Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 30th, 2010
In last week’s Figure Friday, we talked with Bill Roshia from Shocker Toys. This week, we are going to take a look at Katchoo from Terry Moore’s ‘Stranger in Paradise’ series. If you have never read ‘Stranger in Paradise’, then in my opinion you’re missing out on one of the best indie comic books of all time, and one of the best of Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight figures line.
Package Description
Katina ” Katchoo” Choovanski - The Original Angry Blonde,” Katchoo is a temperamental artist...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 30th, 2010
If you enjoyed the sneak peek of Avengers #1 earlier on this week, then hopefully you’ll equally enjoy this preview of Secret Avengers #1. This is Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato’s latest comic, set for release on May 26th this year.
So in the pages we’ve been teased with, it looks like we’re seeing Valkyrie and Black Widow going undercover, for what I may as well assume at this point, to give this very naughty man the shock of his life. Instead of getting drunk with these fine ladies and having a bit of...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 30th, 2010
Are you excited for the Thor movie? Then check out this preview image we’ve got for you! Chris Hemsworth looks bad-ass as Thor in this preview image!
Nice beard Mr. Thor, if I may say so!
This has been confirmed by MARVEL as the real deal! Kenneth Branagh will be bringing Chris Hemsworth to ye olde theatres on May 11, 2011 as the god of thunder along side Natalie Portman,Anthony Hopkins,Stellan Skarsgard,and Tom Hiddleston. Here is a brief synopsis of thy upcoming film mortal…enjoy!
The film follows the mighty...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 30th, 2010
If you’re one of the people who reads the Marvel Solicitations each time they are published, unlike myself, then you may have noticed that for the months of May onwards, there are no entries for the Nova or Guardians of the Galaxy series.
This is because those two series (of which the most recent issues of both, I reviewed ) are going on hiatus while ‘The Thanos Imperative’ takes the main stage for 6 months. I got in contact with Dan Abnett a few days ago, and he told me that Nova would definatly be tieing in...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 29th, 2010
This is becoming less unordinary these days by simply going to your local comic shop you can find one of these handy dandy stamps on the cover of your favorite book and more then likely the next hit movie. You know the stamp I mean. The one that reads now a major motion picture. As of the last few years we have seen some unlikely titles like Wanted,Hellboy,Kick Ass,Watchmen,300,and now the recently announced Incognito. I am sure before I’ve even finished writing this article they will announce another new title coming!...
Posted by Christina Flores, on April 29th, 2010
While at Wizard World Anaheim I found this great book Going Boldly by TJ Sullivan. The book is a condensed version of the weekly web comic about Tim Desoto, a mission patch designer for the space program. He is friends with an ego maniac astronaut, Danger “Roc” Strong and has an official space program assigned Gremlin named Ed. Just with that I was so intrigued and very much NOT let down.
I think the greatest thing about this concept is as strange as it sounds it works so well. Ed, is hilarious, the form to all the...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 29th, 2010
The Jonah Hex trailer finally hits the net. I have never read any Jonah Hex comic books, but I know there are no supernatural elements to the story. I don’t know why this looks like bad horror, if I want that fix, then I can watch master of horror. I know all you fanboys are going to be saying how hot Megan Fox is, but I am sure I can find a better looking woman on some bad porn site. Plus, she can’t act to save her life.
This film looks as bad as Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman, and we all know how bad...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 28th, 2010
Having missed out on the Pick Of The Week podcast this week due to technical difficulties, I have taken the liberty of writing a review of two comics that came out on the week just gone of April 21st. These two comics are closely linked in many ways, more so at this precise moment in their continuity, than ever before. These are also the two comics that very rarely fail to leave me entertained, and utterly ‘star‘-struck whenever I read a new issue, and put quite simply, the issues released this week were no exception...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 28th, 2010
It was a slow week for comics here at ComicImpact. Dana either went back to the sex club, or she is sick, and not just in the head.Rob tried doing the Pick of the week but due to technical difficulties he couldn’t, so we let him go play in the volcano. So who is left around to do the podcast?
Sheldon and Simon!So join this duo as we talk about Ultimate Spider-Man # 9,Ultimate Avengers # 6,X-Men Legacy #235,Crossed Family #1 and Brave and Bold # 33) and talk a bit about John Romita Jr’s artwork, and how it has never looked...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 28th, 2010
We started a new feature here at Comic Impact a few months back ,The ComicImpact Store Spotlight.
