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New Comic Book Picks for March 26, 2014

Alex + Ada #5 Boy meets android girl. Boy begins to have feelings for a machine without feelings. Boy attempts to change girl’s programming. She will be never the same. This beautiful and haunting story by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn takes a twist that could be heartbreaking and change the future world of this thought-provoking sci-fi series.

Amazing X-Men #5 Nightcrawler goes on the offensive against Azazel and the forces of Hell. It’s X-Men and Bamfs versus a fleet of demon pirates. Will an X-Man pay a horrible price in Kurt’s fight with this demonic father? Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness. Continue reading New Comic Book Picks for March 26, 2014

ZOMBIE Inspiration for DEADPOOL

Night of the Living Deadpool #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel has unleashed two zombie epics into comic book shops. The legendary director George Romero’s Empire of the Dead and Night of the Living Deadpool by Cullen Bunn.

The latest Merc With a Mouth limited series stars Wade Wilson in an undead apocalypse. Bunn tells Comic Book Resources how Romero’s film series and other zombie fiction influenced the new Deadpool story. Continue reading ZOMBIE Inspiration for DEADPOOL

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for January 22, 2014

All-New Invaders #1 The classic World War II team reunites against a new enemy. Captain America, Winter Soldier, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch vs. the Kree Empire in a race to keep the aliens who unleashing a super weapon. James Robinson and Steve Pugh are the creative team but check out this “Then & Now” variant by John Cassaday.

Batman #27 Zero Year Batman and Jim Gordon race to save Gotham City from darkness and the Riddler’s scheme. This critical chapter in Bruce’s first year as the Dark Knight sets up the final arc of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s epic. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for January 22, 2014

George Romero’s EMPIRE OF DEAD: The Horror Begins!

The King of the Zombie genre reclaims the throne this week in a new Marvel comic book series. George Romero team ups with artists Alex Maleev (Daredevil) and Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies) for Empire of the Dead.

“George A. Romero singlehandedly created the zombie genre that’s captured the public imagination for decades,” said Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. “Now, his unique vision for the silver screen comes to life on the comic book page – a chilling rumination on human nature and man’s place in the food chain, served with a terrifying twist.” Continue reading George Romero’s EMPIRE OF DEAD: The Horror Begins!

George Romero Talks EMPIRE OF THE DEAD

Emperor of zombie fiction George Romero brings his next undead epic to Marvel Comics. The writer/director teams up with Alex Maleev for Empire of the Dead #1.

At New York Comic Con the legendary creator talks with Marvel.com about working in the comic medium:

“I grew up reading comics and I’ve always loved them,” Romero says. “The good ones stretch the imagination. Writing a comic book does the same thing for me. It encourages me to explore new ideas and characters that I might not have tried otherwise. I can turn off the part of my brain that’s always worrying about how to do things, like how I’m going to shoot a particular scene or how much it’s going to cost. Of course, that time may come, if we adapt EMPIRE OF THE DEAD for other media.” Continue reading George Romero Talks EMPIRE OF THE DEAD

Black History Month and Zombies?

Danai Guriri as Michone in The Walking Dead courtesy AMC

I had a thought about Black History Month and zombie fiction. Books and movies about the undead are horrific escapism but serve as social commentaries reflecting the times in which they are created. If you want to find groundbreaking actors and characters of all colors look in the fictional fights against the undead.

George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead filmed in stark black and white arrived in 1968 and reflected the horrors of the Vietnam war and racial unrest in the United States. Romero made an African-American man the hero of his film. Duane Jones played Ben, one of five people trapped in a farmhouse as the undead rise and attack. This was 1968. A black man portrayed as the hero and doing such things Continue reading Black History Month and Zombies?

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