The first 19 people to apply to CaptainGordonEdward@gmail.com with the subject VIP will be able to receive a VIP pass to the MarvelUltimateAlliance website. Here you will be able to view videos, and even enter contests. Some of the contests involve an X...
I don’t know what it is about the word ‘ultimate’ and franchise guides, but there’s no doubt that DK Publishing is one of the best in the business for in-depth and aesthetic guides on your favorite media series. This week Tom De...
In yet another example of how Marvel Comics continues to push the envelope in regards to marketing, the publisher has released an online trailer promoting the latest storyline set to debut in ULTIMATE X-MEN #7 "Return to Weapon X.""ULTIMATE X-MEN has a n...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics MAX line:ALIAS #3Painted cover by David MackWritten by Brian Michael Bendis; art by Michael GaydosRed-hot writer Brian Michael Bendis (ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, DAREDEVIL) and artist Michael Gaydos (THE CROW) contin...
They look vaguely like the Marvel heroes we know, but they're not. For one thing, Bruce Banner looks a lot younger then when we saw him last. For another, Iron Man isn't Tony Stark at all, but an attractive young blonde with really big...eyes. And yes, al...
Brian Michael Bendis, writer of ULTIMATEMARVEL TEAM-UP, announced that #16 will be the final issue of the title.Bendis psoted teh following statement on his bulletin board:"UMTU was pitched and conceived as a finite series. Joe (Quesada, Marvel's editor-...
OPINION: A brief warning before we start: I had so many varied and intelligent responses to the question of how you'd characterize the main differences between Marvel and DC that I'm having to make this column extra-long. Do not try to adjust your televis...
Six years ago, Robert Weiner set out to conquer the Marvel Universe—or at least to read as much of it as he could. Being both a fan of Marvel and a librarian and instructor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, he combined his passions to create...
Pure joy, no doubt about it. A brave and welcome change of pace from Marvel, this unique team-up pairs the Ultimate version of Spider-Man with a new but still very familiar incarnation of the Fantastic Four. Kudos, by the way, to writer Brian Bendis (as i...
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MarvelUltimateAlliance Gold (Xbox 360) - If you were ever curious about getting the MarvelUltimateAlliance games well now is as good of time as any. With this gold edition all of the downloads are on the disk so that you can start out wit...
...native to MarvelUltimateAlliance.
Excite Truck (Wii) - Oddly enough a similar game that was released for the NES is one of the launch titles of the Wii. Starting the trend of holding the controller differently than the other games on the sy...
Every Marvel Comics title published in May 2002 will feature a five-page Marvel World Premiere Serial.The following titles will include all-new chapters of the Spider-Man/Kraven story, "You Can Call Me Al", by writer Ron Zimmerman and penciler Al Rio. And...
If anything, Marvel has been showing a momentum that both the company and the comics industry hasn’t seen for a while with software deals, the UltimateMarvel line of comics, internet deals, and now, as reported in Variety, a joint venture agreement with ...
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP will go on a month long hiatus this May in favor of the ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL, a project writer Brian Michael Bendis says has been in development for six months and is "an all-new star-studded Spidey story like you've nev...
From a press release
Multi-year agreement to see key Marvel Animated Super Heroes on TELETOON and TELTOON Retro in both English and French markets
Toronto – TELETOON Canada Inc. and Marvel Animation today announce a multi-year output deal that s...
Each week, Mania special correspondent Damon Brown, author of Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Modern Pop Culture, offers his unique take on society, entertainment and other issues of critical concern to Mani...
Before you read the first issue of Ultimate X-Men, you’ve got to do one important thing: Forget everything you know about Professor Charles Xavier’s merry band of mutants.Forget the heroes you love. Forget the villains you hate. Forget the costumes. Forge...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics Spider-Man line: SPIDER-GIRL #40Cover by Pat Olliffe and Al WilliamsonWritten by Tom Defalco; art by pat Olliffe and Al WilliamsonIt's time for "A Death in the Family," as a member of our colorful cast ends up ...
The hugely anticipated action-RPG "Spider-Man 3" follows other Activision video game titles based on Marvel comics including "Marvel: UltimateAlliance" and previous Spider-Man games such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Ultimate Spider-Man." Spider-Man 3 follows i...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics line of hero books: INCREDIBLE HULK #34Cover by Kaare AndrewsWritten by Bruce Jones; art by John Romita, Jr. and Tom PalmerBeginning a new era as legendary horror comics' writer Bruce Jones (Creepy, Eerie), pen...
