Mostly when I write a genre police story, I begin by picking the genre and then discussing the issues around the context and creation of the genre. But today we’re going to have to approach this article from a different perspective. We’re about to talk about the Bronze age of comics, a style and era […]
Rule 63 Cosplays from the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
There are always plenty of great cosplayers at Comic Con, but some of the most fun are those highlighting Rule 63 (that for every pop culture character, there is another version of the opposite gender). This year was no exception and some of the best costumes at the entire convention were those featuring a gender […]
Superhero Week: Geometric superhero prints
Eric Dufresne has a fresh take on superhero art with this collection. You might recognise some iconic superheroes among these shapes. Tempted? You can view more of Eric’s work over at his Society6 store. Pick up one of these prints at Society6. This superhero-themed post is from 2016’s Superhero Week. Made any good superhero discoveries […]
Superhero Week: 8 quirky superhero t-shirts
Fed of superhero t-shirts all following the same template? Official merch either seems to have a stylish pose or a logo. As it’s Superhero Week I popped over to Redbubble to see what alternatives could be found. Arrow You have failed this city. [I want this one] Darkwing Duck The terror that flaps in the […]
Competition: Arrow – Heroes and Villains
Are you a fan of the Arrow TV show? Set in Starling City it has Arrow, played by Stephen Amell, doing his best to keep the very rough baddies off the street. He’s helped by Arsenal, the Black Canary and even the Atom at times. Arrow – Heroes and Villains is a companion book to […]
Latest Arrow season 3 trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWQDZ4kbpgU Arrow season 3 is nearly out in the States. Kinda. It’s due on the CW on October 8th. We can hope it escapes to other territories shortly after that. I don’t suppose there are any surprises in this trailer. We see a little more of Ray Palmer and the expected Thea Queen training scene. […]
Superheroes and words of wisdom
Adam Thompson is a graphic designer based in Carbondale, USA. His series Heroic Words of Wisdom is designed to try and bring some of iconic superhero dialogue out from the pages of comic books and to a wider audience. In my mind, one of the most famous pieces of comics dialogue is the oath sworn […]
17 DC New 52 superhero Valentine’s Day cards to groan at
Last year DC comics issues a bunch of pun-laden superhero Valentine’s Day cards. They did so in order to promote the 2013 “Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine’s Day Special“. In it Wonder Woman talks to Eros about her feelings for Superman, Aquaman treats his wife like a queen, Dick Grauson and the daughter of […]
Face capture that orc
Have you seen any of The Hobbit movies? You might recognise this animation… and I think it’s nice to peer behind the face capture. WHat do you think? Pretty impressive? Will films of the future do without actors all together? We’ll have captured their likeness and will be able to animate them like puppets. Who […]
The deadly assassin Cheshire graduates to DC’s New 52
DC Comics have shown us the New 52 design of Cheshire. Cheshire is one of the more dangerous assassins of the DC Universe; an expert in martial arts and poisons. It’s likely that she’ll have some connection to the Red Hood aka Jason Todd and to Roy Harper. Both Harper and Hood are part of […]
