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Game News: The 7th Guest 20th Anniversary Edition Out Now On Android

by Mike Favila, Editor I can’t believe this is finally out! For those that aren’t old enough to remember the classic CDROM games from the 90s, The 7th Guest is a true classic.  Look out for a review soon. Trilobyte Games,…

Anime News: Preorders For Sailor Moon R Season 2 Set 1 Available Now

Second Season Of The Legendary Anime Series Features Episodes 47-69 Available This Summer As A Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack And Standard Edition DVD Set San Francisco, CA, April 14, 2015 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor…

Comic News: Star Trek & Green Lantern Cross Over!

by Mike Favila, Editor I’m usually jaded by these intracompany crossovers, but somehow this makes amazing total sense.  Green Lantern and the Trek … TOGETHER? The Stars Align To Bring Star Trek And Green Lantern Together This July IDW & DC…

Convention News: Aya Kanno Is A Featured Guest At The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

TORONTO, CANADA—The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) proudly announces that international manga superstar Aya Kanno will attend the 2015 Festival as a Featured Guest! Aya Kanno is the author of the Blank Slate, the New York Times bestselling series Otomen,…

Reviews

Book Review: Lost In Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

by Mike Favila, Editor As a songwriter and English minor, language has always held a certain mystique for me.  The difference between one word and another word could mean a world of difference to your audience.  Consequently, I find myself…

Convention News: WWE Superstars & Divas At 2015 Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia May 7-9

PHILADELPHIA, March 23, 2015 – Five popular WWE® Superstars and Divas will be in attendance at Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia when Sting™,Roman Reigns™, Dolph Ziggler™, Randy Orton® and WWE Diva Paige™ appear during the 15th annual pop culture extravaganza,…

DVD Review: Cerebus High Society

by Mike Favila, Editor When I first heard that IDW was putting out the Cerebus: High Society Audio/Digital Experience, I didn’t really understand it. On a very basic level, the project looked like a sort of motion comic version of Dave…

Convention News: David Tennant And Billie Piper To Appear Together At Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia

Whovians Rejoice! David Tennant, who starred as the “Tenth Doctor” on the long-running series “Doctor Who,” and Billie Piper, who was his love “Rose Tyler,” will make their first dual U.S. public signing and photo op appearance at Wizard World…

Comic News: Valiant and DMG Team Up For Feature Film Financing, Distribution and Licensing

by Mike Favila, Editor DMG and Valiant to Bring Largest Independent Superhero Universe to Movie Theaters Worldwide The Nine-Figure Deal Establishes an Unprecedented Partnership for Feature Film Financing, Distribution and Licensing in China and Beyond (New York, NY and Beijing,…

Giveaway: Sailor Moon Season 1 Part 1 DVD Contest

Our nice friends at Viz have been cool enough to send us a copy of Sailor Moon Season 1 Part 1 on DVD!  It’s beautiful, shiny and could be totally yours if you are interested in entering our fancy contest……..

Blu-Ray Review: Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series (FUNimation Exclusive Edition)

by Mike Favila, Editor  Watching Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series was much like visiting with an old friend.  I hadn’t seen these episodes in so long, but it was easy to just sit down and pick it up all over…

Manga News: Viz Acquires Shojo Series Idol Dreams and QQ Sweeper

These sound pretty good…. Famed Manga Creator Arina Tanemura Offers A Story Of A Woman’s Chance At Stardom In IDOL DREAMS; QQ SWEEPER Delivers Supernatural High School Drama From The Creator Of DENGEKI DAISY San Francisco, CA, February 9, 2015…

TV News: First Look at Brandon Routh as The Atom

by Mike Favila, Editor This just came down the pipeline.  What do you think people? Good or bad?  I always loved him in Scott Pilgrim, and that Superman thing. Brandon Routh as The Atom Get all Atomic with us at ComicsOnline…

Comic News: IDW Publishing Acquires Top Shelf Productions

San Diego, CA (January 6, 2015) – Leading comic book and graphic novel publisher IDW Publishing announced today that it has acquired Top Shelf Productions, the award-winning independent publisher of graphic novels, including the #1 New York Times and Washington…

Blu-Ray Review: Ranma 1/2 Set 4

by Mike Favila, Editor I know I’ve said this before, but I really loved the comedy in Ranma 1/2 Set 4.  As I was going through this batch of episodes, I realized that this was the first of the sets that…