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more about #marvelcomics OMG! Ponies!: Wow. That's on the same level as the ruthless dicking Supe's creators got. more » ♠ Final ♠: Hopefully they're cleaning house. Peter Parker, Venom, The Scarlet Spider, the count'em 3 Iron Spiders, Ricochet, Steel Spider and I'm pretty damn su... more » ManchuCandidate: NO! I'm Spider-man! more » thrashanddestroy: I'm confused, why is there no insinuation of Peter Parker being a terrorist-funding, 9/11-loving, woman-oppressing pro-testosterone pig anywhere in th... more » aak7268: The perkiness of Madame Web's rack disturbs me beyond words. more » GreyHammer: yes, bring back the clone because THAT STORY LINE WASN'T TERRIBLE AT ALL. honestly the last decade+ has seen some pretty terrible spiderman retcons. ... more » Illogic: That last sentence is what hell looks like for movie lovers. more » dnwilliams: Comics are a storytelling medium, games aren't. That's why games are 'harder' to adapt to film, there's nothing but visuals, and if there is a story t... more » Bill-Lee: The only thing I remember about Doom is the Rock's best line: "I'm not supposed to die!" more » Jesse Astle: I bored so many people to death telling them how bad Catwoman was. I was so pissed off I payed to see that ass crap movie. Seriously though, how can y... more » hiteklolife: I would actually like to see some P&PRPG movies rather than videogame & comic movies. Games like Shadowrun, Rifts, Call of Cthulhu, (or CthulhuTech), ... more » brett108: Does this post seem overly defensive of video game movies? And there actually appears to be a paragraph in here that would insinuate that the Resident... more » sicboi: And so it must be said that the biggest loser here overall is: original sci-fi movies... more » Prosthetics: Perhaps this decade is the best for those because people can't think of their own ideas anymore, so they have to steal ideas that already exist. more » Koztah: Ridley Scott? Directing Monopoly? I'll say this: it better be about a guy in a top hat with a huge mustache riding around in a giant thimble and buyi... more » GeneJacket: Bear with me, this will be a little long. Here's the biggest problem, and the one that hurt comic book movies for far too long: The medium is still ... more » (Starman) NONAME: ;_; Uwe Boll, how I hate you for fucking up the plot for Alone in the Dark so badly. more » lightninglouie: As for why Halo fell through, the answer is simple: Movie execs see video game-based projects as low-budget affairs, designed to pack in the 18-34 mal... more » gods-n-clods: The verdict is probably Toy Movies for 2 years. Bigger and dumber. But in the videogame versus movie argument, it could be that games need to evolve ... more » 0kami: I thought Silent Hill was the best game adaptation yet. Even though they shifted the story a bit, the first half of the movie is almost identical to t... more » -
#marveldisney
Venom's Secret Co-Creator Steps Out Of The Shadows
Ever wonder how Spider-man's most enduring nemesis came to be? Venom's similarities to our masked hero aren't just witty script writing. They're due, in part, to a letter sent from a fan to Marvel editor-in-chief James Shooter. More » -
#spiderman
How Many Spider-Men Are There?
Those who answered "just one" may be confused by this teaser image for next year's issues of Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man. There're two of them standing right beside each other, for one thing. Click through to see the whole thing. More » -
#decadeinreview
The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
Ten years ago, superhero films and video-game films were both minor genres. You had your Batman Forever and your Mortal Kombat, but not much else. Both genres blew up in the 2000s, but superhero films won much bigger. For now. More » -
#girlcomics
Marvel Announces Comics For Girls By Girls
Officially ignoring recent allegations of sexism, Marvel Comics is nonetheless making 2010 their Year of Women with new Marvel Women branding and — announced today — a special series untouched by male hands, called Girl Comics. Yay? More » -
#marvelsgreatestcomics
Marvel: The First Hit Is Free (Or $1, At Most)
A fan of the Iron Man movie and wondering where to start with the comics? Marvel has come up with a low cost way of introducing new readers to their books with the Marvel's Greatest Comics imprint. More » -
#drdoomvschristmas
Victor Von Doom's Christmas Message
Not content with crying at Ground Zero, Latveria's most famous tin-plated tyrant continues to show his softer side by allowing his Christmas Letter to subjects to be made public, letting everyone see the man behind the Reed-Richards-Hating mask. Awwww. More » -
#scifashion
Robots, Streetwear, and Gay Skeletor: An Interview with Mishka NYC
Under Brooklyn's elevated JMZ subway sits a curious clothing label. On one hand, their apparel often appears in rap videos. On the other, they've released a t-shirt featuring He-Man in S&M gear. Welcome to the wonderfully warped world of Mishka.
