Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 31st, 2010
Wow, can you believe it’s the end of 2010 already?! I sure can’t. Well to celebrate Comic Impact’s completion of another year we’ve decided to bring you wonderful people who follow our shenanigans a very special recap podcast where the team discusses their favorite books, creators, and events of 2010. So get ready and join Simon, Sheldon, Ian, and Ken as they each share their opinions on everything comic book related.
There’s plenty of surprises and not so surprising surprises, and a full range of...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 31st, 2010
I know I reviewed a Deadpool book last week, but with all the Deadpool books there are I can review as many as I want. This week I want to review Deadpool Team-Up #886. As I said when Deadpool teamed up with The Machine Man this is a hit or miss book, and I definitely thought that this issue was a hit. This month Deadpool teams up with Iron Fist to take down Gin Goh, some immortal Kung Fu guy.
The book starts with Deadpool cornered on the cliff of a mountain by an army of ninjas. He’s out of ammo, but when they call him...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 29th, 2010
Welcome to the last POW (Pick of the week) Podcast of 2010. That’s right, it’s been a crazy year here at the Impact. So what more can you ask for than one of the best book around as the last pick of the week? Join Sheldon, Ian, Ken and Simon, who picks, Chew 16 by John Layman and Rob Guillory.
They also talk about Space Monkey, is he bad or good? They make their predictions on who is going to die in the next issue of Fantastic Four. Find out what Deadpool calls vampires and why Ken joins the Canadian space program. Also,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 29th, 2010
Mark Millar is at the top of his game this week. Two amazing books from the guy in one week! I thought only Robert Kirkman was capable of such a thing. It took a little bit longer to get to four issues of Nemesis than someone would expect, but I think with this last issue was worth the wait. Honestly I wasn’t as impressed with this book initially as I have been with Millar’s other books, but I think after looking at this first series as a whole, and especially this last issue I’m more than happy with it.
So...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 28th, 2010
Hey there Comic Impact followers! How are you this week? It was Christmas last week, New Year’s at the end of this week. It’s a lot going on, except in the world of Comics on Film. Not a lot happening, but fear not Ian and Ken are here to tell you about the latest news involving Emma Stone and her status on the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, the latest rumors concerning X-Men: First Class, and who will play Superior in the movie! If that wasn’t enough there’s also Doritos, a dancing cat, and our pal Ian makes...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 28th, 2010
For any of you guys out there who aren’t aware, Marvel has this whole series of books referred to as “Marvel Noir.” Most of these books (if not all) take place in the 1930’s and feature some of our favorite Marvel superheroes if they were around in that time. I was avoiding most of these books for a while. I didn’t care for X-Men Noir, and haven’t read Wolverine Noir or the first Spider-Man Noir. I did read Punisher Noir and Iron Man Noir and I enjoyed both of those. I do like how Spider-Man...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 27th, 2010
With HBO’s True Blood and the Twilight movie/book series vampires are more popular than ever! They’re also horribly played out and lame in general. So who better to jump on the vampire bandwagon than Deadpool? The X-Men maybe? That’s right X-Men has yet another ongoing series and that book’s debut storyline, Curse of the Mutants, involves the X-Men having their own private war with vampires after Dracula’s son killed Dracula and gone on to unite all the vampire sects to create the ultimate vampire...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 27th, 2010
What’s that you say? You want to read a really good series? Well, how about an Eisner Award winning series? Still not good enough? Then how about an Eisner AND Harvey Award winning series? And to top it off, there’s all kinds of crazy, wackiness involved! I know you’re interested now, so I’m going to start telling you about Chew #16!
Chew is written by John Layman with art by Rob Guillory. In this world gone mad, all poultry has been outlawed due to a worldwide outbreak of avian flu that...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 27th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ian tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of December 29th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video...
Posted by John Mueller, on December 27th, 2010
Welcome to Part 2 of Sequential Sunday’s look at the highly varied and completely mind-blowing work of 3-D processing master Ray Zone! In part 1 we saw numerous examples of depth-defying art from early issues of Zone’s self-published title The 3-D Zone. Though this series constitutes a sizable chunk of his 1980’s output, Zone applied his skills to the comics of numerous other publishers from the decade of the independent publishing boom as well, including Eclipse Comics.
In addition to working with Eclipse characters...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 24th, 2010
The ComicImpact staff would like to wish all of our readers, listeners to the podcasts, and all of you video watchers HAPPY HOLIDAYS! This year was the biggest year so far here at ComicImpact and we would like to take a few minutes to thank all of you. This year we added a few new staff members that have made an impact on the site. We also added a few new features that we’re very happy with, such as the New This Week videos and Cosplay Girl of the Year and we are doing a lot more videos.
Starting in 2011 there will be...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 24th, 2010
Along with just about every other comic movie franchise imaginable, Superman is going to be returning to theaters in 2012. This is going to be a completely new direction for the Man Of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder.
Superman is a franchise that needs no introduction. He is the original superhero. Since 1938, every single costumed superhero that has come into being owes their existence to him. Many people consider the 1978 Superman: The Movie to be the single best comic book movie of all time.
For years though, we haven’t...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on December 23rd, 2010
Whew man I just got through reading all my books this week and soooo many stuck out!! Loved Fantastic Four & Secret Avengers as well as Incognito and of course Superior.What a way to to start closing out the year! With just one week left I wonder how the next set will top this? I am sure you are wondering how good Superior #3 written by Mark Millar and drawn beautifully I might add by Leinil Francis Yu. Read on to find out.
