James Boorman is a talented character artist who has been able to take dozens of superheroes, He-Man characters and even Adventure Time into pixel art. Each of these pixel heroes have been created on a 25×25 grid. There’s more colour here than early computer game designers had but that goes to show how clever Boorman […]
Man builds real life Mjolnir and trolls with Thor’s hammer
YouTube engineer Sufficiently Advanced created a real life Thor’s hammer. It’s a great little demonstration of some agile engineering. Also; it’s a great way to troll people and make a popular YouTube video. What puzzles me is why so many people gave picking up the hammer a go.
Who would win in a fight? Zombie Hulk or She Thor
I’m not entirely sure “She Thor” is the name I’d use – I’d stick with Thor but I’m not reading that arch so what do I know? I tell what I know; this animation by Milton Pool of Miltonius Arts is awfully impressive for a fan project. How did this fight come about? One day […]
16 clever dogs of the Marvel Universe
Josh Lynch is a creative director and freelance illustrator. He shared this collection of “DOTMU: Dogs of the Marvel Universe” to his public gallery at Behance and you should take a look. I think Punisher pug is my favourite. Which is yours?
10 of the Best Rule 63 Cosplays Spotted at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con
Rule 63 of the Internet says that for every pop culture character, there is another version of a different gender. This is particularly true of cosplay where costumers enjoy dressing up as their favorite characters regardless of gender. Some prefer to genderswap the costumes and imagine how the character would dress if he or she […]
Superhero Week: Hijab superhero self portraits
Nour Saleh is a hijab wearing Canadian. Last year she took up a Tumblr challenge to draw herself as different fictional characters. I love how Nour responded to that challenge. Not only did she imagine herself as various superheroes, she kept the hijab in all of the illustrations. I think the results work well and […]
Diamond Gem Awards winners announced
The Gem Awards are run by Diamond Comic Distributors in the States, working with comic book speciality retailers and recognised across the industry. It’s not just comic book retailers that are in the running – the Gem Awards looks at toy manufacturers and game makers. 2014 Diamond Gem Award Suppliers of the Year 2014 Comic […]
Official Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer
There are no strings on me. Since the cat was out of the bag Marvel wisely released the first teaser trailer for the next Avengers film. At this point nearly 6 million views have been recorded on the official release. The signs are there’s a lot of interest in this movie. What’s your gut feeling? […]
Which 10 comic book adaptations top the movie disappointment list?
There’s been no shortage of comic book inspired movies in recent years. Some have been better than others. Which of these comic book adaptations have flopped the hardest? Viewing figures tell one story but this month cinema chain Vue asked fans for another point of view. Vue ran a survey to discover and rank the […]
Superhero Week: Avengers 3D wall lights
These Avenger wall lights are proving to be quite popular. They’re battery operated so you don’t need to drill holes in the wall and I’m told are good for persuading kids to sleep and don’t get too warm either. There’s a few variants but here’s a small collection from Amazon. Thor’s Hammer at Amazon $39.06. […]