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#ironman2
Does Iron Man 2 = Spider-Man 3?
Instead of being excited about another Iron Man movie, should we be concerned that it's going to be another over-stuffed, disorganized mess like Spider-Man 3? One British journalist thinks so, worryingly enough. More » -
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#rant
How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter
Wondering how long it'd take for the events of September 11th to go from real life tragedy to thoughtless plot McGuffin? Marvel's new mega-event Siege demonstrates that the answer is "eight years, and we can kill even more people."
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#triviagasm
How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way
The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering. More » -
#quoteoftheday
Revealed: Marvel Comics' Secret War On Women
Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics' last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed.
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#spiderman
The Top 10 Wackiest Norman Osborn Weird-Outs
Today's release of Siege: The Cabal marks the beginning of the end of Norman Osborn's Dark Reign over the Marvel Universe. Let's reminisce over the on-again, off-again Green Goblin's stranger moments of murder, mayhem, and flagrant disregard for contraceptives. More » -
#twiharder
Watch New Moon's Forbidden Teen Romance - Marvel Style
Even Marvel Comics can't resist the lure of Twilight. No, they're not producing comics based on Stephenie Meyer's hit series (someone else had beaten them to it), but offering up their own take on moonlit bloodsucking teenage angst. Well, kinda. More » -
#incognito
Supervillains Vs. Bastards, In Sick, Twisted "Incognito"
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the creative team behind Criminal and Sleeper, have done it again. The newly collected miniseries Incognito, released this week by Marvel's Icon imprint, is a brutal exploration of the thin line between villainy and anti-villainy. More » -
#blacksuperheroes
Why James Rhodes Is Comics' Ideal Black Hero
When it comes to superhero fiction, there are certain iconic archetypes; Superman is the iconic whitebread hero, Batman the iconic OCD loner. But did you realize that Iron Man's James Rhodes is the accidental iconic black superhero? We'll explain.
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#monkeycomics
This Is One Of The Most Exciting New Comic Characters Of The Century?
Marvel's getting back into the Monkey Business. The above image was sent out on Friday in an email asking "Who Is One Of The Most Exciting New Comic Characters of The Century?" Start your suggesting engines now! More » -
#siege
Bombs, Cities Drop On Marvel Universe In New Siege Trailer
Have all Marvel's comics for the last five years been leading up to one massive event? If so, is said event an Avengers reunion, or dropping a mythical city on a real-life American one? A new trailer teases both outcomes. More » -
#comicswecrave
Epic God-On-Dinosaur Action In This Week's Comics
It's a week where Wonder Woman gets her ass kicked, Hercules recruits superheroes for some assaultin', and dinosaurs migrate south for the winter. Oh, and a Portland detective agency opens its doors for business. Oh, comics! How we're cravin' you. More » -
#pumpkincopia
Weirdest And Most Wonderful Halloween Comic Covers
If you were explaining Hallowe'en to someone unfamiliar with the concept, don't use comic books as a visual aid. As these 50 covers show, All Hallow's Eve is apparently about pumpkins, cleavage and monsters. Then again, maybe they are right... More »
