Movie Review: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson
In the past eleven years, we as an audience have witnessed something truly remarkable in cinema. After a surprise blockbuster hit in 2008’s Iron Man, we’ve been absolutely spoiled by what’s become the gold standard for comic book to big screen adaptations. While some may not be held on as high of a pedestal as […]
Film Review: Marvel’s ‘Infinity War’ is Finally Here
It’s here. It’s finally here. For the past ten years, Disney/Marvel has produced eighteen feature films showcasing the likes of our favorite Marvel superheroes. Jon Favreau’s Iron Man was a surprise blockbuster in 2008 carried by a career-resurrecting performance by Robert Downey Jr. and the creative minds at Disney/Marvel (see: Kevin Feige) knew they were […]
Review: Celebrating Comics and Pop Culture at Wizard World St. Louis 2018
Wizard World has kicked off its 2018 nationwide tour and St. Louis, Missouri was lucky enough to be the first to host the convention this year. Fans of all ages flocked to the America’s Center this past weekend to celebrate anything and everything within nerd-culture. And what a weekend it turned out to be. People […]
Massive Character Changes at Marvel Comics
Ever since the “Marvel Now” initiative went into effect, The House of Ideas has been taking risk after risk with some of their most popular characters. They “killed” Peter Parker and replaced him with Otto Octavius, stripped Wolverine of his healing factor, brought the original 1960’s X-Men into the present time, and even did a Battle […]
Spoilers: ‘Captain America: The Winter Solider’ Reviewed by a Cap Fanboy
Before you start reading this, I want to warn you. I will be spoiling the crap out of the movie. If you don’t want to know who the Winter Solider really is and what role he will play in the future then stop reading. You have been warned!! As an unabashed lover of all things […]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER opens April 4! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter for your chance to receive a pair of passes to a special advance screening! After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” finds Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague […]
The Drawing Board – Reis, Samnee, Murphy, Coipel, Scallera, Ramos (Dec. 27)
Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope all of you fine folks had a great Holiday this week and I thought I would give a belated Christmas gift. I (your friendly neighborhood comic nerd) am going to post a weekly article showcasing some of my favorite artists. We will call this The Drawing Board. My […]
Marvel Announces New Marvel Now Titles, With Free “Catch Up” Digital Codes
Marvel has decided to release “All New” titles in their Marvel NOW initiative. There will be new titles launched as well as existing titles getting “.NOW” numbering (i.e. Avengers #24.NOW). The titles that are already ongoing will also feature a digital code that will give the reader a bunch of issues from that have already […]
Comic News: Marvel NOW!
A few weeks ago, I posted some interesting news coming from Marvel – The House of Ideas was canceling a lot of major titles only to revamp them in the coming months. Well, the Marvel NOW! movement has begun. Marvel has announced a bunch of relaunched titles with all new creative teams. The most noteworthy […]
