Blog Archives: May 2008

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Review-a-Day #18: The Flash - Crossfire

Review-a-Day #18: The Flash - Crossfire from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Rob Schrab's Fan Film Contest

Reposted from Indy Mogul! SCUD, The Disposable Assassin  Not to sound too much like a shameless plug, but our friend Rob Schrab (who recently put together an episode of the 4-minute Film School) is encouraging fans to recreate the energy of his popular comic book series "SCUD: The Disposabl

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Review-a-Day #17: The Flash - Rogues

Review-a-Day #17: The Flash - Rogues from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Talking: The Astounding Wolf-Man #6

Spoiler. OK so now things are starting to get interesting! The funny thing was that the family issues were more interesting than the Wolf-Man issues. Don’t get me wrong I really enjoy me some Wolf-Man action. Which there is some fight sequences with Wolf-Man at the end of the comic, that bring

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Review-a-Day #16: The Flash - Time Flies

Review-a-Day #16: The Flash - Time Flies from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Talking: 1001 Arabian Nights The adventures of Sinbad #1

Spoiler. So Sinbad is back and not the comedian. This is a solid first issue. It is drawn a little bit like all the characters are action figures, but it is still good. This is exactly what I wanted in a Sinbad comic, action, crew of random scoundrels, and the conquest of treasure. There is a li

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Thursday Pull Time

Oh I hate when I have to wait till Thursday for my comics. This is what I am going to pick up: Action Comics, All Star Superman, Astounding Wolf-Man, Batman (R.I.P), Blue Beetle, Caliber, Daredevil, Drafted, Fables, Green Latern, Helen Killer, Hercules, Huntress Year One, Immortal Iron Fist, JSA

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If You Weren't Following the Election Before...

...This might do the trick. That lariat of truth would sure come in handy... Via

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EXCLUSIVE: Fear Agent #21

We've got a neat little exclusive for you guys, courtesy of our friends at Dark Horse... The first six pages of PS fave Fear Agent #21. The book doesn't go on sale until June 4th, but you guys can check out the beginning of the end, right here: Haunting in space! When Heath Huston is forced to pass

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Review-a-Day #15: The Flash - Blood Will Run

Review-a-Day #15: The Flash - Blood Will Run from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Talking: Avengers Classic #12

Spoiler. A little old school meets new school, but in a well done way that has an old school feel to it. Confused? Well first is a reprint of a Mole Man story. Then a new story about Mole Man’s minions the Subterraneans. Plus a bonus about one Subterraneans that looks like it is stolen from th

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Comic Book Club with Joe Infurnari and Selena Coppock Photos Updated

Did I just see you at Comic Book Club earlier tonight? If so then great, thanks for saying hello. In case you didn't we've updated our Pulpsecret Flickr account with photos from the evening's festivities. We had a great night listening to Alex, Justin, and Pete mix it up with Joe Infurnari and S

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Gravel Mega-Trade Announced

I've really been enjoying the new Gravel series from Warren Ellis, so imagine my surprise and pleasure upon finding out that there's a new Mega-trade, collecting all of Gravel's previous adventures, being released. Details are scant, but this is what Ellis has to say: FORTHCOMING: a 576-page signed

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Buffy Games Update

Last week, I told you about the Buffy The Vampire Slayer games being released, including Tarot, and a "Conversations With Dead People" themed Ouija Board. Well, I just got some pics in the inbox, and let me tell you... I still kinda want to get 'em. Sigh. I'm a sucker: According to Dark H

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SDCC: Metalocalypse Figure Exclusive

Got another San Diego Comic-Con exclusive for you guys, and it's from the best show you're probably not watching, Metalocalypse: Available only at Comic Con this Summer as a set, this all-new line features fully painted action figures of Dethklok, the undisputed greatest animated metal band in th

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Indiana Jones!

