PopCultHQ Comic Book Review: REDLANDS #2 from Image Comics

  PopCultHQ received a review copy of Redlands #2 from Image Comics. Available September 13th, 2017, 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 #2  Writer: Jordie Bellaire Artist: Vanesa R. Del Rey Colorist: Jordie Bellaire Letterer: Clayton Cowles In Shops: September 13th, 2017 SRP: $3.99 A mysterious and bloodthirsty matriarchal force runs the town of Redlands, Florida, and in order to stay on top, sacrifices must be made. But someone is intent on removing these powerful women from the top of the food chain. And he’s

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Influential Films in Pop Culture History: ‘Return of the Jedi’

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“I am a Jedi, like my father before me”- Luke Skywalker. Today is the last day of August, which means this is the final installment of the Summer 80’s Movie Article Series. So now it’s time to take one last trip back in time to a decade of heavy rock music, Cold War tension, new technology and a decade of unbridled cultural boom. The year is 1983, a year that saw the start of the great North American video game crash, the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day by President Ronald Reagan, and Michael Jackson introducing the moonwalk dance

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Influential Films in Pop Culture History: ‘Batman’ (1989) – Tim Burton’s Dark Knight Deluxe

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“I’m Batman”- Batman. The summer is nearly over and that means it’s time for another time-travel trip back to the 80’s and a decade of movies that have won their way into the hearts and minds of film lovers of all ages. This time, it’s a trip back to 1989, a year that saw Michael Jackson earn the title of ‘King of Pop’ after receiving the Soul Train Heritage Awards, the beginning of civil unrest in the Eastern Bloc that would lead to the destruction of the Berlin Wall, and for TV in America, a new show called Shining Time

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review: SNOWFALL TPB from Image Comics

    PopCultHQ received a review copy of SNOWFALL TPB from Image Comics. Available August 23rd, 2017, the creative team for this series features writing from Joe Harris, art from Martin Morazzo, colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick, and lettering from Michael David Thomas. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… Snowfall TPB Writer: Joe Harris Artist: Martin Morazzo Colorist: Kelly Fitzpatrick Letterer: Michael David Thomas Cover Artist: Martin Morazzo In Shops: August 23rd, 2017 SRP: $19.99 (print), $15.99 (digital) Writer JOE HARRIS (The X-Files) and artist MARTÍN MORAZZO (Vertigo Quarterly), creators of GREAT PACIFIC, reunite for a brand new science fiction series. In the

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review: KID SHERLOCK #3 from Action Lab Entertainment

  PopCultHQ received a review copy of KID SHERLOCK #3 from Action Lab Entertainment. Available August 23rd, the creative team for this series features writing from Justin Phillips, art from Sean Gregory Miller, colors by Lesley Atlansky, and lettering from Justin Phillips. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… KID SHERLOCK #3 Writer: Justin Phillips Artists: Sean Miller (Pencils), Lesley Atlansky (Colors) Cover Artist: Sean Miller In Shops: August 23rd, 2017 SRP: $3.99 Recess is a time for fun, to clear ones mind of the drudgery of the classroom. But for the students of Baker Elementary room 221, it is a solemn occasion. The playground equipment has all gone missing. Worse yet, when

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Influential Films in Pop Culture History: ‘Back to the Future’ – 80’s Time Travel Classic

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“Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah…are you trying to tell me that you built a time machine…out of a DeLorean?” – Marty McFly. For the little trip down movie memory lane this week, it’s off to 1985. And this time the trip is going to be taken in style, aboard Doc Brown’s DeLorean. That’s right, it’s Robert Zemeckis’s 1985 hit Back to the Future. The brilliant science-fiction adventure comedy that spawned two sequels, an animated series, video games and to this day remains a favorite for fans of not only 80’s movies, but of movies in general. This

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Cosplay Spotlight: Timothy R. Harrison

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Tim Harrison of HDC Cosplay and Fabrication is a long time cosplayer, propmaster and all-around tech geek. Reptile (AKA Laird of Cosplay) had the opportunity to corner to him for an interview… PopCultHQ: Tim, thank you for being my Cosplay guest today. Let me start by saying all your cosplays I have seen so far have been nothing short of spectacular. So tell me what got you into Cosplay. What was your first inspiration to build? Tim Harrison: I’ve been a tinkerer all my life and after college, I hadn’t really done too much. I’m not sure why, but one year I

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IKEA Shares How To Make Your Own ‘Game of Thrones’ Cape

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When you see the costumes on HBO’s Game of Thrones, you may think that they cost hundreds or thousands of dollars and are likely made from hard-to-find items, right? While that may be true for some of them, others are as easy to make as taking a trip to your local IKEA store. Last week, we learned that the Night’s Watch capes are made from sheepskin IKEA rugs. This information was related last year by head costume designer Michele Clapton during a talk at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, but seems to have only made its way into public

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review: SPY SEAL #1 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of SPY SEAL #1 from Image Comics. Available August 16th, 2017, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Rich Tommaso. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… SPY SEAL #1 Writer: Rich Tommaso Artist: Rich Tommaso Cover Artist: Rich Tommaso  In Shops: August 16th, 2017 SRP: $3.99 “THE CORTEN-STEEL PHOENIX,” Part One Journey into the thrilling world of international espionage as one of Britain’s most covert MI-6 divisions, The Nest, recruits a brand-new secret agent to their team: SPY SEAL! An exciting new comic series—reminiscent of The Adventures of Tintin and Usagi Yojimbo—and created by

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PopCultHQ Comic Book Review: BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1 from Valiant Entertainment

PopCultHQ received a review copy of BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1 from Valiant Entertainment. Available September 20th, 2017, the creative team for this series features writing from Jeff Lemire, art from Lewis LaRosa and Mico Suayan, and colors from Brian Reber. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Lewis LaRosa and Mico Suayan Cover A (Standard) by Kenneth Rocafort (JUL172245) Cover B (Villains) by Monika Palosz (JUL172246) Cover C (Battle Damaged) by Tomas Giorello (JUL172247) Interlocking Variant by Greg Smallwood (JUL172249) Bloodshot Icon Variant by Dave Johnson (JUL172250) Brushed Metal Variant Cover by Mico Suayan (JUL172251) $3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On sale SEPTEMBER 20 (FOC – 8/28/17) Now: In the arms of his

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