Before I get to deep into my review of Superior I would like to say a few things about Marvels creator...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on December 22nd, 2010
Hey Comic Impact it’s the Pick of The Week for December the 15th 2010! X-mas is almost upon us. Can you feel it breathing down your neck? The hot steam from it’s nostrils surrounding you in fear until it slowly paralyzes you? No? Oh I guess that is just Simon sneaking in your room at night then. Speaking of Simon you should join him as well as Sheldon and Ken as they review books for episode 178 of the P.O.W! There is plenty of Christmas shenanigans going on in this episode…for instance did you know that our...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on December 22nd, 2010
When last we saw Daredevil in Issue 512 he was well a little messed up. Apparently even The Man Without Fear needs a sabbatical. Enter The Black Panther.According to The Black Panther Dare Devil told T’Challa to watch over Hells Kitchen while he is gone and Panther agreed with one condition. He has to do it his way with no one telling him how to dispense his form of justice.This brand new direction for Daredevil also lends to a new writer with David Liss and new artist with Rancesco Francavilla.Do they live up to the...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 21st, 2010
Happy Trade Tuesday, it’s only a few more days until Christmas my Comic Impact friends! Still having trouble figuring out what to get someone? Why not a nice Trade or graphic novel? Why not The Amazing Joy Buzzards from Image Comics? It’s pretty good, which is why I chose it for this week’s Trade Tuesday. So let’s get down to business.
The Amazing Joy Buzzards is about a rock n’ roll band of the same name consisting of Biff Ashby the guitar player/vocalist/ladies man, Stevo Vargas the bass player...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 21st, 2010
Have you guys been checking out all those ads in Marvel Comics lately? What’s going on with all this fear stuff? At first I figured it had something to with Daredevil and Black Panther, but Marvel just posted their press conference today giving us a little hint of what’s going on. Fear Itself is going to be Marvel’s new storyline that starts this April and is guaranteed to shake up everything we know.
For the last week or so Marvel’s been giving us some teaser images featuring Spider-Man, Thor, The Hulk,...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 21st, 2010
Hey, Comic Impact! We’re here to bring you another exciting episode of “Comics On Film!” Wondering what happened last week in the world of comic book movies? Well, Ian and Ken are here to fill you in!
Emotions run strong this week as the boys say goodbye to the director of one of their favorite Marvel properties and ask simply, “Why? Why have you forsaken us? Et tu, Favreau?” It’s definitely something you have to see to believe. Also, find out why white supremacy has taken a stance...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 21st, 2010
It’s so nice to be excited for a Spider-Man book again, I really missed that feeling you get of actually wanting to read about the adventures of this particular wall-crawler. I know everyone here at Comic Impact has been gushing over how great this book is, but I for one can’t get over how much fun the book is at this point. Thank you Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, and everyone else who’s been working on this book to make it so good.
So last time we saw Spider-Man he was getting his butt handed to him by the new...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 20th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Simon tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of December 22nd 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 17th, 2010
The only reason I decided to pick up The Green Hornet when the series started was because it was written by Kevin Smith, he scripted the first ten issues and Jonathan Hester did the breakdowns and they were pretty good. I was pretty happy with the series and glad that I read it. With issue eleven Mr. Smith has left the series and Phil Hester has taken complete control. I almost didn’t pick up this new issue, but for whatever reason I did, and I gotta say I’m actually glad I did.
The issue starts with with a gang...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 17th, 2010
Hey, everyone! It’s our first ever “Comic Impact Casting Couch!” Here we’ll take a comic book property and cast it with the actors we feel would do the best job of bringing these characters to the screen. We’ll also give you a little insight into how we think this particular project should be carried out. This week we’re doing Brian K. Vaughn’s masterpiece, Ex Machina!
Ex Machina is about Mitchell Hundred, a civil engineer working in New York City in 1999. He’s called...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 17th, 2010
There has been a lot of complaints made here at Comic Impact lately about the X-Men titles. Be it art, story or both, we’ve had grievances with almost every X-book. But, the one title that fails to disappoint is Uncanny X-Force.
Uncanny X-Force is written by Rick Remender who you may remember from Franken-Castle. Pulling art duties is friend of the site, Jerome Opena, whose work is nothing short of astounding. This book follows Wolverine who has assembled a secret team of mutants consisting of Archangel, Psylocke,...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 15th, 2010
Hey, everyone! You love our Cosplay Girl of The Month feature, don’t you? We sure as Hell do! Well, in honor of all the outstanding Cosplay Girls we’ve had in 2010 we’re letting you decide who should be our Cosplay Girl of The Year for 2010!
Here’s how it works: the competition is between the 11 (not 12 because August was SDCC ‘10) Cosplay Girls of The Month from 2010. The poll will be open from today (12/15/10) until January 4, 2011. We will announce the winner on January 5 when we debut...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 15th, 2010
Holy Crap! There’s less than ten shopping days before Christmas! Don’t know what to get your family, best pal, or best gal for Christmas? Well why not give your special someone the latest Pick of the Week Podcast from Comic Impact? What better gift than the entertainment and vast knowledge gained from the POW? And if you’re strapped for cash don’t worry because it’s free! Now that’s a gift.
This week grab some eggnog and sit down with Simon, Sheldon, Ian, and Ken as they discuss their favorite...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 15th, 2010
Did you guys check out that trailer for Thor? How awesome was that?! What an odd coincidence that they would debut the trailer for the movie the same week that Thor #618 came out. Speaking of the comic series I’ve been on the fence with Thor since Fraction took the book over, but this new issue really got things together and made me a happy reader.
