and mind-bending stories,” states Dawn Olmstead, […]