Kevin Panetta
End of the Week Explosion #16
Yo. It's Labor Day weekend and I am recovering from a barbecue at which I drank too much and Seacord unlocked half the songs on my copy of GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE '80s! But more importantly, the weekend means it's time for the End of the Week Explosion, in which the Amazing Seacord answers the tough questions...
No More ‘Heroes’ (or any other NBC shows) on iTunes
Yup. That's right. It started as rumored disputes over pricing, but now it's official. I mean Apple press release official. Here's the deal. Apple's iTunes store typically sells television shows for $1.99 per episode. NBC wanted to up the price of their content to $4...
This Week’s New Releases and Recommendations
If you read the comic books, you know what happens on the Wednesday. Bow down before the power of the Wednesday!
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #1Soooo.... we're already counting down to FINAL CRISIS with COUNTDOWN, but now we have to count down to adventure as well...
Is the Justice League Movie Going to be CGI?
There's been quite a bit of talk on the interwebs this week about the potential of a fully CGI JUSTICE LEAGUE movie hitting theaters in 2010-2011. It seems that to avoid an impending Hollywood talent strike and any conflict with the upcoming BATMAN and SUPERMAN shooting schedules, DC and Warner Brothers would need to start shooting this thing by March 1st with the director of HAPPY FEET potentiall
End of the Week Explosion #15
It's the end of the week. That's when the explosion happens! This week we learn about the time Seacord defeated Gary Coleman in an MMA fight. Okay...that's not true....OR IS IT?!
Q: Well, it's time for a new Explosion, but something feels strange...
HALO UPRISING: Videogame Comics Evolved
As the release date for Halo 3 draws near, the excitement builds. Adding fuel to the fire is the Microsoft/Bungie tie-in explosion that's going on right now. Whether it's Halo branded Mountain Dew, a Halo 3 Xbox 360 console or the Halo Zune, Microsoft knows how to milk the frenzied anticipation that is bound to persist through September 25th
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This Week’s New Releases and Recommendations
It's Wednesday and that means time for new comics. This week it's the bat, the chief and the Whedon that come out on top.
BATMAN #668
Grant Morrison and J.H. Williams III return with the second part to what might have been the best first part of the year...
“An Electronic Microscope! You are Well Equipped!” A Review of YOKO TSUNO ON THE EDGE OF LIFE
After 17 years drawing vehicles and backgrounds for TINTIN, Belgian artist Roger Leloup stopped working under Herge and struck out on his own in 1970. The result, YOKO TSUNO, was a 24 volume series of craziness starring young Japanese sleuth (and electronics engineer
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Mike Wieringo Passes Away at the Age of 44
Mike Wieringo, always a bright spot in the comics world, passed away at the age of 44 this past Sunday, August 12th, of a sudden heart attack.
Wieringo's work on FLASH (where he co-created Impulse with Mark Waid), ROBIN, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN and the creator-owned fantasy series TELLOS was a great reminder of what comics should be in the grit-infused nineties...
Experience the Axe to the Forehead that is: BLACK METAL!!
The cold desolate shores of Norway have birthed the one true black metal band, Frost Axe! Play their record backwards and enter the bowels of hell!! Only evil twins Shawn and Sam Stronghold have the metalocity to acquire an artifact that holds the key to true evil
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