Walking Dead Series Alive and Well on AMC, Director Named
The dead shall rise on AMC! According to reports, the cable network has greenlit an adaptation of the very popular Robert Kirkman series published by Image Comics. The story, coming up on its 70th issue, centers around a small band of survivors, living in a world where the dead have risen, turning them into flesh-eating zombies. The series follows the group in their efforts to live, survive and make sense of the world they are in. Read more
Earthquakes, Crises and Wars, oh my! 10 Memorable Comic Book Disasters
Does there exist a more threatened group of people than those who inhabit the earths and universes of our beloved comic book heroes and villains? What other fictional population seems to live under the constant threat that at any given point their world could be turned into zombies, an earthquake may shut down the city, or that their universe may cease to exist altogether!? The past few decades have seen several major disasters, manmade, natural and perhaps supernatural, that have caused devastation and damage beyond the norm for several comic book universes. Here, in no particular order, are ten of the most memorable and, pardon the pun, earth-shaking disasters and crises to hit the comic book populace. Read more
Comic Book Previews for September 16th, 2009
Where does the time go? It’s already time for a look at what will be hitting store shelves this week from the producers of your favorite four-color adventures! DC Comics unleashes Blackest Night #3, the next chapter in the saga of Earth’s heroes against the super-powered dead! Can the Green Lanterns and the Justice League begin to figure out what’s causing long-departed friends, family and villains to rise and attack? The newest Batgirl spreads her wings in Batgirl #2 and a showdown in Fawcett City takes place in JSA vs. Kobra #4! Action Comics #881 picks up immediately with the aftermath of Codename: Patriot, and Supergirl finds herself under added pressure. Famed writer J. Michael Straczynski takes helm with issue 27 of The Brave and the Bold, as Batman teams with, wait for it, Dial H for Hero!! Also be sure to check out Batman and Robin #4 and Streets of Gotham #4! Read more
Robert Kirkman On Walking Dead TV Series
Yesterday, Comicbook.com covered the news that The Walking Dead was going to be brought to television screens by AMC. Image Comics’ The Walking Dead tells the story of human survival in the face of a zombie apocalypse.
The series is written by Robert Kirkman with art by Charlie Adlard. Shawshank Redemption and Stephen King’s The Mist director Frank Darabont is adapting the comic to television.
Now, Image Comics has put out their official release on the deal, along with a statement from writer Robert Kirkman. “I’m a huge fan of Frank Darabont’s body of work and AMC has impressed me to no end with Breaking Bad and Mad Men,” Kirkman said. “I couldn’t be happier with The Walking Dead ending up here.”
Comic Book Releases for July 15th, 2009
The bright and sunny days of summer are about to get a lot darker! This Wednesday will see the release of DC’s universe-shattering event, Blackest Night. Spinning out of the Green Lantern mythos, Blackest Night will see the return of long and recently deceased members of the DC community, and the results will be devastating. That’s not the only major thing happening in comics this week! Read below to see what else DC and other comic book publishers have in store for us this week! Read more
“The Walking Dead” to Include “Chew” #1 in Next Issue!
“As a creator, there’s nothing more satisfying than hearing that a lot of people are interested in reading your book. The flip side of this is there’s nothing more frustrating than hearing how people can’t get a hold of your book to read,” said John Layman, writer of the breakout new series from Image Comics, Chew. Centering around a detective who gets a psychic impression from anything that he eats, the series was an immediate hit and the first and second issues quickly sold out, prompting a reprinting.
Even though those reprints won’t be available until early August, Image Comics has announced that it will reprint the first issue of Chew, for free, in the back of issue number 63 of the Robert Kirkman series, The Walking Dead, slated for release on July 17th. The black and white full issue will be presented in a flipbook, allowing fans to get two comics for the price of one! Hitching this new book to arguably one of Image’s best known and followed titles is a brilliant way to build interest in this intriguing new series. Read more
Barroom Brawlers: Seven Comic Book Tough Guys (and Gals) We’d Want in a Fight
While we here at comicbook.com are generally a peaceful, live and let live kind of lot, we also enjoy a good drink now and then! Saying that, even we recognize the need now and then to have people around who, if the occasion ever called for it, would definitely be the ones who we would want to have our back if a barroom brawl were to ensue. Here are some characters that could certainly fill that role, and a few doorframes. Read more
Dark Horse and Image Surge Into Summer
Marvel and DC won’t be the only comic book publishers cranking out exciting, page-turning adventures this summer. Dark Horse and Image both have plenty of stories lined up for this summer, with some already highly anticipated storylines in the works!
Jedi Invasion - Dropping into stores on July 1st, Dark Horse releases the next installment of its successful line of Star Wars titles with Star Wars: Invasion. This five-issue series has the Jedi forces staring down a bold new threat, potentially even more deadly than the Sith! How will Luke Skywalker and his allies triumph? Also look for new storylines to begin in other Dark Horse titles such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Legacy.
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