AXE COP IS THE MOST FUN COMIC EVER!!!!! Written by six-year-old Malachai and drawn by his brother Ethan Nicolle, 30, this comic is delight incarnate. It’s also violent, hysterical, inventive, clever, well plotted, and beautifully drawn. Now it’s getting the Dark Horse treatment with a compilation of the first 70 episodes of the web comic, […]
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Tablets Are the Future of Comics
If you had any doubt, Robot 6 points out that three of the top five grossing iPad apps this year are comic-book-related: This reflects not just the quality of the iPad as a comics medium for comics but also the large numbers of comics that must be selling through those apps (the apps themselves are […]
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Stumptown Comics Fest Announces Curation Policy
Interesting news out of the Stumptown Comics Festival this morning. Even after relocating to the Convention Center to accommodate more exhibitors, the fest is still looking at waiting list of over 100 applicants—so instead of operating on a first-come, first-served basis for 2011, festival director Indigo Kelleigh will be curating the exhibition space. For a […]
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Porn Makes a JLA Movie First
Remember those naughty porn companies who keep making Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman porn parodies? Then have I got more news for you! There’s a new porn production company in California called Extreme Comixxx and they’re jumping on the bandwagon—hardcore. (Ha.) Extreme is making a Justice League of America parody… and yes, it does include […]
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Am I the Only One Who Thought The Walking Dead Was Kinda Crappy?
BURLESQUE Cher’s long-awaited return to the big screen! The six-episode-long first season of The Walking Dead wrapped up last night, and though I’ve been watching the show since it started, I’ll be damned if I gave a shit. Spoilers—for both the show and the comic it’s based on—after the jump. Okay, first: I’m not just […]
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It’s Happening Tonight (in Tualatin): Marvel Comics Creators Panel!
The good news: Tonight there’s an impressive signing/Q&A featuring local comics creators, most of whom are members of the venerable Periscope Studio, and all of whom have worked on—or are currently working on—some of Marvel Comics’ best titles. The lineup: • Brian Michael Bendis (Scarlet and Ultimate Spider-Man)• Colleen Coover (X-Men: First Class, Small Favors, […]
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Porn Loves DC Comics
Earlier this year porn company Vivid Entertainment released a Batman XXX porn parody. It was shot with the 1960s Adam West campy Batman in mind. Supposedly, the director, Axel Braun, even got the original costume creators to make new costumes for the parody. Apparently the film was very well-received in the porn community (as well […]
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Firefly Tonight! Zack Whedon Tonight!
Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale Maybe you read my book piece about the Zack Whedon meet and greet, Firefly screening with Q&A tonight. No? Here. Are you as excited as I am? Deets:Hosted by a whole cadre of nerds (Things from Another World, Dark Horse Comics, Bridge City Comics, Excalibur Comics, and the PDX Browncoats), tonight […]
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Comic Book Sales! Everywhere! Now!
Is “Black Wednesday” actually a thing? A few local comic book stores have decided it is—Floating World and Cosmic Monkey didn’t get their regular Wednesday comics shipments in, so to keep the furious nerds at bay (note: I PARAPHRASE) they’re starting their Black Friday sales a few days early: Cosmic Monkey:“Black Wednesday through Sunday sale,” […]
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Happy Doctor Who Day, Time Lords.
Just in time for Doctor Who’s 47th anniversary—and via Mercury freelancer Bobby “Fatboy” Roberts—comes a remixed Doctor Who theme from Geek: Remixed III: In other news on this November 23rd—which has been proudly proclaimed by wannabe time lords everywhere as “Doctor Who Day,” to the delight of some and the ambivalence of a great many—the […]
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Weekend Book Signings
Just a quick reminder about two book signings that are happening tonight and tomorrow: pictureboxinc.com Brian Chippendale’s If ‘n Oof Tonight at Floating World Comics from 6-9 pm, graphic novelists C.F. and Brian Chippendale will sign copies of their newest releases, respectively titled Powr Mastrs 3 and If ‘n Oof. C.F.’s Powr Mastrs 3 is […]
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Here’s Your Cowboys & Aliens Trailer, Nerds!
HD here, or: Holy shit. Someone finally combined every single thing I like into a single movie: (A) Cowboys(B) Aliens(C) James Bond(D) Han Solo PROS: A, B, C, DCONS: not a goddamn thing