Tag Archives: Comics

I was well positioned to be disappointed with this film. A studio having ‘artistic differences’ with the writer/director is never good – add the fact that the auteur in question was geek superman Edgar Wright and that Ant-Man was a passion project ...

The Image Comics series Chew is set for an animated film adaptation helmed by director Jeff Krelitz (Torchwood: Web of Lies and Peter Panzerfaust). The popular and critically acclaimed comic is written by John Layman, who has also penned the ...

Literary ascension is an objective of many genres. Science fiction and fantasy continually battle to have their literary entries recognised, more unconventional media like comic books lobby for validation of their literary qualities, and the digital era may produce new ...

Rumours are flying today around both Marvel and DC’s cinematic universes. Marvel’s adaptation of Doctor Strange, set for release in November 2016 and already slated to star Benedict Cumberbath is looking to expand the cast with a bit of gender-swap ...

Back in 2009, Image Comics launched Chew, a strange series about an FDA agent with a peculiar talent. The gamble paid off. Chew was a commercial hit and managed to win over the critics as well, having won two Eisner ...

The CW’s The Flash might not be the height of cool, feature the most original or intriguing plots, or even serve up particularly well-written dialogue, but it has something every show wishes it had: great fun. It’s fun to watch ...

Not to be left behind on the superhero front, NBC green-lit DC’s Hellbazer comics to be adapted into a series for 2014. It was not smooth sailing for the series, with major cast changes and script rewrites early on. But ...

One of the things I have loved most about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (as opposed to DC’s) is that it knows how to have fun. With the Netflix original series Daredevil, the new MCU has deviated from that original vision ...

No stranger to pushing boundaries, Alan Moore has done it again. Since 2008, Moore has been working on a novel that not only puts the standard novel length to shame, it outright challenges readers everywhere to develop a tenacious reading ...

In March 2014, Dark Horse comics began publishing the miniseries Veil. This creator-owned comic series comes from the mind of the Eisner Award winning writer Greg Rucka with the artistic talents of Toni Fejzula. The hardcover collection of all issues ...