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In this week’s comics, Venom recruits the new Fantastic Four! Also, Cthulhu Robots!

Tomorrow brings a ton of new releases to your local comic book store. Witness new stories from the early years of the Jedi order, Bucky Barnes striking out on his own, environmental apocalypse from the writer of DMZ, and scads of other groovy funnymags. First Issues Ed Brubaker pens a new ongoing Winter Soldier series…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

How to create a scifi comic cover (with dystopian design maven Brian Wood)

Later this year, Dark Horse Comics will release The Massive, a new ongoing comic book from writer/illustrator Brian Wood (DMZ, Channel Zero, Northlanders). In this apocalyptic series, every gloomy forecast for climate change rattles the planet at the same time, and a group of environmentalists must uncover why the ecosystem’s gone to pot. Brian took…

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The Dark Knight rides a shark in bondage-crazy 1960s Batman art

In 1966, famed pulp artist Norman Saunders — who illustrated the 1962 Mars Attacks cards — produced a series of magical paintings for Topps’ Batman trading card line. https://gizmodo.com/robots-mad-scientists-and-damsels-astounding-pulp-cov-5834890 https://gizmodo.com/hang-the-martian-invasion-on-your-living-room-wall-5550481 These illustrations often featured the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder being tied up or dolefully getting clobbered by bad guys (such as The Joker,…

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The 1989 Avengers Male Beauty Pageant Informed Us Hawkeye Had A Fantastic Ass

With The Avengers hitting theaters this summer, audiences are eagerly anticipating a chiseled parade of superhuman beefcake saving the world, not unlike if the Chippendales were conscripted as U.N. Peacekeepers. But did you know that Marvel Comics actually rated The Avengers according to hotness two decades ago? It’s true! In November 1989’s Avengers West Coast…

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Superman’s Underpants For Sale in Malaysia

Now that Superman’s no longer wearing his trademark red undershorts, in either the comics or movie versions, you might have wondered what’s become of them. And apparently, they’re in Malaysia, where they’re a hot-selling item. According to the New Straits Times, residential neighborhoods in Tampoi have been plastered with ads for “Superman’s Underpants,” which are…

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In Jeff VanderMeer’s webcomic The Situation, a fish designer plays a surreal game of office politics

Even in post-apocalyptic world where men can transform into human resources bears and brain slugs can edit out disturbing memories, you can’t escape the mindfuck that is office politics. In the webcomic adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s darkly comic story The Situation, a lowly fish designer is thrust into a world of traitorous brain-linking coworkers and…

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The best Nic Cage quote in the history of Nic Cage quotes

Bless Nic Cage and his never ending supply of lunatic theories and philosophies. But the latest batch of Cage philosophy might be his best quote yet, as the uber-acting god explains how he got into character as the flame-headed Ghost Rider. https://gizmodo.com/nic-cage-explains-his-philosophy-of-acting-5508977 Thanks to a good supply of facepaint, trick contact lenses, and sewing magic…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Fan-made Dark Knight Rises Titles So Good, They Deserve to be in Nolan’s Movie

Exceptionally gifted designer Doğan Can Gündoğdu decided to go ahead and make his own opening titles for Chris Nolan’s upcoming Batman movie. And we’re all pretty thrilled with the end result. What do you think — do these opening credits fit the gritty world of Nolan’s trilogy? [via Comic Book Movie]

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Cthulhu Transformers = Something We’d Never Thought We’d See

Boy howdy, this is one of the strangest comic previews we’ve ever run. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive preview of the first issue of Infestation 2: Transformers. In this seven-page sneak peek, a bunch of Lovecraftian Decepticons in the 1800s rise from the depths to brawl with a group of steampunk Autobots. Riverboat…

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Why Video Games Are the New Pulps

A couple of days ago, the esteemed Charlie Jane Anders looked at the dearth of new, sustaining pop culture heroes and villains. That, with the exception of Harry Potter, we haven’t seen a new character with the perceived permanence of a James Bond or a Captain Kirk or Spider-Man — and she blamed it on…

Books & Comics Marc Bernardin

Martian Manhunter gets a psychic headache in this sneak peek of DC Comics’ Stormwatch

Courtesy of DC Comics, here’s an exclusive first look at next week’s issue of Stormwatch. In this four-page preview by Doctor Who scribe Paul Cornell and illustrator Miguel Sepulveda, the clandestine superteam gets hammered by an extraterrestrial threat who should look familiar to WildC.A.T.s readers. Watch as your favorite characters like Apollo, The Midnighter, and…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Artist transforms constipated Victorian photos into flamboyant scifi heroes