Spoiler. If you are a fan, it is a must see! There is a lot of shout outs to the other movies in this fun ride. Turn your brain off and just enjoy the ride. Sure there are a lot of moments that make you want to roll your eyes, but it is an action packed good time. I loved the Indy and Marion momen

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Review-a-Day #14: The Flash - Wonderland

Review-a-Day #14: The Flash - Wonderland from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Stuff To Do: Comic Book Club w/Joe Infurnari + Selena Coppock

COMIC BOOK CLUB A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books ***BEST OF NEW YORK PRESS 2007*** Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben Tuesday, May 27th @ 8:00 PM Featuring: Selena Coppock (Boston Comedy Festival) Joe Infurnari (Eisner Nominated "The Process") Tickets:

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Faster Pussycat

Pigeons from Hell artist Nathan Fox did this Faster Pussycat...Kill! Kill! poster for a show in London. If you're not picking up Pigeons from Hell, the art is fantastic as well and the story is all over the place and promises to get crazier still.   

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Over on his blog, Brian Lee O'Malley is wondering how Scott Pilgrim's band Sex Bob-Omb sounds to his readers and it got me thinking, how do you all perceive the sound effects written out in comics. We talked about it on the show awhile back but never really got into the nuts and bolts of it. How imp

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The Science of Superman's Flight

Over the years the way human flight has been depicted has evolved. Superman's flight is a really good way to look at the way we perceive flight. Does Superman "jump" into the air? Why can he just move upwards without any perceived effort in modern day movies? In the CW series Smallville he is de

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Unpublished Craig Thompson

Over on his doot doot garden blog Craig Thompson has put up a bunch of Elliot Chicken cartoons that never saw the light of day. He also gives a little advice to aspiring cartoonists - "simply seeing a project to completion" - good advice for anyone.

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Review-a-Day #13: Animal Man

Review-a-Day #13: Animal Man from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Witchblade Teaser Poster

Finally. After an okay TV series, and a piss-poor Anime, the Witchblade movie will give us what the series is really about: Lady Butts. (Via)

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Dark Horse Brings Domo to SDCC

We're starting to get some inkling of what will actually be happening this year at New York Comic-Con, and of course, the biggest news items are always the exclusive toys. Okay, not really, but they're still usually pretty cool. To wit, Dark Horse is producing VARIANT COLOR DOMO FIGURES!!! AHHHH!!

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Review-a-Day #12: Jim Henson's Return to Labyrinth

Review-a-Day #12: Jim Henson's Return to Labyrinth from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Review-a-Day #11: Can't Get No

Review-a-Day #11: Can't Get No from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Friday Video Roundup: Batman Celebrity Wall Climbing Cameos

What do Sammy Davis Jr., Jerry Lewis, Dick Clark, Green Hornet, Santa Claus, Colonel Klink, and Lurch all have in common? No they don't all have the same dry cleaner. They all had infamous "wall climbing" cameos on the 1960s Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward. Special thanks to the guys at SF Si

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Hope Larson's 'Chiggers'

The Vulture Blog, over at New York Magazine has an exclusive preview of Hope Larson's new all ages graphic novel Chiggers. The preview is excellent and I'm very excited for this book. Here's what Scott Pilgrim creator Brian Lee O'Malley has to say about the book over at his blog: But, really, suppo

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Talking: Black Panther #36

Spoiler. So is it just me or has Black Panther been enjoyable lately? There is a lot going on in this comic. A lot of layers, I have been enjoying the writing. There is a revolution trying to happen in Wakanda, I have being enjoying the awkward conversations between Iron Man and Black Panther, r

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Review-a-Day #10: Black Metal

Review-a-Day #10: Black Metal from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Preview: Usagi Yojimbo #112

Pete's a big fan of this series, and we've got your first look at issue #112 of Usagi Yojimbo. You can pick up the whole thing for yourself on May 28th: Surrounded by a group of angry gamblers intent on capturing a young girl protected by Usagi and Gen, the rabbit ronin and his bounty-hunting frien

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Runaways: The Movie!

Brian K. Vaughn's Runaway's is being adapted into a feature film, for Marvel Studios, by... Wait for it... Brian K. Vaughn. Which only goes to show you, Marvel has its sh*t together, hardcore. In other Runaways news, Humberto Ramos and Terry Moore's Runaways will be relaunching with a #1 in Augus

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Spend The Summer With Hellboy

Seems there's some sort of Hellboy movie coming out this Summer, at least according to Dark Horse: With Hellboy II: The Golden Army coming in July, there’s no better time to get up to speed on what’s happening with the characters in the B.P.R.D. Dark Horse will be releasing three new B.P.R.D.

