Sociologists would have you believe that the only reason we turn to comic books is for wish fulfillment…but would you be surprised to find out they can be right?! For example: Kevin Nowlan draws great […]
By Loran Boy, I can’t leave well enough alone, can I? Last week I expressed how much I was displeased with the Spidey figure I have from the 2010 Spider-man line. It’s a shame that […]
This coming Wednesday Marvel’s Uncanny X-Force Volume 1 The Apocalypse Solution hits the shelves. Written by Rick Remender and illustrated by Jerome Opena, so you know its got the Matt D approval. You’ll see me pushing their Fear […]
By Chris Troy I genuinely feel bad for all of you who have stuck with Brightest Day. I dropped the latest Geoff John’s Retcon-Murderporn mini-series 5 issues in, when I realized the only characters I […]
The greatest comic book that NOBODY has ever written is one where toast dresses up like a human to eat all the bad toast that plagues their planet of walking, talking pieces of toast. It […]
By Loran When I saw these new Spider-man figures on the shelves, I was a bit confused. Was there some new cartoon out that I hadn’t heard of? Well, I guess Hasbro realized the power […]
Make sure to get here on Wednesday and pick up a copy of the Madman All-New Giant-Size Super Ginchy Special! You don’t know how happy I am that there is a new issue of Mike […]
by Chris Troy Good evening/afternoon/evening FPNYC faithful (I’m making sure I’m covering all my timezone, depending on your internet reading habits.)! Sorry for the delay in this weeks articles, but I’m coming off of a […]
What a week for insanely violent comic madness. It’s as if Satan himself came up from hell and packed our shelves with his favorite stuff. Avatar publishing has been at the top of their gruesome […]
By Unkiedev Marvel tells us that Ultimate X #4 will ship this week. Sure it will. I’ve only plugged it three times, and each solicitation fails to deliver. If the Gods of Comic Books indeed […]
The wildly popular Image comic Chew is now in development for a Showtime television series by the Circle of Confusion company, who are also behind AMC’s The Walking Dead. The show is to be directed by Stephen […]
Today Fright-Rags released a limited edition Famous Monsters Of Filmland shirt designed by Jason Edmiston that will blow your mind Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Mummy…these monsters have been an integral part of horror for the better […]
Since FF#1 came out this week I figured why not tell you about Warren Ellis’ design your own Fantastic Four #1 cover challenge. Well I guess there’s not much to it… Warren Ellis’ has an […]
By Michael Bramley Novelist Joe Hill’s comics debut, Locke and Key, is the very best Vertigo book of the last ten years, and it’s not even published by Vertigo. Nope, this is an IDW title […]
By Unkiedev Comic books are the perfect marriage of pictures and words…but even the best couples need to take a break from one another from time to time! There is a great tradition of comics […]
By Christopher Troy Let me start this article off by saying thank you to the 4 of you who actually read these posts. I know people do, because whenever I bring up a Figma or […]
They released pictures of Adrianne Palicki in full costume from the NBC Wonder Woman reboot, and woo boy are the kids in an uproar. And by kids, I mean John, the self-proclaimed “resident gay who […]
Fans of Wolverine, Stephen Hawking and Black Flag make sure to mark your calendar’s for Matt Jones Multiverse! Matt is a good friend of mine (and a great customer for that matter) and this is […]
by Unkiedev From Superman’s weakness to Kryptonite to Cyclops’s inability to damage ruby quartz, many of our favorite comic book heroes have limits to their powers in order to make them relatable. I believe Wolverine […]
I hope everyone is excited as I am about I Zombie volume 1 Dead To The World hitting shelves this Wednesday. Ok, it’s about a zombie, so I obviously don’t have to sell you on […]
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