This Wednesday, Fantastic Four alum Mark Waid returns to the team Waid wrote to great fan acclaim for several years back in the early ’00s, with the four-issue series Fantastic Four: Antithesis (opens in new tab). (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) But Waid’s not showing up alone …
Read More »How the latest Elder Scrolls Online DLC was inspired by classic horror
The Elder Scrolls Online’s new Stonethorn update is an amalgam of horror’s most famous monsters, from vampires and werewolves to mad scientists and gargoyles. As a fan of both The Elder Scrolls Online and horror, I was eager to learn more about these themes and how Stonethorn ties into the …
Read More »How Jimmy Palmiotti & Amanda Conner are coping with the pandemic (and what advice they can give for other creators)
Comic creators (and real-life husband-and-wife duo) Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner are living through the pandemic, just like everyone reading this. (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) The duo was halfway through their current DC/Black Label series Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey (opens in new tab) when …
Read More »New Taskmaster title kills Maria Hill and rocks the Marvel espionage world to its core
Maria Hill is dead – and Taskmaster appears to be responsible. But did he really commit the crime? That’s the question at the heart of writer Jed MacKay and artist Alessandro Vitti’s upcoming Taskmaster limited series that pits the skull-faced mercenary against Marvel’s espionage community with life-or-death stakes. (Image credit: …
Read More »How Techland pulled Hellraid off the shelf to inspire its new Dying Light DLC
Before diving into Dying Light’s new Hellraid DLC (opens in new tab), let’s address the herd of elephants in the room. Yes, Techland is still working on Dying Light 2 (opens in new tab). Yes, Hellraid (opens in new tab), the studio’s dark fantasy hack n’ slash, is still technically …
Read More »The making of Cuphead: It was passion and papercuts that helped Studio MDHR learn that the devil is always in the details
Studio MDHR clearly had no idea what it was getting itself into. That we can say now with some degree of certainty. Founders Chad and Jared Moldenhauer had never made a video game before, nor did they know how to, they only knew that they liked playing them. Many of …
Read More »Empyre may have made Captain Marvel a Kree Accuser but she wont play by just anybodys rules
Marvel’s summer event Empyre is in full swing – and Carol Danvers is right at the heart of things starting in July 29’s Captain Marvel #18 from writer Kelly Thompson and artist Cory Smith. And that’s not a surprise – as a genetically part Kree herself and the protégé of …
Read More »New Wonder Woman writer Mariko Tamaki aims to “interrogate the concept of justice”
A new chapter in the story of Wonder Woman begins this week as Eisner Award-winning (opens in new tab) writer Mariko Tamaki (opens in new tab) and long-time DC exclusive artist Mikel Janin take over the character’s ongoing title. (Image credit: DC) (opens in new tab) After speaking with Janin …
Read More »Wonder Woman shows “how we fail, and how we can be better” says artist Mikel Janin
July 28’s Wonder Woman #759 (opens in new tab) marks the beginning of a new era with Supergirl Being Super’s Mariko Tamaki (opens in new tab) and Batman’s Mikel Janín starting their run on the iconic character. Wonder Woman is picking up the pieces from her battle with the Four …
Read More »Dan Fogler on his apocalyptic Heavy Metal series with Ben Templesmith
Actor/writer Dan Fogler has had a dark vision of a fictional apocalyptic future which he’s been telling in the comic book series Brooklyn Gladiator (opens in new tab), and now he’s looking back to when it all began in a prequel called Fishkill. In this day and age readers might …
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