During an interview with Den of Geek, director Jon Watts (Cop Car) has been speaking about Sony and Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot, and specifically the comic book titles he’s been reading for inspiration for the latest take on the friendly neighbourhood wall-crawler. “Ultimate is great,” states Watts. “I love Ultimate. We have the freedom to pull […]
Comic Book Review – The Walking Dead #155
Zeb Larson reviews The Walking Dead #155… “THE TIP OF THE SPEAR” If the fragile peace between the Whisperers and Rick’s people could be held together, it’s been irreparably broken in this issue. The Whisperers are directly attacked by some of Rick’s people, while Negan attempts to worm his way into the good graces of […]
Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #16
Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #16… Nailbiter is up to its old tricks, by which I mean that we have another issue of stalling on plot advancement, boring pseudo-revelations, and action that doesn’t add up to much of anything. The last issue actually went somewhere, which got me hoping that we would finally see some forward […]
Comic Book Review – Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #2
Ricky Church reviews Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #2… For the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #4
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #4… The penultimate chapter in Dirk Gently’s first big comic-book storyline! It’s time for the museum gala and all the otherworldly mayhem that ensues… After last month’s chapter of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency [review here], you’d be concerned that Dirk may be in a bit of a pickle. […]
Comic Book Review – Joyride #2
Zeb Larson reviews Joyride #2… Now an ongoing series! When Uma and the rest of the crew discover treasure on the ship, they head for the nearest place they can spend it: a planet-sized mall! One of the themes of Rick & Morty could be summed up as “the universe is a crazy and chaotic […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar penning Mycroft Holmes comic for Titan
Titan Comics has announced that it is teaming up with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for a new comic book adventure entitled Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook, which follows the exploits of Sherlock Holmes’ older brother. An all-new adventure, The Apocalypse Handbook sees the diffident, brilliant Mycroft pulled into a globe-spanning adventure at the behest […]
Mark Millar talks Captain America: Civil War and how Fox could adapt Old Man Logan for Wolverine 3
Earlier today we brought you some comments from Mark Millar about the planned sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service, and now we have more from the comic book writer as he addresses the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of his Civil War series, along with Fox’s potential take on Old Man Logan for 2017’s Wolverine […]
Comic Book Review – Penguins of Madagascar #2.3
Emma Withington reviews Penguins of Madagascar #2.3… The North Wind (the super-spy animal organization) have gone missing and it’s up to the Penguins to find them. But will their search bring danger into the Penguins’ lives? In the penultimate issue of this four part miniseries, the Penguins: The Elite-est of the Elite saga continues. The Penguins are […]
IDW collecting Joe Hill’s Tales from the Darkside scripts
Early last year, it was revealed that The CW was developing a reboot of Tales from the Darkside from Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Joe Hill, and while the series never materialised, IDW Publishing announced a four-issue comic book series based upon scripts Hill produced for the aborted show. And now comes word that the publisher […]
