ComicsOnline

– Celebrating 25 Years of Everything Geek Pop Culture!

Year: 2012

Android App Review: The Avengers Live Wallpaper

Hulk Smash Android!
Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow avenge your phone.

The Avengers has smashed box office records and has provided fans with oodles of fun tie-ins such as the latest Android wallpaper from Cellfish, the developers of NFL 3D Live Wallpaper, Halloween Live Wallpaper, and other popular apps.

Anime DVD/Blu-ray Review: Cat Planet Cuties: The Complete Series

 

Don’t worry cutie, there’s plenty of pussycat to go around! 

What’s better than cute kittens or cool aliens?  Busty aliens in skin tight suits with cat ears, naturally!  Prepare to have an extra close encounter with FUNimation’s Cat Planet Cuties:  The Complete Series on DVD/Blu-ray combo.  A sexy, harem-style anime with a sci-fi action twist and plenty of geeky references, Cat Planet is a fast-paced, playful series full of fan service in sleek, shiny animation.

Convention News: Full Event Schedule for Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con

This year’s Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con is starting to get crazy!

Chris Hemsworth, Stan Lee, ‘Star Trek’ Captains Q&A’s, Screenings, Comedy, Evening Parties To Highlight Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con Programming
Packed Schedule Includes 20-Year “Buffyfest” Reunion, Sessions With James Marsters, WWE® Superstar CM Punk™, Costume Contests, Kids’ Activities, Sci-Fi Speed Dating, Jedi Master Classes and More, May 31 – June 3 at Pennsylvania Convention Center
NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA, May 15, 2012 – Interactive Q&A sessions with top stars like Chris Hemsworth, Stan Lee, William Shatner and three other “Star Trek” captains, WWE® Superstar CM Punk™ and more than a dozen others, movie screenings, evening parties, kids activities, comedy and costume contests are among the wide variety of programming offerings at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, May 31 – June 3 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.  Panels are scheduled for all four days, spanning the entire pop culture spectrum.

 

DVD Review: Haywire

 

by Karl Madsen, Editor

 

Remember the first time you see a movie that’s told in a non-traditional fashion? For many in the movie viewing public, it was the classic Tarantino flick, Pulp Fiction that indoctrinated us to the alternate story telling styles. Now, the Steven Soderbergh thriller, Haywire, uses an unusual style to tell the story of a black ops soldier on the outs with her company.

 

Haywire follows the last official mission of Mallory Kane (Gina Carano – Blood and Bone) that is meant to be her last mission, ever.

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E11 – Colin Ferguson

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. SeasonTwelve. EpisodeEleven Colin Ferguson. Recorded in April of 2012. Hello again and welcome to the ComicsOnline Podcast, Season Twelve Episode Eleven. …I’m your host Kevin Gaussoin, but instead of our usual group…

Convention News: Oz Comic-Con Melbourne

Sure to interest Melbourne’s geek residents and fans of The Hunger Games alike, the latest press release for Oz Comic-Con (the next stage of which is being held in Melbourne) features below:

“The Hunger Games have begun…

at Oz Comic-Con Melbourne!

Convention News: Artists at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con!

We just received the new press release from Wizard about all the awesome artists and media guests coming to Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con this June! And who could turn down a chance to fist bump Bruce Campbell?

 

Stan Lee, Mike Deodato Jr., George Pérez, Greg Capullo Among 250+ Talented Creators Set For 2012 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, May 31 – June 3 At Pennsylvania Convention Center
World-Class Lineup Also Includes Harvey Tolibao, Phil Foglio, Carlo Pagulayan, Yanick Paquette, Greg Horn, Arthur Suydam, Michael Golden

 

Blu-ray Review: Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection and Marvel Animated Features Collection

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor
Getting ready for the live-action release of The Avengers? Lionsgate Home Entertainment has you covered! Assembling for the first time are the Ultimate Avengers Movie Collection and the Marvel Animated Features Collection, featuring adventures of the Ultimate Avengers, as well individual stories focusing on The Hulk, Iron Man, and Doctor Strange!

 

Movie Review: The Avengers

Assemble the movie stills!  There are a lot of them in here.

Sorry I’m not sorry.

by Karissa Barrows, Editor

If you have not been excited for The Avengers since first hinted at in the Iron Man franchise, you have no soul.  Or whatever.  Maybe not that extreme, but DUDE.  The movie was destined to be either a massively awesome, mind-blowing life experience or the worst 2+ hours of life.  As soon as it was announced that Joss Whedon was directing the film, I knew the former would be the case.  I went to see the movie after having driven for 16 hours the day prior and still getting up super early that morning, and I was so pumped up afterwards that I was able to stay up for two hours more than normal playing Modern Warfare 3.  Seriously.  It is that good.  I’ll explain why… and try my hardest to be as brief as possible.  That’s gonna be hard, considering how much I loved this movie.

 

Blu-Ray Review: Torchwood – Miracle Day

Miracles really do come true as Torchwood  finally returns with the brand new series of Torchwood: Miracle Day  now on Blu-Ray and DVD. This newest incarnation of the Torchwood series is brought to us thanks to a new partnership between BBC and Starz. which has allowed the series to expand in both scope and budget.

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E10 – Brian Michael Bendis

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. SeasonTwelve. EpisodeTen Brian Michael Bendis. Recorded at SupaNova Comics Expo in Melbourne, Australia in April of 2012. Hello again and welcome to the ComicsOnline Podcast, Season Twelve Episode Ten. …I’m your host…

ComicsOnline Podcast S12E09 Morena Baccarin

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. SeasonTwelve. EpisodeNine Morena Baccarin. Recorded at SupaNova Comics Expo in Melbourne, Australia in April of 2012. Hello again and welcome to the ComicsOnline Podcast, Season Twelve Episode Nine. …I’m your host Kevin…

Events

San Diego Special Event: Drew Carey Live at American Comedy Co on April 27th-28th

DREW CAREY! COME ON DOWN…TO SAN DIEGO! 

Attention San Diego Readers:

We wanted to bring your attention to a special event that will be happening this weekend at the American Comedy Co  in downtown San Diego:

Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Price is Right) will be performing standup and sketch comedy live on April 27th-and 28th! 

Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2012: Exclusive Tristan Jones Interview

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters fans should do themselves a favor and check out ComicsOnline’s exclusive interview with writer/artist Tristan Jones, who has written for Mirage’s Tales of the TMNT and IDW’s Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Infestation, and also happens to be a really cool guy!