Saturday, July 15, 2006

Correction: News You Already Know

I made a small mistake with my recent "News You Already Know". Rich Johnston only named JMS to be on Thor. The reference of Stuart Immomen came from a drawing that he did special for Joe Friday's on Newsrama. Make sure you check out Rich Johnston's "Lying in the Gutters" every Monday at Comic Book Resources

~Diddy

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Reviews in 10 Words or Less

The return of my favorite article. Any book can be reviewed in 10 words or less. Get out your calculators nerds!!

Front Line # 3 - Most interesting issue yet, pick it up!

Wolverine Origins # 4 - Good fight scene but overall kinda weak, browse it.

Superman # 654 - Good jump on point, nice art, pick it up.

Ultimate Spider-man # 97 - Ugh, Spider Clone Saga? Nuff Sed!

Ultimate Fantastic Four # 31 - Very cool on every level, pick it up!

X-Men # 188 - Not bad but art is suspect. Give it a try.

Thunderbolts # 104 - Still a great title even with Civil War going on.

The All New Atom # 1 - Cool concept, funny book, give it a try.

JSA # 87 - Can't wait for relaunch this fall.

Teen Titans # 37 - Great ending to arc, pick up entire arc NOW!

Secret Six # 2 - Brutally good, go get issue one and two now.

Uncanny X-Men # 475 - Brubacker, X-Men, Warpath, Vulcan, go get it!

Beyond # 1 - Pick of the Post. Buy it now, No exceptions!

Civil War Breaking News!!!

I can't believe this WAR is still raging on. Here's the latest that I know for a fact.

- Speedball is NO ONE'S BITCH!! Speedball is still in jail and wont accept any fault for what happened. She-Hulk is trying to bail his ass out but he's not having it. Go Speedball stick it to the man.

- Some heroes are even too lame to hang out with Captain America. A small group of "heroes" have been hiding out in a shack waiting for some attention. Guys like Solo, Typeface, and other guys who didn't even have names. I hope these are the first ones that Deadpool kills.

- The Thunderbolts are putting together a huge army of baddies. One could even say it's a "Society" of villains, all working together. The big TWEEST at the end? Baron Zemo is trying to get Captain America on his side.

News You Already Know

- John Woo and Garth Ennis are coming together to do a book called "Seven Brothers" for Virgin Comics. The book is set to debut in October.

- Fantastic Four 2 will not only introduce The Silver Surfer, but will also have The Fantasticar. It doesn't transform in to anything but I still think it will be entertaining.

- Ghost Rider will be rated PG-13 so there will be plenty of kids kicking my seat and wondering if this movie will lead to Face Off 2. Get it? Cause his face melts off.

-Rich Johnston is reporting that the new creative team bringing back Thor will be Joe Michael Straczynski and Stuart Immomen.

- Spider-Girl will be returning as The Amazing Spider-Girl. The new series is expected to run for 6 months and then be on the verge of being cancelled again. It should last about 24 issues before finally getting cancelled for real. At that time the book will get saved one more time that will keep it safe until issue 50 when it gets cancelled for real. After that it might hit issue 100 and then spin off in the Web of Spider-Girl. When that fails at issue 100, expect Ultimate Spider-Girl. God it never ends.

- Speaking of Spiderman, Marvel is going to start putting out a new series of hardcover trades. The first will be a favorite of mine Kraven's Last Hunt. The best part is the price, only $19.99. Make sure your comic books stores this one.

- Superman Returns has surpassed 185 million dollars worldwide. Cost of the movie, 260 million. Ouch! X-Men 3 is at 435 million worldwide with a cost of 210 million dollars. Hopefully this means the Wolverine movie will get a decent budget too.

Huge Site News

I wanted to start this update with a HUGE congratulations to the site for getting 5 posts on the X-Men vs Superman story. That is a new record for anyone of our stories. I wanna thank Hollywood and DC Sean but most importantly, I want to thank Shane O Mac, who posted 3 times.

~Diddy