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Modern Heroics Done Right In Brian Wood And Olivier Coipel's 'X-Men' #1 [Review]

Andrew Wheeler — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0000

X-Men. It's a bland title for a comic. No astonishment here; no bid for universal novelty; no claim to the ubiquitous label "uncanny". The new series, headlined by writer Brian Wood and penciller Olivier Coipel, is called only "X-Men", and the simplicity of the title suggests a statement...

Wood And Coipel's 'X-Men' Relaunch Moved To May

Joseph Hughes — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0000

The recently announced relaunch of X-Men, from Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel and featuring a team made up of Storm, Jubilee, Psylocke, Rogue, Rachel Summers and Kitty Pride, has been pushed back to May, due to a bereavement for Wood...

Brian Wood Introduces a 'Mini Event' with a 'Massive' Piece of John Paul Leon Artwork

Andy Khouri — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000

The story of life after "The Crash," a catastrophic ecological disaster that's left the world in ruins (and just awfully damp), The Massive launched earlier this year to become one of Dark Horse's most popular creator-owned series...

Marvel Launches Women-Only 'X-Men' in April

Graeme McMillan — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:00:00 +0000

Marvel Comics has announced a new X-Men title launching in April that spotlights the female members of the team. Yes, finally, a book dedicated to some of the many X-Women who have won fan hearts for years...

Brian Wood & Carlos D'Anda's 'Star Wars' #1 is the Star Warsiest Comic in Years [Review]

Dylan Todd — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000

The Star Wars universe, not unlike superhero comics, has built up a massive amount of continuity over its 35-plus years in existence. The "Expanded Universe" -- a tapestry of Star Wars stories that take place around the events of George Lucas' film trilogies, in novels, video games, RPG sourcebooks, cartoons, Underoos, etc...

Link Ink: Unseen 'Devil Dinosaur' Art, Marvel NOW's 'XX' And Japan's New Power Rangers

Caleb Goellner — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Art: The Kirby Museum has posted some awesome unpublished Devil Dinosaur art, which should delight any Jack Kirby fan.

TV: Joss Whedon is apparently already shooting the SHIELD pilot.

TV: David E...

The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012, Part 5

CA Staff — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:35:00 +0000

We didn't realize when we set out to list our favorite comic books of 2012 that it had been such a fun year to be a fan of the medium that we all love so much. The last twelve months offered readers a wide variety of work ranging from the most crowd-pleasing superhero epics to the most idiosyncratic of indies; the return of much missed mangaka and the emergence of exciting new talent; a new crowd-sponsored visibility for self-publishing; and the ascension of the fan artist from bedroom dreamer to Tumblr tycoon...

Brian Wood on the 'Subcontinental' Utopia of 'The Massive' [Exclusive]

Andy Khouri — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:00:00 +0000

The story of life after "The Crash," a catastrophic ecological disaster that's left the world in ruins (and just awfully damp), Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's The Massive launched earlier this year to become one of Dark Horse's most popular creator-owned series...

Becky Cloonan Draws New Jump-On Points For 'Batman' and 'Conan The Barbarian' [Previews]

Andy Khouri — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Fans of Becky Cloonan (like us) are in for an uncommon treat this week, as the artist's work can be seen in two new issues of two publishers' most high profile releases. For Dark Horse Comics, Cloonan rejoins writer Brian Wood for a new issue of Conan The Barbarian, based on the classic character created by Robert E...

Sex & Violence Comix: Conan The Barbarian

David Brothers — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Brian Wood's scripting the latest relaunch of Robert E. Howard's Conan character, this time in a series called Conan the Barbarian. The DMZ and The Massive writer is using Howard's short story "Queen of the Black Coast" as a springboard for new stories featuring the barbarian...