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Mike Kingston 'Headlocked: The Hard Way' Interview
Mike Kingston 'Headlocked: The Hard Way' Interview
Mike Kingston 'Headlocked: The Hard Way' Interview
Mike Kingston has described Headlocked, the comic he writes with artist Michel Mulipola as a cable TV drama-style take on the world of professional wrestling, centered on an aspiring actor who gives up on theater to focus on making it in the King of Sports. With three volumes funded through Kickstarter campaigns, the series has become a cult favorite among wrestling fans and comics readers, both for the ongoing story and the involvement of pro wrestlers as writers and artists for bonus stories included in the paperbacks Now, as the campaign for Headlocked Volume 4: The Hard Way is rolling along, I sat down with Kingston at Emerald City Comic-Con to talk about bridging the gap between comics and pro wrestling, the strange journey he's taken, and what it's like to share a table at a comic book convention with the legendary 16-time world champion, Ric Flair.
'Arrow' Season 5, Episode 3: 'A Matter Of Trust'
'Arrow' Season 5, Episode 3: 'A Matter Of Trust'
'Arrow' Season 5, Episode 3: 'A Matter Of Trust'
This week’s episode, “A Matter of Trust,” finds Oliver continuing his quest to save Star City both as mayor and as the Green Arrow --- but will his new team ever learn to listen? Will a news anchor make Thea’s life a living nightmare? Will Cody Rhodes make an absolutely dashing new villain? Gregory Smith directed the episode from a script by Ben Sokolowski and Emilio Ortega Aldrich.
ICYMI: Batgirl and Batwing's Luchadore Makeover
ICYMI: Batgirl and Batwing's Luchadore Makeover
ICYMI: Batgirl and Batwing's Luchadore Makeover
Batgirl has been firing on all cylinders since the creative team of Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr came aboard just over a year ago, and has carved a niche as not only one of the most exciting books published by DC Comics, but as a book that's genuinely representative of the millennial experience. It might just be the amount of Lucha Underground that this particular millennial watches, but the most exciting moment in comics this week came from Batgirl #48, with the team joined by Rob Haynes, Serge LaPointe and Lee Loughridge.
Archie Is Doing A Digital Collection Of Wrestling Stories
Archie Is Doing A Digital Collection Of Wrestling Stories
Archie Is Doing A Digital Collection Of Wrestling Stories
Those of you who haven't been obsessively keeping track of which Archie Comics are available to buy at 3:00 AM might not be aware of this, but the publisher has been putting out pretty inexpensive digital collections for a while now that are all built around a certain theme. There's a bunch of them up, including one that features my beloved Elevenaire, but this week, they're topping them all with Archie & Friends: Wrestle Maniacs. That's right, brother: A bunch of Archie comics about the King of Sports, professional wrestling. And, I suppose, that greco-roman stuff that they do in high schools and the Olympics, which, let's face it, is obviously the inferior version due to a lack of zombies, dragons, and steel chairs used as weapons.
Interview: Box Brown On 'Andre The Giant' Biography Comic
Interview: Box Brown On 'Andre The Giant' Biography Comic
Interview: Box Brown On 'Andre The Giant' Biography Comic
Earlier this year, First Second released Box Brown's Andre The Giant: Life And Legend – a graphic novel biography of the wrestling legend that immediately jumped onto the New York Times bestseller list, and has been met with great acclaim from wrestling fans and comics critics alike. Our own Chris Sims described the book thusly: "It shows Andre as a person. Not the giant with a dubious fifteen-year undefeated streak, not as the monster who was bodyslammed by Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania III, not as the absent father that was put on blast by A Current Affair shortly before his death, and not even as the drinker and prankster behind the scenes in the world of wrestling. It shows him as all of those, as a person whose life was larger than everyone’s, but whose flaws were no bigger or smaller than anyone else’s. It makes the Giant relatable without ever undermining him. There’s a love in this book, but there’s an honesty, too, and it comes through in every scene..." Recently, we got the chance to sit down and speak with Brown about the culture of professional wrestling, his artistic approach to comics, and how he went about adapting Andre's outsized life for a graphic novel.
Wrestler CM Punk Debuts At Marvel With 'Thor Annual' #1
Wrestler CM Punk Debuts At Marvel With 'Thor Annual' #1
Wrestler CM Punk Debuts At Marvel With 'Thor Annual' #1
If you're a fan of the King of Sports, professional wrestling, then you may have wondered what CM Punk has been up to since he left the WWE the day after last January's Royal Rumble. Punk, occasionally known outside the ring as Phil Brooks, has been quiet about his plans for the future, but this week it was announced that he'll be writing a story for February's Thor Annual #1, with art by Chew's Rob Guillory, who will also be making his debut at Marvel.
Rocket Gets Into Wrestling In 'Rocket Raccoon' #1 Preview
Rocket Gets Into Wrestling In 'Rocket Raccoon' #1 Preview
Rocket Gets Into Wrestling In 'Rocket Raccoon' #1 Preview
Look, I'll admit that I haven't been completely excited about the upcoming Rocket Raccoon series by Skottie Young. Don't get me wrong, I love Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen's spacefaring guardian as much as the next guy, and I'm pretty sure it's just our signature brand of ComicsAlliance Elitist Hipsterism creeping through that made me a little dismissive since the upswing in popularity that's keyed to this summer's big-budget Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but I just wasn't really into it. And then I found out that the first issue is about space-wrestling.
Warner Bros. Releases The First Trailer For The Scooby-Doo/WWE Crossover Movie, My Dreams Are Becoming Real
Warner Bros. Releases The First Trailer For The Scooby-Doo/WWE Crossover Movie, My Dreams Are Becoming Real
Warner Bros. Releases The First Trailer For The Scooby-Doo/WWE Crossover Movie, My Dreams Are Becoming Real
As Hans Gruber once said, Christmas is "the season of miracles," and there is nothing more miraculous than the present Warner Bros. has just given us. After announcing all the way back in August of 2012 that there was going to be an animated crossover movie between Scooby-Doo and World Wrestling Entertainment, it seems that my dream of a better world is perilously close to becoming reali
War Rocket Ajax: The WrestleMania Special With Joe Keatinge And Danielle Matheson
War Rocket Ajax: The WrestleMania Special With Joe Keatinge And Danielle Matheson
War Rocket Ajax: The WrestleMania Special With Joe Keatinge And Danielle Matheson
Ah, springtime, when a young man's fancy turns to... WrestleMania! It's our annual 'Mania-themed podcast, and this time, we're welcoming Glory and Morbius: The Living Vampire writer Joe Keatinge and podcaster Danielle Matheson for a roundtable discussion of this year's biggest wrestling event -- and you can listen to the whole show right here on ComicsAlliance...
Ask Chris #97:  The Best and Worst of Wrestling Comics
Ask Chris #97: The Best and Worst of Wrestling Comics
Ask Chris #97: The Best and Worst of Wrestling Comics
Here at ComicsAlliance, we value our readership and are always open to what the masses of Internet readers have to say. That's why every week, Senior Writer Chris Sims puts his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...

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