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Buffy Ouija Board

As those of you who watch the show know, I have a strict rule about not buying comic book related toys and things. As you also know, I have a strict rule about buying anything associated with Joss Whedon. I'm confused: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Mystical Parlor Games MILWAUKIE, OR—Twentiet

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Review-a-Day #9: Superman For All Seasons

Review-a-Day #9: Superman For All Seasons from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Talking: Magic Pickle Graphic Novel

Spoiler. This full color comic from Scholastic is funny and well written. It is a really good all ages comic. Magic Pickle has a really great character voice. I enjoy pretty much every line of dialogue that he says. He says things like zounds and egad. But his charm comes from the fact that he i

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Next Men Comes To The Trades

I know a lot of people who are going to be super happy about this news: IDW COLLECTS JOHN BYRNE’S ACCLAIMED NEXT MEN SERIES In the 1990s, acclaimed writer/artist John Byrne created Next Men, an all-new world of superheroes. Grounded firmly in our world, with its expectations and societal nor

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IDW Publishing Igor Tie-Ins

Man, IDW is hitting the licensing thing hard. Good for them? IDW PUBLISHING DEBUTS THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES OF IGOR TITLES On May 21st, IDW Publishing will release the first full color issue of Igor: Movie Prequel. Written Dara Naraghi (Lifelike) with art and cover by Grant Bond (Clockwork Gi

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Indiana Jones Behind-The-Scenes

   Here's a cool list of behind-the-scenes factoids that you may not have known about the Indiana Jones Series courtesty of Telegrap.co.uk1. Tom Selleck was George Lucas's original choice for the role but had to turn it down due to his commitment to the US TV series Magnum PI. 2. Indiana J

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Review-a-Day #8: Amazing Joy Buzzards Volume 1

Review-a-Day #8: Amazing Joy Buzzards Volume 1 from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Bizarro Cover

Don't get confused at the newstand folks! Yes that's right a magazine apparently called Sports Illustrated is featuring a cover by Mark Bagley, Karl Story and Alex Sinclair on its May 26th issue. The inside of the magazine will feature articles and updates on sporting events around the world such as

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Pull List time

Cool stuff coming out this week. I am going to get: Avengers The Initiative #13, Black Panther, Brave and the bold, Captain America, Damned, Dark Ivory, Fantastic Four, Flash, Grendel Behold The Devil, Gutwrencher, Incredible Hercules, Iron Man Director of Shield, JLA, JSA, Jim Butchers Dresden

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Comic Book Club w/ Cliff Chiang Photos Updated

We've just updated our Pulpsecret Flickr account with photos and clips from this week's Comic Book Club. Sorry about the video quality, they don't let me take the good camcorder home just yet. This week featured guest Cliff Chiang (Green Arrow/Black Canary, Greendale, Vertigo). Unfortunately gu

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Finding Peace/YouTube

IDW is pushing the trailer thing hard... Check out this look at Finding Peace, a graphic novel hitting stores tomorrow: And here's the press release... IDW RELEASES NEW GRAPHIC WAR NOVEL – FINDING PEACE On May 21, 2008, IDW Publishing and Charlie Foxtrot Entertainment (www.charliefoxtro

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Death Note is a Hot Topic

This is great news, because I get all my clothes at Hot Topic anyway: VIZ MEDIA PARTNERS WITH HOT TOPIC TO SUPPORT DEATH NOTE LIVE-ACTION FILM EVENT Music And Pop Culture Retailer To Offer Tickets To Attend North American Premiere Of Film Based On Popular Manga And Animated Supernatural Crime

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Dead, She Said

Boy, we're just an IDW news-a-thon today... This title comes out tomorrow, FYI. LEGENDARY COMIC BOOK CREATORS STEVE NILES AND BERNIE WRIGHTSON TEAM UP FOR IDW’S DEAD, SHE SAID #1 Legendary comic book artist Bernie Wrightson (Swamp Thing, Frankenstein) is returning to full penciling and inking

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Rumormill: More Battlestar TV Movies on the Dradis

   Rumormill has it that Battlestar Galactica will be doing some made for TV movies. I'm kind of stuck on the series and looking forward to the prospect of more DVDs. The idea is that while the cast/crew are still around why not shoot more footage (with a good story of course). The movi

