In person, British comic book artist Charles “Charlie” Adlard is a lively, talkative fellow, the exact opposite of the shambling, moaning, flesh-eating zombies he has brought to un-life as the penciller of “The Walking Dead,” which is now a record-breaking cable TV drama with fans worldwide.
Comic book movies now regularly dominate the box office, but this wasn’t always the case. Many may forget now, but director Bryan Singer’s “X-Men,” released in 2000 and based on the wildly popular Marvel Comics property about a heroic band of super-powered mutants, helped pave the way for the phalanx of super-hero flicks which came after it.
The adventurous and fearless Belgian reporter Tintin was the product of the imagination of Georges Prosper Remi or Hergé in 1929. One of the slogans associated with Tintin was,
There is an unmistakable attraction to a full bowl of Japanese noodles accompanied by vegetables and other trimmings. But in the comic book “Noodle Boy Chapter 1: Love at First Taste,” the ramen represents much more than physical nourishment.
Heritage Auctions says the original pen and ink cover of “The Dark Knight Returns” No. 2 drawn by artist and writer Frank Miller has sold for $478,000 at auction.
Today is Free Comic Book Day, the grand Saturday when comic book shops and bookstores all over the world give away free comic books to people who visit their stores.
May 4 is Free Comic Book Day (FCBD, held every year on the first Saturday of May), when comic shops all over the world hand out free comic books.
National Book Store, Castle Geek and Neutral Grounds join forces to bring you an unforgettable Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) celebration today. The event will be held at the 4th floor of National Book Store Quezon Avenue Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The first Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) was on May 4, 2002 . In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Free Comic Book Day is known as “Gratis Comic Tag.”
Marvel Entertainment’s renowned heroes are in an unfamiliar and unsettling position in the publisher’s just released “Age of Ultron” miniseries: defeated, demoralized and desperate.
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