NOTE: The usual caveat: Thar be “Arrow” Season 2 spoilers below; if you’re not caught up, proceed knowingly. THE HOOD, bow and arrow and domino mask are all there, but when the third season of the CW’s superhero hit “Arrow” begins Oct. 8, there will be another hand reaching for a quiver. The trailer […]
WARNER BROS. wasted little time giving fans what they had been waiting for Saturday during the studio’s presentation before San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H throng of 6,500-strong. Although there was no official confirmation of any big developments in Zack Snyder’s “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” the panel started with a short but intense […]
WHEN PUBLISHER Random House reached out to Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis to see whether he was interested in creating a book about how to write comics, Bendis knew he had to do it. Known for writing some of the top Marvel titles — as well as such creator-owned titles as “Powers” and […]
Holy Bat-stubble. It’s the most talked about chin at the first full day of Comic-Con. Warner Bros. on Thursday released an up-close and in-color profile image of Ben Affleck’s Caped Crusader from the forthcoming film “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” — in one of the early reveals at the four-and-a-half-day event that is […]
comiXology will announce today at Comic-Con a new backup feature that lets customers download and store books without the obstacle of digital rights management, the company tells The Post’s Comic Riffs. At its “Ask Me Anything” panel at 5:30 ET Thursday, comiXology, the leading digital comics platform, is set to outline its first wave of […]
PLANES SHOT down over Ukraine or gone into thin air. Bitter fighting in Gaza among the globe’s scores of current wars and conflicts. And always the concern about that next violent act that strikes too close to home. In a world filled with so many disasters and so much turmoil, it is no […]
WE KNOW Miles Morales. Miles Morales is like a friend to us. You, sir — Mr. Sam Wilson — are no Miles Morales. And that’s a good thing. When Miles was introduced a couple of years back as the new, biracial Spider-Man, the news rippled out like shock waves. Thankfully, in 2014, the announcement […]
WHEN SUPERHERO comics publishers alter a character, they often wait and hope for the clap of approval. This week, Marvel Comics’ big announcement brought a thunderclap. Marvel announced this week — on the friendly venue of ABC’s “The View” — that a big switch is coming this fall to the God of Thunder: There will […]
LAST YEAR, when Rep. John Lewis began to share his illustrated tale of civil-rights fights, he depended on the sharp storytelling eye of Nate Powell. So for “March: Book One,” the Eisner-winning artist delivered a head-turning cover that pulled us in with hues of worn orange and hard-won history. That riveting graphic novel, which topped bestseller […]
WHEN SPANISH artist Paco Roca sought inspiration for “Arrugas,” a graphic novel he wrote and illustrated, he believed there was only one place that could provide him with the drama, comedy, heartbreak and unpredictable behavior he needed to breathe life into his project: A retirement home. In “Arrugas” (the Spanish word for wrinkles), Roca […]
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