Arriving only in specialty stores this week is the newest Marvel Select figure, straight from his recent introduction in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, Ultimate Venom. Packaged in a deluxe blister card, the nasty-looking Venom comes with a full-sized Peter Parker f...
It's the end of Peter Parker's first full year as a superhero, and he's doing what any high school kid his age would do: he's wondering whether to ditch the part-time job or to keep it and make it into a career. Understandable, as it's been a tough week. ...
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...
There is no question Marvel studios is on top of their game in recent years. Their franchises continue to impress audiences in transferring from comic book form to the big screen. Sure, there are the occasional misses with both critics and audiences but f...
When you hear the name "Ralph Macchio," chances are you think of The Karate Kid, but comic fans think of The House of Ideas. That's because this Ralph Macchio has been working for Marvel Comics longer than most of us have been reading comic ...
"Elitist Wii owners who refuse to buy any games not developed specifically for Nintendo's console are, with Spider-Man 3, forced to confront a new dilemma. This effort was created by Vicarious Visions (Marvel: UltimateAlliance) with the Wii in mind and t...
We have the opening cinematic from Transformers: The Game to share with you. This cinematic was done by Academy Award nominated effects house, Blur, who also did all the cinematics for games like Marvel: UltimateAlliance. Awesome!
This August, it's the Ultimate Rematch as Marvel Enterprises and Lionsgate release to DVD 'Ultimate Avengers 2', the sequel to the first-ever Marvel animated feature, starring some of the most popular super heroes in the Marvel Universe. Picking up where ...
As Q once said to Picard, all good things must come to an end (yes, I know it was a quote! Honestly...), and so here we are at the end of ULTIMATEMARVEL TEAM-UP. It's been a lot of fun seeing the new Spidey meeting intriguing alternate versions of some o...
Activision Publishing unveiled a slatte of new projects last week, among them a video game tieing in with next year's Marvel and Fox film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'.
The mutant mashup will be developed by Raven Software, the same people who made 'Marvel:...
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN artist Mark Bagley has extended his exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. The artist, who was discovered by the company in a try-out contest, has re-upped with the House of Ideas for an unspecified amount of time."I'm enjoying my work...
... this one.MarvelUltimateAlliance (PS3) - Just your standard PS3 port of MarvelUltimateAlliance.Genji: Days of the Blade (PS3) – Going back to the well, perhaps once too often, we return to the follow-up of a Playstation 2 game. This one will ...
Marvel Comics has announced several changes for upcoming titles and trade paperbacks.Here's a rundown:The AVENGERS/DEFENDERS WAR TRADE PAPERBACK, originally solicited to run 176 pages and cost $17.95, will now be 128 pages and will cost $14.95.The BLADE: ...
MARVEL ZOMBIES occurs in an alternate universe opened in the pages of ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR a few issues ago. Marvel teased that story as a crossover between the Ultimate Universe and the regular, 616 timeline, but 'twas not to be (to great relief). I...
Ever since I grabbed my first copy of Marvel’s TALES OF SUSPENSE, I’ve always felt a strong bond between Captain America and Iron Man. These two heroes were not only brightly colored, but just really appealed to me on a more human-type level. After all, t...
As a Spider-fan from way back, I always have a special fondness for those stories that brought the arachnid adventurer and the Master of the Mystic Arts together. There was something about their joint efforts (no pot jokes, please) that created an extra a...
Two-for-one comic book movie reviews
'Ultimate Avengers 2': "The story also never reaches its PG-13 possibilities (Ultimates writer Mark Millar should have developed the script) but lumbers on as a run-of-the-mill superhero tale. The more I think about...
The Marvel Legends series has always had some highs and lows for me. The highs are the Series 1 Incredible Hulk and Series 2 Thing. The lows are obviously the concept that you have to buy lame heroes or villains in the line to build Galactus, On...
Now that Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada has helped to restore the luster to the Marvel reputation, fans are eagerly awaiting all of the spectacular new adventures set to debut in the months to come. CINESCAPE has the scoop on all the hot new projects about t...