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Review-a-Day #7: Green Lantern - Emerald Twilight/New Dawn

Review-a-Day #7: Green Lantern - Emerald Twilight/New Dawn from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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IDW Comes To Your Phone

IDW has announced that they're releasing comics through your mobile phone. That's good, because my rotary phone is already jam packed with adventure comics: IDW Horror Comics Coming to Mobile Phones through GoComics IDW Publishing, producers of the smash-hit horror comic book series 30 Days of N

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Talking: Batman Confidential #17

Spoiler. Batgirl vs. Catwoman! For the first time ever. (At least that is what it says on the cover.) This is a fun issue. The cat fight (I know) is funny especially with the use of the panels. The panels for the fight scenes are close ups of the action, really well done. It is drawn a little we

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Stuff To Do: Comic Book Club w/Ron Marz + Cliff Chiang

COMIC BOOK CLUB A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books ***BEST OF NEW YORK PRESS 2007*** Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben Tuesday, May 20th @ 8:00 PM Featuring: Ron Marz (Broken Trinity, Beyond) Cliff Chiang (Green Arrow/Black Canary) Tickets: Online: The

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New Tank Girl!

From IDW comes word of a new Tank Girl series! The creative team responsible for revitalizing Tank Girl in 2007 returns with an all-new miniseries, being released by IDW this month. Writer Alan C. Martin, who co-created the property with Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett, has returned again to th

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Punisher: War Zone Gets Posterized

Straight from our friends at LionsGate comes the new teaser poster for Punisher: War Zone, hitting theaters December 5, 2008: Starring Ray Stevenson (HBO’s “Rome”) as Punisher, PUNISHER: WAR ZONE is directed by Lexi Alexander and produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Ari Arad. Waging his one-man war

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Audio Xtra: Comic Book Club w/Kleid, Crabapple, Leavitt, and Colden

CBC goes all web comics, with Neil Kleid (Action, Ohio), Molly Crabapple (Backstage), John Leavitt (Backstage), and Kevin Colden (Fish Town), in our May 13, 2008 show. Check it out here, or subscribe on iTunes!

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Dude That's An Awesome Viewer Video Submission

As you know we all encourage our viewers to send us their own comic book videos. We thought we'd share this one with you. From Boston.tv it's Dude That's Awesome. In this video Iann offers up his angry angry thoughts on some of today's popular comics and film adaptations including Iron Man, the I

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Preview: Speak of the Devil #6

Got one more for you today, the final issue of Speak of the Devil. This won't be out until May 28th: High schooler Paul, his mistress Linda, and her gymnast step-daughter Val are done with their cross country killing spree. Linda has snuck away to return to her husband, and Val isn't too happy with

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Review-a-Day #6: Arkham Asylum - Living Hell

Review-a-Day #6: Arkham Asylum - Living Hell from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Preview: Grendel - Behold the Devil #7

The nice folks at Dark Horse are back with a few more previews, and we've got your first look at the first six pages of Grendel: Behold The Devil #7, hitting stands this Wednesday: In the penultimate chapter of Behold the Devil, Grendel's quest to unveil the source behind his relentless pursuer com

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Talking: Warhammer Condemned By Fire #1

Spoiler. Solid first issue. The art is fantastic and it is written really well. It starts off and you really don't know what is going on. You just know that the main character is a bad ass and he is chasing someone. Action ensues and then he is off to the next adventure. It is just a plain simpl

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Hulk TV Spots

Did I mention I'm now 100% on board with the Hulk movie? Because I am. Check out these three TV spots, and tell me you're not totally stoked. In particular, tell me you're not excited to hear your first line of dialogue (!) from the Abomination:

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Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds Preview

     Hot on the heels of EWs first look at Final Crisis, Wizard has just posted a preview of the Final Crisis special Legion of Three Worlds.  As you can see by page 5 this event is being choreographed by Geoff Johns and George Perez (and that we're going to have to wait till August to read

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Review-a-Day #5: Toto! The Wonderful Adventure

Review-a-Day #5: Toto! The Wonderful Adventure from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Stuff To Do: Neil Gaiman Private Reading for CBLDF May 25, 2008

  Neil Gaiman will be doing another private reading to benefit the (CBLDF) Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.Here's the info from Neil's Blog:"If you're on the upper East Coast and sad that you won't get to see me at MIT as all the tickets have sold out, you could -- and should -- down your sorrows in

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Review-a-Day #4: Paul Auster's City of Glass

Review-a-Day #4: Paul Auster's City of Glass from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Friday Comic Strip

From the good fellas over at The Mindless Ones blog: Here's your Friday afternoon comic strip!

