Archie Announces Creative Team for Horror-Themed Sabrina the Teenage Witch Series Following the success of Afterlife with Archie, publisher Archie Comics has announced that series writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will be writing the upcoming horror-themed Sabrina series. Think less Sabrina the Teenage Witch, more dark terrors of the unknown. With Robert Hack as the artist, issue #1 will be out…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Web Comics Galore!
Smut Peddler Creator’s Comic Poorcraft to be Serialized as Free Webcomic C. Spike Trotman, the creator behind big Kickstarter successes SmutPeddler and Sleep of Reason, has just started serializing her book Poorcraft as a webcomic. Poorcraft is all about the tricks to getting by on a low income and has lots of practical advice for those out there making less than…
June Staff Picks: Comics
High Crimes #7 Christoper Sebela (W) and Ibrahim Moustafa (A) Monkeybrain Comics Finally, this Eisner-nominated digital comic has a new issue! The series revolves around two of my favorite things: Mount Everest and crime. What may sound like a ridiculous pitch becomes a taut thrilling story with fascinating characters in an environment just as likely…
Dynamite and ERB Inc. End Lawsuit, Team Up for John Carter Comics
In a happy conclusion to a two-year legal battle, comics publisher Dynamite Entertainment has announced a new John Carter: Warlord of Mars comic with the approval of ERB Inc., better known as Edgar Rice Burroughs Incorporated. The legal woes revolved around the rights to John Carter, an early science fiction hero character created by Edgar…
Introducing Incredible Indie Tuesday!
As we tweak the site’s approach to the news, we knew that you, beloved readers, don’t just love the Big Two with all their pomp, circumstance and horrible history of wronging creators. So every Tuesday we’ll be focusing on the independent side of comic news. Indie, for the purposes of this weekly feature, will be…
News & Things: Awesome Comic Adaptations, Ahoy!
Walking Dead videogame debuts new trailer for upcoming Episode 3 Tomorrow is the release of the latest episode of the much-praised The Waking Dead: The Game Season Two. The series, which follows different characters set in the same universe as the comic, is notable for its sophisticated storytelling and emotional depth of its characters. For anyone who…
News & Things: Full of Godzilla!
New Godzilla Clip Reveals Plot Details A newly released clip from the upcoming Godzilla film gives us another glimpse of the monster, plus a hint of just what might be opposing his city-crushing crusade. Not for the spoiler-averse, but an exciting taste of what’s to come.
News & Things: Justice League Movie Announced (yay?) But No Wonder Woman (boo!)
Warner Brothers Announces Justice League film, is “warm” to a Wonder Woman film The long-awaited announcement for a Justice League movie has finally come out with Man of Steel’s Zach Snyder at the helm. They announced there are 9 films in development, including adaptations of Shazam, Fables, and the Metal Men. But don’t worry folks, they…
Staff Picks for May
Catie: This month, I’m most excited for yet another Image book: C.O.W.L. written by Kyle Higgins with art by Alec Siegel and Rod Reis. The story is all about a superhero labor union in ’60s Chicago, which promises me all the delicious politics that I love so much yet rarely see in my cape comics….
News & Things: Full of Sci-Fi Fun
Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay to Ressurect Liefeld’s Supreme in New On-Going In July, acclaimed writer Warren Ellis and artist Tula Lotay will be launching a new series called Supreme: Blue Rose that is based on Rob Liefeld’s Supreme. The series will likely be similar to Image’s revival of Prophet and a departure from the Supreme runs…
News & Things: Paul Bettany Sexy Robot Edition
Paul Bettany Confirms Avengers: Age of Ultron Appearance as the Vision Paul Bettany spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about finally appearing in person in the Marvel cinematic universe as the Vision in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron. Seeing as he’s been the deliciously British voice of Jarvis thus far, it’s not a stretch to imagine…
News & Things: Robert Downey Jr. Being Awesome Edition
Robert Downey Jr. Hosts Kid Screening of The Winter Soldier, Because Of Course He Did And he did it on his birthday, because what better way to celebrate that by bringing superhero joy to children?