[Comic Book Review] ‘Cult Classic: Return to Whisper’ #1 from Vault Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of ‘Cult Classic: Return to Whisper‘ #1 from Vault Comics. Available February 28th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Eliot Rahal, art from Felipe Cunha, colors by Dee Cunniffe, and lettering from Taylor Esposito. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… Cult Classic: Return to Whisper #1 Writer: Eliot Rahal Artist: Felipe Cunha Colorist: Dee Cunniffe Letters: Taylor Esposito Cover Artists: Irene Koh (A), Felipe Cunha (B) In Shops: Feb 28, 2018 SRP: $1.99 In 1997, a group of teenagers discover a treasure of immeasurable wealth. Fearing that their newfound fortune will be stolen from them, they make a

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[Comic Book Review] Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe #2 from Valiant Entertainment

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe #2 from Valiant Entertainment. Available February 21st, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Eliot Rahal, art from Joe Bennett, inks from Belardino Brabo, coloring from Ulises Arreola and lettering from Dave Sharpe. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe #2 Writers: Eliot Rahal Artists: Joe Bennett Inker: Belardino Brabo Colorist: Ulises Arreola Letterer: Dave Sharpe In Shops: February 21st, 2018 SRP: $3.99 A blistering battle royale! He betrayed his friends. He betrayed his country to save us all… In the wake

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[Comic Book Review] REDLANDS #6 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of REDLANDS #6 from Image Comics. Available February 21st, the creative team for this series features writing/colors from Jordie Bellaire, art from Vanesa R. Del Rey, and lettering from Clayton Cowles. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… REDLANDS #6 Writer: Jordie Bellaire Artist: Vanesa R. Del Rey Colorist: Jordie Bellaire Letterer: Clayton Cowles In Shops: February 21st, 2018 SRP: $3.99 Nancy has discovered her fire, and in an all-out, claws-flying brawl, Casper discovers she’s not who she seems. The town of Redlands greets an old friend of many names, but the witches call him by just one: Father. PopCultHQ’s Comic Book Review: Redlands

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[Creator Spotlight] PopCultHQ’s Artist of the Month – February 2018: Ariela Kristantina

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 February 2018’s Artist of the Month, we chose illustrator Ariela Kristantina. In just a handful of years, Ariela’s illustrations have been featured in Marvel, AfterShock Comics, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, and Dark Horse Comics. She’s also been fortunate to work alongside some of today’s hot writers like Marguerite Bennett, Justin Jordan, and Tim Seeley. Plus she takes on cover art, like she did with the entire series of InseXts. If that doesn’t

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[Cinema Sunday] ‘Sweeney Todd’ – Demon Barbers and Bad Judges

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As the weather shifts across the country, cold in some places while others are getting warm fronts, there is still that pervasive urge to stay indoors and relax. In times like those, a worthy solution is to kick back with a nice movie. In keeping with the theme of honoring Alan Rickman this month, it is time to take a trip back to 2007 to another film wherein he played a worthy role. Not as Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but a decidedly darker role. So come along and thrill and chill at the

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[Comic Book Review] GIDEON FALLS #1 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of GIDEON FALLS #1 from Image Comics. Available March 7th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Jeff Lemire, art from Andrea Sorrentino, colors from Dave Stewart, and lettering from Steve Wands. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… GIDEON FALLS #1 Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Andrea Sorrentino Colorist: Dave Stewart Letterer: Steve Wands In Shops: March 7th, 2018 SRP: $3.99 A brand-new ongoing series from the acclaimed bestselling creative team of Old Man Logan and Green Arrow! The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city’s trash, and a washed-up

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[Comic Book Review] KICK-ASS #1 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of Kick-Ass #1 from Image Comics. Available February 14th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Mark Millar, art from John Romita Jr., coloring from Peter Steigerwald and lettering from John Workman. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… KICK-ASS #1 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: John Romita Jr. Colorist: Peter Steigerwald Letterer: John Workman In Shops: February 14th, 2018 SRP: $3.99 KICK-ASS IS BACK—ready to wipe out the city’s criminal lowlives, destroy its gangs, and save its communities from decay. But there’s a new face beneath the old mask, a new figure wearing that famous green and

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[Comic Book Review] DEPT. H #23 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of Dept. H #23 from Dark Horse Comics. Available February 21st, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Matt Kindt, and colors from Sharlene Kindt. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… DEPT. H #23 Writer: Matt Kindt Artist: Matt Kindt Colorist: Sharlene Kindt Publication Date: February 21, 2018 UPC: 7 61568 29978 6 02311 Format: FC, 28 pages; Ongoing Price: $3.99 Mia is on her own in a final mad dash to save her life, solve her father’s murder . . . and either rescue or doom everyone she cares for. ”Kindt breaks

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[Comic Book Review] BLOODSHOT SALVATION #6 from Valiant Entertainment

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of BLOODSHOT SALVATION #6 from Valiant Entertainment. Available February 14th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Jeff Lemire, art from Renato Guedes, and lettering from Simon Bowland. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… BLOODSHOT SALVATION #6 (NEW ARC! “THE BOOK OF THE DEAD” – PART ONE) Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Renato Guedes Cover A (Standard) by Kenneth Rocafort Cover B (Deadside) by Renato Guedes Cover C (Battle Damaged) by John Bivens Interlocking Variant by David Lafuente Bloodshot Icon Variant by Jim Mahfood Pre-Order Edition Variant by Ryan Bodenheim $3.99 |

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[Interview] Writer D.E. Schrader of Action Lab: Danger Zone’s BABY BADASS #1

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The future ain’t pretty. It’s 2043, and the United States Under God is a dry, violent place filled with aggressive degenerates. ‘Born’ into this world is Baby Badass; a failed military experiment who escapes into the New West desert where he’s discovered by a sweet waitress who takes him in, not knowing that the slumbering bundle is actually a 33 year old half-formed hybrid clone of super-soldier Alphie Omega. On the run from an evil entity called M.O.T.H.E.R. (Military Organization to Harness Evolutionary Resources), it’s Mad Max meets Idiocracy—a hilarious and disturbing journey into a dark future of fear, sex, violence, and the

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