Are you curious to find out how the Kick-Ass stories finish? Kick-Ass 3 is the last in the trilogy and begins with Hit-Girl in jail. Super heroes are outlawed and a dangerous new criminal boss is in town. Who’s going to die this time? Winning a copy of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s graphic […]
Super spy violence: A review of Kingsman
I liked Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons and Matthew Vaughn’s The Secret Service: Kingsman comic book. At the time I tried to imagine what the movie of the super spy story would be like. My sense was that it would be hard to do but the superstar team make it work – thanks, largely, to the […]
Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection
2000 AD have teamed up with Hachette Partworks to produce a new fortnightly collection of Judge Dredd stories. The idea is that you subscribe online at JudgeDreddCollection.com and gain access to free exclusive gifts. There are, for example, six specially commissioned artwork pieces available to subscribers. Issue #1 will be out in newsagents in the […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service trailer
From chav to British secret agent. It’s a movie based on Mark Millar and Dave Gibbon’s graphic novel Kingsman. Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) and stars Colin Frith, Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson.
Kingsman trailer promises hi-tech British action
A remake of the Avengers (the British original, not the superheroes) or perhaps even a new James Bond? Nope. Not so. This is the second trailer for the forthcoming 20th Century Fox Kingsman movie. Due out in February 2015 the movie is directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) based on a comic book […]
Superhero Week: Ultimate Iron Man cosplay
Ultimate Iron Man is so named as the variant from Marvel’s Ultimates series. In this series Tony Stark is still an inventor and still a business mogul but was born with a terrible mutation. As a result of the mutation his whole body is effectively a brain but terribly week. The bad news is that […]
The geek streets: A review of The Secret Service – Kingsman
This post is a mixture. There’s a review, an audio interview with artist and illustrator Dave Gibbons and a video tour of the softback graphic novel. I opened The Secret Service: Kingsman with some trepidation. This is my usual reaction to a Mark Millar piece as I know I may be secrets away from reading […]
Kick-Ass 2 extended trailer (NSFW)
As it’s a big Comic Con week we’re being treated to all the teaser trailers the movie houses want to get some geek attention. It’s a good hunting time. We’ve the latest trailer, nearly five minutes long, that shows off some of the best scenes from Kick-Ass 2. Looks like Hit-Girl is going to be […]
Kick-Ass 2 trailer
Language! Mark Millar! Action! The trailer for Kick-Ass 2 is out. It seems to be official although I’ve seen it yanked from some places. Kick-Ass as inspired a large number of normal people to don superhero costumes and take the law into their own hands. Meanwhile Red Mist starts to plot his revenge on the […]
First official picture from Kick-Ass 2
Entertainment Week has got the first official photograph from Kick-Ass 2. It shows Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes standing with Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kiss-Ass. Kick-Ass’s successes inspire a new wave of masked crusaders, that Colonel Stars and Stripes leads, until Red Mist (know The Mother Fuck3r) starts to hunt them down. Who can […]
