Cameron Hatheway writes; Fatale #14 by Sean Phillips Why did it have to be toothy Cthulu faces? I hate toothy Cthulu faces! The eerie use of black and white works quite well with this cover, followed by the stunning red …

We’ve covered the attempt by Mort Todd to set up a fictitious comic book publisher called Zeus Comics going back to the fifties, as part of a new comic project. Mort Todd writes; Heard from a Dallas TX retail store …

Cameron Hatheway writes; Unfortunately whenever I see the word ‘nymph’ nowadays, I automatically think ‘nympho’ or ‘nymphomaniac,’ forgetting that it used to stand for something magical and pure. For too long has our society corrupted the word, turning it into …

Paul Rainey has been self publishing his comics since the nineties, reaching a height of awareness with his Memory Man book. But he never got grabbed by a major publisher, whether than be Jonathan Cape or Marvel Comics. He just found …

In the mid nineties, Jim Lee wrote and drew a comic book called Divine Right: The Adventures Of Max Faraday, about a computer science student who manages to download an equation of mystical power, giving him access to ancient knowledge …

Hannah Means-Shannon writes; The promo from Dark Horse for Dream Thief #1 warn you that “spirits of the vengeful dead” are going to “possess” John Lincoln and turn his life into a nightmare, so there’s plenty of mental preparation provided …

Cameron Hatheway writes; Hey remember last year when this category didn’t even exist because the judges cited there were ‘not enough contenders that reached the level of quality they were looking for?’ Good times. Glad to see they brought the …

This one caused quite a stir yesterday: Seeing as Sam Mendes has quite conclusively rebuffed their offers to return for more, it seems that James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have approached Chris Nolan with an offer to …

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Chris Thompson writes; Welcome to Episode 112 of The Orbiting Pod! This week, we get Kot off guard by Suicide Squad #20, put the needle on the record with 12 Reasons to Die …

  Some people read Dave Elliot and Garry Leach’s A1 anthologies when they came out. I wasn’t one of them I was reading Silver Surfer. The closest I came to A1 was The Sleeze Brothers. It was only when I …

A few days ago I was told that a DC A-list writer was leaving DC Comics and that the company were in a bit of a mad panic to replace them quickly. Inquiries brought no results and indeed while everyone …

Mike S Miller, artist on the current hit series Injustice: Gods Among Us, has an offer for you. Pay him some money and he’ll put you in a crowd scene in an upcoming issue. He writes; Okay, so here’s the …

When I went to the Image Duplicator exhibition in London last night, I also walked past Foyles, the classic London bookstore, who have taking the hoardings of nearby renovations and have used a number of cartoonists to tell their history …

Cameron Hatheway writes; As many of you know, the 2013 Eisner Nominees were announced last month. Last year I wrote a weekly column on the nominees and who I thought should win, could win, and should have been nominated, and …

Grace Randolph writes; Michael Shannon is General Zod in Man of Steel 2013. Warner Brothers brings the Man of Steel back to the silver screen with Christopher Nolan producing and Zack Snyder directing! It’s Zod vs Superman again. Alan Kistler …

Here you go folks. The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, coming to a comic store near you soon…

Butcher Billy redesigns DC superheroes as post-punk pop stars. Check them out, as well as bill-posting them up on buildings, and sale as T-shirts, and iPhone covers. Hipsterish as all hell but… also rather lovely.

We’ve mentioned a few bits and pieces of note from the August solicitations for the comic book direct market. But there’s lots more to get our teeth into. Drawn And Quarterly have a new Palookaville hardcover from Seth, featuring more …

The film is going to focus on Clark Kent’s alien origins which leads him to be nearly indestructible while still being completely vulnerable.

While it will take a little more than call back to satisfy me, I must say that I am excited by this nonetheless.

Remember that teaser trailer from last year? Yeah, it is kind of like that.

Gay sex, assisted suicide and goat farmers. Yep, Cannes 2013 has kicked off.

Show looking attractive to international buyers too.

Screenwriter and Zombieland co-creator Rhett Reese has been apportioning blame on Twitter.

Tank action, spectral pop music, chopping up cars and a post-Buffy spin on Scooby Doo. Busy week.

Why would Marvel go to Cape Town if they didn’t want to use it as Cape Town? And, if they want to go to South Africa, will that mean Black Panther will appear?

Yes, this is obviously the work of Mr. Lynch.

Seeing as Sam Mendes has quite conclusively rebuffed their offers to return for more, it seems that the James Bond producers have approached Chris Nolan with an offer to direct the next episode.

A very stylish looking film with a real sense of adventure to it.

There might be a new plan, or a new new plan that’s the same as the old old plan.

SMASH will be part of the new Marvel programming strand on Disney XD alongside Avengers Assemble, but not quite yet. Still, it’s nice to have an early promo.

Turns out that Coppola’s experiment has been carried out on far too small a scale to really prove anything. I wonder how long it will be before somebody else dabbles with these ideas?

The world’s greatest film director is slumming it in front of the camera again. Will he does his Welsh Jamaican accent again?

“We don’t want to produce something that doesn’t do the franchise justice…”

The mythology of Pacific Rim is clearly very rich and quite complex but this trailer will lead you a long way into it. Thankfully, it doesn’t give away too much plot while it’s doing so.

Judging from this new trailer, it might be that oooh! aaaah! kind of 3D.