We gotta give it up to the cosplayers at New York Comic Con. They definitely brought it this year, and we’re always impressed with the passion they have for not just costuming but the characters they portray. Here’s a list of characters that could use some cosplay love.
Many of you are likely still scouring for photos online of all the great cosplay and people watching that occurred this past weekend at the Javits Center, but there was also a lot of exciting news and developments to come out of the New York Comic Con.
The first issue of “Daredevil: End of Days” hit newsstands last week, and it lived up to the deserved hype from fans of Brian Michael Bendis’s initial run on the Daredevil title. I won’t recap the plot or even the setup and execution, since that would ruin what is a fascinating and delightful read. But the premise did get me to thinking...
All Access Weekly is off this Thursday…but it’s time once again for the New York Comic Con! The Javits Center will be packed with fans, professionals, press, and industry folk, and the number of panels and events is overwhelming. Plenty of announcements are expected to come out of the Con, and there are sure to be some surprises. Here’s a...
October’s a big month. First we have the beginning of the four month rollout of Marvel NOW!, Marvel Comic’s latest initiative that relaunches and rearranges the Marvel Universe. You may think the two are unrelated, but you're wrong, and not just because both are immensely entertaining and promise plenty of surprises from their characters. The...
Forget Halloween, people. October is now a very epic time for comic book fans, as Marvel Comics is giving their universe a major overhaul with Marvel NOW! Here’s the deal, some of the most iconic heroes of all time will be getting some epic makeovers and new storylines in ongoing comic book series, each beginning with issue #1, and it all kicks...
If you’ve been curious about getting back into superhero comics, returning from a hiatus, or even introducing yourself to the House of Ideas for the first time, this may be the best time to do it since they first introduced a kid bitten by a radioactive spider and a foursome bombarded by gamma rays that bestowed extraordinary powers.
If there is one gadget I can’t live without it’s my wireless portable speakers. Whether I’m tuning in to a podcast in my hotel room, jamming in my apartment or shopping for a no-fail gift, access to good audio is key. Judging by the number of options that have hit the market in the last year, I’m not alone. Here is a list of my faves that...
Psychologists and scholars from Jung and Meyers to the geeks at OK Cupid have spent countless hours compiling personality tests and quizzes. It can be difficult to judge how accurate they are, though, since the questions can often be vague and the answer people give will sometimes reflect more about who they want to be than who they actually are.
Being a child of the 80s and 90s, it doesn’t take very much for me to get excited about anything related to the Turtles. That said, as much love as I have for the quartet, the characters I find myself most fond of are the colorful, bombastic villains that they came across on their adventures.