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Archive for June, 2012
The Lookouts, A New Comic From Penny Arcade & Cryptozoic
Jun 30th
Cryptozoic is entering the on-going comic field with a bang thanks to the aid of fan favorite webcomic, Penny Arcade. Penny Arcade creators Jerry ‘Tycho’ Holkins and Mike ‘Gabe’ Krahulik created The Lookouts originally as part of their Penny Arcade webcomic with this funny one-shot back in June 2009. Now The Lookouts is set to be an on-going comic book series written by Ben McCool (Choker). While the story of The Lookouts was developed by Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins and Cryptozoic’s President & CCO Cory Jones, Jerry will not be scripting the actual comic. The art end has a similar story, More >
Executive Assistant: Assassins #1 Preview
Jun 30th
Following up the popular Aspen comic series Executive Assistant Iris, and the first Aspen MLT comic event, The Hit List Agenda, is Aspen’s first on-going comic series. Executive Assistant: Assassins will continue the tales of countless female assassins trained to not only be the perfect weapons, but the perfect high class business assistants. The series will showcase new Executive Assistants regularly, starting with the highly popular Lily. While Lily has a history in the Executive Assistant books, having first appeared in the original volume under David Wohl’s pen, this series is still a perfect jumping on point for those new More >
Viz Creates New Anime Channel, Neon Alley
Jun 29th
For most American anime fans, it really does feel that anime has left our television sets. Even with the return of Toonami, it just isn’t enough for a few programs to appear on your television every now and then. But Viz has come up with a solution to aid your anime addiction. Starting this fall, VIZ Media (the largest publisher, distributor, and licensor of manga and anime in North America) will be bringing a new 24-hour anime channel to game consoles near you! Called Neon Alley, the service will be available in the United States and Canada for the low More >
DC Comics and Cryptozoic Entertainment Join Forces
Jun 29th
Cryptozoic and DC Comics are partnering to bring an amazing amount of DC heroes to you in the form of two card sets. With the first set of DC Comics trading cards to come out in three years and another deck building game coming from Cryptozoic, I’m sure this summer will be filled with some exciting new art and lots of fun game play.
The trading cards will be brand new art done just for this set of cards. It looks like it will have 52 full color trading cards with rarer sketch cards done by some of the leading artists More >
The Man With The Iron Fists Trailer
Jun 28th
RZA’s heavily hyped Kung Fu film, starring himself, Russel Crowe, Lucy Liu, and others, may not hit theaters for another 4 months, but first red band trailer is out now. Set for release October 26th, 2012, The Man With The Iron Fists is about a Chinese blacksmith, who happens to be black, that makes weapons in a small, oppressed village. When he is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers things get crazy, in a very wuxia kind of way. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.
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Good Luck Trolls Make A Come Back Through Dark Horse
Jun 28th
All those old trends once beloved by Geeks are becoming popular again, as the 1960′s Mars Attacks returns through IDW, My Little Pony sees new life thanks to Lauren Faust and friends, even The Peanuts are back in comics thanks to Boom Studios. But for the biggest surprise revival we have to turn to Dark Horse. This July 25th sees the return of Good Luck Trolls. You might remember those oddly cute little naked toys with various bright and long hair you could rub for good luck. They became extremely popular in the 1970′s and 80′s, seeing production under countless More >
San Diego Comic Con Exclusives ’12: IDW
Jun 28th
IDW Publishing is one of the big comic companies that is known for high quality physical comics and awesome licensed properties. If you’re a fan of G.I. Joe, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or countless other classic Geek properties, than IDW is probably where you’ll find them in comic form. But IDW offers much more than that, with comics that celebrate great artists like Ashley Wood, and the highly popular Artist Editions of classic Marvel comics. This year IDW is bring 17 awesome exclusives with them to San Diego’s Comic Con International, and we’re sharing a look at all of More >
San Diego Comic Con Exclusives ’12: Gentle Giant
Jun 27th
Gentle Giant LTD is known for putting together some of the coolest statues and busts a geek can buy. With products ranging from Marvel busts to Star Wars figures, this company has produced DVD box set statues and convention exclusives that fans would kill for (or atleast queue up for hours for). Normally hidden over by George Lucas’ block of Star Wars booths at San Diego Comic Con, Gentle Giant has always offered some of the more amazing licensed convention exclusives. This year is no different, with some rather keen Star Wars and comic related exclusives at fairly affordable prices. More >
This is War, Marvel!
Jun 26th
Marvel’s Avengers Vs X-men wraps up in September, but the heat of summer might not end there. This October, Marvel is going to war! Or atleast that’s what their new teasers would hint at. With 3 new ads, boldly stating This Is War! and showing iconic Avenger weapons (Captain America’s shield, Wolverine’s claws, and Thor’s hammer), we’re still left with little about this new event. Perhaps this will just be the fall out of AvX, perhaps the events of the Phoenix and Avengers vs X-men battle wont simply end with AvX #12. It is really hard to say just yet, More >
The Year Of Thanos
Jun 26th
So for those of you who saw The Avengers in theaters, you already say the small hint of Thanos, who might be the best visually adapted comic villain ever put on the silver screen. If you’re reading Avengers Assemble, you might have even seen Thanos appear as the series big baddie, too. But this is hardly all there is in the year of Thanos! First of all, Thanos is going to be made an exclusive statue at Comic Con International (check back tomorrow to read more on that). And then, this fall, he’s going to be in not one, but More >
