The Hero Initiative, the charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need, is readying the release of the Batman 100 Project, the latest interaction of their fundraising project featuring comic book artists drawing 100 original covers for a recent high profile comic book release. In this …
Read More »Greg Rucka and Brian Bendis teach comic book writing in the latest round of Hero Initiative pro-fan experiences
Three comic book classes make up half of the Hero Initiative’s latest pro-fan live experiences line-up, the proceeds of which go to the organization’s mission of helping comic book creators in medical or financial need. Brian Michael Bendis returns for a fourth ‘semester’ of his comic book writing class, open …
Read More »Christopher Eccleston returns to Doctor Who for the first time in 15 years for new Big Finish series
Fifteen years is a long time – even for someone with a blue box that can time-travel. But now, for the first time since 2005, Christopher Eccleston is finally set to return as the Ninth Doctor in a new Doctor Who audio series. Titled The Ninth Doctor Adventures, Eccleston will …
Read More »Seth Rogen says The Boys creator “has an endgame in sight”
We hope The Boys, Amazon Prime’s hit superhero series, is around for a long time to come. Executive producer Seth Rogen admits, though, that showrunner and creator Eric Kripke has a plan in place for how it all ends. “[Showrunner] Erik [Kripke] does have an ending in mind that he …
Read More »Black ops meet black magic in Shadow Service
Black ops meet black magic in the upcoming creator-owned comic book series Shadow Service. (Image credit: Vault Comics) (opens in new tab) Writer Cavan Scott and artist Corin Howell introduce you to this world of mages, maguses, and wizards, and the people that try to make sense of it all. …
Read More »Best Shots Review: Empyre #4 – spoilers
When is a twist not a twist? That’s the question I felt reading Empyre #4 (opens in new tab), which had been teased as a big reveal for Marvel’s latest cosmic series — but having read the issue a few times, I’m still not quite sure what was supposed to …
Read More »Best Shots Review – Injustice: Year Zero Chapters #1 – #3 one of the best Justice League in recent memory
I’m not sure how many more times Tom Taylor needs to audition for the main Justice League title — seriously, DC, just give him the damn book already — but Injustice: Year Zero #1 (opens in new tab)-3 might just be the next best thing. Serving as a prequel to …
Read More »Read the first eight pages of Tom Taylors official new DC Injustice: Year Zero series
Four days after the story broke online and was then removed (opens in new tab), DC removed all doubt Tuesday by officially announcing (this time to the Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab)) the immediate launch of Injustice: Year Zero, a twice-monthly, 14-chapter digital-first comic book return to the alternate …
Read More »New DC series by Tom Taylor reportedly Injustice: Year Zero
Tom Taylor is reportedly working on a new comic book in the Injustice franchise. While Taylor posted another clue to his new DC project scrabble board (the letter “A” this time) Friday, about an hour earlier Comicbook.com (opens in new tab) reported on the identity of the project in a …
Read More »Angry old ladies combat alien plants in Empyre: X-Men #2 preview
Empyre: X-Men #2 expands on the climactic finale of the first issue, in which Scarlet Witch resurrected millions of dead mutants on Genosha as zombies just before a Cotati invasion – all of which was interrupted by the sorta super-old-lady-sci-fi-gardening brigade known as Hordeculture, who return for this preview of …
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