The Next Generation of heroes

The Hollywood Reporter posted a series of photos depicting actors who have portrayed some of our most well-known screen icons, and the new generation of stars that are poised to take over those roles. Makes for interesting reading.

Starting with:

Andrew GarfieldThe British actor was cast July 2, 2010 as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Columbia’s The Amazing Spider-Man, to be released in 3D on July 3, 2012. Directed by (500) Days of Summer helmer Marc Webb and co-starring Emma Stone as Peter’s first love Gwen Stacy, Andrew Garfield has some big shoes to fill, taking over web-slinging duties from Tobey Maguire.

 The rest are here.

Dawning of a new age for Indie Comics

I remember at the beginning of the ‘80s how there was a literal explosion of Indie publications that made me excited to read comics again. Well, not sure what happened to all those Indie publishers (many went under), but it seems to me that there is a resurgence in Indie comics these days. To anyone who has any doubts about this, you should check out  MoCCA Fest and see what I mean.

Well I just picked up this new comic anthology called (of all things), Indie Comics Magazine, and the magazine delivers 64 pages (eight separate stories) of top-flight reading. The tales rang the gamut from horror to samurais, to humor, to superhero, to sci-fi, and none of the stories disappoint.

Helmed by Editor Gary Scott Beatty who’s first produced comic was on his high school’s ditto machine, after hours, and without permission. His story in this issue is entitled Jazz: Cool Birth, is a murder mystery set in a 1957 jazz club with art and typography based on ‘50s album cover design. The story helped earn him a Xeric Foundation Grant. Multi-talented, Beatty writes, colors, letters, and produces comic books and magazines for a diverse range of companies and has written for the Comic Buyer's Guide.

I highly recommend this comic, and suggest that you head to your local independent comic book shop and have them order it for you from Diamond.

Spider-Mike, Mayor of New Dork!

According to a published article in the New York Post, The Big Apple’s mayor Bloomberg, followed up his comicbook debut with a stint mocking Broadway’s longest running non-play, Spider-Man Turn off the dark at a charity dinner sketch that, unfortunately, went awry:


New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg descended upon the stage at the annual Inner Circle charity dinner in Manhattan on Saturday dressed as Spider-Man. The Inner Circle is a gaggle of past and present City Hall reporters who roast the mayor each year, kindly allowing him a comedic comeback. In a nod to the musical that is currently bombing on Broadway, the mayor stopped halfway through the Spider-Man skit “due to technical difficulties,” according to the New York Daily News. 
Well, we were certainly entertained:

Yeah, I could vote for this guy!

Rogue Comics

So, like most funnybook-buying folks I tend to (mostly) frequent the same couple of shops for my weekly “fix” there is one shop in my town (Heroes Cards & Comics) and another just a couple of towns over (A Timeless Journey), well, just recently I discovered yet another worthwhile shop to add to my frequency list.

Located in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport (on the Fairfield line). The shop’s name is Rogue Comics.

The shop is under new management, and the new owner has made an amazing recovery of the site from what it used to be (including changing the store’s name).

The shop is well-lit, roomy, and fully stocked with current comics, toys, games, and trading cards. On top of that, the new owner, Mike, is very friendly and knowledgeable of the field. So if you live in Fairfield or Bridgeport, and are looking for a place to buy your comics. There’s a new store in town!

Rogue Comics 

3002 Fairfield Avenue • Bridgeport, CT 06605 •

• (203) 334-5566 •

Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-5:15/5:45-7 • Sat: 11-7 • Sun: 12-5

email: RogueComicsCT@gmail.com
Find them on Facebook 

Official Index to the Marvel Universe, Avengers, Cap America & Thor

Yep it is out, issue #11 and (apparently) I’m a contributor (cool, eh?).

Well, what's even cooler is that the writing staff (of which I am a part) has just been informed that we are beginning on Vol #3 of this series, and, yep, I'll be contributing once again to the series.

This time around we will be covering Wolverine, Ghost Rider, and The Punisher. As it stands now, I'll probably be concentrating on the Punisher entries.

More as it develops.

Captain America Trailer

OK, OK, I’m sure you’ve all seen this already, but what the heck, I figured we’d post it as well.





Did you catch Sgt. Fury, Dum Dum, and the Howling Commandos? How about Tony Stark’s dad? Pretty cool, eh? We thought so! For more, go here.

Three More from Young Justice

As stated the other day, DC Comics, The Cartoon Network, & McDonald’s have issued a set of young Justice Action figures with Micky D’s Happy Meals, the first group were featured in our original post, here are the remaining three characters:

(The rest of) Young Justice

Kid Flash

Captain Cold

Black Manta