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3A Toys Releases a Photo of a Prototype Tharg Action Figure From Their 2000 AD Line
Last week’s issue of 2000 AD (Prog 1670) contained a teaser for 3A toys’ line of licensed 2000 AD figures: This follows a press release from 3A toys, released on November 16th, 2009: Fans of 2000 AD everywhere get set to rejoice, as 3A Toys are proud to announce their licensing agreement with Rebellion for a range of brand new 2000 AD action figures. Many characters from the... [Read more]
Comic Review – Political Power: Barack Obama
Political Power: Barack Obama is a Bluewater Comics release, which is written by Chris Ward, with fully painted artwork by Azim Akberal. The 28-page comic was released on September 9th, 2009, and cost $3.99. The Story The comic is a biography of Barack Obama, looking at how he rose from humble beginnings to become the 44th president of the United States, and the country’s first... [Read more]
Neil Gaiman Confirms He’s Writing a Doctor Who Episode!
Neil Gaiman has confirmed the rumour that he will pen an episode of Doctor Who, and revealed that the episode will appear as part of the second Matt Smith season, in 2011. The news was revealed at the SFX Weekender, as pat of his acceptance speech for winning Best Comic at the SFX Awards. While not present at the awards personally, Gaiman sent the following message to SFX: . “Over... [Read more]
McCool and Templesmith’s Choker #1 Release Date Brought Forward to Feb 10th
I have just learned that the release date of Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith’s Choker #1 has been brought forward from its original released date of February 24th, 2010, to February 10th, 2010. That’s this coming Wednesday, so don’t forget to keep an eye out for it when you hit the store this week. If you hadn’t considered picking up a copy of the book, then I’d... [Read more]
‘Four Color Memories’ – by K. Patrick Glover – Installment the Fourteenth, In Which a Crisis is Brewing
‘Four Color Memories’ by K. Patrick Glover. K. Patrick Glover is the writer of the webcomic The Invisible Skein, which is illustrated by Amanda Hayes. ‘Four Color Memories’ is a column about the comics of our youth, full of nostalgia for the days when heroes were heroes and villains were villains, before the Avengers were DARK and before the Lanterns were BLACK. To see a directory of previous... [Read more]
Comic Review – Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost #1
Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost is a Radical Comics miniseries, written by Ian Edginton, and illustrated by Patrick Reilly. Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost is a three-part series, with each volume ringing in at 64-pages, and costing $4.99. The first issue went on sale on February 3rd, 2010. The Story Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost is an adaptation of the medieval Arabian tale of Aladdin, or Alāʼ ad-Dīn,... [Read more]
Diamond Announces the Top Publishers and Products for January 2010
Diamond Distribution just supplied Hypergeek with data for the top publishers and products for January 2010. The following charts show the top 10 publishers, the top 10 comics, top 10 graphic novels & trades, top 10 toys & statues, and top 10 games for the month of January 2010. Remember to check back next week when Diamond releases their full charts, and we will do a far more in-depth analysis... [Read more]
Comic Review – Nick Percival’s Legends: The Enchanted #0
Legends: The Enchanted #0 is a special $1 introductory issue for the upcoming hardcover graphic novel of the same name, which is created, written and illustrated by Nick Percival. The 28-page comic is released by Radical Comics, and goes on sale on February 3rd. The graphic novel has no firm release date yet, but should be on sale in the Spring as a 128-page deluxe hardcover. The Story Violently... [Read more]
Comic Review: Liam Sharp’s Junx #1
Junx #1 is an unpublished comic, written, illustrated, coloured, and lettered by Liam Sharp. A few months ago, Liam was giving away free copies of the first issue of the series, via Twitter, and I was fortunate enough to grab a copy. In a note attached to the PDF copy of this comic, Liam Sharp states that he started working on this project over ten years ago, and describes this first issue as part... [Read more]
The A-Z of Canadian Comic Book Creators: B is for John Byrne
In celebration of gaining my Canadian Permanent Residency, I am running down an A-Z of Canadian comic book creators. For the index list of creators featured, please click here. I’m sure you have all guessed who this is going to be B is for …………… Byrne, John Byrne! [Updated on February 1st, 2010] John Byrne was born in the town of Walsall, in the West Midlands... [Read more]
