The upcoming comic book reboot of The Rocketeer has been cancelled by publisher IDW. Rocketeer Reborn was planned as a 5-issue miniseries with the first issue scheduled to release on 26 December. While no reason for the cancellation has been given, it’s possible that IDW simply didn’t receive enough interest (or orders) from comic book retailers, particularly considering the licensing
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In a recent livestream on his YouTube channel, comic book artist and Internet talk show host Ethan Van Sciver announced that the Graveyard Shift series would be published by his new publishing company, ALL CAPS COMICS. (I get the joke, but I hate him for putting his company name in “all caps”) Graveyard Shift is a 46-page graphic novel described
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After a chain of delays, the long-awaited return of Funkotron’s favorite sons, ToeJam & Earl, is finally upon us.* According to the latest backer update from HumaNature Studios, the fourth installment in the classic series, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, will land on PC and consoles 1 March, 2019. This news came along with a new gameplay trailer,
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During a recent promotional event in Japan, a fan asked SIE Japan Asia President Atsushi Morita about Sony’s recent censorship of games with sexual themes and how the company balances freedom of expression in mature games. “About the censorship, we tried to meet global standards,” Morita said. “Regarding the balance of the freedom of expression and safety for children, it’s a
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Earlier this week, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced AlternaMas, a new Christmas-themed event benefiting kids who could use a bit of escapism. Starting Sunday, 2 December, for every comic purchased through the online Alterna Comics store, Alterna will donate an all-ages comic to the Shriners Hospital for Children. You can watch Simeti’s full announcement in the video below.
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On Thursday, Little Girl Lethal creator “Slick Jimmy” announced that the Indiegogo campaign for his comic book series featuring sexy new heroine Sugar Lightspeed would be extended by another thirty days. So if you’re just now learning about the project or the initial campaign deadline slipped your mind, you’ve got another month to ogle Miss Lightspeed before choosing to commit.
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Atlus recently responded to fans concerned that the re-imagined Catherine: Full Body would be censored by Sony just as many other risqué titles have in the past few months. One such game is the visual novel Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart, in which jarring beams of light cover up many of the sexier images in the PlayStation version of
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Before failing three times to impress fans of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four with big-screen adaptations, there was a fully-produced film in 1994 that was considered to be so bad, it was canceled before release. Executive produced by Roger Corman and directed by Oley Sassone, this ill-fated take on Marvel’s first family starred Alex Hyde-White as Reed Richards (Richaaarrrrds!!!), Jay Underwood
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Last week, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced on the Alterna YouTube channel that the first issue of horror/sci-fi anthology book would indeed be getting a second printing, and that the new cover price would be only $1.50, down from the first printing’s price of $2.00. So what’s the catch? The second printing of It Came Out on a Wednesday
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Over the weekend, SNK revealed that Jeanne from the World Heroes series will be added to the roster of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy as DLC in December. You can watch Jeanne’s reveal trailer below. Jeanne has been a World Heroes staple since day one, and she comes to SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy with three costumes to pick from,
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The crowdfunding campaign for the new horror comic Lair is already a success, having surpassed its original funding goal with nearly three weeks left to back the project. Lair has also already hit its first stretch goal resulting in signed copies for all physical edition backers. However, this week the Lair team announced new stretch goal bonuses and backer options
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The updated version of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is the latest victim of Sony’s new censorship policies, as several items which were available in the original version of the game are being removed from the upcoming Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet. These items include the “jet black fan” and “gold fan” used for loosening clothing, as well as
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Blizzard has been taking a public beating lately, whether it’s the PR disaster of Diablo: Immortal or the subsequent drop in their stock price, there doesn’t yet seem to be a silver lining emerging. Unfortunately for Blizzard, and possibly fans of their games, the situation at the company may be even worse than some feared. A video posted in early
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On Wednesday, Cautionary Comics revealed a teaser image of Offworlder, a new comic written by Mike Baron and Ben Henderson and featuring artwork by Jordi Armengol. Described as a cosmic fantasy following the adventures of out-of-time barbarian, Offworlder is set to launch sometime in 2019. Let us know what you think of the reveal below! Thanks for reading! Please consider
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Earlier this week, comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver took to his YouTube channel to showcase a prototype video game based on his graphic novel Cyberfrog: Blood Honey. The game has been a labor of love for Cyberfrog superfan 3DRobin, who has independently developed this prototype from top to bottom. At this stage, the game is a fairly simple brawler