First we see Odin who is in limbo fighting monsters every day until he dies and then is reborn the next day to repeat the cycle in glorious violent bliss. After Odin spears a...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on December 15th, 2010
The Invaders! That title used to mean something! Why in my day The Invaders used to take out the Nazi trash, save a small town, and feed a village…..all before breakfast,walking backwards uphill in the snow! These certainly are not your Grand Pappys Invaders…well I mean with the exception of The new Union Jack they are exactly your Grand Pappys Invaders..ok so they are the same Invaders just well older. This book is a bit of a mixed bag of Invaders fun but why you may ask. Keep reading to find out about Invaders 4...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 14th, 2010
Here we are, another Tuesday. Time goes by so fast doesn’t it? Enough of that, Tuesdays are good because I get to share the most recent Trade I’ve read with you lovely Comic Impact friends, and I thank you for it. And what did I read today, you ask? Well you should know already because it’s in the title of the article. Moving on, my pal and fellow Comic Impact writer, Ian loaned me a bunch of his trades and the one that looked the most interesting to me was The Alcoholic, a graphic novel written by Jonathan...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 14th, 2010
We all love seeing our favorite comic books getting turned into movies or TV shows. It’s sad when they miss the mark, but it’s such a great feeling to see one of your favorite comics up on the big screen for the first time when they really get it right.
To help everyone stay on top of what’s new with comic book movies, Ken and Ian have put together a little video show called, “Comics On Film.” This will be a (hopefully) weekly show we’ll have here on Comic Impact where Ken and Ian will...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 13th, 2010
This March, Hell comes to BOOM! Studios as master of horror Clive Barker writes the newest chilling installment of his signature creation with the newHELLRAISER ongoing series! Joined by co-writer Christopher Monfette and HELLBLAZER artist Leonardo Manco, Clive Barker’s HELLRAISER #1 features covers by Tim Bradstreet and Nick Percival. The release of HELLRAISER #1 ongoing will be joined that same month by HELLRAISER: MASTERWORKS VOL. 1, the first in a series reprinting the hard-to-find Marvel Comics-era Hellraiser stories....
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 13th, 2010
With Batman Incorporated, Bruce Wayne is hopping around the entire globe training new Batmen. Not to be outdone, Red Robin #18 sends Tim Drake all the way to mother Russia.
Red Robin #18 is written by Fabian Nicieza with Marcus To on pencils. Nicieza and To have been on this book for quite a while now and they really have a firm grasp on the character. They’ve shown Drake grow up quite a bit and really become his own person in the Bat-family.
The last issue brought the “Hit List” story arc to a fairly...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 13th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Sheldon tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of December 15th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the...
Posted by John Mueller, on December 13th, 2010
Christmas is just around the corner and as such the colors red and green are everywhere. Yet, instead of Santa’s suit and elves’ uniforms, my thoughts are drawn to the signature dual colors of incredible 3-D comics, and the work of third dimension master Ray Zone!
I’ve been looking back upon Zone’s work quite a bit recently in light of viewing the 3-D Thomas Jane and Timothy Bradstreet film Dark Country at the 2010 Long Beach Comic Con. Zone worked as the 3-D consultant on the highly entertaining supernatural...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 10th, 2010
People of Midgard ComicImpact gives you the first official teaser trailer form Marvel’s THOR. The film hits theaters May 6 in 2011 in 3D.
Now that you saw the power of THOR. Here are a few notes about this teaser trailer. Some of the footage shown at the San Diego Comic-Con that leaked back in July of this year is in this teaser trailer and yes there is some new stuff. My favorite stuff in the trailer has to be the Frost Giants I also love the stuff with the Destroyer. .
The film is starring Chris...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 10th, 2010
It’s another slow week for comics, it kinda bums me out to be honest. There is a good side to slow comic book weeks, it gives the opportunity to someone like myself to check out some books that I normally wouldn’t pick up. BOOM! Studios has this thing going with Stan (The Man) Lee where he’s been teaming up with other writers and artists on some brand spankin’ new comic book heroes. Honestly after Stripperella I’ve been pretty skeptical towards any of Stan Lee’s newer creations. Don’t...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 9th, 2010
December 9th, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – It is with a heavy heart but also with great warmth and fondness that BOOM! Studios bids adieu to one of its own: effective immediately, Mark Waid is stepping down from the responsibility of Chief Creative Officer at BOOM! Studios. Waid will continue his run on IRREDEEMABLE and INCORRUPTIBLE and his brand new break-out hit collaboration with Stan Lee, THE TRAVELER.
“Mark was key in BOOM!’s transition from a promising upstart to top tier publisher,” Ross Richie, the...
Posted by Ian Candish, on December 8th, 2010
Nothing’s better than sitting back on a cold, December day with some hot cocoa, a warm blanket and the newest POW Pick Of the Week Podcast! Am I right or am I right? Holy crap, how exciting!
