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How Superman 64 Nearly Ruined My Life: A horror story

09/24/2018 10:00 am by Philippe Leblanc

How Superman 64 Nearly Ruined My Life: A horror story

Look out, it’s a bird, it’s a plane…..oh no….it’s Superman 64….

Filed Under: Commentary, Video Games Tagged With: 1999, horror, Nintendo 64, Rings, Superman 64, Video Games

Everything We Know About HEROES IN CRISIS (SPOILERS)

09/21/2018 8:30 am by Joe Grunenwald

Everything We Know About HEROES IN CRISIS (SPOILERS)

With less than a week to go until the series begins, we take a look at what’s known — and speculate on what’s not — about DC’s latest event series.

Filed Under: Comics, Commentary, DC, Top News Tagged With: booster gold, Clay Mann, DC Comics, Harley Quinn, Heroes in Crisis, miniseries, Tom King

REVIEW: “Batman White Knight” is a daring, but strong start for DCs new “Black Label” collection

08/31/2018 3:00 pm by Megan Fabbri

REVIEW: “Batman White Knight” is a daring, but strong start for DCs new “Black Label” collection

I have never read a Batman comic. I’m not even sure I’ve ever read a DC comic! It’s nothing against them, I’m just not much into superheros that are “gods among men.” That said, I love Batman The Animated Series, which I consider a timeless classic, and the story of th game Batman Arkham Asylum, […]

Filed Under: Comics, Comics Media, Commentary, Culture, DC, Graphic Novels, News, Reviews Tagged With: Arkham Asylum, Batman, Batman Arkham Games, Batman: White Knight, Bruce Wayne, Comic Reviews, DC Black Label, DC Comics, Harley Quinn, Joker, mark hamill, politics, Sean Murphy, The Joker

The Retailer’s View // It’s Always the End of the World Somewhere

07/10/2018 1:15 pm by Brandon Schatz & Danica LeBlanc

The Retailer’s View // It’s Always the End of the World Somewhere

What was DC trying to pull with the Batman/Catwoman wedding? We’ve got an answer, but you might not like it.

Filed Under: Comics, Commentary, DC, Marvel, Recession Watch, Retailing, Retailing & Marketing, Top News Tagged With: DC, DC Comics, Events, rebirth

The Retailer’s View // Light It Up

04/24/2018 11:53 am by Brandon Schatz & Danica LeBlanc

The Retailer’s View // Light It Up

The Retailer’s View returns with a warning about the future of the comics industry… and a look at what can hopefully be done to fix it.

Filed Under: Boom Studios, Comics, Commentary, DC, Marvel, Oni, Recession Watch, Retailing, Retailing & Marketing, Top News

SD Comic Fest 18’: Cultural Appropriation; When It Is and Is Not Done Right

04/21/2018 1:00 pm by Nicholas Eskey

SD Comic Fest 18’: Cultural Appropriation; When It Is and Is Not Done Right

“If we have it that one culture can’t tell the stories of another culture, we restrict ourselves.”

Filed Under: Commentary, Conventions, Culture, Disney, Diversity, News, Top News Tagged With: appropriation, Black Panther, Coco, Comic Fest, comic strip, cultural, Daniel Guterrez, Disney, Floyd Norma, game, games, Lala Alcaraz, Lienzo, Mulaka, Paul Guinan, San Diego, video

SD Comic Fest 18’: Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz on How He Didn’t Want Disney’s “Coco” to be the “Aladdin of Mexicans,” and More

04/21/2018 11:00 am by Nicholas Eskey

SD Comic Fest 18’: Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz on How He Didn’t Want Disney’s “Coco” to be the “Aladdin of Mexicans,” and More

Sometime after this, Pixar contacted Alcaraz. “They invited me for a ‘little-chat,’” he said. When they asked for his help to work on the movie, Alcaraz was stunned. “I was thinking, ‘wow universe, you have a sick sense of humor.” But, Alcaraz saw this as a great opportunity and accepted it. “I wanted to make sure this wasn’t going to be the Aladdin for Mexicans.”

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Commentary, Controversy!, Conventions, Culture, Disney, Politics, Top News, Webcomics Tagged With: 2018, cartoon, Coco, Comic Fest, Disney, Donald Trump, La Cucaracha, Lalo Alcaraz, mickey mouse, Pixar, political, president, San Diego

Editorial: Stranger Things is straight out of the 80s- but its female characters don’t need to be.

02/19/2018 6:56 pm by Megan Fabbri

Editorial: Stranger Things is straight out of the 80s- but its female characters don’t need to be.

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things & Stranger Things 2.      Stranger Things is a fantastic series with a great cast. I spent 8 straight hours binging season 1 with my roommate and rationing episodes of season 2 was painful with how hooked I was from the start! This being a story […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Culture, Diversity, Diversity, No Comics Content Tagged With: character development, character study, Editorial, Netflix, Netflix Original Series, Opinion, scifi, Scifi horror, stranger things, stranger things 2, Stranger women, women in media

WonderCon ’17: Comics Change the World: A History of Activism in Comics

04/01/2017 2:00 pm by Nicholas Eskey

WonderCon ’17: Comics Change the World: A History of Activism in Comics

If you are familiar, or in the least semi-familiar, with the early history of the comic medium, images of fit men flying and punching everything in sight while wearing tights might blip through your imagination. Perhaps to your surprise, comics in the early 1900’s were diverse and meant for a broad audience. In fact, it […]

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Comics, Commentary, Conventions, Culture, Diversity, Diversity, Jack Kirby, News, Publishers, Sociology, Top News, Wondercon Tagged With: activism, alex cox, Anaheim, Blume County, Captain America, CBLDF, Comics Code, Con, Convention, Harold Grays, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mad Magazine, National Lampoon, nell brinkley, Superman, The Boondocks, William Gaines, William Hurst, Winsor McKay, Wonder, WonderCon

The Retailer’s View // Should Printed Single Issues Go Away?

03/13/2017 2:00 pm by Brandon Schatz & Danica LeBlanc

The Retailer’s View // Should Printed Single Issues Go Away?

Our story begins a few years ago, when I was still managing another comic shop in the city. A man walked into the store, smiling and humming to himself. “Interesting place you got here,” he said, slowly stepping his way through the store, eyes scanning the walls in wonderment. “Why thank you,” I replied, choosing […]

Filed Under: Comics, Commentary, E-publishing, Retailing, Retailing & Marketing, Top Comics, Top News Tagged With: Controversy, Digital Comics, The Retailer's View

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