Comic book artist Art Thibert returns to his early roots with ‘Black & White‘ Volume 1. Thibert draws and co-writes the story with Taylor Grosso, bringing a nineties fan favorite back to life with not one, but two successful crowdfunding campaigns. Reed Blackett is a former spy for MI-10 who now operates as a trader…
Comic book writers Chuck Dixon and Benjamin Henderson team-up with artist Jimbo Salgado for Ravage- Kill All Men issue 1. The comic book was originally released under the Cautionary Comics banner, but a recent crowdfunding campaign showed it is under Fanatic Comics. Manuel “Manny” Mendez recruits his friend Randall Gunn to go with him to…
Sean Murphy continues his DC Comics Black Label series ‘Batman: Curse of the White Knight,’ which retells the story of Bruce Wayne and his family’s real legacy in Gotham City. Following the events of its predecessor, Batman has revealed his identity to Commissioner Gordon and the rest of the GTO, the unit founded by Jack…
‘Batman: The Adventure Continues‘ issue two is written by the powerhouse team of Paul Dini and Alan Burnett. It also features artwork from Ty Templeton and a pretty cool cover from Sean Gordon Murphy. When Clayface goes crazy at a Gotham movie theater, Batman, Batgirl, and Robin are all saved thanks to the intervention of…
“You’ve got the touch, you got the power! YEAH!” Every Transformers fan remembers Stan Bush’s iconic lyrics blaring over the speakers as Rodimus Prime grabs the Autobot Matrix of Leadership in Transformers: The Movie. This triggers the climax of the film as the protagonist hears the voice of Optimus Prime to arise and to defeat…
“Fishing With Dynamite” is a documentary film written and directed by Paul Wagner. It was released by Aspiration Entertainment and produced by American Focus, Inc. for the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics at the Darden School Of Business, University of Virginia. The documentary is a financial and economic feature that focuses on “Capitalism in Crisis”…
Titan Comics brings us ‘Robotech Remix‘ issue four, which continues the new take on the science fiction franchise written by Brenden Fletcher with artwork by Elmer Damaso. In this new timeline, Dana Sterling traveled back in time to help with the Zentradi invasion, causing a butterfly effect and altering the timestream. After recovering a wounded…
From Titan Comics, Robotech Remix issue 3 continues the new timeline written by Brenden Fletcher with artwork from Elmer Damaso. It presents an alternate timeline where “Masters” character Dana Sterling travels back in time to help repel the Zentraedi invasion and ends up altering history where her parents did not marry, Roy Fokker is still…
It is hard to believe, but it is so true. The Joker has been terrorizing Batman for over eighty years. Ever since his first appearance in the premier of Batman’s first solo comic book, he has plagued Gotham City and has caused much debate within the Dark Knight’s fanbase. To celebrate his anniversary, DC Comics…
Directed by Travis Knight and written by Christina Hodson, ‘Bumblebee’ is a reboot of the Transformers franchise which covers the Autobots’ arrival to Earth and the infiltration of the Decepticons. The movie was released through Paramount Pictures and produced by Michael Bay, who directed the previous films. Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), leader of the Autobots…
Alterna Comics brings us into the far reaches of outer space with ‘Exilium,’ a graphic novel written by Ben Slabak with art by Salo Farias, Marc Sintes, and HdE. Deep in the future, Earth was visited by aliens who were seeking refuge from those wishing to annihilate them. Many humans hated them and left to…
Who knew that a Christian rock band like Skillet could produce a comic book? ‘Eden: A Skillet Graphic Novel‘ is written by band frontrunner John Cooper and member Random Shock with art by Chris Hunt. In a dystopian future, the world is overrun by beasts who have come from the ground. As a result, humans…
Known in Japan as ‘Eien to jidou shuki ningyou’ and directed by Haruka Fujita and Taichi Ishidate, ‘Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll‘ is a spin-off from the anime television series Violet Evergarden. The movie premiered at the AnimagiC 2019 convention in Germany and was released widely in Japan in September 2019. SDI…
At the behest of my curiosity (since I write superhero/satire myself), I sat down one night when I didn’t feel like sleeping and watched the first season of “The Boys,” an adaptation of the comic book series, which is available on Amazon Prime. Warning, there are some light spoilers. The story quickly immerses you into…
Adapted from an early rough draft written by George Lucas, The Star Wars tells the tale before the saga became the science fiction fantasy franchise that is beloved all over the world. Written by J. W. Rinzler with artwork by Mike Mayhew, Rain Beredo, Nick Runge, and Michael Heisler, this tale has a lot of…
‘Violet Evergarden’ is an anime television show from Kyoto Animation based on a series of light novels written by Japanese author Kana Akatsuki. The series was dubbed into English by SDI Media and released in the United States by Netflix. Violet Evergarden (Erika Harlacher) was raised as a child soldier in the midst of war.…
Originally published as a DC Comics online exclusive, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 2 is a collection of individual stories from a plethora of comic book writers. Similar to Volume One, each story tells of a different adventure that the Batman takes on in the streets of Gotham City. His allies Alfred, Commissioner…
Jeremy Renner is not just an actor known for his role as Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, he is also a very talented singer and musician. Earlier this year, he released his new EP The Medicine which features the song “Never Sorry.” I will say, Renner is a pretty good singer. He…
Written and penciled by illustrator Doug TenNapel, Creature Tech is a science fiction tale published by Top Cow Productions and released as a graphic novel in 2003. Dr. Michael Ong is a paranormal scientist and former seminary student who works for what the Research Technical Institute or what the locals call “Creature Tech,” a branch…
‘Kamen America Volume 1: Stars And Stripes‘ is an indie comic book from Timothy Lim and Mark Pellegrini under the banner Iconic Comics. The project successfully used crowdfunding to raise the capital to publish it. Carly Vanders is a young woman trying to make her in the world as a seamstress and is having mixed…
Anthem Lights delivers another one of their mash-ups with a combined N*SYNC’s “I Want It That Way” and Backstreet Boys’ “Bye Bye Bye.” This time they are joined by Dan Berk. Once again, the guys do a good job of combining two pop music hits. Their voices and music are excellent. They meld really well…
Marvel Comics has had some turbulent years in the various runs for their mutant team known as the X-Men. Comic book writer Mike Carey and artist Clay Mann team-up for X-Men Legacy: Collision, which sees the return of a newer team of villains. Rogue and Magneto chaperone Indra, Anole, and Loa on a trip to…
DC Comics brings us Nighting: The New Order, a dystopian story written by Kyle Higgins and drawn by Trevor McCarthy, who also did the cover art for the entire series. Taking place in the not-too-distant future of 2040, things have changed. Several years earlier, during a battle in Metropolis that took Batman’s life, Nightwing used…
Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis’ Batman Universe miniseries comes to its conclusion with the sixth and final issue from DC Comics. This series has gone from the streets of Gotham City, into the past, and then back to the base of the villainous Vandal Savage. Following issue five, Batman has been absorbed into the…
Ethan Van Sciver has been a part of comic book lore since the 1990s. He has drawn for DC Comics’ Green Lantern, DC Rebirth, Flash as well as Marvel Comics’ Wolverine, Deadpool, New X-Men, and so many others. EVS parted ways with the mainstream comic book industry over the politicization of the stories. That led…
