https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/boom-presents-the-midas-flesh/ https://nerdspan.com/boom-presents-the-midas-flesh/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:28:13 +0000 Scott Stewart https://nerdspan.com/?p=20589 BOOM! Studios is launching its new imprint, BOOM! Box, in December and is kicking things off with the debut print comic book series from Adventure Time’s Ryan North. North teams with Adventure Time partners Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb to present The Midas Flesh. The book tells the story of Fatima and her space crew [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/boom-presents-the-midas-flesh/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-strange-attractors/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-strange-attractors/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:00:38 +0000 Keith Hendricks https://nerdspan.com/?p=19259 If you read mainstream comics, you might know Charles Soule from his recent run on Swamp Thing, or the much anticipated Superman / Wonder Woman title. Strange Attractors, from Archaia Books, could be said to be Soule’s current opus, as it is a tour de force with a plot as cohesive as a laser and [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-strange-attractors/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/dinosaurs-in-space/ https://nerdspan.com/dinosaurs-in-space/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:21:37 +0000 Matt Wood https://nerdspan.com/?p=18803 Well, the picture is all you get, because it’s all we got here at Nerdspan. All we know is that its from the creators of the Adventure Time comic and their publisher- Boom Studios. This picture truly is worth a thousand words (or at least however many it takes to write this article.) We get a [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/dinosaurs-in-space/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-cyborg-009/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-cyborg-009/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:30:18 +0000 Keith Hendricks https://nerdspan.com/?p=18590 Cyborg 009 awakes restrained to a pallet that is half hospital bed and half factory conveyor. He only has traces of memory left to guide him as he tears free of the restraints and discovers that he is part of a weapon demo in which he is both unwilling participant and unwilling weapon. As he [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-cyborg-009/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/creator-interview-joshua-covey/ https://nerdspan.com/creator-interview-joshua-covey/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:10:42 +0000 Josh Flynn https://nerdspan.com/?p=16105 Joshua Covey has spent some time in the comic industry, contributing art to books from Dark Horse Comics and BOOM! Studios. Now Covey wants to put his skills to use to create a personal tale called BAAKO, and in order to do so he seeks help from comic book fans via Kickstarter. Covey took some [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/creator-interview-joshua-covey/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/mouse-guard-legends-of-the-guard-volume-2-1-a-review/ https://nerdspan.com/mouse-guard-legends-of-the-guard-volume-2-1-a-review/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:00:06 +0000 Keith Hendricks https://nerdspan.com/?p=16266 Mouse Guard : Legends of the Guard volume 2 begins at the June Alley Inn in 1155, three years after the events of the main Mouse Guard story. The premise of volume 2 is the same as volume 1: June offers to settle the bar tab of the best storyteller in the joint, and the [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/mouse-guard-legends-of-the-guard-volume-2-1-a-review/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/boom-acquires-archaia-in-merger/ https://nerdspan.com/boom-acquires-archaia-in-merger/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:26:21 +0000 R. C. Schmidt https://nerdspan.com/?p=16171 Via a recent press release, BOOM! Studios announced today that they had merged with the recently struggling publisher Archaia Entertainment and have big plans for Archaia's stable of critically acclaimed Eisner and Harvey Award properties. More details and the full text of the press release after the jump.]]> https://nerdspan.com/boom-acquires-archaia-in-merger/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/hawkeye-fatale-building-stories-lead-eisner-nominations/ https://nerdspan.com/hawkeye-fatale-building-stories-lead-eisner-nominations/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:47:52 +0000 Josh Flynn https://nerdspan.com/?p=12398 Hawkeye, Fatale, and Building Stories lead the list of 2013 Eisner Award nominated comics announced this week by Comic-Con International. The three books each garnered five nominations. Chris Ware’s multi-format Building Stories (Pantheon) received nominations for Best Graphic Novel-New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Marvel Comics’ Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/hawkeye-fatale-building-stories-lead-eisner-nominations/feed/ 0