[Comic Book Review] MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #9 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #9 from Image Comics. Available June 13th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Matt Wagner, colors by Brennan Wagner, and lettering from Dave Lanphear. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #9 Writer: Matt Wagner Artist: Matt Wagner Colorist: Brennan Wagner Letterer: Dave Lanphear Cover Artist: Matt Wagner In Shops: June 13, 2018 SRP: $3.99 Matt Wagner’s classic saga of comics fantasy continues in the third and final part of his epic MAGE trilogy. Disaster has finally struck and torn Kevin Matchstick’s family apart, leaving him bewildered and grief stricken.

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[Interview] Cosplay Spotlight – Black Zero Cosplay

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Black Zero Cosplay is a midwest cosplayer with over 10 years of experience and two Wizard World Chicago wins under his belt. His first cosplay was a Mandalorian and he has only gotten better since. Reptile: Let me start by saying thank you for agreeing to do this interview. You and I met a while back quite by accident at C2E2, a number of years ago. We were both cosplaying the Guardians of the Galaxy characters and I have to say your Star Lord portrayal is what first got me following you on Facebook. For our readers, tell me how

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[Cinema Sunday] ‘Aliens’ – They are Back & There’s More of Them!

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Summertime brings with it all kinds of weather. Some days it’s boiling hot, other days cold and heavy with rain. And then there are the days where everything balances out and is just right. If only every day could be like those balanced days weather-wise. Sadly, things don’t always work out that way. And they don’t always work out the ‘balanced’ way in the movies either. The story lays things out to end in a happy fashion, but there are the overwhelming odds, the things that tip that balance in opposition. An excellent example of such a tipping is in

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[Comic Book Review] LITTLE GIRL #1 from Devil’s Due Comics

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of LITTLE GIRL #1 from Devil’s Due Comics. Available Wednesday, July 11th on New Comic Book Day, the creative team for this series features writing from Pat Shand, illustrations by Olivia Pelaez, with colors by Fran Gamboa  with J.C. Ruiz, and lettered by Jim Campbell. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… LITTLE GIRL #1 Writer: Pat Shand Artist: Olivia Pelaez Colorists: Fran Gamboa, J.C. Ruiz Letterer: Jim Campbell Cover Artist: Olivia Pelaez Available 7/11/2018 When a cursed stuffed animal is given to an unknowing victim, the spirit of Abby May, a vengeful little dead girl, lashes out blindly at the living. However, as Abby’s bloodlust

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Meet Rylend Grant – Creator/Writer of Action Lab: Danger Zone’s ABERRANT #1

Meet writer Rylend Grant! This past Wednesday, June 6th, Action Lab: Danger Zone released an exciting modern political/conspiracy thriller entitled ABERRANT from writer Rylend Grant. The creator has for years been penning smart, testosterone-driven action movies for some of Hollywood’s biggest directors; folks like Ridley Scott, Justin Lin, F. Gary Gray, John Woo, and Luc Besson. With ABERRANT, he teams with artists Zsombor Huszka & Davi Leon Dias, colorist Iwan Joko Triyono, and letterer Hde Ponsonby-Jones for this ten issue series, which will deliver two, five-issue story arcs filled with action, intensity, and surprises behind every corner. In honor of the comic’s debut, Rylend Grant is out making appearances

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[Comic Book Review] ABERRANT #1 from Action Lab: Danger Zone

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of ABERRANT #1 from Action Lab Entertainment‘s Danger Zone imprint. Available Wednesday, June 6th, the creative team for this series features writing from Rylend Grant, art from Zsombor Huszka, colors by Iwan Joko Triyono, and lettering from HdE. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… ABERRANT #1 Writer: Rylend Grant Artists: Zsombor Huszka (Artist), Iwan Joko Triyono (Colorist), HdE (Letterer) Cover Artists: Zsombor Huszka, Iwan Joko Triyono (Colorist) David, a U.S. Army Special Operations Commander, distraught after losing his entire unit to a superhuman attack, wages an absolutely brutal one-man war on the eccentric billionaire and former superhero,

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[Comics Review] Image Comics’ THE RED HOOK Vol. 1: “New Brooklyn” TPB by Dean Haspiel

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of THE RED HOOK Vol. 1: “New Brooklyn” TPB from Image Comics. Available June 6th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Dean Haspiel. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… THE RED HOOK Vol. 1: “New Brooklyn” TPB Writer: Dean Haspiel Artist: Dean Haspiel Cover Artist: Dean Haspiel In Shops: June 6th, 2018 SRP: $24.99 Winner of the Ringo Award for Best Webcomic 2017, this book collects the first volume of THE RED HOOK, a super-thief who is bequeathed the Omni-fist of Altruism and transformed into a hero against his

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[Cinema Sunday] Buckaroo Banzai – 80’s Cult Classic

Time to give a cheer because summer is here. That means school is out for many, vacations begin, adventures planned. And in the course of it all, new movies come out, the summer blockbusters and popcorn flicks. So to help make the summer months a bit more exciting and fun, another series of articles on 80’s films. To kick things off, a little trip down memory lane back to 1984. A little movie that is equal parts adventure, comedy, sci-fi, drama, and more. It’s time to dig into the great story that is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the

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[Interview] Cullen Bunn Discusses His Action Lab: Danger Zone Series SUBSPECIES – Based On Full Moon Entertainment’s Film Franchise

The film franchise Subspecies from Full Moon Features made its way into the realm of popular culture in the early 90s. The direct-to-video horror series featured a vampric tale set against a Romanian backdrop centered on Radu Vladislas, a vampire hellbent on turning college student Michelle Morgan into his very own fledgling. The 1991 film spawned four sequels in the 90s and since has amassed an amazingly faithful cult following. Fans can rejoice as a direct squel to the movies has been created at Action Lab: Danger Zone in the form of a comic book miniseries. And who better to helm

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[Creator Spotlight] PopCultHQ’s Letterer of the Month – May 2018: Clayton Cowles

PopCultHQ is kicking off 2018 in a new way. Each month, we’ll be selecting Comic Book Creators of the Month and interview them for a spotlight article. For May 2018’s Letterer of the Month, we chose Clayton Cowles. In looking over the comic books letterer Clayton Cowles has worked on, it blew me away how it’s a veritable smorgasbord of popular, well-known, and highly praised titles. He’s been featured in a massive list of titles Marvel Comics and has also worked on books for DC Comics, Image Comics, AfterShock Comics, and more. What I MUST mention is that Clayton Cowles has

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