The Return of the The A-Z of Canadian Comic Book Creators
As avid readers of Hypergeek are no doubt aware, I am a British Citizen who emigrated to Canada in 2004. In July 2008 I became a permanent resident of Canada and decided to celebrate this event by bringing together my love of Canada with my love of comic books. This lead to a series of articles highlighting all of the wonderful Canadian comic writers and artists that have worked in the industry... [Read more]
The A-Z of Canadian Comic Book Creators: A is for Adrian Alphona
In celebration of gaining my Canadian Permanent Residency, I am running down an A-Z of Canadian comic book creators. For the index list of creators featured, please click here. We kick off with: ‘A’ is for Adrian Alphona [Updated on January 30th, 2010] Adrian Alphona’s first published comic work appeared in March 2003, in X-Men Unlimited #41. X-men Unlimited was an anthology... [Read more]
Graphic Novel Review: The Dark – by Chris Lynch & Rick Lundeen
The Dark is a graphic novel from AAM Markosia, which is written by Chris Lynch, with artwork, colouring, and lettering by Rick Lundeen. I have previously reviewed the first chapter of the book, which was released online last year, but now I plan to review the full graphic novel. To see my interviewing with The Dark creators Chris Lynch & Rick Lundeen, as well as Harry Markos of AAM Maroksia publishing,... [Read more]
Video: The First Look at the Official Trailer for The Losers
The trailers for The Losers has been released! Check out out below, and see beyond the jump for details on the movie: The Losers is a Warner Brothers movie, and is directed by Sylvain White, with a script by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt, who wrote the screen play loosely based on the first story arc from The Losers comic, collectively called ‘Ante Up’. The Losers has U.S. release date... [Read more]
Comic Review: Batman & Robin #7
Batman & Robin #7 is a DC Comics release, written by Grant Morrison, with artwork by Cameron Stewart, and featuring covers from both Frank Quitely and Cameron Stewart. The Story [Note: Some slight spoilers, but not anything you didn't see coming a mile away!] The story opens where issue #6 left off, with Dick Grayson removing Bruce Wayne’s body from a secure location. The... [Read more]
Marvel Makes an Official Announcement About ‘The Heroic Age’ and ‘Avengers #1′
Yesterday Joe Quesada and Brian Michael Bendis talked to USA today about ‘The Heroic Age‘ and the debut of a new Avengers series staring the classic team of Captain America, Thor and Iron Man (see here). Marvel have followed this interview up with an official press release, confirming said details: MARVEL: THE HEROIC AGE Marvel Begins Exciting New Direction in May 2010 New York,... [Read more]
DC Offers Promotional Flash Rings with Copies of The Flash #1 and Green Lantern Rings with Green Lantern #53
DC Comics has announced that they will be offering retailers and fans the chance to take part in another promotional ring campaign. I assume everyone is now familiar with the ring campaign that DC launched back in November, where fans could get the power rings of the various lantern corps with select Blackest Night tie-in issues. I also assume everyone is familiar with the controversy surrounding Marvel’s... [Read more]
Comic Review: Ana Chronistic #1
Ana Chronistic is a science-fiction comic series written by Matthew McLean, with artwork by Dexter Wee. At this time Ana Chronistic is an unpublished work, but Matthew McLean is regularly posting pages from the project on his website at http://madbastard.hypersites.com/site/page/pg3445-pn_Ana_Chronistic.html. So far he has posted the first one and a half issues of the series, as well as a nine-page... [Read more]
The Small Press Comics & TPBs/OGN Sales Charts for the Year of 2009
As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top Publishers, Top 500 Comics, and Top 500 TPBs & GNs for the Entire Year of 2009, I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for small press titles, published in 2009. To see the charts for independently published comics for 2009, please click here. What do I mean by Small Press? I mean independently owned and operated companies, who only... [Read more]
‘Four Color Memories’ – by K. Patrick Glover – Installment the Twelfth, In Which We Say Hello to Another Universe
‘Four Color Memories’ by K. Patrick Glover K. Patrick Glover is the writer of the webcomic The Invisible Skein, which is illustrated by Amanda Hayes. ‘Four Color Memories’ is a column about the comics of our youth, full of nostalgia for the days when heroes were heroes and villains were villains, before the Avengers were DARK and before the Lanterns were BLACK. To see a directory of previous... [Read more]
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