Back in the 1960s, the first doll to be called an "action figure" was created. The "G.I. Joe" line (named after a term used to describe a generic soldier) was a popular toy and depicted soldiers from different U.S. armed forces. In the 1970s, it was re-tooled as the Super Joe Action Team. In the…
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…
On the heels of last week’s big release of LEGO Batman: The Videogame, Midway has announced the final characters for their newest game; Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The story takes place after the two franchises collide during a universal "crisis" (probably not the same one). Now fanboys (and fangirls) can finally their aggression on…
IDW has announced signing tour dates for the creators behind the two eagerly anticipated bio-comics featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Additionally, both comics will be made available for download to mobile phones. The application is accessible to most cell phones in America through http://m.gocomics.com, while iPhone users can order the comics through…
Greg Goldstein, newly named COO for number four comics publisher IDW has been working in and around the comics field since joining Topps in 1983. Since then, he has worked for trading card and video game companies, always wheeling and dealing, building a deep network of friends and contacts. Greg and I have known each…
IDW Publishing has announced that veteran entertainment and media executive Greg Goldstein has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Goldstein will manage the company’s day-to-day operations as well as help guide IDW as it expands its existing product lines and enters new categories. Goldstein is an industry veteran since working for Topps Comics followed…
While promoting his role on TNT’s Raising the Bar, J. August Richards was asked about Gunn’s role in the Angel: After the Fall comic. The comic, from IDW, continues the WB’s series as a sixth season which saw Gunn turned into a vampire and becoming the latest Big Bad. “You’re kidding!” he exclaimed to ifmagazine….
Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire, Volume 1 By William Messner-Loebs IDW, July 2008, $19.99 Historical fiction is the odd duck of literature; it inevitably ages twice – once just because it’s set in a past milieu that even the original audience will be unfamiliar with, and a second time because it was really written…
IDW has announced an October 1 release for the hardcover collection of Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft. The book is from novelist Joe Hill who created the miniseries for the publisher and was surprised by its enthusiastic reception. It has since been optioned by Dimension Films. Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, written by…
Lately, my wife Linda and I have been watching the Maverick reruns on one of the many Starz channels IDW’s owners foists upon our cable system. Maverick was one of the very few live-action teevee shows I enjoyed as a kid, and I’m amazed to discover that it is actually even better than I remembered…
At the Liepzig Games Convention, Midway had revealed the latest characters to appear in Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe. And is cool as it was to hear that Deathstroke the Terminator will be getting his videogame debut (we’re not counting the animated Teen Titans game), nothing beats game producer Hector Sanchez demonstrating the Joker’s fighting…
JK Parkin over at Blog@ reports that Midway Games has released the identities of two more characters in the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe videogame: Wonder Woman and Deathstroke the Terminator. A preliminary rendering of Wonder Woman is available on the site, as well as a rendering of Green Lantern (seen here) and a…
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