#Comic Books
‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Trailer #2 Is Summer Pop Bliss.
This movie has gone from being “Oh Christ I don’t know about!” before the Super Bowl advertisement to my most anticipated movie of the summer. I want to rub all my fleshy nubs all over every part of this trailer.
Hit the jump to check it out.
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Taiwanese Principal Dresses Up As Iron Man For Graduation, Drops Superhero Knowledge.
A principal in a Taiwanese school dressed up as Iron Man as part of a graduation ceremony. Doing my own rough translation this occurred at what is called The Best School Ever. The principal didn’t just stop there though, he used the superhero metaphor to crack eggs of knowledge on the kids’ faces.
Hit the jump for the video, and some knowledge, brah.
New ‘Captain America’ Poster Is Less Emo, More Ideal.
The first Captain America poster that was released to promote the movie was brooding and emo as fuck. It looked like a background leftover from Batman Begins or some shit. The new one makes more sense. The Aryan Posterchild-turned-Representative-of-America staring into a glorious sunset.
Hit the jump to check it out.
The ‘DC Relaunch’ In One Sexy Diagram.
Joe Stone has created diagrams functioning as the family trees for the X-Men, Avengers, and Fantastic Four. Now he’s done as the solid of trying to explain the DC Relaunch in one diagram. It doesn’t save the relaunch, but it certain is cute.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Frank Miller’s ‘Holy Terror, Batman!’ Coming Out In September. Sans Batman.
Back when Frank Miller announced Holy Terror, Batman!, it seemed like it was too ludicrous of an idea to exist. Impossible, even. Time passed, nothing was said, and that only concretized that notion. Eventually Frank Miller announced it was going to happen, just without the Batman part of it. Which made it infinitely less cool, since Batman fighting Al Qaeda…without Batman is just some dude whupping terrorist ass. Even after that, not much was said regarding the title.
Like the One Ring, years passed and it was largely forgotten.
Until now. This pig is coming out in September.
Variant Covers: Only Assholes Think Superheroes Really Die.
As I type this, I’m sipping some cold suds. Non-alcoholic mind you, it’s a work night. Birdies blather from green trees outside the window, and I perspire from the warm Summer air. It’s a bit of a pleasant time to be inhabiting Spaceship Earth, alongside the Eastern seaboard of the Northern Americas. Life is good. To compliment all of that, the installment of this week’s funny books drops tomorrow.
Here’s what I find interesting hittin’ shelves.
Let me know what you’re feigning for.
David Goyer Is Bringing ‘100 Bullets’ To Showtime.
100 Bullets used to be a favorite comic series of mine. Then I fell out of the funny book swag for a good three or four years and when I returned I never caught up. Shame, damn shame. Even with this gulf between the series and myself, I’m pretty excited that it’s being adapted into a television show for Showtime.
Robin Unveiled As Playable In ‘Batman: Arkham City.’ Via Pre-Order, Blegh.
The pre-order wars continue, scorching the ass of gamers everywhere who just want to be able to buy a game packed with loot. If you pre-ordered Arkham City somewhere other than Best Buy, you may want to reconsider that decision. They got the Robin. The Robin guy. Despite looking like an extreme shaven-head asshole, they got him.
Christina Hendricks As Wonder Woman? Jesus. Lord. Yes. Priapism.
If there’s a good lord in Heaven, he’ll make this rumor into concrete. Christina Hendricks as Wonder Woman? That’s what Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn has been saying, should he get to make a flick based on the comics.
USA Today Totally Ruins Ending To ‘Ultimate Death of Spider-Man’ [Spoilers]
USA Today totally ruined the end of Ultimate Spider-Man, continuing the Marvel tradition of giving away endings early in hopes of boosting sales over reveals.
Spoilers ahead, mateys.
