Archive for the ‘Comics’ Category
Best Comic Book Movies
December 2, 2010 5:08 pm Comics, FilmNext year is going to bring us several new comic book inspired movies, with Captain America and Thor both making their premiers, but that got me to thinking: ”What are the best comic book movies?” Fortunately, I have an answer for everything. Blade Wesley Snipes may be having legal troubles right now, but back in [...]
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Great Minimalist Desktop Wallpapers
November 24, 2010 2:20 pm Artwork, Cartoons, ComicsSo when it comes to my computer’s wallpaper I change it a lot, usually for no other reason than to change it. However, the problem with that is finding desktop wallpapers that I actually want on my computer. Lately I’ve been on a minimalist kick and had been having trouble finding wallpapers that fit that [...]
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X-Dogs: A Parody of X-Men #1
November 12, 2010 4:30 am Comics, Dogs, featured, HumorIt’s hard to believe that it’s been more than 40 years since the very first X-Men comic came out. X-Men #1 is a classic, introducing characters that have become a part of comic legend, including one of the greatest villains ever to grace the printed page – Magneto. Ever since the success of our Marvel [...]
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Funny X-Men Videos
November 4, 2010 12:00 pm Cartoons, Comics, HumorThe guys over at Floating Hands Studios have come up with some great videos, most of them making fun of different Marvel characters. My favorites though, are the ones that poke fun at some of the…inconsistencies in the X-Men universe. Below are some of my favorites. They’re not very long, so I recommend you enjoy [...]
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Marvel ESPN NBA Cover – Kobe, Kevin Durant, & Lebron
October 28, 2010 6:37 pm Artwork, ComicsAs a comic book fan and a NBA fan and then as a Laker fan I was quite happily surprised when I saw this month’s issue of ESPN the Mag. Beautifully illustrated on the cover by the Marvel’s Chief Editor, Joe Quesada with inks by Dann Miki and colors by Richard Isnove are three of [...]
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Athletes as Superheroes
October 22, 2010 3:43 pm Comics, SportsTo coincide with the beginning of the NBA season, Marvel and ESPN collaborated on an edition of ESPN the Magazine showing members of the NBA as different characters from the Marvel Universe. While I disagreed with some of their choices, it got me to thinking – what athletes match up with which superheroes? Iron Man [...]
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The Prometheus Device
October 18, 2010 2:10 pm Comics, TechnologyI’ve done more than my fair share of posts on comic book characters on this site, but Everett Bradford has taken it one step further. Inspired by the X-Men character of Pyro, he’s created what he calls the Prometheus Device. For those of us that may or may not have played with fire in our [...]
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Best and Worst Comic Movie Villains
October 8, 2010 3:29 pm Comics, FilmEvery great hero needs a villain, otherwise we’d have no need for superheroes. With the current trend in turning comics into movies, inevitably, something gets lost in translation. Either the script is terrible, the special effects are lacking, or the casting just isn’t right. While it’s bad enough when it happens to the hero, it’s [...]
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Marvel LOLCats
September 22, 2010 12:00 pm Animals, Artwork, Cats, Comics, Dogs, Humor, PicturesI can haz Marvel? Recently, several artists and cartoonists, including Ryan Penagos (Marvel.com Editor), Chris Eliopoulos, Katie Cook, Skottie Young, and Mike Maihack, have been creating drawings of popular Marvel characters as cats (and the occasional dog). If you’re on Twitter (and really who isn’t), follow the hashtag #mrvlcats to see more as they’re posted, [...]
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Worst Superhero Names
September 14, 2010 12:47 pm Comics, Fail, HumorSometimes comic book writers come up with a great character – the powers are all there, the backstory, the design – and then they go to name them. Now, I’m not talking about their real name, but their alter-ego. Sometimes all the amazing powers in the world don’t matter when you saddle a character with [...]
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