Los Angeles, CA (January 23, 2012) Hero Initiative, the comics’ industry’s leading non- profit dedicated to helping creators in medical and financial need, has rebranded itself for 2012 with a redesigned website and a new, dynamic logo that draws its power from the language of the medium. The new website, located at www.heroinitiative.org, has been [...]

How much do I love thee, comics? Allow me to count the ways…Pick Of The Week goes to John Layman and Rob Guillory for CHEW #23 (Image). Fast Five picks include Batman #5 (DC), Daredevil #8 (Marvel), Wonder Woman #5 (DC), Moon Knight #9 (Marvel) and Catwoman #5 (DC). Spoilers!

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Wonder Woman #5 by Cliff Chiang Don’t kill it! It’s just a misunderstood freak of nature! The thing I enjoy the most about this cover is the creature itself; it’s such a beautiful amalgamation of walrus, octopus, whale and what appears to be a rooster with a crown. However, with the tentacles wrapped around the [...]

Arriving in theaters later this year, Lionsgate’s Dredd re-adapts the “Judge Dredd” comic from the pages of “2000 A.D.” with Karl Urban donning the iconic helmet, starring alongside Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson. Today, The L.A. Times spoke with John Wagner who, in 1977, created the character alongside artist Carlos Ezquerra. “‘Dredd’ homes in on [...]

In this episode, I discuss the controversial graphic novel Holy Terror (Legendary Comics) by Frank Miller. It’s sad to see Frank Miller lose his sanity. Spoilers!

Marcus Nispel, who directed last summer’s Conan the Barbarian, has come aboard to helm Hack/Slash, Relativity’s adaptation of a horror-action comic book. Alexandra Milchan, Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter are producing. Hack/Slash, created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli, centers on Cassie Hack, a woman who symbolizes the cliche of the lone girl who survives [...]

AMC has released a teaser poster for the midseason return of The Walking Dead on February 12 with Andrew Lincolnas Sheriff Rick Grimes taking aim. After the rather Shane-centric first half of the season, will we see Rick getting back in the saddle? Unsurprisingly, AMC has also announced a longer season 3 — 16 episodes [...]

Huzzah, I say! Huzzah! Pick Of The Week goes to Jason Aaron & Steve Dillon for PunisherMAX #21 (Marvel). Fast Five picks include Heart #3 (Image), Orchid #4 (Dark Horse), Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE #5 (DC), Amazing Spider-Man #677 (Marvel), and Scalped #55 (Vertigo). Spoilers! My nose is stuffy. Send me citrus?