https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:03:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-strange-nation-1/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-strange-nation-1/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:10:35 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=19739 Cryptids, urban legends, conspiracies and more are brought to light in Strange Nation, MonkeyBrain’s newest book from writer Paul Allor and artist Juan Romera. Following Norma Park as she loses her mainstream journalism career over a crazy conspiracy, it mixes crazy tabloid stories with character drama to make a unique story full of crazy creatures and [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-strange-nation-1/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/interview-paul-allor-talks-strange-nation/ https://nerdspan.com/interview-paul-allor-talks-strange-nation/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:05:50 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=19746 Today marks the debut of Paul Allor’s newest book, Strange Nation with artist Juan Romera from MonkeyBrain Comics. Paul was kind enough to answer a couple of questions concerning Strange Nation, working with Monkeybrain, and the use of urban legends as story ideas the book goes on sale. Strange Nation #1 is an action-packed 22 pages can be picked up for just [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/interview-paul-allor-talks-strange-nation/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-moth-city-5/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-moth-city-5/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:30:45 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=19304 Starting just over a year ago, Tim Gibson began releasing Moth City online through his own website. Less than a year later and Tim and Moth City are now part of Thrillbent and releases digitally every other month through Comixology. The fifth issue finds Governor McCaw doing drastic things as the island goes mad and the Chinese Army begins to beat at [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-moth-city-5/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-moth-city-4/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-moth-city-4/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:00:46 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=17971 Starting just over a year ago, Tim Gibson began releasing Moth City online through his own website. Less than a year later and Tim and Moth City are now part of Thrillbent and releases digitally every other month through Comixology. The story is a mix of drama, action, pulp, horror, and more and takes a [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-moth-city-4/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-motorcycle-samurai-0/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-motorcycle-samurai-0/#comments Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:00:03 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=17078 As part of San Diego Comic Con, Top Shelf  has begun to release Motorcycle Samurai, a new digital series by Chris Sheridan. At just $0.99, this series makes its home on Comixology and uses the format and guided view technology to make the story more than just a regular digital title. Sheridan’s first published work sports [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-motorcycle-samurai-0/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-skybreaker-3-2/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-skybreaker-3-2/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:22 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=16755 Michael Moreci and Drew Zucker teamed up with Monkeybrain to bring Skybreaker to life. It’s a story not often seen in modern comics, that of a Western revenge tale, with the titular Skybreaker being a man of two worlds, half Native American, half white. After he’s left for dead, he begins his bloody path of [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-skybreaker-3-2/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-theremin-2/ https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-theremin-2/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:00:11 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=16467 From Curt Pires and Dalton Rose comes Theremin. A sci-fi story centering around Leon Theremin, a scientist and inventor who produced the electronic instrument which bears his name. In Theremin, when a certain note is struck on the theremin, time and space are torn asunder, allowing the user to travel freely through them. With this [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/comic-review-theremin-2/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/review-theremin-1/ https://nerdspan.com/review-theremin-1/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:36:18 +0000 Leo Johnson https://nerdspan.com/?p=11832 Leon Theremin was a Russian inventor who invented the electronic instrument bearing his name in the early 1900s. But what if he was a time-traveling spy as well? This is the idea that Curt Pires and Dalton Rose explore in their book Theremin. ]]> https://nerdspan.com/review-theremin-1/feed/ 0