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Year: 2012

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…

Cosplayer Spotlight: Roxanna Meta

Our exploration of the stars of the cosplay world takes us this time to the San Francisco/Bay Area, catching up with Roxanna Meta. She’s been one of the Big Three of the NorCal cosplay scene for some time, and last…

Blu-ray Review: Meatballs (1979)

by Chris Learned Kane, Reviewer. One of the most perplexing and annoying (but nonetheless true) ironies of adulthood:  walking down a candy aisle and realizing at once two things:  you could totally afford to buy ALL of it; and that…

Tronversations: TRON Uprising Interview with Bruce Boxleitner

ComicsOnline was invited to attend a special TRON Uprising preview event, and we are pleased to share this round table interview with TRON himself, Bruce Boxleitner! Check out the video below: Get into the game and head back to ComicsOnline…

Wii Game Review: Pandora’s Tower

  by Jayden Leggett, Assistant Editor (Australia) Pandora’s Tower gives a new meaning to the term “Chains of love”, as players take on the role of hero Aeron (read: “bitch-whipped girly-boy”) as he uses his magical chain to vanquish monsters…

DVD Review and Giveaway: Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief “There’s a hundred and four days of summer vacation, and school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it. LIKE MAYBE…” So begins…