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REVIEW: Amazing Spider-Man #1 (2018)

andrewrodriguez | Jul 13, 2018 | 0

“With great power must also come great responsibility.” That singular phrase is what writer Nick Spencer and artist Ryan Ottley were entrusted with when they took their respective torches from Dan Slott and his menagerie of collaborators during his run on Marvel’s flagship masked hero. This un...

REVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6, “Fred’s Bro-Tillion” and “Food Fight”

virginiakublawi | Jul 3, 2018 | 0

*Spoilers* In “Fred’s Bro-tillion,” Aunt Cass fights rowdy kitchen supplies. Meanwhile, Fred calls his friends, insisting that it’s an emergency, but when they arrive, he’s on the couch getting a foot rub. He tells his friends that his Bro-tillion is coming up; a Bro-tillion, h...

New Independent Comic The Last Line Launches Next Month

AlexGherzo | Jun 18, 2018 | 0

Independent comic books are on the rise of late, a response to the perceived deficiencies in the mainstream comics industry. Former DC and Marvel artist Ethan van Sciver has found great success with Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney, his revival of his Cyberfrog character, and Richard C. Meyer of Diversity &...

REVIEW: Jupiter Jet, Volume One (2018)

mikecalkins | May 30, 2018 | 0

I love this comic! Whoops, I spoiled the review early, but I honestly cannot contain my excitement. Jupiter Jet is an absolute blast, one that had me (figuratively) madly flipping the pages from beginning to end. Jupiter Jet follows a sixteen-year-old girl named Jacky who, with the use of an awesome...

Upcoming Spawn Movie Casts its Lead

AlexGherzo | May 29, 2018 | 0

One of the characters that helped define comic books in the 90s is returning to theaters, as Deadline reports that Jamie Foxx is going to play the lead role in the Blumhouse-produced Spawn. Foxx will portray All Simmons, a slain black-ops soldier who, after making a literal deal with the devil to be...

Top 5 Comic Book Callbacks in Avengers: Infinity War

AlexGherzo | May 2, 2018 | 0

Geeks + Gamers is once again spreading its wings. As with Doctor Strange, I appeared on the Fresh Geek Context podcast to discuss Avengers: Infinity War (among other topics) with hosts Jace and Josh. It’s a great show that talks about all sorts of fun, geeky subjects, and you should consider liste...