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On Wednesday, veteran comic book artist Mike S. Miller (Injustice, Lonestar) launched a new crowdfunding campaign to finance the printing of three different graphic novels: Sixgun Samurai, Deal with the Devil, and The Meg (yep, a comic adaptation of the giant shark novel and later Jason Statham movie). Below are summaries of each project taken from the Indiegogo page. Sixgun
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On Tuesday, SEGA announced during their SEGA Nama broadcast that a second demo for Project Judge, known as Judge Eyes: Shinigami no Yuigon in Japan, will be released in November in Japan. This second demo is intended to give players a chance to fully experience the charm of Project Judge before its December release.* SEGA also debuted new gameplay footage
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There’s several memorials to the late, great Stan Lee at the moment, but as is often the case, the outspoken RazörFist highlights several of Lee’s lesser-known contributions to western culture, including his history with pushing back against the restrictions of the Comics Code Authority, pioneering anime in the West, and his dedication to freedom of expression I feel it’s worth
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On Monday, the first trailer for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was revealed online, and not since Sonic’s arms were colored blue has a fandom been so completely decimated in mere minutes. Watch the trailer below to see what we’re talking about. Fuzzy. Pikachu. It should go without saying that the Internet wasted no time in lashing out, Pokémon fan pitted against
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I never met Stan Lee. I only knew the Stan Lee public persona through cameos, public appearances, and of course, through his work. There are already a large number of online memorials following Lee’s passing on Monday, many of whom are from friends, colleagues, and those who actually met Stan the Man over the years. I can’t honestly assert any
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On Sunday, renowned comic book artist and YouTube talk show host Ethan Van Sciver revealed the final logo design for his upcoming ALL CAPS Comics. ALL CAPS Comics will be the brand under which Van Sciver will publish his upcoming Reignbow Brute and Cyberfrog graphic novels, and the logo is adapted from the avatar on his YouTube channel, Comic Artist
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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for Earthbound: Between Two Breaths on Earth ended successfully, raising 247% of its original funding goal for a total of over $10 thousand. Not to be confused with the Nintendo RPG series with a similar name, Earthbound is a manga-influenced science fiction graphic novel created by Per Berg (aka Narwhal). This graphic novel covers
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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for Black Forest ended successfully, raising 120% of its original goal for a total of over $6 thousand. Written by Mike Angerhauser (great name, right?) and featuring artwork by Bettie Brighteyes, Black Forest is a new 46-page fantasy horror comic heavily inspired by German folktales. Below is a short plot summary taken from the
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During a YouTube livestream on his Comic Artist Pro Secrets channel, comic book artist and YouTube talk show host Ethan Van Sciver invited a fellow YouTube personality known publicly as “Cecil” to co-write his upcoming comic, Reignbow Brute (tentative title). Cecil immediately responded, “Done.” Cecil was caught off guard earlier this week after his collaborative project Cash Grab was abandoned
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The crowdfunding campaign for Sporkman Goes to Japan ends in a matter of hours, and at the time of this writing, the project has raised just short of half of its funding goal. Friends of the Sporkman creative team, particularly other independent comic book creators, have stepped up to sweeten the deal for those who back the Sporkman campaign. The
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On Wednesday, prominent gaming YouTuber “Shirrako” had his channel completely shut down after posting a video clip of Red Dead Redemption 2 depicting the protagonist punching, incapacitating and ultimately killing a non-playable background character in the game. These types of gameplay interactions should be no surprise to those familiar with Red Dead Redemption 2 – and most other games by
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On Monday, the crowdfunding campaign for Josh Howard’s new superhero mini-series T-Bird & Throttle ended successfully, raising 136% of its initial goal for a total of over $20k. That total was also enough to hit a stretch goal in which all physical copy backers would receive trading cards featuring the book’s protagonists. T-Bird & Throttle creator Josh Howard (Dead@17) is
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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for a new heist comic The Knox launched on Indiegogo. Described as “Coen Brothers film meeting a marriage of Ocean’s 11 and The A-Team“, The Knox is a 60-page graphic novel created by Andrew Anderson and Ron McCain. Here’s a summary of the project taken from the Indiegogo page. “The Knox is about a
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Ubisoft has announced preparations to launch Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege in Asian territories, and changes are coming to the version that Western gamers have already purchased, whether they like it or not. In an effort to create a “global” version of the game, Ubisoft is changing/removing several of the game’s aesthetics to satisfy the censors in communist China. The
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Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for Sovereign, a new graphic novel created by Andrew Huerta, went live on Indiegogo. Sovereign is a science-fiction tale heavily inspired by anime art of Masami Ōbari and Akira “Akiman” Yasuda. The Indiegogo campaign will fund a 48-page book intended as the first in a 3-part series. Below is a plot summary taken from
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The Splintering 