New Comic Books Review: American Gothic Press – “Project Nemesis” #3

Project Nemesis #3 Written by: Jeremy Robinson Art by: Matt Frank, Diego Rodriguez Edited by: Holly Interlandi Published by: Philip Kim PopCultHQ Review: Bring on the monster!! Project Nemesis has demolished a small town in Maine and is reaching closer and closer to the big city. Causing apocalyptic-level type damage as Nemesis brings a ticking doomsday button to the human race. Leaving nothing but devastation in its wake, no one is safe, there is nowhere to hide as Nemesis is growing larger in scale and nothing seems to be stopping it. What is Nemesis to begin with anyways? We find

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What Made Star Wars So Epic in 1977

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Jim Steranko was once asked, “What was the Golden Age of Comics?” “12,” he quipped. Steranko was right. I know, because I was twelve years old when Star Wars came out in 1977. It was golden, and while I have analyzed, memorized, and categorized George Lucas’ inimitable film, and was inspired by the creativity in it and The Empire Strikes Back, I have never experienced that same awe in a movie theater since. Some have gotten close to a fanboy’s dream. I cite Joss Whedon’s Avengers as a prime example of awesome and follow with Guardians of the Galaxy as

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PopCultHQ Spotlight Artist – Brian Hess!

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Last month, PopCultHQ was on hand at Wizard World Reno for their comic convention.  I had the opportunity to meet the team at Action Lab Entertainment, an indy publisher with which we have partnered.  It was then I got the privilege in meeting Brian Hess, an illustrator currently involved in a new comic series of planetary proportions entitled “Awake,” along with writer Susan Beneville.   Brian was gracious enough to give me a copy of issue one and two of his series.  I brought them home to read and publish a review of each, but I got more than I

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Cosplay Spotlight: Robyn Murphy Costumier

In my random wanderings across the realm of the Internet, I find some stuff that is just scary and some stuff that is absolutely amazing. One of my recent finds is Robyn Murphy, a costumer out of Sydney, Australia. She’s been doing cosplay for over 10 years and just recently revisited what she says is one of her original cosplays. Aerith Gainsborough from FF7. The original costume was purchased and dyed components, the new one was hand made by Robyn herself. Just look at some of the detail she puts into it. She started as an amateur costumer but is

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PopCultHQ: Best 25 Comic Books List of 2015!

In a year when independent comic books took a gigantic leap in the industry, with a record number of publishing houses making waves in 2015. It is a great thing that we here at PopCultHQ are massive comic book fans to begin with. With our official media partnerships with so many of these hot new independent publishes, along with the major publishing big boys and ComiXology digital comics, we get to read A LOT of fantastic creations from all corners of comic-dom! You will be hard-pressed to find a much more diverse list of the best comics from 2015. That

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2050 Daytona – Not Living up to Their Promises

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Every convention has their good and bad, but when a con fails to pay their contracts. No matter how much the fans may have enjoyed it, that is a death knell for a convention.

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PopCultHQ Interview: All-Around Artist Jonboy Meyers

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At last month’s Wizard World Reno Comic Con, PopCultHQ had the pleasure in meeting a phenomenal artist, Jonboy Meyers.  An artist with a degree in forensic science, the college grad wound up becoming a marketing director, in which he didn’t have any training or experience. His friend decided to start up his own comic company, working on He-Man, and asked Jonboy to work for him, which kicked off his career in the industry. Jonboy has covered a plethora of well-know titles, such as Spider-Man, League of Legends, Hulk, She-Hulk, World of Warcraft, GeNext, Supergirl, The Flash, and his amazing work on Spawn.

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PopCultHQ Interview: Legendary Comic Book Artist Neal Adams! See What We Can Look Forward From Neal!

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At Wizard World Reno Comic Con, PopCultHQ got the opportunity to sit down with one of the legends in the comic business, Neal Adams, to discuss some upcoming plans and projects he has in the works.  With a slew of iconic and notable covers, plus his being a part of the revamping of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series in the 70’s, Neal is still going strong to this day.  Considered to be one of the greatest comic artists of all time, his legacy will never be forgotten. Owner and EIC of PopCultHQ did an article as well. This article focuses primarily

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PopCultHQ Feature Interview: Chris 51 and Josh Bodwell from A&E’s Epic Ink

Two of the coolest pop culture fanatics that we met at this years Chicago Wizard World Kick-Off Party were Josh Bodwell and Chris 51, who come to us from A&E’s popular Epic Ink  TV show. At the time of meeting, I hadn’t actually seen the Epic Ink TV show at all, so I wanted to find out a whole lot more of what these dudes with crazy cool tattoos all over their bodies were all about. It didn’t take long for all of us to find out we LOVED talking about tattoos, pop culture and everything else these crazy guys love to do. Check out our interview and

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Doctor Who Fans Invade Chicago at the Annual Chicago Tardis 2015

While people were out hunting down deals or still laying in turkey induced comas there was a group of dedicated Doctor Who fans in Chicago at the annual Chicago Tardis.

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