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Fanboys Anonymous
- Friday, October 17, 2014
Fanboys Anonymous is partnering up with TV Store Online for another special giveaway contest where you can win a free Walking Dead zombie horde t-shirt by showing your support for the website where geeks go for everything nerdy.
Since Halloween is coming up, what better show to give the spotlight to than The Walking Dead, which has become one of the most successful television programs of the horror genre in history and recently kicked off season 5 on October 12, 2014.
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Mike Paden
- Thursday, October 16, 2014
On episode 11 of the Fanboys Anonymous Group Meeting podcast, the panel has a roundtable discussion about their time at New York Comic Con 2014. What great stories did we leave with? What were the best and worst cosplays? Did we ever find where the Bob's Burgers panel was? We give a full recap of our 4-day adventure at NYCC '14.
For the first time, the Group Meeting will be presented exclusively in video form!
Hosted by Chris Dace, the panel includes Sam Lascio, Tony Mango, and Mike Paden. Video edited by Mike Paden.
Some topics we address:
- Panels: Bob's Burgers, The League, Marvel Cup of Joe, Daredevil, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, and Editors on Editing
- The Vendor Floor & Artist Alley
- Celebrities: Kevin Smith, Mick Foley, Stephen Amell, Joe Quesada, Bill Nye, Jessica Nigri, and more
- Cosplaying: From Harley Quinn to SuperChunk
- Other events: White Castle and Adult Swim's Tyrannic Maiden Voyage
- and more!
You can watch the podcast below. Make sure to subscribe!
Posted by
Sean Hamilton
- Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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| Civil War 2015 |
The dust hasn't quite settled from NYCC, but Marvel keeps the announcements coming. On their website over the last two days, they are teasing two new events coming in Summer 2015: Civil War and Age of Ultron Vs. Marvel Zombies.
For Civil War, Marvel failed to drop more information, but did release an image of Captain America and Iron Man on each side of Iron Spider, pulling him in a tug-of-war.
The image is reminiscent of the 2006-07 event, with the same style used on books published in that crossover. This image of Iron Man and Captain America, however has a different style of uniform than the same characters announced for the Superior Iron Man or Captain America titles, spinning out of AXIS.
The Age of Ultron Vs. Marvel Zombies tease looks to capitalise on some of the hype building out of Marvel's next big cinematic release, with the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron hitting cinemas in May 2015.
Check out the releases here and let us know your thoughts about this latest announcement below.
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| Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies |
Posted by
Sean Hamilton
- Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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Uncanny X-Men #25 Cover
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"The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier" leaves a lasting surprise for the X-Men.
Brian Michael Bendis plays a long game. As a writer, he loves to use a long setup and build the suspense of his narrative to maximize the effect. In Uncanny X-Men #25, Bendis unleashes his purpose for the long setup with his arc focusing on the will of the famous mutant leader Charles Xavier.
This has been a long time coming from Bendis who recently revealed on Marvel.com, that he had floated the idea at a writers retreat some time ago, following the Avengers vs X-Men event in 2012. He had to be patient to find the right time to encompass this into the ongoing X-Men stories, which finally came with the recent Original Sin event.
As a tie-in, due to the hidden nature of the idea and story and not explicitly linked to the Original Sin story itself, "The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier" has been intriguing for recent issues of both Uncanny X-Men and All-New X-Men. Bendis also does a nice job of continuing to build ideas and stories to pursue as a result of the content in this issue.
We pick up the story in Uncanny X-Men #25 as Cyclops, Emma, Magik, and Kitty have arrived at the Jean Grey School to listen to the reading of Xavier's will. As the holographic image of Xavier plays, we learn that he is married to none other than Mystique and has been surpressing an extremely powerful mutants abilities, for many years, going against all his teachings, for a greater good.