We’ve seen kaiju inserted into yard sale paintings and vampiric 1800s facsimiles of Nicolas Cage. In the spirit of such portraiture comes Alex Gross’ series of science fiction cabinet cards, in which he takes poor dead bastards who kicked it 100+ years ago and repaints them as pop icons. Gross will be presenting a new…

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How to Create a Brand New Iconic Hero or Villain

Over a decade into the 21st Century, our imaginations are captivated by creations of the 19th and 20th. Sherlock Holmes rules television and movies. We’re eagerly awaiting new movies about James Bond, Captain Kirk, Superman, Batman and Spider-Man. Where are the 21st Century mass-media heroes and villains? Why isn’t anybody even trying to create them?…

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Avengers fine art covers present The Hulk à la Michelangelo and Al Hirschfeld

Marvel’s gearing up for the release of The Avengers with some curious promotions, but here’s one that’s pretty magnificent. Come April, Marvel will give select comics variant covers depicting Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as illustrated by the likes of Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Monet. Here’s what they’ve unveiled so far. I wouldn’t mind having that Georges Seurat…

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In this week’s comics, a new Airbender book is on the stands!

What can you look forward to this Wednesday? A new Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel, Cthulhu versus The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and futuristic teens trapped in video game dystopias. Let’s hop on in! First Issues The debut issue of Infestation 2 — which promises to unite (among several franchises) Transformers, Ninja Turtles, 30…

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Meet He-She, the most unsung comic book villain ever

For most comic fans, Two-Face is the gold standard for bilateral asymmetry (though I’m sure there’s a small band of Ultra the Multi-Alien loyalists among you). But did you know that there was a malefactor who debuted around the same time as Two-Face who was twice as weird? Meet Charles Biro’s He-She, a bad guy…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Read an exclusive preview of the next issue of 30 Days of Night!

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive sneak peek at the next issue of the 30 Days of Night ongoing series by writer Steve Niles and extremely idiosyncratic illustrator Sam Kieth (whose work we recently discussed on this very site). 30 Days of Night #4 hits stores this Wednesday, January 25 — here’s a plot…

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New set pic from Man of Steel shows off Superman’s new super-suit!

Check out this close-up shot of our new Superman, Henry Cavill, on the set of The Man of Steel. Sporting the jet-black hair and scaled spandex, he certainly is filling out that cape fairly well. But without his red shorts, we wonder if Cavill will be plagued with the notorious “Bowie Bulge” from Labyrinth —…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avengers colognes bottle the Hulk’s radioactive body odor

In anticipation of Joss Whedon’s upcoming superhero remake of the Night of 100 Stars, olfactory merchants JADS International have assembled a line of Avengers-themed fragrances. But upon reviewing these scents, we find them hopelessly non-canonical. Hopefully JADS will get it right when the Deadpool cologne debuts. Yes, that is happening. Mark VII: “Mark VII combines…

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Why Manga Publishing Is Dying (And How It Could Get Better)

If in 2007, manga was like a foreign movie star who had arrived on American shores to make it big, the last four years have been like watching that star run out of roles, run out of money, sell their house, go into rehab, and end up barely limping along in infomercials. Dropping Sales Manga…

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In this week’s comics, Venom recruits the new Fantastic Four! Also, Cthulhu Robots!

How to create a scifi comic cover (with dystopian design maven Brian Wood)

The Dark Knight rides a shark in bondage-crazy 1960s Batman art

The 1989 Avengers Male Beauty Pageant Informed Us Hawkeye Had A Fantastic Ass

Superman’s Underpants For Sale in Malaysia

In Jeff VanderMeer’s webcomic The Situation, a fish designer plays a surreal game of office politics

The best Nic Cage quote in the history of Nic Cage quotes

Fan-made Dark Knight Rises Titles So Good, They Deserve to be in Nolan’s Movie

Cthulhu Transformers = Something We’d Never Thought We’d See

Why Video Games Are the New Pulps

Martian Manhunter gets a psychic headache in this sneak peek of DC Comics’ Stormwatch

Artist transforms constipated Victorian photos into flamboyant scifi heroes

How to Create a Brand New Iconic Hero or Villain

Avengers fine art covers present The Hulk à la Michelangelo and Al Hirschfeld

In this week’s comics, a new Airbender book is on the stands!

Meet He-She, the most unsung comic book villain ever

Read an exclusive preview of the next issue of 30 Days of Night!

New set pic from Man of Steel shows off Superman’s new super-suit!

Avengers colognes bottle the Hulk’s radioactive body odor

Why Manga Publishing Is Dying (And How It Could Get Better)

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