the comicbook cover art of jo chen

in my varied sordid comicbook-purchasing-past, i have been known to purchase comics based soley on it's cover-art (not including the multiple-variant-covers-holographic/lenticularistic-money-guzzlers). thru the years, i have learnt to be more discerning in my decision-making, rather than just admiring beautifully executed comic book covers ... but lately, i have lapsed - i started buying the new

of heroes online graphic novels and season one dvd

have you ever wondered how HEROES would be like, if they were in comic-book form? well, color me slow, but i've just "discovered" the Heroes Online Library of "Graphic Novels" @ NBC' website - currently with 34 chapters viewable online or for PDF-download."Pick up where the show leaves off by delving deeper into the Heroes universe with original graphic novels created by the world's foremost

new look archie comics

i can still (faintly) remember my first Archie Comics were actually pro-Christian ones (early 80's), which turned me away a tad, until a coupla years later when i "re-discovered" the "regular version", and like many young red-blooded men back then, both Betty and Veronica were equally hawt!but ever since i discovered chinese kungfu comics and later spandex-superheroes, Archie, Jughead and the

silver surfer image released

an official image of the Silver Surfer for the live-action Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie - has just been released online [via]:(click on image above to view the full screen version) = looking very much like an airbrushed drawing rather than CG (but they said no motion capture tho)"With computer-generated imagery techniques similar to those used to create Gollum in The Lord of

iron man movie teaser site launched

director Jon Favreau has posted the launch of the official teaser site for the Iron Man Movie = which has nothing else but a "new" simplified logo ~ da tease!and while Tony Stark remains to be a doochbag in the Civil War comics (and purlease dun tell us that t'was some Starro-parasites' mental-influence that altered their thoughts or sum such lame'o'excuse, IMHO), here are other Iron Man

the fantasticar

my memory of the Fantastic Four's Fantasticar has always been restricted to the flying bath-tub (which unfortunately, goes hand-in-hand with H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot *urgh*):but this new design for the Fantastic Four 2-movie spun it all around on it's head [info via]: "In the movie, the Fantasticar is powered by a proton accelerator, can hover, fly at 500 mph and break into separate flying machines

comics and me

"from CMYK-Superheroes to the black'n'white alternative comics era. from chinese/mandarin martial arts practisioners, to funny animal books. from the painted style of realism, to the heavy inked linework of hyper-realism. from the inhuman psyche of mystical folk of fantasy and lore, to the grime and gritty heroes that peppered the dark alleys of the world = my tastes and collecting habits went

tony stark talks and iron man redesigns

[above two-images-right via]Robert Downey Jr. talks a little about being Iron Man (when who he really wants to be is Sgt. Rock ;p) on SuperheroHype and im really trying to build-up momentum and interest for this comicbook-adapted-movie, while acknowledging the fact that it will be the Iron Man Armour (more than anything else) that will make or break this movie for me (at this point in time

marvel superheroes stamps

DC have, Marvel also want to have: Marvel Super Heroes Postal Stamps!"The 10 stamps on a pane of 20 depict Captain America, Elektra, Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Sub-Mariner, The Incredible Hulk, The Thing and Wolverine. The other 10 stamps depict classic Marvel Comic book covers linked to the super heroes. Information about the artwork shown on each stamp appears on the

fourth spiderman villain revealed?

SuperheroHype reports that Bruce Campbell is rumored to play "Quentin Beck" aka Mysterio (abeittedly a brief cameo appearance) in the upcoming Spiderman 3 movie! - Film Ick has the full story. and while it all sounds intriguing, hopefully they'd do something about his costume! altho it'll be cool interesting to see a villain with a full-domed-helmet *L0L* ... i personally would love to see

10 comicbook crossovers one can only hope for

10 Comic Book Crossovers One Can Only Hope For (all images via)[via] would these be something you'd like to see? *heh*

transmetropolitan 1/6th kitbash

found via: images of 12" action figures based on Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan, as done by series co-creator and artist Darick Robertson, for use as (visual) reference! Spider Jerusalem flanked by his "filthy-assistants" - Yelena Rossini(on-image-left) and Channon Yarrow (on-image-right).rudimentary decent kitbashes, i would say :) altho Spider is quite spot-on here:with loadsa liberty taken

of comic book covers

from vintage to current, from the golden-age to the cyber-age, Cover Browser "showcases over 5000 comic book covers" [link+info via Drawn!] = from alternative and indie-comics to the big two, seems they've expanded quite a few (ongoing expansion, it states) since last night/this morning when i was prepping this post = *schweet*currently they are listed in no particular order (neither genre nor

planetary ending

read from Warren Ellis' workblog:"SEPTEMBER 26:Scott Dunbier says all the pages for PLANETARY #26 are in. That means the story is now over — we’re doing an “aftermath” issue at a later date, but now, to all intents and purposes, PLANETARY is complete.""Planetary is an American comic book series created by Warren Ellis (writer) and John Cassaday (artist), published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC

deconstructing roy lichtenstein

who swiped who? (images via)who is Roy Lichtenstein?

300 comic to screen comparison

visual comparison of trailer images to the actual comic page-art of Frank Miller's 300 on Solace in Cinema [via]similar to the Sin City comparisons by FilmRot [via] ~ dammit, time to dig out my 300-comicbook for another reading, innit? *heh*

iron man casting

Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark [via][Downey image via/ Iron Man via / photoshopped mustache+goatee by me :p]no doubting the acting-capabilities of Mr.Downey Jr, but as futurist / millionaire come playboy come recovering alcoholic; Tony Stark/Iron Man? = which means the flick's gonna take on a less "hot young popstar of the hollywood-moment" approach and that's a good thing, no? personally, i

about that iron man armor

found some interesting "rejected" Iron Man armour-designs (by Brandon Perlow) @Screen Rant [via] - for the feature film adaptation of the comicbook, as directed by Jon Favreau (oh man, i hope the pix wif the guns ain't gonna be an indication of how the movies' gonna lead to, yeh?)seems the "powers-that-be" preferred Adi Granov's designwork (far left) done for the Marvel Comics' Iron Man Extremis

separated at comic birth: the joker and the creeper

The Joker versus The Creeper = one is a certified psychotic-villain, the other is most probably a psychotic-superhero-in-the-making ... now, if i said they used the same green hair-dye, it'll be an obvious-cliche, innit? (*heh*) and that's where the similarity ends ... the new Creeper is written by Steve Niles (altho the cliched two-men-inhabits-one-body thingie has been done to death with The

free sandman issue one

download the entire first issue of the Vertigo Comics / Neil Gaimen-written Sandman: here [via] ~ *coolness*