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Welcome to Nerdspan’s fourth edition of our Graphic Novel Roundtable. This month’s selection is Chris Claremont’s Wolverine. Have you read it? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Either way, read …
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Super Mario Brothers: The Movie isn’t exactly regarded as a high point of the Mario franchise. Notoriously over budget, with a plot that was rewritten all the way through its troubled …
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Creating all-ages comics can be tricky in this day and age, but Action Lab’s Jeremy Whitley hits the mark with Princeless. Featuring female characters, Princeless challenges the notion of the traditional comic …
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I will say that what Felicia Day did was no small feat. She took a common misconception about gamers (overweight, introverted males), and actually shed light on the reality of the gaming community. There are gamers of all shapes and sizes, of all nationalities and religions, of all genders. Gamers are not, and have never been, confined to one gender or one personality type. I think Felicia did a fabulous job showing each character as an individual with their own quirks and problems, but also showing the passion they have for their game and their guild.
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Indie publisher Bluewater Comics is releasing a miniseries about Colonial British adventurer Allan Quatermain. Written by Scott Davis (William Shatner’s Tek War) and drawn by Hoyt Silva, this is …
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Ginger Baker has lived an intriguing life, with dizzying highs and unbelievable lows. Journalist Jay Bulger, decided to investigate where others have previously feared to tread, in an effort to uncover the real Mr Baker.
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Andrez Bergen’s (best-selling author of 100 Years of Vicissitude) new comic book/noir novel Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa? will be hitting Amazon USA September 7th. Bergen’s new work blends 1940s detective noir and the 1960s comic book revolution.
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TEOTFW is a story we’ve seen variations on before. A violent teenage boy, and a girl possessed by the love you can only feel in those years, strike out on their own and things happen. What sets TEOTFW apart is how these things happen.
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When a writer and a director known for their takes on the dark side of life get together for a film, the chances are that it is not going to be a happy, cheerful film. The Canyons, written by novelist Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Paul Schrader. Christian (James Deen), an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, goes about his life in a very sociopathic manner…
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Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are back in this sequel to 2010’s Kick-Ass. Kick-Ass 2 is more emotional than the first film, focusing more on the characters and their struggle with identity. With the help of a few new real-life superheroes, they fight villains and figure out what it means to be true to who you are and to be a hero.
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What is Five Under Five? There are a lot of comics out there, and no one could possibly keep up with all of them, especially with new titles debuting …
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Resident Alien : The Suicide Blonde #0 reprints material that originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents 18-20, and is the first part of a sequel to last year’s Resident …
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