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Justice League: Doom Animated Film Trailer

October 15, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

Justice League: Doom Animated Film Trailer!

The teaser trailer for Justice League: Doom was shown on Friday October 14th at the NYCC ‘11 DC Animated panel.

Justice League: Doom is the last DCU Animated movie to be written by the late, great Dwayne McDuffie who passed away earlier this year. The animated film is based on Mark Waid’s Tower of Babel storyline from the pages of JLA. The original villain in the story, R’as al Ghul, is replaced with the immortal Vandal Savage and his Legion of Doom.

Cyborg is a member of the Justice League and the plot revolves around Batman’s contingency plans for taking down each member of the JL “in case they go bad.” Of course those plans fall into the wrong hands – The Legion of Doom – who is comprised of Vandal Savage, Bane, the Royal Flush Gang, Star Sapphire, Mirror Master, and others.

Remender & Hardman Join Secret Avengers, The Runaways Return, Teaser Artwork!

October 15, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

More News and Teasers From NYCC ‘11!

Rick Remender (Venom, Uncanny X-Force) and Gabriel Hardman (Hulk) are teaming up to take on the the Secret Avengers starting with Secret Avengers #22. Remender actually is taking over writing duties with Secret Avengers #21.1 and will be joined by Hardman in issue #22. This must be one confusing book if it requires TWO Point One jumping on points in a year!

In Thunderbolts #171, the current team will confront the original Thunderbolts with a cover by Mark Bagley, who drew the original series; Jeff Parker and Declan Shalvey will be doing their usual great job inside the book.

The Runaways may or may not be joining the Avengers Academy in a two issue story arc by Christos Gage. We will find out the outcome in Avengers Academy #27 in March, 2012.

NYCC ’11 Random Photos and Art – Part One

December 19, 2011October 14, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

New York Comic-Con 2011 runs from October 13th-16th, 2011 and is one of the last major shows of the long convention season. In it’s current incarnation, the NYCC is in it’s 6th year and is getting bigger every year.

We at Comic Book Critic have compiled some random images taken from various sources, including Twitter, Yfrog, and Flickr. They include everything from cosplay to artist’s sketches.

If you’ve taken one of these pictures and would like to be given credit on it, please let us know!

Enjoy!

Dark Horse Announces Conan The Barbarian by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan

October 14, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

Conan The Barbarian by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan

Dark Horse has announced that writer Brian Wood (DMZ, Northlanders) and artist Becky Cloonan (Demo, Pixu) will be adapting Robert E. Howard‘s Queen of the Black Coast story. Wood and Cloonan’s Conan the Barbarian #1 is set to hit stores on February 8th, 2012.

New York Comic Con 2011: DC Comics Panel Schedule

October 13, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

If you’re in the New York City metropolitan area October 13th – 16th, visit the New York Comic-Con 2011 at the Javits Center in Manhattan.

Here is a list of the DC Comics Panel discussions times and locations!

Friday, October 14

DC: Talent Search

10:30-11:30am
Room 1B01
Join DCE’s Editorial Art Director, Mark Chiarello, for an informative orientation session that will explain how DCE’s Talent Search works and discuss the different needs of the DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD Magazine brands. If you want to learn what DCE looks for in artists and how to improve your chances of becoming a working professional, then this is the panel for you! In order to have your work reviewed, attendance at this orientation session is mandatory. (Please note: Not all attendees are guaranteed a one-on-one review.)

New York Comic Con 2011: Marvel Comics Panel Schedule

October 13, 2011October 13, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

If you’re in the New York City metropolitan area October 13th – 16th, visit the New York Comic-Con 2011 at the Javits Center in Manhattan.

Here is a list of the Marvel Comics Panel discussions times and locations!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

The Digital House of Ideas

New York City is home to Marvel world headquarters, so you better believe the Marvel Digital House of Ideas will be at New York Comic Con in full force! Get the inside scoop on every possible way you can read Marvel comics on your digital devices-including the now industry-defining Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited library offering over 10,000 comics and still growing! Plus, learn how to stay on top of up-to-the-minute Marvel news and updates, watch original videos and programming, play games, interact with Marvel personnel via social media and so much more! We’re bringing the future to NYCC just for you-get ready, get set, let’s go-True Believers!
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern
Room 1A22

Dragon*Con 2011 Cosplay Photos

March 7, 2013September 19, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

Dragon*Con 2011 was held September 2-5, 2011 in Atlanta, GA. One of North America’s largest multi-genre convention, it’s usually known for large amount of cosplayers that attend every year. Just about any character imaginable from TV, film, literature, comics, and music can be found being cosplayed at Dragon*Con.

Unfortunately, since we were unable to attend Dragon*Con ourselves this year, we’ve collected quite a few photos from some quality sites online. Please visit the source sites to find more great images!

We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we enjoyed collecting them for you.

Sources:
www.geeksaresexy.net
geek-news.mtv.com
www.comicsalliance.com
www.techrepublic.com
http://www.geeksofdoom.com

Cosplay Gone Wrong

August 24, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

Comic Book Critic has shown you some really good cosplay from recent comic conventions, from SDCC to SpringCon to C2E2. We’ve collected the women and babes of cosplay for our loyal readers. But we haven’t put together the bad part of cosplay… until now.

We scoured Google images to bring you some truly bad cosplayers and costumes. Sometimes it’s the costume, sometimes it’s the cosplayer, oftentimes it’s the magical combination of both that just make you pause and wonder if what you saw was real.

WARNING: Comic Book Critic is not responsible for any traumatic experiences that may arise with the viewing of the following images!

1982 San Diego Comic-Con Photos!

August 22, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

Several months ago, I came across some photos of the 1982 Minneapolis Comic-Con on Alan Light’s Flickr page. Recently I found one of his sets from the 1982 San Diego Comic-Con that had some remarkable pictures! I’ve picked out some of the best ones and compiled them here. They Include Carl Barks, Burne Hogarth, Archie Goodwin, Jim Shooter, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller, Bruce Hamilton, Max Collins, Trina Robbins, Jo Duffy, Milton Caniff, Hank Ketcham, and many more.

All of these pictures come from Alan Light and if you use or distribute them, please credit “Photo by Alan Light.” Again, I thank Mr. Light for sharing these wonderful images with the world!

1982 San Diego Comic Con Photos

Women of Cosplay Gallery

August 16, 2011 by The Comic Book Critic

This gallery of comic book cosplay features the women who choose to dress up as their favorite comic book hero and act it out in public. These costumes are great and have probably required weeks, if not months, of preparation and hard work.

If you’ve put that much work into something, the last thing you want is to have a small audience see it. So here we feature some of those fantastic costumes and women to a broader internet audience.

These images were acquired from Women of ComicBook Cosplay. This is only a small sample of what they have to offer – If you like what you see, please visit their site for much more!