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Del Ray Gives the X-Men a Manga Makeover

During the NY Comic Con, Del Ray Manga showed off the character art for their upcoming X-Men and Wolvorine manga. Lookit the fluffy Beast. Isn’t he cuuute? Very Totoro-ish.
Hit the jump for info and character art for both titles. (Warning! Emo X-Men alert!)

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Marvel Fitteds

Marvel Enterainment and New Era Caps have struck a deal to bring out a line fitted hats. This collection - named the “Super Heroes Collection” - has already debuted. Iron Man is the first hero to have a set of hats released. Later this month the Hulk will be joining the line up. Other marvel [...]

Don’t Know What To Read? I Got You !

Here will be another feature to look forward to. I’ll be talking about a manga series that I am reading or have read that needs to be checked out. For those of you who have never read a manga, this should be a treat. For the people that have this might enlighten you to read [...]

Supposedly Leaked Pic of Two-Face

Idunno… I might have to call shenanigans. It looks a little bit on the ’shopped side, but it could just be bad CG. What do you guys think?
[Neatorama via Comic Book Resources]
Thanks to thatgirl for the tip.

Live Action Death Note to Hit U.S. Theaters for 2 Nights Only

Viz Pictures is teaming up with NCM Fathom to bring the live action version of Death Note to the big screen in the states. It’s going to be a limited release, so check Fathom Events to find the closest theater to you that’ll be showing it. Along with showing both Death Note and Death Note [...]

Free Comic Book Day at Golden Eagle Comics

Today’s Free Comic Book Day, so I hit up my local comic shop, Golden Eagle Comics. There was a special guest appearance by 501st Legion: Vader’s Fist, a worldwide Imperial costume organization. Hit the jump for some pics and check out some short reviews on what I picked up.

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Iron Man Reviewed (It Totally Didn’t Suck)

I’ll kick this review off by stating that I never followed the Iron Man comics. I watched the cartoons as a kid, but in those days my comic book reading consisted primarily of anything with a sexy lady on the cover, or lots of gratuitous violence within the pages. The only Iron Man stuff I’m [...]

Reminder: Tomorrow is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

To some people, the first Saturday in May is just another day to mark off on the ol’ calendar, but to us geeks, well… it’s something more. That’s right, kids, Free Comic Book Day is upon us again so call off work, cancel those weekend family plans and hit up your local comic shop loads [...]

Ennis School U.S. On Dan Dare

Garth Ennis (of Preacher, The Boys, and Hellblazer fame) had recently taken the reigns in revamping “The Quintiscential British Hero,” Dan Dare for Virgin Comics. Many here in the states are unfamiliar with Dan Dare, but Ennis explained “He is our Captain America, our Superman, or Batman. So how is it that vast majority of [...]

Rapid Fire Cosplay: Nightwing

Wow. Just wow.

Rapid Fire Cosplay: Sexy Batman and Robin

Seriously, the chick dressed as Batman would get it. Good.
But only if my girlfriend says it’s okay.

Seen in the Wild: Stan Lee

So, while waiting in the unnecessarily long line to get into the Con, Stan Lee walked around the line shaking the hands of the fans. I’ve been waiting to meet this guy for my entire life, so I was pretty stoked to know I’d get to shake hands with a legend.
Until Dan straight up cock-blocked [...]

NYCC 2008 Coverage All Weekend Long!!!

Hey dudes and dudettes, we’ve made the pilgrimage from Pennsylvania to New York. There’s all kinds of crazy awesomeness going on so we’ll keep you updated with rapid fire updates on all the cool shit we see. It’s gonna’  be a fun weekend! Okay, me and Eddie are gonna’ go grab some beer and do [...]

Zelda Manga Coming To U.S. This October

Word on the street has it that we’ll finally see an Engrish adaptation of two volumes of The Legend of Zelda manga. The books follow the Ocarina of Time story from the N64 days and are currently listed here for only $7.99 with a release date of October 7th, 2008. The listed writer and artist [...]

Sneaky, Dirty Snake

Priceless.
[Via HALOLZ]