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Happy Batman Day 2023!

Held the 3rd Saturday in September since 2015, Batman Day is an annual celebration of one of DC Comics’ most iconic superheroes, the Darknight Detective who made his debut in Detective Comics #29 in 1939.  Created by Bob Kane with the help … Continue reading

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That Time Artist Bob Larkin Met The Meg

Today is the theatrical debut of Meg 2: The Trench, the follow-up to the surprisingly popular 2018 giant-shark movie in which action star Jason Statham (The Fast and the Furious and Expendables franchises) fought two megalodons; this time, he’s got a whole … Continue reading

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Conventioneering at Home: Not at SDCC 2023? Neither Are We!

Today is the launch day for San Diego Comic-Con 2023, a show that over five deacdes has notoriously become known as less a comic book convention and more a shrine to pop-culture programming and Hollywood celebrities. Except not so much this … Continue reading

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Kong Returns to Skull Island for Some Animated Monster Mayhem

Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year continues with today’s Netflix debut of Skull Island, a brand-new animated series starring the King and set in the “Monsterverse” created by Legendary Pictures in the films Godzilla, Kong: Skull … Continue reading

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Clash of the Kaiju Titans: Round 2!

Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year rolls on with the announcement just yestreday of the latest chapter in the Kong saga: a rematch witn his old sparring partner, Godzilla! Godzilla x Kong: The New … Continue reading

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The Perfect Guide Book for Building Those Dungeons Where Dragons Dwell

If you’re a fan of epic-fantasy movies, you probably know that tomorrow marks the arrival of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves in theaters—the latest big-budget movie adapation of the bestselling roleplaying game franchise, this time with Chris Pine (Star Trek) … Continue reading

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SWC Artist Lou Manna Featured in Alter Ego Magazine

On sale right now at comic shops, from TwoMorrows Publishing, is Alter Ego #180, the latest issue of the comic-history magazine overseen by writer/editor/comic legend Roy Thomas (The Avengers, Conan the Barbarian). The issue focuses on Thomas’s The Young All-Stars, a DC … Continue reading

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The Spirit of Warren Publishing Lives On!

If there’s one thing horror fans have learned from a lifetime of watching movies is that you can never keep a good monster down for long. Oh sure, it might look dead, but it’s really just biding its time to … Continue reading

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It Just Wouldn’t Be Halloween Without Michael Myers…

To celebrate today’s release of Halloween Ends—the highly anticipated conclusion to the Jamie Lee Curtis–starring trilogy that began with 2018’s Halloween and continued with 2021’s Halloween Kills—we’ve dipped into the Bob Larkin Archives to present this haunting image: an ad Bob painted for TV … Continue reading

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Conventioneering at Home: Not at NYCC 2022? Neither Are We!

As pop culture and comic fans know, today is the opening day for New York Comic Con 2022. Industry insiders and the con’s organizers are estimating pre-pandemic levels of 200,000 attendees (that’s fans and exhibitors), with a mask mandate in place to … Continue reading

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