Comics

MegaCon 2011 – Rumors and Facts

Well Megacon 2011 is under way this weekend and beside fraudulent artists the big story is that after Brightest Day, Geoff Johns will be moving over to a monthly Aquaman title. That’s where the facts portion of this article ends. You may remember last weekend we picked up on the self generated rumor from DC comics about a superstar writer and artist taking over on JLA well it looks like the it may be Geoff Johns. But wait the rumor gets better! He might be co-writing with Grant Morrison! But wait it gets better! The artist is rumored to be none other than Jim Lee! Again this is just rumors, but its seems likely since DC blundered and told us that there was a new team taking over the book and that Johns is confirmed for one more title outside of Green Lantern, Flash and Aquaman. So what do you think? Do you want to see Geoff and Grant team up on JLA and once again make it a book worth reading?

After One More Day, Should You Read Spider-Man?

To read or not to read Spider-man? That is the question, sticking in every web head’s mind. It’s been a couple of years since One More Day changed the status quo of the Spider books and Brand New Day tried to inject a much needed youthful new direction to a new and Amazing Spider-man. But what didBrand New Day bring us? More quantity and less stories? Has Peter Parker, changed his motto from with “great powers comes great responsibility” to with “great power comes great irresponsibility?” Are the writers at fault for trying something new or is the fans fault for denying this character the ability to grow up? Was it really worth it to changed the status quo at all?

How I Learned to Love My Digital Wednesday

Hello, digital friends and welcome to the app age of comics. A wonderful digitized way to rediscover your wednesday fix. If your a comic downloader like me, go to the DC comixology app and check out Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. A fantastic anthology series of Batman’s first few years. This legendary series spawned the award winning classic The Long Halloween, (due to the Halloween specials for this series). Indirectly gave birth to Batman black and white and is responsible for numerous origin retellings of classic villains and heroes alike, that many are consider canon to the current books.

Three Villains You Love to Read in Comics

Villians are what make any book, movie, video game, comic
book, and TV show great.  We love to hate
them and in some cases we love to root for them.  Without these adversaries our stories would
be bland and uninteresting, and without any villains our favorite heros would
be out of a job. Everyone will have there personal favorites, but today, I am
going to tackle what I think are three good villains to read in comic books.

Undying Love #1 – Advanced Review

Undying Love
(if you couldn’t tell from the horribly overused pun in the title) is
another vampire story. After dozens of vampire stories coming out in
not only comics but mainstream movies, many people are tired of seeing
blood-suckers everywhere they turn. But Undying Love manages to
bring some unique storytelling tactics that make the vampire genre seem
fresh yet still has a few kinks that need to be worked out.

The first issue of Undying Love
explores the mythos of vampire and Chinese folklore. The protagonist,
John Sargent, falls in love with a woman named Mei in Hong Kong. Only
problem with Mei is – she’s a vampire. Now John is on a quest to kill
the vampire that created her, one of the most powerful vampires in
existence.

New Trailer for Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

Warren Ellis is one of the most prolific writers of his generation with works ranging from Transmetropolitan, Black Summer, Astonishing X-Men, Planetarty, The Authority and the list goes on. His work at Avatar Press has been largely impressive and ground breaking including his free digital comic Freak Angels. Respect! Films has done a documentary on Warren and has the trailer over at Wired.com. The trailer is to entice viewers to help complete the project by going to their Kickstarter page and backing the project. So check out the trailer, hit the Kickstarter page and drop a few bucks down to get this film out.

Dark Horse Comics at c2e2 – The Year of Star Wars

If there’s one faucet of Star Wars that’s not ruined by George Lucas’ touch it’s the Star Wars comics. Dark Horse celebrated Star Wars in a big way at c2e2 with several title announcements and the appearance of fan favorites like: John Ostrander (Legacy), John Jackson Miller (Knight Errant), Scott Allie (Jedi: The Dark Side). Con goers in attendance to the panel were treated to the return of Crimson Empire! In addition to Crimson returning they also announced Star Wars: Agent of the Empire, Star Wars: Knight Errant—Deluge and Star Wars: Dark Times—Out of the Wilderness. For the full break down check out Dark Horses’ Blog, but we’re also supplying you with short breakdown below.