Every month we will turn our magnifying glass on a local store (local can mean local for you the comic fan as well!). We then contact the owner and ask a few questions and even throw some pictures up on the site!! Sweet! Right? Well wait it gets better. We also decided that every POW(PICK OF THE WEEK) for that month that we record that we will mention the store of that month.. for the entire month! Now here is the important...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 27th, 2010
Do you recall when Nick Fury showed up in the credits at the end of Iron Man. Well guess what? We got the BIG SPOILER of the end scene and the end of Iron Man 2. So if you can’t wait for May 7th to find out follow the dots.
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Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 27th, 2010
At the retailer’s summit occurring in Chicago before C2E2 last weekend, Diamond Comics, distributor of weekly comic book issues, floated the idea of moving the release day for comic books to Tuesday, with the comic book retailers paying 5 dollars a week more. They put the idea to a show of hands vote to the retailers in the audience, and Tuesday releases narrowly won out. Now it sounds as if this is all speculation and discussion amongst Diamond.
Why do they want to make comics come out on Tuesdays? Because of Hollywood....
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 27th, 2010
Marvel have released a sneak peek preview at what will probably be their biggest release of the entire year. That’s right, it’s a first look at Avengers #1, set for release Wednesday 19th May this year. Brian Michael Bendis is set to write the series, and as I’m sure you were aware, John Romita Jr is set to illustrate this hopefully ‘epic’ series.
Marvel have been a bit naughty though. Usually when they give us a sneak peek look at an upcoming comic, we get given about 4 or 5 wordless pages of interior...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 27th, 2010
Last weekend was Wizard World Anaheim 2010 and we got the chance to talk with comic great Phil Jimenez (Infinite Crisis,Wonder Woman,Amazing Spider-Man). We talked about his up coming book, the all new Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia, it is the ultimate guide to the Amazon Princess!Dana also got to talk about one of her favorite characters in Comics,Tempest, his origin and his role in DC’s Blackest Night. We also talked about one of Simon’s favorite Spider-man story lines of all time American Son
Phil also talked...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 26th, 2010
How much will you pay for your Marvel comics? A lot of Marvel’s readers will have to be asking themselves this question over the next few months, and take into serious consideration what titles they are reading, and how much they are willing to spend. Because it has been revealed that this July, a number of 70 Marvel Comics, will be priced at $3.99 (that is 68% of Marvel’s comics on sale).
'Avengers' will be an expensive read for some fans
It looks like the majority of Marvel’s new titles that are set...
Posted by John Mueller, on April 25th, 2010
Last weekend gave us the inaugural edition of the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con and although I had fun I have mixed feelings about the event to say the least. I do have a bit of a rant concerning the event (and others like it) to get up on the soapbox about, but I’d like to save that for the end of this report and spend some time first spotlighting some of the cool comics creators, dedicated cosplayers, and eminently fun pop culture ephemera to be found at the event.
Some of the biggest attention getters on a con floor...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 24th, 2010
Saturday May 1st is Free Comic Book Day, and I’m sure you are asking yourself, “what are you going to be doing on that day?” Well if you live in the Los Angeles area come and join us for a fun filled event!
We’ll be teaming up with our friends ‘The Hero Initiative’ and comic super stars J.T. Krul (Justice League: Rise of Arsenal) , Joe Benitez (Green Hornet: Kato) and Dan Panosian (X-Factor Forever) over at Galaxy of Comics. We’ll also be doing a live show from the store, and...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 23rd, 2010
On Fridays here at ComicImpact, we take a look at some various action figures and review them, to let you know in our opinion if they’re worth your money or not. But this week we’re going to take a break from reviewing figures, since last Friday we went down to Wizard World Anaheim 2010. This week we’re talking with Bill Roshia of Shocker Toys. In this interview, we are taking a look at their Indie Spotlight figures, and also, Bill was nice enough to show us the upcoming 3rd series of Indie Spotlight figures....
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 23rd, 2010
As comic fans we’re always guessing what will come next for our favorite characters and creators. We bitch when we don’t like something and we beg for more of what we do. In my experience I don’t often get my way but I recently experienced a bought of serious instant gratification concerning my hopes for the Young Avengers.
