Ben Wheatley has carved out quite a resume in movies (Kill List, High-Rise) and TV (Doctor Who), but still maintains that he owes his success to reading 2000 AD (home of Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, and more). Wheatley talks about his career with host Michael Molcher on the current edition of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast podcast. […]
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Comic-Con 2016: BOOM! Studios To Publish Steve Orlando’s Namesake!
Steve Orlando (Midnighter, Virgil, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) has one new series premiering in 2016 – Namesake – and it’s for BOOM! Studios. The series is about the strange mission for a young man named Jordan Molossus: he must deliver the remains of his fathers to their final resting place – is is on a […]
After a Decade Jessica Jones Returns To Four-Color!
Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos – who worked together on the Alias comic book series that inspired the Jessica Jones Netflix series – are bringing the super-powered private eye back to Marvel Comics. Jessica Jones #1 will be in stores in the fall – bringing Jones back as a person whose world is in […]
Dark Things Wish to Rule Brittania!
Britannia is the newest project from comics superstar Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Detective Comics) and Jaun Jose Ryp (Ninjak). It’s the tale of Antonius Axia, the first detective, as he and a handful of Roman legionnaires track an abducted Vestal Virgin and discover that there are monsters in Italy – and they are hungry! Britannia #1 […]
Female African-American Iron Man Makes Big Impression!
Riri Williams made her debut in Invincible Iron Man months ago, but since news of her becoming Iron Man full time (she’ll work on the name after she gets used to the job) has caused such a huge response that Marvel is loading new editions of Invincible Iron #7-#11 so that new readers can catch […]
Comic-Con 2016: Dark Horse Announces San Diego Autograph Sessions!
Dark Horse Comics has an incredible array of talent set to take part in autograph sessions – ranging from Margaret Atwood (Angel Catbird) to the cast of Syfy’s Dark Matter (based on a Dark Horse comic). Two stages – one featuring art by Hellboy’s Mike Huddleston and Mike Mignola (appropriately dubbed the Hellboy stage) and one […]
Comic-Con 2016: BOOM! Studios Teams Up With WWE!
As part of the lead in to Comic-Con International, BOOM! Studios has announced a new partnership with WWE for new comics. First up will be an exclusive Comic-Con bagged set of six one-page comics – WWE: Then. Now. Forever. – featuring pin-ups of six wrestlers and their backgrounds and histories in the ring. Follow the […]
Batman: The Killing Joke, On the Big Screen? OH YES. YES INDEED!
I will never understand why the DCU doesn’t release some of their animated films into the theater, at least for limited engagements. I mean usually their stuff blows away a lot of the major studio releases. Looks like they are going to test the waters this summer with a one time showing Batman: The Killing […]
Dark Horse’s Nanjing: The Burning City Wins Reuben Award!
Ethan Young has won the Reuben Award – given by the National Cartoonists Society – for Best Graphic Novel for his recounting of the Chinese taking of the Chinese city of Nanjing, Nanjing: The Burning City. Nanjiang: The Burning City is published by Dark Horse Comics. For more, follow the jump.
AMC To Explore The History of Comic Books!
Comic Books seem to be taking over the world – the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DCTV Universe and the Walking Dead Universe are only the beginning. But where did they come from? And why are they so influential? AMC has greenlit a documentary series exploring the history of comics – under the working title of Heroes […]
Sir Edward Grey Is Back in Witchfinder: City of the Dead!
Dark Horse will publish Witchfinder: City of the Dead – a five-isse series by the creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola; the co-creator of iZombie, Chris Roberson; original Witchfinder artist Ben Stenbeck and original Witchfinder colorist, Michelle Madsen. In this five part miniseries from Dark Horse Comics, Sir Edward Grey, occult adviser to the queen, must […]