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Comic Books
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Review: Doc Unknown In The Museum Of Madness #1
When evil threatens the citizens of Gate City, it’s up to DOC UNKNOWN to stop them. In “Museum of Madness,” Doc must prevent the monstrous mobster, Boss Snake, from stealing an enchanted statue. Things quickly go from bad to weird in this first installment of an exciting new pulp action adventure! We’ve got another review [...]
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Review: The Accelerators #1
Today we’ve got another review of a comic from Comixology’s Submit releases. This one is a time travel story called The Accelerators #1. It is written by R.F.I. Porto with pencils and inks from Gavin P. Smith. Tim Yates provides colors and Crank! handles lettering. Walt Flanagan (yes, Comic Book Men’s Walt) provides the pencils [...]
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Indestructible Hulk #8 Preview: Hulk And Thor Call In The Calvary
Mark Waid and legendary Thor artist Walt Simonson‘s team-up continues this month in the pages of Indestructible Hulk #8. Dr. Bruce Banner and his new team of super scientists have found themselves stranded in Jotunheim with a younger Thor that hasn’t met Banner or his big green counterpart yet. In the preview below, courtesy of [...]
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IDW’s Star Trek #21 Picks Up Right Where The Movie Left Off
IDW ran a fantastic prequel comic ahead of Star Trek Into Darkness, and now they’re using a few issues of the Star Trek ongoing series to give the film an epilogue. Star Trek #21, written by Mike Johnson with a story overseen by the movie’s writer and producer Roberto Orci, will pick up where Into [...]
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Interviews
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The Strangers Artist Scott Kowalchuk Speaks With CBT
Earlier this week, artist Scott Kowalchuk from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, took the time to speak with me about his new ongoing series The Strangers – published by Oni Press Inc. Written by Chris Roberson, colored by Dan Jackson, lettered by Ed Brisson and designed by Jason Storey, issue one launches on Free Comic Book [...]
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First Look: NOVEM #2; Interview With Creators
This article was originally published in its entirety for Geek News Network. There is nothing more that I like about my comic books than a good scare. Horror in comic books is hard to achieve and very rarely executed properly. That’s not the case for artist Joshua Green and writer Tyler Brumfield‘s “Novem.” “Novem” is very [...]
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Adam Hughes Speaks With CBT At Calgary Expo
Adam Hughes, artist extraordinaire, took time from his busy table at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo to speak with me. His work is rightfully described as “Good girl art,” for – as what Adam likes to call – its naturalistic look. Leading up to this interview, I was drawn in (pardon the pun) [...]
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Exclusive: Brandon Auman Talks Iron Man: Rise Of Technovore
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore is now out on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download. We’ve been covering it all along the way (you can check out our review of the film here). A few weeks ago we had the chance to speak with producer Megan Thomas Bradner about that side of things, and today we’ve [...]
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Movies
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Zack Snyder And Henry Cavill Want You To Buy Hamburgers
As we get close to the June release date for Man of Steel, the promotional campaign and tie-in spots will really start to ramp up. The first one out of the gate is a new Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s commercial that Zack Snyder actually directed. The spot also features Henry Cavill‘s Superman causing a bit of destruction. [...]
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New Poster For ‘The Conjuring’ Will Make Your Skin Crawl
Warner Bros. Picture‘s “The Conjuring” is set to come out this summer and is guaranteed to scary the crap out of people. “Saw” and “Insidious” director, James Wan, will be handling directing duties and will star Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Joey King, Shanley Caswell, Haley McFarland, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver, and [...]
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Everything We Know About Fox And Marvel’s War To Get Quicksilver In A Movie So Far
So today’s big story, hands-down, is that Quicksilver has ignited a war between Marvel and Fox. Out of all the characters the two either have dual ownership of or would want to use in a movie, who would have thought it would be Pietro Maximoff that set it off? Well if you’ve been under a [...]
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Hugh Jackman Briefly Talks The Wolverine: Plus New Images From The Latest Issue Of Entertainment Weekly
The trailers, clips, posters, and teasers we’ve seen for The Wolverine make it seem like we really will be getting a good Wolverine movie for once. James Mangold and company will deliver the fan-favorite Japan saga and push the Canadian berserker to his limits. The movie comes out toward the end of July, and the [...]
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Tv Shows
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The Walking Dead Season 3 Set Visit Report
Well, you all probably having Walking Dead withdrawals, and thats understandable. I know its hard, but worry not, because filming for the fourth season started on May! Time surely flies! So what are your thought on season 3? This past season was full of surprises and, we got to see some characters die, which is [...]
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First Full Length Trailer For Avengers Assemble
We’ve seen several teasers and snippets of footage for Marvel‘s new Avengers cartoon, but the first official full length trailer has finally debuted. The trailer features our first look at all the team members for the toon taking the place of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. From Iron Man to the newly recruited Falcon, they’re all there [...]
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Steven Spielberg Produced Live-Action HALO TV Series Announced During Xbox One Reveal
Microsoft just wrapped their huge presentation rolling out the new Xbox, called Xbox One, a little while ago. There were a ton of teasers and clips for the new console and some of the upcoming games, but tucked away in all the fanfare was the announcement that Steven Spielberg would be involved with a live-action [...]
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Shout! Factory Will Give Wolverine: Origin The Motion Comic Treatment This Summer
Shout! Factory will follow up their recent release of the Inhumans motion comic by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee (you can check out our review here) with Wolverine: Origin. The newest installment in the Marvel Knights animated movies/motion comics library will be the story that showed us the secret history of James Howlett aka Logan [...]
