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What if Iggy Pop was Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth?

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:10:00 PST

Over at the ever-entertaining Comic Twart, illustrator Tom Fowler and colorist Kyle Latino have realized that Stooges-era Iggy Pop had some interesting parallels with Jack Kirby's Last Boy on Earth. This would have been my third favorite Iggy Pop film role, right after Yelgrun and The Adventures of Pete and Pete. More »

Check out a comic book-themed theater festival in Brooklyn

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:30:00 PDT

From June 2 to July 1, New York's experimental Brick Theater's holding The Comic Book Theater Festival, a selection of dramatic productions about the funny pages and the colorful characters that dwell within. Here's a list of the main shows. More »

Handy comic explains how to write every Walking Dead plot ever

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:15:00 PDT

Want to write a best-selling zombie epic but don't know where to start? Jeff Comsey, Rus Wooten, and Ryan Sohmner of the diabolical webcomic The Gutters have drafted this diagram on how to pen your own undead odyssey. More »

All-Star Superman's Christina Hendricks reveals the comics she craves... and her Wonder Woman future

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:38:53 PST

We spoke to Mrs. Mal Reynolds herself — Christina Hendricks, about comics and other-worldly heroes. More »

New X-Men: First Class set pics reveal a few new mutant sneak peeks

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:30:00 PST

You've seen the arial shots of the nasty carnage happening on set of Matthew Vaughan's mutant origins movie X-Men: First Class. Now get a closer look inside the production, and check out a few young mutants. More »

A crazy old comic about Nazis fighting a woolly mammoth

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:40:00 PST

The sadly out-of-print Weird War Tales furnished readers with oodles of nutty paranormal combat stories. In this obscure yet awesome short, a Nazi regiment fights a woolly mammoth thawed out of glacier...and then they tame it. Hilarity ensues. More »

In Superman: Earth One, Clark Kent is the boy who fell to Earth

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:45:37 PDT

J. Michael Straczynski's new hardcover graphic novel Superman: Earth One portrays Superman as an extraterrestrial who forces himself to masquerade as a human twentysomething. Here's our review and interview with DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio. More »

New DC Universe Online trailer pits players against the Justice League

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:37:32 PDT

The first trailer for DC Universe Online showcased a post-apocalyptic DCU and a peeved Superman. The latest teaser unveils the types of characters players can create and control. And yes, you can make like Wesley Willis and whup Batman's ass. More »

Watch Brandon Routh unleash his charm and punches on vampires in the Dylan Dog trailer

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT

Watch the first ever full trailer for the big-screen adaptation of the Dylan Dog comic. Take a trip to the zombie "body shop" and watch the undead upgrade their bits, while Dylan Dog charms the pants off some monsters. More »

The Destroyer emerges from Asgard on the Comic Con floor

Meredith Woerner — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:51:29 PDT

Marvel rolled out Thor's big bad, The Destroyer, onto the Comic Con floor. Check out the indestructible armor, in the metal flesh! More »

Bruce Willis reveals that the movie of Warren Ellis' ultra-violent Red is "a romantic comedy"

Lauren Davis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:12:32 PDT

We already know that the film adaptation of Warren Ellis' Red is going to be completely different from the comic book. So what can we expect from this action comedy? And how closely is it related to the original? Spoilers... More »

Find Out Why You Shouldn't Call True Blood's Jessica A Whore

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:00:00 PDT

The latest profanity-laced, sexually charged True Blood minisode is all about our favorite newby vampire Jessica. Plus take a look at the new True Blood comic book cover, it's pretty spot on. More »

First Look At The Brand New Justice League, And More

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:56:05 PDT

Check out the Cartoon Network's first ever live-action show, about a prison school. Plus DC comics' brand new animation Young Justice, a show that should've been called Bender's Wonder Years, and the number one show you should avoid while high. More »

Scott Pilgrim Creators Brace For A Fan Backlash

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:28:32 PDT

When the trailer for the live adaptation movie of indie darling comic book Scott Pilgrim went live, it crashed Apple and pushed the first volume into Amazon's top 100 sellers. Now the creator and filmmakers are nervous it's being over-hyped. More »

Mike Vogel "Very Excited" By His Captain America Test

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:00:00 PST

Last week, a long list of actors testing for Marvel's Captain America movie was leaked. Among mostly square-jawed handsome stars was Cloverfield's Mike Vogel. We caught up with Vogel this weekend and got his take on the Cap casting. More »