X-Men 2
is due in theaters May 2nd and Marvel is poised to capitalize on the excitement
generated by the event in a way they failed to when the first movie came round. The comic publisher held a conference call on Tuesday to discuss plans surrounding ...
Marvel Comics will be the first to admit that comics have hit on hard times in recent years. Some of the company`s key titles have lost their once impenetrable foothold in the marketplace, and marquee characters such as Spider-Man have lost their stature ...
"Overall, this is a tremendous way to kick off a reported collection of eight direct to video movies between Marvel and Lionsgate. 'The Ultimate Avengers 1' is a great sign of what's to come. Highly Recommend!"
BARNYARD opened yesterday. Did you see it? What do you think of it? Let us all know before you take a stab at our Prize Closet items. We have 5 copies of XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN Complete First Season to give away, courtesy of Warner Bros. To enter, send an emai...
Craig Kyle and Ken Katsumoto from Marvel Studios and Lions Gate previewed and discussed the upcoming "Ultimate Avengers" full-length DVD to a packed crowd at Wizard World Chicago. Taken right from the first six issues of Ultimates Vol 1, fans were treated...
Today at the WizardWorld comic book convention Marvel Comics announced that the next title in their popular Ultimates line will be ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR. The book will be co-written by Mark Millar (THE ULTIMATES) and Brian Michael Bendis (ULTIMATE SPIDE...
Happy Wednesday, and welcome to another Comicscape. This week, we dive into DC’s weekly event 52, which just crossed the halfway mark two weeks ago. I would’ve covered it then, but the late-shipping Seven Soldiers #1 delayed th...
"This is something the fans have said they wanted for a long time," says Marvel Enterprises VP of Creative Development Craig Kyle of 'Ultimate Aventers'. "They wanted a story and piece of animation that is much more focused on what the books created versu...
Marvel Comics announced that all of its titles in December - its 'Nuff Said month - will be 40 pages.The 'Nuff Said issues will include the plots of the stories for the extra eight pages.The 19 titles not involved in the event - including limited series, ...
Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment Inc., and the striking Writers Guild of America Thursday said they have reached an interim agreement.
The comprehensive pact will put writers immediately back to work on the Marvel Studios development...
Marvel Comics is continuing the hype for its forthcoming December 31st launch of ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #1 by releasing a 24" x 36" retail poster on December 3. The full-color poster was created by THE ULTIMATES series artist Bryan Hitch and will be used...
For years, readers have asked when Marvel would finally cave in and cross over the regular 616 universe and the Ultimate Universe. Oddly enough, the first crossover with the latter occurs not with the old-school Marvel Universe, but the revamped Squadron...
The age of spandex-clad super heroes may be slowly coming to an end... or so writer Grant Morrison and Marvel big shot Joe Quesada say about it.While talking to the London Sunday Times, Morrison gave his take on the coming possible evolution of the typica...
Marvel Comics Editor in Chief Joe Quesada is, without question, the most wanted man in comics. Over the course of a typical hour, close to a dozen people knock on Quesada’s office door or ring him up on the phone, asking him about everything from story id...
Marvel discussed its plans for the coming months at the Diamond Comics Distributors' retailer summit in Las Vegas on Monday. Brian Michael Bendis arrived as a surprise guest and detailed some of his upcoming projects, including a third Avengers serie...
Morningstar Entertainment have released details of their 'Heroes' and 'Villains' gift sets featuring classic Marvel Toons.
If you live in Canada (or just like to shop from online retailers in Canada) you can pre order the Heroes Gift Set and the Villains...
Jeffrey Sams is proving the voice of Black Panther in Ultimate Avengers 2, the direct-to-DVD animated film from Marvel and Lionsgate.
Check out the first look at the back cover packaging for X-Men: Evolution -- The Complete Third Season, due from Warn...
The essence of Death is hiding within Rick Jones` girlfriend Marlo in order to avoid destruction at the hands of the mad death god Walker. Thanos, Thor, and Jenis – in trying to protect both Death and her host body – take the pair to Purgatory – the one p...
I cried when they introduced the black suit. OK, not a girly kind of cry - although my mother still likes to taunt me with the memory - but a wistful tear was indeed shed when I first beheld the solid black costume that Spidey would soon don in place of t...
It appears that CAPTAIN MARVEL won the "U Decide" competition. No surprise there - ULTIMATE ADVENTURES, while not as execrable as Ron Zimmerman's other work, never had a feeling of permanence; and MARVILLE only convinced us how little respect Marvel has f...
