The First Trailer for Thor: The Dark World Debuts!

The Marvel movie franchise is remarkably impressive, churning out hit after hit and then bringing everyone together for an epic Avengers film.  Now with Phase Two about to begin, I am far and away the most excited for Thor: The Dark World.  I love all of the movies, but Thor is my favourite thus far. Continue reading “The First Trailer for Thor: The Dark World Debuts!”

My 10 Favourite Non-Comic Book Things Of 2012

Much like with my best of comics list, “things” is vague, but it’s a good way to look at everything at once.  Plus this is a comics blog!!  You don’t need my Top 10 of everything in the universe.  So we’ll stick with the vague listing. I liked a lot of things this year, butContinue reading “My 10 Favourite Non-Comic Book Things Of 2012”

The Dark Knight Rises Made A FORTUNE, But What About The Comics?

A few months back when The Avengers had the biggest opening weekend of all time, we took a look at the Amazon sales charts to see how well Avengers comics were doing in the wake of this massive success.  Movie and TV related books tend to do rather well, from The Hunger Games to GameContinue reading “The Dark Knight Rises Made A FORTUNE, But What About The Comics?”

The Avengers Made A FORTUNE, But What About The Comics?

The Avengers just had the biggest opening weekend of all time (a well-deserved achievement… it was AWESOME), and being weirdly into numbers and stats I started thinking about if this translated into sales for Avengers comics.  While Marvel’s film division has been enormously successful, the comics side has had a bit of a rough timeContinue reading “The Avengers Made A FORTUNE, But What About The Comics?”

Avengers Movie Review OR I LOVE The Hulk!!!!

So The Avengers was absolutely fantastic.  Marvel’s done a pretty amazing job with their film properties, Ghost Riders and Punishers aside, and the most impressive part is that they’ve made me like their characters.  I’m a hardcore DC guy, and I only buy/read Marvel titles when a creator I really love is on the bookContinue reading “Avengers Movie Review OR I LOVE The Hulk!!!!”

One Quick Thought About The Avengers Movie

I saw The Avengers this afternoon, and it was absolutely fantastic!!  All of the actors were great, the writing was sharp, and the action scenes were just BEYOND out of hand.  Plus, the Hulk was pretty much the best character ever… he totally stole the show. Anyway, I’ll do up a proper review later tonight,Continue reading “One Quick Thought About The Avengers Movie”