Archive for the ‘Graphic Novels’ Category
Neil Gaiman, Sandman have “one tale still untold”
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is widely considered one of the best graphic stories ever told. Chronicling the saga of the Endless, it follows Morpheus, the incarnation of Dream, as he returns to his realm after a long absence, and the events that unfold because of that absence. Filling 10 (11, if you count Endless Nights) trades, […]
In: Comics, Graphic Novels, News · Tagged with: J.H. Williams, Neil Gaiman, The Sandman
Bring home Scott and Rammy! (Are you seriously calling her that?)
Because you know you need a Canadian slacker in your life. As part of the massive marketing push for Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Mezco toys will be releasing plushies of the main characters, Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers. Thankfully modeled on their comic incarnations, the figures will be 8 inches tall and stuffed with […]
In: Around the Intertubes, Graphic Novels, Movies, Music, News · Tagged with: Music, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Toys, Video Games
Git Off My Lawn: Cinematic Comic Capers
Back in my day, which was before Al Gore invented the internet, and possibly before Al Gore’s mommy invented Al Gore, comic books were fun-filled, light-hearted, simple creatures, with the titular hero fighting the Villain of the Month in brightly drawn panels and onomatopoeic sound effects and… …uh, moving on. It seems like every comic […]
In: Columns, Comics, Graphic Novels, Movies · Tagged with: adaptations, Aquaman, Archie, based on a comic book, Batman, Columns, Comics, Iron Man, Movies, opinions, twilight
Inside the Lines: Romance author invades comics world, and other stories
In the “Damn, they stole my idea” department, New York Times best-selling romance novelist Janet Evanovich and her daugher Alex teamed up with Dark Horse Comics to create a graphic novel called Troublemaker featuring Alex Barnaby, a female racecar mechanic whose vantage point as a raceday spotter leads her into mystery and intrigue. The art […]
In: Comics, Graphic Novels, News · Tagged with: adaptation, based on a novel, Batwoman, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Frank Miller, Xerxes
Trailer Watch: Second Scott Pilgrim vs. The World official trailer
This just keeps getting better. This new trailer gives us a better look at some of the fighting, a bit of the awesomeness that is (one of my favorite characters) Kim Pine (Alison Pill), a better look at Gideon (Jason Schwartzman) and more hope that Michael Cera will be able to pull off Scott Pilgrim […]
In: Graphic Novels, Movies, Trailers · Tagged with: based on a comic book, Edgar Wright, Michael Cera, Movies, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Trailers