The Post-San Diego Comic Con Blues

Written by Shaun Daniels and Edited by Sharon Wong

San Diego Comic Con has once again come and gone, and hopefully your convention hangover is gone as well.  If you attended the Con and barely remember it (blame it on the jam-packed schedule or was it the numerous after parties?) or like many of us you couldn’t go, we’re here to deliver the news that caught our eye.  For the most part, there wasn’t one major news story, not to downplay any of the announcements, but SDCC 2011 was more about catching up with old friends (like Buffy’s Sarah Michelle Gellar in the CW’s Ringer) and as usual, seeing what’s coming up in 2012.

7.29-31.2011: What To Watch – Theater Edition

What do you get when you put Indiana Jones and James Bond together?  A sci-fi thriller full of action set in the Wild West…oh yeah, and aliens.  About a hundred or so years later and across the Atlantic, British teens are also set to fight an invasion of aliens…but just on their block.

Comic Book Quickies 7.28.11

Quickies by Shaun Daniels and Edited by Sharon Wong

Skullkickers Issue #9  Written by Jim Zub, Art by Edwin Huang, Colors by Misty Coats, Cover Art by Saejin Oh and Published by Image Comics.  Retail Price $2.99

The nameless mercenary duo find themselves out of the frying pan and back into the fire in this issue.  When seen last, the Big Guy was faced with having to defeat a monstrous ape creature of Rancor-like proportions.  In true Skullkickers fashion, the monster is dispatched at the very start, highlighting the humor of this book.  The rest of the issue brings the laughs and action, and hints at a connection between the real assassin and the noblemen.

Astro Zombies Create Panic In Berlin

Astro Zombies Create Panic In Berlin    When it comes to staging mass terror at some of the world’s most recognizable landmarks, Martin Schmitt knows how to make it all look very real – and definitely very scary.

7.26.2011: What To Watch – DVD/Blu-ray Releases

A movie that was more of a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ in theaters is this week’s one and only DVD/Blu-ray release.  Worth a watch?  You’ll just have to see for yourself.

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) on DVD and Blu-ray.  Starring Brandon Routh (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Sam Huntington (TV’s Being Human), Anita Briem (Journey to the Center of the Earth [2008]), Peter Stormare (The Divide) and Taye Diggs (TV’s Private Practice).  Written by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (both of Conan the Barbarian [2011]).  Directed by Kevin Munroe (TMNT).

Based on Italian comics and novel writer Tiziano Sclavi’s comic book series, Dylan Dog, the comedy/horror/mystery Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is more like Dylan Dud as it is one of 2011’s biggest bombs.