For several years DK Publishing has partnered with Lucasfilm to bring the details of the Star Wars universe to life. The Complete Visual Dictionary of Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga and Star Wars C...
"Ultimate Avengers the Movie is far better than any DTV has a right to be and is a must for Marvel fans. Anyone with a soft spot for superheroes should have a good time, even if puberty is well behind you. Although come on Marvel, 68 minutes is an infomer...
I got a great batch of mail from last week's column about Marvel's Ultimate and DC's All-Star imprints. But before we get to your letters, a couple of things happened in the comic world upon which I must opine. The X3 trailer hit the web on Monday. You ca...
Making his Ultimate Universe debut in the pages of ULTIMATE X-MEN #8, the second installment of the "Return to Weapon X" plotline on sale July 18, 2001, the unstoppable Juggernaut is the latest mutant to receive the makeover treatment courtesy of pencille...
Fans who don't
mind spoilers can find the ultimate early look at the Daredevil
movie in stores now. The novelization of the film by Greg Cox landed in stores
this week.
Cox is an
accomplished novelist, having written many installments in the Star ...
Avengers assemble! Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, the first of eight planned animated features from Marvel Animated Features and Lions Gate Home Entertainment, is due on February 21st, 2006. Check out the specs and cover art...
OPINION: First off, my thanks to Justin Campbell, who wrote in to tell me that the silent classic THE GOLEM has indeed been released on DVD. I'll have to get Brian Thomas to review that sometime... On the subject of parallel continuities, or the idea that...
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie will make its television premiere March 11 on Cartoon Network's Toonami bloc. The animated movie features Marvel characters Captain America, The Hulk, Thor and Iron Man.
Listen up Marvel fans, the soundtracks for Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2 and Invincible Iron Man are now available on iTunes! Each soundtrack is performed by a live orchestra and composed by Emmy Award-winning composer Guy Michelmore
More...
Activision and Marvel Entertainment jointly announced that the companies have expanded their long-term, broad-based strategic alliance by signing a multi-year extension to their current video game licensing agreements for the Spider-Man and X-Men franchis...
This July, through a partnership with HABBO, one of the world's largest and hottest on-line destinations for teenagers, Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, will premiere the first 10 minutes of its highly-anticipated Marvel™ an...
Sometimes death sneaks up on you. I had every intention of devoting this week’s Comicscape to an in-depth look at the film adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300, which premiered last week to both box office success and mostly positive cri...
The New Year looms on the horizon yet again, and I find myself lacking inspiration for a column in between the twin drinking binges of Christmas and New Year's Eve. As such, you'll have to make due with my ramblings about the state of the comic industry i...
"Overall, the movie is a fine follow-up to 'Ultimate Avengers: The Movie,' allowing us to see a little more of the characters. Some characters have added personality which works for some (Tony Stark and Thor) but falls flat for some of the others (like Gi...
As part of the cast of Ultimate Avengers movies from Lionsgate and Marvel, Worden gives voice to Iron Man. But it doesn't end there. Worden is also playing Tony Stark and his alter ego in an Iron Man movie scheduled for later this year.
More...
"There's some stuff that animation does better and by going the DVD route Marvel and Lions Gate have made a feature that's more sophisticated, cool and action-packed than what can be done with a broadcast series that has to abide by the rules of children'...
Two weeks ago, DC launched ALL-STAR SUPERMAN the second of the imprint some fans call the publisher's answer to Marvel's Ultimate line. Though not conceptually identical, the two imprints share a similar spirit born of both publishers' desire to attract ...
...this one. MarvelUltimateAlliance (PSP / DS) - Following the theme of their X-Men Legends games, with console games being released later this year, you will play as a colourful cast of characters, taken from across the entire Marvel Universe. Your goa...
In the mid-1980s, suddenly there were ninjas everywhere. For some reason, these ancient Japanese assassins were popular icons, and many birthday cakes were decorated with little plastic ninja figures. Though based on the historic entities, these were fant...
By now you may have heard about how the major film studios got the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to ban the practice of sending out videos of their Oscar nominated films to voters. The major studios argue that having these videos in cir...
