Last week I talked about the first of a couple big announcements this month from Marvel and Disney: Agents of SHIELD. This week it’s the other big announcement – Big Hero 6 from Walt Disney Studios. It’s the first full Disney, but Marvel concept movie. And it could be the …
Iron Man 3 armored up into theaters yesterday and it is already considered a hit, with 78% on Rotten Tomatoes and favorable reviews from some of the harshest critics. Well, I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the film on Tuesday, alongside other critics of Chicago. So how …
If you already have plans for Saturday May 4th, 2013, cancel them. For those of you familiar with comic book related events, the first Saturday of May is Free Comic Book Day. This annual event is a collaboration between major comic book publishers and your local comic book stores to …
This weekend marks the opening of the first Marvel occurrence at a Disney theme park. As a promotion for the upcoming movie Iron Man 3, Disneyland is host to the Iron Man Tech exhibit. Housed on the top floor of Innoventions in Tomorrowland, this exhibit originally was at Comic Con …
Marvel has a plethora of great series and characters. We’ve seen this in how they’re releasing movies. Cartoons have always been a great platform to introduce people to the comics. And soon the company will have live-action television as a great venue (okay, so they’ve had it before, but not …
Recently, Marvel has released Marvel Unlimited for iOS which means that, for a fee, the Marvel Comics library is at the disposal of users on most Apple platforms (and Windows PC’s too). More on this later, but I say this first because it has given me a chance to read …
It’s here. A trailer pitting Iron Man against Mandarin for the upcoming Iron Man 3. So before I start telling you what I think about it, how about we watch it? So what do you think? I personally found this to be my favorite trailer so far. This movie just …
It’s almost the end of February, but still the beginnings of 2013. What a perfect time to talk about Marvel’s phase 3 of movies. Wait…phase 3? We’ve not even started phase 2 movies! While Iron Man 3, the first of Marvel Studios’ phase 2 movies, is yet to premier, the …
Hello! It’s 2013, and Marvel’s revamp of all their comics is almost totally complete. One of the final components is in place: The Superior Spider-Man. Wizard Victor did a great job at setting up this ground-breaking comic. In Amazing Spider-Man #700, the comics world said good-bye to the Spider-Man we …
Happy New Year everyone! 2012 had some great films, including the blockbuster Avengers. But, 2013 may be just as big with the releases of a few Marvel films, and the beginnings of Avengers 2 from a couple of them. Here’s some things about the films to gear up for this …
Hello, comic book fans! I’ve once again returned on this Wednesday to share with you some comic book knowledge. Continuing with my last two posts about movie adaptations of comic books, I want to talk about some of the announcements going on with the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. Some …
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Murray’s going to be out of town for most of December and has asked me to fill in for him. Well, I thought I would take this opportunity to talk about some of the latest news roundup for the next X-Men film, X-Men: Days of Future Past. …
There’s been stories of that age old question of if you could go back in time and tell your past self what lies ahead, would you do it and what would happen as a result? In All New X-Men, a new comic series by Marvel, the question is, if you …
It’s Halloween! And it happens to fall on a Wednesday! So, to celebrate the holiday here’s a reprint of an entry from last year. Featured in the entry is a look at Spider-Man’s costume history. Happy Halloween! For the most part, Peter Parker has donned the red and blue costume …
If you didn’t catch Mr. Daps’ post yesterday, the Iron Man 3 trailer is out. This highly anticipated sequel looks to be a little bit of a different version from the previous two. The same characters and actors that portrayed them in the previous film are back. What is different …