If you listened to the POW podcast for April 14th, you’ll have heard me go on about my love for the Young Avengers and how glad I was to see this team play a part in Siege. I also...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 22nd, 2010
All week long we’ve been showing you photos from this past weekend’s Wizard World Anaheim 2010. On Monday we posted some of our favorite Cosplayers and on Wednesday we posted photos of some of the Comic Creators we got to meet. Here’s the final set of photos featuring Comic Impact staff and friends working the convention.
Dana looking a bit lost.
Dana showing of her Dazzler sketch by Todd Nauck.
Our new Comic Impact staff member Robert aka Robot.
John with Simon ‘Biz’ Bisley.
Simon with his...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 22nd, 2010
This week’s Pick of the Week goes to Sheldon, as Dana had the pick last week. Join Sheldon, Simon, Rob and Dana, as they guide you through the week’s best comics. It was a good week for comics let me tell you that!
Aside from all the usual comic book banter, you’ll get an exclusive and heated debate on the art of Alex Ross. As well as Simon admitting to getting a Captain Cold tattoo, if people send him enough money! A lot of hilarity in this episode, and as I mentioned, some awesome comics including some hit...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 22nd, 2010
How’s that for a screen shot? I sure hope it was worth ten years of fanboy wait time on your part. So obviously the good news is Marvel vs Capcom is really happening, the bad? Well your gonna have to wait a little bit longer to get your grubby mitts on this piece of delicious comic/video game goodness.As of posting this it looks like the game hits the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in spring 2011.What can you expect from 10 years of wait? Well I am glad you asked!The title will likely feature more than 30 characters to choose...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 21st, 2010
David Finch cover for Action Comics #891
For those of you who enjoyed Blackest Night for the most part, and especially enjoyed seeing Lex Luthor as an Orange Lantern alongside Larfleeze, then you’re going to be one of the lucky people whose day I may well just make with this piece of news.
It has been announced that British writer Paul Cornell (Captain Britain & MI13, Dr. Who) is set to start work over at DC Comics, on ‘Action Comics’. He will be working alongside artist Pete Woods (World of New Krypton)...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 21st, 2010
On Monday we showed you some great Cosplayers from Wizard World Anaheim 2010. Today we are showing you some of the great comic creators that you missed out on if you were not at Wizard World.
Comic great Bernie Wrightson (House of Mystery,Swamp Thing)
Todd Harris and Geoffrey Thorne from Genre 19
Who is this masked man?
Lance Sawyer showing off my new Deadman sketch.
Mike Mayhew (Justice League: Rise and Fall,New Avengers Annual)
Norm Rapmund (Booster Gold,Infinite Crisis)
Rob Liefeld (Deadpool,X-Force)
Shannon Eric...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 21st, 2010
So I don’t know if you heard, but Iceland has this pretty awesome volcano right, and recently, it decided to throw this huge party for all it’s friends and everyone got bit drunk. It turns out the volcano is a lightweight though, and it vomited everywhere. I think it’s still throwing up today.
But ever since Mr Volcano decided to get so drunk he got sick, it looks like humanity has to wait around until it’s decided to stop spewing here, there and everywhere, and go to sleep again.
Obviously, I’m...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 20th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I made a trip to San Francisco for WonderCon and thanks to the Image Comics panel, was introduced to “Turf” a new comic series penned by on-air personality Jonathan Ross, with art from Tommy Lee Edwards. I knew who Ross was but even with him attached to the project I wasn’t immediately sold on picking this book up. Then I saw the cover and learned that “Marvel 1985″ artist Edwards was on the series. The two collaborating was enough to get me cautiously optimistic about the...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 20th, 2010
This weekend brought lots of fun news from Marvel,DC,Image and Boom Studios out of C2E2 or as I like to call it “The Con that I wasn’t able to attend.”. But I am not bitter about it no, no I will continue on like Greg House limping along and taking my Vicodin that is the Internet to get me through my days so that I can bring you ungrateful readers all the news. The things I do for you people.Honestly.
So why are you still here? Oh right the news!This could be a long one so you might want to clear your schedule...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 19th, 2010
I love action figures, and I love most of DC’s hugely successful Blackest Night line. Sure I have been know to talk mad shit about these figures from time to time, but I still enjoy playing with a new one. Just ask my mastercard bill.