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More Great Pulpsecret Extras In Development

Here are some of our behind-the-scenes photos at Pulpsecret, The Stack, Comic Book Club, and Next New Networks. We're currently working on better ways of providing extra content including videos and pictures to you via our website. If you aren't seeing anything that you would really want let us kn

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I Am Now On The Hulk Train

I haven't been one hundred percent convinced, but this new trailer, which I saw in theaters this weekend, has completely sold me: Basically, it's the score. Louis Leterrier told us at NYCC that the score is, in his opinion, "Star Wars good." You get a sense of that here, and I have to say, th

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Review-a-Day #3: Marvel 1602

Review-a-Day #3: Marvel 1602 from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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What happens when they get old?

Hey my friend sent this to me! Check it out, I think it is funny. How about you? http://donaldsoffritti.blogspot.com/search?q=decadence

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Preview: Pigeons From Hell #2

The second issue of Pigeons From Hell doesn't hit until the 21st, but we've got your look at the first six pages right here: What started out as a simple road trip has turned into a nightmarish disaster as Clare and Janet, heirs to the mysterious Blassenville estate, and their three friends find th

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Talking: Omega The Unknown #8

Spoiler. All right some serious back-story here. Too late? It is the 8th of 10 comics in the series. I would say no, this has been such a fun, crazy, well put together comic. This issue rocked. Funny use of The Overthinker! I can’t say enough about how this comic looks; it is so great and diff

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Top Shelf Goes Comix

From the old inbox: Announcing a new phase in the internet age of comics: Top Shelf 2.0! Launching this Friday, May 16, Top Shelf 2.0 is a new webcomics site and digital anthology, bringing together great cartoonists both familiar and new. We'll update with a new story every weekday! Sometimes a

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Review-a-Day #2: La Perdida

Review-a-Day #2: La Perdida from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Review-a-Day #1: Life Sucks

Review-a-Day: Life Sucks from Alexander Zalben on Vimeo.

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Yeah Pull Time!

I can’t wait till Wednesday! OK so this is what I am going to be picking up: Batman, Batman Confidential, DMZ, FX, Gamekeeper, Green Arrow Black Canary, Iron Man Legacy Of Doom, North Wind, Project Superpowers, Punisher Max, Return Of The Gremlins, Simon Dark, Stranded, Superman, Tiny Titans,

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John Byrne Does Star Trek

You know, in like, a sexual manner: COMICS VETERAN JOHN BYRNE UNVEILS HIS FIRST-EVER STAR TREK SERIES: STAR TREK: ASSIGNMENT EARTH #1 IDW’s Star Trek: Second Stage continues, as veteran comic artist John Byrne unveils the first-ever Star Trek series of his decades-spanning career! Spinning ou

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Comic Book Club Pics Posted w/ Neil Kleid, John Leavitt, Molly Crabapple, and Kevin Colden

Pictures from this week's Comic Book Club have just been posted to our Pulpsecret Flickr Account. This week's show featured Neil Kleid (Action Ohio, Zuda Comics), John Leavitt (Backstage, Act-i-Vate Comics), Molly Crabapple (also Backstage, Act-i-Vate Comics), and Kevin Colden (Fishtown, Act-i-Vat

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Preview: The End League #3

Finishing up our Dark Horse previews for the week is The End League #3, by PS Fave Rick Remender. Check out the six page preview here, and pick up the full ish tomorrow: Fan-favorite creators Rick Remender and Mat Broome continue their epic tale of the final days of Earth's last heroes! With half t

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Preview: B.P.R.D. 1946 #5

Continuing our previews of upcoming Dark Horse stuff, we've got the first six pages of B.P.R.D. 1946 #5, a series Justin and Pete, in particular, have been highly enjoying: B.P.R.D.: 1946 rises to its astounding conclusion as Bruttenholm at last comes face to face with one of the most diabolical vi

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X-Files 2 Trailer

 At least there are no bees in this one...yet.

