Thanos Rising #1 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Simone Bianchi Colours: Simone Peruzzi Letters: VC’s Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Comics While Marvel’s cosmic line has remained dormant for years, last summer’s secret ending to The Avengers has brought it back in a big way. Once everyone realized that the big baddie at the end of the …
Thor: God of Thunder Issues: 1-5 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Esad Ribic Colour: Ive Svorcina Letter: VC’s Joe Sabino Cover(s): Esad Ribic Publisher: Marvel Comics “And this is how it ends. With blood and thunder. With hammer and sword. With one last stand at the gates of heaven…” One of the more appealing aspects of …
Here’s part two of the best female centric comics to have been released over the last two years. If you missed the first five picks in part one, check them out here. Fairest (2012, Vertigo) Bill Willingham’s “Fables” has become sort of a giant in the comics world. It now runs over 125 issues and …
The Superior Spider-Man #1 Written by Dan Slott Art by Ryan Stegma & colourist Edgar Delgado Cover by Adi Gravnov Published by Marvel After a spectacular 50-year run, Marvel decided to put an end to “The Amazing Spider-Man”, arguably the company’s most iconic comic series. Its much-hyped “series finale” with issue #700 released last month was …
Comic books are like wine, there is a bottle out there for everyone. The comic book medium has been around for over seventy years and is home to some of the most original and ground-breaking stories the world has ever seen. But knowing where to start is daunting, and jumping in blind can have some …
I usually stay away from posting any “tabloid like” articles to our site but I just couldn’t resist. Besides it is a work of art: Last week Axel Alonso, the Editor and Chief at Marvel comics tweeted: “Show of hands for DEADPOOL/CHARLIE SHEEN TEAM-UP…?” So writer Ben Christian and artist Cory Smith over at The …
After Disney’s acquisition of Marvel, the company decided to create a television division for Marvel Studios with Jeph Loeb (Heroes, Smallville, Lost and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) hired to run the operation. Marvel later announced they were developing a hour-long live-action Incredible Hulk television series for ABC, and have now added to the list, stating …
Now that Disney has purchased Marvel, it is using the comic book line in every which way possible to advertise their upcoming films. I always say I never trust movie marketing to sell me on a movie but that’s not to say that I don’t love it all the same. Here is another clever piece …
/film dropped an interesting article on the upcoming Marvel superhero film Captain America. In interview with CBR, director Joe Johnston spoke about how Captain America: The First Avenger would tie into the other Marvel films. “There are links between all the Marvel films, mostly ones that only the fans will pick up on. We have …
The Tumblr round-up is a compilation of images, links, posters, stories, videos and so on, taken from the Sound On Sight Tumblr account. We simply do not have the man power nor time to write articles on every interesting movie related goody we find, so this is our way of still promoting some of the …
Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class is approaching ever so quickly and they have found their Professor X. The guys at /Film have word that James McAvoy (Atonement and Wanted) has been casted for the role as Professor Charles Xavier to mentor the first generation of X-Men. McAvoy is a decent actor, but I can’t see …
Stories have been thrown back and forth whether or not Kick-Ass director, Matthew Vaughn, would be helming the prequel/reboot of the X-Men franchise new film, X-Men: First Class, based off the comic book written by Jeff Parker. Many names were dropped (Louis Leterrier, Jonathan Mostow, Daniel Espinosa, Rupert Sanders, Timur Bekmambetov, David Slade, and Carl …
“Iron Man 2 suffers from a distinct case of sequelitis. It is unfocused, messy and clumsily handled, and alas much of the charm and wit that the original employed to win over its viewers is largely absent.” Iron Man 2 Directed by John Favreau The first Iron Man movie a couple of years ago was …
Big news in the Marvel Universe has been released recently that sheds more light leading towards The Avengers in 2012. New directors, new castings, new cameos and more heroes? The Marvel Universe is putting the final touches to their epic superhero franchises that spark excitement in many fanboy’s pants.
On Monday morning, The Walt Disney Company announced that they have purchased Marvel Entertainment Group for $4 billion in US stocks and cash. This deal will give Disney full ownership of over 5,000 Marvel characters, including Daredevil, Spider-Man and the X-Men clan. This is Disney’s largest acquisition since it bought Pixar Animation Studios in 2006. …
David Goyer has made quite a reputation in Hollywood as one of the go to writers of comic book adaptations. His credits include penning Dark City, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the Blade trilogy. With his fame growing each year, he’s been offered plenty of other projects to help develop, mostly all related to …