Movie Review: A Writer’s Odyssey
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor At first, A Writer’s Odyssey doesn’t seem like it’s going to be anything like its trailer. One minute, it’s a gritty noir, with faint callbacks to crime movies of the past. But then the giants…
Event News: Becky Cloonan Makes Baltimore Comic-Con Debut in 2020
Becky Cloonan Makes Baltimore Comic-Con Debut in 2020 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – February 5, 2020 – The Baltimore Comic-Con will return to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on October 23-25, 2020. We are proud to announce the addition of Becky…
Movie Review: Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor When I first heard about Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans, I wasn’t really sure how they were going to make it work. I’ve seen pieces of a million Teen Titans Go! episodes with my…
Movie Review: Batman: Hush
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor It’s been a few years since I’ve gotten to read the classic Batman: Hush story from Jim Lee, and I was quite excited to hear that they put this film together. Issues #608 to #619 are some…
Event News: Brian K. Vaughan to Appear at Baltimore Comic-Con 2019
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor This is excellent news! Embarassingly enough, I once tracked BKV down to a comic shop in Canada on July 4 to get him to sign my Y: The Last Man. This is going to be…
Interview: James Parks and Ben Costa (Rickety Stitch And The Gelatinous Goo)
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor I had been reading a number of the graphic novels from Random House recently, and came upon Rickety Stitch and The Gelatinous Goo series. I had the chance to talk to creators James Park and…
Book Review: 5 World Book 2: The Cobalt Prince
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor 5 Worlds: Book 2 The Cobalt Prince was heavily anticipated in my house. When I received the first installment in the series, 5 Worlds: Book 1 The Sand Warrior, in the mail, I was immediately impressed…
Interview: Rafer Roberts (Archer & Armstrong, Harbinger, Plastic Farm)
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor I loved Valiant Comics back in their first go around, and have really enjoyed the recent run they’ve had under the new storylines. Rafer Roberts, who helmed Archer & Armstrong, along Harbinger with Darick Robertson,…
Comic News: “Goosebumps” Comic Books Creeping into Stores This October
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor R.L. Stine’s Spine-tingling Series Heading to Comics San Diego (July 13, 2017)— Comic readers, beware, you’re in for a scare! New comic book adventures will beckon young readers into the world of R.L. Stine’s bestselling…
Video Game News: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier Is Out!
by Mike Favila, Editor ‘The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier’ Debuts Today in Critically Acclaimed Two-Part Premiere Event SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 20, 2016 — Leading publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman’s Skybound…
Movie Review: Amateur Night
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor In terms of indie films, Amateur Night, released yesterday on VOD and Digital, has a lot going for it. Based on the exploits of writer Joe Syracuse and directed by wife Lisa Addario, it’s a breezy…
Video Game News: imprint-X (Rymdresa) now on Kickstarter
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor A few months ago, I got to play an odd little game called Rymdresa. A little space RPG game with 8 bit touches, it was a fun sleeper that I’d never heard before. Morgondag, the…
Video Game Review: Fallout 4 Add On: Far Harbor
by Mike Favila, Editor I have to confess. When Fallout 4 came out, I overplayed it like crazy for the first 40 hours. It just consumed my nights, embarrassingly so. I had been a huge Fallout 3 fan and had…
Video Game News: New Poe Dameron LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor Check out this hilarious clip for Poe Dameron in the new LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens game: LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released on June 28, 2016 and marks the triumphant…
Book Review: Pop Painting: Inspiration and Techniques from the Pop Surrealism Art Phenomenon
by Mike Favila, Editor I had to be honest, I hadn’t really been familiar with the term pop surrealism (or lowbrow art). Of course I’ve enjoyed the works of Art Spiegelman and his peers here and there, but I…