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Marvel Comics has just announced that there will be a new series featuring a day-walking, vampire-hunting, badass coming this fall. Blade, who was born Eric Brooks, won’t be the titular character this time out though. This time around it will be his 16 year old daughter, Fallon Grey, who will be kicking undead ass and taking names. She will also probably be taking notes seeing as she is still in High School. Fans of the Blade franchise shouldn’t be worried though, as he will still be there to mentor her as a father and train her as a monster hunter. (No word on who the mother is yet) While the comic franchise is getting a reboot, there have also been rumors of the possibility of a new Blade film, which we reported on here. Blade #1 is set to debut this October. In the meantime, stay tuned for further updates on both the comic and the film.
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Outcast follows Kyle Barnes, a man who has been tormented by demonic possession his whole life. He has been labeled an “outcast” by the demons, although he is unsure what that means. He even has a newfound ability to “pull” demons out of others. In his quest to find answers and make sense of the world around him he uncovers a more sinister plot. This issue begins right where the last left off with Kyle and Reverend Anderson having just exorcised a demon from a girl named Sherry. Kyle is troubled because the girl is now left in a catatonic state just as his own mother was. He is starting to question his faith and wonders if they both would’ve been better off before he had intervened. In the meantime, the mysterious “Man In Black” visits another church member and they seem to conspire against Kyle and the Reverend. Whatever he is up to with these church members, it can’t
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Even though Robert Kirkman was absent from the San Diego Comic-Con, due to a surgery, the trailer for his new series ‘Outcast’ was played during the panel discussion for the new show. Lucky for us, he also released the trailer via his website skybound.com . The series, based on the adaption of Kirkman’s graphic novel by the same name, will star Patrick Fugit as the main character Kyle Barnes, a young man in search of answers to why he has suffered from demonic possessions all of his life. The series also stars Pete Burris (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Lacy Camp (Red Band Society), Julia Crockett (The Absence), Philip Glenister (Demons) and others. ‘Outcast’ will be directed by Adam Wingard. Robert Kirkman will be serving as a writer for the series, which will premier later this year on Cinemax.
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Dark Horse Comics has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that there are some revisions coming to the world of Mike Mignola, aka the Mignolaverse. The Mignolaverse includes Hellboy, Frankenstein Underground, Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D., Witchfinder, and Lobster Johnson. The big announcement is that iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson and Mike Mignola will co-write the upcoming Hellboy Winter Special, which is due out in January of next year. The new year will also be the end of writer John Arcudi’s time on B.P.R.D. At this point, Roberson will debut as the new co-writer for Hellboy & The B.P.R.D. Roberson will then write the first two stories of the new Hellboy & The B.P.R.D. : 1953 series. It was also revealed that Roberson was also brought in to call the shots on the Witchfinder series, although details on that are still unclear as of now. Stay tuned for more details as the story develops.
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Dark Horse Comics’ Harrow County #1 is a phenomenal paranormal masterpiece. The superb story-telling is further reinforced by exquisitely eerie watercolor art. The tale begins with the townspeople lynching a local healing woman, Hester Beck, who had been their neighbor and friend. They tolerated her gifts even when they were accompanied by unnatural signs. Well, that is until they found out what evil deeds fed and strengthened her powers. They were afraid that this “healer” might be able to mend her broken body so they shot, stabbed, beat, and burned her just to make sure. With her dying breath she forebode that she would be back, that this was not the end. She warned them that she would revisit them and repay them for their sins. Flash forward and we find Emmy, a farm girl who is suffering from nightmares about an old misshapen tree and afflicted with visions of “haints”, the long forgotten ghosts of Harrow County. Her father
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Question: What is black and white and red all over? Answer: A kick-ass comic about the goatpocalypse! 2015 is the Year of the Goat according to the Chinese Zodiac and it may just be right. The night that I recieved a copy of this book to review, a trending hashtag on Twitter was #AddGoatRuinAQuote. You may be able to ruin a quote by adding a goat, but if you add a whole bunch of goats to a horror/slasher comic about demonic possession, then you can’t go wrong. This book is proof of that. Now, I must admit that this book isn’t for everyone. Of course, I only say that because it is intended for mature audiences only. The story starts off on a farm in the southern United States, when a black bird lands and seems to whisper into the ear of a goat. The goat then becomes possessed and is suddenly endowed with the ability to walk and even
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At the Image Expo, The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman made a deal with Saga creator Brian K. Vaughan and artist Marcos Martin. This deal will allow Vaughan and Martin to do a Walking Dead one-shot story on their site Panel Syndicate. In exchange Kirkman, who is a partner at Image, will be able to make Vaughan and Martin’s digital comic Private Eye available for the first time in print through Image Comics. Vaughan, who has won the Eisner award multiple times, and artist Marcos Martin created the site Panel Syndicate where you can pay whatever amount you want to read digital comics. This will be an exclusive one time deal and will mark not only the first time that Private Eye will see print, but the first time that Kirkman will not be the writer of The Walking Dead. Rumor is that the deal will come to fruition this November.