Greetings and welcome to yet another COMICSCAPE, and on a week when the books don't ship until Thursday, no less (damn holidays!). Last week, I threw together an admittedly uninspired "Best of 2005" column, but even I'm entitled to suck once in a while. R...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom. Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately. For whatever r...
"Marvel cut out the middle man by releasing movies directly to DVD in cooperation with Lions Gate Home Entertainment. The first feature out of the gate is the animated Ultimate Avengers: The Movie.
"How did they do?
"Pretty close to great. There is ...
Greetings, fanatics and casual readers alike, and welcome to another COMICSCAPE. Welcome also to one of those damnable holiday weeks when the new comics don't arrive until Thursday. Curse you, Labor Day, and your federally endorsed celebration of the wo...
For Andre Ware, providing the voice of Nick Fury in the Ultimate Avengers movies gives him a bit of a warm and fuzzy feeling.
"Up until my late teens and before going away to college, I was an avid reader of Marvel comics," Ware said during a recent c...
Crave Online got a chance to talk to the VP of Creative Development at Marvel Animation, Craig Kyle. Craig also wrote the new animated film, Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther.
"What you find when you are expanding a comic book story to film is t...
First, the good news: next week is my first interview in a while. I'll be talking with the man...the legend...THE CHIN: Bruce Campbell. We'll be chatting about his new comic book and movie THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN. The first issue of the miniserie...
Writer Mike Carey is getting all technical on us, through his work with the Ultimate Universe's version of The Vision. Carey and artist Brandon Peterson have got five issues to further her story and we've got a few details from Carey on what that st...
Marvel Comics has sent us three interior pages previewing their upcoming six-issue mini-series ULTIMATE SIX. Hitting comic stores September 17, the book features the capture of the Ultimate universe versions of The Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, K...
With the pilot movie in its final stages, production on Spike TV's Blade live-action series is underway in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Ultimate Avengers 2 movie is two weeks from completion, Marvel Studios' Craig Kyle said Sunday at Wizard World ...
OPINION: I'm back, and it's about time. (Wasn't that someone else's tag line a couple of years back?) After spending a relaxing two weeks' vacation first in Texas and then at home with the family (and realizing why I moved from the frozen wastes of Michig...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover this week.
Times have changed. I’ve changed. And, Comicscape is about to change. Before I dive in, I want to thank each and every one of you for...
Rumors that X-MEN director Bryan Singer had been in talks with Marvel Comics to do some kind of comic book work have been heard for months -- but it wasn't until today that we found out what's in store for fans of Marvel's ULTIMATE X-MEN. While breaking t...
What They SayThe conflict continues to escalate. ZAFT's forces control the majority of the planet and prepare to destroy the rest of the Alliance's soldiers. Has humanity already reached the point of no return? The dream of a quick end to the war and o...
Here's the obligatory San Diego Comic Con aftermath column. I wasn't able to make it this year for financial reasons, but I can't really ignore the event and the announcements that came out of it. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I can still read ab...
Marvek Supervising Producer Eric Rollman has a lot of reasons for losing sleep. As the man who greenlights what Marvel Animation projects go, he has an incredible number of them on his plate. The direct-to-DVD Ultimate Avengers 2 release officially hit th...
Founders Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti Will Discuss The Influential Imprint’s Past And Future At Wizard World Philly May 30-June 1.
It’s been a decade since four Marvel icons became Marvel Knights and changed the landscape of the M...
Greetings, gentle readers. I write this week's COMICSCAPE from a craptacular motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Hurricane Katrina decided to pay New Orleans a visit. I know that all of you waited with baited breath to learn what happened to me, but fear not my...
No man leads a truly normal life. However we might group and classify others by peculiarity, subculture, or social strata, no group of lives can unite in consensus to define normality in the fullest sense of the word. They can only attain degrees and func...
Marvel Comics has sent a preview of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #50, their December comic release that debuts the Ultimate universe's version of Black Cat. This costumed cat-burglar was first introduced to Spider-Man readers decades ago, and she eventually became...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another installment of the classiest comic book column on the web! I, your humble host, will guide you on another foray into comic shop talk, as we read your letters regarding the continuity problems facing Marvel a...
UPDATED: Avi Arad spills the beans!
IGN FilmForce recently learned that
Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox's upcoming Fantastic Four movie may owe more to Marvel's recently launched 'Ultimate Fantastic Four' than to the original series.
C2F ED. NOTE...
