Ball State University offers “Gender Through Comics: A Super MOOC”, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Spring that examines how comic books can be used to explore questions of gender identity, stereotypes, and roles.:
Sega has released the first trailer for the videogame based on the upcoming Incredible Hulk film. The footage gives us a good indication of what we can expect. The Hulk jumping great distances? Check. Hulk wrecking New York City? Check. The army and robots, Hulk’s favorite fodder, getting smashed? Check and check. Also the "Coming Soon"…
FRANKENSTEIN LIVES AGAIN IN A BIG WAY! From Bill Cunningham, Pulp 2.0 Press- I just wanted to share (Okay, I wanted to blow my horn a little bit – sue me) some of the great reviews we’ve been getting for Pulp 2.0 Press’s digital edition of FRANKENSTEIN LIVES AGAIN! It’s clear (to me) that our…
Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft By Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez IDW Publishing, October 2008, $24.99 Horror in comic books have always been an uneven affair. These days, horror comics tend to feature zombies or H.P. Lovecraft adaptations but there’s so much more that can explored. Fortunately, Joe Hill doesn’t mind going where others…
TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT-Pulp Reviews by Tommy Hancock THE SPIDER #1-Death Siege of the Frankenstein Legionwritten by Martin PowellArt by Pablo MarcosColors by Jay PiscopoCover by Dan BreretonMoonstone Bookshttp://www.moonstonebooks.com/ NOTE-This review only covers THE SPIDER story in this issue, not the Operator 5 story. Nita Van Sloan, on a visit to a friend, runs into monstrous…
Charles Saunders Makes HistoryâAgain! A review of Damballa, by Charles Saunders. Guest reviewer Joe Bonadonna Charles Saunders created Imaro, the first black sword and sorcery hero, over 30 years ago. He made history with that one, folks. Now, with his new novel, Damballa, Saunders has once again made historyâgiving us the first black crime-fighting superhero…
Stringer Lisa Sullivan tips us off to this piece in Variety: Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver are working with Mattel to turn "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" into a live-action film. Justin Marks (currently best known to comics fans as the scripter for the Green Arrow Super Max movie) is set to…
