FunkyWatch: December's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft'...
Over the past 40 years, Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean has transitioned from a gag-a-day comic strip about a high school to an ongoing chronicle of pure, abject misery. Thanks to the ongoing commentary...
View ArticleFunkyWatch: February's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft'...
Over the past 40 years, Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean has transitioned from a gag-a-day comic strip about a high school to an ongoing chronicle of pure, abject misery. Thanks to the ongoing commentary...
View ArticleFunkyWatch: December's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft'...
Over the past 40 years, Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean has transitioned from a gag-a-day comic strip about a high school to an ongoing chronicle of pure, abject misery. Thanks to the commentary on Josh...
View Article12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Death In Comics
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with 75 years of superhero comics behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of...
View ArticleBest Cosplay Ever (This Week): Catwoman, Symmetra, Death, Charizard and More
In honor of the caped crusaders of the convention scene, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), an ongoing collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes...
View ArticleDeath-Tastic Ankh Jewelry For An Endless Night [Fashion]
Ankh jewelry will always remind me of Death, the inescapably cute (and just plain inescapable) and always fashionable older sister of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Jamie Carr -- designer of Neighborhood...
View ArticleDC Collectibles Solicitations For January 2013
A new year means new action figures, busts and statues from DC Collectibles, although official solicitation listings indicate the company will kick off 2013 with a relatively conservative amount of...
View Article‘Deadpool’ Videogame To Include Cable And More Rob Liefeld Creations
Rob Liefeld fans have even more reason to be excited about the upcoming Deadpool video game than they may have initially thought, with the revelation that another of the creator's signature Marvel...
View ArticleDeadpool Annoys Cable And Takes Out Foes In New Video Game Stills, Concept Art
Weaker first-person shooter video games can confine players to unremarkable corridors and tight environments in the name of economy, but judging from new location concept art and stills, it seems that...
View ArticleAsk Chris #311: The Many Deaths Of The DC Universe
Q: Can you explain the difference between the Black Racer and the Black Flash and why DC needs both? - @CoreyInformin A: Oh, this one's easy. Black Racer has skis. All right, cool, see y'all next week!...
View ArticleBatman to Be (Sort of) Killed Off
Scottish writer Grant Morrison has decided that the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman has arrived. "Batman R.I.P.," released today, is Morrison's latest issue of the Batman comic, and the...
View ArticleThe Most Memorable Superhero Resurrections in Comics
It's official – the superhero resurrection is back in vogue. With events in motion to return Steve Rogers as Captain America, the "Rebirth" of Barry Allen, the inevitable reappearance...
View ArticleDick Giordano Passes Away at 77; ‘Brit’ Writer Bruce Brown Dies from Cancer
It's been a bad couple of days for comics. Dick Giordano -- who had been battling leukemia -- passed away over the weekend at 77 from complications with pneumonia, and the well-deserved tributes are...
View ArticleFrank Frazetta, Legendary Fantasy Artist, Dies at 82
Frank Frazetta, one of the most important and influential artists in the world of fantasy and science fiction, has died at the age of 82 after a stroke yesterday, as confirmed by Heidi MacDonald of The...
View ArticleSandman’s Death Enters the DC Universe in ‘Action Comics’ #894
There's been a lot of speculation recently about whether or not Vertigo characters like Swamp Thing and John Constantine would be making the jump to the mainstream DCU, but it looks like one of the...
View ArticleThe Sandman Connection: How Vertigo’s Flagship Title Crossed Over With the DCU
With today's news that Death -- the pallid, parasol-toting embodiment of the End of All Things from in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" -- will be crossing over with Paul Cornell's Lex Luthor...
View ArticleHow to Make a Death from ‘Sandman’ Halloween Costume
As the root of all fear, Death is essentially a perfect Halloween costume. Just because you want to embody life's end doesn't mean you have to don traditional grim reaper garb and look like the dude...
View ArticleHalloween Roundtable Review: ‘Action Comics’ #894 (With Death!)
ComicsAlliance writers Laura Hudson, Chris Sims, Caleb Goellner, Andy Khouri, David Brothers, David Uzumeri, and Chris Murphy sit down for a roundtable discussion about the newly released Action Comics...
View ArticleTim Drake: Celibacy Icon?
In the latest issue of Red Robin, Tim Drake took some time off from orchestrating a shadowy master plan, re-connecting with his old ally Cassandra Cain and hugging his newly-back-from-the-dead adoptive...
View ArticleThe Holiday Gift Guide for the Comic Book Characters in Your Life
December's almost a third over and we're guessing that some of you haven't quite gotten around to finishing up your holiday gift shopping yet. We here at ComicsAlliance are here to help. And we really...
View ArticleJonathan Hickman Explains the Fantastic Four Death and What Comes Next
A member of the Fantastic Four died today in Fantastic Four #587, the latest issue of the comic written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Steve Epting. As fans have been reacting to the news of the...
View ArticleThe Best, Worst and Weirdest Alternate Universe Superhero Deaths In Comics
For the past few months, Marvel's advertising department has been doing their level best to get readers psyched up about the impending "Death of Spider-Man" (buy digital) in various Ultimate comics,...
View ArticleMarvel Reveals ‘Ultimate Death of Spider-Man’ in Mainstream Media [Spoilers]
Echoing the media full-court press that Marvel employed with the death of Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four #587, Marvel has released big news about the conclusion of the "Death of...
View ArticleCatwoman, Death and the Riddler Swing Into the ’60s with Gene Gonzales [Art]
A great cartoonist and illustrator whom we've featured before, Gene Gonzales has been kicking out the jams lately with some inspired 1960s-inspired redesigns of Catwoman, Death and the Riddler....
View ArticleBest Buy ‘Darksiders II: Angel of Death’ Pre-Orders to Come With Bonus Comic...
THQ and Vigil Game's Darksiders series is known for creator Joe Madureira's bright and bulky figures and an overall aesthetic that pulls straight from the longtime comic book artist's illustration...
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