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 ...
Read More »Lost Girls and the nature of filth
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 ...
Read More »Casting rumours of the superhero variety
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 ...
Read More »Cibopaths and saboscrivners: The tasty flavours of Chew
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 ...
Read More »DC’s Legends of Tomorrow gets a trailer
If you thought we’d reached a natural saturation point for superheroes on TV, think again. CW has just released the first look trailer for its newest DC series, an Arrow and The Flash spin-off, entitled Legends of Tomorrow. Unlike its ...
Read More »Why you should all be watching The Flash
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 ...
Read More »Avengers: Age of Ultron – Too many superheroes, too little time
The first Avengers film was a true majestic feat. It took the idea of an ensemble cast to new heights. The film didn’t consist of just any ensemble, it was full of massive stars in their own rights, with huge ...
Read More »Rat Queens: Put the sexy back in large wholesale slaughter!
I recently did some impulse buying of comic books. You hear about so many good series, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. Picking up on various recommendations, I purchased the volume one trade paperbacks of The Wicked + The ...
Read More »Marvel’s Daredevil has no problem showing us the dark side
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 ...
Read More »Alan Moore’s Jerusalem to publish in 2016
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 ...
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