Author: Blaise Tassone
This 2008 award winning IDW comic from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez was suffering from what I would term ‘Sandman syndrome’. We can define Sandman syndrome as the unending rumor that the release of a film or live action series based on a critically loved comic...
These days Hollywood is milking super-hero comic books for ideas, the result is that many of the most successful of recent blockbuster movies have been adaptations of old comic book stories. It’s hard to believe that there was a time when the comic book industry achieved...
Once upon a time there was a novel. That novel sold well and eventually got made into a movie. The movie also did well, and it got turned into a comic book. I could be talking about any number of stories and characters but I’m actually...
Before Superman there was Doc Savage. According to Stan Lee, Doc Savage was the prototype for what later became the modern super-hero. Like Conan the Barbarian, Doc Savage was originally the product of pulp fiction literary yarns, but his transition to comic books was so...
While this age of Peak-Geek has been very good for all things Super-hero, the cape and underwear genre isn’t the only one currently enjoying a renaissance. Fantasy and Sci-Fi are also enjoying something like a Golden Age. More and more fantasy and science fiction themed comics...
It can’t be easy being the physical embodiment of God’s vengeance on Earth, but that’s exactly what the Spectre is. This cosmic being was created by Jerry Siegel (of Superman fame) and Bernard Baily. The Spectre first appeared in the Golden Age in More Fun Comics...
Judging from the news leaked about the ‘Titans’ live action program, and the now available official trailer (released at the San Diego Comic Con), the DC Universe show will focus primarily on Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing and the girl known as Raven. Having already looked at...
The streets of San Diego are currently swarming with comic book lovers, the doors to this year’s Comic Con conference are open and the main event is in full swing. Today the trailer for the second season of the Netflix 'Iron Fist' live action series was...
I’m visiting friends and family in the land of maple syrup and hockey. At my mom’s house, in Toronto, I found a stack of comics that I purchased back in the day. Going through the comics, I see that a lot of them were bought at...
There were rumors circulating internet circles a few weeks back that Brian Braddock, also known as Captain Britain, may be making an appearance in the next MCU Spider-man film. While nothing has as yet been officially confirmed -or denied- the rumor itself may have been enough...