Tag: Comics

26 OCT

Hulu’s Runaways may actually do justice to the brilliant comics

A preview for the first season of Hulu’s The Runaways shows us that our heroes are fighting the scariest bad guys of all: parents. When Marvel debuted Runaways back in 2003, it took the superhero genre in a compelling new direction. Not only did it have teenage characters who were more than sidekicks or mini […]

08 OCT

Magic Leap will get Madefire mixed reality comics on launch day

Magic Leap is getting Madefire’s mixed reality comics from day one. Reps from both companies announced their partnership at the New York Comic Con, revealing that they’ve actually been working together for the past five years. They promise you’ll be able to view comic panels like they’re 3D illustrations floating mid-air and that you’ll be […]

21 SEP

Superhero Bits: Jean Grey Returns to Marvel Comics, Power Pack Movie, The Defenders Ratings & More

Will we get even more flashbacks in the second season of Jessica Jones? When will Jean Grey be returning to Marvel Comics? Is a Power Pack movie back in development? What does Adrianne Palicki have to say about her failed Wonder Woman pilot? Will Inhumans only be lasting for a single season? How did the […]

21 SEP

Comics captured America’s growing ambivalence toward the Vietnam War

Marvel Comics In America’s imagination, the Vietnam War is not so much celebrated as it is assiduously contemplated. This inward-looking approach is reflected in films like “The Deer Hunter” and “Apocalypse Now,” best-selling novels and popular memoirs that dwell on the psychological impact of the war. Was the war worth the cost, human and otherwise? […]

31 JUL

AMC Visionaries Explores Sci-Fi, Comics and Horror With James Cameron, Robert Kirkman and Eli Roth [TCA 2017]

AMC’s new docu-series AMC Visionaries will explore different areas of fandom with multi-part series from headliners in that field. Robert Kirkman heads “Secret History of Comics,” James Cameron “The Story of Science Fiction” and Eli Roth “History of Horror.” AMC also announced “Rap Yearbook” from The Roots’ Questlove and Black Thought. Kirkman and Roth were […]

27 JUL

Disneyland Paris Is Getting a Marvel Comics Hotel

Disneyland Paris is Getting an Immersive Marvel Hotel Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]

06 JUL

Marvel legend Stan Lee disses 'MISERABLE, STUFFY' DC comics: Watch this amazing interview

The rivalry betweenn the two comic book titans of DC and Marvel has been running for decades. These days it is played out on a global scale on the big screen with Marvel and Sony about to launch Spider-Man Homecoming, while DC enjoys the recent success of Wonder Woman. Marvel legend, and the creator of […]

24 MAY

The Real Reasons for Marvel Comics’ Woes

Marvel Comics has been having a rough time lately. Readers and critics met last year’s Civil War 2—a blockbuster crossover event (and a spiritual tie-in to the year’s big Marvel movie)—with disinterest and scorn. Two years of plummeting print comics sales culminated in a February during which only one series managed to sell over 50,000 […]