It’s a bittersweet affair when one reads a Star Wars comic these days. Disney recently decided not to keep Star Wars at Dark Horse where it’s been since 1991 and instead is shipping it off to Marvel (which Disney owns) starting in 2015. This makes sense for Disney from a financial standpoint but not necessarily from a comics one.
Star Wars: Darth Maul, Son of Dathomir #1 Written by Jeremy Barlow Pencilled by Juan Frigeri Inked by Mauro Vargos Colors by Wes Dzioba Published by Dark Horse Comics If you were annoyed by the romantic subplot of Attack of the Clones or the trade disputes of Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Darth Maul #1 is the cure for what …
Everything about “The Hidden Fortress” clicks and falls into place: Kurosawa’s mastery of the widescreen, the amusing characters, the action, the set design, the riveting yet lighthearted plot … This is the sort of movie a natural born filmmaker can make and make look so easy, so instinctive.
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm and announced a new future for the Star Wars franchise, part of that future included shifting the animation wing of the company to the Disney XD channel. That meant, rather than moving the popular Clone Wars series from The Cartoon Network to XD, Disney would create a new series, Rebels, which is …
When it comes to licensing, Star Wars is one of the most sought after brands out there. From toys to video games, comics to product tie-ins, Star Wars has been one of, if not the most financially lucrative film franchises of all time. When The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, and with it, …
Star Wars #13 Writer: Brian Wood Penciller: Facundo Percio Inker: Dan Parson Colorist: Gabe Eltaeb Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Available Wednesday January 8, 2014) One of the complaints about Brian Wood’s Star Wars series is that it crams too many storylines into an issue. There is Leia trying to find a new Rebel base, Han and Chewie getting weapons in Coruscant, and Luke …
As Akira Kurosawa is to Star Wars, George Lucas is to The Micronauts: Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden’s 1979 comic series that was based on a toy line. The story goes that Mantlo saw the toys in a store and somehow convinced Marvel’s Jim Shooter to pursue the license for them. The toys, whose gimmick was …
I don’t remember when I’d first heard about the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Y/A sci fi novel, Ender’s Game – a few weeks ago, a few months – but despite all the talk about the book being some sort of cult fave which has sold millions since it’d first been published in 1985, …
A Matter of Life by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf Comix) Jeffrey Brown is known for two things: his playful and silly comics that goof on childhood heroes from Transformers cartoons and Star Wars movies, and his autobiographical comics that depict his trials and tribulations in love and life. A Matter of Life is the latter. …
Not to long ago we posted some Batman artwork from the Planet-Pulp website, by artist and Illustrator, Francesco Francavilla. Just recently Timothy Anderson posted his Star Wars Novel Art, which you can see below. Visit their website for more great work.
You can find some great artwork over at PLANET-PULP.COM, an online gallery whose mission is to orbit a pulp-culture theme every 30 days. Below is just two posters for their Star Wars theme. ****
Love him or hate him, Howard Stern sure does book some interesting guests. Recently J.J. Abrams stopped by The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM to discuss Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars Episode VII, and Eddie Murphy. Listen below. Enjoy! ****
Star Trek – and we’re talking the original 1966-69 series here – was a lousy TV show. I was 11 years old when the series debuted on NBC and I thought it was a lousy show then. That’s why I couldn’t stand the Trekkies even back before there was a name for them. My first …
Despite several new releases this past weekend, Oz: The Great and Powerful finished in first place at the box office again. With a domestic total of $145 million and counting, the L. Frank Baum prequel has already proven to be immensely profitable for its Disney overlords, and boy do the overlords know it. With word …
A not so long ways away in a galaxy, well, in our own galaxy actually, a corporation adorned with mouse ears and a big blue castle are about to release the first of a barrage of new Star Wars films. This story begins in 2015, summer most likely, possibly late December, and starts with the …
Star Wars: The Dark Times – Fire Carrier # 1 Written by Randy Stradley Art by Gabriel Guzman & colourist Garry Henderson Cover by Doug Wheatley Published by Dark Horse While the future of the Star Wars property changes and expands with all the energy and enthusiasm of a tweenage girl at a Twilight screening, …
Every month we choose a theme for our Movie/TV Club. In the past we’ve highlighted directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock and David Cronenberg. Other times we’ve concentrated on events such as the Academy Awards. February’s theme spotlights actor Keanu Reeves. Now we are asking our readers to decide what we should do in …
Floating around the internet quite frequently these past two years have been infographics and articles complaining about Hollywood “giving up on original ideas.” Like the one below shows, from a box office standpoint, our selection of films has become increasingly saturated with adaptations, remakes, and reboots. Just looking at the year 2012 as an example; …
Star Wars #1 Written by Brian Wood Art by Carlos D’Anda & colorist Gabe Eltaeb. Cover by Alex Ross Published by Dark Horse From 1977 through 1986 Marvel Comics ran the first Star Wars comic book series, a group of books recapping the films in the original trilogy and bridging the gaps between them with …
With the turn of a new year, the uncomfortably futuristic sounding 2013, comes twelve more months of cinematic gold, silver and bronzed offal. There will be Supermen, more Hollywood remakes of cult Korean cinema, at least one memorable meltdown and the continuation of Marvel’s epic campaign of terror against bewildered audiences. But amidst the blockbuster …
On December 14, 2012, a young man named Adam Lanza broke into a primary school and fatally shot 26 people in the small village of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Twenty of them were children, aged 6 or 7. On that day, no matter where I went or what I did, I couldn’t stop thinking about the …
“Why do I always think gettin’ you home for Life Day is gonna be easy?” So says a languid Han Solo to an excitable Chewbacca in the legendarily awful 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. Perhaps the most infamous Television Christmas Special ever made, The Star Wars Holiday Special is a mythic assault on fanboy watchability. …