This week Ian gets the honor of picking Ant Man and Wasp #2 which turned out to be one of the only good books in a sea of crappy comics. Hear Simon’s rage over Daredevil’s super, quick-grow beard. Marvel at Ken’s hatred toward disco Wolverine. Plus, find out which comic book needs to fire it’s spell-checker. ...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 7th, 2010
Well Comic Impact friends it’s the first week of December, the Holidays are coming and that can always be stressful, but we always have comic books to ease the pain. Sadly this week was one of the smallest I’ve seen for comics in quite some time. Probably has something to do with it being a five week month, gotta spread the comics out. Don’t worry yourselves because it’s quality not quantity of books, and I read a pretty good book today, Taskmaster #4. It’s the last issue of this mini-series that...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 7th, 2010
Remember like a month or two ago there was that Direct-to-DVD release of Superman/Batman Apocalypse? Well you should because there was a Comic Impact review of it and everything! What are you doing with your time?! Anyway, just so you know it was based on a comic book. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. Well I finally got around to reading the trade that contains the issues of this story so as it’s the most recent thing I’ve read, it’s the focus of this week’s Trade Tuesday. It is Tuesday right?
So...
Posted by Christina Flores, on December 7th, 2010
Now that AMC’s The Walking Dead has ended it’s first season, we decided to give you our opinion on how good or bad we thought the show was. I know this is exactly what you were waiting for, to find out what Ken, Ian, Simon, Sheldon and Christina think, so you are welcome. We discuss the pros and cons of changing things from the book, which characters we like and dislike and where we think the show is going in seasons two and three. Plus Sheldon is from Georgia, so find out if watching the show is a little trip home...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on December 7th, 2010
Heroes for Hire was originally a book started in the late 70’s with both Luke Cage and Danny “Iron Fist” Rand.These two would work ala a detective agency and use their powers for the good of the man on the street.Many things have changed since the late 70’s but one thing that stands true is the fact that knowledge costs and for some heroes that is all they need to be hired. Did this reboot of Heroes For Hire ante up with Thanos Imperative writers Andy Lanning and Dan Abnett writing and Brad Walker walking...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 6th, 2010
Shadowland has reached its finale with this last issue, it’s been a great story and I’m sad to see it end, for more than one reason. Obviously I’m sad to see it end because it was such a good story, but I’m also sad to see it end because I’m not looking forward to see The Black Panther take over as the “Man Without Fear.” Let’s not focus on that yet, let’s just take a look at Shadowland #5.
At this point everything is going to Hell, the riots that were at first just in Hell’s...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 6th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ken tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of December 8th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 5th, 2010
One of the features we do here at Comic Impact is the cosplay girl (NO anime, manga, role-playing games just comics) of the month, that’s right hot girls dressing up like your favorite super- hero characters. This month we’re privileged to have Rebecca W for this months Cosplay Girl of the Month!
1-What is your name? Rebecca W
2-How old are you? 21
3-Do you read comics and if so, what are your favorite titles? Yes I do read comics though I’m pretty new to them, I’ve been mainly picking up graphic novels instead...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 2nd, 2010
One of our favorite artist here at Comic Impact is Jerome Opeña, you may recall a few weeks back I posted about the Rusted Lung Sketchbook, this was an early sketchbook that Jerome did. Now check what I got in the mail from the man himself!
That’s right a Uncanny X-Force #1 blank variant with my boy on it Apocalypse by Jerome. His art is like a fine wine it just gets better with age. Now I need to go get a frame and hang it up here at the Comic Impact North Hills office. Thank you one more time Jerome your the...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 1st, 2010
Sure there was turkey last week but there was also comics, and because of that, you get a new pick of the week podcast. This time around Simon had the pick and he went with Amazing Spider-Man by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos because it was just fun and it is a great time to be a Spider-Man fan. Simon is joined by Ian and Zombie Sheldon.
Find out where Sheldon puts his fake tattoo, why Ian wants more Batman Beyond and why Simon gets mad at Marvel after finding out some news about one his favorite artists. All this as we talk...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 1st, 2010
Well after fifteen issues after deciding to end the first volume of Ultimate Spider-Man Marvel decided to forget about it and make this new issue number 150! Personally I hate it when Marvel decides to change the numbering of one of their books, it just feels like a cheap ploy to get readers to buy their books. I know it’s a business, but I wish they wouldn’t do it, just stick to the original numbering. My pet peeves aside Ultimate Spider-Man was one of my favorite books this week.
So after everything that Spider-Man...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on December 1st, 2010
I was never a big fan of Batwoman when she made her debut in “52″ then last year when Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III took over on Detective Comics and told us a bit more about Kate Kane. I became a fan of those issues and a few of them (Detective Comics #853,#854,#857)were pick of the week here at ComicImpact. A big part of why I fell in love with those story was because of J.H. Williams III artwork and how he lay out his pages.
When I first heard there was going to be a Batwoman ongoing comic I was hoping it was going...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 30th, 2010
Believe it or not I read a Superman book. I know, it’s like seeing Al Gore drive a hummer. Now I don’t necessarily have anything against the Man of Steel, it’s more of a “I never really got into Superman” kind of thing. The only comics I have with Superman in the title are the Superman/Batman books, so I don’t really have any knowledge of the character. Well what do ya know?! J. Michael Straczynski went and wrote this new Superman graphic novel called Superman Earth One. Now what’s cool...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 30th, 2010
Looking for a really good Batman book but you’re sick of that little snot, Damien? Maybe, you’re more of a fan of the dark, mystery books. Well, then boy howdy, do we have a pick for you!
Detective Comics #871, written by Scott Snyder of American Vampire fame with art by Jock, is a Dick Grayson Batman-book that takes the character on a solo story that is much darker and grittier than some of the other Batman titles.
The story revolves around Dick investigating the leaking of certain super villain related police...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 30th, 2010
I have been in love with Ed Brubaker’s work on Captain America for sometime now. A long time before there was ever a ComicImpact.com and even before I meet Ed Brubaker fanboy #1 ComicImpact’s co founder Sheldon.
