BLASTOFF’s own Artist-in-Residence Elena Casagrande has a big premiere this week, the debut of her new series from BOOM! Studios, SUICIDE RISK, written by Mike Carey! Check out the preview at Comic Book Resources, then come into the shop and pick up issue #1!
Some comics punch you in the gut. The Invincible Iron Man Annual #1 – Mandarin: The Story of My Life hit me in the stomach and slapped me across the face. The story by Matt Fraction (writer) and Carmine Di Giandomenico (artist) tells a chilling tale. For me, it was my first encounter with the […]
The best of superheroes have the best villains. If you want to take down the golden avenger, you have to be a cut above average as villains go. So what will it take? Start with actually having something against Iron Man. You’ve got to have a reason to want to face him in particular. […]
With IRON MAN 3 only days away, and a half-dozen Marvel big-budget blockbusters having taken place since the summer of 2008, I thought it’d be fun to look back at my original reaction to that first IRON MAN movie, back when the notion of an AVENGERS movie still seemed like pure fantasy… It always seems […]
And thanks to the Laemmle NoHo7 for helping arrange our Free Comic Book Day screening of Iron Man 3!
We’re only days away from the release of IRON MAN 3, and from the looks of the trailer, one of the major themes of this newest IRON MAN movies has to do with Tony Stark building lots of suits of armor. With this in mind, let’s take a look at a few of my personal […]
Before he became the number-one movie superhero, Iron Man had pretty limited exposure outside of comics. The “cool exec with a heart of steel,” Iron Man was part of the 1967 MARVEL SUPER-HEROES animation package from Grantray-Lawrence, which featured barely animated cartoons taken straight from the original art of the comics themselves. These are good […]
A couple of strong releases of archival material from DC Comics this week, one notable mostly for historical interest, the other for simply beautiful art. First up is WONDER WOMAN – THE AMAZON PRINCESS ARCHIVES, a collection of the 1958 and ’59 work of writer Robert Kanigher, penciller Ross Andru and inker Mike Esposito. After […]
It’s easy to dislike Tony Stark. He’s rich, brash, and arrogant. He’s an alcoholic and a womanizer. That’s all superficial though. If you dig below the surface, he becomes a more interesting and likable guy. He’s incredibly smart and even if his methods are sometimes questionable, you can see he has good intentions at heart. […]
You don’t see it as much these days as you used to, the maneuver in comics of having a big sensationalistic cover that had almost nothing to do with the story inside, but back when it was a fairly common practice, no one did it more often and more shamelessly than DC Comics, particularly late […]
I’ll admit it: after the release of the most recent IRON MAN 3 trailer, I’ve got a touch of the IRON MAN fever. So much so, that in recent days, I’ve been making my way through the IRON MAN OMNIBUS, Marvel’s gorgeous 750-page hardcover collecting the first three or four years’ worth of IRON MAN […]
It’s a new month, and a new month brings a new banner from our Artist-in-Residence, the amazing Elena Casagrande! This month, we’re proud to present Elena’s rendition of the Invincible Iron Man! Click the link to see it at full size!
BLASTOFF’s North Hollywood location will be closed Easter Sunday to allow our crew to enjoy the holiday with their families. But make sure to come by and see us Saturday or Monday!