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Phoenix Comicon 2013 Is In Full Effect This Weekend!
Phoenix Comicon is in full swing here in Phoenix,AZ, and the turn out for Thursday (preview night) was a huge success. If Thursday was this busy, I can’t even imagine was Saturday will be like. Today, I got to meet creators such as Terry Moore, Peter David, Mike Mingola, Neal Adams, Arthur Suydam, Kieron Gillen, [...]
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Not To Be Outdone By Joss Whedon, Bryan Singer Announces Quicksilver For Days Of Future Past
Well that was fast. In all the news about Joss Whedon using Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in Avengers 2, the discussion about the dual character rights between Fox and Marvel always came up. Both studios have the right to use the characters, but Marvel is more restricted because they can’t call them mutants or reveal [...]
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Saoirse Ronan Addresses The Scarlet Witch Rumors
The internet was pleasantly surprised when Joss Whedon actually revealed some of his Avengers 2 secrets recently. Marvel‘s Godfather said that he was going to use a “brother/sister act” in the sequel to shake things up. A few days later he admitted it was indeed the duo everyone thought he was referring to- Wanda and [...]
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Frodo Goes All Crazy In The New ‘Maniac’ Trailer
IFC Midnight’s “Maniac” is under a month away from its release, OK, more like 29 days, but who’s counting. Yesterday, Apple.com released the first US trailer and a new poster. “Maniac” is set to hit theaters June 21, and will star Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings) as a crazy killer whose point of [...]
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Henry Cavill Is Up For A Worlds Finest Movie
Man Of Steel is creeping up closer and closer, and star Henry Cavill will be starting to make his rounds to promote the film. From early trailers and screenings, an over whelming number of people have shown support for not only Cavill as Superman, but the movie as a whole. It’s been known for quite [...]
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Neglected Nemeses: Kingpin
Typically with this series, I try to take on rogues that are a bit more obscure and a bit less obvious, a majority of which have yet to be seen in a big screen production. However, there are a few villains that were either handled so poorly in other films, or just need a revamp, that I [...]
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IDW Limited Launches Line of Star Trek Deluxe Hardcovers
STAR TREK TM LIMITED-EDITION TO INCLUDE SIGNATURES AND ARTWORK FROM A FEDERATION OF ALL-STAR TALENT San Diego, CA (May 14th, 2013) – Today, IDW Limited announced one small step for comics and one giant leap for Star Trek fans everywhere with the launch of a new line of limited edition STAR TREK books, under license [...]
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VALIANT Gets Fired Up for PHOENIX COMICON 2013!
This weekend, Valiant is hitting the road for Phoenix Comicon 2013 – the signature pop culture experience of the Southwest! From Thursday, May 23rd to Sunday, May 26th at the Phoenix Convention Center, visit Valiant at booth #652 for a weekend packed with signings, panels, and exclusive giveaways! Stop by for a full selection of [...]
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Review: Half Past Danger #1
DAMES. DINOSAURS. DANGER. Summer, 1943, and in the midst of a war waged by monsters, Staff Sergeant Tommy ‘Irish’ Flynn never expected to encounter a real one. But on a remote island in the South Pacific, Flynn and his squad come face-to-fanged-face with creatures long thought dead. A new miniseries from IDW kicks off this week with the [...]
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Project Disney: Snow White
Welcome to Project Disney, where I take a look at the entire Disney media library one step at a time. Today, I take a close look at Walt Disney’s first film: Snow White.
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UPDATE: Is Sony Considering Selling The Movie Rights To Spider-Man Back To Marvel?
How can you do an Avengers movie without Spider-Man? That is the question that has been asked over and over again since Marvel announced the blockbuster superhero team-up film. It’s no surprise that Sony has and still owned the rights to Spider-Man. A fact that has driven some fanboys/girls crazy. However a new report causes [...]
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Review: Doctor Who #9
The TARDIS has recently been on the fritz, but now it has gone completely out of control. And the Doctor is nowhere to be found! Meanwhile, white holes have been forming throughout time and space, sucking in everything around them. What does the Hypothetical Gentleman have to do with it all? Find out in the [...]
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It Really Looks Like Michael B. Jordan Will Be The Fantastic Four’s New Human Torch
Several weeks ago a rumor that Michael B. Jordan would be re-teaming with Chronicle director Josh Trank for Fox‘s Fantastic Four reboot set the internet on fire. It was originally reported by The Wrap that Jordan was the frontrunner and Trank‘s top choice to bring Johnny Storm/The Human Torch to life in the reboot. Jordan [...]
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Review: Masks #7
All hope seems lost. The Shadow, Green Hornet, and the other masked heroes are outnumbered, outgunned, and surrounded by the Black Legion forces of the Justice Party, who are bent on expanding their chokehold on the surrounding countryside. Even the arrival of the new Zorro and Black Bat is not enough to turn the tide. [...]
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Review: The New Ghostbusters #3
They’re BACK! The original boys in gray have escaped captivity, but their captors—the demonic entities known as the Collectors—aren’t going to just let the Ghostbusters get away with a jailbreak! It’ll take all the wits at the disposal of both teams to keep Ray, Peter, Winston and Egon in one piece and on this dimensional [...]
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Review: Dark Shadows: Year One #2
A blood-thirsty monster terrorizes the people of Collinsport! As the bodies pile up, the Collins’ family faces an unspeakable truth: the killer is one of their own! The vengeance of Angelique hits Barnabas and his family hard— and threatens to tear them, and the innocent townspeople, apart! Plus: Victoria Winters appears at the estate, but [...]
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