I have been loving his use of Bucky as the new Captain America but in the back of my head I have known for some time that it would end with Steve Rogers coming back. I never imagined that a c-span story line involving Bucky’s past as the Soviet assassin (Winter Soldier) would be this must fun. Sure...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 29th, 2010
Thanksgiving has come and gone, and you know what I’m thankful for? Seeing Greg Land’s art in the new issue of Uncanny X-Men. I was pretty disappointed with the work on the last story arc, but this new storyline looks to be much more interesting. There’s a lot of stuff going on this issue and it definitely looks like the X-Men are gonna have their hands full.
The issue starts with Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde and Fontomex heading off to a still undisclosed location with their prisoner Sebastion Shaw after Frost...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 29th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Ian tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of December 2 nd 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video...
Posted by John Mueller, on November 28th, 2010
For fans of the legendary alternative cartoonist Charles Burns patience is a virtue. His meticulously produced work within the comics world has become less frequent through the years (Burns is always in demand for his high profile illustration work) with his last major book being the publication of the collected edition of his mood-drenched masterpiece Black Hole in 2005. However, his admirers now have their patience rewarded in full with the recent release of X’ed Out, a beautiful, full-color, oversized, 56 page hardcover...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on November 24th, 2010
Pick of the Week ,Pick of the Week..guess what time it is it’s Pick of the Week!!! That will now be our new theme song. There it is done! Now it will forever stick in your mind and remind you fine folks that it is time for a new Comic Impact Pick of the Week!Turkey time is coming soon so you better get your favorite trades or single issues and pick a spot to ride out that turkey comma you will inflict upon yourself after your bountiful meal!
This week the crew is looking a the slew of Bat books that came out this past week...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on November 24th, 2010
Avengers has been by far one of my favorite running series ever since around Avengers Disassembled. Brian Micheal Bendis keeps throwing curve balls to these titles and continues to entertain. In Avengers 7 he even goes so far as throwing a new Hulk into the mix. Did I think this book is starting to wear out it’s welcome or is this yet another brilliant move in a long line of great story telling. Read on to find out true believers!
This issue opens pretty strongly with a group of men out in the middle of a Hoth like snowstorm...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 23rd, 2010
At the end of Batman & Robin # 16 we saw Bruce Wayne publicly reveal that he’s the financier behind Batman’s war on crime. Now with Batman Inc finally out, we get a first look at Wayne’s mission to recruit an international association of Batman and Grant Morrison’s Batman International Man of Mystery… oh wait that’s Austin Powers.
The book opens up with a man (Mr. Unknown) getting his hands burnt off. We found out that he was Batman’s counterpart in Japan too. We also get to meet...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 23rd, 2010
Seth Green: actor, comedian, co-creator of Robot Chicken and also a comic book called Freshmen. If you missed out on this comic five years ago, there’s no need to fret because you can still pick this up as a Trade Paperback. And since it is a Trade Paperback and I just read it for the first time (thanks to fellow Comic Impact contributor, Ian (Candydish) Candish I thought I would use it as the feature book for this week’s Trade Tuesday!
Freshmen oddly enough is about a group of freshmen who are forced to spend their...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 23rd, 2010
Are you excited about Batman Beyond #6 of 6 coming out tomorrow? Well, you damn well better be! It’s an awesome series! And to give you a little more insight into this fantastic mini-series, we’ve got an exclusive interview with the series’ writer, Adam Beechen!
Adam invited us into his lovely home to sit down with us and answer some burning questions we had about Batman Beyond, his favorite comics, what got him into the industry and why the Hell Dick Grayson looks so much like Nick Fury in the future.
Check...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 22nd, 2010
Normally it goes about three or four months between Mark Millar’s books, so I was more than surprised to see Superior #2 out on the shelf this week. Don’t get me wrong I was quite happy to see the book after only a month or so, it was just very surprising.
If you didn’t read the first issue, or read Simon’s review on the first issue, or listen to the POW Podcast where we couldn’t stop laughing for twenty minutes (shame on you) Superior is about a young boy named Simon with multiple sclerosis who...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 22nd, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week as Simon tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of November 24th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video...
Posted by John Mueller, on November 22nd, 2010
When writing about a site of recent historical significance, recent enough that those who were present as witnesses or participants to important events held there are likely still alive, you are not going to be able to please everyone. The beyond legendary New York music club CBGB is one such locale whose cultural impact on the musical spectrum of the last 35 years is so great it could never be given due justice in print or on film no matter how good the effort may be.
This brings us to the newly collected four-issue CBGB comic...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 21st, 2010
Throw a stone and you’re likely to hit a Batman title these days. There’s been a great deal of upheaval over the past couple years from “Batman R.I.P.”, to “Battle For The Cowl,” to Dick Grayson becoming Batman. Now, Bruce is finally back and he’s started “Batman Incorporated” which is promising to be an interesting, new direction for Batman. But, in all of this craziness, what’s going on with good ol’ Dick?
Batman #704 continues with Dick wearing the Bat-suit...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 20th, 2010
What’s that you say? You want more of the DC Dynamics statues? What, Green Lantern and Batman weren’t enough for you? Well, fine! Here comes another!