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I just picked up Dark Horse Comics’ Midnight Society: The Black Lake #1 and after reading this review it should be evident that you should too. This book is the brainchild of Drew Edward Johnson who serves as the creator, writer, and artist. It also features Lizzy John as the colorist and the lettering of Steve Dutro. It is the first part of a four part miniseries and debuted on June 10th 2015. Johnson has skillfully combined the elements of steampunk, action-adventure, horror, and mystery into a tale that is hard to put down. The mixture is a wonderful concoction with flavors reminiscent of The Rocketeer, Indiana Jones, Hellboy, B.P.R.D. and the like. It pays homage to a lot of different genres and does it well. That and the name alone reminds me of my favorite Nickelodeon show, Are You Afraid of the Dark?. The masterful storytelling is complemented and furthered along with out of this world artwork, pun intended.
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The attendees of the San Diego Comic Con will have a chance to get the first look at ‘Outcast’, the TV adaption of the graphic novel by the same name, created by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta. Kirkman and Chris Black, who are serving as executive producers for the Cinemax series, will be hosting the presentation of ‘Outcast’ at Comic Con at 3 p.m. on July 11th, in room 6DE. Patrick Fugit, Phillip Glenister, and Wrenn Schmidt, who star in the show, will be attending the event along with two surprise guests. An autograph session will be held at the end of the event. The ‘Outcast’ series follows Kyle Barnes, played by Fugit, who experienced demonic possessions through out his childhood. Now Kyle is in search of answers, but what he finds is much larger than himself. Adam Wingard is serving as director for ‘Outcast’. IMDb has the release date listed as later this year.
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“The Walking Dead” is back and it’s not the long awaited Sixth season but a return to the video game media. Just announced today slightly under the radar, Telltale will be developing part mini series titled “Michonne” where you play as the katana wielding, zombie chaining and eye stabbing (wink-wink) Michonne. According to Telltale’s blog the story will take place in the comic book continuity between issues #129 and #139. It will inform players of how Michonne left the group and her return back so if you’re a fan of the comics you are in for some lovey back story. “The Walking Dead: Michonne – A Telltale mini series” is scheduled to release this fall on PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and all compatible iOS and Android based devices. Now personally I’ve played the first “The Walking Dead” game from 2012, it won Game of the Year that year and although I think it didn’t deserve
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Marvel Comics has just announced that there will be a new series featuring a day-walking, vampire-hunting, badass coming this fall. Blade, who was born Eric Brooks, won’t be the titular character this time out though. This time around it will be his 16 year old daughter, Fallon Grey, who will be kicking undead ass and taking names. She will also probably be taking notes seeing as she is still in High School. Fans of the Blade franchise shouldn’t be worried though, as he will still be there to mentor her as a father and train her as a monster hunter. (No word on who the mother is yet) While the comic franchise is getting a reboot, there have also been rumors of the possibility of a new Blade film, which we reported on here. Blade #1 is set to debut this October. In the meantime, stay tuned for further updates on both the comic and the film.
Continue reading →
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Outcast follows Kyle Barnes, a man who has been tormented by demonic possession his whole life. He has been labeled an “outcast” by the demons, although he is unsure what that means. He even has a newfound ability to “pull” demons out of others. In his quest to find answers and make sense of the world around him he uncovers a more sinister plot. This issue begins right where the last left off with Kyle and Reverend Anderson having just exorcised a demon from a girl named Sherry. Kyle is troubled because the girl is now left in a catatonic state just as his own mother was. He is starting to question his faith and wonders if they both would’ve been better off before he had intervened. In the meantime, the mysterious “Man In Black” visits another church member and they seem to conspire against Kyle and the Reverend. Whatever he is up to with these church members, it can’t
Continue reading →
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Even though Robert Kirkman was absent from the San Diego Comic-Con, due to a surgery, the trailer for his new series ‘Outcast’ was played during the panel discussion for the new show. Lucky for us, he also released the trailer via his website skybound.com . The series, based on the adaption of Kirkman’s graphic novel by the same name, will star Patrick Fugit as the main character Kyle Barnes, a young man in search of answers to why he has suffered from demonic possessions all of his life. The series also stars Pete Burris (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Lacy Camp (Red Band Society), Julia Crockett (The Absence), Philip Glenister (Demons) and others. ‘Outcast’ will be directed by Adam Wingard. Robert Kirkman will be serving as a writer for the series, which will premier later this year on Cinemax.
Continue reading →
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Dark Horse Comics has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that there are some revisions coming to the world of Mike Mignola, aka the Mignolaverse. The Mignolaverse includes Hellboy, Frankenstein Underground, Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D., Witchfinder, and Lobster Johnson. The big announcement is that iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson and Mike Mignola will co-write the upcoming Hellboy Winter Special, which is due out in January of next year. The new year will also be the end of writer John Arcudi’s time on B.P.R.D. At this point, Roberson will debut as the new co-writer for Hellboy & The B.P.R.D. Roberson will then write the first two stories of the new Hellboy & The B.P.R.D. : 1953 series. It was also revealed that Roberson was also brought in to call the shots on the Witchfinder series, although details on that are still unclear as of now. Stay tuned for more details as the story develops.
