Tag: Brian Michael Bendis

Who Could Be The New Spider-Man?!

Posted: February 15, 2015 at 4:59 pm   /   Comic Books, Film, Local

Finally.  After years of speculation and two lackluster (albeit not from a money making stand point) entries into the Spider-Man mythos, Disney/Marvel and Sony Pictures have come to an agreement to share the rights to The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. This deal will bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and will allow Marvel to […]

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The Drawing Board – Ottley, Frank, Rude, Samnee, Manapul, Anka (Jan 10, 2014)

Posted: January 10, 2014 at 8:30 am   /   Comic Books, Local

For this week’s Drawing Board, I wanted to give you fine people a look at my all time favorite superhero’s.  I’m talking about The Man of Steel, The Last Son of Krypton, The Big Blue Boy Scout, Superman. Over Superman’s 75 year history, there have been many interpretations of Kal-El.  He’s been everything from an […]

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SDCC 2013: Bendis and Bagley return to the Ultimate Universe

Posted: July 20, 2013 at 11:49 am   /   Comic Books, Featured, Local

You would think that after a massive flood and a civil war that broke the United States in half, the Ultimate Marvel universe would get a break.  That’s not the case.  What more could the creators throw at these characters?  How about Galactus (and we ain’t talking about the weird Ultimate “Cloud” version we saw […]

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C2E2 – A Weekend Review of Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo 2013

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 1:26 pm   /   Comic Books, Local

I am sitting on a train heading home from Chicago, and I thought I would take the opportunity to give you my thoughts and news coming out of C2E2 2013.  What a great convention. Where most cons nowadays have changed their focus to include both comics and other comic related things (movies, games, and other “geek” […]

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The Long Box: Comic Reviews: Fury MAX #9, Uncanny X-Men #1, and Batman #17

Posted: February 23, 2013 at 5:41 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

This week, we’ve got war, fugitive mutants, the Bat, and The Jester.  Quite a lot if you ask me.   FuryMax #9 Written by Garth Ennis Art by Goran Parlov   I haven’t talked about this book because I was unsure how to convey just how much I have been loving it.  Garth Ennis (The Punisher & Preacher) writing about an […]

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Comic Book Reviews: Marvel NOW!

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 1:11 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

The Marvel Now! relaunch is in full swing.  New creative teams and new titles have launched, and I have taken it upon myself to read almost all of the new titles (you can thank me later).  Notice that I said “RELAUNCH” and not “REBOOT”.  Rather than start all over with a new beginning, as DC has […]

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The Long Box: Comic Book Casting Call – Daredevil

Posted: November 8, 2012 at 10:29 am   /   Comic Books, Film, Local

Back in 2003, Fox acquired the rights to Daredevil during the initial surge of interest in comic based films.  The original cast was Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Michael Clarke Duncan as The Kingpin, and Colin Farrell as Bullseye.  The movie opened to mixed reviews.  A sequel was discussed but never […]

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Comic Pick of the Week: Spider-Men #4

Posted: August 11, 2012 at 1:40 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

Pick of the Week: Spider-Men #4 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Sara Pichelli As I was going through my books for this week, no title jumped out and screamed “Pick Me!”  Only Spider-Men #4 by Brian Bendis and Sara Pichelli stood out from the rest.  This is the fourth issue in the 5 issue mini series.  Some […]

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Comic Review: “Spider-Men” #1

Posted: June 14, 2012 at 11:22 pm   /   Comic Book Reviews, Local

Spider-Men #1 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Sara Pichelli “You know how this works: I get to break your fishbowl helmet at the end of the fight”   Quick history lesson:  In 2000, Marvel Comics was in serious  financial trouble.  The Editor in Chief, Joe Quesada, realized the only way to save the […]

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Brian Michael Bendis’ Popular Comic ‘Powers’ Might Be Coming to FX

Posted: January 24, 2010 at 12:45 pm   /   Local, Television

Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that Journeyman creator, Kevin Falls,  is going to be sending his script for the popular comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis, Powers, to FX to be shot as a new pilot for the popular cable network. Powers takes place in a world not to different from the worlds […]

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