This week we’re taking a good, hard look at DC Dynamics’ Superman statue. Designed and sculpted by Tim Bruckner, this statue is 11.75 high x 6 wide x 5 deep. Like all DC Dynamics, it is hand painted, cold cast porcelain. Each statue features the character’s bust with their lower half being obscured by a semi-transparent, plastic type material...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 20th, 2010
Here it is Kids, the last Long Beach Comic Con Interview. Join us as we talk with Howard Chaykin. Find out about his new Magneto story line for Marvel comics that is due to hit stores in January. We also take a look back at his work on the original Star Wars comics, on Die Hard year one and talk about how great Steve Ditko was on the early issues of Amazing Spider-Man. We found out Time2 (Time Squared) is the most personal project he has worked on and how comics made a impact on Howard at a very young age. Also,...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 19th, 2010
Ok I know I am one of only 5 people in the United States that will care about this but when I was a young comic fan living in France I was a big fan of 200 AD’s Judge Dredd comic. Dredd is still one of my top comic characters of all time .The Brian Bolland stuff is still some of my favorite artwork in comics. Well hold on tight because we now get our first look at Karl Urban as Judge Dredd . Sure this is only a photo of Karl Urban from the rehearsals but WOW!!! right?.
Check out how bad ass he looks and the helmet...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 19th, 2010
Hellboy is one of my favorite comic books of all time so whenever there is a new book starring this demonic character I get really excited and it’s always one of the first books I read. This month Dark Horse released Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil and like every other Hellboy book this one did not fail to entertain me. From the title you can figure that this comic contains two Hellboy stories both written by Mike Mignola and drawn by Richard Corben.
The book starts with an old and abandoned movie theater with a very small...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 19th, 2010
That’s right everyone, we’ve still got LBCC content for you! LBCC was a smaller convention (at least compared to SDCC) and was almost entirely artist alley and we got some pretty incredible convention sketches from them.
One of the best souvenirs one can take from any comic convention is convention sketches. At artist alley the creators from some of your favorite comics will do sketches or commissions for you. Some charge for their sketches, others will offer them for free. Some artist will do smaller, quick...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on November 19th, 2010
This Invaders series is now in full effect. We have the original line up of Cap,Human Torch,Toro, Bucky,Namor,Spitfire,Union Jack and The Original Vision. Now while you would think that this would automatically make this an epic comic well you just might be wrong or not read on to find out if writer Christos Gage and artist Caio Reiss knock it out of the park or fall short of the finish line.
The Invaders have always been about protecting the weak. During World War 2 when they were around they both fought the bad guys and...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 18th, 2010
Happy Wednesday friends of Comic Impact! oh wait it is Thursday but we got a special treat for you this week, something I know you would never expect on a Thursday. It’s the end of Brand New Day, so we got a Brand New Pick of the Week Podcast for you to commemorate the occasion!
This week Ken had the honor of choosing the Pick and he went decided that it could only go to one comic book, that book being Amazing Spider-Man #648. Spider-Man has hit the Big Time and we spent far too much time on the subject! Ken is joined...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 16th, 2010
So, here it is kids, the full length Green Lantern trailer. Do you like it? Do you hate it? This has some of the footage first seen in last week’s Entertainment Tonight. I am still not a big fan of how the suits looks, I don’t have a lot of hope for this film. In this trailer we get to see Abin Sur, Sinestro, Hector Hammond and a few others. For all you Harry Potter fans, you can see this trailer on the big screen starting Friday with the new Potter movie or just watch it right now also Watch the trailer...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 16th, 2010
Do you ever think to yourself, “I wish Jack Kirby was still alive and making those amazing comic books.” I wake up every morning with that thought, followed by, “I want a burrito.” That second thought really has nothing to do with anything. Sadly Jack Kirby never seems to come back to life to make mine better, but we got the next best thing, Godland. I’ve never read this book before, but at the Long Beach Comic-Con a couple weeks ago Simon showed me one of the books at the Image booth, I was hooked...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 16th, 2010
Last week Marvel Comics stunned fans when they released a preview image that simply stated, “DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN.” Zero explanation was given as to the nature of this tease, but today Marvel revealed some details about this upcoming story.
Coming in February, “Death Of Spider-Man” will be part of a story in the Ultimate Marvel Universe featuring the titular character as well as The Ultimate Avengers and The New Ultimates. This story arc is being written by longtime Ultimate Marvel writers (and modern...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 16th, 2010
Well the Holidays are coming up and in this newest issue of Chew, Tony and his pals are celebrating Thanksgiving, a holiday that requires family to get together and enjoy a cooked bird. How appropriate considering that eating bird is prohibited by the F.D.A. so you know this is going to be a great day for our pal Tony.
The issue starts with Mason Savoy enjoying his own Thanksgiving meal complete with wine, cheese, and a chunk of Tony’s ear that he bit off several issues ago. As Savoy chews the chunk of meat he uses his...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on November 15th, 2010
Last week saw Image Comics publish the first issue in a brand new series from the minds of Marc Guggenheim, Tara Butters and artist Ryan Bodenheim. From it’s well designed, pristine front cover to it’s Frank Quietly-esque interiors, I’d say that Halycon #1 certainly looks the business. But for another superhero comic, does it offer anything more than the everyday good guy/bad guy story we see in most of our mainstream comics?
Yes, for the most part. Halcyon is a superhero comic (superteam comic, to be more precise)...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 15th, 2010
The past few years have been rough on Spider-Man. Love it or hate it, “Brand New Day” has dumped Peter Parker’s life in the gutter. But, that’s all about to change, because “Brand New Day” is over and “Big Time” has begun!
