Action Labs’ Actionverse features Stray, Midnight Tiger and Molly Danger in their own story arcs. Leading the charge is a six-part story about Stray written by Sean Izaakse and Vito Delsante. The arch, called The Rottweiler Years, takes a look at the hero’s earlier days as sidekick and a teenager. The new series does not […]
Superhero Week: Era – Hitman turns to Kickstarter
There are a half-dozen Era games in DriveThruRPG already. The core rulebook is normally $25 and the others are Pay What You Want. I think Hitman is a standalone that doesn’t require the core rules. The Kickstarter notes it is compatible with other Era games and that the Era d10 rule has been slightly modified. […]
Superhero Week: Checker snarks Marvel’s problems with Super Hero 2044
Checker BPG is back and making noises. It’s bought Super Hero 2044 from Gamescience Pubilshing and will release an updated RPG and card game in 2018. Now Checker’s CEO Mark Thompson is throwing some shade at Marvel’s David Gabriel, the CP of Sales and Marketing, who blamed diversity on the publisher’s problems. Gabriel had said; […]
Inhumans trailer – do you have a favourite yet?
What do you make of the trailer? Can Marvel find TV success again with this series? I’ll admit to some concern The series will offer up a teaser episode on giant IMAX screens come September and then start fully on ABC come the 29th. We’re yet to see if any UK station will pick up […]
Yondu’s Father’s Day card
Michael Rooker, the actor who plays Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy, has shared this fan art. It’s perfect for Father’s Day. The nod to Rocket Raccoon works exceptionally well, I think. Does anyone recognise the artist signature?
Wonder Woman takes on No Man’s Land
No man can cross this land… A warning like that had no chance of bothering Wonder Woman. That wonderful scene has been brought to life Brazilian artist. You can see more of his work at Facebook or buy some amazing prints at his Deviant Art store.
This illusion turns modern art into X-Men
This is a trick but it’s not a computer generated one. This work of art uses perception and carefully spaced objects to turn a jumble into the incredibly dangerous X-Men mutant Legion. As you might well guess this particular promo was commissioned to promote the Legion TV show. It’s just the sort of clever I’d […]
Checker buys the first ever Superhero RPG – Superhero 2044
Skip back in time to the year 1977, it is the start of the tabletop RPG industry as we know it today, Dungeons & Dragons is new and Superhero 2044 has just been published. The first version of the game had different types of superheroes, melee rules, ranged combat and a point based chargen system. […]
Adorn your ears with these Squirrel Girl earrings
Squirrel Girl, hero of the Great Lakes Avengers, has yet to go mainstream but her geek-fu is strong. Who knows? Perhaps Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will slay the box office and studios will start looking for another way to do a non-grim, lighthearted, proper hero story. If there’s a Squirrel Girl movie then here’s […]
What if Tim Burton helped illustrate superheroes…
Artist Andrew Tarusov is a talented Russian living in Los Angeles. He works with art and animation and is a fan of pin-ups and comics. This collection of clever art draws inspiration from both and adds lots and lots of dark Tim Burton. What would some of the world’s most famous superheroes look like if […]
