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Anime BD Review: Coppelion: The Complete Series

By Emil Favila, Reporter Set in a post apocalyptic future, Coppelion tells the story of Ibara, Aoi, and Taeko, three girls who are genetically engineered for the purpose of finding those left behind in Japan’s aftermath.  Coppelion: The Complete Series features…

Comic Review: Creature Cops #1

By Emil Favila, Reporter If you’re familiar with the concept of a Liger (Tiger and Lion hybrid), then imagine that concept on crack from Comics Experience’s Creature Cops: Special Varmint Unit #1.  Creature Cops is the first of many creator owned…

Comic Review: Millennium #1

By Emil Favila, Reporter That’s right!  Following the successful comic book spin-off the X-Files, we have Millennium.  Joe Harris (X-Files) also writes the series, and the book features fan favorite FBI Agent Fox Mulder.  For those not familiar with Millennium, the…

Blu-Ray Review: Tusk

  By Emil Favila, Reporter From Kevin Smith (Clerks/Dogma), comes his bold new entry into the horror genre. Tusk tells the story of famous podcaster Wallace (Justin Long), who travels the world in search for the most bizarre storytellers.  When a story…

Geek Gift Guides 2014: Best Comics Of The Year Pt. 2

By Emil Favila, Reporter Top Five Best Comics Of The Year (part 2) As a continuation of Mike’s post of the top 5 best titles of the year, here are my top 5 picks.  As many comic enthusiasts have already…

DVD Review: Death Note: The Complete Series

By Emil Favila, Reporter Recently released in time for Christmas is the highly acclaimed series by written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata, Death Note: The Complete Series.  All 37 episodes are included on 10 discs along with over…

Manga Review: Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire Vol. 1

By Emil Favila, Reporter Just in time for the Thanksgiving season is the concept book by Naoki Serizawa, Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire Vol. 1.   For those familiar with the Resident Evil video game series, The Marhawa Desire series takes place…

Manga Review: Honey Blood Vol. 1

By Emil Favila, Reporter Just in time for Halloween, Viz Media welcomes the new manga series, Honey Blood Vol. 1, by writer/artist Miko Mitsuki. The story takes place in a small town in Japan that is currently the target for…

Blu-Ray Review: Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season

By Emil Favila, reporter On October 7th, Cartoon Network’s hit show Adventure Time, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD. Though the show recently got renewed for it’s 7th season, up to season four is available to own.  The rest…

Baltimore Comic-Con 2014: Post Show Round-Up

by Emil Favila, Reporter Over the course of the weekend from September 5-7, myself and a few of the Comics Online peeps got to check out this year’s Baltimore Comic Con.  Be sure to check out exclusive interview with Dave Gibbons…

Book Review: Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels

by Emil Favila, Reporter Ever since I picked up my first issue of Alias in 2003 from Marvel, Brian Michael Bendis has been one of my favorite writers.  There was just something to his writing that felt very real that…

Awesome Con 2014 Wrap Up

by Emil Favila, Reporter This weekend, myself and a few others at ComicsOnline, had the pleasure of attending Washington D.C’s 2nd Annual Awesome Con.  This year’s convention was bigger, better, and extended to three days instead of two.  For those not…

Wolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today (DVD) Review

by Emil Favila, reporter Up for review is the motion comic book from Shout! Factory Wolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today which hits stores May 13th.  The story takes place between issues #11-16 of Wolverine Weapon X  by Jason Aaron and…

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Comic Book Review: Assassin’s Creed 4: Hawk

by Emil Favila, Reporter Assassins’s Creed 4: Hawk is the 4th installment in the comic book series Assassins Creed based on the popular video game franchise by Ubisoft of the same name.  The story centers on Jonathan Hawk and is a continuation…

Comic Book Review: Max Payne 3: The Complete Series

by Emil Favila, Reporter As a fan of Max Payne, when news of a graphic novel tie-in was announced, I knew I wanted to get my hands on a copy to read.  The first game had graphic novel type sequences…