It’s been a year since the New 52, this week DC announced the New 52 Zero Collection and today Batman: Earth One comes out. Marvel’s had success with the movies and they’re clearly determined to make progress in the core comic book marketplace too. We’ve had teasers for Marvel’s This Is War but Marvel’s NOW […]
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Superhero Week: Batman – Earth One Hardcover out today
Following on from Superman: Earth One comes Batman: Earth One. This orignial graphic novel looks at the transformation of Bruce Wayne into the Dark Knight. It’s a new take on the Batman story and sees Wayne hunting the Mayor of Gotham City as he looks to avenge his parents. Batman: Earth One has a whole […]
Superhero Week: Edison Rex Review – What If Lex Luthor Won?
Chris Roberson’s new Monkeybrain Comics get off to a flying start with Edison Rex, a story of a supervillain’s victory and what happens next.
Superhero Week: The New 52 Zero Collection announced
DC’s revamped comic line – the “New 52” is about a year old. Really! The company has now announced that September will see 55 special issue #0 titles. In December these issue #0 specials will combine in a huge 1,328-paged deluxe, hardcover compilation. Ah yes – 55 issues? For the New 52? That’s because some […]
Superhero Week: Pitch a publisher and win Turbulence [Competition]
One of my favourite reads of the year has been Samit Basu’s Turbulence. This is a superhero story for thinking people. Basu’s publisher is Titan Books. They publish a range of native geek books as a quick tour of their website will confirm. We’re talking some Batman stuff, some Star Wars stuff, Superman, Supernatural, Battlestar […]
Superhero Week: 8 superhero Kickstarter pitches
It’s Superhero Week here at Geek Native. As well as looking back at some superhero classics, and looking at some contemporary superheroic projects like Turbulance, this week is also looking forward to possible superhero successes of tomorrow. Let’s take a look at 8, currently active, pitches on Kickstarter from the superhero genre. We’ve everything here […]
Superhero Week: A review of Turbulence by Samit Basu
Turbulence is a new breed of superhero novel and likely to appeal to both classic hero fans as well as fans of contemporary fiction. It starts as an episode of Fringe, Grimm, Alphas or one of the other TV programs that have made science-geek thinking acceptable. It starts with the premises that a BA flight full […]
Superhero Week: This Is War teaser pictures
Marvel are planning something for October. It’s called “This is War” and has been teased by a series of images. One image features a broken Mjolnir, Wolverine in flames, a bloody Captain America shield, a bullet drilled Iron Man and Spider-man with a rifle at his heart. The final image adds Punisher War Zone and […]
NEO’s 100th issue comes with free party
Uncooked Media have steered the Japanese culture magazine NEO through 100 editions. To celebrate the centenary they’ll be holding a free party. The party kicks off on Saturday the 7th of July at London’s Bloomsbury Lanes. There will be live bands, Japanese food and cosplay. Manga Entertainment are deeply involved, there will be a screening […]
A review of Plague Town by Dana Fredsti
Dana Fredsti has something of a movie background. She’s worked on Army of Darkness as, I think, a swordsmanship advisor. Her website won me over with a single sentence of humility; Welcome to the website of Dana Fredsti: novelist and screenwriter, B-movie actress (okay, C movie actress), zombie aficionado, exotic and domestic feline advocate, swordfighter, […]
