This is a reminder that today is Free Comic Book day. Free Comic Book Day is an event that is held on the first Saturday of every May, where participating stores offer a variety of free comic books provided by all the major publishers.
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Free Comic Book Day 2015
Saturday, May 2nd, 2015Rogue Trooper Classics
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Rogue Trooper is one of my absolute favorite 2000 AD series, and thanks to IDW Publishing some of the earliest Rogue Trooper stories are now collected in trade paperback format, in glorious full-color.
Bongo Comics – McBane #1
Wednesday, December 24th, 2014
Today at the comic book store, we picked up the first issue of McBane, a new comic based around the action hero parody McBane from The Simpsons. Now, in addition to the comic, you also get this awesome movie poster for ‘Have Bodybag, Will Travel’, the latest McBane flick.
What’s really unique about this issue is the comic is also the poster:
Makes it a bit hard to read, but it’s also really cool. In all honesty, though, I’m hoping this stays a one-off kinda thing, and it doesn’t become a trend.
BATMETAL
Monday, July 28th, 2014This video combines two of my favorite entertainment forces, Batman and Dethklok, into a fusion of metal and vigilantism. Fair warning, it’s a bit weird.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Trailer 2
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014Guardians of the Galaxy drops August 1st, 2014.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
If you’re not aware, today is Free Comic Book Day! Go to your local comic book shop to take advantage of this awesome offer. As you can see, we really cleaned up.
X-Men: Days Of Future Past – Opening Fight Scene
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014This scene from the upcoming X-Men sequel shows the remaining mutant resistance fighting off the upgraded Sentinels of the future. This scene alone gives me higher hopes for this movie.
X-Men: Days of Future Past drops May 23rd, 2014.
Batman: Strange Days
Friday, April 11th, 2014Batman: Strange Days is a short produced by Bruce Timm celebrating Batman’s 75th anniversary. It’s a blend of Golden Age Batman with Hugo Strange and one of his monster men, mixed with the iconic “Timmverse” art style featured in the DC Animated Universe.
Do You Want A Sequel To ‘DREDD’?
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014If you haven’t seen ‘DREDD’ yet, it’s a damn fine movie adaption of Judge Dredd (it’s on Netflix) and I highly recommend it. Karl Urban, who played the title character, made this video to remind the fans that they’re hard at work at getting a sequel made, and there’s a petition working towards that goal.
You can sign the petition here: 2000adonline.us5.list-manage.com
Judge Dredd Time-Lapse
Friday, November 29th, 2013Have you seen the Judge Dredd reboot/remake film ‘Dredd’, yet? Well, this isn’t from that. It’s actually a time-lapse of some awesome, high-quality makeup that turns a model’s jaw into one closely representing Dredd’s jaw in the comics, since, y’know, that’s the only part of his face you’re ever supposed to see.
Roll Hard Comic Preview Special Deal
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
DPx Gear is having a special deal. Purchase either a HEFT 4 Assault or HEST II Assault knife and add an author-signed preview copy of ‘Roll Hard’ to the order, and get both for just $99. That’s a potential savings of over 50% for the knife alone, plus a signed copy of a kick-ass graphic novel to boot.
www.dpxgear.com/shop/knives/roll-hard-comic-preview-special-deal.html
Thor: The Dark World – Trailer
Thursday, August 8th, 2013Survivorman Comic Book
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Les Stroud is getting his own comic book to be released this Fall, based on the Survivorman television show. ‘Survivorman: The Horn of Providence’, which involves Les ‘Survivorman’ Stroud chasing down a stolen artifact from American history, sounds a bit more Indiana Jones than the standard Survivorman affair. The story is being written by Dusty McGowen, with Brian Lucey and Matt Lesniewski on art, and is being published by Blue Water Comics.
Hat Tip: Comicbook.com
Z.E.R.T. Comics
Sunday, July 14th, 2013
The official comic of the Zombie Eradication Response Team, created by Aaron Mauldin and written by Jesse Saunders, with art by Monty Borror. The series is available in both print and digital format, and if you happen to be in San Diego for Comic-Con, you can pick up a limited edition pencil cover variant of issue #2.
