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new york comic-con

Best Of io9's New York Comic-Con Coverage

What did we learn at New York Comic-Con? So many deep and important lessons... like the fact that Marvel Comics' invasion of shape-shifting green alien Skrulls goes even further than we thought, engulfing even figures from Norse mythology and Peter Parker's Aunt May. We found out that our television idols can grow and change along with us — and even X-Files' Mulder and Scully can learn SMS slang. (I know, stfu!) We found out that even alien super-cops like the Green Lantern Corps. should maybe stay away from a place called Sector 666. More lessons from NYCC in our complete round-up, under the jump. More »

11:12 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,825 views, 11 comments

Latest by DSTRYA: @Meredith Woerner: i can remember doing that with star wars-- trying to watch in the movie for the creatures that i could see in the still images from story books, action figures, etc. I am totally psyched for HellboyII-- his more »

the new frontier

Justice League Movie Takes Us Back to the Origins of Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter

Justice League: The New Frontier comes out on DVD tomorrow, a straight-to-DVD release based on writer/artist Darwyn Cooke's series DC: The New Frontier. This is part of a trend of Warner and DC releasing original animated films on disc that might never have seen the light of day otherwise, beginning with last year's Superman: Doomsday. We got a sneak peek at The New Frontier at WonderCon, and we loved the setting in space. But the flick gets mired in the origin stories of Green Lantern and The Martian Manhunter. We've got a full report, with clips, below. More »

11:20 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,773 views, 9 comments

Latest by JohnnyZito: The bit about 'registering' is long standing DC lore meant to be some kinda metaphor for red scare shit in the 50's. I also think one of the reasons I enjoyed the book and movie so much is the recontextualized histories more »

steve gerber

The Man Who Wrote Comic Books In KISS Blood

We told you that Steve Gerber passed away earlier today, but did you know the guy created the first ever Marvel Super Special in 1977, featuring the band KISS? Not just any normal KISS, but a superpowered group who encounters villains from the Marvel archives, including Doctor Doom and his tutor, Dizzie the Hun. If that wasn't weird enough, the actual members of the band mixed in drops of their blood with the printing ink for that issue, which probably horrified mothers across the country. More »

5:30 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,337 views, 13 comments

Latest by ideaman2020: @goldfarb: Yeah, well, that's also appropriate because they appeared in HtD before the Super Special. @samuelk: Me too. My brother had/has a copy [somewhere...] more »

comic books

Seven Addictive Scifi Comic Books Free Online

It's Wednesday! Also known as New Comics Day. If you're not up for the weekly trek to pick up the latest issues, but you've been wanting to jump in on this whole comic book thing, we'll get you set up with some freebie comic books for your downloading pleasure, in an effort to further decrease your work productivity. Find out where to get the goods, including women-rule-the-world apocalypse tale Y the Last Man and super anti-hero series Doom Patrol. More »

7:00 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Kevin Kelly
6,517 views, 19 comments

Latest by ihtdet: death to spare time! more »

justice league: the new frontier

New Justice League Flick Puts Green Lantern in the Korean War

The award-winning retro-futurist graphic novel DC: The New Frontier will become a stylish movie, judging from this newly released trailer. This direct-to-DVD animated film, based on the Darwyn Cooke graphic novel, follows Green Lantern (voiced by David "Angel" Boreanaz) from the Korean War to the Kennedy administration. It's also part of a trend toward putting DC Comics characters back in the bygone eras that spawned them. More comic book journeys into U.S. history after the jump. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Kevin Kelly
248 views, Comment