When I first heard about the Blackest Night figures, I wish they’d have made more Black Lanterns and thanks to the seventh installment of the series we have some. The figures are: Black Lantern Superman, back from the dead…again; Sinestro Corps Member Arkillo, dissenter defeated,...
Posted by Christina Flores, on April 19th, 2010
It seems the AMC television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead has found it’s leading man. The role of Rick Grimes has been awarded to English actor Andrew Lincoln. Lincoln hasn’t done much in the United States but was part of the hit British tv show This Life as well as doing many voice-overs for radio and television advertising.
I have only seen him in Love Actually and have no idea what he will be like as Rick but according to The Hollywood reporter, Kirkman had this to say. “Andrew...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 19th, 2010
Hey party people, so some of the Comic Impact team went to Wizard World Anaheim this year and had a blast. One of my favorite things about any convention are the Cosplayers and here are a few of our favorite costumes from this past weekend… and a fun side note about the cosplayers, that I got to meet Roxanna Meta aka Comic Impact Cosplay Girl of the Month February 2010 who is one of the coolest people ever!
I hope you enjoy the photos. Make sure to come back on Tuesday, for more photos on Wizard World Anaheim. Also,you...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 18th, 2010
Holy fucking Moly! The line up for the Secret Avengers team seems to be expanding on a daily basis, with the amount of reveals Marvel are leaking! It seems like I’m updating you everyday with new snippets of news about Ed Brubaker’s highly anticipated new Avengers series, to be launched in a few months.
In the past 3 or 4 days, we’ve had reveals like you’ve never seen before with regards to this team. Moon Knight and Valkyrie, then Nova and Steve Rogers, and now (just when you thought it was all over,...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 17th, 2010
'Steve Rogers: Super Solider' Cover Art
We broke you the news of the Secret Avengers as they were being revealed, and we even revealed the entire cast of Ed Brubaker’s Secret Avengers just a few days ago. Now, with regards to the advert depicting the entire cast of the Secret Avengers, everyone seemed a bit stumped as to who the blonde haired character was in the foreground, wearing an unfamiliar costume, which slightly resembled something with a Captain America feel.
Well, writer and creator of the Secret Avengers,...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 16th, 2010
Are you asking yourself who the hell would make a great young, sexy Jean Grey aka Phoenix? Well I got an idea the other day when I was watching Doctor Who The Beast Below. How about his new companion. I know we love Doctor Who here at Comic impact but just take a look at what I did using Photoshop?
Not bad right? Karen Gillan’s hot and she can act. If they are talking about going with a very young cast for this reboot I would seriously love to see her as Jean Grey aka Phoenix.
The Phoenix Saga is one of my top...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 15th, 2010
Sure we have the cosplay girl of the month here at ComicImpact, but back in 1985, Marvel comics had something called the Marvel Hunk of the Month in the back of their books. I found this as I was looking at a back issue of Uncanny X-Men #189. It looks like Marvel’s Hunk of the Month was Mr. Kick Ass himself, John Romita Jr.
Well it looks like times have changed for JR.Jr as today, one of his comics has become a film. On that note I’m telling you Comic Impact readers and fans, to go watch KICK ASS.
Simon Daoudi
Simon@comicimpact.com
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 15th, 2010
Do you remember last year when we showed you The Joker from the artists over at Hot Toys? Now take a look at this bad ass toy! You can almost hear him saying ‘I am going to kill you’, then posting it on Youtube because I am mother fucking Mickey Rourke a.k.a Whiplash, from the upcoming Iron Man 2 film.
This figure is fucking amazing, it’s a high-end collectible. Just take a look at the life like head sculpting.
Movie Masterpiece Series
Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Whiplash Limited Edition...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 15th, 2010
I love Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire. I have been enjoying The Atom when I get to see him in his comics, and I have always been a fan of Mahmud Asrar Mahmud, the artist of Dynamo 5. Although I have never actually read any of the Dynamo 5 comics myself, I always enjoy looking at his work, and now thanks to DC’s Source page, I give you the cover art for ‘Brightest Day: The Atom’, a one-shot comic coming out in July, that leads into a regular second feature in ‘Adventure Comics’ that will start running after issue #516.
