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Archive for July, 2013
Who wants some Star Wars news?
Jul 31st
So this week has been pretty flush with great news for Star Wars fans (one bit of news is even greater for Southern California fans) all coming out of Celebration Europe II in Messe Essen, Germany this past weekend.
Kathleen Kennedy announced that John Williams would once again be providing his incredible talent to score Star Wars Episode VII.
“I’ve loved doing the Star Wars films, with all the fanfares and flourish. The galaxy far, far away - I actually feel like I’m still in it, that I never really left it, having worked on all of the six films! I’m just happy More >
Anime Expo ’13: Brenna Wigs Out
Jul 30th
While on the floor of this year’s Anime Expo, model and actress Brenna Rhea got fitted for a brand new and very anime themed wig. The cotton candy colored wig was available at Fanciful Gifts and is sure to make anyone fit in to the cosplay heavy exhibit floor of California’s largest anime convention. Check out the process of putting on this fanciful wig and how quickly it changes Brenna’s look to blend in with the crowds in the video down below.
SDCC ’13: Kickstarting Grump
Jul 29th
Grump is a long talked about project from comic colorist Beth Sotelo that is finally being made a reality. Sotelo is one of the industry’s top colorists, having worked at Top Cow, DC, Marvel, and Aspen MLT, she mentored under Peter Steigerwald and worked with greats like Marc Silvestri, Jim Lee, and Michael Turner. Currently she is the colorist on the All New Fathom and Shrugged series from Aspen MLT. At this year’s San Diego Comic Con she debuted the Kickstarter for her new comic series, Grump, done entirely by her.
Fans of Sotelo, who have met her at conventions in More >
Ommegang To Bring More Beer From Game of Thrones
Jul 28th
Earlier this year, Brewery Ommegang brought to life the Game of Thrones in a rather unique fashion. With the aid and licensing of HBO, the New York brewing company made a delicious blonde ale beer by the name of Iron Throne. This Game of Thrones inspired beer quickly sold out across the country, being a highly sought after and limited consumable product. Those lucky enough to enjoy it likely enjoyed more than one, despite the large bottle size of 750ML or 1 Pint and 9.4 fluid ounces. Unfortunately this left many to go without or not even realize the limited edition More >
All New Fathom #1 - Indie Review
Jul 28th
The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.
Title: All New Fathom #1
Genre/s: Fantasy/Superhero
Writer: David Wohl (Legend of the Shadowclan, Witchblade)
Penciler: Alex Konat (Mindfield, Batman)
Inker: Mark Roslan (Bubblegun) & John Ercek (Scam)
Colorist: Beth Sotelo (Soulfire, Grump)
Letterer: Josh Reed (Soulfire, Shrugged)
Publisher: Aspen MLT
Number of Issues: 1
Page Count: 22
Price: $1.00
The Review Bit
The All New More >
SDCC ’13: Avatar’s Last Airbender Returns In 2014 For The Rift
Jul 27th
Dark Horse recently released the second volume in the continuing adventures of Team Avatar, as the last airbender and his friends sought to track down Fire Lord Zuko’s mother in The Search. The Search is part of a three volume series that wraps up this October and expands upon the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series in comic format. But now we have news from this year’s San Diego Comic Con that the fun doesn’t stop with The Search, and Aang and his element bending pals will continue their comic book based adventures in 2014.
Gene Luen Yang and the art More >
SDCC ’13: Avatar Panel & News
Jul 26th
This year brought Nickelodeon’s cast and crew of Avatar out to San Diego Comic Con for yet another amazing panel that had fans spending the night in line just to get into. Thankfully, if you missed it, we have footage of it down below that you can now enjoy. But first, lets talk a little about season two of Avatar: The Legend of Korra and what happened at the panel.
Season 2 of The Legend of Korra is titled Book 2: Spirits, keeping with the season titling of ‘Books’ that have existed since Avatar: The Last Airbender first appeared. This isn’t More >
Anime Expo ’13: Inside AX With Brenna Rhea
Jul 25th
Anime Expo was back on top this year, as the convention was perhaps the best it had been in years. Filled with amazing cosplayers, big exhibitors, a stunning artist alley, a very large video game room, panels, and much much more. Thankfully, we had actress and model, Brenna Rhea, on hand to help show everyone around. Check out the video below to get a peek inside the convention and meet some of the cosplayers, exhibitors, and artists that filled the Los Angeles based anime convention’s vast halls earlier this month.
Itty Bitty Hellboy #1 Preview
Jul 25th
In the vein of, and by the creators of, Tiny Titans and Superman Family Adventures, comes a brand new comic series that will make you want to say “Aw Yeah!” Itty Bitty Hellboy is a fun new take on Mike Mignola and Dark Horse comic’s classic paranormal crime fighter, Hellboy. The misadventures of a young Hellboy, and his equally young friends and enemies, will be captured by creators Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani in a brand new miniseries set to hit stores on August 28th. In the series, a ghost named Rasputin has been spotted! And Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. More >
YouTube To Recognize Geeks For A Whole Week!
Jul 24th
YouTube users and creative types that love comedy already got a great celebration back in May that was filled with hilarious videos from professional comedians and YouTube celebrities alike. But what about Geeks? We’re a quickly growing culture that has suddenly become quite popular in the past decade, as people finally recognize something we’ve all long since known: Being A Geek Is Awesome! Thankfully, the many Geeks over at Google and YouTube have finally decided to emphasize that with an upcoming YouTube Geek Week. Starting on August 4th and running through August 10th, YouTube will be celebrating Geeks with a ton More >
