Friday, March 20, 2009

Wolverine's movie is coming soon


"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" will be coming to theatres in a couple of months. As we get closer and closer and closer to its release date, more and more is being revealed about the movie. A prequel to the popular X-Men films, "Origins" revolves around marvel's #1 killing machine, Wolverine. Wolverine's history was Marvel's biggest mystery until Paul Jenkins stepped up to pen Logan's true history in "Origin" which released in 2001. The plot of that comic series is somewhat the basis for the movie. In the movie expect to see plenty of cameos from comic book characters including Gambit, Deadpool, and Emma Frost. Hopefully this movie portrays the Wolvie that we all want to see.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Support Your Local Comic Shops

Comic book store owners are being hit hard by the economic crisis. More and more are having to close their doors as less and less people can afford the luxary of comic books. As if thats not bad enough, graphic novel collections are becoming a bigger market than there paperbound counterparts. And those are available at your popular book store chains such as Barnes and Noble and Borders. The comic store I used to go to every Wednsday, Galaxy Comics in Daly City, closed down a few years back. The business wasn't as boomin as it should've been and rent rates got too high. That is why it's of the upmost importance to support your local comic book stores for your comics, toys and especially graphic novel purchases. To find a comic book store near you check out http://www.comicshoplocator.com/. A fun little fact about comic stores is that Kevin Smith, of Clerks and Mallrat fame, owns two. Both titled Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, one sits in Los Angeles and the Other sits in New Jersey. For more details on that visit their website at http://jayandsilentbob.com/.