My own summer reading list is in many ways a re-reading list. In the absence of any duties at the university during the break, the sunny summer days are perfect for pulling overtime at my day job and getting paid to revisit some of my favorite creative runs and story-arcs, in addition to some newly …
Yes, it’s unfortunate that the filming schedules and timelines didn’t match up, and Jessica Jones and Luke Cage (or even Daredevil) couldn’t be in Captain America: Civil War and give audiences flawed people like them, who care more about making ends meet and protecting their families and neighborhoods than some overblown ideological struggle. Hopefully, Spider-Man and Scott Lang will fill their regular person shoes in the film, but they are huge ones to fill, especially after Krysten Ritter and Mike Colter’s captivating performances in the Jessica Jones TV show.
New Avengers Annual #1 Written by Frank Barbiere Art by Marco Rudy Published by Marvel Comics In New Avengers Annual #1, Marco Rudy continues to establish himself as one of the next big artists in comics. He already illustrated Marvel Knights Spider-Man and a fill-in issue of Uncanny X-Men, but Rudy comes into his own with a story featuring Doctor …
Infinity #5 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artists: Jerome Opeña and Dustin Weaver Colorist: Justin Ponsor Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos Infinity #5 is really the end of one event story and the beginning of another. Unfortunately with only one issue left to go, that second event story is going to get short shrifted because there’s no room left. …
In the Marvel NOW to Infinity panel, Marvel’s creators and editors teased big events in the Avengers and Cosmic families of books leading up to their biggest August event Infinity, which will be written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Jim Cheung, Dustin Weaver, and Jerome Opena. Rick Remender teased the return of dead characters Grim …