Books – Page 612 – COMICS BLEND

Harrison Ford and Blade Runner Prequel?

The unthinkable is happening again. Ridley Scott revolutionized the science fiction genre with Alien and Blade Runner. The countdown is on for Prometheus, the sequel that evolved into something new with Alien DNA. The cast is entirely new. Scott committed to a new film set in the Blade Runner universe – will Harrison Ford be joining him?

Twitchfilm reports that “Harrison Ford has entered early talks to join the new Blade Runner. While it is in the early stages and it is quite possible that it won’t work out…”

Harrison Ford played Rick Deckard, a Blade Runner, a special police officer charged with “retiring” replicants – artificial beings. If Ford is involved can he still play Deckard given the ending/themes of the first film? I don’t want to spoil it for anyone so that’s all I will say.

DADES — Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? courtesy Boom Studios

Boom Studios publishes beautiful a graphic novel version of the Phillip K. Dick story”Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep” the basis for Blade Runner.

For the fascinated fan – here’s two recommendations from this obsessive fan!

Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner is a compelling behind the scenes story of how this influential Science Fiction classic was made.

Blade Runner: The 5 Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition features all versions of the film and rich documentaries.

Thanks to Dark Horizons for the story.

Archie Comics Kevin Keller’s Big Week

KevinKellerHC — Kevin Keller Hardcover courtesy Archie Comics

Some comic book companies have gay and lesbian super heroes but Archie Comics is creating socially relevant and boundary pushing storylines. The publisher didn’t just give the Riverdale Gang a new gay supporting character – they made Kevin Keller a star.

Kevin is an openly gay young man wanting to serve proudly in the military. They even had Kevin marry his African-American partner is a future storyline and put them the cover. The publisher has been nominated by the GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Comic Book series.

This week in comic book stores – Kevin Keller stars in his own hardcover graphic novel featuring the GLAAD nominated story where Kevin first meets the Archie and gang, shares his dream to serve in the military and background of his life as an Army kid before moving to Riverdale. This includes Kevin’s appears in Veronica’s comic and his own 4 issue miniseries but that’s not all for Kevin fans.

Kevin Keller gets his own first series. In this first issue its Kevin’s first year at Riverdale High Class President and first date with some help from his friends.

This Week in X-Men

WOLVXMEN2011005cov_col — courtesy Marvel.com

Two arrogant young guns target Wolverine. Is Kitty Pryde’s mystery pregnancy under alien influence. Love and death. It’s a big week for X-fans with 6 new titles hitting comic book stores this week.

Wolverine and the X-Men #5

Kitty Pryde pregnant. Billions of Brood show up and I don’t think it’s for a shower. Are these the old school nasty aliens or like new student Broo? Is Colossus the daddy?

X-Men #24

The fun-loving, fireworks generating mall rat is long gone and is the X-Men’s resident Goth girl. Jubilee is now an undead casualty of Marvel’s vampire wars. Raizo and the Forgiven show up to give the former X-girl a lesson in her vampire heritage.

Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega #2

Has Wolverine met his match? Omega level telepath Quentin Quire traps Logan and Armor inside Wolverine’s mind but the entire Jean Grey School may be the physical effects of Quire’s psi-game.

Daken: Dark Wolverine#21

Another Arrogant young buck is taking a shot at Wolverine this week! Logan’s son starts his final endgame as the series builds to the big finale. Will Daken live long enough to get his revenge?

Deadpool #50

Simple and easy…DEAD1

New Mutants #37

This is one hell of a Valentine’s Day issue! Magma made a deal with the devil to save her friends now she must go on a date with Mephisto!

What’s Next for the Black Panther

Let me begin with what I’ve said a gazillion times on Facebook Thor movie updates: IDRIS ELBA can play anything but imagine him on the big screen in as BLACK PANTHER!

What a finale for Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive #529 out this week! Black Panther versus the Kingpin with Lady Bullseye, Typhoid Mary, Luke Cage and Falcon guest starring!

T’Challa took over numbering and Daredevil’s role as protector of Hell’s Kitchen but his time in New York is at an end.

What will Marvel do with T’challa? Will he reclaim his kingdom of Wakanda? Which side will T’Challa choose in Avengers Versus X-Men? T’Challa is a longtime Avenger, Captain America just recruited Storm for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes but she’s in Uncanny X-Men’s Extinction Team so he would be a man in great conflict in AVX.

Let’s give Black Panther his own team in his own series based in Wakanda. Let’s get Idris Elba as T’Challa, Madds Mikkelsen as Klaw, and Paula Patton as Monica Lynne.

Super Bowl of Super Heroes! Avengers Versus X-Men!

Today may be the Super Bowl but for comic book fans the big game starts in March with Avengers Versus X-Men! No half time act but I bet Dazzler is available if she’s not fighting Mockingbird!

AVX #1 Cover — AvX #1 cover by Jim Cheung courtesy Marvel.com

My picks to win:

Overall Team: X-Men!

Cyclops V. Captain America

Iron Man V. Magneto

Thor V. Storm

Beast V. Luke Cage

Ms. Marvel V. Rogue

Spider-Woman V. Gambit

Namor V. Thing

Hulk V. Emma Frost

Black Widow V. Psylocke

Iceman V. Spider Man

Colossus (in Juggernaut mode)V. Rulk

Matchups not teased yet but I hope we’ll see in AVX.

Colossus (in Juggernaut mode) V. Thing

Thor V. Colossal Juggernaut

Warpath V. Hawkeye

Emma Frost V. Ms. Marvel

Winter Soldier V. Warparth

Wolverine V. Captain America – Logan will be on Team Cyke but I suspect he will be forced to switch sides.

AVX Thor Versus Phoenix

AVX4 thor phoenix — Avengers Versus X-Men #4 variant courtesy Marvel.com

Behold the God of Thunder against the Phoenix Force! Marvel revealed this variant cover to Avengers Versus X-Men #4 by Jerome Opena. I’ve posted my theories about Scarlet Witch or Hope facing the entity but this image gets a geek brain spinning! It looks like the entity will swallow Thor whole.

This awe-inspiring cover arrives in May.

Next Men Aftermath Preview – A Geek’s Delight

NMAftermath — Next Men Aftermath courtesy IDW from Comic Book Resources

I squealed on the inside with geek glee when I saw this preview on Comic Book Resources! I love John Byrne’s Next Men. The original Dark Horse series was groundbreaking, compelling and redefined the science fiction super hero concept for me. The sex, violence, humor and unpredictable storytelling were like nothing I had experienced before. The survivors and villains of Project Next Men were caught up in such a time twisting, reality warping world yet John Byrne made them so human and real.

John Byrne picked up with Danny, Jasmine, Nathan, Bethany and Jack’s story in last year’s mini-series published by IDW. There was bigger role for government agent Tony Murcheson. The first series took the kids across America. The new series took them across time leading up to a shocking mission into the past that would rewrite the entire Next Men universe. Next month Aftermath begins with two Next Men in the past and Jasmine on the run from stalkers from various eras.

NMAFTERMATH3 — Next Men Aftermath courtesy IDW from Comic Book Resources

Get thee to a comic book store and pick up the collected editions including 2112 the graphic novel that started it all. The first series is so visual – I always saw Angela Bassett as Agent Tony Murcheson and Tommy Lee Jones as Senator Aldus Hilltop before he became…well that would spoil it.

I wanted to share these preview images. Here’s the Comic Book Resources link with more exclusive pages.