Now...
Posted by Richard Bashara, on April 15th, 2010
The Die Hard: Year One, Vol 1 hardcover is a fine example of how to make a trade. The cover from the first issue makes up the jacket, the hardcover and page quality are almost the same as what you might find in say Marvel Zombies(by way of example). The color quality is the same as the books, that sepia muted color, and the cover gallery is a thing to behold.
The icing on the cake? I didn’t even notice this, sister site editor Simon did, a little string bookmark that hangs down the center spine of the book. This...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 15th, 2010
I’ve made no secret of my opinion about the typical comics being released from BlueWater Comics. They generally cash in on poorly put together comics about celebrities and while I can’t fault them for trying to capitalize on fan purchasing, I wish that their comics were better quality. They have a great opportunity to get people who are not comic fans into shops and introduce them to the medium, but the products they are putting out are more likely to act as a warning that comics are cheesy and filled with bad art. To be...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 15th, 2010
I am officially a big nerd. It is new comic day and I just got through reading Flash Issue 1 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul and all I can think about is THIS is the Flash I know and love and I refuse to take off my new ring! Lately many of you who listen to the podcast know I am the strictly Marvel guy. There is more to me then that though..I just happen to LOVE the Marvel Universe. Some of my starter comics and toys though were DC and I still hold a fond place in my heart for a few DC mainstays the Flash being one of...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 14th, 2010
I’ve been keeping you up to date on the Secret Avengers for a while now, and I am very happy to be able to let you in on a little ‘Secret’ of my own. I just stumbled across the picture that will shock you all. This morning I posted an article revealing that Moon Knight and Valkyrie would be joining Beast and War Machine on the new Secret Avengers team. Well, now I can reveal to you, the whole Secret Avengers team.
My sources for this image are ever so slightly jaded, but I believe this to be an authentic ad,...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 14th, 2010
Thanks for joining us at Comic Impact again as we guide you through this week’s selection of the finest comic books. If this is your first time listening in on the Pick Of The Week podcast, then thanks for coming along, we’re always glad to see new faces! Ok, now that my pre-school teacher (or whatever that was) impression has ended, let’s get down to business.
It’s a full house this week, and the joy is being cast far and wide as Dana has the pick of the week, and not to mention that she is joined by...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 14th, 2010
It must be almost two weeks now since Marvel announced Beast and War Machine as the first two members of Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato’s Secret Avengers team, and that alone was a shocking surprise for almost everyone, to have two quite contrasting characters in the same team. But believe me, it gets a heck of a lot more shocking here on in.
Because Marvel just revealed another two of the silhouetted figures from the Secret Avengers adverts we’ve been seeing in our comics, and over the internet. We have Valkyrie, and...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 13th, 2010
If you’ve been keeping up with the site you’ll remember that a couple of weeks ago I reported that Gareth David-Lloyd, the actor who portrayed Ianto Jones on “Torchwood”, was going to be writing a comic strip about his character for Torchwood Magazine. A press release came in today with more details about the strip including the announcement that Pia Geurra was supplying the art. Torchwood Magazine Issue #21 will be in stores on April 15th or May 11th in the United States. Below is the press release.
Press...
Posted by Christina Flores, on April 12th, 2010
Geoff Johns’ The Flash Secret Files:Origins 2010is a great read for fans new to The Flash. There is a short story giving you a glimpse into Barry Allen’s childhood. It’s really a sweet and sad story at the same time. You see a young Barry being bullied and picked and the counter to that is his close relationship to his mom. It’s the relationship with his mom that makes her tragic murder, he is still dealing with, more poignant as an adult looking for answers. The small story also shows the bound of all...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 12th, 2010
Spider-man…whew where do I begin. I wrote an article about Amazing Spider-man and my feelings on that about 2 weeks ago and now they break some news on the reboot of the franchise. First off let me say to all the fan boys whining about how bad they think this is going to be and how having a young kid doesn’t make since……..go out and buy or watch 500 Days of Summer. Why you ask? Well I am glad you did because Director Marc Webb (Hey his last name is Webb) will be taking the helm as Director for this new...
