New Comics Picks for May 4, 2016

4001 A.D. #1 courtesy Valiant
4001 A.D. #1 courtesy Valiant

A double shot of Punisher, a new twist on a classic Marvel team book, crazy DC team-up and more of this week’s new comics picks of the week but first let’s go into a nightmare future from Valiant.l

4001 AD #1

Future shock as an artificial intelligence rules New Japan as it orbits a tragic Earth filled with a deprived, desperate civilization. The latest Rai searched ravaged world of 4001 A.D. in search of forgotten heroes to launch a rebellion to save the planet. Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain deliver Valiant’s latest summer event.

The Punisher #1

Fallout from a drug bust gone wrong sends Frank Castle on his darkest out of control path with a DEA agent on his trail. Writer Becky Cloonan joins veteran Punisher artist Steve Dillon for a brand new adventure. Daredevil/Punisher #1 by Charles Soule also begins with Castle ready to send a defendant away before Matt Murdock can go to trial. Continue reading New Comics Picks for May 4, 2016

New Comics Picks for April 6, 2016

Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel
Black Panther #1 courtesy Marvel

A breakout new character from The Force Awakens blasts off into a brand new Star Wars Marvel ongoing, Harley Quinn’s belated April Fool’s Day gift are all in this week’s new comics picks of the first week of April:

Black Panther #1

All hail the King! T’Challa makes his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut next month and stars in a brand new series by acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coats and legendary artist Brian Stelfeeze. A Nation Under Feet finds T’Challa fighting to save his homeland from super powered terrorists sparking violent uprisings in his citizens.

Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1

The best pilot in the Resistance in his own ongoing series on a top secret mission connected to The Force. Charles Soule and Phil Noto team up to give fans the back story of the breakout hero before the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue reading New Comics Picks for April 6, 2016

DEADPOOL Inspired Heroes For Your Consideration

Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox and Empire
Deadpool courtesy 20th Century Fox and Empire

Deadpool is ready to kill it with fans and critics. Fox’s new Marvel film is a risk-taker with extreme violence, dark humor in a meta packed flick that exists in the X-Men movie universe but unlike any X-movie you’ve seen before.

Could Wade Wilson’s new adventure by director Tim Miller slash the creative strings and inspire even wilder superhero films starring other unorthodox anti-heroes?

If The Merc With a Mouth can survive an earlier first appearance, go back to his comic book roots and live to kill again then maybe these other characters can leap to the big screen.

Here are four unconventional heroes ready to follow Deadpool down the unconventional road to the big screen: Continue reading DEADPOOL Inspired Heroes For Your Consideration

GLAAD MEDIA AWARD NOMINEES for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK

Midnighter #11 courtesy DC Comics
Midnighter #11 courtesy DC Comics

Congratulations to the creative teams behind Midnighter, Harley Quinn (DC Comics) The Wicked & Divine (Image Comics), Lumberjanes (Boom! Studios) and Angela, Queen of Hel (Marvel) for being nominated for Outstanding Comic Book in this year’s GLAAD Media Awards.

Midnighter written by Steve Orlando stars an openly gay super hero/spy.

Harley Quinn from Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti is the fan-favorite bad girl turned anti-hero.

The Wicked and Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie features ancient deities reincarnated as modern day pop idols and rock gods. Continue reading GLAAD MEDIA AWARD NOMINEES for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK

MIDNIGHTER’S REUNION Leads To New STORMWATCH?

Midnighter #11 courtesy DC Comics
Midnighter #11 courtesy DC Comics

Is a storm brewing in the DC Universe?

As revealed in the April 2016 previews, Apollo will reunite with his former husband in Midnighter #11

The former partners are hunting Henry Bendix before he creates a new monster and the super couple is caught in a war between Suicide Squad and Spyral.

The two men were once operatives of Stormwatch then The Authority by Warren Ellis.

Midnighter. Apollo. Bendix. Is there a new Stormwatch on the horizon. Continue reading MIDNIGHTER’S REUNION Leads To New STORMWATCH?

FAVORITE COMICS OF 2015

Black Canary #1 courtesy DC Comics
Black Canary #1 courtesy DC Comics

A Convergence of Secret Wars lead to an onslaught of new number ones and new beginnings.

How do you pick favorite comics of the year? We kept it down to new number ones issues.

Here’s we go with a screaming fresh start for a DC icon:

Black Canary

You can call it “Batgirling” but we call it rock and roll, kung fu kick-ass fun. Brenden Fletcher and Annie Wu reinvigorated the classic character with a wild road trip as Dinah becomes the front woman for Black Canary – the band – and goes on an odyssey to save a child and find the mysterious force behind her new mission. Continue reading FAVORITE COMICS OF 2015

Top New Comics Picks for August 5, 2015

Age of Apocalypse by Gerardo Sandoval courtesy Marvel
Age of Apocalypse by Gerardo Sandoval courtesy Marvel

Age of Apocalypse #2 Magneto’s X-Men vs. Cyclops and Havok? Original event writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Gerardo Sandoval take you back to this bizarre counter world where Professor X never existed, Apocalypse rules and Jean Grey and Wolverine are renegade lovers. But in this Secret Wars tie-in, a fan-favorite New Mutant may be the key to bringing down Apocalypse. Continue reading Top New Comics Picks for August 5, 2015