Comic Review: Son of Merlin #4

I am not familiar with the company “Heroes and Villains Entertainment”, but if this miniseries is any indication of what they are putting out, I will definitely be looking into their other works.

The first thing that I have to say, is the artwork in here is really fantastic to me. The artist, Zid, uses what I believe is referred to as a “digital painting” technique, and adds in a great use of light, such as the spells being cast on pages four and five. Zid also does a great job of imitating depth of field by having the foreground characters in focus, but making background objects intentionally blurred.

In addition to the great art, I can see that the writer, Robert Place Napton, is weaving a story about the modern day son of magician Merlin, and how he (Simon) is learning to uses the great magicks he has inherited from his lineage.

Comic Review: The Darkness 112

After reading the Rebirth Vol 2 TPB, I was interested to see what happened next to Jackie and his family. This issue starts out by summarizing what has happened up until this point, but instead of exploring what is happening with Jackie, or his Doppelgänger, we get to see how Jackie’s daughter Hope is using her newly discovered magic powers.

First, Hope is shown generating cats from the Darkness powers. This is a struggle of first, but then she “figures it out” and we see that she is becoming more skilled in her wielding of the Darkness powers. She then realizes that her mother has wandered off, and finds her outside the castle holding a dead peacock, which she claims was killed by something in the forest.

Episode 256 – Doctor Who Chat

This week Chris and Kara discuss comics, a spoiler free review of Man of Steel, and a discussion about the Doctor Who final and who will be the next Doctor Who. Brought to you by Card Kingdom!!!

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Episode 256 – Doctor Who Chat

E3 2013 Winner? You decide

So far, E3 2013 has been a big one. Sony and Microsoft have both drawn the curtain and shown us their next gen consoles, along with plenty of new games. Nintendo, though they didn’t have a conference, made several announcements today at E3 about upcoming games such as Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart 8.

But who is the ultimate winner this year?

Episode 255 – Modern Masters and Magic

This week Chris and Kahn discuss comics, the fate of Catwoman, and Villain Month for DC Comics. Chris is then joined by Calvin for a discussion and review of the Modern Masters edition of Magic the Gathering from Wizards of the Coast as well as some of the upcoming rule changes heading our way. Brought to you by Card Kingdom!!!

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Episode 255 – Modern Masters and Magic

VALIANT and PANINI Partner For Foreign Language Print and Digital Publishing in France, Italy, and Beyond

This fall, the greatest heroes of the Valiant Universe are taking Europe by storm!

Valiant is proud to announce that it has partnered with Panini, Europe’s leading publisher of comics and graphic novels, for a new line of foreign language comics, translating Valiant’s smash hit monthly series into French and Italian for the very first time.

The first Panini-published issues of X-O Manowar by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti and Eisner Award-winning artist Cary Nord, and Harbinger by New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart and Harvey Award nominee Khari Evans will debut in France and Italy in September/October 2013 with more Valiant series to be added to the publishing roster in subsequent months. Panini will also distribute Valiant’s foreign language content digitally with both launch titles being made available as day-and-date digital releases in France via comiXology Europe, Hachette and most major French language e-tailers. In Italy, digital editions of Valiant’s Italian language releases will be available through Amazon.it and Simplicissimus. 

Sony deals a crushing blow at E3

Today was a big day for video games, as it was the first day of E3; the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

E3 rapidly became the yearly event in which most major gaming companies reveal upcoming games and other gaming related accessories. This year is especially exciting because it’s the dawn of the next generation consoles, and both Microsoft and Sony were going to come out guns blazing.