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Year: 2013

ComicsOnline Podcast S13E43 – Starship Smackdown SDCC 2013

SPOILER ALERT!  You’re listening to the ComicsOnline Podcast. Season Thirteen. Episode Forty-Three. Starship Smackdown SDCC 2013! This episode… Remember those awesome schoolyard debates about if the Enterprise would win in a fight against a Star Destroyer? Well for anyone who…

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: DmC: Devil May Cry: The Chronicles of Vergil

  by Emil Favila, Reporter Up for review today is Titan Books’ Devil May Cry: The Chronicles of Vergil,  a prequel story leading up to the events in Capcom’s video game DMC: Devil May Cry. Not to be confused with the Devil May…

Video Game Review: Payday 2 (PS3)

by Emil Favila, Reporter Payday 2 is an FPS shooter sequel to 505 Games’ Payday. You are part of a 4 man crew set up by a man named Bain. He contracts you and your team to do various missions around the…

Dragon Con 2012 Post-Mortem: A Newbie’s Experience

And that’s really what the convention was about for me. Yes, my experience was wholly atypical, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Because, for me, Dragon Con was about the people. It was about sharing the experience, sharing the passion for a story and the love of a character (or twelve). In the course of four days, I made amazing friends, got to listen to talented people share their passions and experiences and insights into their jobs, and created memories I’ll treasure for years to come.

DVD Review: Frankenstein’s Army

Nazis have long been one of Hollywood’s favorite movie villains. So what’s worse than a Nazi? How about a Nazi Zombie Robot? You might be asking yourself ‘Can it be done?‘ In fact, it can. Let’s check out Richard Raaphorst’s Frankenstein’s Army to find out how.

DVD Review: Community: The Complete Fourth Season

Following Dan Harmon’s shocking exit from Community following the end of Season Three, fans were pretty sure that their favorite Community College would be closing up shop. NBC surprised us all when they announced that Community would be returning for a fourth season, which would probably be the show’s last hurrah. Now you can rewatch the students at Greendale Community College as they try to navigate this brave new “Harmon-less” world in Community: The Complete Fourth Season, now available to own on DVD.

Dragon Con 2013: Interview with Media Relations Director, Dan Carroll

 By Bill Watters, Editor/Photographer With less than a week to go before nearly 60,000 fans descend on downtown Atlanta for the largest fan-operated and fan-focused event in the country. As people continue to post their costume lineups, panel schedules, party…

PAX Australia 2013 Interview: Team Immunity’s raydere

by Kerrie Hui, Reporter Team Immunity is Australia’s premier eSports team. In particular, their League of Legends team consisting of Swip3rr (Brandon Holland), Elysia (Ross Jones), Heavenz (Patrick Chan), raydere (Derek Trang) and Rosev (Andrew Rose) is well known in the…

Blu-ray Review: Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season

Jump into the Enchanted Forest with Chelsea Doyle as she writes about the spellbinding latest season of Once Upon a Time, now out on Blu-ray and DVD. Will good triumph over evil? Are villains born or made? Just remember that all magic comes with a price and you never know when a beast might turn out to be a prince. Grab your bow and arrow and meet everyone at Granny’s for hot cocoa with cinnamon!

Movie Review: Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass is back for more action, adventure, and off the wall violence in Kick-Ass 2, hitting theaters this week!

Kick-Ass 2 wastes no time picking up right where the first installment left off.  Not only does the first scene with Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz – Let Me In) parallel the original introduction to Big Daddy and Hit Girl from the first movie but we also don’t have to wait long to see the progression of Kick-Ass and Hit Girl in high school as Dave Lizewski and Mindy Macready, respectively.

Heroes of Cosplay Spotlight: Scruffy Rebel (Victoria)

by Bill Watters, Editor/Photographer After the premiere of Syfy’s new series last night of Heroes of Cosplay, we wanted to catch up with one of the shows featured cosplayers. Victoria, who goes by the nickname of Scruffy Rebel, was kind…