If you were researching comics history and you asked Wikipedia for its opinion, you’d see posits that the publication of Watchmen creates a modern, more sophisticated age of comics overnight that is still in place today. This is a commonly held sentiment and is also is massively wrong. Go pick up an issue of Watchmen, […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #6 Venom
I don’t think we’re surprised to see a certain symbiote in the charts this Halloween. This particular Venom is a top grade one and freshly in stock at Costume Supercenter. That’s a big player in the fancy dress world, and the mask will ship, for free, tomorrow, but I’d still be cautious about counting on […]
Genre Police: A Change Is Gonna Come
Mostly when I write a genre police story, I begin by picking the genre and then discussing the issues around the context and creation of the genre. But today we’re going to have to approach this article from a different perspective. We’re about to talk about the Bronze age of comics, a style and era […]
Genre Police: Look, Up In The Sky!
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No! It’s the wonderful world of superheroes. Easy to discuss Supers, just check out Captain America, right? What do you mean he comes from a different genre to Thor? What about Rorschach? Claire Bennet fits in here somewhere as well, doesn’t she? Now we are in a […]
Gang and sci-fi anime Mutafukaz renamed to MFKZ before cinematic release
Manga Entertainment will bring MFKZ to the UK and Ireland for a cinematic release. The animation, already popular in France, was first released as Mutafukaz and is a collaboration between Ankama and Studio 4°C. Ankama is a French entertainment company based in Roubaix and creators of Dofus and Wakfu. Studio 4°C is a leading Japanese […]
Stunning Ant-Man and the Wasp mural from Jim Vision
The cruel gods of the schedule decided that Ant-Man and the Wasp would make it to the UK long after the movie hit theatres in the States. The plus side to this wait is fresh marketing ideas by the UK promotion team. Cue Jim Vision and End of the Line. This mural can be found […]
Batwoman teaser in the CW’s Heroes and Villains showreel
As it’s San Diego Comic-Con, we’re getting some good teasers and showreels from the networks. The CW has a lot at stake in keeping the geek community invested in their superhero line. Next up; Batwoman! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG16rRK3-xo There’s no actress cast for Batwoman yet, but sources have told TVLine that the team are looking for a […]
Geeky art collection – 5 mystery prints
Right now pop-culture and music retailer Zavvi have a ‘very time limited’ offer on in which you get 5 mystery prints for £9.99. I didn’t even know Zavvi sold prints. I was inspired to take a look. The mystery print deal seems to be capped at a retail value of £25 so the chances of […]
The evolution of Black Panther [infographic]
Jack Kirby and Stan Lee both say Black Panther was their idea and it was time to do a black superhero. Back in 1965 the character was prototyped as ‘Coal Tiger’ and wore yellow. 37 years later Kasper Cole became the White Tiger and ‘Cole and Tiger’ was born. No surprise that HalloweenCostumes is talking […]
Brunel University finds that superheroes keep us sane
Research from Dr James Carney of Brunel University London has shown that modern superheroes have become a mental defence against the scale of modern living. They keep us sane. Carney’s research is published in the Journal of Cognition and Culture. If you’re curious you can take a look at Comic-Book Superheroes and Prosocial Agency: A […]
