Best Art Ever (This Week)
Andy Khouri's weekly compilation of the best comics, games, film and TV covers, pinups, maships, fan art and other illustrations discovered in the past week.
‘Arrow’ Season 2 Recap: ‘The Promise’
Matt D. Wilson continues his 'Arrow' Season 2 Recaps with episode 15: 'The Promise'.
VIDEO: IKEA Verus Cosplay Clutter
IKEA gives an award-winning cosplayer in Singapore a massive room makeover in new ad campaign
Phonogram Nightclub Infographic
Atoll Comics has created an infographic untangling the complexities of Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson's 'Phonogram: The Singles Club'.
Ask Chris: Rise Of The X-Men
Chris Sims provides a history of The X-Men's rise from relative obscurity to insane popularity.
Diego Fonseca’s Red Bull Superheroes Project Shows Superpowered Energy Drinks
Wouldn't it be great if these Red Bull cans were real and gave you the depicted DC superhero's powers? We can always dream.
Marvel Unlimited App Finally Gets Adaptive Audio Update
It's been nearly a year since Marvel Entertainment announced at SXSW 2013 that it was going to add adaptive audio to its digital comics experience, but now the dream has become a reality.
Jumpkick Your Weekend With Every Showa-Era Kamen Rider Finishing Move [Video]
I'm a relatively new fan of the franchise, but for me, the appeal of Kamen Rider is that, at its heart, it's about a guy who jump-kicks monsters so hard that they explode. That is basically my ideal form of entertainment, just evil monsters all bursting into flames because of karate. And apparently, someone over at Toei agrees with me.
That, I assume, is why they decided to promote the upcoming movie, Heisei Riders vs. Shōwa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, by putting together a highlight reel of every Shōwa era Rider performing his finishing move on a villain, which usually results in the bad guys exploding, being thrown off a cliff, or sometimes being thrown off a cliff and then exploding. Be warned, though: Some dude is definitely going to have his eyes ripped out and his head punched off, in what is basically an action show for tiny children. It is fantastic.
Comics Alliance Podcast 103: Cape Comics Art, Arkham Aesthetics, and Agents of W.T.F.
Welcome back to the ComicsAlliance podcast, covering the latest comic book entertainment news topics. Joining Senior Editors Andy Khouri and Caleb Goellner for this episode are Senior Writer Chris Sims and Staff Writer Andrew Wheeler, who discuss the n
Eric Kim’s Art Brings Pro Wrestlers, The X-Men, And Lemmy From Motorhead, Also Known As Our Favorite Things
You know those people who seem to be way more productive than you could ever dream of? Artist Eric Kim is one of those people. When he's not helping kids make comics with his Manga Dojo teaching program or doing illustrations for gaming companies like Paizo Publishing and White Wolf or working with Udon Studios, he still finds time to knock out amazing art for the Internet. Meanwhile, I can barely get out of noon, chug a cup of coffee and start writing jokes about Gambit.
Clearly, Kim's got the edge here, and his art is well worth checking out. Read on to see his take on awesome stuff like Usagi Yojimbo and "The Macho Man" Randy Savage -- and maybe one day he'll draw a team-up between those dudes.
The Comics Alliance Collection: Cool Stuff We (And You) Got This Week
The ComicsAlliance staff is a diverse lineup writers, editors, artists, photographers and designers, but before we’re any of those things we’re simply fans. Appreciators. Collectors. Almost every day we share with each other via Instagram all the great books, toys, artwork, apparel, and other beautiful and/or inescapably cool objects we collect almost ceaselessly in comics stores, at conventions, and from all kinds of sources all over North America (and sometimes beyond). Displaying (i.e. showing off) some rad swag typically inspires everyone to one-up their pop-archeologist game in the never ending quest to find awesome stuff, and simply posting the week’s new comics usually causes someone to discover a new title or artist, which in turn inspires a whole new line of excavation.
In the past we’ve published photos of our “con hauls” here on CA and the resulting discussion with readers — i.e. collector kudos — has always been fun, so with the ComicsAlliance Collection we’re going to do it every week. But more importantly, we want to see your collection too. Show us new additions to your collections by using the hashtag #CAcollection on Instagram or tag us @ComicsAlliance and we’ll embed the best stuff alongside our own recent acquisitions.
Toy Review: The ‘Attack On Titan’ Colossal Titan Nendoroid Action Figure [Video]
Every weekend here at CA we’re cracking open the latest and/or just greatest action figures around to see what sets them apart from the articulated plastic pack. This week we’re unboxing Good Smile Company's Colossal Titan Nendoroid from Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga and anime adaptation. We were intrigued when the toy was initially announced, and picked one up to see if it could measure up to the man-eating expectations it promised as not only a standalone figure, but also a toy packed with a suitably sizable environment ripe for the smashing (and simulated eating). You can watch our full review after the jump to see what we thought of the new figure.
Aurelien George’s Sculptures Are Totally Metal (As In The Substance) And Totally Metal (As In Rad)
Listen: We can agree that drawings are cool, right? I mean, they're great. We talk about them pretty much all the time here at ComicsAlliance. But the thing is, drawings have their limitations, and one of the key limitations is that they are not gigantic pieces of actual metal that look like killer robots with buzzsaws. It's just a flaw of the medium.
Fortunately for us, Aurelian George has created pieces of art that are that exact thing! That's not all, either -- in addition to crafting awesome arcade sticks, George has created metal sculptures inspired by Portal, Pac-Man, and Wolverine. Check out a few below!
War Rocket Ajax Early Edition: Moon Knight, She-Hulk And Forever Evil [Podcast]
Each week, ComicsAlliance's Chris Sims and Matt Wilson host the War Rocket Ajax podcast, their online audio venue for interviews with comics creators, reviews of the books of the week, and whatever else they want to talk about. ComicsAlliance is offering clips of the show several days before the full podcast goes up at WarRocketAjax.com on Mondays.
This week, Matt and Chris are talking about some of the big comic releases of the week. They loved Moon Knight #1 by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire and She-Hulk #2 by Charles Soule, Javier Pulido and Muntsa Vicente. Forever Evil #6 by Geoff Johns, David Finch and Richard Friend, not so much.
‘Arrow’ Season 2 Recap, Episode 15: ‘The Promise’
The CW’s superhero series Arrow re-imagines Green Arrow for a TV audience as a tough, often ruthless vigilante bent on setting things right in his home of Starling City by punishing the wicked. ComicsAlliance’s Matt Wilson will be following along to see how he fares.
This week's flashback-heavy episode features a ship raid, a chokeslam, an art tour, and a lot of loaded dialogue.