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The Octopus First Look

Two groupings of words that should never, ever be seen together; and yet, here we are with your "first look" at "The Octopus," as seen in the upcoming Spirit movie: Seriously, f- them. (Via)

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Preview: Serenity - Better Days #3

Joss Whedon's Serenity: Better Days wraps up its run with #3, out tomorrow, and we've got an early look at the ish, courtesy of our friends at Dark Horse. As a bonus, we've also got a look at all three covers as they link together. Plot description, then shiny pictures: Better Days concludes with a

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A Couple Quick Hits

- Scott Pilgrim's Brian Lee O'Malley draws a cute as hell Mega Man sketch at Emerald City Con. - Greg Rucka confirms that there will indeed be a Batwoman comic. Insert controversy. - Last year we had Bill Willingham on Comic Book Club and we discussed his regret that he couldn't get the rights

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Talking: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 #14

Spoiler. Wow, what a last page. I wonder if Alex gasped or cried? Well we all know vampires hate PDA. Man how cool would it be if Xander lost it and went on a crazy vampire-killing spree? Speaking of losing it, Buffy is lighting vamps on fire and seems to be liking it. But this show down has bee

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Stuff To Do: Comic Book Club w/Kleid, Crabapple, Leavitt, and Colden

COMIC BOOK CLUB A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books ***BEST OF NEW YORK PRESS 2007*** Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben Tuesday, May 13th @ 8:00 PM Featuring: Neil Kleid (Brownsville, Ursa Minors) Molly Crabapple (Backstage) John Leavitt (Backstage) Kevin Co

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Fetch the Penicillin it's a Kick Ass Viral Video

Last week Alex told you all about the new Kick Ass movie.  Justin has also shown you many of the Dark Knight viral campaign.  They spread around the internet like athletes foot in your junior high locker room.  Even though the movie's only in pre-production, there's still plenty to keep you occ

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Cool Videos: This is Why I Support the CBLDF

Longtime champion of the CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund) Neil Gaiman recently posted several videos on his website. The videos depict Gaiman, Frank Miller, Jeff Smith, and Bill Hader showing their support for the CBLDF. Be sure to check it out and see what they have to say and why it's so im

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New Batman TV Spots

They're non-embeddable, sadly, but you can check them out here: TV Spot #1 TV Spot #2 Man, I love that theme. Really. I never thought anything could make me forget the Danny Elfman Batman theme, but this one is excellent in its own right.

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Battlestar Galactica Prequel Stars Annouced

  io9 has just released new updates for the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica. Actor Eric Stoltz has been cast to play the role of Daniel Graystone in Ronald D. Moore's Caprica. For those that don't know Caprica is the prequel to Battlestar Galactica. It is set before the first Cylon

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Superman Gets Re-Frederated

Our big brother Channel Frederator just posted this, with annotations by our own Jeaux Janovsky:

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Preview: Emily The Strange #3

Got another Dark Horse preview for you guys, this one from Emily The Strange #3, hitting stands on May 21st: Emily has a joke for you: What's deliciously satisfying and best served cold? . . . Revenge! In this third issue of our new miniseries, our poor, unsuspecting readers will be subjected to an

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Preview: The Goon #24

The fine folks at Dark Horse have been nice enough to provide me with some previews of upcoming titles for you guys, so I'm going to post 'em up over the next few days. We're starting off with The Goon #24, a great series you definitely should be reading, if you're not... Here's the plot description

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Talking: Midnighter #19

Spoiler. So what can be better than a fight scene that takes up pretty much the whole comic? I loved the mailbox to the face! That is what I am talking about. Just good ol fashion fighting. I almost wished it didn’t end. How many comics could I read of just fighting? World War Hulk came close,

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Free Downloadable Graphic Novels To Check Out

    DailyBits has compiled a list of 17 Free Downloadable Graphic Novels.  Mind you these include the likes of Neil Gaiman's Sandman as well as Y: The Last Man, DMZ, Hellblazer, and many other quality novels.  As you can see, most of these titles are Vertigo.  Be sure to thank them for

