Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox
In a year full of comic book films my must see movie is Prometheus. Ridley Scott is set to reinvigorate science fiction again.
Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction will dive deeper into the Alien universe he created. Michael Fassbender is praising his Prometheus director for exploring new territory and classic approach to building suspense in a new interview with IFC.
“It’s a slow burn,” Fassbender said. “There are again sort of action sequences in it of course, but they’re there at the right time to serve the plot as opposed to just filling in another scene.”
The man who played a young Magneto in X-Men: First Class credits Lost writer Damon Lindelof for his script.
“There are connecting veins and you will recognize things,but it’s like wow this is a whole new world altogether,” Fassbender said.
The connections between Alien and Prometheus will be clear on June 9th. The star gives assurance from the director who gave us the Space Jockey, his ship and those nasty aliens.
“I haven’t seen anything yet, “Fassbender said, “but speaking to Ridley and he seems to be pretty happy.”
Avengers Versus X-Men preview art by Frank Cho courtesy Marvel.com
The biggest superhero war in comic book history is declared this April. The Phoenix Force is racing to Earth in search of a human host. Will it be mutants Scarlet Witch or Hope Summers?
Avengers Versus X-Men #0 preview art by Frank Cho
Marvel revealed preview art by Frank Cho from Avengers Versus X-Men #0 showing the Scarlet Witch in action against Modok in front of The White House.
AVX #0 is written by Brian Michael Bendis and Jason Aaron and hits stores March 28th.
Don’t forget to see how Magneto’s daughter makes her return – Avengers: The Children’s Crusade has two more issues as Wanda’s sons fight Doctor Doom to redeem the Scarlet Witch.
AvX Iron Man Vs. Magneto preview art courtesy Marvel.com
The comic book version of Iron Man is unveiling a new suit of armor. Is the big screen version of the Armored Avenger suiting up in new tech to take on Loki’s army?
Marvel Comics Avengers Versus X-Men event will feature new armor designed for a specific foe according to Invincible Iron Man and AVX writer Matt Fraction. This AVX teaser image showing Iron Man versus Magneto is likely to be the foe. Iron Man will have to innovate to face the Master of Magnetism. Perhaps Tony is using some mystical tech he picked up from Asgard in the Fear Itself epic.
courtesy Cosmic Book News
Cosmic Book News is sharing an image of an Iron Man in “Stark Tek Assault Armor” and reporting that this the design for a toy tie-in. Comic book fans may think this is based on the Hulk Buster Tony created to tackle the Green Goliath. There’s also a Captain America version. I agree with CBN that if this armor is in the movie it could be used to fight Skrulls, Frost Giants or any other army Loki is using in his war that assembles Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary novels comes alive on the big screen in Disney’s John Carter.
Taylor Kitsch plays the military officer transported to a bizarre new world. Director Andrew Stanton creates the strange world and warring races of Mars. Lynn Collins plays Princess Dejah Thoris. Collins was on the first season of True Blood an played Silver Fox in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Willem Dafoe plays the warrior Tars Tarkas, one of my favorite characters.
Disney’s John Carter arrives March 3rd in theaters.
John Carter The World of Mars courtesy Marvel.com
You can get ready for the big screen adventure with several graphic novels:
John Carter Worlds of Mars is an all ages series from Marvel collecting John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1-#5. This series features the Earthman’s first encounter with the Princess of Mars, the white apes of Barsoom, and the warrior races, the Tharks.
The Warlord of Mars courtesy Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment publishes several comics based on Edgar Rice Burroughs series. Schedule to arrive Wednesday:
Warlord of Mars Annual #1 stars Tars Tarkas, the green warrior John Carter will encounter.
Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom Volume #1 focuses on ancient wars on Mars 100,000 years before John Carter’s arrival.
Warriors of Mars #1 features the Earthman who arrives on Mars before John Carter.
So there are some graphic novels get your Mars- ready for the big screen adventure!
Fear Itself The Fearless #12 by Art Adams courtesy Marvel and Comic Book Resources Exclusive First
I’ve been raving about Fear Itself: The Fearless. The action packed series stars Valkyrie in a race with Sin to recover mystical hammers. The Norse warrior woman defied the Avengers in search to recover the Asgardian artifacts. The legendary Art Adams provides stunning covers for the limited series.
I was thrilled to see two preview images in this week’s Axel in Charge column on Comic Book Resources. Valkyrie is ready to strike on the cover to the final issue and another image shows Storm and Danielle Moonstar (back in her Valkyrie form) confronting Val with a hammer ready to strike.
When a fan asked about Art Adams upcoming work with Marvel, Editor in Chief Axel Alonso responded:
Fear Itself The Fearless preview cover courtesy Marvel
“Fingers crossed we can find time for him to draw a story in “AvX: Versus.” I mean, how cool would that be?