I thought my crossover critique in last week's COMICSCAPE would garner mail a plenty, but to no avail. My rant about the FANTASTIC FOUR movie must've driven away my readership or something. Fortunately, I received a few thoughtful, lengthy letters that co...
In an interview with writer Brian Michael Bendis, comic book website Newsarama has learned that Bendis will remain the writer on Marvel's ULTIMATE X-MEN for at least one year longer than what was originally announced."I was doing six [issues] and leaving,...
I love Wednesdays. Every single week, I feel childlike anticipation as I watch the clock at work until lunch. At 12:30, I drive to More Fun Comics on Oak Street like a kid running downstairs on Christmas morning. Then, I see the total at the register and ...
You ever see that Bruce Campbell movie Bubba Ho-Tep? It's about how Elvis and JFK are alive and well (okay, sortof well) in a Texas nursing home. And JFK is black. So then they fight a mummy. It's not, actually, as good as its premise - but then I'm fairl...
Welcome to another fun-filled week at COMICSCAPE! Last week I asked you to write in with your thoughts regarding Marvel's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write ULTIMATE IRON MAN. The problem, according to many gay and lesbian comics fans, is that Card has w...
OPINION:Over the last three weeks, we've discussed the relevance (or lack thereof) of Superman to modern-day society, a discussion sparked by the recent "reboot" of the character in all the SUPERMAN books. As many have noted, though, the changes don't cou...
Last week's column on the industry's reliance on old characters and the need for new blood garnered a lot of mail. Some weeks COMICSCAPE really resonates with people and my inbox groans under the weight of responses, criticism, praise, and the occasional ...
Comic book fans accept delays as part of our gratifying, yet sometimes frustrating, hobby. After living with missed ship dates more than a few times, we roll with the punches and keep buying. I read enough small press titles that only come out once a ye...
Welcome to a brand new year and what better way to start off that brand new year with a shiny spanking new controversy brewing in the world of comics? A little while ago, Marvel announced that Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award-winning writer of such works as ...
Marvel Comics has announced changes to its plans for backup stories in its May books, including a Spider-Man story featuring THE TONIGHT SHOW's Jay Leno. For the first three weeks of the month, half of Marvel's comics will contain the three-part "Spider-M...
In the ten months that editor Stuart Moore has been with Marvel Comics, the publisher has become the most talked-about company in comicdom. A lot of that has to do with the personality and business acumen of Moore's boss, Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, but ...
It's been a long time since the Master of Kung Fu spun-kicked his way through the Marvel Universe, but now writer Doug Moench and artist Paul Gulacy are about to bring back Shang-Chi - the former British intelligence agent - in an all-new six-issue minise...
In 2001 the Dabel Brothers founded a publishing company in search of a niche. Under the name “Roaring Studios” Ernst, Les, Pascal and David Dabel took their love of comics and fantasy to a new height, capitalizing on the vacancy of book-to-com...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another exciting Wednesday morning. I trust you’ll all walk into your neighborhood comic shops later today – if you already haven’t – and walk out a few dollars poorer, but, I...
Marvel Studios and Universal’s The Incredible Hulk premiered last Friday to generally positive reviews, along with box office success to the tune of $55.4 million in weekend grosses. The film represents the second attempt at launching a franchi...
Hail and well met, COMICSCAPE faithful. Welcome to another week in which I provide you, my loyal readers and constant detractors, with a half-hour of free, advertiser-supported comic commentary. And this week, CINESCAPE gives you twice the goodness with...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics Marvel Knight line:MARVEL KNIGHTS MAGAZINE #8The conclusion to Kevin Smith's acclaimed run on DAREDEVIL! The Punisher continues his killing spree! The Inhumans face a war they don't want! Plus, more T&A -- and ...
OPINIONI know I promised a column on the best and worst movie adaptations, but I'm going to delay it for a week for two reasons: 1) I've not seen THE HULK yet, and I want to include it; and 2) I have something to get off my chest - namely, my thoughts on ...
OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ...
OPINIONFinally...consensus! Even though many of you may have disagreed with the choices I and your fellow COMISCAPE readers made for the Ten Best Comic Book Movies, and even the Bottom Five of the Ten Worst, you all seemed to have no trouble agreeing on w...
