Eight. Count ‘em, eight Dark Reign issues last week, and with ‘em comes our weekly Dark Reign update. We’ll do our best not to give away anything too major, but reader beware: SPOILERS AHEAD! Our old pal Nick Fury stops by Wolverine Origins...
Top Shelf Productions is bursting with pride to announce that Nate Powell's graphic novel Swallow Me Whole has been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize! Swallow Me Whole is one of five official finalists in the category of Young Adult Fiction, making it...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Weekly Rankings For 02/25/09 Here are this week’s comics ranked prior to reading them: 8. Superman #685 7. Hulk #10 6. Star Wars Legacy #33 5. Captain America #47 4. Green Lantern #38 3. Elephantmen #16 2....
NBC reports DC Comics has applied some kryptonite of their own to the NBA's plans to produce Nate Robinson "Krypto-Nate" t-shirts. The NBA planned to start selling green Knicks t-shirts with Nate Robinson's number four. Instead of Robinson over the four on the back, though, they were going to write Krypto-Nate to...
ComicList: Dark Horse for 03/04/2009 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #23 (Season 8)(Jo Chen Cover), $2.99 Buffy The Vampire Slayer #23 (Season 8)(Georges Jeanty Cover), $2.99 Goon #32 (10th Anniversary Issue), $3.99 Hellboy Wild Hunt #4 (of 8), $2.99 Nexus Archives HC Vol 8, $49.95 Savage Sword Of Conan...
ComicList: DC Comics for 03/04/2009 Authority #8, $2.99 Bang Tango #2 (of 6), $2.99 Batman Cacophony #3 (of 3)(Adam Kubert Regular Cover), $3.99 Batman Cacophony #3 (of 3)(Bill Sienkiewicz Variant Cover), AR Batman Cacophony #3 (of 3)(Bill Sienkiewicz Variant Sketch Cover), AR Black Lightning Year One #5 (of 6), $2.99...
ComicList: Marvel Comics for 03/04/2009 Age Of Sentry #6 (of 6), $2.99 Agents Of Atlas #2 (Greg Land Regular Cover)(Dark Reign Tie-In), $2.99 Agents of Atlas #2 (Ed McGuinness Variant Cover)(Dark Reign Tie-In), AR Amazing Spider-Man #568 (John Romita Jr Baltimore Comicon Exclusive Cover)(Graham Cracker Comics), AR Avengers Invaders #5 (Dynamic...
Beginning on March 14, 2009, the Cartoon Art Museum's ongoing Small Press Spotlight will feature the art of Rina Ayuyang. Rina Ayuyang first became interested in cartooning while growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she spent mornings watching Merrie Melodies cartoons, afternoons reading the newspaper funnies and Mad magazine, and evenings scrutinizing...
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts MariNaomi, author and illustrator of Estrus Comics, on Saturday, March 21st followed by Jimmy Gownley, author and illustrator of the popular comic Amelia Rules! on Sunday, March 22nd as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to the artists about their comics...
FX International, “The Coolest Show on Earth,” has just announced that Avatar Press will be exhibiting with at their Spring convention in Orlando, Florida from April 17th through the 19th. Appearing at their first US convention at the FX International Avatar Press booth will be Featured Guests Gianluca Pagliarani (Ignition City, Aetheric Mechanics) and Felipe...
The Brinkley Girls Cartoon Art Museum exhibition: March 21 – August 23, 2009 The Cartoon Art Museum presents The Brinkley Girls, a celebration of one of the most popular cartoonists of the early 20th century, Nell Brinkley. This retrospective, guest-curated by comics herstorian Trina Robbins, showcases over 30 lavishly illustrated newspaper tearsheets, magazine illustrations, original...
Sonic The Hedgehog has achieved something few comic book characters from the 1990s have: his title has survived for over 15 years! Why? Chalk it up to a fiercely loyal fan base (comprised of a surprising number of adults in addition to children) who take their hero as seriously as any popular fantasy character! The...
CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2009 – Moonstone has announced plans to publish several original short story collections featuring radio, film, comic book and television heroes The Green Hornet and Kato. The debut entry is expected to hit the streets by late 2009. Bold newspaper publisher Britt Reid (the Green Hornet’s alter ego) along with his faithful...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Elephantmen #16 Image Comics Starkings, Burnham & Caballero Elephantmen roles on with a one shot that happens to be part one of eight. There’s all you need to know about this series. It keeps you guessing and gives you stories that...
ComicList: Dynamite Entertainment for 03/04/2009 Army Of Darkness #17, $3.50 Battlestar Galactica Cylon War #2 (of 4)(Stephen Segovia Foil Cover)(Release not confirmed by Diamond Distribution), AR Black Terror #1 (Wizard World Texas Rare VIP Edition), AR Boys #28 (Darick Robertson Cover), $2.99 Boys #28 (Dave Gibbons Cover), $2.99 Dead Irons...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews GI Joe Origins #1 IDW Comics Hama & Feister & Hawthorne This comic is the second of the three new GI Joe series is written by the master: Larry Hama. His crack at redoing GI Joe’s beginning isn’t all that much...
ComicList: Image Comics for 03/04/2009 Back To Brooklyn #4 (of 5), $2.99 Impaler #2, $2.99 Jersey Gods #1 (Mike Allred 2nd Printing Cover), $3.50 Jersey Gods #2 (Darwyn Cooke Regular Cover), $3.50 Jersey Gods #2 (Dan McDaid Variant Cover), AR Killer Demons #1 (of 3), $3.99 Madman Atomic Comics...
Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews Green Lantern #38 DC Comics Johns, Reis & Albert This issue wraps up the introduction of the red lanterns arc. It’s got some good action and some good character interaction between Hal, Sinestro, Atrocitus and the blue lanterns. The issue drags...
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the days leading up to the much-anticipated March 6th release of “Watchmen,” brand new clip montages from the film will air exclusively during the broadcast of six different shows across three NBC Universal networks. Each of the action-packed segments focuses on one of the film’s central figures—Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, The Comedian, Ozymandias,...
ComicList Week In Review Volume 15, Issue 9 A big weekend, filled with Watchmen previews, the MegaCon and WonderCon, and the finale of the 28 Days Of Comics. Subscribe to ComicList Week In Review by Email. Join us on FriendFeed and the ComicList Community Page to discuss this week's posts. ...