Author: Spike
REVIEW: Venom (2018)
Sony’s first step into its own parallel license superhero universe has been controversial ever since it was announced in 2017. Venom, starring Tom Hardy and directed by Ruben Fleischer, is a stand-alone film separated from the world of Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man, comparable production-wise to ...
Read MoreRead Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Tie-In Comics for Free!
As part of the promotional material for the release of the highly anticipated new entry in the wildly popular video game shooter franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Activision/Treyarch launched a tie-in comic book series that Call of Duty fans will be able to enjoy for free. The story will be tol...
Read MoreFrom the Panels to the Big Screen
Since ancient times – and all during the existence of moderately civilized cultures – mythology has been overflowing with pantheons of gods reflecting the needs and aspirations of the people who conceived them. In a grim and gritty era of large cities, crime, corruption and high-tech, it’s obv...
Read MoreTop Cow’s The Darkness Comic Book Relaunch to be “a Hard R”
Back in the ’90s, a very interesting period for comic books, new publishers and characters broke into the medium’s mainstream. Image Comics was at the very top of the new companies. It was founded by former top Marvel talents who walked away from the company to start a business of their...
Read MoreWhy is the Comics Direct Market so Important Anyway?
For almost a century, North American comic books have been released through business models which have – historically – made the entire medium be regarded by the general consensus as “cheap, disposable entertainment.” Even in modern times, the current direct market model, distributed...
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