Netflix is pulling a sword from a stone in its upcoming original series, Cursed. Based on King Arthur’s Lady of the Lake, the project comes from comic book writer/artist Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City) and Puss in Boots writer/producer Tom Wheeler. The 10-episode series is based on Miller and Wheeler’s upcoming illustrated
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Mark Russell would seem like an odd choice to write a Sinestro comic. Before he started writing the shockingly terrific Wonder Twins in the mainstream DCU; before the critical darlings that were Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles or The Flintstones; even before the too-beautiful-for-its-time Prez, Russell got his start in comics when Top Shelf picked up
This article comes from Den of Geek UK. As Game Of Thrones proved, when a TV adaptation overtakes its source material, problems can follow. Invention and expansion is required, but, even with the blessing of the original creator, on-screen continuation of a story is often treated by fans as unwelcome and non-canonical. When Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale arrived in
This article consists of nothing but massive Avengers: Endgame spoilers. You’ve been warned. We have a completely spoiler free review right here. Avengers: Endgame is the culmination of 11 years of Marvel Cinematic Universe storytelling. That’s a whopping 22 MCU movies, each of which has been packed with deep lore from the pages of Marvel
This article contains spoilers for The Flash up to issue #75. Ever since DC kicked off their Rebirth initiative in 2016, The Flash has been one of the best superhero comics on the market. Writer Joshua Williamson and an assortment of brilliant artists have steered Barry Allen’s adventures for the last three years, mixing “traditional”
Hi, friends. We’re giving away some much-anticipated reads from speculative fiction publisher Saga Press, including a collection of short stories from Molly Gloss, an anthology of ghost stories, and a character-driven space drama. Up for grabs? First, we have Unforeseen by Molly Gloss—the first complete collection of short stories from the award-winning author. The collection includes
Acclaimed novelist and comics author Joe Hill is launching a new line of horror comics this fall through DC. Called Hill House Comics, the monthly line will start off with a tale called “Basketful of Heads,” written by Hill himself and illustrated by Leomacs (Massimiliano Leonardo). Four more stories — “The Dollhouse Family,” written by
Ever since Marvel’s Runaways and Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger first premiered, people have been asking about the potential for a crossover event. Not only do these characters spend time together in the comic books, but the TV series adaptations are not-so-dissimilar tonally, despite airing on different networks (Hulu and Freeform, respectively), and both feature teenagers as their
A lot of tie-in books for children’s media are fairly disposable. They aren’t always bad, they just don’t often scream out as something for hardcore fans to pick up. They’re usually basic chapter books rigidly adapting episodes, sparse picture guides, or other pieces of content that feel less essential than their source material. The Dragon
Everybody knows that Batman and Superman are much more effective as teammates and friends than they are as enemies. Sure, the two most recognizable characters in the DC Universe might not have the same methods, and they certainly don’t always see eye-to-eye, but they’re the World’s Finest team for a reason, complementing each other’s many
Jonathan Hickman’s ballyhooed X-Men relaunch has finally arrived! Both House of X and Powers Of X have seen their first issues released into the wild, and as the site that dug through Hickman’s entire body of Marvel work for Secret Wars, we felt it was important to get in on the ground floor of what
When Guillot is tasked with slaying the last of the dragons in Duncan M. Hamilton’s Dragonslayer, the first in a planned fantasy trilogy, the character is way past his prime. All bets should be on the dragon, but a semblance of that knightly duty remains—even though Guillot struggles with alcoholism and is actively thwarted by someone
This article contains major spoilers for A Study in Honor, the first book in the Janet Watson Chronicles series. Holmes and Watson are back once again—not your great grandparents’ London, but in a near-future, dystopian D.C., where the New Confederacy is at war with the United States in a second, bloody Civil War. Sara Holmes
The relationship between The Expanse‘s Amos and Naomi is one of the most compelling on the show. We met the two as best friends and found family members in Season 1, and saw their relationship perhaps irrevocably broken when Naomi gave Fred Johnson and the Belters the protomolecule at the end of Season 2. “She’s
Although Star Wars Celebration wasn’t that long ago, there was still plenty of Star Wars news left to announce at San Diego Comic-Con this year, mostly in the comics arena. On this month’s episode of Star Wars Blaster Canon podcast, we tackle several reveals including one of the biggest: the comic ministries The Rise of