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Top "Insert Caption" Submissions Chosen

It's time to take a look at the top viewer captions submitted for the infamous "strangulation" photo that we took last week.  I'd like to give special thanks to Pete, Justin, and Alex for being so hilarious on set and allowing me to capture a little bit of it on camera.  In case you didn't know t

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Comic Book Club on Wizard TV

Bill Hader & Seth Meyers talk about Comic Book Club (and other stuff) on Wizard TV:

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Heroes Season 3 Promo

For those of you wondering what Heroes season 3 will look like... Keep wondering:

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The 6 Creepiest Comic Characters Of All Time?

What, no All-Star Batman? At least Cracked got the Super-Horse:

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This American Life

  Some new Chris Ware animation from Season 2 of This American Life on Showtime. What a delight.Via

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Hot Wheels

Batman #676, the first chapter of the Batman RIP storyline, features a slick new Batmobile for the Dark Knight. If it's anything like the picture, it appears to be on fire inside the cockpit. The car also features some sweet rims if you look close...

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Video: Underground Comix History

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Talking: Logan #3 of 3

Spoiler. Brian K. Vaughan writes a different story for Wolverine. This is a love story that maybe reveals why Wolverine can’t remember his past. I bought the black and whiter version of this comic. It looks freaking great! I don’t understand why you would buy the regular version, because thi

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Funny Videos: World of Warcraft Wins a Webby

There have been tons of funny Warcraft videos, some good some not so good (Leeroy Jenkins). Recently Blizzard and Toyota teamed up for a commercial. Apparently to play video games and kill dragons with your Toyota truck. Both were honored with a Webby Award for their work. Here's the video:

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Talking: JSA Classified Featuring Wildcat #37

Just some old fashion classically good stuff. Nothing fancy just a darn good comic. It is written well and the art was really good, I did think Cat Woman look a little young, but still a well put together comic. Not to mention some sweet butt kicking. The actions on these panels were great. Stil

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Stuff To Do: Bryan Lee O'Malley & Hope Larson Signing

Cosmic Monkey Comics & Oni Press are pleased to host critically acclaimed and award winning cartoonists Bryan Lee O'Malley & Hope Larson at the Cosmic Monkey Comic shop on May 8^th from 6pm – 8pm. Hope Larson is an Eisner Award winning cartoonist, illustrator, and lapsed printmaker. Her books i

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Kick-Ass Movie Script Done

Well, that didn't take too much time. According to the Daily Mail: Matthew Vaughn tells me he and Jane Goldman have just completed a screenplay based on Mark Millar’s graphic comic book Kick Ass, which turns the notion of super-heroes on its head. Indeed, the tale’s nerdy New Yorker Dave falls

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The Swamp Thing That Might Have Been...

Stephen R. Bissette posts up pages and commentary from his proposed Swamp Thing stories that never happened. Check 'em out:

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Living Deliberately

Cartoonist John Porcellino is working on a book about the life of Henry David Thoreau, a life not of quiet desperation but of a well drawn beard. Here's sample via Drawn and Quarterly:

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May Pull

OK Back to normal, no more free comics. I am picking up these comics: Action Comics Annual, All New Atom, American Splendor, Batman Death Mask, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Cable, Detective Comics, FoolKiller, Jack Staff, Jonah Hex, Justice League Unlimited, Logan, Madman Atomic Comics, Maintenance

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First Five Pages of Final Crisis

...Are up at EW.com. And, we've already got some Red Skies going:

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Comic Book Club w/ Matt Loux and The Timony Brothers Photos Posted

Didn't make it to this Tuesday's Comic Book Club hosted by Alex, Justin, and Pete. No worries, check out our Pulpsecret.com Flickr Account for pictures of the fun. This week's guest stars were Matt Loux (Salt Water Taffy and Sidescrollers) and the Timony Brothers (Zuda Comics, The Night Owls). T

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No, Vote McGinley!

Earlier, we told you to go vote for our friend Neil Kleid in Zuda Comics newest contest. Well, sadly, we have to remain non-partisan, and we got a similar letter from Brendan McGinley: I'm currently engaged in a webcomics competition over at www.zudacomics.com. This is run by DC Comics, and is a gr

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Is This Two-Face?

