Stan Lee, Norman Reedus, WWE® Superstar John Cena®, William Shatner, Scott Bakula Among Top Celebrity Guests At Wizard World Austin Comic Con, November 22-24 Bruce Campbell, Erica Durance, Jewel Staite, Ralph Macchio, Top Comics Creators Also Among Highlight Stars At Pop Culture Festival At Austin Convention Center NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, October 1, 2013 – Eisner Award Hall of Famer Stan Lee, Norman Reedus of “The Walking Dead,” WWE® SuperstarJohn Cena® and “Star Trek” captains William Shatner and Scott Bakula are among the top celebrities scheduled to attend Wizard World Austin Comic Con, November 22-24 at the Austin Convention Center Center. The standout roster will also include Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead, Erica Durance of “Smallville”
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Phil is the Owner/Editor-In-Chief/Chief Reviewer of ASM. He is a long time Transformers fan, having been involved in the online fandom since the early 90's. He resides with his wife in Wisconsin, but no, he doesn't like to eat much cheese.
Ashley Eckstein, The Araca Group and ReedPOP Bringing a Universe of Fangirl Fashions to NYCC
New Apparel From Star Wars, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead and Star Trek New York, NY – October 3, 2013 – Actress and entrepreneur, Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Araca Group, one of the most innovative theatrical production and brand management companies in the world are partnering again with ReedPOP to bring their fangirl fashion apparel company, Her Universe™, to New York Comic Con,October 10th through the 13th at the Javits Center in NYC. Several new Her Universe designs and exclusive pieces will be available at NYCC for the first time. “We’re excited to bring
Continue readingFunko Reveals: Wreck It Ralph Pop!’s and Disney Pop! Minis
Once again, Funko is providing Disney goodness. First off, check out these Pop! Vinyl figures from Wreck-It Ralph! They’re back for another adventure through Sugar Rush, with a new character — Turbo! (Turbo is still making his transformation from King Candy, so an image will be coming soon). These figures are available starting October 10th. Also shown to us are two new Pop! Mini 2-packs. From The Little Mermaid we have Ariel and Ursula, and from Monster’s Inc. we have Sully and Mike! These packs are also available October 10th.
Continue readingNYCC: Dark Horse Announces New York Comic Con Exclusives
OCTOBER 2, MILWAUKIE, OR—New York Comic Con, the largest pop culture event on the Eastern Seaboard, is right around the corner, and Dark Horse is bringing you the latest and greatest in exclusive comics and Dark Horse Deluxe products! The Star Wars #1 NYCC 2013 Exclusive (Limited Edition of 1,000) Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars! This is the authorized adaptation of George Lucas’s rough-draft screenplay of what would eventually become a motion picture that would change the world. Price: $5.00 Availability: Two per person, while supplies last Elfquest: The Final Quest Special NYCC 2013 Exclusive (Limited Edition of 500) Elfquest is a
Continue readingChevy and ReedPop Present: “New York Comic Con King of the Road” Challenge
Four-Day Program Hits the Streets with Leading Comic Book Publishers – BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Image, and Valiant New York – October 2, 2013 – On Saturday, October 5, Chevy and ReedPOP will launch the “New York Comic Con King of the Road” challenge to kick-off the beginning of this year’s New York Comic Con – one of the world’s preeminent pop culture extravaganzas. The challenge will customize four Chevy Sonics with image wraps showcasing iconic characters and images from some of the comic book industry’s top publishers – BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Image and Valiant. The exclusive New York Comic Con
Continue readingComic Review: “The Star Wars” #2 (of 8)
Mild spoilers below. This month’s issue of The Star Wars is the print-version of deja vu. There is much in this story that will make you think, “… this seems familiar”, because you can start seeing more of how the final version of Star Wars: A New Hope came into being from this first draft. Case in point: this issue contains a huge space battle. It’s no surprise. First, it’s Star Wars – of course there’s a space battle. Second, the previews from Dark Horse showed it. What’s interesting about this battle is that it’s obviously the Rebels vs. the Death Star from the
Continue readingFunko Reveals: Back to the Future and Jay and Silent Bob Pop! Vinyls
More goodness from Funko today! First, we have the announcement of three figures from the first Back to the Future movie — Marty McFly, Dr. Emmett Brown and the DeLorean! Yes, a DeLorean Pop! Vinyl figure is coming (the image hasn’t been released yet. You can pick up the two figures on October 31st, and the car follows on November 14th. After that, we have Jay and Silent Bob from the movie of the same name. Make these figures appear in your hizzouse on November 14th.
Continue readingThe Boondock Saints Is Now on ComiXology
For Immediate Release: Cult Classic Film Franchise The Boondock Saints Launches Digital Comic Series On ComiXology September 30th, 2013 – New York, NY – ComiXology – the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform – announced today that the comic book series based on Troy Duffy’s cult-hit The Boondock Saints and published by 12-Gauge Comics is now available across comiXology’s entire platform via iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. The digital comic debut coincides with the nationwide Blu-Ray release of The Boondock Saints II: Director’s Cut on October 1st. The franchise continues to thrive worldwide in popularity each year with an ever-growing fan base, so
Continue readingFunko Presents Star Wars: Series 4
Funko has sent over pictures of new Star Wars Pop! Vinyl figures and they’re so cute you may just go nuts. Available October 24th, you can get Jar Jar Binks, Queen Amidala, R2-D2, Admiral Ackbar, Wicket the Ewok, and my personal favorite – Lando Calrissian. Your toy shelf needs a Lando Pop! Vinyl. Trust me. I mean, come on, how can you not want that?
Continue readingComic Quick Look: Transformers Beast Hunters #5
I’m not sure what it is about this series that makes it hard for me to really enjoy it. Last issue ended the first story line about the Dinobots on Cybertron, and I called it a solid “Meh”. I also hoped that the new story starting here in issue #5 would grab me more. Well, so far, so bad. I should be caring about these characters, right? I mean, I love the Dinobots, I love the fact that they’re teammates who don’t necessarily bicker. There’s an appearance by a new version of a beloved Marvel Transformers character — okay, beloved might
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