Attention Pacific Northwest geeks! If you missed out on Emerald City Comicon or just can’t get enough then get ready to head north on April 20th and 21st for Fan Expo Vancouver! This is the second major comicon for the beautiful British Columbia city where many sci-fi films are shows are filmed. Since my Comicon for Virgins helped some first time Seattle fans enjoy Emerald City Comicon here’s an updated version that might inspire you to head north!
Barbara Gordon and Alysia Yeoh are roommates with some serious issues. Babs is a costumed crimefighter. Yeoh made a big confession in this week’s Batgirl #19 that breaks new ground in mainstream comic books!
Before I continue let me give you a…
SPOILER WARNING!
IF YOU HAVE NOT READ BATGIRL #19 YOU MAY WANT TO STOP READING NOW
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HERE IT COMES
Continue reading Sharing Secrets in Batgirl! A Comic Book First!
Acclaimed artist Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, New X-Men, Fairest) is joining Cullen Bunn on Fearless Defenders. Jimenez designed Warrior Woman who joined the series with issue three this week and will drawn the cover and interior art for Fearless Defenders #4 which ties into the Age of Ultron epic. The artist known for his run on DC’s Amazon princess reveals his approach to the newest member of Valkyrie’s team on Marvel.com.
“Marvel wanted a character that could stand toe-to-toe, visually and literally with Valkyrie and Misty Knight. I also wanted to keep her in a costume that fit with the mythological worlds Continue reading Phil Jimenez on Warrior Woman in FEARLESS DEFENDERS
Mike Deodato joins Jonathan Hickman for the first time on Avengers and New Avengers as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes march towards Infinity! Here’s a look Mike Deodato’s art from Avengers #11 as the heroes have a showdown in Hong Kong as Wake the Dragon begins. New member Shang-Chi will take the spotlight as the Avengers fight it out in Asia before they head out to deep space in this summer’s big event: Infinity.
Deodato explains how collaborating Continue reading Avengers #11 Preview!
The co-plotter of the current Harbinger Wars crossover becomes a Valiant only writer! Eisner Award nominated writer Joshua Dysart joins artist Cary Nord as a Valiant exclusive creator.
“Comics is a business, but it’s also a community and a family. From the moment I met the ragtag skeleton crew that work tirelessly to hoist the Valiant flag, I felt like I’d found my next comic book family,” said Dysart. “When I first met Dinesh, the CEO of Valiant, he was carrying a box of comics along with his marketing crew, like he was just another boy in the band. That’s what I like. I like it rugged and I like it scrappy.”
“I believe Valiant can change Continue reading HARBINGER Writer Joshua Dysart Becomes Valiant Exclusive
Will Anne Hathaway work for her The Dark Knight Rises director again? Deadline reports the Oscar winner is close to joining the cast of Christopher Nolan’s next project: Interstellar.
The actress who played Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Nolan’s Batman finale will star opposite Matthew McConaughey. Nolan is working on a script now.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past will unite the cast of the original trilogy (set in the near future) and X-Men: First Class (set in the Cold War 1960’s) but when will the new film take place?
Cue the disco and glam rock!
Director Bryan Singer tweeted this photo showing a CIA report on mutation by Charles Xavier dated 1973.
The film is based on the Chris Claremont story in which X-Men from a dark future send one of their own into the past to rally the earlier X-Men to prevent an assassination that will lead to a government crackdown on mutants – including the creation of Sentinels!
Could this mean Singer’s April 1st tweet about Lady Gaga playing Dazzler was not really April Fool’s? (Fingers crossed!)
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) was created by Claremont in the final days of the disco era and her mutant power was to convert sound into light which she could use as lasers to as a “dazzle” effect that she used in her stage shows as a singer.
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Age of Ultron #5 marks the halfway point in the epic series this week! After the last issue’s heartbreaking revelation and shocking twist how will the surviving heroes rally and strike back? Marvel revealed AoU will end with the introduction of Angela into the Marvel Universe by Neil Gaiman but how did it begin? How did the Avengers greatest adversary win? Look below:
This preview page above from Marvel looks a flashback showing life in an everyday home when Ultron attacked.
Two packs of survivors land in the Savage Land hoping to find a way mount a resistance against the robot revolution.
Age of Ultron #5 hits tomorrow. What will the heroes do that could have a ripple effect on the history and future of the Marvel Universe?
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