Blu-Ray Review: The World’s End
The World’s End, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s final chapter in the so called ‘Cornetto Trilogy’, has just been released on Blu-Ray. We at ComicsOnline.com, and me personally. love the previous two, so I was pretty excited for this last collaboration to be released. I still remember the first time I finally checked out Shaun of the Dead, after all my friends had recommended it. The odd, but loving, send up of the now ubiquitous zombie genre was fresh and hilarious, continuing where Army of Darkness left off, but taking it to in a slightly more British direction. Would The World’s End live up to the high standard they’ve set?
Video Game Review: The Wolf Among Us
by Mike Favila, Editor The Wolf Among Us is the newest release from Telltale Games, who made last year’s excellent Walking Dead game. The story is based on the comic Fables, by Bill Willingham. If you aren’t familiar, the story goes as…
Blu-Ray Review: Michiko & Hatchin: Complete Series, Part 1
by Mike Favila, Editor When I was browsing through the Funimation offerings, I noticed the bright cover art for Michiko & Hatchin: Complete Series, Part 1. The RIFYL (short for Recommended If You Like, for those readers not in the…
Baltimore Comic Con 2013
by Mike Favila, Editor This weekend, I attended the Baltimore Comic-Con with my family and local friends. Billed as ‘America’s Greatest Comic Book Convention’, it’s pretty much the last safe haven for comic creators. Whether you’re an writer, penciller, inker or…
Comic Book Review: Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys Vol. 1
by Mike Favila, Editor Having just won the 2013 Eisner Award in the category of Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, Vol. 1 just came up for review. Although I’d seen the live…
Baltimore Comic-Con: Interview with Comic Book Men
by Mike Favila, Editor On Saturday, I went to Baltimore Comic-Con and had a chance to sit down for a few minutes with the guys from AMC’s Comic Book Men. Unfortunately, my horrible audio recorder got cut off…
Comic Book Review: The Simon and Kirby Library: Science Fiction
by Mike Favila, Reviewer Even though Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are titans in the comics field, I’m a little embarrassed to say that I’m not as well versed on their respective bodies of work. My uncle gave me most…
PS3 Game Review: Star Trek
by Emil and Mike Favila, Reporters I just had the pleasure recently of playing the new Star Trek game by Namco. For this review, I was provided the PS3 version. The story is based in the universe of the…
PSN Game Review: Poker Night 2
by Mike Favila, Reporter I love playing poker, and I love video games, so this should have worked out quite well. (No Asian jokes please!) Poker Night 2 is Telltale Games’ next entry in the series. I got to play…
Comic Book Review: Dead Space Liberation
by Mike Favila, Reporter Dead Space Liberation is the third comic series in the Dead Space universe. Its the first title to come out on Titan Books, and you can tell they’re really proud of their release. While they’ve rereleased…
Comic Book Review: Dead Space Salvage
by Mike Favila, Reporter Set between the first Dead Space game and the animated film Dead Space: Aftermath, Dead Space Salvage is the 2nd salvo in the Dead Space comic universe. This is a reissue from Titan, reprinting the series…
Comic Book Review: Dead Space
by Mike Favila, Reporter I have to confess that I haven’t gotten a chance to play the games themselves, so Dead Space is my first introduction to the sprawling multimedia franchise. I’ve been a huge fan of Ben Templesmith since…
Geek Gift Guide 2012: Comics
by Mike Favila, Reporter I’m really excited by the slate of books that have recently come out or are about to hit the shelves. Some of these are continuations of great runs, while others are brand new for 2012. These…
Comic Book Review: The Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk Vol. 1
by Mike Favila, Reporter When I first heard that Legendary Entertainment, the company behind 300 and the Dark Knight Trilogy were putting out comics, it seemed like it could be a good match. Even though the movie studios have been…
Book Review: District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC
by Mike Favila, Reporter Recently, I was reading my neighborhood’s message board and our moderator Mike Rhode mentioned that he had written a story for a new comic anthology about Washington DC. I’m always interested in all things comic, so…