Tag Archive: Comics

May 14

The A-Z of Geek Cinema: W is for Watchmen

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Let’s get this out of the way right now: I loved this movie when it was first released. It’s one of my favorite graphic novel/comic stories, and I’d been heavily anticipating it since the first trailer was put out with The Dark Knight. I saw 3 times in the theatre, and for an almost 3 …

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May 10

Ask a Dork: Adaptations

When it comes to adaptations, do you think the producers involved should assume more than a baseline knowledge of the original material? If the Paul W.S. Anderson Resident Evil feature films, Gearbox/TimeGate Aliens video games, and Scott Ciencin Silent Hill comic books have taught us anything, it’s that no adaptation should be thrown under the …

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May 08

Batman #20 Review

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Batman #20 Written by: Scott Snyder Art by: Greg Capullo It is sometimes hard to care about issues of comics, especially between two major story arcs. We had Death of the Family, and with Year Zero next month, I’m sure some of these issues will be forgotten. This issue picks up where issue 19 left …

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May 05

The Comic Anvil V2 Eps 3: Anger Management

Download Ep 3   Welcome back! In this episode of The Comic Anvil we get right to it! Well we get right to the anger. It’s like therapy. Kyle goes first so you better belt yourself in. FCBD, Marvel comics, DC Comics! Marvel movie rumors! Shitty comic shops and more! Please send all your hate …

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Apr 25

DC Film Universe: The Flash – Fastest Man Alive

Flash: The Fastest Man Alive First off I know this wouldn’t happen because I want to take the show Arrow and use aspects of it, which could confuse people who don’t watch it or the none “hardcore” fans. Basically I would use the show for an episode or two to kind of set up the …

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Apr 24

DC Film Universe: Wonder Woman – Amazon Princess

Wonder Woman: Amazon Princess: Centuries ago there was a great war between the Greek Gods. Hades was tired of being stuck ruling the underworld and took his undead Army to fight Ares and Zeus and was close to victory. Hades sent out his own creation of Cheetah like women. Zeus had a plan of his …

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Apr 22

DC Film Universe: Phase One

We have heard plenty of rumors about the Justice League movie since the success of the Avengers. Now while people will be critical of this movie since it is post Avengers. DC needs to use a lot of the positives from the Marvel Universe of Films while also building successes of their own as well …

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Apr 21

The Comic Anvil Take Two

 Download Ep 2  Whew. This episode is so good we practiced on Saturday and then did it again on Sunday! That’s dedication! The guys even missed Doctor Who! We were all over the place in this episode. Marvel Movies, Cartoons, Doctor Who and of course comics. Star Wars, Hawkeye, X-Men, Nova, Batman and his dead …

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Apr 10

Batman & (Red) Robin #19 Review

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Written by: Peter J. Tomasi Art by: Patrick Gleason & Mick Gray This was a very strong issue and did a great job showing Batman dealing with the death of his son, as well as the continued tension in the bat family following Death of the Family. This was an emotional ride for Batman, while …

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Apr 03

Polarity #1 Review

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Written by: Max Bemis Art by: Jorge Coelho Welcome to the world of Polarity, a four issue story that had a very interesting first issue. This is a fun first issue that takes what seems to be an ordinary guy, Tim, and create a “crazy” world for him. We get a lot of good references …

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