Fox is arguably one of the biggest miners of the Marvel Universe, and for the longest time now, they have been drilling at the world of Mutants to deliver films attempting to please fan-boys worldwide (hitting the mark about half of the time, IMO). If you’ve been keeping up with any other news sources involving …
Hawkeye #11 Written by Matt Fraction Art by David Aja Published by Marvel Now this is the reason why Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye series is one of the most popular and talked about titles in the market right now. Seamlessly blending together story, art, humor and all around creative genius to deliver what most fans will …
“X-Men” #2 Written by Brian Wood Drawn by Olivier Coipel Inking by Mark Morales, Scott Hanna and Olivier Coipel Colouring by Laura Martin, Matt Milla, and Christina Strain Published by Marvel Last month’s stellar issue of Brian Wood’s “X-Men” introduces the comic’s debut villain, Arkea, twin sister of Sublime, and she immediately poses a threat …
In a world where critically acclaimed, adventurous books, like Demon Knights, Journey into Mystery, and Dial H are canceled on a seemingly daily basis to make way for new Batman, Green Lantern, or Avengers books, a lot of characters get left out. These characters could transcend the boundaries of the DC and Marvel universes and allow for different types …
Walking out of Man of Steel this weekend, I couldn’t help but think of the way in which this was particularly a creation of the modern DC Comics mindset. With its dour, somber lead, bombastic, faux-operatic plotting, and general grim and gritty outlook, this was a Superman film that fit in well with Nolan’s Batman …
“Journey into Mystery” fans felt anxiety and dread a few days ago when some readers noticed that Marvel left the title off their recently announced September 2013 solicitations. It wasn’t the end of the world, though. Perhaps it was an oversight, or even a delay in production, pushing issue #656 over into October. Sadly, neither …
With Scott Snyder’s highly anticipated Batman: Zero Year just around the corner and Man of Steel hitting the box-office this month, I felt that it was a perfect time to delve into some of the best re-vamped origin stories in comic books. While many may fall flat (looking at you Marvel: Season Ones) some have …
[callout] Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient …
Hawkeye #10 Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Franscesco Francavilla Publisher: Marvel After an amazing streak of stories, Hawkeye #10 fails to create that same sense of originality and almost purposely avoids our protagonist entirely, but in a way, that isn’t such a bad thing. #10 instead tells the story of the newly introduced character “The Clown”, …
Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick Drawn by Scott Hepburn Colouring by Jordie Bellaire Lettering by Joe Caramagna Published by Marvel Comics If Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel isn’t the face of Marvel Comics today, then she probably should be. Her rise to A-list superhero, along with the debut of her new series, …
When you’re a kid, a million different career options are running through your brain. You could be an astronaut, or maybe an actor, or you could be an explorer. How many children have considered that the possibility exists for them to be Storyboard Artist, or in the case of Federico D’Alessandro, a Storyboard Artist/Anamatics Supervisor …
There was a hope among much of the fans lately that Marvel and Robert Downey Jr. would be able to renegotiate his contract so that he might be able to stay on as Tony Stark AKA Iron Man long past The Avengers 2. Sadly, this is not the case and, moreover, it’s looking like Marvel …
Marvel, having already dominated the multiplex with its live action comic book films, is now looking to expand its box office universe with animation. Those of you who have been impatiently waiting to see some animated results from Disney’s purchase of Marvel, should find this very good news. Disney has adapted a fairly obscure Marvel …
There’s been something of an uproar on some forums about Chronicle co-star Michael B. Jordan possibly becoming Johnny Storm in Josh Trank’s reboot of the Fantastic Four. The overwhelmingly controversial debate is for the most part centred on Jordan’s race and the replacing of traditionally Caucasian characters with other races. Some of these comments, despite …
When it comes to spectacle and narrative, Iron Man 3 delivers in spades. This CG-fuelled spectacular is undeniably entertaining and judging by the box office sales, we should expect a fourth installment in the near future. After 10 minutes of end credits, we are treated to the usual Marvel tag-on scene which of course …
Iron Man 3 Directed by Shane Black Written by Drew Pearce & Shane Black USA, 2013 Fun has become a slightly forgotten commodity in the summer blockbuster, with many studios and filmmakers now inspired by the efforts of directors like Christopher Nolan to be as grim as possible. The modern superhero often has to be …
Last week, the long awaited trailer for Fox’s The Wolverine (which may as well have the subtitle “We Know we Made a Whoopsie on That Last one so We’re Adapting the Chris Claremont/Frank Miller Comic Now Please Don’t Hate us Anymore”) finally dropped, and in its scant two minute running time it reveals quite a …
Guardians of the Galaxy Issue #1 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Penciller: Steve McNiven Cover by Steve McNiven, John Dell, & Justin Ponsor Publisher: Marvel Brian Michael Bendis’ much anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy, the newest of the Marvel Now! relaunches, proves just how great obscurity can be. How great is the comic exactly? Using …
A great new app was released today for the iOS called Marvel Unlimited that has the comic world going bananas. What if you could stream any book, whenever you wanted all for one reasonably low sum like Netflix or Spotify? Well Marvel has heard the cry and today they answered. Marvel Unlimited is a subscription based …
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Penciler: Bryan Hitch Inker: Paul Neary Colourist: Paul Monts Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit Cover: Hitch, Neary, Monts Publisher: Marvel Comics “I’m not going to let what happened change the value of my life and shame on the rest of you. Shame on you for giving up…” We’ve barely let the changes …
Eisner week is in full swing here at Sound on Sight and it is my great pleasure to present to you the Eisner Award winning work of famed author Brian Michael Bendis. After starting out writing crime comics, Bendis crossed over to the realm of super heroes with great success. His dialogue focused writing and …
When these artists started working, Wolverine was one of Marvel’s biggest stars. He got his own solo book in 1988 and was prominently featured in Fox’s long-running X-Men cartoon. Wolverine also appeared in his first solo video games Wolverine and Wolverine: Adamantium Rage in 1991 and 1994. In comics, this was a time of experimentation and changes for the character. He …
Nova #1 Written by Jeph Loeb Illustrated by Ed McGuinness Colors by Marte Gracia Cover by Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines, & Marte Gracia Published by Dan Buckley There is a lot that can be expected from issues of Nova in the following months. With a writer like Jeph Loeb (Daredevil: Yellow, Fallen Son: The Death …