Shazam! Shows D.C. New Better Pattern D.C. is improving itself and I want to commend them for that—Shazam! and Wonder Woman were both good films and show that the cinematic superheroes from the other side can be fun and interesting and exciting. But that doesn’t mean they’ve come close to the heights of Marvel. Shazam!…
Shazam is here and DC has another winner. If only their team-up movies could be as good as their solo offerings. It’s fun, funny, has a good villain and doesn’t insult the intelligence. The casting is perfect. And the child actors are truly exceptional, Particularly the lead and his best-y. We look forward to their…
Weird, kitschy and slightly out of time, the Umbrella Academy is Netflix’s new hit show based on the limited comic book series by the same name. I just binged watched it this weekend, (thank you Netflix for not making us wait months to see an entire series!), and it was great. Here’s a quick rundown…
San Diego Comicon has come and gone but the was so much to see that if you went, you surely missed some things and if you didn’t, you could use a recap. We’ve collected here, some highlight videos of the show and retail floor from around the web. Check out our Comic Con YouTube playlist…
In our never ending quest to bring you the best sci-fi and fantasy content from around the interwebs, we’ve found these adorable Funko Pop shorts featuring some of our favorite heroes (and villains) from Funko’s Legion of Collectors. Enjoy! Watch even more on our YouTube Channel. Be sure to subscribe too because we are continually…
Marvel Comics writers draw inspiration from all literal archetypes when creating characters: the man-monster (Hulk), the billionaire playboy (Iron Man), the mythical god (Thor), and so on. But for every rising star, there were dozens disregarded because of inadequate manpower and the financial pressure of developing characters proven to sell books. With so many heroes…
Ever wonder what it would be like to be an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Well, now you can try it out for yourself! Recently, Craig Fifield created an unofficial Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Badge Generator and posted it to Reddit. It immediately became a hit and is still sweeping across the Internet, amusing Marvel fans everywhere. It’s totally…
For the record, I think Robert Downey Jr can be a fantastic actor. I really enjoyed his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and if you’ve ever seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, you know he has a talent for comedic timing. Yet every time I have a conversation with my girlfriend about Iron Man, she snorts and tells…
Yes, but let me explain why. Comic book movies were never really “in vogue” throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. Oh sure, Superman was seen as a classic portrayal of the Man of Steel, and Tim Burton introduced us to a much Darker Knight than most people had seen in Batman. But these movies were…
It came earlier than I had imagined it would: the execrable DC-wide tie-in issue. Grayson #3 is yet to be; this is the Grayson: Futures End one-shot. Staring at its cover, with Futures End emblazoned on the very top, and the big, white “#1” in the place of a “#3,” I found myself grimacing. Why couldn’t…
Retconning, a term often encountered by even the most casual of fans, is one of the most significant, game-changing ideas in the world of entertainment (comics, television, etc.), and yet most people don’t know it from the kind of clubs Tiger Woods uses on the golf course. This essay will explain what retconning is. Simply…
The second issue of (formerly) Nightwing’s new series, Grayson, seems to prove that Issue One was not a complete fluke, much to my surprise and grudging approval. The first one still stands above the second in terms of making every panel count; despite the fact that the first chapter was shorter by two pages, it felt like…
