Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Here’s The Trailer For The New Batman Prequel, Gotham [Video]

Gotham is not just a series designated for viewership by Comic-Con’s annual list of attendees. Nope. This new series is for everyone who regards the Batman story with a modicum of nostalgia. And who wouldn’t? Batman is arguably the coolest comic-book super-hero. Not just because he doesn’t wear his underwear on the outside of his […]

Revealed: Mylo Xyloto Refers To New Coldplay Comic Book Series

When quizzed about the name of their last CD, Coldplay only said it was a “concept album” and that the title referred to a boy and a girl named Mylo and Xyloto. Turns out it is actually also the name of a new comic book series based on the album. It will be launched at Comic-Con this weekend and was created by The Simpsons writer Matt Groening’s Bongo Comics Group.

Full Trailer For The New Judge Dredd Movie [VIDEO]

The trailer for Dredd – the gory, R-rated adaptation of the gritty post-apocalyptic comic book 2000AD – has been released. The film was shot over the last two years on set in Cape Town, because apparently Cape Town is the best place to film a post-apocalyptic landscape in. Take a look after the jump.

Marvel Gears Up For Their First Gay Wedding

Marvel is having a pretty good year this year, given the kajillions their Avengers film is making, not to mention all the glorious tie-ins, but another important event is set to drop in the pages of Astonishing X-Men this June – the long-awaited marriage of mutant Northstar (aka Jean-Paul Beaubier) and his human fiancé, Kyle in what will be a first for the comics giant.

German Ad Campaign: ‘Sex Is No Accident.’

MTV Germany, which is a thing I didn’t know existed until just now, is trying to spread the word to the masses: there is no such thing as accidental sex, please wear condoms. To emphasize the point, they’ve put together a series of comics in which people accidentally have sex and don’t wear condoms.

Cablegate Comix

Increasingly it seems like Assange is proving to be a bigger story than the cables he most recently to be released – HiLoBrow artist, Joe Alterio, tries to put that right with his series of illustrations paired with the more bizarre political activities revealed in the latest batch of Wikileak cables. Expect dirty dancing and ninja assassins.

Five-Year Old Behind Axe Cop Comic

Axe Cop is different to every other comic, if for nothing else than it’s written by Malachai Nicolle, whose name probably means nothing to you because he is only five years old! With characters like Avocado Man and Dinosaur Soldier, it’s a shoe-in to become my new favourite thing.