[Creator Spotlight] PopCultHQ’s Letterer of the Month – March 2018: Dave Sharpe

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 March 2018’s Letterer of the Month, we chose Dave Sharpe. Dave Sharpe graduated the Joe Kubert school in 1990, and immediately went to work at Marvel comics as an in-house letterer. Over the years, Dave has lettered hundreds of Marvel comics such as Spider-Girl, Exiles, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel and The Defenders, and in the late 90’s & early 00’s helped run the lettering department at Marvel. Dave has also been lettering for

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[Convention] Power Down Under – The Power Ranger Convention That Wasn’t

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Updated 4/4/18 – 16:40 CST Did you know that there is a Power Rangers convention happening this weekend in Sydney, Australia? An exclusive event with only 1,000 tickets and over a dozen Power Rangers guests? An event that was in the works for well over a year? Guess what? It isn’t. This event was created by Edward Townsend, who runs Townsend Media & Marketing. A marketing company I wouldn’t trust, just by looking at what they produced for this event.  These banners posted on the event Facebook page are a few examples of their ‘skills’ and both are cut off.

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[Comic Book Review] XERXES: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DARIUS AND THE RISE OF ALEXANDER #1 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of XERXES: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DARIUS AND THE RISE OF ALEXANDER #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Available April 4th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Frank Miller and colors by Alex Sinclair. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… XERXES: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DARIUS AND THE RISE OF ALEXANDER #1 Writer: Frank Miller Artist: Frank Miller Colorist: Alex Sinclair Cover Artist: Frank Miller Publication Date: April 04, 2018 Format: FC, 40 pages; Miniseries SRP: $4.99 Xerxes: The God King! Frank Miller returns to the world of

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[Comic Book Review] DANGER DOLL SQUAD Vol. 2: GALACTIC GLADIATORS #1 from Action Lab: Danger Zone

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of DANGER DOLL SQUAD: GALACTIC GLADIATORS #1 from Action Lab Entertainment‘s Danger Zone imprint. Available Wednesday, April 4th, the creative team for this series features writing from Jason Martin, Bryan Seaton, and Dan Mendoza, art from Winston Young, colors by Sean Callahan and Valentina Pucci, and lettering from Adam Wollet. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… ~~~~~ DANGER DOLL SQUAD Vol. 2: GALACTIC GLADIATORS #1  Writers: Jason Martin, w/ Dan Mendoza & Bryan Seaton Artist: Winston Young Colorists: Sean Callahan, Valentina Pucci Letterer: Adam Wollet Cover Artists: Winston Young, Marcelo Costa, Bill McKay, Dan Mendoza 32 pgs./ M / FC $4.99 The

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[Comic Book Review] SHERLOCK FRANKENSTEIN & THE LEGION OF EVIL: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER TPB from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of SHERLOCK FRANKENSTEIN & THE LEGION OF EVIL: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER TPB from Dark Horse Comics. Available May 9th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Jeff Lemire and art/colors/letters by David Rubin. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… SHERLOCK FRANKENSTEIN & THE LEGION OF EVIL: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER TPB Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: David Rubin Cover Artist: David Rubin Variant Cover: Publication Date: May 09, 2018 Format: FC, 152 pages; TPB; 6 5/8” x 10 3/16” SRP: $17.99 This mystery set in the world of superheroes follows a

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[Comic Book Review] VAMPBLADE – Season Three #1 from Action Lab: Danger Zone

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of VAMPBLADE – Season Three #1 from Action Lab Entertainment‘s Danger Zone imprint. Available Wednesday, April 4th, the creative team for this series features writing from Jason Martin, art/colors by Marcelo Costa, and lettering from Adam Wollet. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… ~~~~~ VAMPBLADE – Season Three #1 Writer: Jason Martin Artist/Colorist: Marcelo Costa Letterer: Adam Wollet Cover Artists: Marcelo Costa (A-B), RB White (C-D), Richard Garcia (E-F), Dan Mendoza (G-H) 32 pgs./ M / FC $4.99 Other-dimensional vampire slaying comic shop owner Katie Carva literally reboots when the Vampblades transplant an alternate dimension version

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[Podcast] Zach Braff Joins Dax Shepard on “Armchair Expert”

Check out episode 11 of Dax Shepard’s podcast “Armchair Expert” with guest Zach Braff Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, Alex Inc.) is an American actor, writer and producer. In this doppelgänger episode, Zach and Dax Shepard discuss the unending hardship of being recognized as the other, the first time they were sexually aroused and their mutual love of Brad Pitt. Zach talks about his experience of growing up with therapist parents and Dax details his Shaun Of The Dead moment. The two of them discuss the emotional trap of dating “out of their league”, the uphill battle of being a

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[Convention] Storm King Comics at C2E2 2018

Storm King Rises on C2E2 and the IndieFab Awards Ghastly and IndieFab award-winning comic publisher Storm King Comics announced their latest coup with John Carpenter’s Tales For A HalloweeNight Volume 3 becoming a finalist in Foreword Magazine’s 2017 Indie Fab Awards. At the same time, they released a killer C2E2 Exclusive cover for John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex #6 which hits stores March 28th. Storm King’s Halloween themed anthology competed with over two thousand entries in 68 different genres to become an award finalist and volume one of the series won bronze in 2015. Want to check out

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[Cinema Sunday] ‘Rear Window’ – A Hitchcock Classic

Spring has finally sprung, with April showers hopefully giving way to May flowers eventually. And as the spring season sets in with violent gusts of wind and rain, there is a certain sadness in the air. 38 years ago on April 29th, Hollywood, no the world, lost one of its finest directors ever to live. A master of thrills who frightened and delighted audiences for years with his pictures. The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock devoted years of his life to producing movies that truly gripped people. And now, to honor the man and his towering legacy, the month of

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[Creator Spotlight] PopCultHQ’s Writer of the Month – March 2018: Rich Tommaso

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 March 2018’s Writer of the Month, we chose writer Rich Tommaso. The writer/artist finds, and has found, inspiration by the crime and horror films of the 1970s – 1980s, which has translated into successfully published titles at Image Comics, with hits like Dark Corridor, She Wolf, the recent Spy Seal and Dry County, as well as the upcoming release Clover Honey Special Edition TP. I, personally, have always been fascinated with comic book creators who

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