Christopher Nolan has announced the title for his third Batman movie: The Dark Knight Rises.
Along with killing 3D for filming (yea!), he’s also said that Edward Nygma aka The Riddler will not be the villain used in this film.
So, keeping in mind Nolan’s desire to keep these films “grounded in reality,” what villain do you think he’ll go with?
Bill Amend paid for the tuition of his physics degree by working in a movie theatre. I paid for the textbooks for the first part my first physics degree by working in a movie theatre. I’ve always found his strip resonated with me, and this collection includes many of the strips that demonstrate exactly why.
And thus, the Summer movie season kicks off into high gear with one of the most anticipated sequels in a long time. Does it live up to the original? Does it surpass it? Tune in and find out!
Believe it or not, I do read mainstream superhero comics. I tend to be more of a DC version, and to be honest, I tend to prefer things by Trade Paperback rather than by individual issue. Additionally, I tend not to upgrade my individual issues to trade paperback form, for strange personal reasons. So, I normally don’t review mainstream supers comics that are on my pull list.
However, I’ve been catching up on my Ultimate Spider-Man through my local library & book stores, so I figure I’ll give my thoughts on this. Continue reading →
Kevin J. Anderson used to be considered to have written the worst works of fiction in the Star Wars prior to the release of the prequels. After the prequels the spot is held by either Karen “Jedi are Scum” Traviss or by George Lucas himself, depending on who you ask.
It wasn’t always this way. The Tales of the Jedi series, which came out contemporaneously with Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire series, and the end of the EU drought. But, were these actually good, or was their reception the “OMG New Star Wars !!!!111!1!” talking? Continue reading →
So, with that long-winded title, we come to what is, to my knowledge, the first Star Wars comic review at Bureau42. If I’m wrong, I apologize. This review is of the first omnibus volume from Dark Horse comics of their X-Wing: Rogue Squadron series. Continue reading →
When I was attending Kumoricon this year, attended a Q&A panel held by Svetlana Chmakova, one the new wave of Western artists following in the footsteps of Adam Warren and Fred Perry by putting out OEL (or Original English Language) manga. At the panel I learned about Chmakova’s latest work, an Urban Fantasy series being published through Yen Press, with chapters being serialized through their magazine. I’ve liked her not quite genre (but fandom related) series DramaCon, so I’ve picked up the first installment. Continue reading →
Yeah, I could wait until next week to throw this out to you all, but by then it’s old news in this new-fangled interweb world.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
Finders fee goes to Blaine for posting this on his Facebook wall.
Simply by visiting this page in your Flash-enabled browser, you too can create your own Marvel comics (either strips or full-blown comic books) without any of that pesky “drawing” or “talent.” Under the page-break, see why this is an incredibly bad idea.
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J. Michael Straczynski’s run on Thor came to an end last Wednesday. We’ve already reviewed the first 12 issues. This review covers the rest of the run.