Amazing Spider-Man #648 is the first issue of the “Big Time” story arc. It’s written by Dan Slott with incredible art by Humberto Ramos. “Big Time” is the official end of the “Brand New Day” period in Spider-Man...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 15th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week with special guest Adam Beechen (Batman Beyond) tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of November 17th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 14th, 2010
There’s a been a lot of hullabaloo lately about the upcoming Green Hornet movie, directed by Michel Gondry starring Seth Rogen. This movie has been a long time coming with a number of different creators attached to direct. One of those talents was Silent Bob himself, Kevin Smith!
Dynamite Entertainment’s Green Hornet comic series features Smith’s original vision for the movie with breakdowns by Phil Hester and pencils by Jonathan Lau. The story isn’t about the classic Green Hornet, Britt Reid, but...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on November 13th, 2010
The Thanos Impertaive #6 of 6 is a tough comic for me to review. It is in this issue that my love and great appreciation for Marvel’s fantastic cosmic stories fuses badly with my unbias thoughts on how this issue actually played out. You might be aware that everytime an issue of this series has been released, I’ve sung my praises from the rooftops and illuminated the sky with many a beautiful melody. But this issue was a real head scratcher. If I were to give this issue a mark out of ten, I’d give it a five,...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 13th, 2010
Whoa! Did you see the promo for the Green Lantern movie last night? Don’t listen to Simon, it looks awesome! The future looks bright for Hal Jordan with the big budget, theatrical film coming out next summer so this week’s Statue Saturday features Mr. Jordan in all his glory.
The DC Dynamics Green Lantern is designed and sculpted by Tim Bruckner. It is a hand painted, cold cast porcelain statue that measures 13″ high x 4″ wide x 4″ deep. The DC Dynamics series features DC characters in...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 12th, 2010
Join us as we talk to Justin Orr, a young graphic designer/comic book artist. Not only does he enjoy the work of classic comic creators such as the great Jack Kirby, he’s also a fan of Will Eisner. If you’re not a fan of Justin Orr’s artwork and style by the end of this interview then you need to go the doctor, because he is the Comic Impact artist to watch out for in 2010.
Hey Marvel! Just take a look at Justin’s amazing Spider-Man print, it would make for a great cover! Also, find out about which comic...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 12th, 2010
I’m not exactly sure why, but Ant-Man & Wasp is a book that I have really been looking forward to. Maybe it has to do with Hank Pym being one of the original Avengers, and an all around cool character who happens to be in charge of The Avengers Academy. And let’s not forget Eric O’Grady, the new Ant-Man and also one of my favorite characters of the last ten years. I was really disappointed that Irredeemable Ant-Man only lasted twelve issues, but at least I get to see him in Secret Avengers. It was only...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 11th, 2010
Are you a fan of The Punisher? How about just awesome art in general? Well we got a treat for you! At the Long Beach Comic Con we had the amazing opportunity to interview artist Tim Bradstreet who is probably best known for his amazing covers for The Punisher, and Hellblazer. Tim was really nice to take some time to speak with us about his technique, upcoming projects, and his work with RAW Entertainment that he co-founded with actor Thomas Jane. Thanks again to Tim Bradstreet! Now go watch the interview!
Ken Zeider
Ken@ComicImpact.com
Posted by Rob Andrews, on November 10th, 2010
In Marvel’s latest previews publication you don’t even have to open up the book to realise that in February, Spider-Man could well be dead. The front cover quite proudly bosts the ‘Death Of Spider-Man‘ in a ridiculously large font, the sort you’d usually see on the cover of a Mark Millar comic to put emphasis on how awesome he thinks his writing abilites are. But not that that’s relevant.
Along with this bold statement on the front cover of the previews book, we have… well.. quite literally...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 10th, 2010
We at Comic Impact know how much your soul aches when you don’t have a new POW, Pick Of the Week Podcast to listen to. That’s why we cooked up a fresh, new show for your listening pleasure.
This week Ian has the pick and he goes with Invincible #75. Is it worth the $5.99 price tag? You’ll just have to listen to find out. Also, Ken can’t stop laughing at a possibly pornographic cover for Batman and Robin #16, Simon’s still busy with LBCC stuff and Sheldon didn’t read anything. How could you...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 10th, 2010
We are still not done with Long Beach Comic Con 2010. This time we talk with the great Tim Sale about his unique style of artwork, ink wash and how it is a big part of his work. Find out how Tim met Jeph Loeb. Yes, we ask Mr. Sale, “Where is Captain America: White?”
Stay tune to ComicImpact, we’re still not done with video form Long Beach Comic Con 2010. You have Tim Bradstreet, Howard Chaykin and young upcoming super star in the world of comics to look forward to.
Simon Daoudi
Simon@ComicImpact.com
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on November 10th, 2010
When last we saw Scarlet she was kinda busy enacting revenge on the crooked cop that murdered her boyfriend and turned her world upside down. This creator owned title put out under Marvels Icon books promises us that we will see a new American Revolution take place in this book. Did Bendis and Maleev make it happen in this issue? Read on to find out!
In this issue Scarlet doesn’t really talk to us the reader as much as she has in previous books as she is pretty busy dealing with the out come of her actions. Having...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 9th, 2010
In a time of economic hardship it’s hard for people to pay double the normal price for anything. Whatever the item may be, it really better deliver if you’re charging that much extra for it. That said, Invincible #75 does nothing but deliver! In romantic terms, you might call it a “generous lover.”
