In the states, we celebrated Halloween last weekend. There were a few costume ideas that I had in mind but nothing that was close in comparison to the live comic book character inspired by Roy Lichtenstein’s trademark benday dots process of painting. The look was created by a MAC Cosmetics makeup artist, Karin Stone.
The author/illustrator behind the chain of letters below, David Thorne, deserves recognition for being so witty with followup responses to a recently apartment inspection. And if you enjoyed reading the below chain of letters, more of David’s dialogue can be viewed here.
Image Source: Geekologie via David Thorne
When it comes to cupcakes, my palate is quite simple. A moist spongy cake with some sort of whipped cream will reel me in. That is unless someone knew how to make a creme de cassis mousse cupcake. Please contact me if you know how to make this. But by way of garnishing, fondant (or [...]
Hulk SMASH!
When Dr. Bruce Banner exposed himself to Gamma radiation not a lot of people predicted it would change the face of comics forever. But it did. This week’s edition of Get To Know Your Superhero focuses on the big green monster known as The Incredible Hulk. I won’t go into every single detail [...]
Known as one of the three pillars of the DC universe, Wonder Woman (along with Superman and Batman) is one of the most classic characters ever to grace the page of a funny book. As we get closer and closer to Wonder Woman’s 60th Anniversary, I think we could all use a little bit of [...]
When speaking of the Justice League there are usually the normal mainstays: Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Flash. But if you’ve ever seen a few episodes of the TV series or picked an issue of the JLA, then you might have noticed another character that always seems to be around. This character of [...]
Last week’s Get To Know Your Superhero: Kick-Ass has prompted me to look a little further into the production of the film and since then there has been quite a bit of news to come out of the rumor mill. First up, director and story adapter Matthew Vaughn really had nothing more than an idea [...]
GI Joe day is here finally and New Era blesses us with several designs from the beloved 80’s cartoon turned live action movie. Some of us are anticipating this movie and I’m sure there’s a large ratio of folks with a chip on their shoulders that have zero faith in the live action adaptation. Regardless, [...]
Marketing for Ironman 2 is now in full effect as Tony Stark’s company Stark Industries has launched a website calling for applications to join the team. As stated in his last big screen adventure, Tony Stark no longer makes weapons and according to the website, he wants everyone to understand this. So if you’re not [...]
Marvel is a giant in the comic book industry. They are so powerful and so influential over the industry that one wrong move would be magnified to, well, comic book proportions. Because of this, Marvel can come off as some what reluctant to take chances and produce something completely “different.” Thus, the creation of Icon [...]
