Well, I figure we have to talk about it, right? The first trailer for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON leaked out on to the Internet last week, with Marvel swiftly following suit and releasing an official, much prettier hi-def version a week earlier than they’d planned. I’m sure you’ve seen it by now, but just in […]
Just now back from this year’s New York Comic Con, which was probably the largest and most attended to date. While I don’t buy the hype that it was bigger and more well attended than this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (after all, even on the busiest day at NYCC I could still get across the […]
Now THAT’s what I’m talking about. The premiere episode of the CW’s new FLASH television series was a prime example of how to do everything right when you’re adapting a long-running (no pun intended) classic comics character to TV. Sure, you can change a lot of the details, modernize things, add a little more darkness […]
The folks behind ABC’s AGENTS OF SHIELD had a pretty tall order last season, and what made it all the more difficult was that no one knew they were being forced to swim with lead trunks on. Expectations were already high for Marvel Studios’ first television series, not only because of the studio’s stellar track […]
As a rule, I tend to be pretty skeptical about prequel series. After all, when you know where characters are going to end up, it’s hard to be too surprised about where they’re going, which makes the most you can hope for a mild surprise of satisfaction if the characters’ journey lives up to the […]
As the posters for the new AMAZING SPIDER-MAN films show, it’s clear that the filmmakers are positioning romance as a big part of the production. But that’s nothing new for ol’ Webhead. Peter Parker’s love life (and poor luck surrounding it) has long been a big part of the Spider-Man mythology. Let’s take a look […]
We’re reaching that unfortunate age in our still relatively young art form where our legends of the craft, those folks who were around for the formative moments of our history, are leaving us, one by one. Cartoonist and colorist Stan Goldberg passed away on Sunday, due to complications from a stroke he’d suffered several weeks […]
It’s startling how the loss of someone you’ve never met can have such an effect on you. I only knew Robin Williams through his work, but now, just hours after the news of his death, I still feel like I’ve been punched in the heart. I suppose part of it has to do with our […]
When I’m wrong, I try to be the first to admit it. And in this case, was I ever wrong. A couple years back when Marvel announced that their summer 2014 film was going to be Guardians of the Galaxy, I thought they were insane. Here they were on this incredible hot streak of box-office […]
Comic-Con 2014 may have been the biggest and craziest ever. It was quite a ride. Let’s get right to the highlights, shall we? IDW promoted my work in a big way this year, with giant banners at the booth for all my current projects, including FLESH AND STONE, my new TREK special in conjunction with […]
For those who came in late: Last week, we were discussing the writing of departed Marvel writer/editor Mark Gruenwald, and his focus on personal ethics and sacrifice in his run on CAPTAIN AMERICA. While these notions were somewhat percolating in the subtext of Gruenwald’s Cap stories, they really came to the forefront in what’s probably […]
Previously: We’ve been looking at the comic-book career of one Rom, Spaceknight, and his plastic and silicon origins as an early electronic action figure from Parker Brothers. When we left off, writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema had gotten the series off to a very promising start with its first issue, establishing Rom as […]
When editor and writer Mark Gruenwald was first beginning his writing career for Marvel in the early 1980s, it must be remembered that it was a very different culture than today’s hot-writer-driven, company-exclusive comics scene. (And in more ways than one: the comic book we’re about to discuss, which was by no means a best-seller, […]
