This weekend’s release of the Jonah Hex film prompted me to consider the man who helped create the character, Filipino comic-book artist Tony DeZuniga. Unbeknownst to many American comic book fans, Filipinos have had a huge influence on mainstream comics – Ernie Chan, Alex Niño, Carlo Pagulayan, Whilce Portacio, Nesto Redonodo, Romeo Tanghal, and Lenil Yu are all names that [...]
My fascination with Olvia Munn is well-documented here at YM, so you can imagine my dismay at a developing legal imbroglio involving the aforementioned host of G4′s Attack of the Show and comic book retailer Heavy Ink. The dispute in question involves a book solicited by Heavy Ink entitled Celebrity Showdown Olivia Munn. Munn’s legal team is putting pressure on [...]
I used to wonder what it would be like to don the spandex and beat the snot out of wrongdoers in real-life – then I turned 12. Did I mention I live in Cincinnati? I am sad. Embedded video from CNN Video I give it a week before one of these poor saps walks down the wrong alley and gets [...]
Japanese Spider-Man, courtesy of Marvel.com. New episodes every Thursday. ‘Nuff said!
Variety reports that the latest Batman film (The Dark Knight in case you’ve been living under a rock) won’t be released in China, due to ‘cultural sensitivites’. In other news, it’s been available on every street corner in Singapore since June. Grow a pair, China. Seriously. “Based on a number of pre-release conditions that are being attached to ‘The Dark [...]
OK, here is my dilemma. I’m a little in love with Frank Castle (a lot of women are, apparently- it’s unbelievable how often that guy gets laid, considering his chosen career). The Punisher is my favorite comic character, due to his complex psychology and sheer badass factor (and the fact that my own personal savior Garth Ennis has written him [...]
Just a heads up – the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen is hitting Empire Film tonight at midnight, EST. For those of us who won’t be in a theater watching Batman: The Dark Knight – this is our consolation prize… Will the film live up to fan’s expectations? Probably impossible – but I’m willing to give Snyder the benefit of [...]
I knew I was going to like ABC Family’s new show ‘The Middle Man‘ when the above line was uttered about two minutes in. Based on a graphic novel by ‘Lost‘ scripter Javier Grillo-Marxuach, ‘The Middle Man‘ is a veritable pop-culture feast. The humor is decidedly self-referential, and even when the jokes don’t work (and they fall flat about as [...]
Our good friend Jason (aka ‘Centurion’ for old-skool Yellow-Menace / Destroy-All-Monsters visitors) sent us this short-but-sweet review of the new Iron Man movie. Much to the surprise of some of my friends, I didn’t read comic books when I was growing up. I watched cartoons like other kids, but I never really got into the whole comic thing. I knew [...]