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Xavier confronts a powerful new mutant -
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We see a lot of character interaction during this issue, notably between Cyclops and Iceman as the two original X-Men stand out in this regard. The actions Xavier describes and the drastic need he had to justify these grate against the sensibilities of the X-Men. This is not a surprise given the plot and narrative details, but we do not see the usual characters such as Beast, Storm, or Wolverine at the forefront of protest against Cyclops here. There are also some nice reunion moments as the separated X-Men are forced together again across the ideological divide.
As mentioned in the previous review of Uncanny X-Men #24, Bendis has introduced a new mutant: Matthew Malloy. He is revealed to be the same powerful mutant that Xavier had being working with to control his fantastic and unpredictable powers. These revelations disgust Cyclops, who has to be reigned in by the other stalwarts in his company. It is with this that Xavier extends one last mission to the X-Men: all of them must find Matthew and make sure he is controlled before something goes terribly wrong.
The emotional nature of Uncanny X-Men #25 is captured by the return of Chris Bachalo in the art. Bachalo captures a similar interesting dynamic as the other regular artist, Kris Anka, but brings a variation that is fitting here. Bachalo's use of facial expression shows a determined anguish in the characters that needs to be associated with the reading of a will. He also continues an appropriate tone by using the limited color palette that has long been seen on the covers of Uncanny X-Men. It fits the story with a gravity of style that is both refreshing and appropriate.
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| Xavier's final Mission for the X-Men |
After the build-up from the story in the last few issues, it is nice to see where we are heading in Uncanny X-Men. Given the announcement from New York Comic Con over the previous weekend, it seems we are all heading to some big events with "Vortex" and "Secret Wars."
The stories being told continue to be captivating and it is certain we will be waiting a long time before the X-Men are pulled away from audiences as the Fantastic Four shall be in 2015.
As always, we would love to know what you think about the comic, so make sure you leave your thoughts, comments, and hopes for Uncanny X-Men below.
Posted by
Saliv
- Monday, October 13, 2014
Greetings, Fanboys and Fangirls! This is Sam Lascio, still recovering from New York Comic-Con and bringing you some interesting news from the interwebs.
It's being reported by Variety that Marvel's golden goose, Robert Downey Jr., is to appear in the currently untitled Captain America 3! But that's not all, it's ALSO being reported that this film is going to set up a Civil War-esque storyline, possibly for the third Avengers movie. This comes to us after already knowing that Robert Downey Jr. first said there were no plans for Iron Man 4, then said there were talks about it on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Variety claims that, "according to sources with knowledge of the situation," RDJ was approached about a small role in Captain America 3, but the actor wanted Tony Stark to have a larger role in the film. Apparently this "angered" Marvel Entertainment chief Ike Perlmutter, and he wanted Downey written out of the script.
There have been whispers among the sweatiest of us nerds as to if and how Marvel could incorporate the much beloved Civil War storyline into its Cinematic Universe, which makes this news sound almost too good to be true. After the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the reemergence of HYDRA, and the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, one could see how the government could want to put an end to the superhero business and force the dreaded Superhero Registration Act from the comics. Also, with new characters being introduced in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new series Agent Carter coming to television, and the five new Netflix series kicking off next year with Daredevil, not to mention Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, potentially Black Panther, etc. coming in Phase 3, there's a lot of potential for this rumor to be true. However, it's important to note that neither Robert Downey Jr.'s reps at the CAA nor anyone at Marvel have commented on this news. Also, since no actual sources were reported and every other website (including ours) are reporting on this from Variety's "exclusive," this could very well be nothing but a rumor. Lastly, the article says that that RDJ is "on the verge of signing on to Captain America 3," not that he has for sure.
Would you be excited if Captain America 3 set up an Avengers: Civil War? Do you think Robert Downey Jr. will appear in the film? Is this all a bunch of crap, or does this feel like the direction the MCU is heading towards? Sound off in the comments section! Thanks for reading, everyone. My name is Sam Lascio, and I am a Fanboy!