Farmhand is one of the more conceptually macabre printed offerings from Image Comics, the company that famously published (note the past tense,) The Walking Dead. Pertinently, it appears that the comic series, the brainchild of writer/artist Rob Guillory, is set to become the next Image-adapted series to manifest as a television show on cable network
Margaret Atwood, how quickly can you get rolling on some more Handmaid’s Tale sequels? Hulu has announced that it is has ordered The Handmaid’s Tale season 4, bringing it even further beyond Atwood’s original source material. Three seasons beyond to be exact. “Hulu is taking big swings on bold and brand-defining stories that reflect the
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the duo behind Gossip Girl and Marvel’s Runaways, are adapting another story for Hulu’s streaming platform: John Green’s Looking For Alaska. The adaptation will be an eight-episode limited series. The series will star Charlie Plummer as Miles “Pudge” Halter, a teen who has just enrolled at Culver Creek Prep, hoping
Mainstream superhero storytelling tends to do better when depicting physical powers than emotional/mental ones, which is one of the many reasons why the premise of Lauren Shippen’s upcoming young adult novel, The Infinite Noise, so intrigues me… Based on Shippen’s award-winning podcast, The Bright Sessions, The Infinite Noise follows 16-year-old running back Caleb Michaels who has the
The first in a planned trilogy, Dragonslayer is the story of Guillot, a dragonslayer in a seemingly now-dragonless world. Once a great swordfighter, following the death of his wife five years prior and feeling purposeless without, Gill has struggled with alcohol abuse and a purpose-less life. When a dragon—a species formerly thought extinct, begins terrorizing nearby
Fifth weeks are odd beasts in the comics world. They throw off the natural rhythm of comic publishing, with one book every two or four weeks, and end up stacking some months ane leaving others barren. Fortunately, comic companies have found fun and creative ways to deal with them. Like having Bill Sienkiewicz ink a
Coming from a family of assassins, Amastan has to grapple with the reality of killing someone. In The Perfect Assassin, K.A. Doore explores this in a fantasy novel set in an inhospitable landscape. She talked to Den of Geek about desert world-building, writing LGBT characters in a fantasy world without prejudice, and drawing inspiration from
One of the interesting things about The Flash is how often the show has looked to recent comics for inspiration. Godspeed was the main villain of season 5 and he is less than four years old in the comics, introduced at the beginning of Joshua Williamson’s brilliant run. The show is doing it again for
By now, you probably know whether you like Grand Admiral Thrawn or not. I’m one of those fans who could take or leave the almost presciently intelligent villain. Meanwhile, Thrawn has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence since he was brought in from the Legends timeline for Star Wars Rebels. Thrawn: Treason, the latest Thrawn
Jack Kirby’s Eternals are going to get their own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe next year! These are far from your traditional superheroes, though. Mixing the biggest of big Kirby ideas with concepts like ancient aliens and traditional mythology, Marvel’s Eternals aren’t exactly the easiest group of characters to explain in a few words
The Robotech comics are about to shake things up in a way only this franchise can. With the current Robotech comic set to end at issue 24, Titan Comics will debut a new comic in October. Robotech: Remix, written by Brenden Fletcher and drawn by Elmer Damaso, wil heavily focus on the Masters Saga character of
With Marvel’s MCU Phase 4 rapidly approaching, it’s almost surprising that it has taken this long for the Taskmaster to show his skull-covered face. Taskmaster has been taking on various Marvel heroes since 1980 and has gone on to star in two miniseries while getting the occasional supporting character role. He’s on that border where
At San Diego Comic Con 2019, the team behind The CW’s DC shows revealed quite a bit about next season’s big crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths. Among the news: Tom Cavanagh (who plays the various Harrison Wellses of the multiverse) will be playing Pariah from the comics. That’s…a pretty deep cut. They could have gone
At their San Diego Comic Con screening of the next DC Universe Movie, Batman: Hush, DC announced their animated slate for 2020, and they led with a great one. Superman: Red Son is the first movie on the slate for 2020. It’s based on the 2003 comic from Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, and Killian Plunkett,
The world is full of Watchmen purists, people who believe the original comic is sacrosanct and inviolable, and that any attempt to follow it up is doomed to failure because it misses the point of the original. And then there are people like Damon Lindelof, who decided to make a Watchmen TV series for HBO