Category: Fandom

It’s the Doctor Who Season Trailer, Partner! Yee-Haw!

 

Matt Smith as The Doctor courtesy BBC America

 Matt Smith must really enjoy wearing hats. The Time Lord is wearing a cowboy hat again in the trailer for season 7 of Doctor Who. (I prefer the cowboy hat to the fez!) The Doctor, Amy and Rory will face cyborg outlaws in the American Wild West, robots (that look like those big scarab metal bug aliens from The Fifth Element) and what I suspect might be Nefertiti in ancient Egypt.

  This is the final season for companions Amy and Rory but don’t forget the Doctor’s team-up with Captain Picard! IDW is publishing a Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Generation series later this year.

Here’s the trailer:

Emerald City Comicon Countdown!

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  Less than a week until Emerald City Comicon in Seattle! I wanted to share one of my favorite experiences from last year. Jim Cheung is one of my all time favorite artists. As I waited in line for my autographs and a sketch all these different characters kept popping in my head and when I got up there – I said “Mystique.”

  I had several books autographs, bought a Heroic Age print he signed and this Mystique sketch is framed and in my home’s entry way. This is one of the many great things I love about ECCC: meeting your favorite creators, talking about the books you love and maybe walking away with a unique work of art and definitely a great geek memory!

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  Good luck to all of you coming to ECCC – hope you get to meet one of your favorites and have a great time in Seattle or at the con near you.

  Jim Cheung is providing covers for the upcoming Avengers Vs. X-Men mega series – hope I can have some of those autographed too.

The Walking Dead Actress on Making Michonne Badass

 

Danai Gurira courtesy IMDB

  If you think Shane and Daryl are badasses on The Walking Dead get ready to be blown away by the badassness of Michonne! Fans saw the hooded figure slice her way onto the storyline during the season finale on AMC. Right after 9 million viewers watched Michonne’s debut, creator Robert Kirkman announced Danai Gurira will play the character next season. The actress talked with The Hollywood Reporter about how the comics version will influence her on-screen portrayal.

“I’m going to develop that with [showrunner] Glen Mazzara and the whole creative team. They have their own take on the source material. I’m going to be meeting with them next week to get an understanding of what their take is and how she grows and develops. I’ll find out the answer to that in the coming weeks in terms of exactly how she will map out with what she is in the books vs. what she will be on the screen. I’ll be learning as I go in some regards. I do know that she remains an absolute badass and I will be training with katana swords. I’m really excited about that.”

The reporter asked a great question that had me thinking of a badass showdown: Shane Vs. Michonne!

 

Image Mystery Title

courtesy Image on IFanboy

Image teased a new series by Ales Kot. No title revealed just this image given to IFanboy. Let the speculation begin!

Justice League’s New Member?

Justice League #8 courtesy DC Comics

  Is the DC Comics The New 52 Justice League is allowing a new member to join? DC revealed this variant cover to Justice League #8 by Mike Choi and this quote:

 “We all know what happened when we let someone ELSE in to the Justice League. It ended very badly.”
– Batman, Justice League#8

  This cover inspires me to share a great Emerald City Comicon memory.  Mike Choi is more than an amazing artist. At Emerald City Comicon 2008 I was in a line of hopeful geeks hoping to get an autograph and a sketch. Some of the sketch requests took a little longer and time was getting away. Lights were being turned out but Mike kept signing and sketching until the last moment and so all of us didn’t leave empty-handed after the long wait that was so worth it. Thanks again Mike!

Emerald City Comicon – Just 1 Week Away!

 

Emerald City Comicon Exclusive by Alex Ross courtesy Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon is just one week away when my home of Seattle becomes the center of the comic book/sci fi universe! Jim and the guys at the con made some big new announcements!

Edward James Olmos of Battlestar Galatica will now be at the con the entire weekend! (He was previously scheduled for Friday only.)

Jason Mamoa (Conan the Barbarian, Stargate:Atlantis, Games of Thrones) has just been added to the line-up. (Katee Sackhoff will not be able to attend due to a film school commitment.)

Happy Birthday Wonder Woman!

Wonder Woman #600 courtesy DC Comics

                                               Happy Birthday Diana!

 

Wonder Woman #1 Courtesy DC Comics

Thanks to all the writers, artists and editors who have created Diana’s adventures.

Wonder Woman #25 courtesy DC Comics

Here’s to the greatest super heroine and to many more decades of inspiration.

Inside the Company Behind The “Prometheus” Mission

image courtesy Weyland Industries

  What’s more dangerous than the monstrous creatures of the Alien universe? How about the ruthless company that will stop at nothing to turn the xenomorphs into a profitable bio weapons? Now you can get an insider look into the notorious corporation from the Alien films.

  The TED corporate video starring Peter Weyland revealed the connection between Ridley Scott’s Alien and Prometheus. Now you can “Invest In Your Future” and see the investor section of Weyland Industries.

 

Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox

Once inside scroll down to see the development of the company’s android. The 8th version of “David” is a crew member on Prometheus and will be played by Michael Fassbender. You can see a Weyland commercial for David 8 here.