Informed Comic Book Speculation and Pop Culture News
Here we go. Need to see how this effects the prices on The Walking Dead #100. Negan has been cast. Jeffery Dean Morgan will be your foul mouthed, baseball bat wielding, head cracking Negan.
Continue reading “Breaking News. Negan Cast on The Walking Dead”
I wrote about Roman Ritual a while back and about how good of a book it was. I know that Halloween is over but if you are looking for a good horror book make sure to check out Roman Ritual, especially if you picked up and enjoyed Straightjacket. Continue reading “Roman Ritual TPB up for pre-order”
The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance for 11/7/15: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 11/7/15”
Another horror great, Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has passed away at age 68.
Continue reading “Gunnar Hansen, Leatherface, has passed away”
Move over Walking Dead (not likely) there is a new batch of zombies potentially heading to AMC, and these ones are from the master of zombies himself, George Romero. We had mentioned a while back that Empire of the Dead was being made into a tv show. Now it looks like it could be going to AMC along with The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. Continue reading “AMC picking up George Romero’s Empire of the Dead?”
(Again, catch up)
Guardians of the Galaxy got a new team mate in the form of Mantis. Mantis will be played by Pom Klementieff. Continue reading “Mantis Cast for Guardians of the Galaxy 2”
Playing Saturday Night catch up on the stories that came out this week I didn’t get a chance to cover. Some of these may not be new to you but others may. Just clearing out my rss feed.
Another key character has been cast in the Dr. Strange movie. Michael Stuhlbarg has been cast to play Dr. Nicodemus West.
Continue reading “Michael Stuhlbarg cast as Dr. Nicodemus West in Dr. Strange”
It has been announced previously that popular Superman villain “Livewire” will be appearing on Supergirl. Photos of the character have been posted online. Continue reading “Livewire to appear in Supergirl episode 5”
Disney, once again kills childhood dreams by banning The Slave Leia costume from merchandising. But as Tyson B. reports, this could lead to good flips.
Tyson B from Toyboxone.com bringing the latest in new toy and action figure news.
I found this interesting. The band Sunflower Dead are mixing comic book influences with their music. The bands new video features a distinctive comic book background, along with zombie makeup, and an accordian in Dance With Death. I am sure the metal music won’t be for everyone but is cool to check out how even music is being influenced by comic books more and more. Sunflower Dead’s new album came out on 10/30. Continue reading “Sunflower Dead mixing comic book influence with music”
If you haven’t seen it yet, a new Star Wars Force Awakens international trailer has dropped on line and it is pretty good. It shows more about the plot line as well as additional footage not shown in the US trailer. Continue reading “Star Wars Force Awakens International Trailer offers new footage “
I am a few days late to the game with this one, and I do apologize if you have already seen it. But rumors are going around that the next solo Batman movie could be an adaptation of Under the Red Hood. Continue reading “Next Batman could be Under the Red Hood”
Ryan Reynolds released this video showing how Deadpool spent Haloween. It involves putting the X-Men together for the first time. It is hilarious. Continue reading “How Deadpool spent Halloween”
Very pleased to offer up free comics and variants almost each week. These are often sponsored by retailers, artist and writers, and publishers. This week I have a cool cover to offer up for you, two copies in fact. Back to the Future #1 JJ’s Comics and Art Variant. This one is sponsored by our friends at JJ’s Comics and Art and they can also be found on eBay with some sick books!
Continue reading “Free Comic Wednesdays: Back to the Future #1 JJ’s Comics and Art Variant”
Wednesday, the best day of the week, new comic book day. It is like your birthday in the middle of each week (well, one where you buy your own presents.)
We open things up to hear from you. A free for all.
The 56th edition of the open forum!
What’s up CHU? Mel V here again for another week of variant covers. This week is a big one and I will be broke come 9 AM tomorrow! No Joke. Remember, some variants go up in value, some go down, but as long as you are buying art you like you cannot go wrong. Continue reading “Mel’s Variant Picks of the Week for 11/4/15”
The greatest day of the week, every week is WEDNESDAY!
An update on the charity auctions I ran to raise money for Larime Taylor’s wife Sylv came to around $90. So huge thanks to the bidders and buyers. Stay tuned, we’re hoping to have some awesome blank variant sketches done by Larime to raise more money, so we can save his wife.
So let’s get on with the picks of the week shall we.
Continue reading “Agent Poyo’s Picks of the Week for Delivery 11/4/15”
Each week hundreds of new comics hit the stands, each with potential. We pick the ones we think have the best chances of heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 11/4/15: Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 11/4/15”
Smugglers Bounty is the new subscription box from Funko that will have a Star Wars theme. The first theme is The Force Awakens. Funko has released the first exclusive that will be in the box to garner interest. Check it out below:
Continue reading “First Exclusive announced for Smugglers Bounty”
Mel does a great job at pointing out the cool new upcoming small press books. There are also some great looking mid to larger publisher books to check out as well. Here are some of the books we are looking forward to in January. Continue reading “A look ahead to January, New Comics”
Leave it to AMC to air one of the most anticipated comic related TV show trailers on one of the most anticipated comic related TV shows, brilliant.
After last week’s Walking Dead, people were sure to tune in to The Walking Dead to see what happened to a fan favorite character. So airing the Preacher trailer ensured maximum exposure. Continue reading “Preacher Trailer airs on Walking Dead”
Our friends over at ComicXposure have set up something new. They are doing “deals of the day”. These are exclusive covers for blow out prices. Their first one is Dynamic Forces connecting Star Wars Cover. Continue reading “ComicXposure running “Deals of the Day””
Thanks to Gabriel C. for sending this over.
Halloween is upon us, my favorite time of year, and with it comes all sorts of spooky things, as well as tricks and treats. DC Comics released some treats recently, which could be trick-y for us here in the States. DC released these Dia de Los Muertos Calaverita covers to Mexican newsstands. CHeck them out: Continue reading “Variant Envy: DC Comics Day of the Dead Calaverita Variants”
We have talked about how we thought Niobe was going to be big. With less than a week out, the book is already sold out a Diamond. More spec sites are pointing to it since we mentioned it. This is going to be a Wednesday Winner, trust me on that. Pre-order copies are being listed for $10-15, the 1:5 variant
is being listed at $10-29, and of course Untamed 1
, Niobe’s first appearance, is just going for crazy money. So, what do you think a Niobe limited to 100 copies is going to do. Continue reading “Niobe #1 Hoknes Variant”