The single most iconic of all female superheroes not just for DC Comics but for all comics, Wonder Woman was the creation of William Moulton Marston, a controversial American psychologist, and the artist H.G. Peter. Her first appearance was as the Justice Society of America’s Secretary in “All-Star Comics” #8 in 1941, but the next …
There is nobody else like her. Gal Gadot (Ga’ dot) first turned heads when she joined the crew of the “The Fast and the Furious” in 2009 and would go on to appear in four of the franchise’s films. But it was when the 35-year-old former Ms. Israel donned the armor of the Amazon superhero …
Halloween has come early for fans of “TRESE” The scary, sleek indie Filipino comic that could just broke through again. After being picked up by American publisher Ablaze Publishing, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo’s “TRESE” will continue to roam bookstore shelves in North America, a feat no other Filipino comic book team or property has …
‘TRESE’ Vol. 1 out in the US Nov. 4; Vol. 2 announced for April 2021 Read More »
The new face of Philippine ‘komiks’ is unusual and unapologetically herself
The premise alone is brilliant. In the vast majority of superhero stories, the metahumans gain their abilities either as a birthright or as the result of an accident as an adult. But what happens when an ordinary man suddenly develops superhuman strength—when he becomes a senior citizen? This was the idea behind “Sixty Six,” the …
SG-based Epigram releases Pinoy comic book ‘Mr Tino’ Read More »
The Philippines is the location of the action in the next “Mobile Suit Gundam” animated film, a convergence that will be very welcome to the republic of “Gundam” fans in the country. “Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway” was supposed to be released in Japan on July 23 by Bandai and animation studio Sunrise and is the …
PH is the setting of next ‘Gundam’ anime; but release delayed indefinitely Read More »
How long does it take for a comic book character to get a toy? How about 33 years? In 1986, Hasbro’s Transformers toys were truly sunstorm-hot, and aside from the “Transformers” series Marvel Comics was publishing in the US, Marvel UK was publishing its own line of “Transformers” comic books with its own continuity. It …
The impact of ‘Transformers: War for Cybertron–Siege’ Impactor Read More »
Budjette Tan and Ka-jo Baldisimo’s upcoming “TRESE” just keep on winning. Long a fan-favorite and commerically-successfully comic book series in the Philippines through Visprint, Inc., “TRESE” gets its North American debut as a trade paperback in September from Ablaze Publishing, the brain child of former Dynamite Publishing’s Rich Young. Our chronicle of paranormal investigator Alexandra …
‘TRESE’ US edition gets special variant cover; more volumes to come Read More »
What has happened to the most dysfunctional super-powered family of all? At the end of the first season of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” the Hargeeves had saved Vanya (Ellen Page) but were about to be wiped out by a worldwide firestorm when Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) time-traveled them to who knows where. We find out …
Extraordinary family: ‘The Umbrella Academy’ season 2 drops July 31 Read More »
If you want to talk about dysfunctional families, you do not get more dysfunctional than the Hargreeves of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” the 2019 mini-series based on the Dark Horse Comics book. Most people know Gerard Way as the flamboyant frontman for the bad My Chemical Romance. Way is also a lifelong comic book fan …
‘The Umbrella Academy’ season 2 drops its official trailer; streams July 31 Read More »
