[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4HNKa1SugE] SAFE by Justin Zimmerman on KICKSTARTER Just over a week ago I had the chance to talk with some local talent about his latest comic book project. One of the things I love about Oregon is the indie culture you’ll find here. Art runs rampant along the Willamette […]
Amazing First Look at Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
The good people over at Marvel have announced today that they will be showing 17 minutes of exclusive Guardians of the Galaxy footage in select IMAX theatres around North America on July 7th. The press release that we here at Nerdophiles received in the early hours of this morning […]
Alistair Grows Up: A Dragon Age Library Edition Review
Author: David Gaider Artists: Chad Hardin, Michael Atiyeh Release Date: June 6 2014 Publisher: Dark Horse Books Source: Dark Horse digital promo Genre(s): Fantasy, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Moderate for the games and mild for the comics I’m no stranger to the Dragon Age game series, being that Origins is one of my favourite […]
The Wicked + The Divine #1: Welcome to the New Age
The Wicked + The Divine #1 Author: Kieron Gillen Artists: Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson Release Date: June 18, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Fantasy, Drama, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Amazon | Things From Another World | Image Comics If anyone knows me, they know that I love music […]
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” Blows the Rest of the X-Men Films Out of the Water
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2zYHWDZKo] X-Men: Days of Future Past Release Date: May 23, 2014 Cast: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Nicholas Hoult, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Shawn Ashmore Director: Bryan Singer Studio: 20th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions, The Donners’ Company Distributor: 20th Century Fox […]
An Open Letter to David Goyer and Scriptnotes Podcast on Their Recent Comments About She-Hulk
Dear David S. Goyer, John August, and Craig Mazin, I’m writing you today while listening to Murder By Death. This is not a threat of any sort. They’re a damn good band and I was inspired to do so by a playlist released by artist Emma Rios about what she […]
Renee Montoya is going to be in “Gotham.” Everyone Rejoice!
I have to admit, I’ve been kind of skeptical about the new Gotham series coming to Fox. I really don’t know why. It’s a police procedural set in Gotham City and I love the Gotham Central comic written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka. It should be my jam. Well, it just might be […]
“The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys” is a gorgeous, colorful story about growing up
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys Author: Gerard Way and Shaun Simon Illustrator: Becky Cloonan Release Date: May 7, 2014 for comic stores, May 20, 2014 for book stores Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Coming of Age Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon There’s nothing Gerard Way has created that I […]
Complaining About “Agent Carter” Isn’t Doing Wonder Woman Any Favors
After much speculation, ABC finally announced that they ordered an Agent Carter series along with renewing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. First of all, YES, I am five for five on the shows I cover weekly getting renewed! I’ll call that a successful first TV season at Nerdophiles, though I pray The Legend of Korra […]
Amazon Has Already Screwed Up My Comixology Experience
Despite being into comics since I was a pre-teen weeabo dropping my weekly allowances on the manga section at Borders, I was not a regular reader until this past year. Part of what enabled this for me was Comixology and their iOS app. Sure, they made it hard to get […]
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