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Archive for August, 2013
Nintendo’s Wii U Drops It’s Price & Offers A Zelda Bundle Pack
Aug 29th
It looks like Nintendo is making another move to try and increase sales and ownership of their current console, the Wii U. Plagued by low sales and confusion that the new console is merely a peripheral add-on for the Nintendo Wii, the $349.99 price tag for a deluxe bundle Wii U hasn’t been necessarily drawing in video gamers by the droves. But yesterday Nintendo finally announced a major price drop of fifty dollars on their deluxe, 32GB bundle, set to take affect this September. This will bring the price of a Wii U Deluxe bundle down to just $299 starting More >
Overtaken #1 - Indie Review
Aug 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: Overtaken #1
Genre/s: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Writer: Frank Mastromauro (Shrugged, Dellec)
Penciler: Marco Lorenzana
Colorist: Wes Hartman (Ame-Comi Girls, Pirates vs. Ninjas)
Letterer: Josh Reed (Fathom, Soulfire)
Publisher: Aspen MLT
Number of Issues: 1 (of 5)
Page Count: 20
Price: $1.00
The Review Bit
Aspen MLT has yet another new title for this fans, More >
Overtaken #1 Preview
Aug 24th
Months ago, many of you voted on what would be the 7th series in Aspen’s 10 for 10 initiative. Out of the two brand new properties from creator Frank Mastromauro, you chose Overtaken, an epic sci-fi thriller. Now the wait is over and you can shortly see just what it was you asked for. Overtaken hits stores tomorrow with an opening issue that will only cost you a single dollar!
Some questions, you may not want to know the answers to. Journalist Will Harden is well equipped for most situations, but nothing can prepare him for what¹s about to come. Relocating from More >
Avatar: The Legend of Korra New Season Teaser
Aug 23rd
Nickelodeon is finally giving fans of Avatar what they’ve been longing for throughout the past year, Book 2 of Avatar: The Legend of Korra! Back during San Diego’s Comic Con International, we shared with you all that Book 2 of Avatar, titled Spirits, would be released sometime in September of this year. Fans in attendance of the convention’s panel even got a rather awesome sneak peak at the entire first episode of the new season. I’m sure many of you have been dying for the same treatment, and fans who already got to see the first episode have been begging More >
Ben Affleck Is Batman
Aug 22nd
Ben Affleck is the new Batman.
That is a sentence I never would’ve imagined writing, even thinking it’d be more likely I’d first find the chance to write ‘Ben Affleck is directing the new Batman’ or ‘Ben Affleck is now writing the Batman comics’. But, according to Greg Silverman, of Warner Bros. Picture’s Development and Worldwide Production, Ben Affleck is going to play Batman in Warner Bros. next live action DC Comics film. Silverman made the announcement today alongside Sue Kroll, Warner Bros. Picture’s President of Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution.
So what film will first show case the Ben Affleck Batman? More >
Soulfire v.4 #6 Preview
Aug 21st
It’s been roughly 3 months since the last issue of Soulfire, but volume 4 of the series continues to surge forward with one of its most dramatic tales yet. After Teague’s “betrayal”, Sarin is attempting to assert his power in order to reflect his perceived might as King, and he has found an unlikely ally in the form of Miya, the warrior from the past with her own personal demons. Meanwhile, Malikai and the group boosted their technological weaponry in the hopes of saving Grace’s body from its possessed soul. However, the group underestimated the deadly threat of Oris-and now More >
Firefly Enters The Fray In Batman: Arkham Origins’ New Trailer
Aug 20th
Firefly is a 60+ year old Batman villain that many fans will likely remember from Batgirl: Year One, Knightfall, and No Man’s Land. He’s a pyromaniac, bug themed villain that has appeared in almost all of Batman’s animated adventures and now will make his first appearance in the Arkham video game series via Batman: Arkham Origins. Firefly had brief references in both of the previous Arkham games, but was nowhere to be found. Now the villain will be one of the 8 Assassins Black Mask has ordered to take down the Bats. To commemorate Firefly’s appearance and the current Gamescom More >
The Star Wars Comic Teaser Trailer
Aug 20th
Here’s something new for Star Wars fans, still awaiting news on the next film in the series. Back during this year’s Wonder Con, Dark Horse announced they had obtained the rights for ‘The Star Wars’. Not Star Wars, mind you, as they’ve long been producing great comics based around the beloved brain child of George Lucas. No, The Star Wars (note the ‘The’) is George Lucas’ original premise for Star Wars, before it became what we know and love today. Dark Horse is now making a comic adaption of Lucas’ original script for Star Wars, which is very different for More >
Infinity #1 - Comic Review
Aug 17th
The major comic companies put out enough comics that sometimes it can leave your head spinning and eyes bleeding as you search the new titles each week for something worth reading. To aid in your Geeky endeavors, Speak Geeky To Me on occasion reviews new titles from the major companies to spotlight the best and worst of what’s available at your local comic shop. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a new Comic Review.
Title: Infinity #1
Genre/s: Scifi/Superhero/Action
Writer: Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, The Manhattan Projects)
Penciler: Jim Cheung (Young Avengers, Scion)
Inker: Mark Morales (X-Men, The Mighty Thor), John Livesay (Catwoman, The More >
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search Part 3 - Comic Review
Aug 13th
The major comic companies put out enough comics that sometimes it can leave your head spinning and eyes bleeding as you search the new titles each week for something worth reading. To aid in your Geeky endeavors, Speak Geeky To Me on occasion reviews new titles from the major companies to spotlight the best and worst of what’s available at your local comic shop. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a new Comic Review.
Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search Part 3
Genre/s: Fantasy/Adventure
Writer: Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints)
Artist: Gurihiru (A-Babies vs. X-Babies, Thor More >
