Last week’s announcement of Sony and Marvel Studios finally coming together will go down in the history books for sure, and may even pave the way for other wayward franchises to find their way back home. Since his creation by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962, the wall crawler has been a major part
Since the Sony Hack, rumblings of Spider-man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) have been making the needles on the geeky Richtor scale wiggle with anticipation. Despite the vague denials by both houses no one could shake the spider-sense that this was real and that it was only a matter of time before Sony, owner
Starting today with the debut of issue #250, the entire library of Spawn, as well as Volumes 1 20 of Spawn Origins, are now available, for the first time ever on comiXology. Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is one of the longest running independent comic books in history. ComiXology is offering exclusive bundles to give fans the
Comic book fans flipped their lids Tuesday as Marvel announced THE END OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! during their press conference. Though usually this kind of talk is just hype for Marvel, this time around their next event, Secret Wars, appears to be some next level bonkers stuff. Beginning in May with Secret Wars #1 the
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Remember the time Jean Grey died? Or the time Spider-Man quit? Or the time Wolverine threatened to “pop the third claw?” Some tropes you see again and again in comics, and this week Anthony and Elizabeth break down some of their most,
1989 saw the release of Batman titles like Legends of the Dark Knight, a comic book adaptation of Tim Burton’s film, and a very pretty Elseworlds one-shot, Gotham by Gaslight. It also saw the publication of the graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, a story that takes the regular comic book format and the hard-boiled detective image of Batman, and
The Graveyard Book volume 2 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, and a team of fantastic artists will land in bookstores on October 7. I loved the first volume, both for the art and for how faithfully it tells the story, and I hoped the second book wouldn’t lose momentum. No worries there. If anything,
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Do you have a fictional hero that comes from your town? Would you want a statue of him/her in a public place? Of course you would, that would be awesome! This week Anthony and Elizabeth talk about Edmonton’s petition to erect a
To determine whether the heart of humankind is pure and good, two godlike beings engage in an otherworldly wager during Mexico’s annual Day of the Dead celebration. They tether two friends, Manolo and Joaquin, into vying for the heart of the beautiful and fiercely independent Maria, with comical and sometimes dangerous consequences. Dark Horse presents