Remember this preview art of the cover for the upcoming Adventure Comics #1 that was printed in the back of Adventure Comics #0? As if the cover already wasn’t a dead giveaway, and the hints in Adventure Comics #0 didn’t clue you in, DC has revealed the star of Adventure Comics, and fans…myself included…will be […]
In the forbidden chapter of Cosmic Revelations, in the book of Oa, is the prophecy called the “Blackest Night,” that foretells of war of the light that will eventually destroy the universe. So…Blackest Night #0 hits this Saturday (see a preview here)at any comic shop participating in Free Comic Book Day. Make sure you get […]
Two unassuming fellas from opposite sides of the country shared a love that dare not speak its name, a love for all-things geek. Way back in the early days of 2009, they created a place for this forbidden love and called it Ideology of Madness. There in the comforting nest of IoM, they spoke at […]
Have you ever been to one of those comic shops that just “gets it?” That you know, the instant you walk in, this is going to be a pleasant comic shopping experience? See, I’m big on organization – I hate it when I can’t find stuff. Some of the comic shops in the area are […]
Not really sure there’s much more to it than that. Well, maybe a couple of things. This Saturday, you can walk into almost any comic book shop near you and pick up a free comic book. But ONE free comic? What are you going to do with that? Read it in the car on the […]
IoM is typically adult fare. We cuss, we review horror movies and violent comic books. But, in all actuality, we wouldn’t be the sick beings we are if it wasn’t for some family-friendly comic book or TV show or movie that got us into the fold to begin with. For Aron, it was Disney’s Scamp. […]
Back in the late 1980’s, Dark Horse Comics blew my mind when they started publishing original stories from the Aliens universe. Published before Alien3 came along and kind of screwed up their continuity, the first series I picked up was actually their second, a fully-painted tale of Ripley and Newt after the events of James […]
I came across this little gem over the weekend, a video demo-ing a comic shop locator for iPhone. Okay, first… too damned cool. Second? Who’s releasing it? The YouTube entry is posted by Diamond Comics, who distribute comics and created the web incarnation of the Comic Shop Locator. Okay, but who is developing this thing? […]
Every year, on the first Saturday in May for the last couple of years, comic stores all around the country participate in Free Comic Book Day, where customers can walk into the shop and choose one of many FREE comic books published especially by different comic companies for that day. Not only is this an […]
Brian Jacques, a British born author went a different way. Showing propensity as a writer at the age of ten with a story even his teachers didn’t believe he could have written, he created a world set in medieval times of a mouse named Matthias and his quest for a sword. Redwall was published in […]