Kickstart Womanthology!

I am so impressed and excited about the Womanthology project on on Kickstarter. It’s a massive undertaking headed by Renae De Liz, illustrator of The Last Unicorn for IDW Publishing (which was beautiful btw). IDW has offered to publish the book that features an assortment of over 140 female creators. You can see the full list here. The project is on Kickstarter because the proceeds of the book will be going to a charity, GlobalGiving.org. So the Kickstarter is to run a small print run of 1500 copies for $25,000. It just launched yesterday and as of today has $23,622. Every donation has something you receive for your pledge. It varies with the larger amounts offering one of a kind rewards. I donated earlier today and I really encourage you to donate if you can. It’s great to see a project like this be made in a time where Women

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Austin hosts Disney Comic Writers

The city of Austin is super lucky as Disney goes rolling through there bringing Warren Spector and Alan Porter to town. The events also include a special Cars 2 screening hosted by Regal Cinemas. Austin Books & Comics on Saturday July 2, is hosting a meet and greet with Ducktales comic writer, Warren Spector. He’ll be there signing copies of the Ducktales comic book. To RSVP for the event visit the Facebook page. At the same time from 4pm-6pm, Alan Porter will also be there to sign and bring CARS giveaways. Cars 2 posters will be given out as door prizes. Click here to RSVP on Facebook. Then on Sunday, fans will have a chance to watch Cars 2 with Alan Porter and attend a Q&A after. The screening is scheduled at 2:20pm and there will be door prizes available. Visit this Facebook page to RSVP for the event. Great

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DC Announces Green Lantern #1s

Quick on heels of the news from DC Comics earlier this week that they’ll be renumbering 52 of their superhero titles across the line, starting with Justice League #1 — DC has announced the first issues for the Green Lantern series’. Coming soon to a comic book store (or digital download retailer) near you will be #1 issues for Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern: The New Guardians and Red Lanterns. Below is a quick rundown from DC on what these first issues have in store for fans. Green Lantern #1 Geoff Johns has been charting the adventures of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps since Green Lantern: Rebirth, collaborating with such major artists as Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke, Prentis Rollins, Marlo Alquiza and Mick Gray. This fall, Johns reunites with artists Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy, as the series begins anew with Green Lantern #1 with

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Review – Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #1 & #2

Written, Illustrated and Cover by: David Petersen There are quite a few elements that allow for Mouse Guard to stand out among many other graphic book series today. Its absolutely rich, stunning illustrations and attention to character detail with creatures great and small cannot be denied. David Petersen does an excellent job at extracting readers and placing them in a world completely unlike their own from the very first adventure on. He manages to do so with grace simultaneously; the content’s a delight. It’s easy to get a sense of medieval tranquility mixed in with the dangerous excitement of unfamiliar lands. The mice featured in the series are nothing short of extraordinary. They are varying degrees of boisterous and introverted. They act of their own volition; they speak, trade, create and destroy. Sometimes they work together with other animals for the purposes of safekeeping, transportation and even a general friendship

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Blade Creator teams up with Frima Studio

Frima Studio, a developer based in Canada, has announced a very interesting partnership. Comic book writer, Marv Wolfman is going to work with Frima Studio to create a brand new IP. The IP will be an “experimental” action-adventure console gaming title. So curious what experimental means! “We want to partner with the top IP creators in the world,” said Frima CEO Steve Couture, “and Marv Wolfman is definitely high among them with his outstanding track record of creating high-profile, popular characters and stories. Marv brings with him an incredible amount of imagination, inspiration, and experience. With this collaboration, we’re looking forward to delivering a new, immersive experience to the video game genre.” Marv Wolfman has written for DC and Marvel and did series runs for Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man to name a few. He’s not a stranger to gaming as he has worked for SOE and Warner Bros Interactive.

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Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 7th

Don’t forget that this Saturday, May 7th is Free Comic Book Day. If you haven’t already, make plans to look into what comic book stores near you will be carrying FCBD comics. A lot of stores use this day as an opportunity to bring in special guests for the day, so you might be in for an extra treat. I already know that the store near my house, not only has a decent number of special guests coming in for the day, but they’ve changed the policy to allow guests to pick up one of each FCBD title this year. Want to know what’s going to be available? You can check out the full list over at FreeComicBookDay.com and you can also check their Store Locator for stores near you that are participating. Below are just a few of the comics you might be able to pick up: Amazing Spider-Man

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Dark Horse Comics Will Be Digital (Eventually)

Dark Horse, is the latest comic publisher to go digital. They’re joining the charge led by Marvel and DC in bringing their comics to digital formats and hopefully, they’ll have learned from the mistakes made by their predecessors. The digital versions aren’t yet available, but you can sign up here (http://digital.darkhorse.com) to get updates on the pending digital versions. However, at C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo) this past weekend, people were able to get a look at the new iOS technology that Dark Horse had on hand. While the launch for their digital distributions was originally slated for this past January, due to Apple’s restrictions on items available for purchase outside of iTunes, they were forced into a later release. And what they had at C2E2 was only the beta version. Hopefully, we’ll see something more concrete soon.

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RAGE comic book in the works

Bethesda and Dark Horse Comics are bringing the story of an upcoming game to the comic world. The mini series is written by Arvid Nelsion and takes place before the events in the game. The comic is a three issue series, that will be available on June 22,2011. Only a few days after my birthday. I love that the game industry is starting to use comics to tell a tale that is woven and expands the universe of the game. RAGE the game is slated for a September 13th release date.

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Review – Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale

Written by: Joss Whedon & Zack Whedon Artwork: Chris Samnee Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Release Date: November 2, 2010 **Warning: This review will contain Spoilers** Anyone familiar with Firefly and/or Serenity knows that the largest question of all was never answered by the show or movie. The question of Shepherd Book’s background. Throughout the show and movie, the way he speaks gives the viewer the impression that Shepherd Derrial Book is not a normal shepherd. Fans have put together their own theories, but Joss never gave any indication about who Book really was, until now. The Serenity comics have been successful and in The Shepard’s Tale, brothers Joss and Zack Whedon worked together to give fans the answer they have been waiting for. In a 56 page trade paperback, we find out why Shepherd knows the things about fighting that he does. That while he was a man dedicated to

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Giveaway: Superman Takes Flight This Week!

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution proudly announces the release of the all-new animated feature film, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN On Demand and For Download starting today. ALL-STAR SUPERMAN: Fueled by hatred and jealousy, Lex Luthor masterminds an elaborate plot to kill the Man of Steel – and it works. Poisoned by solar radiation, Superman is dying. With weeks to live, he fulfills his life’s dreams – especially revealing his true identity to Lois Lane – until Luthor proclaims his ultimate plan to control the world with no alien hero to stop him. Powers fading, Superman engages in a spectacular deadly battle with Luthor that could truly trigger the end of Earth’s Greatest Protector. This startling and gripping DC Universe Animated Original Movie stars the voice talents of James Denton, Anthony LaPaglia, Christina Hendricks and Ed Asner. We at GamingAngels would like to invite you to participate in our All-Star Superman Giveaway!  You have a

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