Mark Seifert Archives

Since it's looking like March Madness is going to be a bust for me this year, it's particularly nice to see con season picking up steam: better weather is

Lots of Marvel trending on BC today, topped off by what's happening in the month of May -- a big month for the company on both the comic and film sides.

The world needs more Ultron, just as much as the world needs more Doctor Doom -- which is quite a bit indeed.  There's divided opinion on this one in the

Alan Moore, on DC and Watchmen, from one of today's trending topics: “They have a whole battery of lawyers who could continue to fight this case for

Mystery toy features aside, we've had a pretty good look at The Amazing Spider-Man movie version of the lizard at this point, and despite some early

ShirtWatch: Threadless launch a new Normalmanish T-shirt... BoomWatch: Boom are running a new teaser campaign for an upcoming comic labeled "You Are

From today's must-read post about Gary Friedrich, by Neal Adams:  "Gary is a victim of the deficiencies of two very bad copyright laws, and the history in

Who destroyed Atlantis? What is the secret of Aquaman's trident? I don't know the answer to any of these questions, and though I'm just a casual fan, I've

Ah, these Toy Fair reveals... it's tough to say what's a spoiler and what's not, when it comes to merch, and it's on display in a venue such as this.

All right. So this is going to be a pretty big book, I'd say. I joked yesterday that today's scoop was going to be so big that it brought down the site a

Is tomorrow's story so big that it took out BC... from the near future? I'm not sure, but when I asked Rich if anything should be posted tonite after the

Hollywood Reporter has  broken the story tonite that Robert Kirkman has been sued by longtime collaborator Tony Moore over the particulars and profits of

Before seeing the trailer, I'd been thinking that Bourne without Bourne would seem to be a risky proposition at best. But it's a good cast, and they seem

I have to admit I thought it was a bad idea for Sony to debut The Amazing Spider-Man trailer barely more than a day after Marvel Studios detonated The

The past 36 hours have been all about that trailer for The Avengers, and in particular, what Loki's Army might be. We have a theory, which is being

Interesting Sunday. Started with a big burst (Doctor Who), ended with a big burst (The Avengers), and had plenty of twists and turns in between. Biggest

We learned some time ago that Ridley Scott was on board to direct a new Blade Runner film.   But how might they get Harrison Ford involved, given all the

The break was probably merited (though I think I liked Enterprise quite a bit better than most did) but it's definitely time for Star Trek to return to

Ok, that's kind of interesting...  there was much less Watchmen at the top of the charts (even beyond the top 3) than I would have expected today (and it

The past year has been a good one for The Avengers and all of the team's members -- particularly when it comes to vintage comics sales. The lastest record

To the surprise of few, it's one of the most predictable trending topic days ever: All Before Watchmen, all the time. I suppose the only surprise is that

Out now on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK is Tomas Alfredson's remarkable adaptation of John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It's a very cinematic

Kris Shaw's Marvel vs DC Omnibus video led to some pretty interesting discussion in the forum today. I'm a pretty big consumer of Omnibuses, archives, and

First we heard he was going to do a run on Avengers, now comes the official word about his graphic novel for DC.  Welcome back, Walt Simonson, hope this

A new source of spoiler info has steadily emerged in recent years, and I doubt it's going to change anytime soon.  Licensees have to have a lot of advance

The official blurb for The Amazing Spider-Man contains an interesting tidbit that has people wondering which comic version (and combination of storylines)

 I'm not privy to Rich's sources on this, but I'd bet on this rumor being true. It sounds like precisely the kind of thing that DC is trying to accomplish

Stan Lee is at Sundance this week,  promoting the debut of the documentary With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, among other things. Variety and

Lots of Avengers turning up on the site today, on both the film and comic sides.  Will the Avengers take the top 3 slots on both sides some day between

Although I have to agree with Brendon's assessment of the likelihood of this rumor, the wow factor makes it impossible to ignore.  It might (potentially)