Comic Features

Cyber Monday: Grant Morrison’s JLA

May 23, 2011 | | Comic Features

Welcome to Cyber Monday! So far we’ve had the Savage Dragon form Image comics (up to issue 20) and from Dark Horse weve had the first volume of theExecutioner for all those Lone Wolf and Cub fans out there. DC has released Batman: Arkham City, with two first installments the regular first issue and a exclusive digital one. Marvel comics has Annihilation Conquest: Starlord. Boom! Studios offers us more Farscape. You can also get the Days Missing mini series as single issues or a collected edition or you can catch up to whatever comic book you’ve missed.

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Preview Time – Lucid Collected Edition Hardcover

May 23, 2011 | | Comic Features

Welcome to the world of LUCID,
the action-packed pop-fantasy that draws inspiration from the spy
genre, Arthurian legend and 21st-century folklore! Dark forces are
conspiring to prevent humankind from reaching its true potential.
Thankfully, as newly appointed “Protector of the Realm,” Agent Matthew
Dee uses his skills as a covert spy and Combat Mage to ensure America’s
freedom from the grip of evil. Written by “True Blood” actor Michael
McMillian and illustrated by newcomer Anna Wieszczyk, LUCID is
Archaia’s first title published in association with Zachary Quinto
(“Heroes,” “Star Trek”) and his company, Before the Door. Collects the
four-issue LUCID miniseries and includes a Foreword written by
Alan Ball (creator of “True Blood”), cover gallery, sketchbook and a
guide to the sigils in the book.

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Character Affinity: Beta Ray Bill

May 17, 2011 | | Comic Features

In my time reading comics there have been very few characters in the Marvel Universe that can go toe to toe against the God of Thunder and defeat him. And there have been even fewer characters in the universe that have been deemed worthy of wielding Thor’s mighty hammer Mjolnir. What would you say if I can find one character in particular that has beaten Thor in a fight and he has also been deemed worthy of holding Mjolnir. You might say “that’s crazy” but actually there has been someone who has done it and that hero’s name is Beta Ray Bill,

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Cyber Monday: Lone Wolf And Cub

May 17, 2011 | | Comic Features

It
happens, you know? Great titles get crappy treatments. Especially when you’ve
collected into trade paperbacks. It might be that you’re reading your
favorite book, your finger holds the page for too long and the art gets
smudged. It might be that after you read an awesome book, the book bends
and stays in a swirl-like form forever. It’s possible that you are
enjoying a book that has over five hundred pages and as you turn the
pages a couple of them fall from the book. Yeah it’s bad and horrible
when it happens to your favorite comics.

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Talking About The Damn Dirty Apes with Daryl Gregory

May 14, 2011 | | Comic Features

Planet of the Apes has always been a long enduring Sci-Fi franchise and this year the Apes are back in a big way. First in the sell out first issue of Planet of the Apes from Boom! Studios and then in the late August release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. We had the chance to pick the brain of Apes writer Darryl Gregory about the comic half of the Apes return to popularity so sit back and enjoy!

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Character Affinity: Thor

May 13, 2011 | | Comic Features

The best of both worlds –
that is what Thor is all about. Thor is both a son of Asgard and a son
of Earth or Midgard. You might discover Thor from Marvel Studios’ hit
movie, but don’t let the movie confuse you with its Hollywood-tinkered
origin. Read the true comic book origin here. Thor
is one of several powerful ancient gods of planet Earth; he comes from
Asgard as he belongs in the pantheon of Norse gods. But his Marvel comic
debut was in Journey into Mystery # 83 back in 1962. It was
created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber. They created Thor as a
way to contrast their previous creation, the Hulk. How can someone beat
the strongest person there is? Easy… You make him a god.

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Character Affinity: Odin

May 12, 2011 | Nicole D'Andria | Comic Features

Odin is the ruler of Asgard and the father of Thor, Vidar, Balder and adopted Loki. He was created by the combined creative minds of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. He first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #85 and has now returned to the living thanks to the efforts of Matt Fraction. Odin’s father was the first Asgardian, Bor and his mother a frost giantess, Bestla. Bor was the previous King of Asgard. He was killed by a time-traveling Loki. When Loki wanted to exile Thor from Asgard he resurrected Bor. During his fight with Thor, Bor is killed… or re-killed to be accurate.

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Open Letter to Joe Quesada

May 11, 2011 | | Comic Features

This is an open letter to Joe Quesada of Marvel Comics. This is the actual letter he was sent along with a copy of Superman # 704 which is mentioned in the letter. Feel free to put you own comments at the bottom as this is just to share publicly a letter that may never actually reach Joe’s hands and if it does… well then hey, it did what it was supposed to do. Hopefully by now the letter has actually made it to Marvel and if not then it might not be as much of a surprise when it does.

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Talking to Phil Hester about The Wretch, Firebreather and So Much More!

May 9, 2011 | | Comic Features

We had the change to get an exlusive one on one interview with superstar comic creator, Phil Hester of: The Coffin, Firebreather, Green Hornet, The Wretch and Green Arrow, fame. That’s just to name a few of the things this amazing Writer/Artist has worked on in his career.

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Cyber Monday: The First Week of May

May 9, 2011 | | Comic Features

Hello and welcome to another edition of Cyber Monday. The last couple of weeks the digital world has grown, with new apps and all around sales that keep fans wanting for more. Last week the entirety of DC comics’ 52 and Infinite Crisis crossovers were put on sale with every issue going for ninety-nine cents. Boom studios, Incorruptible was put on sale, giving fans a chance get the first fifteen issues for only ninety-nine cents as well. As always, Marvel has their 99 cent Monday sale. Image comics and Dark Horse have bundles or digital trades, going for four ninety-nine to nine ninety-nine. It is clear that the digital market is big. Could this replace printed comics? The digital market has no way to make these comics into collectibles. But its a great way to catch up on every comic you’ve wanted to read. This week we spotlight a couple of books that have been digitized for your consideration.

Cyber Monday: Grant Morrison’s JLA

Preview Time – Lucid Collected Edition Hardcover

Character Affinity: Beta Ray Bill

Cyber Monday: Lone Wolf And Cub

Talking About The Damn Dirty Apes with Daryl Gregory

Character Affinity: Thor

Character Affinity: Odin

Open Letter to Joe Quesada

Talking to Phil Hester about The Wretch, Firebreather and So Much More!

Cyber Monday: The First Week of May

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