Prequel Comic Reveals Dr. Horrible's Childhood Origins

Lauren Davis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:00 PST

Where do singing supervillains come from? A preview of Zack Whedon's Dr. Horrible prequel comic reveals how a childhood incident inspired a brainy kid to don that evil lab coat and goggles. More »

Beautiful Vagueness Plagues Days Missing

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:20:00 PDT

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Does Days Missing, the new comic book from Roddenberry Productions, live up to the high points of Gene Roddenberry's legacy on the original Star Trek? Well, almost... if only we had a better idea of what was actually going on. More »

Now You Can Find Your Closest Comic Book Store Anywhere

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:53:31 PDT

Wondering where to get all of tomorrow's free comics that we listed earlier, because you don't know where your nearest comic store is? Don't worry. Now there's an iPhone app for that. More »

Star Trek Gets A IMAX Relase And A New Comic With Old Faces

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:40:00 PST

Good news for those of you who want to watch J.J. Abrams' Star Trek from seizure inducing angles: Trek is coming to IMAX, despite not being filmed in the format. In other Trekkie news, IDW Publishing has released the first cover of the four-issue limited comic book series that leads into next summer’s new Star Trek movie and featuring the Next-Gen chracters. The comic, starting in January, will be written by Mike Johnson and Tim Jones based on a story by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and features the art of David Messina. More »

Watchmen Parody Sends Rorschach Through the Underworld of Children’s Lit

Lauren Davis — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:14:58 PDT

Someone stole Rorschach’s plums and he isn’t happy. “Blotchmen,” a short comic created by artist Kevin Cannon, skewers Watchmen’s psychotic masked man by putting him exactly where he doesn’t belong: in a children’s book. Rorschach tracks his missing fruit through Harold the Purple Crayon and Where the Wild Things Are, leaving death and mayhem in his wake. More »

Blade Runner Started, And Ended, As A Comic Book

Alex Carnevale — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Ridley Scott's Blade Runner has claimed inspiration from many sources, but these mid-1970s panels by legendary French illustrator Jean Giraud (pseudonym Moebius) from his collaboration with Dan O'Bannon for The Long-Tomorrow are particularly evocative of the final product. Scott's artistic talents also emerge in the brilliant storyboards for the film, and Sci-Fi-O-Rama collects both here. More »

Nazi Werewolf Gals Spread The Pure Blood Word Through Comic

Meredith Woerner — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:00:55 PDT

Strap on your topless suspenders and gas masks, Project Pure Wolf is getting it's own comic book. You may remember these busty German broads as one of the fake trailers that aired during Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse double feature. According to Rob Zomibie's myspace blog the Werewolf Women of the S.S. shall be splattered across the panels of an upcoming comic book, but no news on who will be writing, illustrating or even the publisher. But hopefully we can finally get to the bottom of Nicolas Cage's crazy cameo as Fu Manchu. Click through for the original trailer and one more trailer that begs for a full length feature. More »

Cool and Crap Awards of the Week

Annalee Newitz — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:06:08 PDT

At least two things happened in the worlds of science and fiction last week: one was cool and the other was crap. More »

Exclusive Scifi Pages From The New Meathaus Comics Anthology

Kevin Kelly — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:30:17 PST

Comics anthology Meathus has been showcasing a slew of talented artists for the past eight years, under the Nerdcore banner. The newest edition, Meathaus S.O.S. comes out this May, and features art from superstars like James Jean, Farel Dalrymple, Brandon Graham, Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Thomas Herpich, Jim Rugg, Corey Lewis, Matt Furie, D-pi, Ross Campbell, Sheldon Vella and Dave Kiersh. Publisher Jon Gibson was nice enough to pull sixteen of the scifi related pages from the book for us to show off exclusively, and you can check them out inside. More »

Four Years From Now, Iraq War Is Much Worse

charliejane — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:45:00 PST

The book version of acclaimed webcomic Shooting War just came out. Set in 2011, Shooting War follows a videoblogger to Iraq, where the war continues, worse than ever. The comic, originally posted at Smithmag.com, explores the (bleak) future of mainstream media as well as the mainstreaming of bloggers and vloggers. The book version adds 110 pages of new material and smooths out the webcomic's sometimes jerky flow. More »