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Year: 2012

Movie Review: Looper

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief Time travel is a tricky thing. It behaves differently in different universes, so when a story that takes place in a new one pops up, we as the nerds of geek pop culture are eager to…

ComicsOnline Podcast S13E01 – Pineapple Donuts

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. SeasonThirteen. EpisodeOne. Pineapple Donuts. Recorded September 25, 2012. This Episode, Kevin and Dune are joined by Chelsea Dee, Ian Dixon, and Bill Watters. Topics include the new weekly schedule, and everything geek…

Anime Review: From Up On Poppy Hill – Part of Reel Anime 2012 Film Festival

Come for a stroll through my poppy field… by David Lobato, Reporter Closing our coverage of the Reel Anime 2012 Film Festival (running until the 26th of September) is our review of the fourth and final movie from the line-up,…

WonderCon 2012: Looper Interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor WonderCon 2012 gave fans a first look at the upcoming time travel thriller Looper. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception), and Bruce Willis (Die Hard), and is directed by Rian Johnson (Brick). ComicsOnline got a…

DVD Review: Community – The Complete Third Season

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE TIMELINE… Community has been going strong now for the past 3 years on NBC. Dan Harmon and his crew of COMPLETE GENIUSES have managed to take the generic and sterile formulaic sitcom structure and turn it on its…

Blu Ray Review: The Awakening

by Jayden Leggett, Assistant Editor Wake up and smell the afterlife… Directed by Nick Murphy (The Story of 1, Manor House), The Awakening begins with a very creepy setup, as the viewer is thrown right into the middle or some…

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E17 – San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Recap

  SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Twelve. Episode Seventeen. SDCC 2012 Recap. Recorded August 11, 2012. This Episode, Kevin and Dune are joined by Bill and Mary Anne Butler and we talk about nearly everything we…

Movie Review: Finding Nemo 3D

I have a special place in my heart for Finding Nemo.  When I heard the movie was being re-released in 3-D, I absolutely had to go and take the little man with me.

DVD Review: Swift & Shift Couriers Series 1 + 2 Box Set

by Jayden Leggett, Assistant Editor What do you get when you combine a satirical look at multiculturalism in Australia with over-the-top comedic racial stereotypes, crass humor and offensive language? That would be the SBS series Swift & Shift Couriers, without…

CD/DVD Review The English Beat Live! at the US Festival

by Chris Learned Kane, Reporter “There can only be one truly great festival of a lifetime, and it’s the US Festival.”  – Homer Simpson. “What’s your best band?” was a common question heard round the playgrounds and municipal swimming pools…

Book Review: District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC

by Mike Favila, Reporter Recently, I was reading my neighborhood’s message board and our moderator Mike Rhode mentioned that he had written a story for a new comic anthology about Washington DC.  I’m always interested in all things comic, so…

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E16 – Kevin Smith Interview

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Twelve. Episode Sixteen. Kevin Smith Interview. Recorded at Comic-Con 2012. Hello again and welcome to the ComicsOnline Podcast, Season Twelve Episode Sixteen. …I’m your host Kevin Gaussoin, but instead of our…

SDCC 2012: Transformers – Interview with Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) and Executive Producer Jeff Kline

by Matt Sernaker (Managing Editor), Camera by Daniel Reamer (Reporter) ComicsOnline is excited to share our new video interview with Peter Cullen, THE voice of Optimus Prime from Transformers: Generation One, Transformers: The Movie and Transformers Prime! One of the…

Giveaway: Resident Evil: Retribution 3D – San Diego Special Run of Engagement Passes!

Attention San Diego ComicsOnline Fans! Are you prepared for the coming Zombie Apocalypse? Well your friends at ComicsOnline have partnered up with Screen Gems to give you a chance to win special Run of Engagement Passes* for Resident Evil: Retribution…

Blu-ray Review: The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor The Walking Dead have returned! The second season of the hit series from AMC and mastermind Robert Kirkman has finally made it’s way to our homes, just in time for marathons before the new season starts…