Comic Books

New Director and Screenwriter for Lobo Film

Deadline is reporting a new director and screenwriter have been signed to bring the long in production Lobo film, based on the DC Comics character to the screen. Brad Peyton will pull double duty both writing and directing.  Peyton last directing…

The Wolverine Begins Production This August

The latest chapter in Hugh Jackman's portrayal of Wolverine, stalwart member of the stable of Marvel Comics characters, begins filming in Australia this August. The Wolverine has faced a few delays as production was set to begin in 2011 and then…

Chris Roberson Nukes Bridges as He Leaves DC

On Thursday night, author and comic writer Chris Roberson celebrated the completion of his work with DC Comics by taking to his Twitter account and very publicly nuking (not just burning) bridges with the comic titan. It appears that Chris has taken…

Changing Classrooms One Comic at a Time

A Chicago based company, Reading With Pictures, is looking to raise funds with their project to cast a larger role for comic books in the classroom. I have to be honest and say I'm not sure how I feel about this as it almost smacks of more…

Cryptozoic to Bring DC Comics to Deck Building

Cryptozoic Entertainment has revealed plans to bring the heroes and villains of the DC Comics universe to table tops with an all new deck building game titled, obviously enough, The DC Comics Deck Building Game. Details such as mechanics, release…

The Gaming Gang Extra Episode 37: C2E2 2012 Raw

In this edition of The Gaming Gang Extra, I'm live from C2E2 talking to Miranda Anderson from Cryptozoic Entertainment on all of their games and what is coming up in 2012. I stop in with Cam Banks from Margaret Weiss Productions to discuss the…

Matt Faction to Helm New Hawkeye Title

One of the most popular characters in the Avengers gallery of heroes, Hawkeye, will receive his own series written by Matt Faction with art from David Aja and color by Matt Hollingsworth. Faction and Aja previously teamed up for fan favorite, The…

DC Collectibles Now Online

DC Comics has announced major changes to its DC Direct line, which includes all sorts of comic memorabilia including statues, action figures, art prints and more! For the most part these exclusives were only available through direct market comic…

Sony to Makeover Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sony Pictures is looking at revamping a relaunch of the Sabrina the Teenage Witch franchise - according to Deadline - and the film will have a darker edge with a more traditional comic book style origin story. Not sure how all this fits into the…

New Avengers Clip: Tony Stark vs Loki

Joss Whedon’s The Avengers will makes its anticipated debut nationwide on May 4th. This new clip shows Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) providing a bit of a verbal smack down to Loki (Tom Hiddleston).

DC Brings Back National Comics

National Comics which, interestingly enough was the official name for DC Comics from the 1940s through the official adoption of the DC moniker in 1977, is making a comeback of sorts. Beginning in July, DC will release one shot titles featuring…

Diamond Distributors Top 25 Comics for March

Marvel was finally not only able to break back into the top ten in March, following a few months of being shut out, but the Avengers - with an assist from the X-Men - were able to wrest away three of the top five slots from the stranglehold DC has…

Ape Licenses Sesame Street

Ape Entertainment has acquired a license from the Children’s Television Workshop to bring Sesame Streetto print and digital comics.  This fall the Sesame Street titles will target young readers and feature beloved characters such as the Cookie…

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