Posted by John Mueller, on April 11th, 2010
The 2010 Eisner Wards have recently been announced and my favorite publisher, Fantagraphics, has been honored with a record 18 nominations. Of these I would like to draw attention to one particular nominee that I feel deserves special recognition: You’ll Never Know Book One: A Good and Decent Man by Carol Tyler.
Included in the Eisner category “Best Painter/Multi-Media Artist” You’ll Never Know is Tyler’s auto-biographical graphic novel (the first of a proposed trilogy) detailing her attempt to...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 11th, 2010
April 7th came around pretty fast, and I’d be fibbing if I didn’t say I almost choked in excitment when I realised that this was the exact week marking the release of the first issue of Marvel Zombies 5! I was pretty excited to pick up this comic, and out of all the comics I got this week, this was a fun one. But before I go ahead with my review, I’d probably advise you check out the interview I did a couple of weeks ago with writer of the series; Fred Van Lente, just to update yourself and perhaps get a better...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 10th, 2010
Welcome to part 3, the final chapter, of my WonderCon wrap-up. We’ve heard about the Aspen Comics panel, Image Comics panel and the DC Brightest Day panel so far. But of course panels aren’t the only fun to be had at conventions. I also got to chat with a lot of great people and pick up little facts. Below I have a couple of random facts I happened upon as well as some pictures from my weekend.
Random Facts
Frank Cho inks with Micron technical pens, sizes .08 and .005, not brushes as many...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 9th, 2010
Yep it’s that time of the week again, when we take a look at various action figures here at Comic Impact. Find out if this figure is what you’ve been dreaming of owning, or if it is just something you can skip over. So, join me as I review Blackest Night: Series 2 Action Figure: Indigo Lantern from the people over at DC Direct. Also, I am sorry there was no Figure Friday last week, I was out of town.
Package Description
The nameless and mysterious Indigo,leader of the Indigo Tribe,Is the personification of...
Posted by Richard Bashara, on April 9th, 2010
If you’ve been paying attention to the hubub sorrounding this year’s Comic-Con, you might be aware of the contract for San Diego coming to a close in 2012. This has launched what I have dubbed the con wars, with Vegas, Anaheim and LA each questing for that coveted piece of geekdom. SlashFilm put out a neat little article talking about the tensions facing the possible move.
Vegas, Anaheim and LA all seem to think that opening facebook pages and making fervant comic fans wage nerd rage wars on one another from...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 9th, 2010
Welcome to part 2 of my WonderCon wrap-up. Let’s review a couple of general notes before we begin, any panel recaps are not claimed as strict transcripts, most are just the gist of what was said, unless there is something in quotes. Anything in Italics is tangents and commentary by yours truly. Also, panels may contain spoilers. Please enjoy below information from the Image Comics panel and the DC Brightest Day panel. I’ve broken things down into categories of discussion, hopefully it’s easy to follow.
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Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 9th, 2010
Shame Marvel!!!!! You went and canceled a great book and now this happens. It gets nominated for a Hugo Award. Below is the Official announcement from Marvel.
Marvel proudly congratulates writer Paul Cornell, artist Leonard Kirk and the rest of the crew responsible for CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 on their nomination for a 2010 Hugo Award!
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 VOLUME 3: VAMPIRE STATE, featuring the work of Cornell and Kirk as well as additional artistic contributions by Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf, received a...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 9th, 2010
Did you know there’s a film called Iron Man 2 coming soon? Well it would not be a hollywood film with out some marketing . The other night I whet to 7-11 with a few of my friends before watching lost and I was in dork heaven as 7-11 is now the home of all the Iron Man shit you don’t need but you will end up buying.
Stuff like a Super Big Gulp cup, ( I got the Iron Man one) each one of these cups feature multiple frames from the movie. There is also a War Machine (Don Cheadle), a Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and...
Posted by Dana Shukartsi, on April 8th, 2010
This past weekend I got to go to my first ever WonderCon and I thought I’d bring you guys back some news and the like. A couple of general notes before we begin, any panel recaps are not claimed as strict transcripts, most are just the gist of what was said, unless there is something in quotes. Anything in Italics is tangents and commentary by yours truly. Also, panels may contain spoilers. That being said lets begin.