Seriously cool! Adams starts creating covers for Secret Avengers, also featuring Valkyrie, next month.
DC Comics earned GLAAD Media Awards Best Comic Book Nominations for Secret Six and Batwoman. Kate Kane is the most high profile lesbian character that defies labels and stars in her own critically acclaimed Batwoman series. Scandal Savage and her girlfriend Knockout are the anti-heroines of Secret Six by superstar writer Gail Simone.
Teen Titans #3 from DC Comics. Art by Brett Booth.
There’s a new out kid in town to watch out for who wears his signature purple and attitude proudly. Miguel Jose Barragan code name Bunker is a Mexican teen wielding purple force field bricks. He debuted in the New 52 Teen Titans.
“If the comic book industry doesn’t create another white, straight male superhero, that will be ok,” Titans writer Scott Lobdell says in the latest Out magazine.
Bunker joins established young heroes Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, a revamped Solstice and Skitter, a new creation. The Titans are currently fighting Superboy.
“It never entered my head that people would object to the color scheme of his outfit based on whether or not he was homosexual,” says Lobdell of Bunker’s signature color and criticism of his flamboyance. Miguel does refer to his own ‘cute butt’ when he first appeared.
When asked about Bunker’s possible love interests? “He has love in his past and in his future,” Lobdell says, “and will have a healthy relationship life as all the other characters in the book.”
Bunker versus Superboy in Teen Titans by Brett Booth courtesy DC Comics The Source
If you’re reading this great title you know that there’s no time for romance as the kids are trying to survive a twisted version of Superboy and the mysterious organization N.O.W.H.E.R.E. that’s hunting down metahuman teens across the DC Universe.
Scott Lobdell has a history of creating compelling adventures with diverse young characters and groundbreaking stories. He had an epic Uncanny X-Men run in the 90’s and created Generation X – including Monet St. Croix who now stars in GLAAD nominated title X-Factor. M is not a lesbian. M is a diva.
Lobdell wrote the breakthrough Alpha Flight issue in 1992 when Northstar came out after years of being in the comic book closet due to editorial policy. The Canadian mutant is rejoining the X-Men later this year.
Writer Marjorie Liu and Artist Mike Perkins are the new creative team on Astonishing X-Men starting in March. Northstar and Karma are in their lineup. I’ve posted before about why Northstar should rejoin the X-Men now that Alpha Flight is ending. Jean-Paul Baubier and boyfriend Kyle’s relationship was tested in Alpha Flight and the tension isn’t over as the couple move to Westchester. I’m hoping Jean-Paul will be a teacher at the Jean Grey School. You can read about Liu and Perkins take on Northstar in this post.
Karma preview art by Mike Perkins courtesy Marvel and Comics Newsarama
Karma was a founding member of the New Mutants. She has the mutant power to possess the minds of other people or animals. Xi’an (pronounced Shan) Coy Mahn was born in Vietnam. During the Mekanix series Karma and Kitty Pryde reunited at the University of Chicago. This is when Xian came out as a lesbian, confessed her for Kitty but Kitty’s heart belongs to Colossus. (OK I know they broke up but they’re soul mates.)
Karma eventually returned to the Xavier Institute as their librarian and became a mentor to Anole, a young gay mutant boy. When the X-Men were based in San Francisco Xi’an’s leg was injured in battle, had to be amputated and replaced with a prosthetic. It will be exciting to see Karma on the Astonishing team and perhaps have a love interest.
Anole (Victor Borkowski) is a young mutant with an appearance like the reptile he’s named after. Vic’s powers include wall crawling and adaptive camouflage. Vic was a student at Xavier’s then regrouped with the X-Men in San Francisco and decided to attend Wolverine’s new Jean Grey School. Anole is among the student cast of Wolverine and the X-Men. Anole and Rockslide’s (Santo is straight with a mutant body made of rocks) friendship continues to be hilarious and inspiring. You can follow Victor on Twitter @_Anole_.
I’m excited to report that Matt Fraction is returning to Emerald City Comicon. I loved Fraction’s Uncanny X-Men era which included the X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia. Matt is known for his long run on Invincible Iron Man, The Mighty Thor and 2011’s big event Fear Itself.
Matt recently relaunched The Defenders and is co-plotting The Fearless, both spinning out of event from Fear Itself. Matt is part of the team creating Avengers Versus X-Men debuting this April.
Fraction’s creator owned book Casanova continues to push the boundaries of storytelling and your mind!
Casanova Luxuria #1 courtesy Marvel.com
I’m very lucky to have several autographed issues and graphic novels by him. Time to start choosing what I hope to have signed this year!
Emerald City Comicon is March 30th-April 1st in Seattle.
