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Daniel Luvisi's Last Man Standing Gets Its Own Trailer
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoZe4wVqhAo[/youtube] The Last Man Standing :Killbook Bounty Hunter Hardcover by Daniel Luvisi is published by Dark Horse tomorrow. Just in time for this natty trailer from Dark Horse Comics Well, why wait around for Paramount to make the movie? Meet Gabriel-last of a genetically engineered breed of supersoldiers known as the Paladin[...]
Support The Pride – The LGBTQLA (UPDATE)
I try to follow the US comic aesthetic, in my mind to say to the big boys of comics that 'hey, guess what, you can have a team of gay superheroes without it being adult' (I started writing this comic around the time Marvel made Rawhide Kid a MAX title seemingly purely for its gay[...]
Our Thoughts Are With Joe Phillips
Joe Phillips was a major player in the nineties comics industry and was a founder of Gaijin Studios, the long standing comic art studios that would include Brian Stelfreeze, Adam Hughes, Cully Hamner, Jason Pearson, Dave Johnson, Tony Harris, Karl Story, Georges Jeanty and Laura Martin.   He is currently in surgery to have his foot amputated,[...]
Cover Variance: Marvel Confirms A Little Douglock Action In All New X-Factor #1
Marvel Comics has given CBR a whole bunch of lovely new variant covers Including some from Skottie Young Including this for All New X-Factor. I guess this is a lock now? A Douglock?   Marvel Comics has given CBR a whole bunch of lovely new variant covers Including some from Skottie Young Including this for All New[...]
Nightwing Rises – Monday Trending Topics
A whole lotta Nightwing in the news lately… So DC Comics have registered a trademark an image I haven't got access to the image in question But it is described as "NIGHTWING on a bat." Most-Read Comic Stories Monday: DC Ramps Up Plans For Nightwing, By Trademark, Ahead Of Batman Vs Superman Movie So DC Comics have registered a[...]
A Brief Look At A Voice In The Dark by Larime Taylor, Out Tomorrow
I've been drawing by mouth since I was little, and have a professional background as a caricature artist. A Voice In The Dark #'1 is published by Image Comics/Top Cow tomorrow. We've featured the work of comic creator Larime Taylor a number of times, and have folllowed the creation of his new comic, out tomorrow, A[...]
Tuesday Morning Runaround – Give Jack Kirby Attention
It's cheaper to buy a six pack and a pizza and play a game rather than going out and spending a bunch of money." With his store's sales comprising of 40 percent comics, 50 percent games and 10 percent for gaming supplies, Shuler hoped his store could help people socialize. "It's unique in that I don't think[...]
Pop Culture Rounding Up With Geof Darrow And His Shaolin Cowboy
[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2808/0/PCHPodcastEpisode64.mp3] by Chris Thompson Hot on the heels of my last episode with Riley Rossmo (which you can listen to here) and my recent film podcast (which you can listen to here) I bring the world of comics and film together with the legendary Geof Darrow (Hard Boiled, Big Guy & Rusty The Boy Robot, The Matrix)[...]
Marvel Comics Rumoured To Undergo Massive Digital Transition
It reminded me a little of the ill fated distribution model that was Heroes World, where Marvel bought a print comics distributor, went exclusive with them, and it ended up helping drag the distributor and publisher down, leading to the current monopoly print distribution system with Diamond Comic Distributors And, to be fair, of late[...]
DC Ramps Up Plans For Nightwing, By Trademark, Ahead Of Batman Vs Superman Movie
So DC Comics have registered a trademark on an image I haven't got access to the image in question But it is described as "NIGHTWING on a bat." Which sound like the current DC Comics logo for the comic. Looks like it has been registered for Clothing for men, women and children – namely, shirts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, jogging[...]
Scott Snyder And Sean Gordon Murphy Temper Expectations For The First Black Robin
Please RT @DCComics — Sean Gordon Murphy (@Sean_G_Murphy) November 15, 2013 Something I should clarify regarding the info about the African-American Robin being introduced in in Detective Comics #27 by (1/…?) — Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) November 16, 2013   @Ssnyder1835 and @Sean_G_Murphy The story is a vision of a distant future, sort of my Batman Year 100, but even farther[...]
Make Comics… Then Give Them Away
Wes Locher writes for Bleeding Cool; Two years ago, when I was first thinking about getting into the business of writing comics, I did what anyone else would do; I hit up a search engine and asked, "Hey, Goog…how do I break into comics?" While at first, my search results just wanted to show me pictures of[...]
Con Wars – Acme Comics Vs Ultimate Comics
Ultimate Comics runs the North Carolina Comicon, which ran last weekend at the Durham Convention Center Two weeks previous to that, rival store Acme Comics ran its first Comic Book City Con at the neighbouring Greensboro, a few miles down the 85 interstate. This year, NC Comicon doubled its size after having to turn people away last[...]