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Ultimate Human – Ellis by numbers……

Monday, October 26, 2009

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Ultimate Human by Warren Ellis & Cary Nord Marvel Comics One of the many reasons I like the work of Warren Ellis is that he can come up with some topnotch big, dumb sci-fi action thrillers – the sort of thing Luc Besson does so well in movies – and I’m a big fan of them. I know [...]

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Singer considering return to X-Men movies

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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According to The Hollywood Reporter director Bryan Singer is considering a return to Fox for another installment of the X-Men movies, which I’d imagine would be pretty much welcomed by fans. Singer, who made his name with the wonderfully convoluted noir-esque Usual Suspects, delivered the first two X-Men movies which proved successful with fans, critics [...]

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Strange Tales 1 – Marvels funny and fun alt-comix series

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Strange Tales issue 1 by (deep breath) Nick Bertozzi, Paul Pope, John Leavitt, Molly Crabapple, Junko Mizuno, Dash Shaw, James Kochalka, Johnny Ryan, Michael Kupperman, Peter Bagge, Nicholas Gurewitch and Jason. Marvel Comics (Paul Pope and Jose Villarubia’s cover to Strange Tales 1.) There’s something strange going on in comics at the moment, with three major books from three [...]

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Paul Pope’s Inhumans – that’s how many reasons to buy Strange Tales???

Saturday, September 5, 2009

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We love Paul Pope here (says Richard speaking for everyone here on the blog!) and to see these exclusive preview images from his Inhumans strip appearing in Strange Tales means that’s yet another reason to buy the comic. Other reasons include: Peter Bagge, Stan Sakai, Dash Shaw, Becky Cloonan, James Kochalka, Johnny Ryan, Jason and [...]

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Alan Moore says yes to Miracleman…

Friday, September 4, 2009

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(On the left; old style Marvelman – which Marvel owns. On the right; modern Marvelman/Miracleman, which Marvel are getting closer and closer to owning or at least reprinting.) The story so far: Marvel announced last month that it had secured the rights to reprint Mick Anglo’s Marvelman. Much speculation and gossiping ensued over what exactly [...]

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That Disney – Marvel thing…. you may have heard already……

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Well, we didn’t see that one coming. Disney bought Marvel Comics on Monday 1st September for some 2.5 billion quid. And to be honest no-one’s really sure what it means. Official word from Marvel and Disney says all is as it was: C.B. Cebulski (Marvel talent liaison/editor/writer) Allow me to reassure you right now, guys, that Marvel’s [...]

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More Disney-Marvel – in pictures….

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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It didn’t take long after the shocking news on Monday that Disney had purchased Marvel Comics for the mash-ups and funny stuff to start appearing on the Internet. Here’s a few that caught our eye: (Inspired by a twitter from Brian Reed, and drawn (or at least posted) by petroglyf. Via ComicMix) (Beast And Boo by :raeioul via [...]

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Marvel teams up with Disney

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Its been announced that the Mouse Kingdom is buying mighty Marvel in a combined cash/shares deal worth around a cool 4 billion dollars. Over on his Twitter Paul Cornell seemed pretty pleased that it should put Marvel on a sounder financial footing and exclaiming “I’m working for Disney!” “Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic [...]

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The most iconic Marvel panel ever?

Friday, August 28, 2009

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As a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Marvel Comics, Comics Should Be Good over at the CBR site have a list of what they consider 70 Most Iconic Panels in Marvel Comics History. And they want votes to decide who wins. Head over here for rules and how to vote. But of the choices, I’d [...]

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Return to the Ultimate universe…

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Ultimate Spider-Man #1 & Ultimate Avengers #1 by Bendis, Lafuente (Spider-Man), Millar, Pacheco, Miki (Avengers) Marvel Comics I really haven’t followed what’s been going on in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe for quite a while. In fact, aside from the odd Ellis written thing, the last time I visited the Ultimate Universe was Ultimates Volume 3 #1, the abysmal [...]

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Tripwire Annual 2009: classy, classy magazine. As expected.

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Tripwire Annual 2009 Editor-in-chief Joel Meadows First of all, before we go any further into this one – isn’t that a great cover? The Nick Fury/Samuel L. Jackson image is by Jeff Carlisle after Shepard Fairey. Okay, onto the insides: Meadows and crew have worked very hard, yet again, to make a magazine that could be, should be, [...]

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Marvelman’s back …… (updated)

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Originally posted 25th July, Updated 26th July… Rich Johnston, over at the Bleeding Cool site has news from San Diego that Marvel has sorted out a deal with Emotiv, the company representing Mick Anglo’s interests in the Marvelman character and will begin republication of Marvelman stories from the 1950s and 1960s. No news yet over the more [...]

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Scarlett is the Black Widow!

Monday, July 20, 2009

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A glimpse of Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow in Iron Man 2; Scarlett in that costume, I simply don’t trust myself to comment… (from the cover of Entertainment Weekly, via Slashfilm)

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Captain Britain

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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Oh yes, it is here. It may be a lot later than originally intended, but dammit, its worth the wait. Not to mention the weight – its a humungous tome, just remember when picking it up to lift from the legs and not your back. Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Captain Britain. Oh yes.

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Natalie Portman joins Thor cast

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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V For Vendetta star Natalie Portman has been announced as the female lead for the upcoming Thor movie, which will be directed by heavyweight thespian-director Kenneth Branagh. Portman will play Jane Foster, a character who featured heavily in earlier Thor comics as the nurse assistant to Thor’s alter-ego Doctor Donald Blake and was more recently [...]

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