Greetings, my seething minions, and welcome to another week of COMICSCAPE brilliance. This will likely sound boring at first, but I promise it gets better: last week, The Wall Street Journal published a disturbing little story about product placement dea...
Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on story pacing decompression versus compact and the "talking heads" trend versus balls out action. Sometimes things just come together, because I got a lot of compliments on the column and some real...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to the second part of the Comicscape’s 2007: The Year-in Review. Last week, I touched on five of the biggest stories in comics from the past year. This week, we’ve got a few more. Thankfully, the ...
He has quickly earned a place in the hearts of Marvelites and comic book industry fans everywhere for his editorial savvy and dedication. He's been credited with singlehandedly revitalizing a company that for far too long floundered creatively and squande...
Greetings, hail and well met, and happy Thanksgiving to all of you, my loyal readership! Ordinarily, holidays stab comic readers as a thorn in the side, because the darlings at UPS push their deliveries back a day and we don't get our fix until Thursday (...
Somebody call the newspapers like, all of them because something happened this week that will never happen again: everyone agreed with my rant about the 1990s comic boom. Seriously, guys, I'm about to cry and send everyone those annoying Yahoo e-cards....
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another fantastic foray into the heart of sequential art with this week’s Comicscape! I, your loyal columnist, will lead this journey into the dark digital future as we examine Marvel’s newest onli...
OPINION: First of all, you're probably wondering why this week's comics reviews are so far out of date. Well, there's a good explanation for that, and it all has to do with an itty bitty hurricane named Ivan. I've occasionally mentioned the fact that I'm ...
This week is a perfect time to reflect on the 40th anniversary of the Fantastic Four, and indeed, the 40th birthday of the Marvel Universe in general as well. A few days ago, just in time to commemorate this landmark in the history of the First Family of ...
It’s Election Day, and if you haven’t already voted, I sincerely hope you’re planning on doing so. Come on folks, I know the Marvel vs. DC event of the nineties soured you on the democratic process, but you’ve got to give it anoth...
Welcome back to the Book Buzz after a two week hiatus for “re-tooling”. So what’s the deal? Well, there will be a few changes in the content of the column to hopefully make it more appealing to book fans. Rather th...
Last time, we saw Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy bring their kung-fu fighting friend back into the limelight. So what does entice Shang Chi to play those 'games of deceit and death' once again?"[The] threat to the outside world is so great that it could affe...
You probably noticed that my colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, wrote last week's column. I had to return to New Orleans for a few days to help my parents with their house (hurricane, flooding), so I called Al and told him I'd turn over more evid...
My colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, and a couple of readers suggested I write a column about comics that might appeal to women and those repelled by spandex, big guns, big muscles, and big tits. Rather than just targeting women, I've decided to...
Michael Helfant has ankled his post as chief operating officer of Beacon Pictures to join Marvel Studios as Avi Arad's No. 2. He comes to Marvel as the comicbook publisher is developing a slate of 10 films it will finance and produce internally with a $52...
Marvel Enterprises today announced the formation of Marvel International, a new entity whose purpose will be to develop the company's overall presence and profile in key international markets. The company has named Bruno Maglione, a senior entertainment b...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape. Before I dive into my interview with comic writer Brandon Thomas, I want to acknowledge the passing of Heath Ledger, who passed away in his apartment yesterday morning. Ledger, of co...
OPINIONAmazing, the amount of responses that including a single controversial quote in a column can garner! I got a record amount of letters responding to last week's column about the ULTIMATES's Nick Fury, an African-American character. The responses wer...
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! This week’s column will touch on a few happenings in the comic world and give them their due credit—or seething contempt, as needed. We’re all smiles here at Comics...
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another calamitous Comicscape adventure, where we crack wise about comics and I insult movies everyone else likes. Last week’s admittedly merciless review of Ghost Rider garnered very little mail – n...
In last week’s Comicscape, we administered a sound thrashing to the American comic industry—more specifically, Marvel and DC—for five significant problems in dire need of correction. This week, dear Maniacs, in the spirit of fairnes...
OPINION: A warning: this is likely to be the most random and unorganized column you've ever read here at COMICSCAPE. If you don't like it, you could always go over to the COMIC BOOK RESOURCES site and read randomly organized columns there - except the dif...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another weekly web of Comicscape wonder. For the past couple of weeks, we talked about Spider-Man 3 in lieu of discussing the end of DC’s weekly maxiseries, 52. The film came out the same week as the final issue of...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape cavalcade. For those of you living in a basement with your boxes of holo-foil covers from the 1990s, know that the United States Presidential Election is upon us. Things have gotten ugly in a way we ...
