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Image Comics announces dark, seductive mystery The Discipline

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Image Comics have announced that bestselling writer Peter Milligan (X-Force / X-Statix) and artist Leandro Fernandez (Queen & Country) are teaming up for the “dark, seductive mystery” series The Discipline. This might be the edgiest story I’ve written,” states Milligan. “In most ‘erotic thrillers’ sex is the end-game, the objective. In The Discipline the erotic charge […]

Comic Book Review – Paper Girls #3

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Zeb Larson reviews Paper Girls #3… The ongoing mystery series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN & CLIFF CHIANG charges ahead, as the girls have a close encounter with an unexpected visitor. Good God, what the hell is happening in this comic? I’m not complaining, but we’re three issues in and it’s gotten even more complicated and […]

Rob Liefeld’s Prophet could be heading to the big screen

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Rob Liefeld’s creator-owned comic book series Prophet could be set for a big screen adaptation, with The Tracking Board reporting that Liefeld is pitching the project as a movie, with 20th Century Fox apparently showing some interest in what is being described as “a mix between The Martian, Mad Max and Avatar“. The character of […]

Johnny Knoxville adapting Hawaiian Dick for NBC

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Johnny Knoxville is developing an adaptation of Image Comics’ Hawaiian Dick for NBC, with Paul Lovett and David Elliott (GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra) set to pen the script, as well as executive producing alongside the Jackass star. Created by B. Clay Moore and Steven Griffin, Hawaiian […]

Comic Book Review – Autumnlands #7

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Zeb Larson reviews Autumnlands #7… NEW STORY ARC. The second arc begins. Wounded and lost, our heroes seek safety, but find…something bizarre. After a long (too long, but oh well) hiatus, Autumnlands is finally back and in fine form. After the cliffhanger that we ended on in the sixth issue, we’re now following two different […]

Comic Book Review – Southern Bastards #12

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Zeb Larson reviews Southern Bastards #12… Special issue written & drawn by Bastard Prime JASON LATOUR!  Southern Bastards takes a peculiarly psychedelic turn this month, or perhaps it’s just hallucinations from brain damage. After reading this issue, my first reaction was quite literally, “What the hell did I just read?” Focusing on Tad Ledbetter, the […]

Comic Book Review – Paper Girls #2

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Zeb Larson reviews Paper Girls #2… The hottest new ongoing series of the year continues, as the Paper Girls witness the impossible. Saying” the plot thickens” in Paper Girls #2 would be a polite way of saying that the story has gotten even crazier in this issue. I’m confident saying that I have no idea […]

Comic Book Review – Chew #51

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Jessie Robertson reviews Chew #51… Hey, remember when DC did “One Year Later” and it was the greatest, most creative, and most revolutionary thing in comics EVER? We thought long and hard about how we could do something that awesome, and we came up with something TWICE as amazing. That’s right! “Two Years Later…” Presenting […]