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Besides super-heroes, comics offer a wide range of genres, characters, and settings. Some of these are starting to be explored, but plenty more have not been. Here are just a few untapped gold mines that writers and directors could choose from. Black Hole by Charles Burns A tale of adolescent mutants (no, not those adolescent…
With Captain America and Thor recently changing identities, we’re examining who is the best “replacement” heroes for established characters. Dick Grayson as Batman It just makes sense that Robin would grow-up to be Batman, doesn’t it? Although primarily known as Nightwing and the original Robin, Dick has assumed the role of Batman at different points…
For the past few days, the internet has been breaking the first two rules of Fight Club: we just can’t stop talking about it. But our digression can be forgiven, because author Chuck Palahniuk himself recently revealed exciting new details about a Fight Club sequel in an interview with USA Today. The Comic Book Sequel…
There has been a lot of exciting news for Sailor Moon fans recently with the premiere of Sailor Moon Crystal earlier this month, and now the fandom is truly getting a chance to shine with the release of Moon Animate Make-Up. When over 200 artists collaborate to recreate one Sailor Moon episode, the result is…
San Diego Comic-Con is well known for exclusive merchandising—and everyone tends to bring their very best to this annual mecca of nerd culture. Mattel’s line-up for SDCC is no exception to this, in fact their booth will include a full-sized Darth Vader-style Hot Wheels car. The car is an introduction to the upcoming Star Wars…
So you didn’t land Comic Con tickets…again. Across the country, across the world even, there are people who do currently have tickets to this pinnacle celebration of geekdom. Right now, these people are no doubt perfecting their portfolios, putting the final tweaks on their cosplays, and packing their bags for sunny San Diego. We salute them,…
Comic-Con is coming! On the 24th of July, the convention in San Diego kicks off, and it’s promising to be a big one. Comic-Con has always been a major event in geek culture, after all – if more for cosplaying than anything else. Thursday Beginning at 10:00, Jan Schroeder and Jon Del Arroz will discuss…
Marvel has decided that Thor will be a lady now to get women more interested in the franchise. I completely see their point. I mean, FINALLY, there will be a strong female in the Marvel Universe…. Oh look, here’s 5 Lady Superheroes they could have used instead: 1. Valkyrie If they wanted to stick with…
Another two episodes of The Legend of Korra bring us deeper insight into the adult characters while the younger ones take a back seat. While this is fine, much of the development feels glanced over and it would have been nice if there were more focus on the philosophies from Avatar that we found so…
Coming off the heels of the announcement that the new Thor will be female, Marvel has made another change to one of Marvel’s big three (Thor, Captain America, and Iron-Man); namely, Captain America will be black. The New Captain America Sam Wilson, otherwise known as the Falcon, will be taking over the mantle of Captain…
Followers of the Nordic world must have already heard the latest news but for those who haven’t, Marvel, in a very pleasantly surprising public broadcast, has revealed that they will be introducing the first ever female Thor character in their upcoming comic book series. As announced on ABC’s talk show The View, the new storyline will be launched in October…
The new Sailor Moon Crystal premiered and with a beautiful new song and stunning opening animation that somewhat resembles scenes from a Space Odyssey; 2001, has already shown itself to be different from the original. Episodes can be found free on Hulu. The first episode of Sailor Moon Crystal was almost exactly the same as…
This week, Archie comics will publish Life with Archie #36 with the “The Death of Archie” two-part story, which will detail the death of its title character, Archie Andrews. Billed as the “epic finale to the acclaimed series,” the event will mark the end of the Life of Archie series, which started as a semi-alternate reality…
Book 3 Chapter 4: In Harm’s Way In Harm’s Way starts off with what “Korra” does best: an intense action scene. Zaheer breaks the final member of his fearsome foursome out of the Water Tribe prison fighting off Zuko, Eska, Desna, Tonraq, and a whole slew of water benders. Not only is the group reunited…
We’re in Book 3 of Legend of Korra, and things are getting interesting very quickly. The first three episodes set up a new interesting arc for this series with the appearance of new airbenders. Team Avatar has made its way to Ba Sing Se in an effort to rebuild the Air Nomad culture. Meanwhile, three…