Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin Activation review
With the exception of Gundam Unicorn, new Gundam merchandise in the US has been kind of rare these days, to say the least. Ever since Bandai Entertainment kicked the bucket, all DVD sales have pretty much ceased, with Turn A Gundam’s highly anticipated release getting canned and the aftermarket prices for the Mobile Suit Gundam [...]
TRY SOMETHING NEW CHAPTER 6: Have Won Their First Victory.
So one of my co-workers today told me that they have no idea what it means when I write “RIYL” in my column. I guess I just thought that was something everyone knew. Seems not to be the case. This is like when I try and talk to my friends about… most of the things [...]
TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 4: It Is a Period of Civil War
It’s a new year. What better time to set new resolutions, try new things, and, most importantly read new comics. That’s where I come in. Other holidays have their mascosts; Santas and bunnies and…turkeys… and cherubs I guess… And now me. I am the Ghost of Good Comics That Will Be Canceled if You Don’t [...]
The Weekly Pulse – Apparellax View
Comics and t-shirts! T-shirts and comics! DC has a new Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Batman, and Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., plus the collected Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls. Also, a slew of new #1s, including Dark Horse’s Alabastar Wolves, Boom’s Higher Earth, Image’s Mind the Gap, and DC Vertiogo’s Mystery in Space! All [...]
Vertigo Resurrected Jonny Double #1
Hey all you 100 Bullets fans!!! Make sure to grab a copy of Vertigo’s classic Jonny Double. In a story by the creators of 100 Bullets (Brian Azarello, Eduardo Risso) San Francisco P.I. Jonny Double is hired to watch over a rich man’s rebellious daughter. But after being seduced by the girl, Jonny finds himself [...]
Department of Redundancy Dept
Three DC books out this week can sum up where the comic book industry started, where it went and where it is going. To whit: Justice League of America #58, Brightest Day Aftermath #1 of 3, and Flashpoint: Kid Flash #1 of 3. Superhero comics became the driving genre because they were amazingly ungrounded power [...]
Y THE LAST MAN FAN FILM
Check out this fan film for Vertigo’s wildly popular comic series Y the Last Man. This is a fan film adaptation of the Vertigo Comic Book series “Y The Last Man.” The film was shot in spring of 2010 on a Canon 7d for less than $1,000. For more info check out www.ryanolearyfilms.com
Flex Mentallo to Return in Hardcover
It’s official! DC Vertigo is finally set to to reprint FLEX MENTALLO, one of the greatest comic miniseries ever, in deluxe hardcover format later this year. Long held back due to legal wrangling with Charles Atlas Ltd. DC has boldly announced Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s masterpiece will finally get the ISBN treatment after nearly [...]
LOOKEE! for 10/26/10
Saturn and Titan, dolled up for Halloween Brian Wood talks Northlanders: The Plague Widow at the DC/Vertigo blog. Marvel is looking for interns. Superman: Earth One profiled in The New York Post. Eddie Campbell video from Italy in 2009, via the Forbidden Planet International blog. Toy customizer extraordinaire John Mallamas interviewed at MTV Geek. The [...]
New Comics from a New Venue
The good news is I’m no longer being held prisoner by Mermen. The bad news is I’m now being held prisoner by Magma Monsters. See, I started tunneling out of my barnacled cell using a spoon from the Titanic they gave me for my “Disgusting human digestion” as they called it, only to discover what [...]
Releasing Next Week & Recommended: American Vampire HC
From writers Scott Snyder and Stephen King, AMERICAN VAMPIRE introduces a new strain of vampire – a more vicious species – and traces the creatures’ bloodline through decades of American history. This first hardcover volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues #1-5 and follows two stories: one written by Snyder and one written by [...]
American Vampire, Scott Snyder @ FPNYC
American Vampires co-writer Scott Snyder (w/ Stephen King) was kind enough to stop by Forbidden Planet NYC this past Wednesday to sign our copies of the premier issue. He also was kind enough to sit in front of the now-ever-present Lens of FPTransmissions for a little chat.