Well, folks, we've finally come to the end of a long journey or rather I have, as the main comics columnist for CINESCAPE. I hope you've enjoyed these columns as much as I've enjoyed writing them, and if you'd like to keep up with my future work, Google ...
No one tires of arguing about the future, even comic readers. Though we often find ourselves embroiled in the latest round of delays, controversy, and creator antics, in the back of every fan's mind looms a storm that won't veer to the east and leave us ...
When superheroes from two different companies come together to do battle it becomes a notable event in the world of comic books. In the past we've seen team-ups between Marvel and DC, Image and Valiant, and Dark Horse Comics has even shown us what would h...
After a stellar 3rd quarter performance ( reported here), Marvel Studios updated their list of upcoming projects along with films already in the can. Here's the list for the different mediums.
Feature Film Projects Being Developed by Marvel – ...
Recently we gave everyone a heads-up on a problem sure to plague anyone who wishes to learn more about a certain webhead this summer - namely, the many versions of this guy that are currently web-swinging their way across the many Marvel Universes availab...
2005 will be a year that will bring the addition of eight new ongoing titles to the Marvel Universe as a part of the company's "Marvel Next" launch. Announced today by the comic book publisher, the Marvel Next event is organized to introduce readers to ne...
Marvel released
it's Q2 financial statements today, and also held a conference call for
investors. Comics2Film listened in on the conference call and extracted a
few interesting tidbits.
Marvel Studios
CEO Avi Arad participated in the call and talk...
From a press release
Marvel partners with Reebok to launch exclusive collection of children's footwear at Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker. Collection to feature Marvel's legendary super heroes 'Iron Man' and the 'Incredible Hulk', stars of Marvel Studio...
It was fan support that took Mario Gully's unlikely indie superhero comic 'Ant' and turned it into a bona fide hit. Now Gully is looking for input from those same fans as he prepares to re-launch his flagship character. A new title, 'Ant Unleashed' is due...
Stuart Moore, editor of the Marvel Knights line, will be leaving his Marvel Comics staff position in July to concentrate on a writing career. "When Stuart first came to Marvel Knights I was certain of two things," Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada says....
Last time, we left off just as Luke learned the truth about his girlfriend, Rebel pilot and secret Imperial agent Shira Brie. And then, it was time for Darth Vader to return to prominence in the saga. It's Anakin's time to shine as we conclude our look at...
From a press release
NEW YORK, SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 31 /CNW/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the premier independent filmed entertainment studio, announced this week that it has acquired the home entertainment distributio...
OPINIONBefore we launch into this week's discussion, I must apologize to the reader who brought up the Nick Fury question in the first place - seems I called him "Brian" when his name is actually "Chris." That being said, I must remind everyone that if yo...
Now that the Batman: Dark Victory maxi-series has come to an end, artist Tim Sale is ready to fully focus on his next comics project, which will star everyone’s favorite blind superhero, Daredevil. The six-issue tale, simply titled Daredevil: Yellow, will...
Stan Lee is justifiably credited with revolutionizing the comic book industry in the 1960s. He is the man who recognized that the genre could be so much more than dopey fantasies with no relationship to the real world. His characters (among them Spider-Ma...
Greetings fellow comic fiends, and welcome to another exciting installment of COMICSCAPE. By the end, I'll be hanging off of a cliff and you'll have to tune in next week to find out if I survive or not. Actually, I'll run my in-depth and hyperbole-free ...
Today Marvel Enterprises (the parent company of Marvel Comics) and Lions Gate Films announced a new partnership between the two media giants that will see the development and release of eight animated films based on Marvel's comic book superheroes. All ei...
Literary works from a handful of star-studded authors grace the shelves today along with a bitchin' new comprehensive Marvel guide in this week's buzz of science fiction, fantasy, and horror bookstuffs. Tor Books dominates this week's releases with a bit ...
The mainstream American comic industry never fails to alternately enthrall and enrage fans. Big-selling independents like Image, IDW, and Dark Horse offer fresh alternatives, but Marvel and DC still rule the roost. Both companies carry a stable ...