The team over at Black Nerdy Comedy has mashed together Comic Con (which I’m not getting to go to) and California Gurls (I’ve still not heard the original) to produce – Comic Con Girls the Song! Whereas this is a song; some might say the strength is in the video offering. It’s pretty hard to […]
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Doctor McNinja and Axe Cop team up in crossover
One for web comics fans; Axe Cop and Dr. McNinja are teaming up for split 6 parter. The first three parts, starting July 26th, will appear on AxeCop.com. The last three parts, you guessed it, appear on DrMcNinja.com from August 2nd. It’s also worth noting that Axe Cop’s creators, Ethan and Malachai Nicolle have Dark […]
The Beatles as zombies? Paul is Undead? Undead mashups rage on
If you’re writing a book that mixes the undead (or perhaps sea monsters) with popular historical figures (fictional or otherwise) then you’re part way to getting a book deal. Is it a fad? Author Alan Goldsher doesn’t think so. He argues that the “mashup” has lasted long enough to become a sub-genre. It will have […]
The Fuller Memorandum review
The Fuller Memorandum is the third book in Charles Stross’s Laundry Files series. I don’t know when the series became known as the Laundry Files, but as our hero works for the Laundry and I sometimes describe the series as the X-Files meets Lovecraft I guess the “Files” extra works. Of course, that description is […]
Shadowland music video trailer
Marvel are introducing a new villain. In fact, they’re calling this Andy Diggle and Billy Tan baddie Marvel Universe’s greatest villian. In Shadowland #1 the Avengers, Moon Knight, Thunderbolts and others team up to try and contain this new foe. The soul of New York is at risk. There will be a number of tie-in […]
New look for Wonder Woman
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski is now the guiding force behind the Wonder Woman comics. The iconic superhero has a whole new look for Wonder Woman #600. What do you think about it? It’s clearly an attempt to make her image more modern. I notice the lack of skin too. Comic Book Resources have […]
Edward Scissorhands versus… The Thing
Who would win in a fight? The troubled Edward Scissorhands or Ben Grimm from the Fantasty Four? What’s this you say? We can’t pitch those two together in a bloody duel? Okay; what about making The Thing (aka Mr Grimm) struggle against our gothic Scissorhanded hero in a titanic battle of ‘Scissors, Paper and Stone’? […]
Firefly: Still Flying – let’s take a closer look
Firefly: Still Flying is a shiny reminder of why Firefly was such a good show. The book itself is a collection of new fiction, art and photos. The collection of authors behind the new fiction is impressive; there’s Ben Edlund (who wrote Fun with Dick and Jane), Janes Espenson (What Holds us Down), Brett Matthews […]
An introduction to Android Karenina
The YouTube trailer is tagged “Seth Grahame-Smith“, but Android Karenina is actually written by Ben H Winters and, oh, Leo Tolstoy. Mr Winters co-authored Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Mr Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina. Anna Karenina is a tragic love story which covers the fate of Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky. In Android […]
Hellboy artist does Lord of the Rings (aka Francesco Francavilla rocks)
I’m such a fan of Francesco Francavilla’s work. It’s wrong to describe Francesco as “Hellboy artist” if it gives the impression that’s all he does. Heck. He does so much more. However, Mr Nazgûl here and a certain Mr Witch King just happen to say “Hellboy meets Lord of the Rings” to me. I think […]
