Comics

Marvel Digital Monday – Loki Sale!

Its Thor movie week! and like any good salesmen Marvel has not forgotten about that. Not only are they reprinting Thor books to cash in on the movie, but also Loki as well. The Marvel comiXology app: 99 cent Monday sale is Thor related as well. You can get the Loki 4 issues limited series and Balder the brave miniseries for only 99 cents each (issue). Both minis are one of Thor’s greatest stories to come out of Asgard. For $8 bucks you will get two awesome miniseries. so don’t be the last one to know go get your Thor fix and enjoy the movie. Remember stay tune to Playeraffinity.com for more news on comics and sales.

The Sky Over The Louvre – Review

Not only is this the most unique format for a graphic novel it’s probably the most unique graphic novel I’ve read. The Sky Over the Louvre takes place during the French revolution and features a long list of paintings from the museum including: Woman With A Mirror, The Young Beggar, General Bonaparte, Death of Joseph Bara and Madame Charles-Louis Trudaine just to name a few. Altogether, the book features thirty-eight paintings from the Louvre to add a very authentic feel to the story and the book.

Reminder – Trade of the Month: Chew Vol 1

With the beginning of the month upon us we’ve come to the point where we need to discuss last month’s Trade of the Month: Chew Vol 1. If you’ve read the first volume or any part of the first volume then pop over to the forums and leave your thoughts on the series and we’ll include it in our discussion/review of the first volume. At the end we’ll let you know if this is a trade worth your time and worthy to be on your book shelf. The article goes up Wednesday so get to commenting and we’ll be back then!

Preview Time – Artifacts #7

Top Cow’s big universe shattering event continues next week and we’ve got a preview for you! We’ve been covering Artifacts since the beginning and we’ve even have an interview lined up with Ron Marz the writer of the series! You’ll get that interview later in the week after we’ve had a chance to review the next installment of Artifacts. In the meantime enjoy a look at issue #7.

Preview Time – Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #2

Mouse Guard is a great series and one that we really enjoy here at PAC as you can see from the rave reviews it gets from us. It’s been a while since the first issue fo the The Black Axe so take a refresher and read the review of the first issue and then dig into the preview.

Action Comics #900 Controversy – Mountain Out of a Mole Hill

This week has been full of its fair share of comic controversies the first starting with Superman renouncing his US citizenship. The story started on Bleeding Cool with the article, “Action Comics #900 is a Fox News Story Waiting to Happen.” Guess what happened then? It became a national news story and of course Bleeding Cool was at the forefront. They then followed up with another story, “So I’ve been talking to the Washington Times for a Half an Hour about Action Comics #900.” From there every comic news site began posting their thoughts getting reactions and really building the mountain.

Image Announces “Repulse”

After showing his artistic skills in his debut title Spawn, Szymon Kudranski has unveiled his latest project called Repulse, a dark science-fiction thriller.

Our scenario: Robots will remember their past life as a human being while helping to solve the worst crimes in history, but one detective must stop a serial killer from murdering the rest of his officers and stop him from destroying him.

Kudranski is a rising star in the comic book world, greatly changing the visual style of Spawn and receiving great praise – people are anxious to read every new issue coming off the presses just for his artwork alone. In Repulse there will be a lot to look at with the comic spanning 72 pages in black-and-white. Part of Repulse will be in Diamond previews in May and it will go on sale June 6th for $6.99.