Category: news

Holy Toledo, G.I. Joe Looks Bad

A few days ago, Paramount Pictures released their first promo images for the new G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I thought they looked fairly promising and bad-ass, but, today, they’ve released the first T.V. spot for the movie, to be aired during the Superbowl tomorrow. Superhero Hype! has a world exclusive, so you’ll have…



Scott McCloud to join First Second

It’s not often that we here at Doomkopf get let in on breaking news, as we tend to fall more in the gripe / moan / insult category, but the good people at First Second Books just sent over a note that Scott McCloud (of Zot! and Understanding Comics fame) is joining the indie publisher…



Watchmen 1970 News Report

What in Blue Blazes is this? This looks frickin’ terrible. I just stumbled across it on the internet, so I have no idea how much of this footage will be used in the upcoming movie, but, boy, it just looks all sorts of bad. Like, they’re intentionally trying to make it look like it’s from…



Rated D for Doom: A Look at Superhero Movies in ’09

Now that our look back at 2008 has concluded, it’s once again time to set our sights on the future. Just as I do every year, I’m here to discuss the upcoming superhero movies of 2009, and, from initial glance, it looks like it’s going to be one weird year. In 2008, we had quite…



“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” suddenly has my interest

This movie just officially made its way onto my radar. Source: Newsarama



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Batman: No Rest in Sight

Newsarama has a new interview up today with Dan Didio, editor-in-chief of DC Comics, in which they ask him the following question: Let’s talk about Final Crisis #6 – the book, as you mentioned, did well for you, and sold out, but that was the “conclusive” death of Batman, despite the conclusion of the “Batman…



eciloP renoB eht llaC!

Actress Serinda Swan has been cast to play the role of the magician Zatanna on an upcoming episode of “Smallville,” according to TV Guide. According to them: Smallville has a fun new trick up its sleeve, and it involves the CW series’ take of DC Comics trickstress Zatanna. TVGuide.com has since learned exclusively that Serinda…



New additions to the blogroll

I’d like to draw your attention to three new links at your lower left: • Bob Mitchell in the 21st Century • Digital Tales of Graphic Narratives • Geek Orthodox Carry on. More Best/Worst of 2008 coming up in a few minutes.



12 Hour Comics: the conclusion

I lost my connection at the coffee shop, so this is late coming, but Doom DeLuise and I both finished shortly before 9 p.m. Doing the 12 hour challenge was definitely a lot easier than the 24 hour challenge, but there’s something about the agony of the 24 hour challenge that definitely adds to the…