Anton Arcane first appeared in Swamp Thing volume 1, issue 2 back in 1972. He was a scientist and a sorcerer who was obsessed with immortality. He created monterous undead known as “Un-Men”. As any scientist sorcerer obsessing over living forever in comic books is prone to doing – he had died several times. His […]
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A gun wielding, masked Arab-American? Must be the new Green Lantern
The first Green Lantern Alan Scott made headlines by becoming an openly gay male superhero. It looks like the line will continue the fine trend of fair minded thinking as Sector 2814 produces yet another Green Lantern and the rings go to Simon Baz. Yes, Green Lantern rings. Two of them but let’s come back […]
Wonder Woman and Superman to date
Do you think this is a good idea? EW.com has the news that in Justice League #12 Wonder Woman and Superman will “take their relationshop to the next level”. The series got a reboot when DC launched the New 52. This means Superman isn’t married to Lois Lane. Instead, in an attempt to create a […]
Bloodstrike to Hollywood
Rob Liefeld, creator of Deadpool and controversial artist, may have another comic series on the way to Hollywood. It’s reported that Bloodstrike will get a movie. Bloodstrike is a series about a team of dead mercenaries who are brought back to life. The movie will use vampire blood as the means of bringing the team […]
Matt Forbeck’s Monster Academy
The game designer Matt Forbeck is trying to write 12 books this year. That’s one book a month. He calls the project 12 for Twelve. As I imagine any author would do this year he’s doing a Kickstarter for each project. If you want to back Monster Academy you can do so here. Here’s the […]
Commentary on Rob Liefeld’s comic art style – or just freaky
Rob Liefeld has become something of a controversial comic book artist. There’s frequent debate on how female superheroes are drawn and that’s a good thing. One of the things to keep in mind while debating how some artists draw female figures is to consider how they draw male figures. Rob Liefeld draws male superheroes with […]
Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40K
This post was intended to show off the rather fantastic front cover of the hardcover Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40,000 book from Games Workshop games designer Graham McNeill. The early reviews are in and have a similar theme. This book does not keep the spotlight just on Mechanus. It’s very true to say that this […]
Hero Games and Larry Correia to make The Monster Hunters International RPG
Hero Games have partenered with Larry Correia, author of the Monster Hunters series of urban fantasy novels, to produce a new roleplaying game. Set in the “Monster Hunter International” setting the RPG is currently using the name The Monster Hunter International Employee’s Handbook And Roleplaying Game or MHIEHRPG for short. MHIEHRPG will be a full-colour, […]
The 2000 AD National Signing Day
When we had the news of 2000 AD coming to the iPad we also mentioned the first ever 2000 AD National Signing Day. The event celebrates 35 years of Thrill-power, in one zarjaz day! In Forbidden Planets and Travelling Man stores across the UK, on 1 September, a host of famous names would be available […]
The Art of Judge Dredd
A 272 paged collection of art from the Judge Dredd comic book series will be available in September. The Art of Judge Dredd has an introduction from Dredd’s co-creator John Wagner. Art from the 2000 AD archive to make the publication includes work from Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, Greg Staples, Cam Kennedy, Steve Dillon and […]