Invincible is written by Robert Kirkman with consistently amazing art from Ryan Ottley. Issue #75 continues the “Viltrumite War” story arc that has been going on since issue #71. Though...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 9th, 2010
Hey Comic Impact pals! It’s Tuesday and you know what that means right? Of course you do! It’s time for this week’s edition of Trade Tuesday, and this fine Tuesday we’ll be taking a look at Green Arrow: Year One written by Andy Diggle with art by Jock. If you’re familiar with Batman:Year One it’ll be easy to tell that this book is a re-telling of the origin of Green Arrow.
This book starts with rich playboy, Oliver Queen out in the frozen wilderness with his bodyguard and best friend, Hackett....
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 9th, 2010
Last week was a great week in comics for me. One of my favorite writers in Comics, Jeff Lemire, had two books out, Sweet Tooth and Superboy number 1 also second feature story in Adventure Comics #520 .When I talked to Lemire back at Comic Con in July he told me that he was going to keep Superboy aka Conner Kent in Smallville and that Smallville would play a big part in the story line.
WOW, was he not joking around. The book opens with a young boy who you think is Superboy playing in the the cornfields of Smallville. ...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 9th, 2010
Sorry for the delay, oh faithful Comic Impact readers. The costume submissions were all so amazing that we at Comic Impact needed another day to deliberate before making our final decision.
For those who don’t know, we at Comic Impact have been holding our second annual Halloween Costume Contest over the past few weeks. The rules were pretty simple: put together your best comic book inspired costume, use out our Comic Impact Halloween logo, and get those cameras clicking! The contest officially came to a close on...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 9th, 2010
When we were at Long Beach Comic Con we had the chance to talk with ComicImpact champion guest Mr. J.T. Krul. We talked about what it’s like to have an exclusive deal with DC Comics, including his current projects them, such as Teen Titans and Green Arrow. Also his work over at Aspen on Mindfield and Soulfire and what the future looks like for all you Fathom fans. You definitely don’t want to miss J.T. giving us his pick to win Lord Stanley’s cup this year.
Make sure to stay tune to ComicImpact for...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 8th, 2010
It was just over a month ago that Warner Brothers Animation released Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, and now they’re putting out their next direct-to-DVD release Superman/Shazam! The Return of Black Adam. Well that’s pretty awesome, right? Well hold your horses because this movie is only about twenty-five minutes, so it’s more of a pilot for a series rather than a movie. On the plus size the producers decided to include the other three shorts that have been made and released for the special editions of their other...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 8th, 2010
Do you know what time it is? That’s right It is time for New this Week! This week Ken tells us what he can’t wait to read for the week of November 10th 2010. Wait, you don’t know what “New this Week” is? Where the hell have you been? Every week we will post a short video about the books that are coming out this week that we are excited for or just curious about. You might end up hearing about them on the POW (Pick of the Week) or read about them in a review on the site. You know what? Just watch the video below.
Did...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 8th, 2010
Say what you will about FrankenCastle, but Rick Remender knows how to write the Punisher and Punisher: in the Blood is a perfect example of this. In this book Frank Castle is back to his old angry self, and he’s back to doing what he does best, killing people that should not be allowed to live.
This first issue of this mini-series takes place months after The Hood and Frank’s former pal, Microchip brought back Frank’s dead family to try and bring The Punisher into the fold. As we all remember Frank didn’t...
Posted by John Mueller, on November 8th, 2010
The second annual Long Beach Comic Con has now come and gone and it is with a huge measure of relief that I can say that it has not merely bested last year’s event, but gave me every reason to believe it will continue to move in a positive direction as well. And, as strange as it sounds, I’d say it topped last year’s inaugural LBCC just by simultaneously growing larger yet staying essentially the same: by keeping the focus on sequential art, the people who make it, and the fans who love it.
The comic book Gods...
Posted by Ian Candish, on November 5th, 2010
Since the end of Second Coming in the X-Men universe, the curse Scarlet Witch put on the mutant race seems to have been lifted. Now we finally get to see the birth of some newer mutants after a long dry spell.
Generation Hope, written by Kieron Gillen with art by Salvador Espin, features picks up from Uncanny X-Men which has lately been about the X-Men tracking down these new these new mutants, known as the five lights. For some unknown reason, these new mutants’ powers have been drastically unstable since their activation...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 5th, 2010
Last weekend was the Long Beach Comic Con, as well as, Halloween. That was the best time to go to a con, as you saw in our Cosplayer Spotlight video. You watched the video right ? You haven’t? Stop what you’re doing and watch it now. I’ll wait… Ok, now you can enjoy the photos form last weekend’s 2nd Long Beach Comic Con. Or as we like to call it around the impact, LBCC.
J Scott Campbell and Tim Bradstreet enjoy the opening Celebration
Drew Seldin ( media Contact for LBBC) with Matt...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on November 5th, 2010
One of the features we do here at Comic Impact is the cosplay girl (NO anime, manga, role-playing games just comics) of the month, that’s right hot girls dressing up like your favorite super- hero characters. This month we’re privileged to have Tally aka as our Cosplay Girl of the Month!
1-What is your name? Tally, thought I go by Lady S or Lady Skywalker on the boards.
2-How old are you? 22
3-Do you read comics and if so, what are your favorite titles? Comics are my favorite! Though I like all kinds, I’d have...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 5th, 2010
There sure are a lot of books featuring Captain America lately. I wonder if it has something to do with that movie coming out next year? Nah. I can’t seem to help myself, every time I see a Captain America book on the shelf I have this urge to buy it. It’s a good thing I have very little self control, otherwise I’d be missing out on some pretty cool comics. Everything from Captain America: Patriot to Captain America: Forever Allies has been a good read and Captain America: Man Out of Time is no exception.
This...
