Movie Review: TED
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Now if you were told that someone was going to be creating a movie about a boy and his teddy bear, one would think that this would be a family flick with wholesome morals and…
Giveaway: TED – Sneak Preview Screening – 6/27 (Contest has ended)
Attention ComicsOnline readers! Do you live in San Diego? Would you like to attend a FREE SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING of the upcoming release of TED on 6/27? Screening starts at 7pm, but it’s first come first serve so you need to get there…
Book Review: Redshirts
by Brian Burgoyne, Reviewer Stop me if you’ve heard this one…Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Ensign Ricky beam down to the planet; guess who’s not coming back. Redshirts. The most made fun of characters from Star Trek TOS. A character…
Book Review: Miserere, an Autumn Tale
by Michelle Stettler-Gill, Books Editor Miserere is the debut novel by writer Teresa Frohock, a complex world done in parallel to earth referred to as Woerld. The novel is not so subtle in its religious overtones, in Woerld all of earth’s…
Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
by Erin Hatch, Reviewer The Civil War may be the most traumatic event in American History, a bloody conflict that determined our national identity while leaving wounds that linger even in today’s contentious politics. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter turns this…
Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln was one of the most important Presidents in our country’s history, which is why I imagine Seth Grahame-Smith chose to write a novel in his quirky style of serious-story-meets-pop-culture-fantastical-addition. He’s done this with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,…
Movie Review: Brave
by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief Brave is set in medieval Scotland where our new Disney Princess, Merida DunBroch (Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire, Harry Potter) is coming of age and is commanded by her parents King Fergus (Billy Connolly – X-Files: I…
Blu-ray Review: John Carter
by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor Once in a long while a story comes along that changes the way certain stories are done… a story that inspires countless other stories after it for years to come due to how it changes…
Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2012: Sydney
by Kerrie Hui, Reporter Finally! For the past few years I have always wanted to attend Supanova in Sydney but I have never had the chance due to scheduling conflicts. So on the morning of the (disappointingly rainy) Saturday the…
Giveaway: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Sneak Preview Screening (CONTEST ENDED)
Attention ComicsOnline readers! Do you live in San Diego? Would you like to attend a FREE SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING of the upcoming release of Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter on 6/19? Screening starts at 7pm, but it’s first come first serve so you need…
Blu-ray Review: Men In Black I & II
by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor Back in the mid-nineties, comic book adaptations-to-movies were still in their infancy. Hollywood was looking towards comics closely for inspiration, as several movies were vaguely adapted from comics around this time. Such titles as Mystery…
Gallery: Fanime 2012 – The Masquerade
For the thousands of attendees of the annual Fanime convention, the height of the weekend is the Sunday night masquerade contest. One part costume contest, four parts variety show, and twelve parts rock’n good time. This year had talent aplenty…
Writer Spotlight: Blair Butler
Blair Butler: All right! Away we go. Bill Watters, ComicsOnline: So, nice to get a chance to chat with you and stuff. How do you think the Image Expo is going for their little 20th shindig? BB: I think the…
Movie Review: Safety Not Guaranteed
by Chuck Lindas, Reporter Those of us who really enjoyed films such as Cyrus and Jeff Who Lives at Home, both written and directed by the brothers Duplass Jay and Mark, may have been very excited when we saw the…
Movie Review: Rock of Ages
What do you want to do with your life? by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief In the late 1980s I listened to classic rock and heavy metal all day long. I had long, bleached blond hair and even had a hair band…