Continue reading →
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Dark Horse Comics’ Harrow County #1 is a phenomenal paranormal masterpiece. The superb story-telling is further reinforced by exquisitely eerie watercolor art. The tale begins with the townspeople lynching a local healing woman, Hester Beck, who had been their neighbor and friend. They tolerated her gifts even when they were accompanied by unnatural signs. Well, that is until they found out what evil deeds fed and strengthened her powers. They were afraid that this “healer” might be able to mend her broken body so they shot, stabbed, beat, and burned her just to make sure. With her dying breath she forebode that she would be back, that this was not the end. She warned them that she would revisit them and repay them for their sins. Flash forward and we find Emmy, a farm girl who is suffering from nightmares about an old misshapen tree and afflicted with visions of “haints”, the long forgotten ghosts of Harrow County. Her father
Continue reading →
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Question: What is black and white and red all over? Answer: A kick-ass comic about the goatpocalypse! 2015 is the Year of the Goat according to the Chinese Zodiac and it may just be right. The night that I recieved a copy of this book to review, a trending hashtag on Twitter was #AddGoatRuinAQuote. You may be able to ruin a quote by adding a goat, but if you add a whole bunch of goats to a horror/slasher comic about demonic possession, then you can’t go wrong. This book is proof of that. Now, I must admit that this book isn’t for everyone. Of course, I only say that because it is intended for mature audiences only. The story starts off on a farm in the southern United States, when a black bird lands and seems to whisper into the ear of a goat. The goat then becomes possessed and is suddenly endowed with the ability to walk and even
Continue reading →
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At the Image Expo, The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman made a deal with Saga creator Brian K. Vaughan and artist Marcos Martin. This deal will allow Vaughan and Martin to do a Walking Dead one-shot story on their site Panel Syndicate. In exchange Kirkman, who is a partner at Image, will be able to make Vaughan and Martin’s digital comic Private Eye available for the first time in print through Image Comics. Vaughan, who has won the Eisner award multiple times, and artist Marcos Martin created the site Panel Syndicate where you can pay whatever amount you want to read digital comics. This will be an exclusive one time deal and will mark not only the first time that Private Eye will see print, but the first time that Kirkman will not be the writer of The Walking Dead. Rumor is that the deal will come to fruition this November.
Continue reading →
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I just picked up Dark Horse Comics’ Midnight Society: The Black Lake #1 and after reading this review it should be evident that you should too. This book is the brainchild of Drew Edward Johnson who serves as the creator, writer, and artist. It also features Lizzy John as the colorist and the lettering of Steve Dutro. It is the first part of a four part miniseries and debuted on June 10th 2015. Johnson has skillfully combined the elements of steampunk, action-adventure, horror, and mystery into a tale that is hard to put down. The mixture is a wonderful concoction with flavors reminiscent of The Rocketeer, Indiana Jones, Hellboy, B.P.R.D. and the like. It pays homage to a lot of different genres and does it well. That and the name alone reminds me of my favorite Nickelodeon show, Are You Afraid of the Dark?. The masterful storytelling is complemented and furthered along with out of this world artwork, pun intended.
Continue reading →
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The attendees of the San Diego Comic Con will have a chance to get the first look at ‘Outcast’, the TV adaption of the graphic novel by the same name, created by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta. Kirkman and Chris Black, who are serving as executive producers for the Cinemax series, will be hosting the presentation of ‘Outcast’ at Comic Con at 3 p.m. on July 11th, in room 6DE. Patrick Fugit, Phillip Glenister, and Wrenn Schmidt, who star in the show, will be attending the event along with two surprise guests. An autograph session will be held at the end of the event. The ‘Outcast’ series follows Kyle Barnes, played by Fugit, who experienced demonic possessions through out his childhood. Now Kyle is in search of answers, but what he finds is much larger than himself. Adam Wingard is serving as director for ‘Outcast’. IMDb has the release date listed as later this year.
Continue reading →
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“The Walking Dead” is back and it’s not the long awaited Sixth season but a return to the video game media. Just announced today slightly under the radar, Telltale will be developing part mini series titled “Michonne” where you play as the katana wielding, zombie chaining and eye stabbing (wink-wink) Michonne. According to Telltale’s blog the story will take place in the comic book continuity between issues #129 and #139. It will inform players of how Michonne left the group and her return back so if you’re a fan of the comics you are in for some lovey back story. “The Walking Dead: Michonne – A Telltale mini series” is scheduled to release this fall on PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and all compatible iOS and Android based devices. Now personally I’ve played the first “The Walking Dead” game from 2012, it won Game of the Year that year and although I think it didn’t deserve
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