[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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[Creator Spotlight] PopCultHQ’s Artist of the Month – March 2018: Jenn St-Onge

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 Artist of the Month, we chose illustrator Jenn St-Onge. Jenn St-Onge is a freelance illustrator and comic artist from the Toronto, Ontario area. A graduate of Seneca College’s Independent Illustration program in 2012, she became a full-time illustrator shortly thereafter. St-Onge has been featured with interiors and cover work through a number of publishers, including IDW Publishing, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, EMET Comics, Archie Comics, Valiant Entertainment, and Oni Press. The self-professed “dedicated cat lady” has

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[Comic Book Review] “Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows” #2 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of DOCTOR STAR & THE KINGDOM OF LOST TOMORROWS: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER #2 from Dark Horse Comics. Available April 4th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Jeff Lemire, art by Max Fiumara, colors from Dave Stewart, and letters by Nate Piekos. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… DOCTOR STAR & THE KINGDOM OF LOST TOMORROWS: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER #2 Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Max Fiumara Colorist: Dave Stewart Letterer: Nate Piekos Cover Artists: Max Fiumara & J.G. Jones Astral crimefighter Doctor Star discovers a sprawling alien city

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[Comic Book Review] Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of “Black Hammer: Age of Doom” #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Available April 18th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Jeff Lemire, art by Dean Ormston, colors from Dave Stewart, and letters by Todd Klein. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… BLACK HAMMER: AGE OF DOOM #1 Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Dean Ormston Colorist: Dave Stewart Letterer: Todd Klein Cover Artist: Dean Ormston Variant Cover Artist: Skottie Young Genre: Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction, Superhero Publication Date: April 18, 2018 Format: FC, 32 pages; Ongoing SRP: $3.99 The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns! Picking up immediately

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