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Year: 2012

Convention News: Artists at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con!

We just received the new press release from Wizard about all the awesome artists and media guests coming to Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con this June! And who could turn down a chance to fist bump Bruce Campbell?

 

Stan Lee, Mike Deodato Jr., George Pérez, Greg Capullo Among 250+ Talented Creators Set For 2012 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, May 31 – June 3 At Pennsylvania Convention Center
World-Class Lineup Also Includes Harvey Tolibao, Phil Foglio, Carlo Pagulayan, Yanick Paquette, Greg Horn, Arthur Suydam, Michael Golden

 

Blu-ray Review: Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection and Marvel Animated Features Collection

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor
Getting ready for the live-action release of The Avengers? Lionsgate Home Entertainment has you covered! Assembling for the first time are the Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection and the Marvel Animated Features Collection, featuring adventures of the Ultimate Avengers, as well individual stories focusing on The Hulk, Iron Man, and Doctor Strange!

 

Movie Review: The Avengers

Assemble the movie stills!  There are a lot of them in here.

Sorry I’m not sorry.

by Karissa Barrows, Editor

If you have not been excited for The Avengers since first hinted at in the Iron Man franchise, you have no soul.  Or whatever.  Maybe not that extreme, but DUDE.  The movie was destined to be either a massively awesome, mind-blowing life experience or the worst 2+ hours of life.  As soon as it was announced that Joss Whedon was directing the film, I knew the former would be the case.  I went to see the movie after having driven for 16 hours the day prior and still getting up super early that morning, and I was so pumped up afterwards that I was able to stay up for two hours more than normal playing Modern Warfare 3.  Seriously.  It is that good.  I’ll explain why… and try my hardest to be as brief as possible.  That’s gonna be hard, considering how much I loved this movie.

 

Blu-Ray Review: Torchwood – Miracle Day

Miracles really do come true as Torchwood  finally returns with the brand new series of Torchwood: Miracle Day  now on Blu-Ray and DVD. This newest incarnation of the Torchwood series is brought to us thanks to a new partnership between BBC and Starz. which has allowed the series to expand in both scope and budget.

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E10 – Brian Michael Bendis

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. SeasonTwelve. EpisodeTen Brian Michael Bendis. Recorded at SupaNova Comics Expo in Melbourne, Australia in April of 2012. Hello again and welcome to the ComicsOnline Podcast, Season Twelve Episode Ten. …I’m your host…

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E09 Morena Baccarin

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. SeasonTwelve. EpisodeNine Morena Baccarin. Recorded at SupaNova Comics Expo in Melbourne, Australia in April of 2012. Hello again and welcome to the ComicsOnline Podcast, Season Twelve Episode Nine. …I’m your host Kevin…

Events

San Diego Special Event: Drew Carey Live at American Comedy Co on April 27th-28th

DREW CAREY! COME ON DOWN…TO SAN DIEGO! 

Attention San Diego Readers:

We wanted to bring your attention to a special event that will be happening this weekend at the American Comedy Co  in downtown San Diego:

Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Price is Right) will be performing standup and sketch comedy live on April 27th-and 28th! 

Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2012: Exclusive Tristan Jones Interview

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters fans should do themselves a favor and check out ComicsOnline’s exclusive interview with writer/artist Tristan Jones, who has written for Mirage’s Tales of the TMNT and IDW’s Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Infestation, and also happens to be a really cool guy!

 

Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2012: Melbourne Day Two

The geeks were out in force today

by David “Aussie Dave” Lobato, Reporter

Supanova 2012 officially opened to general public ticket holders on a very sunny Saturday the 14th of April at 10am. The Royal Melbourne Showgrounds was the (not so) secret headquarters for the event, with ample parking spaces and several public transportation options (including a special Supanova train service) in operation meaning that getting to the event itself was a rather straightforward affair.

TV Review: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – “A Canterlot Wedding”

by Kroze “King of the Bronies” Kresky, Media Editor

I can say that without a single doubt that My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic has been one of the most consistently entertaining and well written shows on television in recent memory, and I have no fear of being ridiculed or laughed at. This is because the show has grown to such enormous levels of popularity, taking over the internet with its massive fanbase at a lightning quick speed that could only be compared to Rainbow Dash making a Sonic Rainboom™.

Events

Special Event: My Little Pony Royal Wedding, A Second Look!

by Jodie Zoll, Guest Reporter

“How do you feel about ponies?”

I was in a parking lot with a friend and a fellow brony when I was asked this random-in-almost-every-scenario question. I could tell there was some underlying reference that I didn’t catch, but I didn’t know how to answer. My ultimate response was a hesitant, “…why?” The aforementioned brony gave a brief but relatively informative breakdown of the show, mentioning some of the puntastic names (i.e. Fillydelphia, Manehattan, etc.), and, if we’re being honest, I wasn’t quite sold. Like most girls, I loved My Little Pony when I was younger. I even had a place for them in my heart of hearts as I went into young adulthood in that Peter Pan “never gonna grow up” kind of way. Despite not having watched the movies or the shows due to my ever-lasting tomboy phase, the ponies never failed to make me smile. But would I, as a young adult, be captivated by this show like some of my peers seem to be?

 

iPad App Review: Avengers Origins: Hulk

by Mike Favila, Reviewer

After reading the fun Avengers Origins: Assemble! (read my review here), I was curious to see if there would be any major differences in the pacing of this app. With the same writer (Rich Thomas) and the same excitable narrator (Stan “The Man” Lee), would this just be more of the same? Amazingly, I found a more intereresting, engaging adventure.

 

iPad App Review: Avengers Origins: Assemble!

by Mike Favila, Reviewer

With the upcoming theatrical release of the inevitable blockbuster The Avengers, Marvel have released two apps to tie in which should appeal to a younger audience. Avengers Origins: Assemble! is the first cannonball from the promotional might of Disney, but it’s charming on its own merits and hits the mark.

 

Special Event: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Royal Wedding

This past weekend, The Hub put on a spectacular event in honor of what could be called “The Wedding Event Of The Year” (TM). Shining Armor and Princess Candance are getting married on the season finale of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, which airs this Saturday at 1 pm eastern on The Hub. No expense was spared for the Wedding party in Los Angeles, which featured a menagery of guests who were excited about the royal event!

WonderCon 2012: Community – Interview with Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley)

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor

It’s time to go meet up with our favorite study group, as we continue our exclusive video interview series with our friends from Community! Check out this new WonderCon 2012 interview with Yvette Nicole Brown, who stars as Shirley – only at ComicsOnline.com!