I’m guessing most of you reading are curious about the panels that make conventions so exciting. ...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 8th, 2010
Marvel have been teasing us like crazy for a few months now, with (as I’m sure you’ve seen) adverts depicting silhouettes of mystery characters who are going to form part of a new Avengers team/series, titled ‘Secret Avengers‘. But Marvel are easing up on the teasing it seems, as it was shown during the past 24 hours, when two of the silhouetted figures were unmasked!
Beast and War Machine, (two very unlikely characters to be seen together if you ask me) will be teaming up as part of the Secret Avengers....
Posted by Rob Andrews, on April 7th, 2010
WHAT!? BLACKEST NIGHT #8 IS NOT OUR PICK OF THE WEEK? WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?! Well, listen in and find out! This week’s Pick of the Week is being chosen by Rob, as last episode was Simon’s turn to choose his favourite book. Yes, Rob has returned from…wherever he was! Dana is missing this week, as she is busy with some important work that you will find out about very soon, my dear readers! So, let Rob, Sheldon and Simon guide you through this week’s books.
It was a somewhat lackluster week for comics this...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 6th, 2010
I love Jim Lee so much, I have a Jim Lee’s ‘Hush’ Batman tattoo on my shoulder, and I love Apple. I don’t even like looking at a PC, as I feel sick when I do.
So when I first heard about this story imagine how happy I was. Mr co-publisher of DC Comics himself, Jim Lee, posted these tweets.
Ha–I bought sketchbook pro for the iPad–went to information and found some of my art for the Naples Comic Con shown Franceso Salvati’s.
Using fingers now–stylus on the way.
OK just playing around for an hr...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 6th, 2010
So now that Blackest Night is done, now we get Brightest Day. As I told you guys sometime back, Brightest Day is about the return of the infamous DC icons, who are now back from the dead. Characters such as Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Firestorm and many more.
The Green Lantern and the Green Lantern Corps series are going to be all about the White Lanterns. Flash takes on the reborn Captain Boomerang in his new series. Max Lord is now back for Justice League: Generation Lost. Also Hawk and Dove are featured on the cover of Birds...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 6th, 2010
Are you going to the San Diego Comic Con this year? Well I hope you were not planning on staying at the Hyatt. They don’t want any San Diego Comic Con attendees.
As some of you may know, Al Gore is in attendance for the American Health Association convention being held at the Hyatt during Comic Con time. The AHA have block-booked many rooms in the hotel for the duration of that weekend.
Now it looks like the Hyatt is saying “no” to the comic industry who spend approximately sixty million dollars at hotels...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 5th, 2010
One of the features we do here at Comic Impact is the Cosplay Girl of the Month (NO anime, manga, or role-playing games… just comics). That’s right, beautiful ladies dressing up as your favorite super-hero characters. This month we’re privileged to be showing you Elise Archer - aka Princess Bee, or Clowny Princess.
1-What is your name? Elise Archer - aka Princess Bee or Clowny Princess
2-How old are you? I’ve officially reached that age where I’ve become, simply ‘indefinite’. People find...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 5th, 2010
This past weekend I was in Las Vegas for a wedding. I was walking around the Planet Hollywood Casino and I saw something that caught my eye, a Kick-Ass sweater. I told my self ” wow that’s kind of cool. If is under $50.00 I will buy it since I love the book and I am a Mark Millar and John Romita Jr fan and I know that film is going to kick ass since I saw a screener back in August of last year. ” Yeah that’s how my brain works sometime .
I look at the tag and I saw $98.99 or something like that....
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 5th, 2010
Well the week has finally arrived! The iPad has been placed down before the public like a nice warm breakfast after a long night of drinking. Marvel is even boasting with great pride that the Marvel App in the iTunes App store has shot up to the number 5 highest download since the launch of the iPad. Here are a few things that Comic Industry people are saying about the product via Twitter.
@Rob_liefeld -YOUNGBLOOD looks amazing on the iPad! The colors and resolution are amazing.
@RADIOMARU - Oh hey when they do the big count,...
Posted by John Mueller, on April 4th, 2010
When The Marat/Sade Journals, Barron Storey’s astounding first published foray into the sequential art medium, was released in 1993 he had already earned much success and acclaim in the worlds of illustration and fine art. Recipient of the Society of Illustrators’ Gold Medal award in 1976 for his portrait of German songstress Lotte Lenya, Storey also has ten works (completed as Time magazine covers) in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Of these the most famous is perhaps...