At the very least, it's some concept art, as posted on LITG, as it was pulled yesterday. Can't stop the internet, WB. Can't stop the internet:

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Talking: Hercules #1 The Thracian Wars

Well Radical comics book put out a fun book. It took me a little bit to get into it. Maybe it was the artwork, but once I did I really enjoyed it. Nothing against the artwork I liked it. The comic itself is interesting; instead of a regular comic it is bound like a trade. It would seem like that

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Moebius and the Red Cross

French comic book and film artist Moebius has linked up with the Red Cross to present The Story of an Idea, which details the origins of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. You can download a pdf of the comic here. Once again, comics are being used as educational tools, it seems like a lot of stories li

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Stuff To Do: Comic Book Club w/Matt Loux & Timony Brothers

COMIC BOOK CLUB A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books ***BEST OF NEW YORK PRESS 2007*** Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben Tuesday, May 6th @ 8:00 PM Featuring: Matt Loux (Sidescrollers, Salt Water Taffy) The Timony Brothers (Zuda Comics' Night Owls) Tickets:

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Speed Racer Zooms to theaters at Mach 5

Don't throw away your ticket stubs yet, Iron Man was only the beginning in a long line of summer blockbusters.  Next up this week is Speed Racer the next big release from the Wachowski Brothers.  This film has been working toward the big screen since 1992, and it's finally made it here.  Early tr

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Vote Kleid in 2008!

This comes from our friend Neil Kleid: This month, Paul Salvi and I present "Action, Ohio", a tale of heroes, villains, deception, murder and comic books, at Zudacomics.com, DC Comics' online webcomic competition. Each month, Zuda's editors select ten comics to compete against each other. Readers

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Iron Man and Free Comic Book Day!

Saturday was a great day for comic book lovers. A day of buzz with praises for the Iron Man. The theater was packed; the crowd was into it as we watch trailers for Indiana Jones and Batman. My mind wandered with thoughts of Heath as the joker. But then the flipping of the marvel pages focused

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Justin's Movie Corner

Well Marvel sure had a fine weekend. This from newsarama: In its first-quarter earnings report, released this morning, Marvel announced that an Iron Man sequel and a Thor movie will be next on its feature-film slate. Those movies, set for April 30, 2010, and June 4, 2010, respectively, will be follo

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Richard Donner Lends his Talents to the DCU

Every time I think about Superman I think about the Christopher Reeve Superman.  I suppose that's because I'm a child of the 80s.  That and the Donner flicks were just so darn good.  We'll just ignore the other "sequels" as heresy and focus on the good movie(s) (including the Donner Cut of Superm

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...And Here We Go

There's a lot of amazing stuff in the new Dark Knight trailer, but trust me when I say that this is what everyone will/should be talking about: Look closely...

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Iron Man Review - Alex's Take

So I'm sure most of you are out grabbing free comic books (more on that later), but in the meantime, I had my Iron Man review officially posted over here. But, since they cut a lot out of it (and maybe rightfully so?), here's the full, uncut review for your perusal: With Iron Man, Marvel Studi

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Wolverine #1!

So Wizard came out with the 200 greatest characters of all time, here is the top 25: 1. Wolverine 2. Batman 3. Spider-Man 4. Superman 5. The Joker 6. Rorschach 7. Captain America 8. Hellboy 9. Magneto 10. John Constantine 11. The Thing 12. Snake-Eyes 13. Kitty Pryde

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I Am Iron Man

I'm going to post up a full review later, after I, you know, get some sleep. But I just wanted to say, in case you haven't seen it yet... The scene you’ve heard might be after the credits is, in fact there. If you haven’t heard what it is, I’m not going to spoil it. But I will say this: - I

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French Picture Books Anyone?

This may out me as a sentimental baby, but this picture of The Little Prince by Gene Ha is fantastic. I found it over at 'Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time', A site where comic book folks draw mostly literary characters. I wish Gene Ha worked more in mainstream comics...

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Insert Your Caption Here...

  Just to tide you over till you get a chance to see the new Iron Man movie, here's a little treat for all the fans.  Speculate on this and comment on what you think the caption for this picture should read.  We'll announce a winner next week.Enjoy!-Charlie