Warner Brothers continues to struggle with how next to turn the DC universe of films into a cash cow like the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First a report that Ben Affleck′s replacement will be Robert Pattinson, an actor known for both the lucrative Harry Potter franchise and Twilight franchise, was then followed by a report that […]
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As part of its opening day reveal of San Diego Comic-Con International 2013 news, Dynamite Comics issued an unprecedented barrage of announcements. These include a new monthly continuing the NBC television series Heroes and a return of The Twilight Zone in the form of a monthly comic book series. Comic book writer Cullen Bunn (Marvel’s Fearless Defenders and Deadpool) […]
Review by C.J. Bunce Spoilers! James Robinson was able to do with his first issue in Wave 2 of DC Comics’s New 52 what the other DC Justice League creators didn’t do in the initial launch–he created an exciting and interesting play on the DC universe. And with Paul Levitz they have re-ignited the superhero books […]
We now have had a first look at director Zack Snyder’s Batman, and as of this weekend, his Superman, above, from the 2016 release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Beginning with its wordy, clunky title, SvBDoJ has the cards stacked against it, if Snyder’s Man of Steel is any indication. Man of Steel proved a cast […]
By Art Schmidt For my top five list of stories I’d like to see turned into motion pictures, I have tried to be somewhat realistic. Some of my favorite stories, whether novels or games or comic books, I have left off as just being beyond realization. The wish of their being turned into a movie […]
Review by C.J. Bunce The CW Network’s Arrow series premiered this Wednesday, and for those who missed my review of the pilot episode originally published here July 17, 2012, I am reprinting it here updated with my additional comments after seeing a second showing all these months later. Spoilers! The CW previewed the entire pilot for the series on […]
Review by C.J. Bunce The CW Network’s new TV series Arrow will not be aired until the Fall, but the CW previewed the entire pilot for the series last Wednesday and Friday to thousands of attendees at Comic-Con. The auditorium erupted in cheers to several scenes in the series opener, starting some worthy buzz for this newest […]
Review by C.J. Bunce (with spoilers!) A slick hardcover version of the 2011 restarted series, Green Arrow, has been published, collecting Issues #1-7. This is not to be confused with the New 52 reboot starting in the Fall of 2011. Called Green Arrow: Into the Woods, it is a “Brightest Day” sequence storyline that conjures some good […]
Some quick background: In April 2005 I got a chance to meet Michael Turner at a comics convention. I had known of his work from seeing his Aspen designs (Fathom in particular is a visual treat). But what was really big then was his Superman/Batman covers. I told him and colorist Peter Steigerwald that his […]