FUBAR Press Merchandise
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
FUBAR Press, the people behind the FUBAR series of zombie war comics, has their own store on Etsy. On it, you can currently buy a number of their zombie shooting targets.
The Cost Of Being Iron Man
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
MoneySupermarket has released an updated infographic detailing the cost of being Iron Man in anticipation for the upcoming ‘Iron Man 3’. Taken into account is his expanded armory of suits, the cost to rebuild his home, his collection of cars, and his super computer. It all comes out to just north of 10 billion dollars; being a super hero just isn’t a poor man’s game, unless your Peter Parker, of course.
http://www.moneysupermarket.com/money/the-cost-of-being-iron-man-3-infographic/
‘Kick-Ass 2’ – Red Band Trailer (NSFW)
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013Plasma Cutting Batarangs
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Tony Swatton of MAN AT ARMS custom creates 6 hardened steel batarangs that are more practical (in function, at least) than the standard affair seen in the various Batman films.
You Missed – Deadpool In Bullets
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
Created by Mike Oncley for Ltd. Art Gallery in Seattle, this bit of art depicts everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth as a mosaic made from spent brass and shotshells.
http://www.ltdartgallery.com/product/you-missed-by-mike-oncley-original
‘Wonder Woman’ Fan Trailer
Monday, March 4th, 2013
Female Super Hero Fan Film from Jesse V. Johnson on Vimeo.
Wonder Woman beats up the Nazi menace in this fan trailer directed by Jesse V. Johnson and staring Nina Bergman as the titular heroine.
Michonne Resin Statue – Pre-Order
Monday, February 11th, 2013
McFarlane Toys is offering this highly-detailed and bad-ass resin statue of the Michonne from ‘The Walking Dead’. The 14.5″ statue is hand signed by series creator Robert Kirkman with a certificate of authenticity signed by Todd McFarlane and details Michonne, katana in hand, mid-combat against two walkers. Limited to 1500 pieces, the statue will be available for sale at noon, EST today, the time of this article’s publication.
‘The Walking Dead’ In Black And White
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
Starting February, AMC is going to re-air seasons one and two of ‘The Walking Dead’ in monochrome. If anything else, it’s a nice treat for the fans of the comic, which is done in black and white.
Hat tip: io9.com
Black Powder Red Earth Volume 4 Available Now
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
The plot of this epic graphic novel is simple, “Special operations contractors, backed by Saudi petrodollars, wage a war of ruthless intrigue and clandestine violence against Iranian proxies and agents in the post-Iraq state, Basran.” But in this final volume, the “Black Powder Red Earth” story culminates in a 4 hour capture-kill raid as the Cold Harbor raiders hunt down an Iranian HVT responsible for the IRGC WMD program
Volume 4 is available through www.amazon.com.
Fanboy note: Just doing my part to spread the word on this awesome graphic novel. Pick up a copy today!
This article was originally published on Soldier Systems Daily.
MultiCam In Kick-Ass 2
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Jim Carrey is playing Colonel Stars (in a MultiCam outfit to boot) in ‘Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall’, the upcoming sequel to ‘Kick-Ass’, the movie based on the comic of the same name.
‘Tilt-Shift Vol. 1: The Quiet Profession’ On Kickstarter
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
‘Tilt-Shift Vol. 1: The Quite Profession’ is a graphic novel written by Jose Torres-Cooban with art by Joshua Hood. The 12-issue series details a first-hand account of the actions of Team Galahad through the eyes of combat photographer Specialist Freddie Blythe. The purpose of the series is to shift perspective on the Global War On Terror to those fighting on the front lines and promises to be the closest thing to the full Special Operations experience found in any medium, being written by actual Special Operations combat veterans.
Tilt-Shift is currently up for funding on Kickstarter.
Tilt-Shift also has a Facebook page.
This article was originally posted on Soldier Systems Daily.
